"Ahem..."
The situation was far too awkward. Alex didn't know how to resolve it. He thought it over and finally said solemnly, "I didn't see anything. Goodbye."
He turned to leave.
"Wait, you're not allowed to leave!"
The girl cried out in panic. Seeing that Alex had no intention of staying, she gritted her teeth and stood up to chase him, but unexpectedly slipped and fell, getting her clothes dirty in her own mess.
Seeing that she had fallen quite hard, Alex couldn't just leave. He quickly stepped forward to help the girl up, though he carefully avoided the dirty spots on her, feeling this was the retribution for her prank.
The girl was likely worried that Alex would go around spreading rumors about her, so she ignored the pain and instinctively gripped Alex's arm tightly. Her cool palms left deep marks on his arm.
Although Alex's physical fitness was good, he wasn't so abnormal as to be immune to pain. After gasping, he quickly said, "Let go, your nails are a bit long, you're hurting me."
The girl had long nails; they didn't look intentionally grown out, as there were signs of wear, suggesting she was just too lazy to cut them. It was making him suffer.
"Sorry..." She was a bit embarrassed and hurriedly loosened her grip slightly to avoid her nails digging into Alex, but then she gripped him even tighter.
Alex couldn't break free and said helplessly, "I promise not to tell anyone. Just let go of me."
Hearing this, the girl cried out anxiously, "You just said you didn't see anything, are you trying to trick me? Then after you leave, you'll secretly tell the boys about me to make me unable to hold my head up at school?!"
"That's not what I meant." Alex had a headache. Did this girl have a persecution complex?
"If that's not what you meant, then what did you mean?" The girl looked at him with teary eyes, bit her lip, and said aggrievedly, "I know I was wrong. Please don't tell anyone. I'll give you money, okay?"
She spoke humbly while reaching into her pocket with her free hand. After fumbling for a while, she pulled out a ten-yuan note to give to Alex. Seeing Alex's surprised expression, her face reddened, and she whispered, "I have more, wait."
After a moment of hesitation, she pulled out a fifty-yuan note from her pocket. This was likely everything she had. A look of reluctance clearly appeared on her face, but she still gritted her teeth and handed it over, saying despondently, "This is my breakfast money for the week. I'm giving it all to you. I don't have any more."
Alex glanced at the fifty-yuan note and shook his head. "You should take it back. I don't want your money."
The girl misunderstood him, thinking that not wanting money meant he wanted something else. Since she happened to be a popular girl and knew she was quite special to boys, she immediately imagined many unhealthy things. She glared at Alex in shame and indignation. "You, you, you... don't go too far! Isn't giving you money enough?"
"You've misunderstood. I mean I won't tell anyone about this, so there's no need to give me money."
Alex explained patiently.
"I don't believe you!" The girl's eyes were red as she glared at him. "You must be trying to trick me! Right, I remember you. You're that boy who's always with that jerk Miao Meiyuan. Any boy who hangs out with Miao Meiyuan must be a scumbag and a villain! I don't believe you at all!"
Alex's mouth twitched slightly. Was Miao Meiyuan's reputation really that bad? He had thought she just skipped class occasionally and engaged in verbal sparring with others.
Could Miao Meiyuan have bullied this girl? Otherwise, why would a normal girl use this kind of method to get revenge? It was clearly an act of impotent rage from being pushed to the limit.
Alex observed the girl and thought as much. With teary eyes, a slightly red nose, and a look of mixed anger and fear, she appeared extremely disheveled, but it didn't affect her beauty at all. She was also an exceptionally pretty girl, though her behavior in seeking revenge was a bit too petty.
Alex said, "Then tell me, what should we do so you'll believe me?"
The girl hesitated, then gritted her teeth and said, "Take the money."
Alex said, "This money is insignificant to me. It doesn't matter whether I take it or not."
He took out his phone with his free hand and opened his digital wallet. The balance of over tens of thousands of yuan made the girl's eyes widen. Her face filled with despair and shame; compared to him, she was a pauper. Sixty yuan was not even worth mentioning in his eyes.
She finally let go but covered her front tightly with both hands. She stared at him for a long while in shame and indignation, finally closing her eyes in despair and saying with a trembling voice, "You... don't go too far... I'll let you... touch me, okay? Just please don't tell anyone."
As she spoke, the girl puffed out her chest. Although the curves of her figure were only slightly prominent, it was still enough to be enticing.
Alex, however, took a step back and said calmly, "Do you think a man as wealthy as I am would be lacking in women?"
"Huh?" The girl was stunned for a moment, opening her eyes to look at him in confusion.
Alex continued, "Although you are quite attractive, I have seen plenty of girls prettier than you, and I'm almost tired of looking at them. Besides, you don't have big breasts, long legs, or a big butt, yet you want to make a deal with me. Aren't you being a bit too confident?"
The young girl clenched her fists, her face full of anger, but it was also tinged with deep frustration and shame. Although she was quite pretty, her thin frame was a drawback.
"Am I really that bad? Oh, right, Miao Meiyuan has big breasts, so you hang out with her and look down on me. You're definitely going to tell on me to Miao Meiyuan, aren't you... What exactly do you want before you'll let me go!"
She looked at Alex with desperate eyes.
Alex was speechless. The premise of this girl's thinking was that he would definitely not let her go, which is why she wouldn't give up even after pestering him for so long. Did he really have to take advantage of her for this matter to end?
"What kind of grudge do you have with Miao Meiyuan and the others that you'd do something like this?" Alex asked first.
The girl was dejected, like a defeated rooster, but when she mentioned Miao Meiyuan and the others, she began to gnash her teeth.
"Miao Meiyuan is a devil. Don't be fooled by her cute appearance. She has been determined to be a delinquent girl since she was little and bullies me all day. Yu Xinyao and Yan Bianman, who are by her side, are her devilish accomplices. The three of them have been bullying me since elementary school, and I've been bullied so miserably."
Alex asked curiously, "How did they bully you?"
The girl said indignantly, "They put bugs in my schoolbag, stole my allowance and snacks, and there's so much more, I can't even remember it all. She also... also..."
She bit her lip, a flush appearing on her face, and finally gritted her teeth and continued, "They even mimicked the delinquent boys on TV, teased me, and even used water guns to spray me, shouting things like 'awsl'. I was constantly bullied by them until I transferred schools and escaped their clutches, but I never expected that in high school, I would actually run into them again."
She said, full of resentment.
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