Riches in Disguise

The truth was that I really wanted to just go and rescue Felicia. However, that would mean that she had endured two slaps for nothing. Even if I had seen Lina's true colors, I could not bring myself to hit her.

I dithered for a while and finally sent a casual reply. "I just picked it up by chance."

Lina laughed coldly. "So he just came across it! Ha, I knew that he wouldn't have gotten it on his own merit. Ask him where he got the imported fruits that he bought for Charlotte."

Felicia bit her lip. "Lina, that's enough. Is this really necessary? The two of you have broken up. You have nothing to do with him anymore."

"Do you want to get slapped again? Do what I tell you to!"

Felicia sent another message. I sighed and gave her an answer that would not trigger any more questions. "I got 500 thousand from the prize money for starting my own company. I bought the fruits."

Lina snatched Felicia's phone away, and her eyes lit up when she saw the message. "500 thousand! That's right! Why didn't I think of that? I should have treated him better.

"Damn it! The point is that I didn't know that Joshua was a fake wealthy heir at the time either. Hmph. It's alright. I can seduce someone at his level within minutes!"noveldrama

She tossed the phone back to Felicia and looked her up and down smugly. "I advise you to go back to your suggestive livestreams. If you try to take my man, I'll only make you regret it." Then, she stalked off arrogantly.

As soon as she left, I walked out. "Felicia, are you alright?"

I turned on the torch on my phone to look at her face. Luckily, Lina wasn't very strong, so Felicia's face was only slightly reddened and hadn't swollen up.

Felicia laughed bitterly. "You saw that, didn't you? That's what she's like in front of women. Things in the female dormitories are much more complicated than the men's dormitories.

"In there, there are three main forces of power. She, Isabelle, and Charlotte are part of the Seven Fairies, and there's also a bunch of women who have the Dragon Club as allies who are even cockier."

Ordinary girls would be left in peace if they just went to class, meekly ran errands for them, and tried to avoid them if possible.

However, women who were pretty and attracted the attention of a few men, or who did not seem to avoid them would be targeted and harassed.

This included women who happened to use the laundry machine whenever they wanted to or took the best spots when they wanted to hang their blankets out to dry.

I was flabbergasted by what Felicia told me. "Isn't that bullying?"

Felicia nodded. "You could say that."

Damn. I had no idea how complicated it was in the female dormitories. I had been bullied before, but only verbally. These women were actually physically attacking the others.

"Alright. Don't worry. I'm fine. I let you see this and I'm telling you this only because I'm afraid that you'll be deceived by women, especially Lina. She's the best at tricking people. You mustn't fall for it."

I sighed. "You suffered because of me. Is it worth it?"

"That's what I should be asking you. You didn't get a large amount of prize money, but you spent pretty much all of it on me. Was it worth it?"

I smiled and said, "Yes."

She blushed at once. I didn't want her to overthink it, so I quickly added, "We're friends, and we help each other out. Alright. You'd better get home and get some rest now. It's pretty late."

The next day, I went to class with Benjamin and the others. As soon as I sat down, I spotted Felicia turning back to wave at me, and I smiled at her.

Liam immediately got so jealous that he pinched my arm. "William, when did you secretly get so close to Felicia? Can't you introduce her to us?"

"Alright, alright! Don't pinch me! I'll ask her to have lunch with us this afternoon. How about that?"

Benjamin nodded vigorously in excitement. "Okay! I recorded the livestream from that night, and I watch it every night before I sleep. Felicia is my dream woman."

I was rendered speechless. Wasn't that a little overboard? I mean, she was our classmate after all.