Love like Pandora's box

Chapter 5

College was no better than home; he was not safe here either. At home, he had to be careful about his sister's mood, and the same was true here in college.

Sometimes the bullies would just tease him, sometimes they would give him extra work, or sometimes they would curse him, and at very bad times, they would beat him.

But today was the worst day ever because it was Zhan who was angry. And he was very, very angry. Yibo knew that once he saw the red eyes laced with anger,.

Zhan had dragged him onto the rooftop before he punched Yibo right across the face, but he didn't stop there; he proceeded to beat the living shit out of him while cursing him, "You bastard!

Because of you! Because of you, my life is ruined! Because of you, I have tolerated so many things! Because of you, I am stuck in a hell that I can't escape from, no matter how many times I try!

You traitor, lying thief! I hate you so much that I wish you would just die! Why are you even here? Why do I have to see your face every day? Why are you torturing me every day by showing me your ugly face?"

Zhan kicked and kicked and kicked Yivo while he was saying all of this, and after he got tired, he moved as he took a deep breath, while Yibo was curled up in a ball and was shivering.

Zhan then suddenly reached out to him, grabbed a handful of his hair, and pulled him up. Yibo hissed with pain and glanced at Zhan.

He saw Zhan's eyes were red and bloodshot, and he felt bad. He had a hunch about what must have happened, and he felt bad. He felt really bad. He wished there was something he could do.

But other than getting beaten quietly by Zhan to help him vent his anger, there was nothing he could do as the damage was already done.

Zhan was seething as he said, "I hate you so much, Yibo... You have no idea what I am going through because of you, it's not fair that I get to suffer like this while you get to live peacefully with your family."

Yibo's eyes were filled with tears. "Peaceful? Do you really think my life is peaceful? Zhan I..."

"I don't care; as long as I am suffering, you are going to suffer with me! You should suffer worse! Don't you think?"

Yibo closed his eyes as he burst into tears, and Zhan slapped him twice before he threw himself on the ground and left the rooftop.

Yibo lay there on the cold floor for some time before he got up on his shaky legs.

He found it hard to even breathe, and walking seemed even more difficult. he kept his hand on his chest as he slid down against a wall and just sat there still. He got used to the pain.

Yibo had no idea how long he had sat in the same place in the same position, but by the time he was ready to move, he found that it was nearly time for recess. He slowly got up again and somehow managed to walk to the washroom to wash his face and clean his wounds.

Ever since he started to get tortured like this, he started to bring first aid as well as a change of clothes with him, so he applied some first aid on himself before he changed his clothes His clothes were long and covered all the bruises and wounds, and after taking some painkillers, he finally felt better.

After that, he left the washroom and walked towards the library. After that beating, he didn't want to go back to the class so soon; he wanted to be somewhere peaceful.

"Hi." Yibo flinched when he heard the loud voice out of nowhere, but calmed down once he saw Candace. He gave her a smile and said in a small voice, "Hi."

"You look so down; are you okay?"

He was anything but okay.

"I am completely fine; I am just a little tired since I wasn't able to get proper sleep."

"Oh, I see." Candace, "How was you? Were your classes good?"

"Yeah, they were." He was lying, as he hadn't attended a single class that day.

And then Candace started to blabber. It was nice talking to her, as it helped Yibo distract his mind and focus on something else. Talking to Candace was really a breath of fresh air.

After the recess was over, he slowly walked to his class and sat on his seat, his movements were extremely slow because moving his body was really painful.

He had only eaten a light breakfast and wasn't able to sleep peacefully at night, and after her sister's assault, he had to deal with Zhan's assault too; he was really reaching his limit.

However, he flinched when someone slammed the table in front of him and he saw Marthe over there, with a smile that was not a smile. "I thought that you were not going to show up today; what happened with my assignment?"

Yibo slowly took his bag and gave her the assignment her. She took it and smiled before she said, "Why didn't you give this to me in the morning? Because I was so anxious, I"

"Just come back here, Martha."

She stopped speaking when Zhan called her. She looked at him and then back at Yibo. She wanted to say something more, but before she could, she heard Zhan say again, "Just come and stop being an annoying bitch."

Yibo smiled slightly when he heard that, and of course, Martha saw that, so she clenched her fists and walked back to Zhan.

It wasn't like they were dating; at least Zhan never said they were dating or treated her like a girlfriend; it was always Martha running after him, clinging on to him, and telling everyone that she was his girlfriend.

Zhan never accepted the rumors, and neither did he deny them.

And Yibo had a hunch because Zhan needed Martha to torture him, as she was really good at it. Zhan could make Martha do all his dirty work, and he wouldn't have to dirty his hands.

Author's note: I will try my best to give you all regular updates, BUT if I am not able to do that, then please understand that I have to deal with real-life things, so please be patient.