I Confessed on Chinese Valentine’s Day—Then the Goddess Cracked My Skull

When I opened my eyes, the once-empty classroom was packed with people, and students stood all around us, eager to watch the spectacle. At the center of the crowd were Jessica and me. I felt dazed and couldn’t bring myself to believe that I had been reborn, returning to the day I confessed my feelings to Jessica. In my previous life, I spent money on Jessica like water and gathered a group of friends to witness me confessing to her. Jessica had only reluctantly agreed to date me. But even after we got together, she remained cold and indifferent toward me. The only time she smiled at me was when I spent money on her again. On Valentine’s Day, I paid a fortune to have a bouquet of rare roses flown in from overseas because I wanted to give them to her and repair our relationship. Instead, I found her younger schoolmate, Ryan, naked in her apartment. While Ryan and I fought, Jessica picked up a baseball bat and struck me in the head, leaving me unconscious on the floor. I could only watch helplessly as she threw my flowers into the trash, her face full of disdain. “Come on, Ethan, confess already. The campus queen is waiting for you.” “Did you chicken out?” The voices around me pulled me out of my memories, and I tossed the flowers I had prepared behind me. “Sorry, everyone. You can leave. There won’t be a confession today.” After my friends left, Jessica’s face immediately fell. “Ethan, are you sick? You called all these people here just to stand around awkwardly with me while they watched me make a fool of myself, didn’t you?” I glanced at her indifferently. “What’s the problem? I suddenly realized I don’t like you anymore. That means the confession is over.” After living once already, I had finally figured it out. Someone else could be the lovesick fool from now on. In the end, a lovesick fool always ended up with nothing. “You!” Jessica glared at me. “Fine, Ethan. Don’t come looking for me again, or I’ll never respect you.” She lifted her chin proudly and turned to leave. The next second, I caught hold of her purse strap. “Wait.” Jessica turned back with a smug smile. “What? It’s too late to apologize now. You embarrassed me in front of everyone, and I have to get my dignity back.” “If you want me to forgive you, crawl ten laps around the track while barking like a dog.” She clearly assumed I would do it. After all, I had made it obvious how much I loved her. I let out a cold laugh. “Lady, stop flattering yourself. Who said I want your forgiveness? I bought that purse. Give it back.” Jessica hadn’t expected that to be what I meant, and her expression changed. “Ethan, who are you calling ‘lady’? I’m only three years older than you.” I couldn’t be bothered to argue with her. “Give me the purse. And return every transfer I’ve ever sent you, along with everything I bought for you. You have three days.” What was mine was mine. Since Jessica had accepted my gifts, she had to return every last one. The classroom door suddenly flew open, and a male student rushed in and shoved me hard. “Ethan, how dare you talk to Jessica like that?” I took one look at him and recognized an old acquaintance. It was Jessica’s devoted junior, Ryan. The belt around his waist looked familiar. When I took a closer look, I realized it was the Hermès belt I had given Jessica a while ago. It was worth two hundred thousand dollars, and I had originally bought it as a gift for Jessica’s father.So Jessica and Ryan had already gotten together by this point. Thinking back, Jessica had often disappeared during the early days of our relationship in my previous life. I had been too caught up in the sweetness of being with her to notice. Ryan glared at me. “So you have a little money. Do you think that gives you the right to humiliate Jessica? I’m telling you, Ethan. I’m the first one who refuses to stand for this.” “Jessica isn’t that kind of person. She looks down on rich jerks like you more than anyone.” I nodded, then tightened my grip and snatched the purse off Jessica’s arm. “You’re right. Giving Jessica these things was an insult to her, so I’m taking everything back.” I opened the purse and glanced inside. “Everything in here was bought by me. I won’t make you two suffer the indignity of keeping my gifts. I’m taking them all back.” Jessica froze, clearly not expecting me to be serious. Ryan also opened his mouth in surprise, at a loss for words. But since he had been the one to say those things, he couldn’t take them back now. “You…” I lifted the purse. “Since you both say you hate the things I gave Jessica, she must be eager to return them. Everything has to be back in my hands within three days. Otherwise, you know what will happen. I’ll hire the most expensive lawyer I can find and sue you.” Before leaving, I looked at their bruised, colorful faces. “After all, money is the only thing I have.” Once I stepped outside, I could barely keep my fist from shaking. I had used every ounce of willpower I possessed back in that classroom. It was the only reason I hadn’t punched those two vile cheaters in the face. Most of the things I had given Jessica had probably already been divided between them. Did they really think I was some gullible fool they could exploit? From today on, anything they had taken from me would have to be returned. As soon as I stepped outside, I received a phone call. It was about the gift I had planned to give Jessica when we officially got together: a pink supercar. It had just rolled off the production line, and the dealership manager was calling to ask where I wanted it delivered. Just then, Jessica and Ryan walked out of the academic building with dark expressions. I turned on speakerphone and deliberately spoke loudly enough for them to hear. “Deliver the car to my house. Don’t bring it to campus. I wanted to give it to someone, but she said she didn’t like money, so I can’t give her the car either. Also, change the paint color. A pink supercar is way too flashy for a guy like me.” Jessica’s face turned so dark it looked as if ink might drip from it, and she whipped around to glare at Ryan. He knew he had ruined everything and didn’t dare say another word. When the three-day deadline passed, there wasn’t even a peep from Jessica. Instead, the student council president, Julian, came looking for me. He brought several people and cornered me in a wooded area on campus, looking like a gangster. Jessica followed behind them, watching me with a triumphant smile. “So you’re the one who bullied my sister, huh? How dare you ask for the gifts you gave her back?” I had almost forgotten that Jessica had gathered plenty of devoted admirers around campus. Julian was one of them. In my previous life, after Jessica and I got together, Julian had constantly caused trouble for me. I always solved it with money. “My sister is such a wonderful person. How dare a piece of trash like you bully her? Believe me, I can make sure you won’t survive on this campus.” I looked at him with pity and shook my head. “What a poor guy.” Julian froze, then knitted his brows tightly. “What the hell are you talking about?” I smiled. “I’m saying Jessica is using you as a weapon, and you don’t even realize it. She’s already been fooling around with Ryan. She didn’t tell you she was single, did she?” Jessica froze and hurried to explain to Julian. “Julian, I didn’t. You have to believe me.” I smiled. “Don’t believe me? I have a video of the two of them fooling around.”