Chapter 23: I’m Not

Su Shuhao considered herself unlucky.

Her foot had just healed, and she wanted to come see the campus, only to run into someone with absolutely no brains.

“I’m not familiar with you, and I don’t want to accept your feelings. Please move aside.”

Su Shuhao spoke with extreme coldness, her gaze fixed on the man before her, her eyes showing not a trace of timidity.

“Boyfriend?”

But this ‘Brother Wang’ clearly didn’t believe Su Shuhao’s words.

He took another step closer, pressing, “You’re just lying to me, right? I know you just broke up. So what’s wrong with accepting me? I have money. I have a lot of money.”

Brother Wang had also heard that Su Shuhao really liked money, so he deliberately repeated his nouveau riche identity over and over.

It was true that Su Shuhao liked money, but she wouldn’t bow to it or do something that sold herself out.

Under her icy stare, she issued another warning.

“I said, I don’t like you. Please move aside, or I’ll call the police.”

“What good would calling the police do? You don’t really think the police have time to bother with such a small matter, do you?”

Brother Wang said mockingly, his ugly mouth making people feel nauseous just looking at it.

Su Shuhao had never encountered such an outrageous person in all her life.

She took a step back and looked around.

She tried to get the onlookers to come help her.

But most people were just watching out of curiosity.

Only a few students went to contact campus security.

After all, the few lackeys around Brother Wang didn’t look easy to mess with.

People always tend to seek advantage and avoid harm.

Especially in the current climate of social morality, more and more people act extremely indifferent toward helping others.

But just then, Su Shuhao finally spotted Gu Bai and the other person passing through the crowd.

Although seeing Gu Mixue by his side put her in a bad mood, she still turned and jogged over to Gu Bai, linking her arm with his.

With Brother Wang’s face darkening as if about to drip water, she said,

“I have a boyfriend. Please stop bothering me.”

Su Shuhao’s voice was very flat, but it certainly caused quite a stir among the crowd.

Gu Bai tried to pull his arm away, but he found Su Shuhao clinging tightly to it, pressing it against her ample bosom.

Then, in a voice only the two of them could hear, she said,

“Gu Bai, as a man, you must like this, right? Help me.”

Her tone carried a force that brooked no refusal, but her body trembled slightly.

The fear of the opposite sex from deep within made her body strongly reject this action.

This was Su Shuhao’s old problem; she truly didn’t dare to have physical contact with men.

Other than Gu Bai, any other man, even getting a little too close, made her uncomfortable.

Seeing her clinging to his arm, Gu Bai couldn’t help but frown.

He didn’t like Su Shuhao doing this.

It felt like something being thrown to him as charity.

So, without showing any change in expression, Gu Bai calmly pulled his hand out from against her chest.

He said to Brother Wang, who was walking toward them,

“I’m not her boyfriend, but she doesn’t like you either. Please have some self-respect.”

Gu Bai’s frank admission caused another wave of murmurs from the surroundings.

But hearing this, Brother Wang actually clapped his hands repeatedly in approval.

“Good, good, good! I really thought Senior Su had a boyfriend. Turns out it was just an act.”

“But I like him. You have no chance.”

Su Shuhao responded to Brother Wang’s words with an indifferent voice.

The latter didn’t say anything more, just turned and said,

“In that case, I have nothing more to say. Hahaha!”

The man left with his lackeys, and the surrounding crowd gradually dispersed.

As for Gu Bai’s identity as the “campus bully,” it began to circulate among the freshmen.

As for Gu Bai himself, he had already taken Gu Mixue and left the scene of the farce, but Su Shuhao followed behind him.

After a period of silence, Su Shuhao was the first to speak.

“What happened just now was just my excuse to get rid of someone else. Don’t think too much about it.”

The implied meaning was that Su Shuhao was emphasizing she didn’t like Gu Bai.

But whether that was true or not, Gu Bai didn’t want to figure it out.

He only had one thing to say.

“Miss Su, I’m not your shield. So, please keep your distance.”

Gu Bai was, of course, referring to Su Shuhao actively linking arms with him.

That action was too intimate and easily misunderstood.

More importantly, he didn’t like this thing that felt like charity thrown his way.

“In the past, I was indeed your simp. But now, this behavior of yours only makes me feel uncomfortable. Thank you.”

Gu Bai’s voice was very flat, neither sad nor happy.

Hearing this, Su Shuhao fell silent.

She took two steps back and said,

“You’ll regret it.”

“I never regret anything.”

After this brief confrontation, neither said much more.

They went their separate ways.

Leaving Gu Mixue by Gu Bai’s side, muttering,

“That woman, really… How could she do that? Big Bro, aren’t you worried that guy will cause trouble for you?”

“There’s nothing to worry about. If he wants to find Su Shuhao, let him find her. It has nothing to do with me.”

If he hadn’t been passing by and Su Shuhao hadn’t actively attached herself to him, Gu Bai wouldn’t have bothered at all.

So, standing up for her or anything like that was even more out of the question.

In the past, he definitely would have.

But now, forget it.

Everyone has their own life.

“No, no, no!”

Gu Mixue complained, “I don’t care about that Su Shuhao either! I mean, what if that guy comes to cause trouble for you, Big Bro?”

“Him?”

Gu Bai thought for a moment, then said, “I’m not afraid of him.”

After returning home last night, Gu Bai had specifically looked up information on this person called “Brother Wang” again.

His full name was Wang Shenghan.

Just as Gu Bai had previously learned, this guy’s father ran a campus loan sharking operation.

Following the trail, Gu Bai also discovered it wasn’t just loan sharking; there were even various nude loan scams.

Many female college students, unable to repay the debts, were forced to repay with their bodies.

The nature of it was vile enough to make people feel sick.

Faced with such evil people, as a model citizen, Gu Bai felt duty-bound and directly reported it to the police.

Probably in a few days, the police would have dealt with this loan sharking company.

So this guy called Brother Wang wouldn’t be able to cause trouble for much longer.

“That’s true…”

Gu Mixue nodded, saying, “If anything really happens, I’ll tell Dad!”

Gu Mixue stood with her hands on her hips, looking like a little princess.

As mentioned before, Gu Bai might look poor, but his family wasn’t ordinary.

Taking down a loan sharking, or rather, a nude loan company, was still quite simple for them.