At the same time, on the fourth floor of the middle school department.
Shen Wenta leaned against the corridor railing, listening to the two boys in front of him excitedly describing their recent heroic act, spit flying as they spoke.
"The two of us fought back for your little brother. That kid's face is completely swollen."
"They definitely won't dare to bully your brother again."
Hearing this, Shen Wenta smiled slightly and replied perfunctorily, "Well, thank you so much."
The two boys were flattered. After saying a few modest words of denial, they ran off excitedly.
The smile on Shen Wenta's face faded.
So, he was being bullied...
Shen Wenta knew better than anyone that in this school, once someone became a target, the bullying wouldn't just stop because one person backed off. It would spread continuously, like a virus.
Unless they were given a profoundly harsh deterrent, this kind of bullying would never end.
Therefore.
Shen Wenta was very curious: when would the two of them be unable to take it anymore and come begging for his help?
Xiaoxun?
And Shen Yi.
Would she cry?
Shen Wenta had never seen her cry before.
Imagining Shen Yi with red eyes, being accused by a crowd and shrinking helplessly into a corner, his fingers tightened, and his smile turned somewhat cold.
Once Shen Yi was truly terrified.
She might just obediently come to him on her own, look up at him with tear-reddened eyes, and beg, "Brother, help me."
...
Faced with verbal attacks and minor physical altercations at school, the siblings tacitly chose to handle it themselves.
Shen Yi felt she shouldn't cause trouble for the family. Telling their parents would be useless and would only add to their worries.
Shen Xun, on the other hand, didn't care.
As long as someone dared to displease him, that person would suffer an even more tragic retaliation the very next day.
There was one guy who pushed Shen Yi during the recess exercises.
The very next day, that boy took a nasty tumble down the stairs, bleeding profusely, and had to be sent to the hospital for several stitches.
Because the corner was chaotic, there were many students, and it happened to be a blind spot for the security cameras, they couldn't find out who did it. In the end, the matter was left unresolved.
Compared to the dire straits of the Shen siblings, Shen Wenta, the big boss of the school, couldn't have been more leisurely.
As soon as he got home, he casually tossed his backpack aside. With his other hand pulling at his school uniform tie, he walked into the living room. His suit jacket slipped off, revealing a neatly ironed white shirt underneath. With his collar unbuttoned, he slumped exhaustedly onto the sofa.
His slightly curly, messy hair covered his eyes, exuding a sickly, aloof indifference.
This look...
Made him appear exceptionally alluring.
Of course, this scene would only work on someone obsessed with good looks.
Shen Yi merely glanced up quickly.
Her attention was entirely focused on his altered scent.
The girl leaned in and sniffed him like a little puppy.
"You smelled like laundry detergent before, but now the perfume scent is so strong."
Shen Wenta looked down at her. He didn't push her away, nor did he speak.
Shen Yi leaned in a bit closer, her finger brushing against his shirt collar, where a faint lipstick mark was left behind.
She cheered a loud Woohoo in her heart. "You're dating someone."
The girl's voice carried the joyful bounce of discovering a secret. "You're secretly dating!"
Shen Wenta didn't deny it.
Instead, he smiled, his lips curving into a soft arc. "Such good observation skills?"
"Of course!" Shen Yi looked at him triumphantly. "Are you trying to change the subject?"
She understood this well.
Boys generally didn't want their families to know about their dating lives.
Shen Wenta tilted his head, a mischievous glint flashing in his dark eyes. "Am I?"
"Rather than my dating life, why don't you tell me how you're doing at school?"
Shen Yi's smile vanished.
Shen Wenta leaned in and said slowly, "Zhao Jiahao, Zhou Yuxin... and the one who pushed you during recess the other day, named... Su Mingxuan, right?"
He rattled the names off with ease; not a single one was wrong.
Shen Yi was in disbelief. "You know all this?"
How did he know about such trivial matters so clearly?
Did his family run the school or something?
Shen Yi thought that aside from herself, no one else would have noticed her getting pushed.
After all, it was just a minor incident.
"Yes. So, are you ready to beg me?" he asked, his voice very light.
Beg him?
"I, Shen Yi, would rather jump off the school building, be bullied to death, or be beaten to death than ever beg you."
She confidently made this bold vow.
Shen Yi wasn't crazy. Why would she go out of her way to beg someone who could backstab her at any given moment?
The others were just engaging in petty bullying, but he was the one who used to show up in the middle of the night with either a knife or a gun. He had genuinely wanted to kill her!
Shen Wenta gave a half-smile. "Got a backbone, I see."
Shen Yi had never studied in a school with such a strict class hierarchy. She didn't understand at all that the bullying wouldn't decrease; it would only get more and more severe.
Shen Wenta, however, knew this perfectly well.
But why should he help her?
She was so mean to him.
The young man casually patted her head, as if petting some small animal.
And Shen Yi, after attending Hejing for a while now, had realized that Shen Wenta might actually be some sort of manager of this elite school.
In front of her, he often acted crazy like a cat with its fur standing on end, mean and vicious, but who would believe that at school, he was actually a straight-A student!
It was absurd.
In any school activities, as long as they didn't involve sports, Shen Wenta scored full marks in all academics and events.
She could always hear people discussing him, the girls' tones filled with pure teenage admiration.
He was so good at pretending.
Shen Yi tilted her head to dodge his hand, turning to look for the remote control in a hurry. "I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm going to watch GG Bond!"
Shen Wenta instinctively frowned.
What the hell is that?
"..."
The TV turned on. He looked at the pig on the screen, then looked back at Shen Yi.
He saw the girl's big eyes wide and round, staring unblinkingly at GG Bond on the TV.
"What is this brainless garbage."
"..."
After a good while, feeling utterly bored, he voiced his mockery:
"Why are you smiling so happily at a dumb pig?"
She had never smiled at him like that, had she?
"What dumb pig? This is my male idol!" Shen Yi retorted.
"Your male idol is a pig?" This time, it was Shen Wenta's turn to be in disbelief.
"..."
"Why are you using such a surprised tone! Don't you watch cartoons?"
"The education I received since childhood was strictly planned and disciplined. Even if I watched cartoons, I would never watch this dumb pig! I forbid you from watching this."
"Are you the emperor? Why are you being such a control freak?"
"I'm your older brother!"
"You still don't have the right to control what I watch!"
The siblings started shouting at each other again, their voices growing louder and louder.
Eventually, in the heat of the argument, Shen Wenta simply snatched the remote control away.
Shen Yi lunged forward to grab it, but Shen Wenta raised his hand high, keeping it out of her reach.
"Give it to me!"
"No!"
"Shen Wenta!" Shen Yi gritted her teeth.
He said coldly, "Call me brother."
"You don't deserve it."
Finally, Shen Yi kicked him. Taking advantage of the moment he winced in pain, she snatched the remote back and switched it to the cartoon she wanted to watch.
Shen Wenta's face paled for a second from the pain. Seeing that she was now watching a dragon that looked suspiciously like a canned yellow peach, he couldn't help but cover his eyes, feeling a deep sense of absurdity.
He deeply felt that he couldn't let Shen Yi continue to act so unscrupulously.
She needed to be disciplined!
