Today I Will Also Be the Male Protagonist’s Rival - Chapter 48

Shen Luan tilted his head and glanced at the iron rod, his tone laced with mockery.
“You dare hit me?”

Su Yu chuckled and leaned in slightly.
“You’re welcome to try.”

“F*ck! What’s a chick acting so cocky for?”

A student from First High lost patience and rushed forward.

Su Yu curled her lips and casually lifted a leg, suddenly exerting force.

Bang!

The boy was caught off guard by the powerful kick. Unable to find his balance, he fell to the ground clutching his stomach, unable to get up.

A chorus of laughter broke out among the group of boys.

“Man, what’s wrong with you? Got wrecked by a girl?”

“Hey Zhou Cheng, if you’re that weak, just move aside. You’re embarrassing all of us.”

“Trash!”

The boy on the ground flushed red and stayed silent, looking at Su Yu with caution in his eyes.

She looked beautiful, and her waist wasn’t even as thick as his thigh, but how could she be that strong?

Just one move, and he was already in serious pain.

Shen Luan gave him a glance and shrugged.
“I never hit women.”

Su Yu raised a brow.
“So?”

“Stay out of this today. It has nothing to do with you.”

Su Yu let out a cold laugh. The iron rod in her hand shifted as she lightly tapped his cheek with it.
“Kid, I think you’ve misunderstood something.”

She paused, then narrowed her eyes.
“You’re the one crossing the line.”

Shen Luan fell silent. After a moment, he lit a cigarette and asked,
“So… there’s no room for negotiation?”

Su Yu gave a noncommittal hum.

“F*ck!”

The boy scratched his head, cursed under his breath, then decisively turned around.
“Let’s go! Back to school!”

The boys who came with him looked confused.

“Brother Luan, we’re not fighting anymore?”

“Damn, we skipped class for this. If we get caught, we’re screwed—and we didn’t even get to fight?”

“Don’t go, Brother Luan!”

“Get lost!”

Shen Luan shot them a glare.
“I don’t hit girls. You wanna try instead?”

They glanced at Zhou Cheng and quickly shook their heads.

They weren’t stupid. Zhou Cheng wasn’t weak, but that girl took him out with one move. She was clearly not someone to mess with.

And besides…

The girl leaned there, tall and slender, with a sliver of fair, delicate waist showing between her tank top and pants. One look and it made their eyes go red.

At this age, most girls still dressed modestly. Where would you find one this hot and pretty?

Zhou Cheng finally got up, his face full of grievance.
“Brother Luan, don’t treat her like a girl. Avenge me!”

At that, the group from Jin City Vocational burst into laughter.

“Idiot, you should’ve done your homework before coming after our Sister Yu. In all four districts of Jin City, who else holds the title of number one?”

“Exactly. Go ask around.”

“Good students like you should stay in school and stop trying to mess around. It’s not for elite First High kids like you.”

The First High students all looked angry, but since Shen Luan was in charge, they kept quiet.

Su Yu rolled her eyes and kicked a few of the boys.
“Enough with the smug talk. Shut up, all of you.”

After putting them in their place, she stepped forward with a bright smile.
“Hey bro, I wanna ask you something.”

Shen Luan stopped and turned slightly.
“What is it?”

“Is there someone named Huo Shu at First High?”

Huo Shu?

The moment the name was spoken, it triggered a wave of exclamations.

“Brother Luan, isn’t that our class monitor?”

“Sister Yu, you don’t even know Huo Shu? She’s the one who can pick between Tsinghua and Peking University. Her name’s always up on the school gate.”

“Damn, she’s the top of the top. Sister Yu, if you’ve got beef with her, say the word—we’ll handle her for you.”

“Get lost!”

Su Yu kicked a few of them.
“Shut the hell up. Quit talking nonsense!”

“Got it.”

Shen Luan shoved his hands in his pockets, voice low.
“What do you want with her?”

He didn’t know much about Huo Shu—just bits and pieces from classmates.

Top student in the grade, guaranteed admission to Tsinghua or Peking University, the teachers’ star pupil.

Someone like that was in a completely different world from his.

Still… they were in the same class. Letting someone from another school mess with her didn’t sit right with him either.

Su Yu casually tossed away the iron rod and smiled.
“Just want to chat about life.”

Shen Luan: …

After a brief silence, he turned and walked away.

Su Yu didn’t stop him. She glanced at the iron rod on the ground and frowned.
“Get rid of all this junk. If I see this crap again, you’re all dead meat.”

“But Sister Yu, didn’t you tell us to bring them?”

Su Yu: …

No wonder the original host was so rebellious—too young.

She coughed lightly and raised an eyebrow.
“Got a problem?”

“No, no, no…”

The boys grinned sheepishly.
“Don’t worry, we won’t bring them again. We won’t embarrass you.”

Su Yu curved her lips and asked,
“When does First High get out of school?”

One of the boys stepped up.
“I’ll look it up for you.”

She glanced at him—it was the first face she saw when she came to this world.

After a quick mental search, the name surfaced: Qi Zheng.

“Found it.”

Qi Zheng held his phone and read aloud,
“First High’s dismissal time is 5:30 p.m., and night study starts at 7.”

He paused, expression a little strange.
“But Sister Yu, what are you going to First High for?”

