I Heard That I am a HeartBreaker - Chapter 38

As Qiu Shuang entered, she immediately sensed that the atmosphere was off. After asking around for a while, she learned about the incident of the stolen clothing.

Qiu Shuang couldn’t understand it; she felt the whole situation was absurd. Furthermore, if the person was from within the school, they could surely be found through surveillance footage. But how could someone from outside the school get in?

At this thought, Qiu Shuang stopped pondering it. It didn’t really concern her anyway.

However, that dance competition… Song Ya seemed to be participating as well.

After a moment of thought, Qiu Shuang dismissed the matter. Although Song Ya was a terrible person, a complete jerk.

But in this aspect, the other party wouldn’t stoop to such a low level.

After all, to some extent, Song Ya was already arrogant to the extreme. She completely looked down on the other contestants and naturally wouldn’t resort to such a method to win.

Qiu Shuang didn’t continue asking. After all, some things were only suitable for gossip, but delving too deep into gossip could easily get one entangled. She’d rather not get involved in this kind of mess.

Gu Lingxi truly felt a headache. Although the school’s standards were quite high, it had to be admitted that not everyone was admitted solely through the academic track; there were other factors at play…

When Tang Yulin’s face flashed through her mind, Gu Lingxi felt a pang of guilt. They were in the same academic year, and their relationship could be described as “not acquainted until they clashed.”

Well, actually, Gu Lingxi had initially earmarked her as her next girlfriend, but after getting to know Tang Yulin, Gu Lingxi gave up.

Although Gu Lingxi didn’t think she was a particularly good person and was a little flighty, she still had a conscience.

It truly hadn’t been easy for the other girl. Tang Yulin was an orphan, relying purely on absolute talent and the sponsorship of kind people to get where she was. She was destined to shine on the stage.

So, she didn’t need to pluck this pitiful flower, as it had already done its utmost to bloom.

Even the most ruthless gardener in the world should, at this moment, show some deference for this effort and resilience.

Moreover, this competition was very important to Tang Yulin.

Gu Lingxi tried her best to think, ranging from nearby competitors to those within the city. Tang Yulin had always been the president of the dance club, and the clubs were almost entirely independent.

The other girl had been as cautious as possible, even coming to Gu Lingxi for safekeeping, yet she suffered a major setback right here.

Gu Lingxi really didn’t understand. How clever and scheming must this person be to know about their conversation and the entrusted item?

On the other hand, how substantial must their financial resources be to arrange everything so perfectly? Even if they investigated deeply, it probably wouldn’t make much sense.

Because by then, the competition time would have passed. Gu Lingxi had to prepare for both eventualities: urgently creating a comparable dance costume and finding out who the thief was.

Gu Lingxi sighed.

“Forget it, you don’t need to say anything more. I take full responsibility for this incident. Just be careful next time. Since it has already happened, we should report it to the police and investigate…”

After speaking, Gu Lingxi turned and left. Her first priority now was to find Tang Yulin. Hopefully, the other girl had a backup outfit, but after considering her financial situation, Gu Lingxi thought this idea was a pipe dream.

What surprised Gu Lingxi was that Tang Yulin wasn’t angry when she learned about the incident. She just leaned calmly against the wall, continued stretching her limbs, and then danced elegant movements, spinning and leaping.

Gu Lingxi felt it was too surreal. She seriously suspected that the other girl was so furious that she couldn’t even hear her speaking.

“Are you okay? I’ve already called the costume maker, and they’ll be here soon. Although the rush job won’t be too elaborate, it will definitely fit. If we make the colors unique, it might still have an unexpected effect. You don’t have to be too…”

“Alright, no need to say more.”

The graceful music suddenly stopped, and her movements paused as well. Tang Yulin drew in her leg, stood up, and looked calmly at Gu Lingxi.

“This is not your fault. It was aimed at me. Of course, you are somewhat involved, but that’s a secondary matter. Don’t worry about my outfit; just help me find the person who stole it.”

At this point, Tang Yulin paused. Her hand touched her slender waist, and after feeling her prominently protruding ribs, she smiled.

“Gu Lingxi, you know, the poor are very afraid of failure. We usually make two preparations, even if it means starving for a few extra days.”

“It seems you already have a general idea of the suspect.”

Gu Lingxi was silent after hearing her words. She hadn’t expected that one day she would become the bait in someone else’s fishing net. Forget it; she would just consider it paying off the debt for her past fickleness.

The commotion in the club gradually dissipated. Everyone understood what was going on. Just by looking at the costume’s extravagance, they knew its price was considerable.

However, they were not students of the dance department, so they naturally weren’t concerned about the competition and wouldn’t consider the deeper level of malicious competition.

After watching the other girl’s figure disappear, Xin Zhu’s eyes instantly turned cold. She thought this action would just disgust the other party, but she hadn’t expected that it could turn out this way.

