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Chapter 11Name： Author：
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

"Student, why do you want me to charge $40 000 to your card?" asked the store owner as the store owner was stumped.

"To buy tidbits."

"..." Was she trying to buy everything in his convenience store? "Isn't that a little too much?"

"You don't want my business?"

The store owner was speechless. "..."

'This little girl seems a little fierce!'

He was not referring to the way she presented herself but her aura gave off a very... fierce vibe.

However, since she was giving him business, if he did not sell her the tidbits, it would have been very dumb of him.

"Yes, yes, yes." The store owner swiped her card swiftly.

[Congratulations to our host for completing the mission! 40 000 dollars is now in your bank account.]

Chuzheng realized that the way King addressed her had changed.

Previously, it had always called her Little miss but now it had changed to host and the voice did not sound as adorable as before.

'Is the system angry?'

'Because of the addressing incident previously?'

'Alright then.'

'I have decided to call you bastard then!'

"These tidbits...." asked the store owner after he had swiped the card.

Forty thousand dollars was enough to empty the entire store.

Chuzheng glanced at San Mao and said chicly, "Distribute it to every class."

San Mao formed an O with his mouth.

Their school had around two thousand students and if they distribute it, everyone would receive $20 worth of tidbits. Now that they have looked at it again, it did not seem like a lot anymore.

However, the people outside were stunned by Chuzheng's actions.

What...

What was she trying to do?

Could it be that she had seen the person that she liked treat Ji Tongtong to a drink so in a fit of anger...

"She really likes Senior Meng Ran?"

"What use is there to like him? Senior Meng Ran wouldn't like her. She thought that by changing her image, she could erase all of her black histories?"

"Actually, I think Ji Chuzheng looks quite pretty..."

"Senior Meng Ran is so handsome so it isn't surprising that she would also like him. However, it's like the toad wanting to eat the swan meat. Senior Meng Ran's girlfriend has to be someone who is sophisticated and educated."

Meng Ran furrowed his eyebrows slightly as he did not like people associating him with Ji Chuzheng.

"She came out, she came out."

Meng Ran followed everybody and looked towards her direction.

Chuzheng and her followers walked out together with her hands in her pocket. Her black hair fell onto her shoulders as the wind blew against her bangs causing her cold and distant eyebrows to be seen.

Student A: "Why do I feel that she looks a little cool when she walked out?"

Student B: "I... I also feel that same way."

Student C: "With a changed hairstyle and a different set of clothes, she looks as if she became another person..."

Student D: "Chey, she's just pretending to look cool. Even if that is so, Senior Meng Ran will never like her."

Student C: "But she looks really cool..."

Ji Tongtong bit her lips slightly and smiled before walking over. "Big Sister, are you feeling unhappy today? Why did you spend so much money?" asked Ji Tongtong in a soft and gentle voice.

"Must I get your permission to spend money?"

Ji Tongtong choked and immediately explained, "That's not what I mean. I am just worried about you. How about you apologize to Daddy and Daddy would not cancel your credit card?"

Her meaning was to tell everyone that her money was given by Father Ji and she could be broke very soon.

"Aren't you scared that I would tell Daddy that you got people to..."

"Big Sister, I am doing this for your own good!" Ji Tongtong suddenly raised her voice. "Daddy did not get angry with you purposely but previously you were... too much!"

Chuzheng really wanted to clap for Ji Tongtong in her heart.

She should be given a round of applause.

"Those who meant well for me should die for me." Chuzheng's gaze turned cold. "Little sister, are you willing to die for me?"

Ji Tongtong was stunned. "..."

When she called her 'Little sister', goosebumps sprang all over Ji Tongtong's body.

The surrounding students were shocked. "!!!"

What kind of logic was this?

"Big Sister..." Ji Tongtong's face turned pale as she seemed to have been frightened by Chuzheng's words.

"Ji Chuzheng, aren't you going overboard?" Meng Ran walked forward and spoke up for Ji Tongtong. "Tongtong meant you well, how could you say such a thing?"

"Did my words break the law just now?" said Chuzheng with an indifferent tone.

"..."

Meng Ran's eyebrows furrowed deeper as he was naturally aware of Ji Chuzheng's reaction whenever she saw him.

He was also aware that she liked him.

However, compared to Tongtong, Ji Chuzheng was famous for her misdeeds and had done many evil deeds that reflected negatively upon her. She would bully Tongtong and refuse to mend her ways.

To Meng Ran, Ji Chuzheng's pining for him seemed to be an existence that he hated a lot.

However, the current Ji Chuzheng only had coldness and disaffection in her eyes, there were no signs of admiration in her eyes.

Her gaze made him feel a little uncomfortable.

However, he did not know why he felt so uncomfortable.

