It took the girls minutes to calm down. All the while, they kept cautiously glancing that Yue Zhe's timid form curled up on the ground next to them as though they were afraid that he would pounce in them any minute.
"Look, the sun is high up in the sun and yet he is shivering like it's the mid of winter," one of the girls jeered when she had calmed down enough.
"YuanYuan," one of the girls looked at Gu Yuan with concern, "look how red your skin has become."
"Yes... this monster has done such damage to you. " the girls turned their concern to Gu Yuan.
"Come, let's go to the infirmary before you contract whatever diseases was on those filthy hands," Ye Shuang stood and supported Gu Yuan off the ground.
"Yeah, yeah," Gu Yuan agreed breathlessly while trying to make the best use of her soft legs.
All the while thinking. All this commotion and no teachers have come yet? What kind of school is this?
Gu Yuan half limped and was half carried to the infirmary. One of the girls looked back at Yue Zhe's timid form, shaking like a scared little rabbit on the ground. The uneasiness that had clouded her chest when he suddenly attacked faded away. She scoffed and turned to leave.
He is still the same timid bastard they all knew.
When the sound of footsteps died out, Yue Zhe uncurled himself, stood and dusted his over sized uniform.
The smile on his lips failed to match the icy glint in his eyes.
The sense of satisfaction is the greatest he has ever had. He had no idea he could ever feel this way. The multiple bruises on his body felt comforting. Even the blood smelt and tasted sweeter.
The smile slowly vanished, replaced with a blank expression. In his heart, he sneered.
Those six girls. He knows each of them by name, height, walking style and even voices. Out of all the people that have looked down on him and purposely made life difficult for him, he hates those six girls the most.
But maybe he wouldn't hate the five so much if they didn't hang around Gu Yuan. They could humiliate him individually and he would ignore them. But now that they stand close to Gu Yuan and help her stomp her foot on him, they will pay an equal price in blood.
Gu Yuan, Mensao will remember your teaching.
He recalled their last words and his lips twitched. "contract... diseases... filthy hands."
Ye Shuang, mensao is grateful for this knowledge. I will use it wisely.
Yue Zhe made his way to the locker room, pulled out a first aid kit from his locker and quickly nursed his wounds. He would have to hurry to grab something to eat before class resumes. He already didn't have breakfast and couldn't afford anything from the school canteen, so a few steam buns from the other end of town would do him good. He just had to hurry so that he would not be late for class.
Gu Yuan, who didn't know that the world was still on its original course, looked at the doctor in surprise, "How come? Why do I need bandaging?"
The doctor explained calmly, "You have a sprain at your ankle. It will heal quickly, if you don't strain in. The longest period could be a week before it returns to normal," then she pulled a tube out, "This is an anti inflammatory for light burns. You've not been burnt but the effect is almost similar. If it is not treated, the worst case is that the upper most layer of your skin will peel very painlessly. Other than that, you'll feel only a slight irritation for a few minutes."
Then she shook the tube in front of her, "May I?"
Gu Yuan nodded and looked down at her red ankle. It looked like a blood clot had developed in that area. Her entire body was extremely delicate. Just by Yue Zhe grabbing her back there, she had felt immense pressure and pain and yet she felt that he wasn't even exerting that much strength. Look, she even had a sprain.
The doctor cleansed her skin with an antiseptic then applied the medicine and wrapped Gu Yuan's ankle in a bandage. She then handed Gu Yuan a note for her family doctor and ushered her out.
Outside, the six girls looked at Gu Yuan with pitiful gazes as though to say
Poor Xiao YuanYuan. She was just trying to protect the Gu family name and ended up being man handled.
At the end of classes, Gu Yuan got into a waiting Maserati in the school's parking lot. After making sure Miss Gu was comfortably settled, the driver handed the gate pass to the school security and left without Yue Zhe.
It always happened like this because the precious Gu Princess could not stand the idea of Yue Zhe enjoying Gu family privileges without vomiting blood.
So Yue Zhe had to secretly take small jobs in order to afford a bus ticket and food while at school. The bus dropped him off a mile away from the Gu family estates so he would foot until he got home. Gu Yuan once found him footing to the estate and she told him to be grateful to her for having the time to exercise his skin and bones.
There after, she threw a half finished latte at him, "Here's a friend to help you along the way."
The tinted screen rose and the black Maserati sped off like it was being chased.
Yue Zhe stood, dripping of latte giving resentful glare to the back of the car. He didn't stop until it was no longer his sights. Then he picked up the latte disposable cup, emptied it and walked all the way to the estate with it in his tight grasp.
When he got to his room, he closed the door behind him, maintaining the darkness in it. He took off his school uniform and remained in his shorts and undershirt. With the same murderous glint in his eyes, he walked to a storage cabinet close to his bed. He pulled out a key and opened it. In it where lists, a cup of dirty mop water, hair, dog bones, a squashed toothpaste tube, torn essay, a saucer of dry blood and many more. To the collection, he added the latte cup, securely locked the cabinet and stored the keys.
Gu Yuan didn't try to stop the driver when he sped off, instead she immersed herself in the comfort of warm moist toilets, sweets, soft music and the lush seats in the car.
She wasn't in a rush to solve the crisis of this world. She was counting down at least seven years before anything major happened. At this moment she had to first stop the small effects that led up it destruction of this world. The first was to minimize meetings between Gu Yue Zhe and Chen Kun.
Chen Kun was the world's white lotus flower that went around spreading love and kindness to strangers. One of the biggest recipient of this love and kindness was Gu Yue Zhe. He treasured every moment of time Chen Kun spared for him. In his dark world, she was the only highlight.
Chen Kun loved Bai Lan and unfortunately for her, Ye Zhuang liked him. Despite the fact that they were not together, Ye Zhuang always felt threatened that one day, Bai Lan would be snatched away before she had a chance with him.
So she did the only thing she saw reasonable: she asked Gu Yuan to use her resources to teach that white lotus wretch a lesson. So Gu Yuan put her hands all over it and had Chen Kun abducted and trafficked to another country.
In fact, Gu Yuan had no idea that the girl would be sent to a karaoke club in some country and had one of her kidneys plunged out and the other was almost lost. She had no idea that the girl would be filled up with a variety of drugs that when she was found, she had to be hospitalized for four months to get rid of them. She had no idea that the girl would suffer from trauma and never be able to open up to anyone except Bai Lan, a psychologist by that time.
All she did was get the best hench men money could buy, who wouldn't led it back to her. Then she told them to, "Get rid of the girl."
"Are there any specifics you want to-"
"I don't care, just get rid of her and never show up in front of me," with that she settled the payment and left.
She didn't even know who Chen Kun was after that. She just did it for her friend. But for Yue Zhe who walked into the hospital ward and found that a person who made up a big part of his world couldn't look at him without screaming, it was the final strike.