My roommate was obsessed with those trashy romance novels featuring rugged, blue-collar men. She actually brought a construction worker into our dorm room to sleep with him, and begged me not to tell anyone. I agreed. I didn't tell a soul. I never expected her to turn around the very next day and report me for bringing a man into the dorm. She sold the video of them to a porn site, then "accidentally" sent it to our class group chat, claiming it was me working as a cam girl. I was doxxed, my entire family was harassed endlessly, and eventually, I jumped from a high-rise building. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the exact day my roommate brought that construction worker back for a one-night stand. 1 "Come on in!" Lily dragged a middle-aged man into our dorm room. The hems of his pants were caked in mud. Remembering the horrific tragedy of my past life, my entire body started shaking. I shoved her hard. She looked shocked. "Are you crazy?! Why did you push me for no reason?!" I snapped back: "You're the crazy one! How dare you bring a strange man in here? I'm telling the RA!" Lily let go of the man's arm and clamped her hand over my mouth. "You are so petty! Are you just jealous because I'm more attractive than you? I'm warning you, don't you dare report me, or you'll regret it!" The man, named Bob, let his greasy, disgusting gaze roam up and down my entire body. Noticing Bob checking me out, Lily immediately rolled her eyes. She clung to his arm tightly and snapped at me, "Don't tell me you like him too! I'm not sharing him with you! He's mine!" I laughed internally. Who the hell would want a guy like that? To prepare for tomorrow, I packed my things, getting ready to leave. As soon as I walked out the door, I frantically searched for the nearest electronics store and bought a hidden camera. I needed to be fully prepared for tonight's show. I hope you don't make my efforts go to waste. "Chloe, you're back!" Lily's attitude did a complete 180. She greeted me with a huge, fake smile. "Can I borrow that silk pajama set of yours? I really want to wear it tonight." In this life, I caught the fleeting look of mockery flashing in her eyes. In my past life, after I refused, she stole those pajamas anyway, wore them to sleep with him, and then used them to pin the one-night stand rumor on me. So many people verified that the pajamas were mine, permanently nailing me to the cross of public humiliation as a cheap slut. It seems she did it all on purpose in our past life. I silently packed all my clothes into my wardrobe and locked the door tight. While the two of them were taking a joint shower, I installed the hidden camera in the corner pointing directly at Lily's bed. That night, the bed creaked and groaned non-stop, but I felt like I had been reborn. 2 The next day happened to be the weekend. Bob had just swaggered out of our dorm room when the RA tried to catch him, but he managed to run away. The RA started screaming in the hallway, demanding to know which girl had zero self-respect and brought a man into the dorms to sleep with. All the girls peeked out of their rooms, covering their mouths in shock, exchanging bewildered looks. The RA's own daughter had gone through a similar scandal before, so she absolutely despised girls who didn't respect themselves. She was incredibly strict; even missing curfew resulted in a write-up, let alone bringing a man back to sleep in the dorm. Looking at the silent students, the RA roared furiously, "Who did this stupid thing?! Step forward right now, or the consequences will be ten times worse when I find out who it is!" Lily could barely stand. Her face was deathly pale. She had gotten away with hooking up in the bamboo grove and other places before. Why was her luck so bad this time? The next second, her eyes locked onto me. She quickly dragged me back into our room and dropped to her knees. "Chloe, I'm begging you! When she asks, just say he only came into our room to sleep, and nothing happened!" "You know that if I get caught messing around with guys, I'll lose my scholarship!" She said the exact same thing in our past life, and I was soft-hearted enough to cover for her. And what did I get? She stabbed me in the back, claiming she was the one covering for me. I was spat on by everyone, bullied relentlessly by my classmates. The faceless video was attributed to me and uploaded to porn sites, and even sent to all our class group chats. Some of the construction workers near the school got my address and phone number from the doxxing, harassing me and my family constantly. I got on my knees and literally kowtowed to her, begging her to explain that she was the girl in the video, not me. Instead, she slapped me and kicked me in the kneecaps. "Who told you to be so stupid? I told you to help me and you just did it?! It's hilarious. Don't bother thanking me for making you famous, by the way!" My thoughts snapped back to the present. Our positions were reversed now. I looked down at the woman kneeling in front of me, a smirk playing on my lips, and nodded. "Okay. I promise you." Lily froze for a few seconds, then hugged me tightly. But what she didn't know was that I could see the malicious smile on her face perfectly clearly in the mirror. 