"Since it is not illegal, why can't I say it?" Chuzheng walked past them as her indifferent voice spread throughout the audience. "I don't like Ji Tongtong so I don't have to be nice to her. Since she has come up to me and offended me, of course, I can say what I want."

Everyone fell into an awkward silence as they witnessed her leaving the scene.

San Mao and the others were stunned for a good half a minute before running to chase after her.

Big Sister Chuzheng was becoming more domineering!

Student A: "She's so cool!"

Student B: "Yeah, yeah, I want to be her fan!"

Student C: "Everyone knows that she doesn't like Ji Tongtong but Ji Tongtong had to clash with her all the time and made it look as if Ji Chuzheng had bullied her. I don't even know what she was planning."

Student D: "Now that you've said it, it really seems so..."

The whispers among the students had vaguely found their way to Ji Tongtong's ears.

She bit her lower lip and wanted to complain to Meng Ran but she realized that Meng Ran was staring intensely at Chuzheng's departing figure.

Her heart started to beat faster.

"Brother Meng Ran, did I make big sister angry?" Ji Tongtong's voice was choked with emotion and it immediately brought Meng Ran back to his senses.

"Don't bother her, she's one enigmatic person." Although Meng Ran had said it, he still felt a little uncomfortable deep in his heart.

"But..."

"It's fine." Meng Ran consoled her, "Don't think too much about it."

Although Meng Ran consoled Ji Tongtong, because of Chuzheng's words, some people had already started to be suspicious of her, especially those female students who liked Meng Ran as well.

The news about Chuzheng spending $40,000 at the convenience store and treating the whole school had already been spread all over the school even before school ended.

Although they did not understand Chuzheng's reason for doing this, with the tidbits in their hands, most of them accepted it happily.

As for the big boss who had bought the whole convenience store over, many had developed a liking towards Chuzheng.

In school, to gain the good books of someone was always so mysterious. Perhaps it was a bottle of water or a bag of paper, one could easily gain a friend.

Of course, friends fall out easily as well.

–

At the side of the field.

Ye Chen was sitting under a tree and the sunlight seeped through the gaps between the leaves and shone on him. If one were to look from far away, he looked as if there was a circle of sunlight surrounding him.

Actually, Ye Chen looked very handsome too.

However, his looks were more to the feminine side and hence many people bullied him for that fact.

Something swooshed past in the air.

Ye Chen reached out to catch it and when he took a look at it, he realized that it was a bottle of water.

The ray of light shining on him suddenly dimmed and a cold voice could be heard. "My treat."

Ye Chen glanced at her before standing up and directly stuffed the bottle of water into her hands. "I don't need it."

Ye Chen quickly left the field.

Chuzheng was speechless. "..."

'How am I going to be a good person if he is being like this?'

'He doesn't even want my help!'Chapter 12Name： Author：
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Ye Chen suddenly came back after he left with his dark eyes looking a little depressed. "Return my bicycle."

Chuzheng spun the bottle of water while remaining expressionless and asked, "If I return it to you, will you treat me as a friend?"

"..."

'You stole my bicycle and yet you want me to say that you are my friend?'

'Did she knock her brain against the bicycle?'

Chuzheng stuffed the bottle of water in his hands again before raising her hand to caress his head. "Wait for me at the first level after school."

Chuzheng left expressionlessly.

Despite her cold demeanor, she had begun to grow crazy in her head.

'What a hassle!'

'Why is there such a mission?'

'What does he becoming tainted have to do with me?'

'Why must I stop him from being tainted?'

'Isn't it great to be tainted?'

'If a human had not been tainted at least once in their lives, how could their lives be considered complete?'

[Little miss, do you still want to go back?]King felt that if it did not speak out, its Little missy would go on to help Ye Chen to become tainted. That must not happen! She must be his friend!

"Are you not angry anymore?"

[...]'Oh, so she knew that I was angry! She had actually dared to give the King a nickname!'

"Bastard."

[...]

'Ah! I am so angry!'

'The neighboring system's Little miss is so gentle and generous but why is mine so... so hateful! I don't want to talk to her anymore!'

–

After school, Ye Chen waited on the first floor of the school building.

As it was after school, many students ran up and down the stairs causing the building to be very squeezed and crowded and it was filled with the willfulness and freshness of students.

However, when Chuzheng came down, Ye Chen realized that her surroundings were very empty. It was as if somebody had placed a protective barrier around her and prevented people from coming close to her.

The students near her would size her up from time to time but nobody dared to talk to her.

The elegant and cold girl walked before him and Ye Chen could already feel that many people were sizing them up.

He tolerated the stares. "My bicycle."

Chuzheng walked towards the place she put his bicycle with Ye Chen following closely behind.

The school had bike-sharing services and thus there were bicycle parking racks by the side as well.

