Falling Out

Chu Bai leaned against the corridor balcony railing, enjoying the evening breeze as he watched two stunning girls walking arm in arm downstairs.

Shui Ze High School had three publicly acknowledged school belles, all of them seniors.

One was Xu Muyan, while the other two were the girls who had just passed downstairs.

It'd be great if both of them could be my girlfriends.

Chu Bai began indulging in his fantasies.

Just then, a tremendous force struck his lower back.

Someone had ambushed him and viciously kicked him.

Chu Bai nearly threw up his dinner.

He turned around furiously and saw that the attacker was Chen Zishi.

"Are you fucking crazy?!" Chu Bai roared, forcibly restraining the urge to hit back.

If he had not just received another disciplinary punishment, he would definitely have pinned Chen Zishi to the ground and beaten the hell out of him.

Chu Bai had been in countless fights growing up, and what he hated most were cowards who ignored all sense of honor and launched sneak attacks from behind.

"You bastard!" Chen Zishi was practically hysterical as he angrily accused him.

"I'm innocent! You'd rather believe a woman than trust me, your brother, is that it?"

Chu Bai guessed that Wen Jing must have told Chen Zishi about what happened. Otherwise, Chen Zishi would never have lost control like this.

"Believe your fucking mother!" Chen Zishi cursed.

"Fuck, you're just an idiot, a brain-dead moron. You got played and don't even know it. I don't have a brother like you anymore. We're through!" Chu Bai's rage went straight to his head.

"You piece of shit worse than an animal! Fine, we're through!"

Ding! The host successfully manipulated events behind the scenes, causing protagonist Chu Bai and important supporting character Chen Zishi to fall out. You have received 300 Villain Points. Chu Bai's Protagonist Halo -20. The host's Villain Halo +20.

"Perfect!"

After receiving the system notification, Wang Haoran nodded in satisfaction.

This plan had unfolded perfectly according to his expectations.

After Evening Self-Study ended, the students and teachers prepared to head home.

To avoid suspicion, Song Zhenyu remained in the office for a while longer, just as she had the day before.

Taking advantage of this window, Wang Haoran prepared to take Wen Jing home.

Inside the car.

"Darling, I completed every task you assigned me. Are you satisfied?" Wen Jing asked sweetly with a smile.

"You did very well." Wang Haoran praised her, then glanced at her slightly red eyes. "Are you all right?"

"I'm fine now." Wen Jing shook her head nonchalantly.

As long as she could handle the things Wang Haoran asked of her, this bit of suffering was nothing to her.

Wang Haoran took out his phone and transferred 188,000 yuan to Wen Jing as a reward.

Wen Jing was instantly dumbfounded.

Her family's total annual income was only fifty or sixty thousand yuan, while her usual monthly allowance was merely two or three hundred.

To Wen Jing, 188,000 yuan was unquestionably an enormous sum.

She could be with the boy she deeply loved and have so much money to spend.

Wen Jing felt more and more that choosing Wang Haoran had been an incredibly wise decision.

"I'll take you home."

Wang Haoran was just about to have the driver start the car.

However, Wen Jing suddenly took Wang Haoran's hand and said affectionately, "Darling, I miss you so much."

"You've recovered?"

"No."

"Then I'd better take you home. You cried for so long today. Aren't you tired?"

"I-I'm fine." Wen Jing lowered her head as she spoke.

"Then I'll take you to a hotel first. I have something to do, but I'll come find you later."

Wang Haoran suddenly felt that his cheap father had actually been rather farsighted in giving him a Black Gold VIP Card.

There was no need to reserve a room in advance. He could just go straight there.

"Mhm, mhm!"

Wen Jing nodded excitedly and hurriedly took out her phone to call her family.

After Xu Muyan returned home, she took a shower and washed away the day's exhaustion.

As she passed through the living room, her father was still watching television.

"Dad, I'm going to my room to sleep," Xu Muyan said.

"Yan Yan, wait a moment. Dad has something to tell you." Father Xu beckoned to her.

"What do you want to tell me?" Xu Muyan asked curiously.

