THIS TIME, I WILL NOT BACK DOWN

Reborn to college, Vivian remembers how refusing Emily's demand to use her private washer got her framed for infectious disease, condemned, and driven to suicide in her past life. She locks it this time. Undeterred, Emily washes intimates in shared machines, sparking campus cross-infection. Facing ostracism, Vivian preserves evidence. The truth exposes Emily; sanctions follow. Vivian moves dorms, learning boundaries are self-protection, not coldness.