Chapter 4

Chloe and Lily followed her, and I followed close behind them.

I knew that what had happened in my previous life was going to happen again.

…

In my previous life, Yoana waited until I was not paying attention, then handed out the rotten fruit cups to our classmates. She wanted to use the favor to win their votes for the school honor award.

The moment I discovered what she was doing, I tried to stop her. Instead, my classmates cursed me out.

When they later came down with food poisoning, they somehow blamed me for that too.

"If you were not guilty, why did you try to stop us?"

"Exactly! You obviously knew the fruit was poisoned. Otherwise, why would you refuse to eat it?"

In the end, I became the person everyone hated.

I died with no one even willing to claim my body.

Now, Yoana was once again going around cheerfully handing out fruit cups to our classmates.

"The fruit was on sale today, so I spent a whole week's allowance buying fruit for everyone and making these fruit cups. Have some and cool off!"

Everyone accepted the fruit cups and immediately started praising Yoana for being so kind and thoughtful.

Yoana gave a shy little smile.

"We are all classmates. Helping each other is only natural.

"However, I hope everyone will remember my kindness and support me when it is time to vote for the school honor award!"

Everyone understood exactly what she meant. After all, it was hard to say no after accepting someone's food.

They all nodded eagerly.

"Do not worry. You have our votes!"

Just as everyone was about to eat, I gave them one more warning.

"I heard discounted fruit usually is not very fresh. A lot of it is already bruised or starting to rot. Eating too much can upset your stomach, so it is probably better not to eat too much."

After all, in my previous life, they had been fooled by Yoana too. In a way, they had been victims as well.

Hearing me, everyone froze with the fruit cups in their hands and turned to look at Yoana.

Yoana's expression darkened.

Then, almost instantly, her eyes turned red. She pushed out her lower lip, looking like she had just suffered some terrible injustice.

"Jessica, are you saying I deliberately bought bad fruit for everyone? That I wanted to make everyone sick?

"You know I do not have much money. I only get fifteen hundred dollars a month for living expenses, unlike you, who gets three thousand.

"I wanted to buy everyone something better too, but I cannot afford it. This fruit already cost me much of my allowance. I will have to live on bread for some time...

"These fruits may not be worth much, but they are still my way of showing that I care. I know you look down on me, but did you really have to humiliate me like this?

"If you do not believe me, I can eat one right now to prove it!"

As she spoke, Yoana prepared to eat the good fruit cup sitting beside her, just as she had in my previous life.

Before she could, I grabbed the rotten fruit cup and shoved it into her hands.

"Do not eat that one. Eat this!"

Yoana's face went completely white. She trembled with anger, and a flicker of suspicion appeared in her eyes.

She just stood there holding the fruit cup, unable to make herself take a bite.

Of course she did not dare eat it. She knew better than anyone just how disgusting those rotten fruits were.

That was Yoana for you. She was unbelievably stingy, yet she still wanted everyone to like her and shower her with praise.

Somehow, she had come up with the brilliant idea of using rotten fruit to buy people's favor.

After a moment of silence, Chloe and Lily could not stand watching anymore. They stepped forward to defend Yoana.

"Jessica, why are you making things so difficult for Yoana?"

"When we were in the dorm, Yoana kindly offered you a fruit cup, and you refused it, claiming you were allergic. Now that she is giving fruit to everyone else, you are trying to stop her again. What exactly are you trying to do?"

"Are you jealous because Yoana was chosen as a candidate for the school honor award? Is your jealousy getting the better of you? After all, you were eliminated in the very first round!"

The moment they said that, everyone's attention shifted. Whispers spread through the crowd.

"What kind of spoiled rich girl is Jessica? Just because she could not make the cut herself, she has to make things difficult for someone else!"

"Exactly! If you are not going to eat, then get out of the way. We still want to!"

"So what if the fruit was on sale? It is still a representation of Yoana's kindness. We like it. What business is it of yours?"