Zhao Chengyu’s classmates immediately burst out laughing and began egging him on.
“Master, don’t forget this old servant after you return to your wealthy family!”
“Master, you have to be happy even without me!”
“Master, are you still coming to class this afternoon, Master?”
Zhao Chengyu was absolutely loving it!
He followed Lu Yanzhao toward the end of the hallway.
Having spent so much time around Yu Xiaxing, Lu Yanzhao could keep a straight face in any situation.
His expression was solemn, and he had the commanding presence of a wealthy family’s butler down to a T.
Soon, the two of them arrived beside a car.
Zhao Chengyu’s eyes lit up. He instantly recognized it as a luxury car worth tens of millions!
Amid his classmates’ envious cries, he climbed into the car.
The luxury car drove away.
Zhao Chengyu looked around inside the car, guessing there had to be a camera somewhere.
But after searching for a while and finding nothing, he asked, “Hey, where’s your equipment? You guys are filming a short video, right?”
Lu Yanzhao looked at him calmly and said nothing.
Seeing that Lu Yanzhao was refusing to speak and that the car was driving farther and farther away, the smile slowly vanished from Zhao Chengyu’s face.
He glanced out the window again and realized that they had already driven out of the industrial park!
The industrial park was already located in the suburbs, and there wasn’t a single sign of human habitation anywhere nearby!
He began to panic. “Let me out! Otherwise, I’m calling the police!”
As he spoke, he pulled out his phone.
Lu Yanzhao reached out and grabbed his wrist, effortlessly took the phone from him, and tossed it toward the front seats.
“Ah!” Zhao Chengyu screamed in fright.
Yu Zheng, who was driving, found a secluded spot by the roadside and pulled over. He walked around to the back, opened the door, and grabbed Zhao Chengyu by the shoulder.
Zhao Chengyu turned around and saw Yu Zheng’s face—his brows and eyes were fierce, his bearing menacing…
Ahhh, this was terrifying! He looked exactly like some underworld heir!
Zhao Chengyu’s vision went dark again and again as he shouted, “Who are you? What do you want? Let me out!”
Lu Yanzhao smiled faintly. “Wasn’t the young master going home? I’m taking you home right now.”
Zhao Chengyu truly panicked. Tears instantly welled up in his eyes. “Don’t…”
Yu Zheng dragged him straight out of the car, clapped a hand over his mouth, pulled a rope from his pocket, and tied his hands together. Then he covered his eyes with a blindfold, stuffed his mouth, and efficiently shoved him into the trunk.
The entire sequence was so smooth that it looked as though he did this sort of thing all the time.
Unable to see anything or move his bound hands, Zhao Chengyu began sobbing helplessly.
Why was his life so miserable?
All because he had wanted to play a joke, he had ended up being kidnapped!
The trunk wasn’t completely closed.
Soon, a voice came from outside.
He heard a man ask in a low voice, “Young Miss, what should we do with him?”
The next second, a cold female voice answered, “Sell him to northern Myanmar.”
She was ruthlessly decisive.
Zhao Chengyu’s mind went blank with a buzz!
When other people were trafficked to northern Myanmar, there was usually an entire process of high-IQ deception first—luring them onto a plane under the pretense of a job, or creating the false impression that it was easy to make money there…
But him?
He hadn’t even been subjected to any sophisticated scam!
All it had taken was one person and one umbrella, and he had voluntarily climbed into the car they had prepared, right in front of all his classmates!
Zhao Chengyu wailed in regret.
But after crying for a while, a glimmer of hope arose in his heart.
Why had nothing happened after that Young Miss said she would sell him to northern Myanmar?
The car hadn’t moved either.
Could this still be part of a video, with this being the second challenge?
Maybe they were deliberately scaring him and waiting for him to embarrass himself before revealing that it was all fake.
With that thought, Zhao Chengyu slowly calmed down. He whimpered, trying to speak and warn them: Enough already!
A few seconds later, he suddenly felt the car shake lightly.
Immediately afterward, the car really did start moving!
The trunk was cramped and dark. He couldn’t see a thing, so all he could do was kick frantically at the trunk lid.
Let me out! Let me out! I’m done playing! Ahhh, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…
At that moment, he finally began to regret everything.
Thinking about how smugly he had shown off in front of his classmates just now, he wished he could slap himself twice right there.
He had even mocked Jiang Tinglan for getting scammed!
Jiang Tinglan had at least been deceived by a psychology prodigy leading a group of people against her alone. Her family really had conflicts, and the only friend she trusted had kept egging things on while watching the spectacle…
That was why she had fallen for it.
But his own scam had absolutely no skill or sophistication to it!
If Jiang Tinglan had been stupid for getting scammed, then what did that make him now?
—
By the roadside, Yu Xiaxing and Lu Yanzhao watched as Yu Zheng drove away with the captive.
Yu Xiaxing snorted. “How arrogant. He kept saying that he would never be deceived, and that everyone in this world gets scammed. Some people think they’re very clever, but that’s only because they haven’t encountered the right scam for them yet.”
Lu Yanzhao nodded. “Director Yu is right.”
The core of scamming was exploiting people’s desires.
Some people wanted money. Others wanted love. And some, like this one, wanted to save face in front of their classmates…
Only those with no desires at all were difficult to deceive. As long as someone had something they wanted, a scammer only needed to learn enough about them and administer the right medicine. The success rate would be extremely high.
Yu Xiaxing called Yu Zheng. “Let him out. Tell him clearly that we’re from Shengde and that we’re standing up for our student. But don’t bring him back yet.”
Yu Zheng replied, “Don’t worry. I’m not really going to hurt a kid.”
After hanging up, Yu Xiaxing and Lu Yanzhao returned to Qizhi first.
—
At that moment, the lounge was full of people again.
The students from both schools were gathered there, each with a handbook of experimental safety guidelines issued by Qizhi in front of them.
That afternoon, students from both schools would be allowed to conduct the experiments. For now, they needed to study the safety precautions.
The teacher leading the Mingde students looked around and asked, “Where’s Zhao Chengyu? Where did he go?”
The students replied, “A strange man was filming a short video just now. He was wearing a suit and holding a black umbrella. Zhao Chengyu followed him on his own and voluntarily got into a luxury car.”
He had followed a stranger?
Did he even have a brain?
The teacher began to panic.
As the teacher in charge of the trip, she was responsible for everything that happened to the students.
If Zhao Chengyu went missing, her entire career would be over!
Just then, footsteps came from the entrance to the lounge. Lu Yanzhao walked in first.
Someone among the Mingde students immediately stood up and pointed at him. “That’s him! Teacher, he was the one filming the short video and taking Zhao Chengyu away!”
Everyone turned to look at Lu Yanzhao.
The Mingde teacher breathed a sigh of relief. So it was someone they knew. That was all right, then.
She walked over and asked, “Where did you take our student? Why would you do something like this?”
Lu Yanzhao looked at her calmly. “This morning, Zhao said our student was stupid and greedy for getting scammed. He also said that he himself could never be deceived. So we decided to see whether he could be scammed.”
Jiang Tinglan froze, and her eyes slowly blurred with tears.
She knew it. Shengde would never stand by and watch one of its students get bullied without doing anything.