Chuzheng pointed towards the parking racks and Ye Chen took a look at her before walking over to find his bicycle.

However, when he saw that his bicycle was left on the ground and was broken, the gloomy look in his eyes became as dark as the dark clouds in the sky.

'So, this was her motive?'

'Hmph...'

He picked up his bicycle in silence and Chuzheng had seen the bad state of the bicycle—tilted handles, loose tires, and scratched surfaces. It was obvious that someone had smashed it on the ground repeatedly and even stepped on it.

The harsh and furious gaze of the teenager turned towards her.

'Goodness me!'

'Which damn thing did it?'

'This had nothing to do with me!'

'Why was he looking at me like that?'

The teenager retracted his gaze and pushed his bicycle to leave.

Chuzheng followed him and the teenager turned around before saying coldly, "Why are you still following me? Haven't you done enough?"

"It's not me."

"You pushed my bicycle away, if it wasn't you, who would it be?" questioned Ye Chen.

"..." 'How would I know who did it? I just casually parked it there. How would I know that someone would try to destroy it?'

'They did not even let a bicycle off!'

'Bastards!'

"Ji Chuzheng, if you want to bully me, you don't have to play so many tricks." Ye Chen's grip on his bicycle handle tightened. "Are you happy now?"

With that said, Ye Chen quickly pushed his bicycle away and left.

Ye Chen was still in a fit of anger and hence Chuzheng did not chase him anymore and took out her phone to message San Mao.

San Mao rushed here as fast as lightning.

"Big Sister Chuzheng, what's wrong?"

"Are there surveillance cameras here?"

"Here?" San Mao scanned the place. "There should be surveillance cameras here. Aren't the bike-sharing services located here? The school must be afraid that someone would destroy the bicycle so there should be surveillance cameras here."

Towards the end of his speech, San Mao nodded. "There definitely is."

The school's surveillance camera monitors were all in the security officer's monitor rooms and as such, it would not be easy for them to look at the surveillance camera's monitors. But San Mao had thought of an idea to bring Chuzheng into monitor rooms to check the surveillance cameras.

The bicycle was placed there in the morning and now that it was already after school, if they want to quickly check an entire day's length of video, it would not be possible.

Chuzheng dug out a USB drive from the proprietress' bag and prepared to transfer the video into the USB drive.

"Pss..."

Someone had informed her that someone was coming in.

Chuzheng looked at the transferring process and made sure that the transferring process had reached a hundred percent before ejecting the USB drive and left the monitor room quickly.

–

Ye Chen pushed the bike home and by the time he reached home, dinner time was already over.

He parked his bike downstairs before standing in front of it in silence.

After a long time, he went up and went back to his room amidst the cursing sounds.

Ye Chen threw his bag on his tiny bed before falling on it. He slowly curled himself into a ball.

'Ye Chen...'

'You must not lose!'

'You must remember those who bullied you and one day, you must let them get their retribution.'

'You are going to graduate soon.'

'You can leave this place very soon.'

Ye Chen maintained this position for a long time until he could no longer hear anything outside his room. He got up slowly and walked to his table before taking out his homework to do it,

When he was digging his bag for his homework, he touched the bottle of water.

His face darkened as he opened his window and threw the bottle of water out.

Ye Chen let himself be immersed in his homework and did not think about anything else. He would only complete his homework.

Dong——

Something hit his window and Ye Chen's hands froze.

He looked at the dark scenery outside the window with his eyes as dark as the night sky.

He lowered his head to continue doing his homework... He had just finished writing one word and another knock on his window could be heard, making the atmosphere feel very chilly.

Ye Chen rose up from his seat to open the window. The pale glow from the cold moon shone downstairs and Ye Chen could see a few figures.

The person who caught his attention the most was Chuzheng. Although she was standing under the moonlight, it still could not hide her brilliance.

The grip on Ye Chen's window tightened.

She still had to create trouble for him at night...

Ye Chen did not want to go out as he feared for what would happen to him but the people outside kept throwing things at his window, disturbing the silent night.

Ye Chen put down his pen and opened his door to listen for a while. Once he made sure that there was no one in the living room, he went downstairs.

He had just walked out to the corridor and he saw the people standing beside Chuzheng apologizing to him with crying faces once they saw him.

"Brother Ye, I am sorry."

"It's all our fault, I am sorry."

"Sorry..."

Ye Chen froze on the spot.

These people...

They were the people from this morning.

"Brother Ye, we entertained the angels unaware."

"Brother Ye, please forgive us, we didn't mean to destroy your bicycle."

"Brother Ye, we know we were wrong."

These people had apologized to Ye Chen profusely and had almost kowtowed to him.

