My roommate Jack asked me to test his girlfriend’s loyalty. I thought it sounded interesting, so I agreed without hesitation. But his girlfriend couldn’t resist the temptation. After just a few messages, she was already trying to hook up with me. Jack felt humiliated and used this as an excuse to break up with her. I tried to explain everything to his girlfriend, but she refused to believe me. She showed up at our apartment building and stabbed me eighteen times. As I lay bleeding on the ground, I clearly heard Jack’s voice: “Great! I can finally get rid of that psycho for good!” When I opened my eyes again, I found myself back on the day Jack first suggested I test his girlfriend. “Adam, can you help me test my girlfriend?” Jack asked, tilting his head in an attempt to look cool. I looked at his ridiculous pose and felt nothing but disgust. “Sorry, I’m not interested in ruining other people’s relationships,” I replied curtly. But Jack persisted: “It’s just a harmless test! How could it possibly ruin our relationship?” “Come on Adam, don’t tell me you think my girlfriend would fall for you after just one conversation?” I ignored him, so Jack turned to our other roommates with an exaggerated expression: “Guys, when did Adam become so full of himself?” “I just asked him to help test my girlfriend, and he said he doesn’t want to ruin our relationship.” “Is he really that confident my girlfriend would definitely fall for him?” I shot Jack a cold glare and snapped back: “What are you talking about? I meant I don’t want to cause any misunderstandings between you two. When did I ever say your girlfriend would like me?” “Besides, your girlfriend is 5’9″, covered in acne, and built like a linebacker. The thought of her makes me sick!” Jack stood there dumbfounded, a look of shame flashing across his face before he turned and ran out. In my past life, I had agreed to Jack’s request. I added his girlfriend and sent her some flirty messages. To my surprise, his girlfriend couldn’t resist the temptation. After just a bit of flirting, she was already eager to hook up with me. Jack felt humiliated and lost face. In the end, he made up an excuse, accusing me of having secretly seduced his girlfriend behind his back for a long time. Later, he used this as a reason to break up with his girlfriend Lucy. “My roommate Adam is rich and good-looking. Since he likes you, we should break up,” Jack told her. “His family is loaded. You’ll have a much better future with him.” “Adam’s just shy and got embarrassed when I caught him sending you love messages. That’s why he’ll probably make up all sorts of excuses to deny it.” “But don’t worry, as long as you keep pursuing him, he’ll definitely agree to be with you soon!” Lucy believed every word Jack said. She started stalking me outside our apartment building every day. I was at my wit’s end, trying to explain to her why I had sent those flirty messages in the first place. But Lucy refused to believe anything I said. One day, Lucy saw me walking with a female classmate and completely lost it. She stabbed me eighteen times, screaming as she did it: “You bastard! You seduced me and made me break up with my boyfriend, and now you’re trying to deny everything and hook up with other girls? How dare you play me like this! I’ll teach you a lesson!” “You say you don’t like me, but you kept all the gifts I sent you. There’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world!” I couldn’t dodge in time and collapsed in a pool of blood. After I fell, I saw Jack hiding in the crowd. Unlike everyone else’s horrified expressions, Jack’s face was filled with excitement. Amidst the screams, I clearly read Jack’s excited lip movements: “Perfect! Adam’s dead and Lucy’s going to jail. I’ve finally gotten rid of that psycho Lucy for good!” It was only then that I finally realized – from the very beginning of that so-called “test”, no, even earlier than that, Jack had already set a deadly trap for me. Thinking back on everything that had happened, I was filled with endless regret, but there was nothing I could do. I could only stare in Jack’s direction as I slowly lost consciousness. Another roommate’s words snapped me out of my memories: “Adam, you did the right thing. Jack’s girlfriend is always eyeing other guys. It’s best not to get involved in stuff like this.” “Getting mixed up with that Lucy chick would be a nightmare!” I nodded. It wouldn’t just be a nightmare – it would literally be the death of me! Lunchtime arrived. I was in a bad mood today and didn’t have any afternoon classes, so I decided to go to the mall to do some shopping and clear my head. As I was browsing clothes, I suddenly heard a familiar voice. “Baby, thank you for buying me so many things!” “I knew you loved me the most!” I frowned and was about to walk away when I realized the woman hanging on Jack’s arm wasn’t Lucy. I stopped in my tracks and quietly followed behind them.
