Hua Nai was nearly mad with rage, ignoring everything around her as she thrust the knife again and again.

Gu Yu Qi sensed danger and sprinted straight for her front gate. *This woman’s too dangerous—run!*

Close call! The blade tip grazed past Gu Yu Qi several times.

"Ahh!" Hua Nai suddenly shrieked.

Gu Yu Qi halted, gritting her teeth with a faint triumphant smile. "I won’t fight you. Someone else will handle you." Her clever move—calling the bodyguards.

From the moment Hua Nai threatened her, Gu Yu Qi knew the severity. The last banquet had already hinted at the woman’s instability. She’d called bodyguards just in case.

One woman against eight tall, burly guards—no matter how skilled, she couldn’t take them all down.

She was right. Though Hua Nai slashed a few arms, she was swiftly pinned.

Gu Yu Qi pulled out her phone and dialed 110.

"What’s your family’s number?" Gu Yu Qi looked down at Hua Nai, condescending. Hua Nai’s eyes were wide, straining as if to burst from their sockets, silent but glaring fiercely.

Gu Yu Qi gave a cold laugh, clutching her wound as she shuffled slowly toward the door.

"Heh, by the way," she turned back. "Junior Liang Sheng adores my face. What about yours?" Her hidden manipulative streak surfaced completely.

Hua Nai’s pupils tightened. Hatred burned in her stare—if the guards let go, she’d tear Gu Yu Qi apart.

With a provocative smirk, Gu Yu Qi turned and swaggered into the villa.

The moment she stepped inside, pain overwhelmed her. She collapsed onto the floor.

"Auntie Wang! Auntie Wang!" Gu Yu Qi yelled.

"What is it, Yu Qi?" Auntie Wang hurried over. Having served the Gu family twenty years, she treated Yu Qi like her own child.

"Oh!" Auntie Wang spotted the wound before Yu Qi could speak. Her hands trembled. "What happened, Yu Qi?!"

Gu Yu Qi forced a smile. "Please bring the first-aid kit. It might get infected."

"Okay, okay!" Auntie Wang nodded frantically, rushing inside without another question.

Only after the bandaging did realization dawn on Auntie Wang.

"Oh dear, my little treasure—why not go to the hospital?" She slapped her thigh in dismay.

Gu Yu Qi shook her head. She didn’t want this public. If her father found out, scolding was inevitable.

"Then… what happened?"

Gu Yu Qi chuckled lightly. "Just ran into a lunatic. Don’t worry—I called the police. They’ll take her away. We likely won’t see her again." *Liang Sheng won’t have to deal with this pest anymore,* she thought smugly, unaware her mindset mirrored Hua Nai’s yandere obsession.

At home, Liang Sheng sneezed hard. *That yandere’s fantasizing about me again… Ugh, such a headache.*

The next day, Liang Sheng hovered nervously outside the classroom, too scared to enter—afraid of Hua Nai.

"What are you doing?!" a sharp voice boomed behind her.

"Ah! Holy crap!" Liang Sheng jumped. Dong Yue stood there, sizing her up.

*Whoosh—* Affinity decreased.

Dong Yue’s affinity toward Liang Sheng: 15

"A proper girl doesn’t curse," Dong Yue chided with a glare. "Don’t let me hear it again."

Liang Sheng bowed hastily, promising silence, then glanced at Dong Yue’s profile:

Name: Dong Yue

Age: 24

Height: 170 cm

Weight: 51 kg

Looks: S

Hobbies: Olympiad math, classical Chinese literature, teaching

Attributes: mature beauty, old-fashioned

Traits: scholarly demeanor, from a scholarly family

Family: Father—renowned calligrapher; Mother—renowned writer

Affinity toward Su Ze: 38

Affinity toward Liang Sheng: 15

*Sigh… The cultured world’s beyond me,* Liang Sheng mused, shaking her head.

"Stop dawdling! Class is starting." Dong Yue, arms full of books, checked her watch and ushered her in.

Liang Sheng swallowed hard, glancing sideways at Hua Nai’s seat—empty. Relief washed over her as she walked to her desk.

After one class passed with no sign of Hua Nai, Liang Sheng nearly cheered. *Did the yandere fall for someone else? Or is she seriously ill?* "Oh great gods—thank you, Jade Emperor, Queen Mother of the West, Guanyin, Jesus, God!" She rambled gratefully, oblivious to the odd mix.

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"Junior Liang Sheng, step out a moment."

After third period, Gu Yu Qi appeared at the classroom door.

"What is it, Senior Gu Yu Qi!" Liang Sheng hurried over happily—then froze at Gu Yu Qi’s pale face.

"Senior… are you okay? You look…" Liang Sheng’s voice trembled with worry.

Gu Yu Qi leaned weakly against the wall, coughing softly. "Cough… never mind. I won’t say it." A classic feint of vulnerability.

"What happened?!" Liang Sheng’s heart clenched. Every time she saw that handsome face, she melted. Now, so pale—it hurt to look.

Gu Yu Qi sighed. "That new transfer student in your class… she…"

"She hurt you?!" Liang Sheng burst out. *I knew that yandere would cause trouble!*

"Yes… such a deep cut on my arm. It really, really hurts." Gu Yu Qi frowned, pressing her injured arm.

Liang Sheng’s anger flared. "I’ll go reason with her!"

Gu Yu Qi watched Liang Sheng’s flushed, pouting face—adorably furious—and felt a quiet thrill. *See? I matter to her.*

She gently pulled Liang Sheng close, using their height difference to rest her chin atop Liang Sheng’s head. Smiling softly, she wrapped an arm around her waist. "I’m fine. Don’t go. She’s dangerous. I don’t want you hurt. I can handle this."

*Boom!* Liang Sheng’s mind short-circuited. So flirtatious! So utterly captivating! Who wouldn’t love this woman?!

"Se… Senior Gu Yu Qi…" Liang Sheng stammered, face burning. Joy hit so suddenly her legs turned to jelly.

*Done for… Brain’s fried. Rational system—crashed!*