Chapter 15 The Double Standard Toward Girls

• “Please… Don’t tell anyone about this…” Ji Youyou lowered her head and pleaded in a small voice.
• “I won’t!” Tang Yin grinned widely at her.
• “Especially…” Ji Youyou added hurriedly when she saw that Tang Yin was about to leave.
• “Hmm? Especially?” Tang Yin looked at her quizzically.
• Ji Youyou lowered her head again. “Especially my face, please don’t tell anyone about it…”
• Tang Yin smiled and slowly walked up to Ji Youyou.
• Ji Youyou paled in fright and stumbled backward, all the while staring at Tang Yin with fear in her doe-like eyes.
• Her response left Tang Yin at a loss for words. “Sure, I’ll keep your secret. You’re actually very pretty, so why are you hiding your beauty behind all those fake zits? You should be more confident in yourself; it’ll do you good!”
• A flash of dismay crossed Ji Youyou’s eyes, but she still nodded gently.
• Tang Yin, at a loss as to how to advise her, turned and walked away with a wave of his hand.
• Ji Youyou lifted her head and glanced at Tang Yin’s retreating figure with a complicated expression on her face before walking back toward the female dormitory all by herself.
• Tang Yin had no idea what the girl was thinking, but she was sure to have her issues, so he returned to his dormitory without prying. Once he entered the room, he sensed a tense atmosphere.
• Inside the room, Ding Xuan reclined on the bed with an angry look on his face while Zhou Rui lay asleep on his own bed. Of his three roommates, only Chen Wei lifted his head to glance at him although his eyes shifted when his gaze met Lu Chen’s and he quickly turned back to his book.
• “You’re back?” Ding Xuan stated icily, “Do you want to have a talk with Chen Wei? The brat’s done us dirty, and oh man, is it dirty!”
• “I did not!” Chen Wei lifted his head to protest with a scowl on his face.
• Tang Yin laughed it off. “What is there to talk about? We’re all brothers here; why would Chen Wei try to harm me? Whatever, let’s just get to rest!”
• “How kind of you!” Ding Xuan turned on his side and sneered.
• Tang Yin shrugged, then turned to crawl into bed before closing his eyes and drifting to sleep.
• The next day was a Monday and they had class early in the morning, so Tang Yin had chosen to go to bed earlier than usual.
• The morning bell rang just as Tang Yin and Ding Xuan were rushing into their classroom.
• They had barely entered the classroom when they heard a ruckus coming from inside; there was some clamoring, some nasty comments and also jeering laughter.
• Tang Yin’s brows furrowed when he raised his head to see what was going on.
• Lin Chenfeng and a group of his friends were snickering in their seats, turning their heads toward Ji Youyou and breaking out into bouts of laughter every now and then.
• “Ji Youyou, it’s just 20,000. Are you really that poor?”
• “Maybe she took the money to buy some cosmetics, who knows?”
• “With the way she looks, just how much money would she need to spend to make herself presentable? 20,000 can’t be enough! She would need at least 200,000, wouldn’t she?”
• Ji Youyou’s lips were pressed together tightly and tears swam within the eyes set on her pale face.
• Upon hearing those words, Tang Yin sighed lightly and walked over to her.
• “Tang Yin is here! Look! Tang Yin is here!” Wang Rui laughed loudly as she pointed at Tang Yin. “Look! Tang Yin is going to pay the money back for her!”
• Lin Chenfeng also turned around and called out loudly, “The hero is here to save his princess! Aren’t you guys going to give him a round of applause? After all, Tang Yin said that all the money is with him!”
• “Tang Yin, you’re saving your princess, huh?”
• Tang Yin wore an indifferent expression as he took a seat and lifted his chin angrily. “We’re all classmates here, do you have to torment a girl like that?!”
• “I don’t have such an ugly classmate…”
• “Never mind that she’s ugly, she steals!”
• Ji Youyou burst out into tears with a wail and buried her face on the table, no longer able to bear the snide remarks directed at her.
• Tang Yin swept his gaze around the class. “Who said that Ji Youyou stole the money?! The money has always been with me and not a single cent was spent!”
• “Oooh… The money was with you? Tang Yin, I really couldn’t tell that you were on such good terms with Ji Youyou that she was willing to entrust the money with you…” Wang Rui laughed mockingly as she rolled her eyes and spread her hands. “Then why don’t you give us the money? Who in this class doesn’t know that you and Ji Youyou are the poorest of us all, yet you still dare to say that the money is with you?!”
• “What a match made in heaven!” Lin Chenfeng declared cheerfully.
• Tang Yin pushed Wang Rui aside and stood up.
• Wang Rui was struck dumb for a moment; she hadn’t expected that Tang Yin would be so rough toward her.
• Wang Rui looked ordinary, but she was very good at dressing up and would carefully choose clothes that exposed her skin a little in addition to applying a thick layer of foundation to her face whenever she went out. She gained many admirers in the class with that, and so, many of them pandered to her, thus contributing to her haughty and domineering behavior.
• “Tang Yin, what’s with that attitude?” Wang Rui glared at Tang Yin with disbelief on her face.
• Tang Yin was disgusted by her, so he retorted, “Attitude? Is my attitude any worse than yours?”
• “You!” Livid, Wang Rui pointed at Tang Yin. “Why don’t you take a good look at yourself? A brokea** loser like you dares to criticize me? Hurry up and give us the money or I’ll bring this matter to the Academic Services Office immediately!”
• “Tang Yin, that was wrong of you. How can you speak to a girl like that?” Lin Chenfeng looked at Tang Yin witheringly.
• Tang Yin derided him in return, “Why is it wrong if I speak to a girl like that but it’s alright for the lot of you to speak to Ji Youyou in the same way? Isn’t she a girl too? Just like Wang Rui?”
• “How can an ugly bitch like her compare to me?!” Wang Rui looked incensed at Tang Yin’s comparison.
• “Is Ji Youyou really a girl?” Lin Chenfeng spread his hands, framing the taunt on his face.
• The audience burst out into laughter and they cast mocking gazes at Ji Youyou.
• Ji Youyou is so ugly; how dare she calls herself a girl? If someone like her is a girl, then all the sows in the world could be considered as girls too! It’s only fitting that we speak to Ji Youyou this way since she’s so ugly. Of course, it isn’t alright to talk to Wang Rui like that because she’s a goddess in many people’s eyes!
• “Cut the crap and show us the money!” Wang Rui demanded with a cold snort. “Don’t tell me that you don’t have it on you?”
• Tang Yin smiled contemptuously and dug out his phone. “It’s only money after all. Is it really so important to you? I think that what you’re doing is the real joke, cornering your classmates without a shred of consideration for their feelings, all over a measly 20,000… You’re no worse than scum.”
• “Just who are you talking about?!” Wang Rui flared up and pointed an outstretched finger at Tang Yin.
• Tang Yin smiled thinly at her and tapped on his phone. “Who do I transfer it to?”
• “Transfer it to me. I need to see whether or not the amount is correct.” Wang Rui spread her hands.
• A cold smile hung at the corner of Tang Yin’s lips as he tapped at the WeChat logo on his screen, but to no avail. No matter how hard he tapped on it, there was no sign of the app opening.
• His phone had frozen!
• when he’d bought it. But now, Tang Yin was aggrieved that it had frozen at such a critical juncture.
• “What’s wrong? Why aren’t you transferring the money?” Wang Rui demanded and pointed a finger at him. “Don’t you have the money? You couldn’t possibly be showing off even though you don’t have the money, could you? What a joke!”