Jack led the woman into a lingerie store. The two of them browsed and tried on various items, walking out with quite a haul. At one point, Jack even held up a strappy thong against himself and asked: “Honey, do you think I’d look hot in this?” As he posed, he even thrust his hips suggestively, completely shameless and oblivious to the stares from other shoppers. “I can’t decide which one looks best on me. What do you think, babe?” Jack continued to flirt shamelessly with the woman. The woman waved her hand dismissively: “It’s too much trouble to choose. Let’s just buy them all!” Jack grinned like a fox who’d gotten into the henhouse. I smirked as I looked at the video I’d captured on my phone. In my past life, I had consistently rejected Lucy’s advances. But Lucy stubbornly saw me as hers. Just walking with a female classmate was enough to make her explode with jealousy and stab me. This time, her official boyfriend was shopping for kinky lingerie with another woman. I wondered how she would react! I created a new SnapChat account and added Lucy based on my memories from my past life. Then I sent her the video before quickly blocking her. I pretended nothing had happened and continued shopping at the mall. When I got back to our apartment, Jack still wasn’t back. This time, I secretly reported to the dorm supervisor that he hadn’t returned for curfew. The next day, Jack returned to our room with a face full of bruises that shocked us all. My roommates and I rushed over to express our concern, but Jack seemed like a walking corpse. He grabbed my hand and pleaded: “Adam, my girlfriend beat me up. She beat me so badly I almost died. Can you help me report it to the police?” Seeing the situation, my other roommates quickly backed away, clearly not wanting to get involved. Jack was clinging to me and I couldn’t shake him off, but my guard was fully up. “Jack, I’m not involved in this. It’s not right for me to report it. You should just call the police yourself.” Jack blurted out: “I can’t report it myself. If Lucy finds out I called the police, she’ll definitely retaliate against me!” “You don’t know how vicious she can be when she hits people! She could literally beat someone to death!” I forcefully shook off his hand: “If that’s the case, why are you asking me to report it for you? Are you trying to throw me under the bus?” “Jack, what did I ever do to offend you? Why does it feel like you’re always trying to get me killed?” I stared at him intently, my eyes full of suspicion. He finally realized he had said the wrong thing and quickly tried to backtrack: “Adam, that’s not what I meant. Lucy doesn’t know who you are, so even if you report it for me, you won’t be in any danger.” “She checks my phone, so even if I delete the call history she can still find out.” “If you don’t want to report it for me, can you at least lend me your phone so I can make the call myself?” My roommate behind me was shaking his head vigorously. I coldly looked at Jack: “No way. Either you report it yourself, or you just deal with it!” Jack stared at me in disbelief: “Adam, I’ve been beaten so badly. How can you just stand by and do nothing?” I leaned in close and said slowly and clearly: “Even if you get beaten to death, what does that have to do with me?!” “Besides, you were just trying to set me up. How dare you come ask me for help now?” Jack could no longer maintain his pitiful act. His eyes were filled with malice. I didn’t care. No matter what I did, he was determined to see me dead anyway. He glared at me viciously, a cruel light flashing in his eyes: “That’s right. How could someone as privileged as you understand the struggles of us common folk?” It was only then that I realized why Jack had been so fixated on me. It was all jealousy. He was jealous that I came from a good family. But he never stopped to think – if I didn’t have a well-off family, how could I afford to constantly lend him money? I shot back: “You’re right, I don’t understand the struggles of ‘common folk’ like you. So why don’t you pay back that $500 you borrowed from me last month!” Jack started playing the victim again: “Adam, I’m in such a bad state, and you don’t feel any sympathy for me at all? You only care about getting your money back?” In the end, Jack still didn’t report it to the police. He nursed his injuries alone. Meanwhile, Lucy kept messaging my burner account asking who I was, but I never replied and eventually blocked her. Lucy was the type to become extremely vigilant at the slightest hint of something amiss. I didn’t need to remind her – she would keep a close eye on Jack on her own. That day, Jack suddenly called out to me from downstairs. “Adam! Let me introduce