Redemption and Darkening

Ye Chen, who had just turned to leave, suddenly came back. His dark eyes were filled with a hint of gloom as he said, "Give me back my bike."

Chu Zheng, expressionless, twirled the water in her hand and asked, "If I give it back to you, will you think I'm a good person?" "..."

She steals his bike and still wants to claim she's a good person?

Did her head get hit by a bike or something?

Chu Zheng handed him the water again, raised her hand to touch the top of his head and gave it a gentle rub: "Wait for me under the teaching building after school."

Chu Zheng left without a word.

Under the cold mask, she was already going crazy.

So troublesome!

Why did she have such a task!

It's not my fault if he goes dark!

Why should I stop him from going dark!

Isn't going dark a good thing?

How can you say you've lived a complete life if you haven't experienced going dark?

[Little sister, do you still want to go back?] The King felt that if he didn't speak up, his little sister might help Ye Chen go dark. That was absolutely not allowed! She must be a good person!

"Are you not angry anymore?" [...] It's so infuriating! How could they give such a noble king such a diminutive nickname!

"Son of a bitch." [...]

Oh! So angry!

The girl from the neighboring system is gentle and generous. Why is this one so hateful? I'm not going to talk to her anymore! ——

Ye Chen waited for her at the bottom of the teaching building after school. At this time, students were coming down from upstairs, creating a bustling and lively scene, full of youthful vigor and vitality.

However, when Chu Zhen came down, Ye Chen noticed that there was an empty space around her, as if someone had created a protective circle around her, preventing others from approaching. Students around her kept glancing at her, but no one dared to talk to her.

The elegant and cold girl walked up to him. Ye Chen felt that many people were already looking at him.

He held back his temper and said, "My bike."

Chu Zhen started walking towards the parking area. Ye Chen quickly followed.

The school had shared bikes, and there was also a place to park bicycles nearby. Chu Zhen pointed over there. Ye Chen glanced at her and went to look for his bike.

But when he saw his bike lying on the ground, completely damaged, the gloom in his eyes gathered like dark clouds.

Was this her intention?

Huh...

He silently picked up the bike. Chu Zhen also saw the state of the bike. The handlebars were crooked, the tires were flat, and the frame was covered in scratches. It was obvious that it had been repeatedly thrown, smashed, and trampled on.

The young man's fierce gaze swept over.

Oh my god!

Who did this?

It has nothing to do with me!

Then why are you looking at me like that!

The young man turned his gaze away and pushed the bike away.

Chu Zhen followed him. The young man turned his head and said coldly, "Why are you still following me? Haven't you done what you wanted to do?"

"It wasn't me."

"Who else could it be if not you?" Ye Chen questioned. "..." How could I know who it was? I just parked there randomly. Who would have thought someone would target it.

Not even a single bike is spared.

Damn it!

"Ji Chuzheng, if you want to mess with me, you don't have to go through so many hoops," Ye Chen gripped the handlebars tightly: "Are you satisfied now?"

With that, Ye Chen pushed the bike and left quickly.

Ye Chen was still in a rage, so Chuzheng stayed where she was and didn't chase after him. She took out her phone and sent a text to Sanmao.

Sanmao rushed over immediately.

"Chuzheng, what's up?"

"Is there any surveillance here?"

"Here?" Sanmao looked around: "There should be, right? This is a shared bike. The school is worried about vandalism, so there must be surveillance."

Sanmao nodded at the end: "Definitely."

The school's surveillance cameras are all in the security guard's monitoring room. It's not easy for them to watch the footage. Sanmao thought of a way to take Chuzheng to check the surveillance.

The bike was parked there in the morning and it's now after school. It's been a whole day. They couldn't possibly watch all the footage quickly.

Chuzheng took out a USB drive from the original owner's bag and copied today's video onto it.

"Chirp chirp chirp..."

The lookout outside signaled that someone was coming back.

Chuzheng watched the progress bar on the computer. When it reached 100%, she pulled out the USB drive and quickly left the monitoring room. ——

Ye Chen pushed the bike back home. When he got there, it was past dinner time. He parked the bike downstairs and stood in silence in front of it for a long time. Finally, he went upstairs and returned to his room amid scolding. Ye Chen threw his schoolbag onto the small bed and collapsed onto it. He slowly curled up his body. Ye Chen...

You can't give up!

Remember those who bully you one by one. One day, you will teach them a lesson.

You'll graduate soon.

You can leave this place.

Ye Chen remained in this position for a long time until it was quiet outside the door. Then he slowly got up and sat at the desk, taking out his homework to start doing it. When he was rummaging through his schoolbag, he touched the bottle of water. His expression turned ugly as he opened the window and threw it out directly. Ye Chen immersed himself in the sea of problems, not thinking about anything but doing the homework. Bang!

Something hit the glass. Ye Chen's hand writing stopped. He looked out the dark window, his eyes like the darkness of the night. He lowered his head and continued writing... Just as he wrote one character, there was another bang, with a chilling sound. Ye Chen got up and pushed open the window. The cold moonlight shone on the ground floor, outlining several figures. The most eye-catching was Chu Zheng. Even standing in the night, her radiance couldn't be concealed. Ye Chen's hand gripping the window tightened.

Why were they still causing trouble at this late hour...

Ye Chen didn't want to go out. Who knew what would happen if he did. But the people outside kept throwing stones at his window, and the sound was very clear in the night. Ye Chen put down his pen, opened the door and listened for a while. Confirming that there was no one in the living room, he finally went downstairs. As soon as he stepped out of the corridor, the people standing beside Chu Zheng saw him and began to apologize with tears streaming down their faces.

"Brother Ye, we're sorry."

"It's all our fault. We're sorry."

"Sorry..."

Ye Chen froze on the spot.

These people...

Were the ones from this morning.

"Brother Ye, we were blind to your greatness."

"Brother Ye, forgive us. We didn't mean to damage your bike."

"Brother Ye, we know we were wrong."

These people were just short of kowtowing to Ye Chen and bowing to him. These people were at school in the morning and saw Ye Chen's bike when they were leaving school at noon. After discussing it, they damaged the bike and skipped school in the afternoon. Chu Zheng came to his door with Sanmao and found out that the person who saved Ye Chen this morning was Ji Chuzheng. They all went to the same school, so they had heard of Ji Chuzheng's name. Ji Chuzheng was rich. If she really wanted to find someone to deal with them, they wouldn't stand a chance at all.

"Brother Ye, forgive us. We won't do it again. We were wrong before. We apologize to you."

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

Ye Chen looked at Chu Zheng. Chu Zheng was looking at the people kneeling on the ground indifferently at this moment.

"Shut up." Ye Chen said coldly.

The people immediately fell silent.