The Sickly Villain Only Wants to Survive

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That night, Zhu Tong narrowly escaped a crisis, thanks to the two of them being in different places. After receiving a system notification about his progress, he waited a while before getting a voice reply from Shao Ming.

"Good night, my little young master."

It was similar to the voice messages he listened to while falling asleep during those first few nights back in A City, except this time, a personal pronoun was added before that special title.

Whether intentional or not, Shao Ming had deliberately lowered his voice, infusing his tone with more teasing intent than before.

Zhu Tong felt his heart race as he typed back: This time I really am going to sleep. Good night.

Shao Ming did not reply further. Zhu Tong glanced through their chat history for a while before finally updating the contact note that had remained unchanged.

Two days later, after finishing the competition, Shao Ming and his team returned from the match. After spending two days with his twin sister, Zhu Tong flew back to E City with the competition team the day after the contest, and they all took a car back to Gongshui County together.

Lu Zheyu was traveling with them but had slept nearly the entire way. When he saw some inappropriate actions from Shao Ming, he chose to pretend he hadn't seen anything.

Zhu Tong felt that Lu Zheyu might already be aware of his relationship with Shao Ming.

After returning to Gongshui County, the competition participants had to report back to school, and Zhu Tong accompanied them.

Having been away from school for a long time, he felt a bit nervous upon entering the classroom.

In the past, whenever he returned to school after taking a leave, he would receive some odd looks. His presence would make the classroom quiet, followed by whispers about him becoming the topic of conversation.

Although this school was different from his previous one, Zhu Tong couldn't shake off his anxiety.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling shy coming back to your classroom?"

Seeing him hesitate at the classroom door, Shao Ming gently placed a hand on his back.

Zhu Tong was taken aback, suddenly feeling that Shao Ming's description was frustratingly apt.

He shook his head and stepped into the classroom.

It was break time, and the classroom was quite noisy.

Suddenly, someone entered through the classroom door, and as Zhu Tong had anticipated, the room fell silent for a moment.

Then, it erupted into a commotion.

"Whoa, am I seeing things? Who's at the classroom door?"

"Is it Zhu Tong and the study god? Have they finally returned?"

"If they didn't come back soon, I would have suspected they eloped."

"Doesn't anyone notice Lu Lao Er? Am I the only one without a name in this trio?"

"Hahahahaha."

The classroom returned to its previous noise.

In the hallway, Lu Zheyu seemed not to plan on entering the classroom. He glanced at the office and said, "I'll go to the office first; will you come later?"

His words were directed at Shao Ming, but Zhu Tong heard them as well.

Shao Ming was about to nod when Zhu Tong turned around and said, "You should head to the office now. Didn't Teacher Shi call to ask about you as soon as he got off the plane?"