Her phone vibrated. Xin Zhu opened the message and, the moment she saw the message box, she clenched her phone.

“When I got there, the clothes had already been taken by someone else…”

Seeing the message saying she failed to steal it, Xin Zhu clenched her fist. The praying mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it. It seemed that there truly was a higher echelon of cunning. Xin Zhu had thought that stealing the clothes would just be a way to upset Gu Lingxi, but she hadn’t expected to actually flush out a hidden scoundrel.

Daring to step on her and treat her like a clown, she wouldn’t let the other party get away with it. Xin Zhu decided she must find out who this villain, who had snatched the spoils of victory in the shadows, was.

However, she now had a more pressing matter to attend to.

Xin Zhu looked at Qiu Shuang standing not far away, facing her phone screen. She tried her best to make her expression look prettier and more pitiful, then walked over tearfully.

In the silent dance studio, Tang Yulin fell silent as she looked at a few contacts on her phone.

She was poor, indeed very poor, almost pitiable. Being a dancer inherently involved high-intensity training. Most of Tang Yulin’s money was spent filling her stomach, and then finding ways to do extensive exercise while not gaining weight.

There was no helping it; those who had starved were always so greedy, preferring to endure a hundred times the toil rather than eat a little less, hoping to use this way of filling their stomach to find warmth.

The dance studio mirror reflected the girl’s figure. Tang Yulin was tall and beautiful, but she naturally had a small frame, and coupled with her strictness towards herself, although her face was quite pretty, her slender body lacked any allure.

Because of this, very few boys pursued Tang Yulin, but she was very satisfied with this. Others’ pursuits couldn’t significantly elevate her self-worth and would also interfere with her life.

Fortunately, no one was harassing her; otherwise, having to fend off people would truly occupy her precious limited youth.

From the moment Tang Yulin embarked on this path, she decided to dedicate everything to the stage. She wanted to pursue dance with her life.

As for the theft of the costume this time, Tang Yulin had already guessed who it was, but she lacked evidence. The reason she specifically left the costume with Gu Lingxi was intentional.

After all, if someone from their own family makes a mistake, it’s better for their own people to clean it up. Outsiders would not only fail to resolve the matter but would also breed resentment. Let the Gu family catch the thief who came from the Gu family.

Although the final outcome might not be entirely fair, at least Tang Yulin wanted to tear off this person’s facade. In truth, some things were almost set in stone, what was known as being “pre-determined.”

All she could do was work harder each time, presenting a work that no one could refuse, and no one could find any fault with.

If an 80-point score would lose to a 70-point score, then she, Tang Yulin, would aim for 99, 100, or even 200 points, doing so until anyone with open eyes could not in good conscience push her out.

The adult world is entirely about pure interests, and students living in a university are essentially the same. The weak are jealous of the strong, and the strong ignore the weak. Especially under the guidance of meritocracy, everyone wants to be the first, but there is only ever one first place.

Tang Yulin didn’t understand sophisticated banquets, stock market fluctuations, or the dining etiquette of young heiresses. She only knew one thing: the only thing she could offer and possessed was her prideful talent. She would ensure that no one could erase the light that belonged to Tang Yulin.

Tang Yulin was determined to be the first, the eternal first.

Tang Yulin smiled as she looked at the long-silent profile picture on her phone. Sometimes God was fair, and some things couldn’t be remedied by money.

For example, she was a genius, and Gu Xue was a fool, and a pitiful fool at that—a fool who lacked any talent, yet stubbornly ran down a path that didn’t belong to her, galloping without looking back…

“Stupid and malicious.”

In the empty dance studio, this light-as-a-feather remark sounded exceptionally loud. Immediately after, the door closed, the lights went out, and the venue that had witnessed countless girls’ tears and sweat returned to darkness.

Qiu Shuang used all her might to evade Xin Zhu’s tearful complaints. Damn it, she wasn’t good at comforting people, and she didn’t want to comfort anyone either.

Furthermore, Qiu Shuang didn’t believe everything happened so coincidentally. How was it that every time Xin Zhu went to the bathroom, something bad would happen?

Was she some sort of “rule-based horror”?

Did she trigger some adverse event whenever she went to the restroom? If so… it seemed she really should keep a good eye on the other girl.

Upon returning to the dormitory, Qiu Shuang had just let out a sigh of relief when she found Qi Sijiao waiting for her inside the room.

“What’s wrong, Sister, what happened today?”

Qi Sijiao noticed that Qiu Shuang was clearly preoccupied. She quickly looked up at her, even ignoring the rankings on her phone.

Qiu Shuang looked at the other girl’s anxious eyes, forced a subtle smile, and then looked at the constant barrage of insults from her teammates flashing in the side message box of Qi Sijiao’s phone.

“You should finish your ranked game first…”

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