These people had attended school in the morning and when their first class finished, they coincidentally saw Ye Chen's bike so they teamed up and broke his bike. After that, they skipped school and were not in school in the afternoon.

It was not until Chuzheng had brought San Mao to find them that they realized that the person who saved Ye Chen that morning was Ji Chuzheng.

Since they were all in the same school, they naturally had heard about the infamous Ji Chuzheng.

Ji Chuzheng was rich and if she had really hired someone to deal with them, they were definitely not her match.

"Brother Ye, please forgive us. We won't dare to do it anymore. In the past, we were wrong. We apologize to you."

"Brother Ye, you can scold or hit us, as long as you forgive us."

Ye Chen looked towards Chuzheng and Chuzheng was casually looking at those people who were kneeling on the floor.

"Shut up." Ye Chen gave a deep scoff.

Those people immediately shut their mouths.Chapter 13Name： Author：
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

However, in the end, he could only force a word out of his mouth. "Scram."

This bunch of people were not scared of him. They were scared of Ji Chuzheng. If he were to use brute force to settle this matter today and Ji Chuzheng was not here the next time they were with him, the bullying would only get worse.

"Thank you, Brother Ye."

"Thank you, Brother Ye..."

"Big Sister Chuzheng." They looked towards Chuzheng in unison. Could they leave now?

"What about that thing?"

One of them stood up and ran to the back to push a bicycle out. "Brother Ye, this is our compensation."

They placed the bicycle in front of Ye Chen and quickly scram away into the night as though they were chased by a ghost.

Ye Chen looked at the bicycle with furrowed eyebrows.

"In the future, you have my back." Chuzheng took out a piece of paper from her school bag before taking her time to write her phone number on it. "Here's my phone number, save it in your phone."

She gave the piece of paper to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen did not take it as he put out a stop sign with his hand with his eyes full of wariness.

Chuzheng placed the piece of paper onto the bicycle.

It was not until Chuzheng had left that Ye Chen took the paper.

"Ji Chuzheng... what are you trying to do?"

Ye Chen mumbled to himself before looking at the bicycle before him. It was the other party's compensation to him and he should be able to accept it... but something did not feel right.

After a long time, Ye Chen rubbed his stomach in discomfort and parked the bicycle at a corner before preparing to go back up.

"Brother Ye." A man suddenly appeared in the darkness and passed something hot to him. "Big Sister Chuzheng wanted to give you this."

Ye Chen was stumped. "..."

"I don't want it."

"Brother Ye! Don't do this, if you don't want it, I cannot answer to Big Sister Chuzheng later!" That person gave a devastating plea. "Take it. As long as it's in your hands, you can eat it or throw it... Aiya, you can do whatever you want with it."

Ye Chen waited for that person to leave before walking to the bin beside him, he wanted to throw the food away. He reached out to throw it, but in the end, he still retracted his hand.

He looked at the position of his window and walked towards a certain direction. After searching for a long time, he finally found the bottle of water he threw out of this window.

He took the bottle of water and the food and went up carefully. It was not until he closed his room's door that Ye Chen heaved a sigh of relief.

He had not eaten dinner today yet and hence was very hungry.

The aroma of the food only made him hungrier.

He propped his forehead with his hand. "Ji Chuzheng..."

–

As Father Ji was always working overseas and Ji Tongtong was perhaps frightened by Chuzheng's sudden change as well as the recorder incident, Ji Tongtong kept avoiding her whenever they were at home.

Ye Chen also seemed to avoid her on purpose.

Chuzheng would not come up to him unless something happened.

It is so hard to be a friend.

The school's image of Chuzheng has since slowly changed from a non-mainstream girl to the ice goddess.

Her aura and presence could not be mimicked by just anybody.

Ji Tongtong's pure and pleasant image was overshadowed by Chuzheng's chic presence.

However, although Chuzheng had a makeover, with San Mao and the others always appearing around her, most of the students were still scared of her.

Regarding the convenience store incident, many students had debated it, causing Ji Tongtong to feel a little awkward at times and some even said that she clashed with Chuzheng on purpose including the previous times. Ji Chuzheng did not even want to bother herself with her, but she had to come up to her and create trouble for her.

As such, Ji Tongtong toned down a little.

She most probably wanted to make people forget about that incident momentarily.

When he was on his way to school, Ye Chen—who had not met Chuzheng for many days—met her outside of school.

He was standing in front of a bakery, but he seemed to be thinking about something and had not moved from his spot for a very long time.

Chuzheng walked nearer to him and saw that Ye Chen was counting his money before stuffing the money into his pocket and turned around...

Ye Chen met with Chuzheng's cold and calm eyes without a warning and took a step back out of surprise.

'Since when did she stand beside me?'

