Quick Transmigration - After Betraying the Male Lead, the Supporting Female Character Gets Locked Up and Cries - Chapter 40

“Luo Luo, why would you say that about me?” Su Yu looked at her sadly.

As soon as Zhao Manman and the others walked in, two tears slowly slid down Su Yu’s fair skin. Her brows furrowed, and her eyes seemed misted with tears.

“Xiao Yu, what’s going on here?”

Seeing the confrontation between the two, Zhao Manman and the other girl stopped at the doorway in confusion.

When Su Yu started crying, they didn’t bother asking questions and immediately pushed past Bai Luo, surrounding Su Yu with comforting words.

“What happened? Why are you crying? Who bullied you?”

As they spoke, they instinctively glanced at Bai Luo, not missing Su Yu’s earlier statement.

It was clear whose side they were on.

Bai Luo’s eyes widened, gritting her teeth in anger—Su Yu was a master of pretending.

In her rush to clear her name, she said, “It wasn’t me! She’s faking it! She was fine just a moment ago, but when she heard you two coming back, she suddenly started crying. She’s doing this on purpose! You’ve all been deceived!”

Zhao Manman and the other girl were stunned.

Su Yu didn’t argue; instead, she cried even harder.

She looked utterly heartbroken, silently shedding tears, biting her lips until they turned pale. Her quiet, pained expression only made Bai Luo’s words seem even less believable.

Zhao Manman asked worriedly: “What exactly is going on?”

Jin Yueyao furrowed her brows: “Bai Luo, what nonsense are you spouting?”

“Xiao Yu, don’t cry. Did Bai Luo bully you?”

Bai Luo was so anxious her face turned red. She was telling the truth—why wouldn’t anyone believe her?

Su Yu choked through her tears: “Luo Luo… Luo Luo said I was pretending, that I was two-faced, that I use my pure appearance to deceive people, but deep down, I’m scheming…”

“I don’t know what I did to make her think that way. I’ve always been sincere with all of you, never once doing anything to wrong you. Why would she say such things?”

Su Yu couldn’t hold back her sobs.

A beautiful girl in tears is always the most pitiful sight.

Without even thinking, Zhao Manman believed her immediately.

She looked up and glared at Bai Luo: “Bai Luo, are you insane? What did Xiao Yu ever do to provoke you, for you to slander her like this?”

Jin Yueyao joined in: “I think the one who’s two-faced and calculating is you! Always walking around with your head down, acting like everyone is bullying you, but now we see you’re badmouthing people behind their backs.”

“And Xiao Yu’s been nothing but kind to you—sharing her snacks, bringing you food. She knows your family is poor, so she always gets you an extra dish. And this is how you repay her? Do you have any conscience at all?”

The two of them bombarded Bai Luo with accusations, leaving her no room to defend herself.

Bai Luo was fuming: “I… you all… you’ve been fooled by her!”

She hadn’t said any of those things—Su Yu made it all up!

Besides, the money for those meals came from Qi Huaizhi!

Bai Luo was so angry she was on the verge of tears. Why wouldn’t anyone believe her?

Just as Zhao Manman was about to say something else, Su Yu grabbed her arm.

“Forget it, Manman. This has nothing to do with you two. I shouldn’t have dragged you into it.”

Su Yu’s gaze was fragile as she looked directly at Bai Luo: “Bai Luo, let’s talk this out. If I did something wrong that led to this misunderstanding, let’s clear it up face to face. If it’s truly my fault, I’ll change. But if not, you owe me an apology.”

Her eyes were slightly red, and her voice was soft and weak.

Even after all this, all she was asking for was an apology.

Zhao Manman and Jin Yueyao were frustrated. How could someone be so pure and kind?

They could only watch as Su Yu led Bai Luo out of the dorm, trying to follow but were stopped by Su Yu. They could only worry in silence.

Bai Luo was dragged along by Su Yu.