3 Lily held my hand as we walked back out into the hallway. The RA was reviewing the security footage, her expression grim. The footage only showed the man leaving our room; the camera hadn't caught him going in. Last night, Lily and I were the only two people in that room. Lily was stunned. She probably hadn't expected the security camera, which had been broken forever, to suddenly be working again. She kept her head down in silence for a few seconds, then wiped her eyes. "Chloe, I can't cover for you anymore." "Ma'am, you have to help me! I warned her not to bring him in, but she wouldn't listen." "Ma'am, you know me. I always keep my head down and behave. How could I possibly bring a man back to the dorm?!" "I came from the honors program at a top high school. Why would I degrade myself over a man?" Her pathetic, victimized act won over quite a few supporters in the crowd. Even the RA looked at me with deep disgust. "Is it that guy who waits for you downstairs every day? How can you have so little self-respect?! Don't you know a girl is supposed to save her first time for her husband?!" The RA's eyes burned with fury, looking like she wanted to slap me on behalf of my parents. "What gives you the right to falsely accuse me? Everything requires evidence!" I faked a complete mental breakdown, pretending to reach for my pants. "Since you all suspect me, why don't one of you examine me right now and see if I've been sleeping around?!" The crowd gasped and backed away. Lily didn't dare take her clothes off, so she could only stammer that it wasn't me. Her tearful, helpless appearance made everyone sympathize with her even more. I mimicked her exact tone and insisted it wasn't me. Unexpectedly, that broke her facade. "Maybe he didn't leave any marks on your body! What proof do you have that it wasn't you?!" Hearing this, the crowd immediately agreed with her. It was time to end this farce. I pulled out my phone and opened the intense, x-rated video the hidden camera had recorded last night. "Here's your proof. Satisfied?" 4 "Stop playing that! I'm going to report you for invading my privacy!" Lily's face went ghost white. She lunged forward to grab my phone, but I tripped her, and she crashed heavily onto the floor. The video continued playing, the girl's loud moans of pleasure echoing clearly down the entire hallway. The truth was undeniable. Seeing this absurd scene, the RA immediately declared she was calling our academic advisor. "Ma'am, please don't tell the advisor! If you do, my scholarship will be ruined!" At a time like this, she was still worrying about her scholarship. Whether she'd even be allowed to stay in school was the real question. The crowd whispered among themselves, pointing fingers at Lily. It was obvious they were talking about her. Realizing the situation was completely unsalvageable, Lily's eyes rolled back in her head, and she fainted. Blood actually started seeping through her pants. Panicking, the RA quickly notified the advisor and called an ambulance, which rushed Lily away. Outside the emergency room, the nurse frantically asked who Lily's family members were. She was experiencing massive internal bleeding. It was a major surgery, and family consent was required before they could proceed. But who would dare take responsibility for the rest of her life? They could only wait for her family to arrive. Before her family got there, Lily woke up from the pain and signed the consent forms herself. The surgery was successful. A deathly pale Lily was wheeled out of the OR. "Seeing me like this, are you satisfied now?!" Lily's eyes bulged, glaring at me with pure hatred, looking like she wanted to kill me with her stare alone. I didn't understand her at all. Satisfied with what? That she had to get surgery? "Who told you to record a video?! If you hadn't recorded it, who would have known it was me?! You ruined my life!" She frantically slammed one hand against the hospital bed while her other hand searched blindly for a weapon. But why the hell should I ruin my own reputation for her? "I didn't force you to sleep with that construction worker! You falsely accused me first, and I just fought back! You only have yourself to blame!" With that, I left the hospital room, completely ignoring her screams echoing behind me. In the hallway, I ran straight into Lily's parents, our academic advisor, and several classmates. This time, I had finally escaped the tragic ending of my past life. 5 The one-night stand scandal exploded across campus, the salacious details spreading like wildfire through word of mouth. When Lily was discharged from the hospital, she seemed like a completely different person. She wore a mask all day and kept her hair draped over her face so no one could see her clearly. Everyone was guessing who her hookup was. Most people assumed it must be someone with money, power, or incredible looks. I was the only one who knew the truth. The hookup was a sloppy, middle-aged construction worker. In my past life, I covered for her, only to be framed by her. Right up until the day I died, that construction worker never showed