"There's a student in your class named Chu Bai, right?"

"Yes. Dad, how did you know?!"

"I saw him at the Police Station."

"What did he do?"

"No." Father Xu shook his head, admiration appearing on his face. "A student at your school reported a group of criminals. You should know about that, right? I handled that case, and the student who made the report was Chu Bai."

"Oh, it was him." Xu Muyan's expression remained calm.

"Yan Yan, why does it seem like you don't think very highly of this Chu Bai?"

"He tried to molest my bestie. I'd love to beat him up."

"Something like that happened? Tell me the details." Father Xu said.

Xu Muyan told her father what she had learned from Wen Jing.

"Your friend only heard a voice and touched the other person's hair. That doesn't prove that the person was definitely Chu Bai." Father Xu's professional instincts kicked in.

"But he admitted it."

"Based on what you described, all the evidence pointed to Chu Bai. That girl chose to settle the matter by having Chu Bai apologize, and Chu Bai chose that option to avoid trouble. That's perfectly normal."

"Dad, why do you seem to be defending Chu Bai?" Xu Muyan asked in confusion.

"Although I've only met Chu Bai once, I can be certain that he isn't that kind of person. There must be some misunderstanding here," Father Xu said.

Could Jing Jing have gotten it wrong? This thought suddenly surfaced in Xu Muyan's mind.

Because of the nature of his work, her father dealt with all kinds of criminals every day and was very accurate at judging people.

Naturally, Xu Muyan trusted her father's judgment.

At the same time, she also believed that her bestie had no reason to lie.

But the matter had already come to an end, so there was no need to dwell on it.

Xu Muyan shook off her tangled thoughts and suddenly asked, "Dad, why did you suddenly bring up Chu Bai?"

"Ah, look at me. I nearly forgot while talking." Father Xu slapped his forehead, then pointed at the phone on the tea table. "Chu Bai called you earlier. You were in the shower, so I answered it. I told him that when you got back, I'd have you call him."

"Huh?" Xu Muyan was extremely reluctant.

"You wouldn't want Dad to break his promise, would you?" Father Xu spread his hands.

Left with no choice, Xu Muyan called back and put the call on speakerphone.

Chu Bai answered immediately.

"Is this Uncle or Xu Muyan?"

"It's Yan Yan," Father Xu answered for his daughter.

Xu Muyan could not help rolling her eyes at her father before speaking flatly.

"What is it?"

"Xu Muyan, I really didn't do anything to Wen Jing. I was framed!" Chu Bai hurriedly explained.

Since Wen Jing had told Chen Zishi about the incident, Xu Muyan, Wen Jing's bestie, surely knew about it too.

Chu Bai was not afraid of Falling Out with Chen Zishi, but he was afraid that Xu Muyan would hate him.

Therefore, after Evening Self-Study, he estimated that Xu Muyan would be home and able to use her phone, so he immediately called her to tell her the truth.

"His tone is firm, and he spoke without the slightest hesitation. He should be telling the truth." Father Xu's professional instincts surfaced again, and he could not help commenting. He even told his daughter, "Yan Yan, it seems that Chu Bai really is innocent."

"Thank you, Uncle Xu! Xu Muyan, you believe I'm innocent too, right?" Chu Bai said excitedly over the phone.

"That isn't important anymore. You should focus on the joint entrance examination in a few days," Xu Muyan said, unwilling to dwell on the matter.

"I'm not worried about the joint entrance examination at all. I've been studying really hard lately. I can at least make the top ten in the class," Chu Bai said, overflowing with confidence.

"Bragging!" Xu Muyan curled her lips.

The top ten students in the class were all outstanding students, each with an excellent chance of getting into a first-tier or key university.

Chu Bai had always been at the bottom of the class. Even in the last monthly exam, he had only scored somewhere in the lower-middle range and was still considered a poor student. Making it into the top ten all at once was simply impossible.

"I'm not bragging. If you don't believe me, let's make a bet. If I make the top ten in the class, you'll be my girlfriend. If I lose, you can do whatever you want with me. Do you dare?" Chu Bai said.