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Wang Sasa’s expression faltered slightly, and she instinctively extended her hand.

Tan Yixuan looked at her coldly and didn’t acknowledge the gesture.

Wang Sasa’s movement stalled, then she withdrew her hand nonchalantly.

Clearing her throat, she forced a smile and said warmly, “Class is about to start, and the floor is cold…”

As soon as she finished speaking, the entire class fell silent, with students showing expressions of disbelief.

Did Wang Sasa lose her mind? Did she take the wrong medicine? Or is she just coming up with a new way to mess with people?

Tan Yixuan stood up, calmly brushed off the dust from her skirt, and walked away without a glance.

Wang Sasa watched her leave without looking back, frowning in thought.

She felt that since Tan Yixuan had a deep-seated prejudice against the original owner, continuing to please her in the original owner’s stead would have little effect.

So, she planned to make Tan Yixuan believe that she was not the same person as the original owner.

But this wasn’t something that could be accomplished overnight; she had to be prepared for a long battle.

Wang Sasa sighed deeply at this thought.

Taking advantage of the morning, she flipped through her textbooks and found that although there were minor differences, the content was largely the same, which spared her from having to relearn everything from scratch.

Since she needed to convince Tan Yixuan that she was different from the original owner, she had to showcase their differences in every aspect.

If the original owner was a poor student, then she would be a top student.

If the original owner admired Wei Qi, then she would regard Wei Qi as insignificant.

If the original owner was harsh and spoiled, she would be gentle and friendly. If the original owner sought trouble, she would offer warmth…

“Shasha, what are you thinking about?”

Wang Sasa’s thoughts were interrupted, and she turned her head. She saw a girl with long curly hair sitting on her desk, her legs swinging and her big eyes curiously looking at her.

Wang Sasa glared at her legs and frowned instinctively.

This was her desk. Did she give permission for her to sit there?

The other girl didn’t seem to notice Wang Sasa’s displeasure and smiled innocently, “Did you see Tan Yixuan’s shoes? Who in the second high school wears xx brand? It’s so out of date.”

Tan Yixuan came from an average family, and with the students of the second high school being either rich or noble, comparison was rampant.

Since the school uniforms were standardized, students focused on shoes.

The best were those without logos, followed by various high-priced brands.

Tan Yixuan had been mocked by Wang Shasha for wearing a pair of inexpensive logo-branded shoes, and it was clear that this was just another attempt to please the original owner by repeating the same old tune.

Wang Sasa, not being the original owner, naturally didn’t receive the intended flattery.

She kept her eyes on her desk and, seeing that the other girl was oblivious, remained silent for a moment before finally saying coldly, “Could you please get off my desk?”

The girl with long curly hair, also known as Chai Kejia, one of the four lackeys, blinked and slowly got off the desk.

“Shasha, are you… okay today?” Chai Kejia asked cautiously, not knowing what she had done to upset Wang Sasa. But since the original owner was always unpredictable with her emotions, she had become accustomed to it and didn’t take it too seriously.

Wang Sasa looked at Chai Kejia’s hairstyle, then looked away, smiling as she said, “I’m fine.” After a pause, she glanced at Tan Yixuan, then casually said to Chai Kejia, “But don’t talk about shoes in the future. It’s boring.”

Chai Kejia was slightly taken aback and slowly nodded in agreement.

At this point, the other three girls arrived one after another.

Wang Sasa recognized them all as her four lackeys: Chai Kejia, Ji Yiran, Zhou Yufei, and Zhou Yunlu.

Each had a different personality but gathered around the original owner for various reasons.

Among them, Zhou Yunlu was fiery and relatively straightforward, always following the original owner.

Her sister Zhou Yufei and Chai Kejia were both outwardly warm but inwardly cold.

These three had families slightly better off than the original owner but still belonged to the wealthy class.

Only Ji Yiran came from a more ordinary background.

Listening to the chattering of the three, Wang Sasa glanced at the silent Ji Yiran and felt the complexity of their relationships.

She intended to let the information go in one ear and out the other, but suddenly heard Zhou Yunlu gloatingly say she was going to give Tan Yixuan a “surprise.” Frowning, she asked, “What are you planning to do now?”

Zhou Yunlu blinked, scratched her head, and vaguely sensed that her boss might not be pleased. She hesitated and said, “I… I put something in her shoe cabinet.”

Put something in the shoe cabinet?

Wang Sasa didn’t have time to ask Zhou Yunlu what she had put in Tan Yixuan’s shoe cabinet. She abruptly stood up and ran off.