up once to clarify the truth. Everything I suffered was caused by the two of them. In this life, I had to find an opportunity to get my revenge. I never expected Lily to be this stupid. I followed her for just two days before catching her sneaking back to the construction site. I watched Lily and Bob arguing over her medical bills. They couldn't reach an agreement and started physically fighting. "You're the one who was so desperate for a man! Why would I say no to a free ride?! Get the hell out of here!" Bob sneered, full of mockery. Furious, Lily slapped Bob, and Bob immediately slapped her back. I pulled out my phone, recorded this pathetic dogfight, and posted it anonymously to the campus confession wall. Just as I reached the dorm entrance, I saw my boyfriend, Ethan, waiting for me downstairs. He was another heartless, backstabbing piece of garbage. In my past life, he only dated me for my family's money. After the hookup scandal blew up, he dropped his attentive, loving act and joined the others in spreading rumors about me. Later, he got together with Lily and became an accomplice in the rumors that ultimately killed me. Thinking about this, my fists clenched tightly. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Lily walking back. I hugged Ethan and faked a kiss, using a clever angle to make it look real. Lily was clearly pissed off seeing me. As she walked past, she deliberately bumped into me hard. 6 After Lily had been gone for a bit, I faked a reluctant goodbye to Ethan and headed up to my dorm. Just as I reached for the door handle... A shrill, hysterical scream erupted from inside. "Who filmed me?! I'm suing you for invasion of privacy!" A smirk curled on my lips. Looks like she saw the video on the confession wall. I pushed the door open. Lily immediately noticed the smile on my face. She lunged forward, grabbed me by the throat, and snarled, "Chloe, why are you doing this to me?! What did I ever do to you?! Why are you targeting me?!" Hearing that, I couldn't help but laugh out loud. "How do you even have the nerve to say that? Have you really done that little to me?" Using a self-defense move, I easily pinned her arms and lightly slapped her cheek with my other hand. "Do you need me to jog your memory? Falsely accusing me of bringing a man into the dorm for a one-night stand, embezzling the class funds, reporting to the teachers that we were 'jealous' of you!" "Tell me, what exactly are we jealous of? Your habit of sleeping through class? Your late-night gaming sessions? Or your terrible singing in the middle of the night?" Thinking about all her unhinged behavior, I tightened my grip. In a few seconds, Lily's face turned bright red. She obviously hadn't expected me to just rip the mask off completely. Her previously calculating eyes were now filled with pure hatred as she glared at me. The anonymous confession wall didn't allow users to delete posts, and the video was already spreading everywhere. She could only throw a tantrum in the dorm, completely powerless to stop it. Right in front of her, I called our academic advisor and said I needed to talk to him about something important. I wanted to see exactly when she would make her move to get rid of me. I pretended I was hungry and went out to grab food. Watching the live feed on my phone as Lily went through every single bed in the dorm, I suddenly burst out laughing. It looked like she was finally making her move. Since you're still this venomous, don't blame me for showing no mercy. I gripped my phone tightly, laughing internally. 7 As soon as I got back to the dorm, Lily acted like nothing had happened, greeting me with a big smile. "Chloe, how was dinner? I know I was wrong, please forgive me!" "If you know you were wrong, then fix your behavior. I'm not forgiving you!" I sneered mockingly. "What kind of trick are you trying to pull now?" "It was all a misunderstanding! I want to give you a proper, sincere apology tomorrow." Lily looked deeply apologetic and lowered her head. "But my reputation is ruined right now. Can we meet somewhere quiet? Like... the rooftop?" If I hadn't been watching her expressions like a hawk, it would have been impossible to catch the flash of pure malice in her eyes. I pretended I didn't see it and nodded reluctantly. "Since you put it that way, fine. The rooftop it is." A gleam of dark joy flashed in Lily's eyes. Without any hesitation, she said, "Great, see you on the rooftop tomorrow afternoon!" My heart turned ice cold. What on earth made Lily hate me so much that she was willing to commit murder? Was it the scholarship, or some other detail I had completely missed? The next afternoon, I went up early, set up my recording equipment, and went back downstairs. "Chloe, are you on the rooftop yet? I'm here, hurry up!" Lily's text practically screamed how impatient she was to send me to my death. Since you have no humanity, don't blame me for lacking loyalty. I headed back up to the rooftop, my heart pounding. The moment I stepped out, I saw Lily standing right by the edge of the railing, waving at me. "Lily, come away from there! It's not safe by the railing." I put on a show of genuine concern, signaling