Chuzheng had changed into her school uniform and only zipped halfway of her black and white uniform. She looked very different from the rest of the female students and amidst her coldness was a hint of manliness.

She looked strangely... cool in it.

Ye Chen did not even know why he had thought of that adjective.

Chuzheng motioned him to go in. "Accompany me to eat breakfast."

Ye Chen furrowed his eyebrows and rejected, "We are not that close."

Chuzheng walked back and stared deep into his eyes. "If you don't eat with me, I will get people to create trouble for you every day."

"..."

[Little miss, you will be misunderstood as a bad person! We need to be a friend! Repeat after me, I am a friend! Friend! Friend! Friend! I am a friend!]

Chuzheng was stunned. "..."

'Bastard really talks too much.'

'It's so noisy.'

[...]'If she says that I am a bastard one more time, I will throw a fit!'

–

There were many people in the bakery and it was already full.

Ye Chen watched Chuzheng walk towards two students and the moment she stood in front of them, the two students stood up meekly.

"Big Sister Chuzheng, you're here to eat breakfast? Come here, we have saved these seats for you."

Ye Chen was stumped. "..."

"What do you want to eat?"

Ye Chen refused to answer her.

Chuzheng had the store owner to make a set of everything he had in the store.

"I can't eat so much." Ye Chen furrowed his eyebrows.

"What do you want to eat?" asked Chuzheng again.

"..." Ye Chen tolerated his anger and let the store owner prepare a bowl of noodles for him.

Chuzheng also casually ordered a bowl of noodles.

While they were waiting, Chuzheng asked, "Why didn't you ride that bicycle?"

Ye Chen's mouth twitched. 'She still dared to mention it.'

"I will return the bicycle to you tomorrow."

"They compensated you, why must you return it?"

"I've checked it online. That bicycle costs at least $50,000, do they have that much money to pay for it?" As it was too dark that night, he did not see it clearly.

The next morning, he saw that the exterior of the bicycle looked different from the usual bicycle.

He looked at the logo and found out that the brand of the bicycle was called Specialized.

Spending $50,000 for that brand was not considered a lot but one could buy a normal bicycle for a few hundred bucks.

The bicycle was definitely not compensated by those people.

Also, the only person who could take out $50,000 easily could only be this Big Missy Ji.

Chuzheng remained silent for a few seconds. "I will take note of it."

"??"

'Take note of what?'

Ye Chen realized that he could not understand this Big Missy at all.

–

Ye Chen had really meant it when he said he would return the bicycle to Chuzheng and had pushed the bicycle to school the next day. He even especially waited for her on the road she would always pass by on her way to school.

Chuzheng would ride her private car to school every day and sometimes, she would be dropped off at the school entrance, but sometimes she would be dropped off at the crossroad near the school.

Ye Chen was not very sure where she would be dropped off and hence simply waited for her near the crossroad.

He waited for a while and Chuzhen's car indeed stopped at the crossroad.

A girl wearing her uniform got out of the car as she coolly swung her school bag to her back before closing the car door.

Ye Chen pushed the bicycle and walked towards her, but he realized that the girl walked in the opposite direction.

Ye Chen was a little hesitant but he still decided to follow her.

After that, Ye Chen saw her carrying a cat with snowy white fur as she sat on the steps of a pet shop.

The cat meowed and licked the wrist of the girl whose skin was as white as snow with its pink tongue.

The girl had a serious expression on her face as though what she was carrying was not a cat, but a very valuable treasure.

The rays of sunlight shone on the girl, creating a hazy halo around her. The scene looked very warm and beautiful and one would be unable to take their eyes off her.

Ding ling...

The wind chime rang and someone opened the door to the store.

The man looked a little helpless. "Little girl, if you really like it, how about you buy one and take it home? This way, you don't have to come over here to caress the cat every day..."

Chuzheng returned the cat back to the pet store owner with a serious expression before saying, "It's too troublesome."

She threw a few red notes into the donation box beside her and petted the cat's head before turning around to leave.

The pet store owner carried the cat while wearing a weird expression on his face.

'Does this girl have facial paralysis?'Chapter 14Name： Author：
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Chuzheng walked forward and saw Ye Chen who was pushing his bicycle. She glanced at the bicycle and walked over. "For you. Don't ever throw it away."

Bastard said before that the money spent was equivalent to water being splashed out and could not be retrieved back.

If she wanted to become an official prodigal, she had to treat money as though it was the dirt under her feet and spend money like water.

It was indeed different to be a fool who gets more money.

Ye Chen: "..."

Chuzheng walked past him and headed towards the direction of the school.

Ye Chen furrowed his brows. Ji Chuzheng... who was she?

Ye Chen followed Chuzheng into the school. Both of their school buildings were different but before they separated, Chuzheng suddenly turned around. "Are your results good?"

