Stalemate

Ding! A lackey was beaten. The host chose to tell the teacher, slightly altering the original plot. Received 200 Villain Points.

Ding! The host's current Villain Points have exceeded 500. The System Shop has automatically opened.

As soon as Song Zhenyu left, Wang Haoran received a notification from the system.

This was more or less within his expectations.

His lackey had been beaten, and he had instructed him to report it to the teacher. This directly deviated from the villain's usual routine. It would have been strange if the plot had not changed.

Two hundred Villain Points.

He gladly accepted them.

In his mind, besides his original attribute panel, there was now an additional System Shop interface.

However, there were no products displayed in the shop, only a lottery option.

"I have 600 Villain Points now. What can I exchange them for? Show me everything," Wang Haoran asked the system directly.

Replying to host: 600 Villain Points cannot be exchanged for any item. The cheapest item in the shop costs 1,000 Villain Points.

The host is advised to choose the lottery. Each draw costs only 500 Villain Points. The host has a chance of receiving an ultra-luxurious reward, though it is also possible to receive nothing.

"I'd still need to save another 400 points to exchange for anything, and I might not even get what I want. I might as well draw the lottery." Wang Haoran decided to test his luck.

A roulette wheel appeared on the shop interface. It spun, and the result came quickly.

Ding! Congratulations, host. Your luck is exceptional! You have drawn Peach Blossom Eyes, worth 1,500 Villain Points. Use immediately?

It was easy enough to understand from the name alone.

Men with Peach Blossom Eyes had an easier time attracting women.

This was good stuff!

Naturally, Wang Haoran chose to use it immediately.

After using it, he took out his phone and secretly checked his eyes with the front camera, only to find no visible change at all.

However, Wang Haoran noticed that the Charm Value on his attribute panel had risen from 198 to 268.

The extra seventy points of Charm Value should have come from the Peach Blossom Eyes.

"What's different from before? Let's test it."

With that thought in mind, Wang Haoran used the unfinished math problem they had been discussing as an excuse to get up and switch seats with Xu Muyan's female deskmate.

He continued discussing the math problem with Xu Muyan.

Wang Haoran clearly noticed that Xu Muyan looked at him more often now. Sometimes, when her gaze landed on him, it lingered for a long time.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?" Wang Haoran deliberately asked.

"No. I just think your eyes are really beautiful," Xu Muyan blurted out without thinking.

The moment those words left her mouth, Xu Muyan's face turned red, and she hurriedly looked away.

The shy, bashful look of that young girl was simply irresistible.

Ding! One of the Female Leads, Xu Muyan, has gained +10 affection for the host. Current affection: 20 (Very Friendly).

Ding! Chu Bai's Protagonist Halo -10. The host's Villain Halo +10.

"Looks like these Peach Blossom Eyes are quite useful. Not bad, not bad."

When he checked the attribute panel again, it had changed as well.

Host: Wang Haoran

Combat Power: 89

Charm Value: 268

Villain Halo: 129

Villain Points: 100

Skills: None

After morning study ended, Chu Bai and the other three still had not returned.

Wang Haoran headed straight to the Moral Education Office to watch the show.

Even before reaching the entrance to the Moral Education Office, he heard a burst of arguing.

Clearly, the issue had not been properly resolved and remained deadlocked.

Wang Haoran openly stood in the doorway to watch.

When the Moral Education Office Vice Director saw a student coming to watch the commotion, he was about to drive him away. But once he recognized Wang Haoran, he immediately swallowed his words.

That was the advantage of being a villain. Wang Haoran had connections throughout the school. Apart from those aligned with the protagonist, everyone else gave him some face.

After all, Wang Haoran's family background and academic performance were right there for all to see.

The reason the fight incident remained at an impasse was this.

Fan Jian and the others said they had disliked Chu Bai, so they blocked his way after school, and the two sides ended up fighting.

In Song Zhenyu's and the Moral Education Office Vice Director's view, both sides were at fault.

Fan Jian and the others were at fault because they had started the trouble.

Chu Bai was at fault because, after effortlessly knocking down Fan Jian and the other two, he had still slapped them dozens of times, leaving all three bruised and swollen.

Both sides had done wrong.

But why not punish all of them? Because Fan Jian and the other three had proposed calling the police.

Naturally, that had been Wang Haoran's instruction.

Fan Jian and the others had struck first, so Chu Bai had acted in self-defense. But Chu Bai had hit them too hard, which already counted as excessive self-defense.

There was sufficient reason to call the police.

But the school absolutely did not want that outcome.

Once the police were involved, the matter would escalate, and the school's reputation would definitely suffer.

So the Moral Education Office Vice Director and Song Zhenyu could only try to mediate the conflict between Chu Bai and Fan Jian's group.

During the mediation, Fan Jian and the other three had also backed down. They only asked to slap Chu Bai once in return, then let the matter end there.

But how could Chu Bai possibly agree?

What protagonist was not stubborn to the bone? So he would rather let Fan Jian and the others call the police.

Naturally, the school did not want that.

And so, the situation remained deadlocked.

"Chu Bai, we've been speaking nicely to you, but you still insist on being stubborn? Once the police get involved, this will become a big issue. You might end up with a record and even get expelled from school. Are you agreeing or not?"

The Moral Education Office Vice Director was a fierce-looking man named Yan Zan, in his forties or fifties. Seeing that the stalemate could not be broken, he began to threaten him.

"Vice Director Yan, if you do that, Chu Bai's future will be completely ruined. You can't do this," Song Zhenyu immediately objected.

Wang Haoran silently observed from the doorway.

Teacher Song had an extremely fiery temper. Earlier, she had looked ready to kill someone, but now her face was full of concern. She was so protective of her student.

She was very kind.

With Teacher Song's personality, she looked like one of the Female Leads no matter how he saw it.

"Teacher Song, I already gave him a chance. He's the one being stubborn, so he can't blame me," Yan Zan said decisively.

He had spent dozens of minutes trying to reason with Chu Bai, but Chu Bai simply refused to appreciate the favor.

By now, Yan Zan had lost his patience and no longer listened to Song Zhenyu's objections.

Song Zhenyu had only been at the school for two or three years. She lacked seniority and had no backing.

Yan Zan had no need to care about her opinion.

What was more, he was doing this for the school's benefit.

Even if the upper management found out, they would approve of his decision.

"Is it really this easy to cripple him?" Wang Haoran found it somewhat unbelievable.

If Chu Bai were truly expelled, he would basically lose all opportunities to interact with Xu Muyan and Song Zhenyu, leaving him with little chance of winning over those two Female Leads.

If that happened, his Protagonist Halo would inevitably drop drastically.

Meanwhile, Wang Haoran's Villain Halo would soar.

Wouldn't that make Chu Bai completely useless? But Wang Haoran soon spotted an old man with a graying beard walking straight toward the Moral Education Office.

Wang Haoran recognized him.

It was the Principal.

"Why did the Principal suddenly come here?" Wang Haoran was somewhat puzzled.

Normally, the Principal was hardly ever seen. Most matters were handled by several Vice Principals, and many students at the school did not even recognize him.

His sudden appearance here was truly strange.

Could it be... Wang Haoran suddenly had a bad feeling.