The Girl They Ignored Returned as the Woman Seven Men Would Die For novel Chapter 30

[Quince: Hey beautiful, I'm not accepting this transfer~]

[You saved my friend's life. Consider this cash his way of saying thanks! We'll all have to hang out sometime!]

Mika was on the bus when she received Quince's messages.

After paying Lucas's medical bill, she had hopped straight onto the bus back to campus.

The ride took over an hour, and she had been mindlessly listening to music on her phone. Seeing Quince's texts, a thoroughly calculated smile tugged at the corners of her lips.

Did she actually have some 'urgent business' at school? Of course not. She just possessed an incredibly lucid understanding of herself.

In the old days, when a hero saved a beauty, if she woke up and saw the hero was incredibly handsome, she'd flutter her eyelashes and say:

"I have no way to repay you for saving my life, so I can only offer myself to you!"

But if the hero was exceptionally ugly, she would politely say—

"I will work as your horse or ox in my next life to repay your profound kindness."

The exact same logic applied to men.

As someone absolutely surrounded by adoring women, even though Mika saved Lucas, he would inevitably throw a massive pile of cash at her to settle the debt, and then completely wipe her from his memory.

Since Mika lacked the invulnerable halo of a female lead, she had to play a high-risk game.

She purposely refused to tell Lucas her name.

Slipping away the second he wasn't looking was entirely engineered to leave a profoundly mysterious, unforgettable impression, cementing her persona as a purely kind girl who expected zero reward.

You had to hook them with a flawless impression before you could reel them in for the long con.

As for the money... Mika was absolutely going to take it, just not right now.

How could a pure, unpretentious, innocent girl just casually accept a massive payout?

She looked down and began typing.

[Mika: I can't do that! It's way too much money. Saving him was just a coincidence; I never expected any reward! Anyone else would have done the exact same thing.]

"Holy shit!"

Quince's jaw practically hit the floor when he read the text.

[Mika: Oh no! I left in such a rush that I completely forgot about them! Thank you so, so much!]

[Mika: Mika Miller. Phone: 555-0198. Address: Hudson University Women's Dormitory, Front Desk.]

[Quince: Got it. I'll call a courier to send it over right now.]

"Done!" After replying, Quince leaned over the hospital bed, grinning mischievously at Lucas.

"Turns out this girl goes to Hudson University too! I even got her name. You wanna know what it is?"

Lucas froze, his heart inexplicably skipping a beat. Yet he deliberately turned his head toward the window, adopting a flawless mask of absolute apathy.

"Not interested."

"Well I'm interested!" Leo snatched the phone right out of Quince's hand. But the second he looked down and saw the name, his eyes blew wide open—

"Holy shit! Mika Miller!"

"Isn't that the notoriously ugly girl from our school!?"