you – this is my girlfriend, Lucy.” “Lucy, this is my roommate Adam. He’s from a wealthy family!” “Lucy, Adam was just asking about you the other day!” Normally, this would just be an ordinary introduction. But with my memories from my past life, I immediately realized Jack was hinting to Lucy that I was interested in her. Lucy eyed me lustfully, pretending to be shy as she said: “Oh really? Adam is so curious about me? Why don’t we add each other on SnapChat? I’ll scan your code.” I shook my head and quickly backed away: “So you’re the girlfriend Jack said beat him up.” “I’m not curious about you at all. The other day I only brought you up because Jack wanted me to help him report you to the police, but I refused.” Lucy’s expression immediately turned ugly: “Report to the police? What report?” Jack anxiously tried to signal to me with his eyes: “There’s no police report! Lucy, don’t listen to Adam’s nonsense!” I pretended not to understand Jack’s meaning and looked at him in confusion: “Jack, didn’t you come back crying and sniveling the other day, saying your girlfriend had almost beaten you to death? You were too scared to report it yourself and begged me to do it for you, remember?” “Good thing I didn’t agree to help you. Just the other day you were dramatically threatening to break up, and now you two have made up.” “If I had actually reported it for you, wouldn’t that have really messed up your relationship!” My words easily provoked Lucy’s anger. She spun around and slapped Jack hard across the face: “I hit you because you were cheating, buying strappy thongs with other women! How dare you not mention that?” “If you hadn’t begged for forgiveness on your knees, would I still be with you?” “So this is how you talk about me behind my back? You really need to be taught a lesson!” With that, Lucy dragged Jack away. Jack was terrified but didn’t dare call for help due to Lucy’s intimidating presence. But the look he gave me was even more hostile. Not that I cared. To my surprise, Jack came back not long after. Apart from some slap marks on his face, there were no other obvious injuries. I was quite disappointed, but Jack came to confront me: “Adam, what’s your problem? Why did you bring up the police report in front of Lucy?” “You did that on purpose, didn’t you? You deliberately provoked Lucy to hit me?” “What did I ever do to offend you? Why are you trying to hurt me like this?” I pretended not to understand: “Jack, what are you talking about? I was just going along with what you said.” “You’re the one who told your girlfriend I had mentioned her in our room. The only time I brought her up was that one instance.” “I thought you were deliberately bringing it up to warn your girlfriend. Was that not your intention?” Jack was furious: “Of course that wasn’t my intention!” I replied nonchalantly: “Oh, then I misunderstood. But what exactly was your intention?” “Why did you say I’m always talking about your girlfriend? Were you trying to make your girlfriend think I’m interested in her?” Jack suddenly couldn’t act arrogant anymore: “I didn’t mean anything by it!” I smiled indifferently: “Oh, that’s good. Otherwise, I would have thought you were trying to set me up behind my back!” Jack’s scheme had been exposed, but he didn’t dare try to explain himself. He could only return to his bed resentfully. I pondered to myself – letting Jack off twice in two days, Lucy must have gotten something in exchange from him. But what could that bargaining chip be? I had no way of knowing, but it never hurts to stay cautious. After these two incidents, logically, my relationship with Jack should have gotten worse and worse. But that wasn’t the case. Jack’s attitude towards me actually got better and better. He seemed to have realized his mistakes and sincerely apologized to me. He often took the initiative to fetch water for me and do my chores. It was as if we were still good friends. But one can never be too careful. I never drank the water he brought and would throw away the water bottle directly. I also refused to let him do my chores. I’m not helpless. Jack seemed very hurt by my complete rejection of his efforts, but he didn’t push it. “I know I made mistakes before. It’s understandable that Adam is angry.” Then he changed his strategy. Not only did he pay back the $500 he owed me, he also started giving me gifts. But I suddenly remembered what Lucy had yelled as she stabbed me to death in my past life: “You say you don’t like me, but you kept all the gifts I sent! There’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world!” I looked at the gift Jack was holding out to me, my heart aching.
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