her to move closer to the center. I subtly checked the position of the camera to ensure I was clearly in the frame. "No, I've been in a really bad mood lately, I just want to feel the breeze and calm down. Come keep me company, Chloe!" Lily's face was a mask of refusal, her tone alluring and persuasive. "Why should I stand over there with you? What if you push me off? I'd be dead!" I refused immediately, looking highly suspicious. "You..." Lily was clearly infuriated by my bluntness, but she quickly smoothed out her twisted expression. "How could you think of me like that? I just made a mistake in a moment of weakness. Why can't you forgive me?!" "Think about it, haven't I been good to you? I eat with you every day, I go out with you, I introduce you to my friends..." Lily tried to use everything she had supposedly done for me to guilt-trip me. I couldn't hold back a laugh. She actually had the nerve to say that. Eating with her meant always deferring to her tastes; going out with her meant acting as her personal photographer all day; introducing me to friends meant she chatted with them while I stood awkwardly to the side... I pretended to be lost in nostalgic memories, a look of guilt appearing on my face. "Lily, I forgive you! You were so good to me, and I treated you like that!" I looked up and didn't see a single ounce of remorse in her eyes—only absolute, cold resolve and disdain. I stepped forward. Lily grabbed my hand tightly and started reminiscing about our "happy" times together. "Remember during the team-building trip, how I encouraged you to go up on stage and show off your talents because you were so shy..." I cut her off: "How do you feel about me?" Her face was gentle, but in the blink of an eye, she shoved me violently toward the edge of the railing. "Go to hell!" I gripped the railing desperately with both hands, asking in agony, "Why do you hate me so much?! Was I not good to you?!" "It was always me pressing my hot face against your cold ass! Who do you think you are?! You dared to steal my scholarship! You got me caught having a one-night stand! Why wouldn't you just take the fall for me?!" Lily's face was twisted in demonic rage as she tried to pry my desperately clinging fingers off the railing one by one. Seeing my look of utter despair, Lily smiled. "Don't worry, I already forged a suicide note for you. Just go die!" "HELP!" 8 "Lily! What are you doing?! I'm warning you, don't do anything stupid!" Out of nowhere, several teachers and students were standing behind Lily. Lily froze in shock, but she had already pushed me over the edge. "How could you commit murder over something so petty?! Get ready for prison! I can't believe our school produced such a morally bankrupt student!" The lead teacher immediately dialed 911. "Haha! You're too late! Chloe is already dead! It doesn't matter, taking someone down with me before I die is worth it." "Are you talking about me?" I strolled casually through the rooftop door, looking at Lily with a smile. "Surprised to see me alive?" "How are you not dead..." Lily's face was full of utter disbelief. Thanks to the experiences of my past life, this time, I showed the teachers and a few students the chat logs beforehand. I told the teachers I suspected Lily might suffer a mental breakdown and jump off the building because of everything that had happened recently. Of course, I phrased it all as an uncertainty. After all, I wasn't a mind reader. The school proactively set up an inflatable rescue cushion at the bottom of the building to prevent a tragedy. The teachers had been waiting on standby in the classroom directly below, but they never expected to walk into an attempted murder instead. Lily realized it was completely over. She collapsed into a limp pile on the roof. She didn't even react when people kicked her a few times. It wasn't until the handcuffs clicked around her wrists that she finally snapped out of it. "This is all your fault! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be going to prison!" Highly agitated, Lily lunged forward trying to strangle me, but the police officers flanking her restrained her heavily. "Behave yourself!" Without making a sound, I mouthed the words: "Hope I never see you again!" My face was the perfect picture of deep regret that I couldn't help my roommate fix her mistakes. The teachers and students crowded around to comfort me, telling me not to waste tears on an ungrateful snake. I dabbed at imaginary tears, playing the role of the heartbroken friend perfectly. Internally, I was overjoyed. In this life, I had finally escaped the fate of jumping to my death. 