Ye Chen: "..."

Could she not see that every time results were shown, his name would appear as number one.

"Not bad."

Chuzheng took out an exercise book from her school bag and flipped to a page. "Help me complete this."

Ye Chen: "..."

Ji Chuzheng's results...

Ye Chen thought about the results list and had not found her name. Looking at the way she did things in school, she was probably the last few in class.

"Do it yourself." It was not that no one in the school asked him to help with their homework but he was not willing. Thus, he was already used to the punching and hitting he experienced all the time.

Hence, the rejection was easy to Ye Chen and he was prepared for the consequences.

"The day before, I helped you to check the surveillance cameras and could not finish it in time." Chuzheng had a serious expression. "I write very slowly."

Ye Chen: "..."

What had her writing words slowly got to do with him?

Moreover, what had checking of the surveillance cameras the day before got to do with today?

Ye Chen glared with a dark gaze at Chuzheng.

Before he snatched the exercise book away. "When do you have to pass it up?"

"In a while."

Ye Chen: "..."

As there was still some time left, Ye Chen and Chuzheng found a store near the school and he quickly helped her to finish her homework.

After he was done, Ye Chen immediately packed up his things and walked away.

"About the bicycle..." Ye Chen seemed to be preparing his psychological state. "I've wronged you, sorry."

The young man strutted off as though he was scared that Chuzheng would catch up with him.

–

In the next few days, Ye Chen received big boss Chuzheng's homework every day.

Ye Chen was frustrated initially.

But as time went on, he became polite and even asked her straight for her homework when he met her so that he could complete it in the evening.

Chuzheng took the opportunity and gave all her homework to Ye Chen,

Ye Chen kept telling himself that he just wanted to see what she was trying to do.

In school, schoolmates knew Ye Chen and Ji Chuzheng were close and rumors about Chuzheng and Ye Chen spread.

Didn't they see that Ji Chuzheng did not even bother with Meng Ran?

Those who bullied Ye Chen also disappeared.

Although there were still some who secretly played some tricks on him, they had not dared to do it in broad daylight.

Ye Chen knew it was all because of her.

But he had not understood why.

What did she want from him?

He had nothing...

Moreover...

Being shielded by a girl made Ye Chen feel uncomfortable.

As though he was weak and useless.

But thinking about it carefully, now, he was...

Hence, Ye Chen was a little frustrated.

For a few days, Ye Chen had not given Chuzheng a good attitude.

"Xiao Chen, table number six. Bring it there."

Now, Ye Chen was wearing his work attire as he worked in a bubble tea shop.

That was his recent part-time work as working hours were after school and dinner were provided as well hence he did not need to face his aunt's family.

"Okay."

Ye Chen brought the bubble tea to table number six.

Before he walked closer, a familiar figure entered his line of sight.

This gave Ye Chen a fright.

Why did she come?

Chuzheng lowered her head and was looking at her cell phone. She did not seem to have noticed him. Ye Chen took a look at the number and his expression darkened.

She refuses to let him go.

Ye Chen silently placed the bubble tea down.

Chuzheng did not raise her head either as she paid no attention to who brought the bubble tea to her.

Ye Chen stood there for two seconds and realized Chuzheng was not going to raise her head before biting down his lips and turned around to do his work.

The business in the bubble tea shop was excellent. In the midst of his work, Ye Chen glanced at her from time to time, but she continued to lower her head and looked at her phone with a serious face.

Did she not know how to smile?

In the past...

In his memory, there were only scenes of her with her underlings passing by him with swag and he never noticed her look.

"Xiao Chen, table number eight."

Ye Chen quickly came back to his senses and proceeded to deliver the bubble tea.

When he passed by Chuzheng, he took a glance at her phone screen. Before he could see clearly, he suddenly bumped into someone and the tray on his hands tilted to the side.

Before he could salvage the situation, the bubble tea had already been spilled on the person sitting beside Chuzheng's table.

"What are you doing? Do you know how to work? Are you blind?"

Ye Chen furrowed his brows. There was no one in front of him earlier yet this person suddenly stood up, clearly, he did it on purpose.

He lifted up his eyes and took a look at that person. He seemed familiar and after a while, Ye Chen recalled that he was one of the people who hit him when he met Chuzheng.

That day, it was also these few people who picked fault with him first and asked him for money. Were they repeating it again?

The person who had bubble tea spilled all over their clothes held his clothes and asked. "Young boy, tell me, how are you going to settle this today? Look at how you dirtied my clothes."

"Tell the owner to come out!"

These few people seemed to have a loud mouth and with one look, one would know they were delinquents. The surrounding customers all looked quite frightened.

The store owner hurriedly rushed over. "What's wrong?"

"They bumped into me." Ye Chen said. "On purpose."