Su Yu replied casually,
“Looking for someone.”

“Huo Shu?”

“Yeah.”

Qi Zheng looked at her, hesitated for a moment, and asked softly, “Sister Yu, did she offend you somehow?”

Su Yu raised an eyebrow. “Hm?”

He bit his lip and said, “We should avoid messing with top students like her if we can. If the school finds out we hit Huo Shu… we probably won’t get away without punishment.”

Su Yu curled her lips and let out a laugh. “Who said I’m going to hit her?”

The girl was beautiful, with striking and well-defined features. When she smiled, her long, attractive eyes narrowed, softening her sharpness and adding a lazy charm.

Qi Zheng was briefly dazed.

It took him a while to turn away and say, “Didn’t you always…”

He cut himself off midway.

Su Yu propped her chin on her hand.

In this world, the original Su Yu came from a well-off family, but after her parents divorced, she became rebellious.

Smoking, drinking, fighting—she was good at all of it.

Luckily, she wasn’t bad at heart. After meeting top student Xu Jincheng, she slowly began to change for the better for his sake.

All in all, it was a very sweet and happy ending—after all, it was a fluffy romance story.

She snapped out of her thoughts and stood up. “Let’s go. To the gate of First High.”

“You’re really going?”

“Mm.”

5:30 in the afternoon.

As soon as the bell rang, waves of students poured out of the school buildings.

Huo Shu walked out holding books with her friends.

“A’Shu, look! People from Jin City Vocational—someone from our school’s in trouble.”

“Look, look! That girl is Su Yu, the school bully from Vocational. Ahhh, I’ve always read about her on the forums. Today’s my first time seeing her in person!”

Her friend squealed beside her.

Huo Shu responded quietly with a soft “mm.”

She normally didn’t care about these things, but her friend was always like this, so she just let her be.

“A’Shu, I’m telling you, that’s what real beauty looks like. Compared to her, that girl our school picked as campus belle doesn’t even come close.”

Huo Shu was a bit surprised and couldn’t help but look up.

Although her friend was a fangirl, she did have a good eye.

The girl leaned casually against the wall near the school gate, twirling her car keys. Her head was slightly lowered, her posture lazy and nonchalant.

Yet despite that—she was stunningly beautiful.

As if sensing something, the girl looked up. Those incredibly beautiful eyes narrowed slightly… then she strode forward.

Her friend froze and tugged on her arm, whispering, “A-A’Shu, did you offend Su Yu or something?”

“They say the people from Vocational all look down on us at First High.”

Huo Shu bit her lip, a little flustered. “I-I’m not sure.”

She stepped back, clearly on guard.

Su Yu came to a stop, her expression a little complicated.

So… this is Huo Shu at fifteen or sixteen?

She wasn’t very tall, dressed in a blue-and-white school uniform, with a ponytail tied high and a pale, delicate face.

She didn’t have the timidness of the first world, nor the dazzling beauty of the second. Instead… she carried a sense of purity and quietness.

Su Yu clenched her fists.

Memories surged like a tide, almost overwhelming her, making it hard to breathe.

It had been too long.

Since the last world… it felt like an eternity had passed.

So long that, just seeing her, made her eyes go misty.

“Um…”

The girl clenched her fingers. A weak voice sounded, “Could… you let me pass?”

Su Yu came back to herself. The girl looked nervous, her lips tightly bitten—pitifully endearing.

She curled her lips and asked, “Are you Huo Shu?”

The girl’s voice was a bit dry, but not unpleasant—in fact, it was somewhat sultry.

Huo Shu’s heart gave a jolt, and she gave a soft “mm.”

Su Yu suddenly stepped closer, lowering her voice with a laugh. “Give me your contact info?”

Huo Shu froze, clearly flustered. “Huh?”

The girl repeated, “I said—give me your contact info.”

Huo Shu couldn’t guess what she was after and bit her lip without responding.

Su Yu chuckled softly, still twirling the car keys in her hand, eyes locked on the girl’s pale face. “Give me your contact info, and I’ll let you go.”

“A’Shu…”

Her friend tugged her arm.

Huo Shu bit her lip. With no other choice, she recited her phone number.

Su Yu lifted her lips in a half-smile, entered it, and dialed. When she saw the girl’s phone ring, she raised an eyebrow and smiled. “Nice to meet you. I’m Su Yu.”

With that, she waved and turned to scold a boy nearby. “What are you staring at, dumbass? Let’s go.”

“Hey—coming!”

A group of boys quickly followed.

Her friend patted her chest, still shaken. “My god. She is gorgeous—but that aura… terrifying.”

“A’Shu, how do you know Su Yu?”

Huo Shu shook her head, showing she didn’t know.

“Ahhh, I was so nervous just now I almost died.”

At the intersection, the two of them went off in different directions.

At 6 p.m., Huo Shu returned home.

After dinner and a quick wash, she sat at her desk to review her lessons.

Ding-dong.

Her phone chimed.

Huo Shu frowned and picked it up.

Unknown number: Send me your WeChat ID.

What a nutjob!

She frowned deeper and ignored it.

Ding-dong.

Unknown number: Send me your WeChat ID, or I’ll wait at school to corner you tomorrow.