His fingers tightened slightly, forcing Zhang Yining to lift her head and look directly into his cold eyes.
"Now, immediately, right here," Lu Xuan leaned closer to her, his hot breath almost on her face, saying word by word, "Let me play once. If you perform well, I might consider letting you go for now."
What?!
Zhang Yining's eyes instantly widened, the color drained from her face, then flushed crimson, as if she had suffered an immense insult and fright.
She simply couldn't believe her ears!
"You... what nonsense are you spouting?! This is a school! Someone could pass by at any moment! Are you crazy?!" she shrieked, her voice becoming sharp with fear and humiliation.
Although she flirted with some boys for vanity and benefit, maintaining a clear boundary, she rarely even let anyone hold her hand, let alone... let alone such a thing! Especially in a place like this!
Lu Xuan watched her terrified expression, a surge of vengeful pleasure rising in his heart.
He released her chin, instead pushing her tighter into the corner, almost trapping her completely between himself and the wall.
He deliberately twisted her words, a wicked smile playing on his lips: "Oh? You mean, as long as it's not at school, as long as there aren't so many people, you'll let me play once?"
"Get lost! What nonsense are you talking about!" Zhang Yining, both ashamed and afraid, reached out to push Lu Xuan away, but Lu Xuan's body, strengthened by the system, didn't budge, causing her to stumble and hit her back hard against the cold wall.
"If you keep this up... I... I'll call the police! Yes! I'm calling the police!" she shouted, clutching at this last straw, her voice brave but her heart quivering.
"Call the police?" Lu Xuan, hearing this, showed no fear; instead, he seemed to have heard something amusing.
He calmly took a step back, hands in his pockets, and even actually pulled out his phone, holding it in front of Zhang Yining, the screen still showing the PPT file.
"Here, take my phone, call now," he said in a relaxed tone, even with a hint of encouragement.
"I'd really like to see, when the police arrive, whether you accuse me of harassment first, or if I hand over this 'great gift' to them first, and inform all the major media outlets at the same time."
"By then, will it be faster for you to be utterly disgraced, or for your official father to be invited for 'tea' by the Disciplinary Committee?"
He leaned against the opposite wall, his posture leisurely, but his eyes were like knives, completely tearing apart Zhang Yining's last line of defense.
Zhang Yining looked at the phone so close at hand, then at Lu Xuan's cold and controlling eyes, and the hand holding the phone trembled like a falling leaf in the autumn wind.
Call the police? How could she dare! Once she called the police and the matter blew up, what awaited her would be an abyss a hundred, a thousand times more humiliating than her current situation!
Her body slowly went limp, as if all her strength had been drained, her eyes vacant, her face only showing despair and numbness.
Lu Xuan looked at her distraught appearance, knowing the time was ripe.
He took back his phone and spoke indifferently, his voice not loud, but clearly reaching Zhang Yining's ears:
"Do you know what to do now?"
Zhang Yining looked at his eyes, which seemed to see through everything, her heart pounding like a drum in her chest.
Call the police? These two words were like a needle, instantly piercing her last bit of stubborn courage.
How could she dare? Once the police got involved, the college entrance exam cheating incident would be completely exposed, leading to an abyss of no return!
Not just her, but also her father, a departmental-level cadre... she didn't dare to think further.
Fear, like icy vines, entwined her limbs, making her entire body go soft.
She looked at the phone Lu Xuan handed over, the glaring PPT title on the screen seemed to mock her stupidity and naivety.
She trembled, but didn't even have the strength to reach out.
Lu Xuan saw her distraught appearance and knew that her last psychological defense had completely collapsed.
He took back his phone, put it in his pocket, his face expressionless, only looking at her indifferently, as if admiring an artwork about to shatter.
"Now, do you know what to do?" His voice was not loud, but carried an undeniable pressure.
Zhang Yining's lips trembled, tears welled up in her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.
She looked around the dim stairwell, the faint sounds of other Students laughing and talking echoing from the distant corridor, each sound seeming to remind her how dangerous and shameful her current situation was.
"This... this won't do..." Her voice was as thin as a mosquito's buzz, laced with a sob and a plea, "Someone... someone could come by at any moment... Can we... can we go somewhere else, please?"
She was practically begging.
Even if it was humiliating, she hoped it could be in a more secluded place, at least to preserve her last shred of dignity.
Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly, a mocking curve on his lips: "Heh, it's come to this, and you're still being picky? It seems the lesson isn't deep enough yet?"
"No... it's not that!" Zhang Yining, scared, quickly waved her hands, tears finally rolling down, "I... I'm just afraid... please..."
Her tear-streaked face, if it were normally, would have been enough to soften any boy's heart.
But in Lu Xuan's eyes, it only seemed hypocritical and ridiculous.
In his previous life, when she framed him, did she show even a shred of softness?
However, he also didn't want to cause too much of a commotion here.
The goal had been achieved, the process was not important, what mattered was the result, the complete control over this woman's fear.
"Alright," Lu Xuan shrugged, feigning generosity, "Consider yourself lucky. Follow me."
He turned and walked down the stairs.
Zhang Yining hesitated, looking at his tall but dangerous back, then at the empty stairwell, and finally bit her lower lip, following him step by step like a soulless puppet.
Having just started university, the campus was still very unfamiliar to her, and she didn't even know where Lu Xuan was taking her.
But she knew she had no choice.
Lu Xuan, relying on his memories from his previous life, expertly led her through several corridors to a relatively secluded old teaching building.
He pushed open a creaking, unlocked door, revealing a room filled with discarded desks, chairs, and miscellaneous items.
"Come in." Lu Xuan stepped aside to let her in, then gently closed the door behind him, but didn't lock it, as if implying that escape was futile.
Zhang Yining looked at this even more enclosed, oppressive environment, her heart constricting further.
She leaned against the cold wall, her hands tightly clutching the hem of her clothes, her body trembling uncontrollably.