"Hey! What did you say? I purposely bumped into you? What do you mean?" The person who bumped into Ye Chen roared out.

This seriously affected the business.

Hence, the store owner made Ye Chen apologize to them.

Ye Chen was unwilling.

Those few people could not come to an agreement and held Ye Chen down, punching him.

When Ye Chen was pushed around, he looked towards Chuzheng but her seat was already empty.

At that moment, he could not explain his feelings.

A punch fell on his body, the willful laughter of those assaulters and murmurs from the crowd...

"Ah!"

The punch that fell on Ye Chen's body suddenly disappeared and there were the sounds of chaotic footsteps around him. He covered his nose and sat up.

There was a group of strangers around him that started to hit those few men.

Chuzheng stood at the doorstep and transferred the compensation money to the store owner.

"This incident..." The store owner shook his head. "Those few people frequently came to stir up trouble. They are clearly gangsters and I know it was not the fault of Xiao Chen, but in this industry, how could we not succumb to them? Do you think so, miss?

"Hmm." Chuzheng nodded her head seriously.

The store owner: "..."

After those people left, the group of people who came afterward swiftly left as well.

Chuzheng entered only when the bubble tea shop became quiet.

Ye Chen sat in the midst of a disordered mess and blood dripped between the gaps of his fingers.

He stared at Chuzheng who walked over and helped him up to the seat she was sat on just now.

When Ye Chen sat down, he realized her school bag was still at its original place.

"Everyone, let's clean up the mess. We are closed for today." The store owner ordered his frightened workers and walked towards Ye Chen. "Xiao Chen, are you alright?"

"Boss, what happened today..."

"It's fine." Having received a wealthy person's money, the store owner dared not to find trouble with him. "Regarding today's incident, I believe you and it's not your fault. Take a rest first."

Ye Chen furrowed his brows. "Boss..."

"Take a rest, take a rest." The store owner hurriedly left.

Chuzheng handed him a tissue. "Wipe off the blood."

He was too weak.

He was just beaten a few times and blood flowed out.

A man should not be so weak! Unacceptable! Unacceptable!Chapter 15Name： Author：
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Ye Chen stared at the tissue she handed over and reached out his hand before hesitantly accepting it.

He took the tissue and stuffed it in his nose. It took a while before the bleeding stopped.

Ye Chen pinched the tissue and asked, "Did you find those people just now?"

"Hmm."

An unsurprising answer.

"Why... why are you so nice to me?" At the start, he thought she had a hidden motive but after such a long time, she had not done anything to him.

"To make you think that I'm your friend." 'To be your friend, I have worked very hard!'

"..."

"Why do you want me to think that you're my friend?"

He had not heard this for the first time, but it was his first time asking that question.

"Err..." The girl in front went into deep thought.

Bastard, how should I reply to him?

'Should I say I'm completing a mission? To go back?'

[You can't, Little miss!]King agitatedly shouted and did not even notice Chuzheng calling it bastard. [Of course, you can't say that you are completing missions.]

'Then, what should I say?'

[You can say anything as long as you don't say that you are completing missions... Wait, let me think, don't spout nonsense!]King was afraid little miss would say words about getting rid of society.

When it first met little miss, it thought she was a bronze player. It had not known that she was the King.

[How about you say... you like him.]

'Getting rid of them was still better.'

[...No! No! No!]King shivered in fright.

"After being a nasty person for so long, I'm thinking of trying to see if I can be a friend."

After Chuzheng read out her lines, she felt something was off.

Bastard, I'm a bad person in your eyes?

[...]'Aren't you clear if you're a bad person or not?' [Of course not. I'm talking about the proprietress. Proprietress! Little miss, you are pretty with a sweet voice. How could you be a bad person?]

Ye Chen looked at her strangely.

At that moment, the store owner delivered two cups of bubble tea and cut off his scrutinizing gaze.

"What is this for?" Chuzheng took up the pile and asked Ye Chen.

Ye Chen did not know if she was pretending or not but still pointed to the wall beside them. "You can write whatever you want to say such as wishes on the paper, and paste it there. It's just for entertainment purposes..." It was useless.

Ye Chen swallowed the last few words back and reversed the question. "Do you want to write one?"

"Oh."

Chuzheng's reply was cold.

Ye Chen thought that she did not know how to write, but who knew when she picked up a pen and started writing.

Ye Chen realized that Chuzheng wrote words very slowly but her words were very nice as though it was printed from the computer as every word was especially accurate.

However...

What was she writing?

Get rid of XX?

Who was XX?

Was the 'getting rid' she meant, the same as what he understood it as?

Following which, Chuzheng wrote quite a few pieces which were all to get rid of XX. Clearly, she had not wanted to get rid of just one person but many people.

