Transmigrated as Cannon Fodder — I Rise to Female Lead Through Hard Work
Chapter 336: Threat
"Sunbathing?" Gong Jue’e looked at the partly cloudy, slightly overcast sky, a cold smile curling at her lips, "With today’s weather, no normal person would hang their dry things outside, especially when it has nothing to do with them. What right do you have to touch our stuff?"
"Gong Jue’e, your words are just too harsh. We’re all in the same dormitory. Besides, what did I move? I was just trying to help, I..."
"We don’t need it." Ren Xuejuan interrupted Zhang Mengdi, "You just need to take care of yourself, as long as you don’t affect us, then it’s fine."
Yu Cuiyu took a set of green military cotton-padded underwear from Zhang Mengdi’s hand, along with a red woolen hat with bamboo patterns stitched with yarn, a red woolen scarf, and a pair of woolen shoes with thick multi-layered soles.
Yi Roujing’s eyes lit up as she saw the entire set from head to toe, "Wow, so cute, how did you make it so well?"
Yi Roujing’s delight was felt by everyone around her, and Yu Cuiyu and the others smiled and said, "As long as you like it, we don’t know if Baozi will like it."
"He will definitely like it," Yi Roujing affirmed, "You guys have amazing skills, I’m like a cripple in this area."
Yi Roujing’s self-deprecation made Ren Xuejuan and others burst into laughter, creating a harmonious dormitory atmosphere that was out of place for Zhang Mengdi.
"Flatterer." Zhang Mengdi sneered.
"Zhang Mengdi, we are not suited to live together. In the afternoon, I’ll find the counselor to get you a room change." Yu Cuiyu turned to Zhang Mengdi and stated firmly.
Zhang Mengdi couldn’t believe her ears, her eyes widened, "Why, I don’t want to change dorms, I’m living just fine here."
"That’s you, but not us. Because of you, we’re not comfortable living here, instead, we’re quite frustrated." Yu Cuiyu initially thought Zhang Mengdi might have such habits from her hometown and would eventually blend in, but today’s incident broke her bottom line.
"Taking something without permission is stealing, and as an educated person, you should know that." Yu Cuiyu said sternly, "You reach into others’ bowls, love to take small advantages from others... these can still be tolerated or forgiven, but stealing is wrong."
"I didn’t steal anything, I was thinking of sunbathing them. There’s a lot of mutual help with sunbathing quilts and picking them up among classmates." Zhang Mengdi said angrily, her face flushed.
"You also said it was sunbathing quilts, did you do it?" Gong Jue’e would not believe Zhang Mengdi’s nonsense. She had seen similar situations in her hometown, "What you did was take our things, claiming to sunbathe them. Do you think we can’t see today’s weather, are you blind or are we?"
"So what you mean is I’m stealing? Would I have brought it back if I was stealing?" Zhang Mengdi pointed at the things now in Yi Roujing’s hands, her voice raising, "Good intentions treated as donkey’s liver and lungs. Aren’t you all just trying to flatter Yi Roujing since her family is well off? Such a bunch of flatterers."
"Are you mentally ill or something?" Yi Roujing couldn’t bear it anymore, "That’s called reciprocal affection. I invited everyone to dinner to thank them for their support and help during military training. They like Baozi and wanted to make clothes, hats, and shoes for him by hand. Unlike you, dark inside, and seeing everything that way."
"Some incidents during the military training were stirred up by you, especially the sanitary pad incident. Do you think I wanted to invite you? It was just because we’re in the same dormitory. Inviting them without you would make you uncomfortable, so I included you, but you really think you’re somebody important." Yi Roujing said bluntly.
"Zhang Mengdi, we’ve been too polite to you, making you smug. Do you think this is your home and others have to indulge you? You want to sleep on anyone’s bed and take anyone’s things as you please? Who spoiled you?"
"Fine, the lot of you are ganging up to bully me, I’m going to find the counselor." Zhang Mengdi said, trembling with anger.
"Just as well, I’ll go too. You’ve slept on my bed, gossiped about me, and tried to take my son’s things." Yi Roujing was unafraid, "Your poor character is evident from what you’ve done in your hometown."
Zhang Mengdi was stunned, her eyes wide, looking at Yi Roujing, "What do you mean by the things in my hometown?"
"You know in your heart." Yi Roujing smiled as she leaned close to Zhang Mengdi, whispering in her ear, "A woman who’s been divorced twice."
Yi Roujing said this very quietly, only she and Zhang Mengdi heard it. As soon as she finished, Zhang Mengdi turned ghostly pale, her eyes filled with panic, and she couldn’t say a word as she looked at Yi Roujing.
"I hope you restrain yourself and voluntarily switch dorms. I’m different from you; I don’t like to spread people’s personal affairs to everyone. But if you don’t hold back, then why shouldn’t I be like you for once?" Yi Roujing smiled, her eyes carrying a deep meaning.
Zhang Mengdi didn’t expect Yi Roujing to know about her affairs in the hometown, and she got a bit flustered, "I’ll move out, who cares to live here anyway, hmph."
Zhang Mengdi turned and left, her promptness surprising Yu Cuiyu and the others.
"Roujing, what did you say to her that made her agree?" Gong Jue’e asked curiously.
"Just her own dirty deeds." Yi Roujing said scornfully, "But it’s ultimately her private matter. If she crosses us again, then I’ll reveal it."
"How did you know about Zhang Mengdi’s past, Roujing?" Yu Cuiyu asked.
"I happened to meet someone who worked in Zhang Mengdi’s hometown. Upon knowing that there’s a Zhang Mengdi in the same dorm as me from Yu Province, they told me to stay away from her. She’s not a good person." Yi Roujing explained, "And the same goes for you guys."
Everyone realized Yi Roujing wasn’t planning to spread Zhang Mengdi’s private matters, so sensibly, they stopped asking.
At this moment, in Li Hongwei’s office, a person arrived with a banner, and if Yi Roujing were here, she would recognize Mu Guihong.
Mu Guihong brought a banner over but didn’t name any names, simply writing to thank the Jing University Medical Department students. The matter was briefly explained, without mentioning the An Gong Life-saving Pill, just saying someone stood up to help an elderly person in need on a bus.
"To thank your school, the Mu Family will donate surgical equipment and medical books to your school, five hundred sets each, to be delivered in a few days." Mu Guihong said with a smile.
Li Hongwei was astonished, such generosity, "Mr. Mu, I’ll take you to our department head, this is a big matter, as a mere counselor, I can’t make decisions."
Mu Guihong nodded in agreement.
"Mr. Mu, was the person who helped your family a student from my class?" Li Hongwei asked indirectly, after all, Mu Guihong had come directly to him.