A Knife for Self-defense

Currently, I am locked inside a car of-... what was her name again? That's right, Zhao Yeyu. I forgot her name because she's the same person who works for days and never goes outside or enjoy herself, in short, a workaholic. Her record was 74 hours of work and never sleep the whole time.

Oh, it wasn't a compliment, it was showing that she will willing to ignore her family's existence.

As I was saying, she's a cold person. It's not because she doesn't like social interactions, it's because she's in love with business and money, and talking to someone will only distract her... wait, she totally doesn't like interacting with other people.

Just like Zhen Liyue, Zhao Yeyu is an independent woman, but with extra pride. She's the type that isn't easily pushed around: she would often feel disgusted if men look down at her for being a woman. Zhao Yeyu is also a feminist, to the point that she was quite upset when she didn't have a daughter.

No wonder the previous Xie Feihao has fallen for a random prideful girl- because his mother was one.

I tried to look outside from the back and ignore the atmosphere while Zhao Yeyu sat in the passenger seat, staring straight ahead with a face looking pissed as if someone has charged them extra money for the food they didn't receive.

Zhao Yeyu's driver looked nervous as Zhao Yeyu and I stayed silent for the ride. By judging the atmosphere, I'm probably going to be disowned for the rest of my life, but it will definitely benefit me: it means one thing off of my worry list.

"Why are you behaving like this?" Zhao Yeyu interrupted the silence. So you are saying looking outside and being quiet is strange?

She looked at me from the right side mirror of the car as if I didn't have pride or I'm not allowed to. Zhao Yeyu waited for a few minutes, but she received no reply.

I was expecting her to be annoyed or offended, but instead, she lightened up, as if she understood me a bit more.

She took a long and heavy sigh, then told the driver to drive to her sister's house.

Minutes later, Zhao Lili was waiting outside, she told me that she has received Zhao Yeyu's phone call about me being kidnapped, I only questioned myself how did she fell for that stupid lie.

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Li Honglie was often called stupid by Xie Feihao, but she knows that she's not dumb enough to fell for Xie Feihao's lie.

Li Honglie had already checked on Xie Feihao when he first interacted with her, there's no history of any interaction with Alpha, and there's also no records of Xie Feihao's strange behavior.

From Li Honglie's experience, it takes a lot of time to change a person, the result of her prediction is that Xie Feihao has kept his true self stayed hidden and he only started to revealing himself recently. If that's the case, it means that Xie Feihao was never wholehearted following her the first place: it was all an act.

The more Li Honglie thinks the more depressed she becomes, but she's relieved from the fact that she was the first person that Xie Feihao revealed his true self to. No matter how happy she is, Xie Feihao is unpredictable, and she has heard a recent rumor about Xie Feihao carrying a knife for self-defense.

The rumor spread so fast that even the teachers have heard it, but only a few believed it, they just talk about it for enjoyment.

Li Honglie is one of the few that believed the rumor, from what she known, she believes that Xie Feihao is the type of person that would shoot a president's head off if nothing is going the way he wants.

From coincidence, Xie Feihao was in the hallway taking his break while the rumors spread right next to him.

"Is it true?" Li Honglie asked after she opened the window between the classroom and the hallway, "That you carry a knife for self-defense?"

Xie Feihao stopped slurping the juice box and opens his mouth to talk, "Of course not." He replied with a joyful tone.

Li Honglie felt safer as she took a sigh, "That's a relieve, I actually thought you did-"

"I don't carry a knife for self-defense, I carry a pocket knife for threatening people!" He interrupts her with a smile on his face.

Li Honglie suddenly felt pain on her face, it was the same smile when Xie Feihao slapped her on the face, and Xie Feihao is the first person to hit her.

She could always recognize that smile from anywhere: either Xie Feihao is planning a merciless way to ruin someone's life- or he's pissed.

Li Honglie was in deep thoughts when Zhang Liu interrupted, "Hey princess, you daydreaming?" There was no reply as Li Honglie gave him a questionable look.

"Oh wow!" Xie Feihao emptied his juice box before talking, "I didn't know a piece of sh*t knows how to talk."

"If I am getting paid every yuan for your swear words, I would already be a multi-millionaire." Zhang Liu argued back.

"Too bad you aren't and you have to listen, chihuahua."

Li Honglie ignores her thoughts earlier and broke in, "Can you take it somewhere else?"

"Of course not!" Zhang Liu looks proud, "We're fighting for you, are you happy?"

"Then this fight is worthless in the first place." Xie Feihao sighs.

Li Honglie was about to state that she wasn't a possession to be owned by someone else, but she's bright red, "You-"

"Wonderful, one isn't depressed anymore and the other is not angry anymore, right?" Zhang Liu flashes a smile, showing all his teeth.

There was a moment of silence while Zhang Liu is having his moment while Xie Feihao balances the juice box on top of a man who's taller than himself.