He thought they agreed it was for wishes!

Why had she written it like a curse!

–

Chuzheng sent Ye Chen home and Ye Chen remained silent as always.

He wanted to talk but had not known how to break the silence.

"I'm home."

Ye Chen looked at the building in front of him.

"Hmm." Chuzheng gave him his things. "Good night."

"...Good night."

Ye Chen took a deep breath before turning around and proceeding upstairs.

When he looked back, that girl had already left. The street lights stood lonely at the roadside and the darkness afar looked as though it could swallow him up.

He was used to such an environment.

Darkness...

Coldness...

"Ye Chen! Where did you go?"

A shout came from upstairs and Ye Chen immediately held his school bag tightly.

The woman upstairs rushed down quickly and it was unknown what she was holding but she hit it towards Ye Chen.

A "huhu" sound drifted through the corridor.

"Now, you can leave the nest already? You came back so late, what have you been doing? I can't even manage you anymore..."

The woman's scolding drifted off the corridor and she was not even the least scared of disturbing their neighbors.

If someone were to come out, they would be scolded by the woman as well. Thus, everyone became accustomed to it and closed their doors, waiting for this incident to pass over.

When Chuzheng came back to pass Ye Chen her homework, she witnessed that scene.

[Little miss, do something!]King immediately encouraged Chuzheng.

How troublesome!

How troublesome!

At that moment, Chuzheng only had one word pasted on her face. Unconcerned.

If she did not complete the mission, she had to repeat again and again... Continuously repeating!

Who wanted to repeat continuously!

She did not want it!

[Little miss, don't just stand there. Do something! Hero... No, it's time for the beauty to save the hero!]

"..."

That bastard was really noisy.

Was there a way to block him off?

With that thought, King's voice disappeared.

Hmm?

It really could be blocked off?

Bastard? Bastard?

...Blocking off canceled.

[Little miss, ahh...]This was bad! Little miss got a new skill! Medicine! Medicine!

Block off!

The noise in her brain stopped and Chuzheng became happier as the bastard was too noisy.

Chuzheng waited until the woman stopped scolding and left Ye Chen in the corridor, not allowing him to enter the house.

Ye Chen sat at the corner of the stairs as though he wanted to blend in with the darkness.

Chuzheng stood for a while before slowly walking over.

Ye Chen heard sounds of footsteps and raised his head to look over. At that moment, Chuzheng felt as though she was glared at by a fierce wolf who looked warm on the outside yet cold on the inside.

Its sharp canines were shown yet it dared not scratch others, showing a sense of pitifulness.

"I forgot to give you my homework." Chuzheng expressionlessly sat beside him and gave him her homework with no sense of pity.

Ye Chen lowered his head and took it over before messily stuffing it into his school bag. He held his bag as though something was reaching out in the darkness and circled around Ye Chen tightly, making him unable to breathe.

After a moment, he broke the silence. "You saw everything just now?"

"Hmm."

"...Do you think that I'm useless?" He was in such a sorry state all the time.

Chuzheng had a dull look and her tone was even duller. "When one has no power yet, the best way is to tolerate it."

Ye Chen turned his head and looked at her but it was a pity as he could only clearly see her silhouette.

He should be feeling ashamed for his inferiority in front of her. She was as though the clear and bright moon in the sky while he was the dirtiest and darkest ditch on earth.

They did not belong to the same world.

The more he did not want her to see him in such a sorry state.

Unfortunately, she saw everything.

Chuzheng asked him. "Do you have a place to go?"

Ye Chen thought for a while before shaking his head. But Chuzheng might not have seen that so he spoke up. "No."

"Come with me."

Chuzheng stood up and patted off the dust on her body.

Ye Chen lifted up his eyes and looked at her, but had not stood up.

"I still have to pass up my homework tomorrow."

Ye Chen: "..."

So it was all for the sake of the homework.

–

The proprietress had a house for herself. When the proprietress was unhappy in the family house or when she argued with her stepmother, she would come here.

Sometimes, she would take in a few fair-weather friends.

Ye Chen followed Chuzheng and entered the house. The house was empty and felt very dull.

"This is the study room, you can do the homework here."

Chuzheng pushed open a door.

Ye Chen nodded his head and carried his bag in.

Chuzheng's homework was not a lot and was easy as well so he finished it very quickly. He noticed that there were many messy things piled up on the study table.

He looked back and saw the tightly closed room door before he carefully flipped through those things.

There were a few crumpled exam papers in between.

Ye Chen smoothed the crumpled exam papers and saw that all of it had a fail grade. There were even weird marks on it as though someone cried and the makeup dripped on the paper.

Did she know how to cry?

Ye Chen supported his chin and went into deep thought. How would that cold and indifferent face look when she cried?