Chapter 1 — Memorable Admission Day

In my previous life, before school started, a friend and I bought sleeper tickets in the same compartment on the train, so we decided to go together to school to complete the admission procedures. I thought it was just the two of us, but unexpectedly she brought along her new boyfriend, who only bought a standing ticket but blatantly took over my bed. The train employee and her boyfriend had an argument, the video was posted online, netizens misunderstood that person as my friend, then made up dirty rumors about me and then competed to attack me online. I collected enough evidence, prepared to clarify everything, but was stopped by my friend. She told me to silently accept the loss, admit all the blame, and compensate me with five hundred yuan. I didn't agree, she accidentally pushed me onto the main street. When I woke up, I immediately canceled the sleeper ticket I had just booked and went back to buying a plane ticket.

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From Hua Le Chi's WeChat: 【Can anyone buy a sleeper ticket on the 25th to city A? Let's go together in a group!】 A slight shock hit me, and when my eyes cleared, the content of the message on my phone was the first thing I saw. Ah, have you started looking for people to take advantage of? Very soon, someone mentioned to me: 【Du Vu also passed the university entrance exam in city A. Two days ago, he also competed for tickets. Can you order it yet?】 I immediately reacted. I was reincarnated, returning to the time before I entered school with Hua Le Chi. At this time, I have not yet experienced cyber violence because of her and her boyfriend. Haven't been caught up in a series of defamatory rumors. Even more so, Hua Le Chi pushed her down the main road and died miserably under the wheels. I lowered my head to look at my phone, Hua Le Chi texted again. She said: 【Du Vu, I bought the ticket, what about you?】 Without hesitation, I opened app 12306 and refunded the sleeper ticket I just booked. Then go to another application, without hesitation, immediately book a flight ticket. I took a screenshot of the ticket, covering up important information, leaving only my name. 【Sorry, train tickets are hard to get, so I bought plane tickets. Looks like you have to go alone to city A.】 She answered almost immediately: 【No way, the plane ticket is very expensive, please refund the ticket, let's go together so we can have a companion. You said you wanted to try the experience of riding a train, right?】 I laughed coldly. In my previous life, I chose to take the train because some of my classmates encouraged me, saying that taking the train would allow me to see beautiful scenery along the way, considering it an interesting experience. But it's true that I had a problem in my head to choose the train instead of the plane. Beautiful scenery is nowhere to be seen, but cyber violence is something that will never be forgotten. At that time, not only was she sitting on the same train, her bed was also right above mine. We arranged to meet, but we didn't expect her to bring her boyfriend. This person bought it on the same trip as us, but it was only a hard bed compartment. At first I thought he also bought a sleeper ticket, so the three of us happily sat together eating snacks and playing cards. When the train staff came to check the tickets, I realized he only bought standing tickets, not in our compartment at all. Even his ticket was only valid for a few stops midway, while our destination was from the first station to the last station. The train staff wanted to take him away, but he stubbornly refused, an argument broke out and someone else filmed it and posted it online. In the video, he is arguing, and I am just standing there bewildered. What about Hua Le Chi? Standing in a hidden corner, cleverly covering your body. No one realized there was another girl in the video. Because the video did not cover my face, netizens soon found out my personal information, then flooded in to curse me. Some people still spread dirty news about me, some even asked the railway industry to permanently ban me from taking the train. I refuted a few sentences, and the group's anger turned to me. Just thinking about the disgusting messages, the abusive letters sent to school, and the discriminatory looks from my new friends, I feel uncomfortable all over. I sent a message to the chat group: 【There is no other way, train tickets are too difficult to book. Furthermore, plane tickets have already been purchased, unlike train tickets that can be refunded for free eight days in advance. If you cancel your ticket now, the refund fee will be as expensive as the train ticket. Or will you compensate me for that money?】 Hua Le Chi immediately fell silent. Just send a few expressive stickers, then tag other people in class, asking if anyone is taking the train together. Unfortunately, in the whole class, there were only me and her who entered the same city. And from the beginning, the person she was aiming for was me.

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Escaped from Hua Le Chi, I felt like I had just avoided a major disaster in my life. But unexpectedly, that night, Hua Le Chi's mother called me again. As soon as the phone was connected, Hua's mother's voice rang out in annoyance: "Du Vu, if you're a rich family, stop spending money like water. Why do you still drag my daughter along to spend money?" I listened vaguely and quickly asked: "Auntie, are you mistaken? I didn't go out with Hua Le Chi today." She continued: "You two met to go to school, everyone took the train, but you bought a plane ticket to show off. I don't care if you buy it, why do you force Le Chi to buy it too?" I immediately understood. Surely because I refunded my train ticket today, Hua Le Chi had a new idea—using me as an excuse to trick her mother into buying plane tickets. When she has the money for plane tickets in hand, she just needs to buy two hard sleeper tickets, that's enough for her and her boyfriend to comfortably take the train to school. Good calculation, I couldn't hear her voice, I knew my mind was spinning a few times. If you're so cunning, why haven't you ever seen your math score get a little higher? I replied: "Auntie, Hua Le Chi and I only studied in the same city, but we never said we would go with her. And I also didn't ask Hua Le Chi to buy a plane ticket with me?" On the other side, her voice was still full of dissatisfaction: "You two are classmates. When you go out, you should know how to help each other. Is it too selfish of you to go on a plane alone? I love my daughter so much, why did she have such a miserable fate, getting into the same school as you?" As expected of mother and daughter, their thinking is exactly the same. I spend my money, but I still get scolded? Hua Le Chi and her mother's tendency to control other people's wallets is too strong, right? I gently repeated the matter of refunding the ticket, then added: "Auntie, the train ride is very tiring, nearly thirty hours. My parents love me so they gave me money to buy a plane ticket. Do you love Hua Le Chi so much, or should you also buy her a plane ticket?"

"You love money, you're so young and you're already asking for it, who will want to take it in the future!"

I was about to object, but the other end of the line hung up. That's good, don't waste time arguing. No money is spent, but cursing people is super fast. My daughter doesn't dare to hit me, doesn't dare to scold me, But you want me to lower my standards? I can't blame Hua Le Chi for sometimes being like a brainless person, like mother, like child.