9 After watching Lily get shoved into the police car, I went to the hospital accompanied by a teacher to get checked for internal injuries. The exam showed I was fine, so the teacher and I went to the police station to give our statements. After giving my statement, I requested a visitation. As soon as I walked into the interrogation room, I was met with Lily's bloodshot eyes and twisted, hateful face. "What? Here to laugh at me? You just got lucky this time! Next time won't be the same!" Lily's handcuffs rattled loudly as she practically tried to jump out of the interrogation chair. "But you lost. Attempted murder isn't just a one-or-two-year sentence. Enjoy your rehabilitation in prison!" I ignored her screaming and walked out of the room. The video evidence I provided, the audio recording of her inviting me to the roof, and the teachers' eyewitness testimonies were bulletproof. Her guilt for attempted murder was undeniable. Prison was practically guaranteed. Lily's parents fell to their knees at my feet, begging me to forgive their daughter's actions. "Please, be the bigger person and forgive my daughter! She's just young and didn't know any better! If necessary, I'll go to prison for her!" Lily's mother clung desperately to my leg, acting like she would never let go unless I forgave her. "Ma'am, your daughter is only small in stature, she's not young in age anymore. Not everything can be forgiven. Please stop acting crazy!" I forcefully shook off her hands and backed up several steps, terrified she would grab me again. Lily's father clearly didn't expect me to be immune to their pathetic guilt trip. Ignoring the police officers trying to stop him, he dragged Lily right out of the interrogation room. "You stupid brat! We wasted all that money sending you to school! How could you do something so disgusting?!" As he spoke, he kicked Lily hard, then grabbed her by the hair and forced her to her knees in front of me. I backed up a few more steps, afraid they might completely lose their minds and stab me. "Apologize right now, you stupid brat!" With one hand viciously gripping her hair, her father used his other hand to force her head down to the floor in a kowtow. "Honey! What are you doing?!" Seeing this, Lily's mother stopped crying on the floor, stood up next to me, and yelled angrily, "How can you be so cruel, little girl?! My daughter just made a mistake in a moment of weakness. Why won't you forgive her?! We even kowtowed to you!" Sure enough, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Her parents kept urging her to apologize, but Lily just kept muttering that she wasn't wrong, that I was the one in the wrong. Not a single word of remorse left her lips. She was only filled with rage that she hadn't managed to kill me. I never had any intention of forgiving her. If you do something wrong, you have to face the consequences. No matter who you are. Her mother suddenly charged forward again, but this time, not at me, but at the teacher standing behind me. She demanded to know who had encouraged her daughter to sleep with him. Lily's mother looked suspiciously at the male students in the group. One male student, feeling thoroughly creeped out, immediately shook his head and said loudly, "It wasn't me! Your daughter slept with a construction worker! Don't you dare falsely accuse me!" "Don't talk nonsense! How could my daughter possibly sleep with someone like that?!" Lily's mother immediately shot back. "If you don't believe me, ask your daughter yourself. The video on the confession wall has been circulating everywhere," the male student retorted, his face red with anger. Seeing how certain the student was, Lily's mother froze, looking at him in total confusion. The student pulled up the video. The main characters in the video were undeniable. Lily's mother cried and ran back to Lily, screaming, asking who the man was, saying she was going to go to the construction worker and demand an explanation. In that moment, I felt a bizarre surge of pity for her mother. A college student, supported by the entire family's efforts, doing something so scandalous at school, completely humiliated the entire family. The attempted murder case became massive news at school, and rumors spread all over social media. Considering the severe trauma I suffered, the university granted me a month-long leave of absence. The verdict came down quickly. Lily was ordered to pay me $50,000 for emotional distress and $100,000 in a settlement, issue a public apology on social media, and serve one month in detention. Because I didn't die, the university requested I sign a letter of forgiveness, so Lily didn't end up going to actual prison. The $150,000 basically wiped out her family's entire life savings. I heard their neighbors and relatives had completely cut ties with them. After all, everyone is terrified of being murdered for no reason. Given the severity of her actions toward me, the university asked me what I wanted to do. My revenge wasn't complete yet; I couldn't let her run away. Putting on a performance of being deeply moved by the power of familial love, I begged the university to let her stay and finish her degree. However, due to my "psychological trauma," she was forced to move out of our dorm room. In light of the incident, the university padlocked the doors to all the rooftops on campus. Couples who couldn't find a place to be alone, and students who liked to relax on the roof had complaints, but no one dared voice them. After all, everyone was terrified of someone randomly pushing them off a hidden corner like that. And unlike me, they wouldn't have the good luck to survive. It would just be a dead end with no witnesses.
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