After Xu Muyan finished talking with Wang Haoran, she returned to the classroom with Wen Jing.
Wang Haoran wandered around outside for a while before preparing to head back.
However, he ran into a boy halfway there.
The boy was named Zhen Wei. He was related to Wang Haoran on his mother's side and was, by seniority, Wang Haoran's distant cousin.
Zhen Wei was filthy at the moment and gave off a nauseatingly sour stench.
Wang Haoran covered his nose and moved farther away from him.
"Cousin, cousin, you have to avenge me!" Zhen Wei said angrily.
Wang Haoran immediately frowned at that.
Relying on his connection to Wang Haoran, Zhen Wei often used Wang Haoran's name to throw his weight around at school.
Whenever he encountered someone tough, he would come running to Wang Haoran for help.
As Wang Haoran recalled, the last time Zhen Wei had come looking for him was two months ago.
Normally, when he had nothing to ask of him, Zhen Wei would not even bother greeting him.
"Who the hell did you provoke this time?" Wang Haoran asked impatiently.
"I don't know him. He kicked me out of nowhere, then grabbed me and threw me into a trash can."
"Why would someone who doesn't know you beat you up? If you don't tell me the truth, then get the hell out of here."
"I'm telling the truth!"
"What did the guy who beat you look like?"
"He was kind of handsome, but nowhere near as handsome as you, cousin. He was about our age, but he wore ragged clothes that looked like they had been washed countless times. They even had patches on them. He looked like a construction worker," Zhen Wei recalled.
As Wang Haoran listened, suspicion rose within him.
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