That slender, delicate-looking hand was surprisingly strong—no matter how much Bai Luo tried to shake it off, she couldn’t, and Su Yu forcibly led her to the rooftop balcony at the end of the hallway.

“Let go of me!”

Bai Luo finally broke free and rubbed her wrist.

Despite Su Yu’s frail appearance, her grip was shockingly strong.

Su Yu turned around and leaned gently against the railing, wiping away her tears. Upon closer inspection, there wasn’t a trace of sadness left on her face.

She blinked innocently.

“Did you see? If you tell anyone, no one will believe you, just like what happened earlier.”

She always maintained that soft, gentle demeanor, never seeming to have any major emotional outbursts.

Bai Luo’s heart sank: “So… you did that on purpose? Just to show me this?”

Bai Luo looked at Su Yu as if she were seeing a monster, completely stunned.

Su Yu smiled warmly. “Not entirely.”

“Consider it a small warning.”

She looked up slightly, her gaze sweeping over Bai Luo from head to toe. “Bai Luo, you should understand, even if Huaizhi were here, he’d still only believe me, not you. So don’t bother doing anything pointless. Why not just keep being your quiet, invisible self like before?”

As much as Bai Luo didn’t want to admit it, she knew Su Yu was right.

“But you accepted gifts from other men.” 

Bai Luo felt sorry for Qi Huaizhi.

“And before, too. You were already with Huaizhi, yet you accepted roses from someone else. Now, you didn’t even refuse the bracelet he gave you, and you’re wearing it openly. Don’t you feel ashamed?”

Su Yu raised an eyebrow, not denying it.

“You saw that?”

Bai Luo nodded, clenching her fists in anger. “Yes, I saw it! I even saw him put it on your wrist himself. What would Huaizhi think if he found out?”

Su Yu looked puzzled: “What does this have to do with Huaizhi?”

She genuinely seemed confused.

“He gave me flowers, he gave me a bracelet—all of it was his choice. If he’s willing to give, why shouldn’t I accept?”

If he’s willing to give, why shouldn’t I accept?

This phrase sounded familiar.

Bai Luo remembered when Su Yu had admitted that Qi Huaizhi was paying her living expenses, using the same shameless justification.

“The flowers were beautiful, the bracelet is beautiful, and I like them. If he’s willing to give them to me without expecting anything in return, why shouldn’t I accept?”

Su Yu genuinely believed this, just like a child from an orphanage who could unreservedly accept gifts from kind-hearted people—happy, grateful, with no need to refuse, because they were in dire need of help.

And indeed, Su Yu had grown up in an orphanage.

As a child, she didn’t understand, and even as she grew older, she still didn’t. She had only learned to disguise her feelings and offer insincere refusals after understanding the ways of the world.

Su Yu was genuinely troubled for a moment, then relaxed. “Forget it. You people are too complicated. Go on, and remember what I said. Otherwise, I have a hundred ways to make you regret it.”

“I always keep my promises.” she said in a gentle voice.

Bai Luo: “???” Who’s the complicated one here?

…

After that day, Bai Luo completely fell out with Su Yu and was also ostracized by the other two in the dorm.

Watching Su Yu navigate her relationships so effortlessly like a fish in water left Bai Luo feeling deeply uncomfortable.

Determined, she straightened her back.

Taking off her glasses, she looked at her reflection in the mirror. Her features weren’t that unattractive. Images of Su Yu’s flowing long hair flashed through her mind.

Bai Luo bit her lip and awkwardly undid her thick ponytail, trying to pull some hair forward. But since it had been tied up for so long, the strands were crinkled and far from smooth.

Jin Yueyao glanced at her and sneered: “Ugly people always make more of a fuss.”

Bai Luo’s body stiffened, and her previously straightened back slumped again.

Su Yu glanced at her but didn’t come to her defense as she used to. She calmly withdrew her gaze and continued reading her book.