Chapter 70
Smack!
Xie Mi’s slap landed, and the room instantly fell into dead silence.
Lai Bingxuan stared at her in shock, Liu Woxing’s eyes were wide with disbelief, while Xu Shuangrong’s face bore a glaring, shocking red palm print.
It wasn’t just the people present who were dumbfounded—viewers in the livestream were stunned as well.
Everyone was shocked by Xie Mi’s sudden action.
The first to react were Shuang-fans, who instantly cursed out Xie Mi’s ancestors to the eighteenth generation. The comments was filled with a colorful array of insults.
But Xie Mi didn’t care in the slightest. She rotated her wrist and grinned brightly.
“Feels good.”
She had wanted to slap her for a long time.
She didn’t dislike people who climbed up by their own hard work. But if you climbed up by stepping on others, then that was wrong.
“Why?”
Xu Shuangrong’s eyes suddenly turned red, but her tears stubbornly clung to her lashes without falling. “I’ve never offended you. Why would you help Miss Lai hit me? Is it just because she’s from the Lai family?”
She clutched her face, looking utterly wronged, though a flicker of excitement flashed in her eyes.
She had always struggled with how to deal with Xie Mi, but now she had finally gotten hold of her weakness.
As long as she used this chance to have public opinion condemn Xie Mi…
Smack!
Another backhanded slap sent Xu Shuangrong’s thoughts flying.
“Do I need a reason to hit you?”
Xie Mi blinked innocently as she smiled, her eyes filled with a calm that said she couldn’t care less.
Xu Shuangrong suddenly panicked. Seeing Xie Mi lift her hand again, she hurriedly hid behind Liu Woxing. “Wait…”
She had almost forgotten—what the hell did Xie Mi care about public opinion!
But Liu Woxing suddenly stepped aside, dodging her plea for protection.
Xu Shuangrong looked at her in disbelief, only to see Liu Woxing give her an apologetic look. “Teacher Xie must have her reasons for doing this.”
Xu Shuangrong: “???”
“I’m coming~”
By then, Xie Mi had already rolled up her sleeves and was walking toward her, laughing menacingly.
“Actually, I want to be an octopus in my next life, because when I’m slapping people, I could use eight hands to spin around and slap nonstop. Even though I only have two hands in this life, I’ll do my best. Watch closely—”
“Ah!” Xu Shuangrong screamed and shoved her in panic.
But who could’ve guessed? Xie Mi went flying ten meters, rolled twice on the ground, and hit the wall—knocked out cold on the spot.
Xu Shuangrong: “?”
“Teacher Xie!” Liu Woxing was the first to rush forward, even more frantic than when Xu Shuangrong had been shoved earlier.
Lai Bingxuan panicked. “Are you insane, pushing her that hard?! Were you trying to kill her?!”
“I didn’t… push that hard, did I?” Xu Shuangrong herself was dumbfounded.
The livestream comments had already exploded.
[The hell, she pushed with murderous intent, sent her flying!]
[Xie Mi’s faking!! My Shuang-shuang isn’t that strong!!]
[Even if she did push her flying, so what? When Xie Mi went crazy slapping my Shuang Shuang, why didn’t anyone say anything?]
[Huh? Didn’t everyone just say it? You guys almost cursed Old Xie to death. Now suddenly it’s “no one said anything”?]
[Shuang Shuang said she didn’t use force, are you deaf? Xie Mi did it on purpose, so fake!]
[Why do I feel like this scene looks familiar?]
Before Xu Shuangrong could finish her excuses, Xie Mi’s eyes snapped open. She stood up, patted the dust off her clothes, and said, “You’re right, you didn’t use much force. I was faking.”
Xu Shuangrong froze, ready to defend herself, but the next second a flicker of panic crossed her eyes.
No—she had fallen for it!
“See? This proves that even someone with bad acting skills can fly ten meters with just a light push. Just like when Miss Lai said she didn’t use force, yet you fell hard to the ground. Doesn’t this scene look familiar?”
While speaking, Xie Mi had already walked up to Xu Shuangrong, her smiling eyes fixed on her.
“Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t implying anything~”
[Holy shit! No wonder this felt familiar!]
[Familiar my ass, Xie Mi’s twisting logic—just because she faked it doesn’t mean Shuang Shuang was faking! Where’s the logic in that?]
[But when Lai Bingxuan said she didn’t use force earlier, everyone cursed her out. Now Shuang Shuang says she didn’t use force, and suddenly it’s “Xie Mi faked it.” Either way it’s always Shuang Shuang who’s right? I see it clearly now.]
[Old Xie’s just venting for Lai Bingxuan. She might be crazy, but she wouldn’t hit people without reason.]
[Pfft! So Shuang Shuang was bullied, and she’s “venting for Lai Bingxuan”? Does that logic even make sense? Xie Mi just purely hates Shuang Shuang! I bet it’s because of the Xiao-Rong CP thing—she’s been holding a grudge ever since.]
[666, but all your logic is built on “Shuang Shuang was bullied.” Was she really?]
[Let me analyze this: it’s known that Lai Bingxuan and Xu Shuangrong don’t get along. Yet in this situation, Xu Shuangrong volunteered to help Lai Bingxuan make her bed, even reaching for her suitcase. If Lai Bingxuan already disliked her, rejecting her from touching her things is understandable. Can’t we see this as Xu Shuangrong deliberately provoking her?]
[Finally, someone with a brain. I’ve been saying this—whether or not someone’s faking being pushed aside, it was Xu Shuangrong who initiated it. Lai Bingxuan didn’t even respond to her at first.]
[Doesn’t matter! I’ll blindly support Sister Xie!]
The chat was in chaos. Liu Woxing and Lai Bingxuan finally realized what Xie Mi’s actions meant.
Only Xu Shuangrong was still forcing herself to stay calm, biting her lip stubbornly. “Teacher Xie, I wasn’t faking, and I’d never stoop to doing something like that.”
“Doesn’t matter.”
Xie Mi shrugged. “I already said, I don’t need a reason to slap you. Just think of it as me suddenly going crazy and wanting to hit you. Doesn’t that feel easier to accept?”
Xu Shuangrong’s lips twitched.
She still wanted to argue, but Xie Mi had already given up on even playing along, leaving her with no leverage.
A person like Xie Mi—who didn’t care about reputation, fame, or how many people cursed her—had no weaknesses at all!
Now that Xie Mi and Lai Bingxuan were on the same side, Xu Shuangrong had to find an ally too.
“Woxing…”
Her eyes reddened as she looked at her roommate—the one she had deliberately befriended from the start of the show, carefully nurturing the friendship, chatting heart-to-heart every night before bed. Surely she wouldn’t…
“Teacher Xie must have her reasons.” Liu Woxing repeated herself, second verse same as the first.
Xu Shuangrong: “?”
What was with this hardcore-fan-sounding answer??
Liu Woxing looked at her with slight guilt. “Shuangrong, it’s not that I don’t believe you. I admit I’m confused too—I don’t know who’s right or wrong between you and Miss Lai.”
“But if Teacher Xie did this, then she must have her reasons.”
Enough already!!