The other four girls exchanged glances, then immediately followed Wang Sasa.

Wang Sasa dashed to the shoe cabinet and saw Tan Yixuan standing in front of it, about to open it. She shouted, “Don’t move!”

Tan Yixuan was startled by her voice and turned abruptly to see Wang Sasa, panting and leaning against the wall, staring at her intently.

Tan Yixuan thought Wang Sasa was looking for trouble again and took a deep breath, trying to control her rising anger as she turned her back on her.

Seeing that Tan Yixuan was determined to open the cabinet, Wang Sasa didn’t bother to explain. She hurried over and slammed the cabinet shut with a loud thud just as it had opened a crack.

Tan Yixuan, quick on the draw, retracted her hand just in time, almost getting her fingers caught.

She turned, leaning against the shoe cabinet, and glared at Wang Sasa with furious eyes, unable to contain her anger, and asked, “What exactly are you trying to do?!”

Wang Sasa supported herself against the shoe cabinet, gazing directly at Tan Yixuan with a campus idol smile, and said softly, “I just want to be friends with you.”

Tan Yixuan: “…”

The four lackeys who had just arrived stared in shock at the two of them, falling into silence.

Wang Sasa noticed the awkward atmosphere and slowly withdrew her hand, straightening up. “I know this is hard to believe, but I am no longer the person I was before.”

She smiled sadly, her smile clear and beautiful. “I apologize for the things the previous owner of this body did…”

“…Are you out of your mind?” Tan Yixuan’s gaze was icy, like a winter wind that made one shiver. She gave Wang Sasa a cold look and turned back to open the shoe cabinet.

It was too late to stop her. With a whoosh, a small, furry black creature slipped out of the cabinet.

Tan Yixuan’s face remained expressionless, while Wang Sasa’s color changed drastically.

The small animal darted like lightning straight towards Wang Sasa’s face.

Wang Sasa let out a blood-curdling scream and lunged towards Tan Yixuan.

Unfortunately, Tan Yixuan was petite and slender, unable to bear the weight of another girl.

Due to the inertia, Tan Yixuan was knocked to the ground by Wang Sasa.

Wang Sasa was afraid of ghosts, but she was even more terrified of such a filthy little animal.

Tan Yixuan glared at Wang Sasa, who was covering her eyes and screaming while sitting on top of her. Through gritted teeth, she said, “Get off me!”

The four lackeys hurriedly came over to help.

Supported by the four, Wang Sasa staggered to her feet and weakly smiled. “Anyway, I assure you that what I said earlier was true. Just wait and see.”

Tan Yixuan, furious, got up from the ground and adjusted her dirty school uniform skirt and shirt.

She glanced at Wang Sasa and with a slight, sarcastic smile, asked, “Do you expect me to believe you? Can you explain who put that rat in the shoe cabinet?”

Wang Sasa pushed away the helping hands and did not immediately defend herself.

At this point, whatever she said would only sound like excuses to Tan Yixuan.

So, she planned to show her through actions how she was different from the original owner.

Facing Tan Yixuan’s questioning, Wang Sasa remained calm and said slowly, “All I can say is that the rat wasn’t placed there by me. Of course… it wasn’t instructed by me either. Believe it or not.”

Tan Yixuan snorted coldly, turned her head, and left after changing her shoes.

“Boss, you’re just letting her go like that?” Zhou Yunlu, who thrived on chaos, expressed mild dissatisfaction seeing Tan Yixuan walk away.

Wang Sasa, recalling the earlier ‘dangerous situation,’ frowned and said to Zhou Yunlu, “Don’t get involved with Tan Yixuan’s matters in the future.”

Seeing the four’s astonished expressions and worried they might act recklessly, she deliberately adopted a serious tone and warned, “Are you all ignoring what I said?”

The group hesitated and exchanged glances.

Although they didn’t understand what the boss was up to, they nodded obediently.

That evening, after Wang Sasa got home, she continued to study “Campus Ghost Stories” carefully.

The novel barely touched on how the original owner and her group bullied Tan Yixuan. Apart from the perpetrators, time, and place, she had to figure out the details on her own.

Such incidents were bound to happen more than once.

She wouldn’t always be so fortunate as to coincidentally encounter a situation where she could save Tan Yixuan.

Thus, she needed to nip such malicious bullying in the bud before it developed.

Of course, she could also stay close to Tan Yixuan to deal with any issues immediately, but—

Wang Sasa thought about Tan Yixuan’s open dislike and rejection of her and decided against it.

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