Chapter 3

Emma took a while to understand my meaning. Her eyes widened in shock and her tone changed.

"You planned this from the beginning? You pretended to be rich, deliberately got my attention, then actively exchanged lives with me, didn't you?"

I smiled brightly: "That's right, I planned it all. You're so easy to fool! I thought I'd have to pretend for much longer to trick you!"

"How did you know I have the system?"

Emma wasn't stupid, and lowered her voice when mentioning the system.

I also softened my voice: "Because I'm reborn, you know."

I was telling the truth, but Emma didn't believe me.

She was furious and raised her hand to slap me, but I grabbed it and pushed her away.

"Before you hit me, you should worry about the balance in your hands! How will you perform at the New Year's party without a gown, Miss Emma?"

Emma laughed angrily: "Even if you've become me, what use is it? My orphan identity is completely useless!"

I waved my hand dismissively: "Whether it's useful or not, we'll find out later. Don't regret it then."

Emma's face fell: "I won't regret it! But don't think you'll get off easy, you bitch!"

She stomped her foot and ran away in a huff.

I smiled in satisfaction.

This is just the beginning, don't back down now!

As it turned out, Emma didn't back down. She quickly started to retaliate.

When I returned from washing up, I found the door to my dorm room locked from the inside.

I knocked twice, and my roommate Lily's hesitant voice came from behind the door.

"Lucy, did you offend Emma somehow? She said if we dare let you in, she'll lead everyone to target us in the future. We're scared..."

I don't know if my initial image as an arrogant rich socialite was too successful, but these roommates really did submit to Emma's threats.

I was about to go along with it when I ran into Emma.

"Isn't this karma, Lucy? Look, no one dares let you in."

I ignored her and walked past towards the stairwell.

People were coming and going in the stairwell. I didn't care about their gazes at all and wasn't embarrassed as I curled up in a corner.

Emma followed like a plague.

"I told you I wouldn't let you off easy. You dare trick me, you have to bear the consequences of tricking me."

"Just wait, let's see how you endure the days ahead!"

I didn't answer, just silently shed tears.

Two girls passing by seemed to want to help me up, but seeing Emma standing nearby, they ultimately left.

After Emma had her fill of watching, she left too.

Lily, hiding behind the stairs, secretly brought me a blanket.

"Lily, help me take some photos. Don't cover me with the blanket, make it look as pitiful as possible."

Lily was stunned for a moment, apparently not expecting the usually meek me to fight back. But she quickly reacted and took many photos as I requested.

I chose a few that looked the most pitiful and anonymously posted them on the school forum.

[First time seeing real bullying in college! Rich girls will be rich girls, we should all be careful, or we might be the ones sleeping in the stairwell next time.]

As soon as it was posted, the comments exploded. Many people were curious.

[Which rich girl? What major? What's her name?]

[How can they be so cruel without anyone stopping them? The school isn't their home, who do they think they are?]

[Suggest directly exposing this girl's name, let this gentleman teach her a lesson.]

My classmates could immediately tell this rich girl referred to Emma, and started explaining Emma's show-off behavior in the comments, starting from the freshman group chat.

Emma rarely checked the school forum and hadn't discovered she'd been put on blast yet.

Given her usual behavior, no one around her would voluntarily tell her about this either.

So the next day, she still put on beautiful makeup and sat proudly in her classroom seat, completely unaware of the strange looks from those around her.

This oblivious yet smug appearance made me laugh so hard!