Chapter 1Noisy Men

Just as I had convinced myself to become a sugar baby for a greasy, middle-aged businessman, floating text suddenly materialized out of thin air right in front of my eyes.

[This cannon fodder side character is ridiculously stupid. Her roommates are using her selfies to catfish hot billionaires, and she is out here willingly settling for a wrinkled creep.]

[The worst part? She catches something incurable from the old guy, loses her mind, and ends up jumping off a roof. Tragic.]

[You have to admit, the female lead is an absolute genius. To avoid getting caught, she dragged her other two roommates into the catfish ring so they were all complicit.]

[The funniest plot twist is that the three billionaires are childhood best friends. LMAO. They were all hiding their online relationships from each other. If they had just compared notes once!]

[In the end, all three guys fall for the female lead in real life. It just proves they did not love the side character's face, they loved the female lead's beautiful soul.]

Behind me, my three roommates were busy flexing the luxury gifts their "online boyfriends" had just sent them.

Brittany, the self-appointed dorm president, suddenly called my name and pointed her phone camera at me.

"Sienna, give me a heart!"

I looked straight into the lens and smiled sweeter than I ever had in my life.

Since they were using my face as bait to reel in these massive catches, it was only fair that I claimed the fish for myself, right?

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[Oh my god, Brittany sent that photo to Asher, and he absolutely loved it. He just transferred her another five grand to buy the newest iPhone.]

[Asher is not just new money, his family has deep political ties. Five grand is literally pocket change to him. But whatever, all his wealth is going to belong to our female lead baby eventually anyway.]

I looked down at my own phone. The screen was shattered like a spiderweb.

Five grand for a single selfie. I fully admit, I was deeply jealous.

Brittany should have been thrilled about the cash, but she suddenly let out a panicked gasp.

The other two girls instantly swarmed her desk, asking what was wrong.

Brittany shot a look in my direction, clearly thinking she was being subtle.

Vanessa, who was sitting closest to me, cleared her throat and put on a fake smile. "Sienna, were you about to head to the dining hall? Could you grab a salad for me?"

Ever since these three started their billionaire catfish operations, they decided campus food was beneath them and exclusively ordered delivery from five-star restaurants.

If Astor University did not have a strict mandatory dorm policy for underclassmen, they would have rented luxury apartments off-campus ages ago.

Vanessa was obviously just finding a cheap excuse to get rid of me.

I kept a perfectly straight face, quietly slipped a disposable paper cup into my sleeve, and smoothly agreed before walking out.

The moment the door clicked shut, I pressed the open end of the cup flat against the wood and pressed my ear to it.

Brittany's voice came through, trembling with sheer panic. "What do I do? Ash is asking to meet up in person again."

"This is the third time. If I reject him again, he is definitely going to get suspicious."

Brittany had milked Asher dry.

In just one year, she had hoarded over a dozen designer bags, not to mention a mountain of other extravagant gifts.

For her birthday this year, he literally shipped her a diamond necklace worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Having grown addicted to this lavish lifestyle, Brittany was terrified of losing her golden goose.

In comparison, Vanessa remained entirely calm, playing the mastermind.

"Just agree to the date for now. When the time comes, tell him your roommate had a medical emergency and you cannot make it. Penny and I will back up your story."

Brittany acted like she had just been handed a life preserver, thanking Vanessa profusely.

With the crisis averted, the dorm fell silent. The floating comments, however, were going absolutely wild.

[Our female lead is truly the brains of this trio. So smart!]

[Those two should literally worship the ground the female lead walks on. They would not have a dime without her brilliant ideas.]

[Luckily, all three male leads eventually fall for the female lead, forcing these two freeloading parasites to cough up everything they stole.]

Reading that, I finally confirmed my theory.

Vanessa was the legendary "female lead" the comments were raving about.

And that greasy old man I almost sold my soul to? He was a contact Vanessa had specially introduced to me.