The Feeling of Being Completely Under Someone's Thumb

Of all the Class 2-A, probably only Fang Li saw Riko's somewhat wicked smile.

At that moment, Fang Li secretly cried out in alarm.

Fang Riko for a whole year now, so how could Fang Li not understand the personality of this girl with a youthful face and a beautiful figure?

In short, Riko is a cheerful and lively person who is usually quite naive and a bit silly.

But this person has a little-known interest.

That was to play a trick on Fang Li.

For some reason, starting from first grade, Riko had been teasing Fang Li in various ways.

For example, Fang Li borrowed a notebook from Riko, but Riko secretly slipped an inappropriate book into it, which almost made Fang Li shout out in class.

For example, when Fang Li and Riko were playing games, Riko secretly switched Fang Li's phone and changed the wallpaper and photo album to her photos. When Shirayuki accidentally saw this, she felt like she had encountered the end of the world and even threatened to go and fight Riko.

Riko has played almost every other prank, big or small, which sometimes leaves Fang Li bewildered and completely fooled.

Therefore, this seemingly innocent girl actually harbors a little devil inside her and is extremely cunning.

At this moment, Riko was clearly about to unleash her power.

Fang Li immediately wanted to stop him.

However, as if she had seen this moment, Riko sobbed and said to Aria, "Aria stole Riko's boyfriend. Aria is a bad woman."

The room fell silent upon hearing this.

The group of students who were making a ruckus just a second ago suddenly fell silent, looking completely dumbfounded.

"Huh?" Aria was completely stunned, letting out a sound that seemed to come out of nowhere.

The moment that sound came out, the whole place erupted.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

A group of students made even more exaggerated noises than before.

"So, Fang Li and Riko have this kind of relationship?"

"I knew it! That explains why those two have been such good friends since first grade!"

"So, does that mean Riko and Riko are boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"Is Kanzaki the third party?"

"It... it suddenly feels really interesting!"

This is the voice of a group of girls who love gossip.

As for the boys, they all looked as if their Achilles' heel had been struck, their faces turning ashen, and their eyes turned dark as they looked at Fang Li.

Fang Li knows what he's saying.

Riko is actually very popular among the boys.

A likable personality is just one of the reasons.

There is also an even simpler reason: Riko's appearance.

There's no doubt about her looks; she's incredibly cute and beautiful.

Although she is petite, she has an amazing figure.

This unexpected charm made almost all the boys at Armed Detective High School cherish Riko, to the point that they practically replaced all their body pillows with ones shaped Riko.

If a girl suddenly announces that she has a boyfriend, regardless of whether the girls are gossipy or not, all the boys will be furious.

This made Fang Li cover his face, not knowing what to say.

Until a certain moment...

"Bang bang bang bang————!"

With a burst of gunfire, the classroom ceiling was pierced through, leaving several bullet holes.

"————!"

All sounds ceased abruptly at that moment.

"Clang—!"

Several empty shell casings fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Aria, who held up her two Colts high, blushed furiously and yelled in her unique baby voice, baring her teeth.

"If anyone dares to say anything more, I'll puncture a hole in him!"

Silence reigned.

Faced with the S-Rank Armed Detective who had gone berserk, the group of students, who considered themselves lacking in combat skills, wisely chose to keep quiet.

Aria, her face still flushed, stared at Fang Li with a stiff neck, like an angry lioness.

"So... so you already have a girl with whom you have that kind of relationship?"

Before Fang Li could speak, Riko, who had been sobbing, looked up, her face dry, and spoke as if suddenly realizing something.

"So Aria didn't know about Riri and Riko's relationship?"

Immediately, Riko looked at Fang Li as if she had found some heinous criminal, pointed at him, and announced it.

"So, Lili, you cheated on me!"

The words had barely left her lips when a chop to the neck suddenly descended from the sky, landing heavily on Riko's head. With a loud "thud," Riko screamed and crouched down, clutching her head.

"Chop you up, my foot!" Fang Li withdrew his hand chop, looked at Riko squatting on the ground, and a chilling smile appeared on his face as he said, "Riko, you should know that I'm the kind of person who always gets revenge, right?"

"Ah... ahahaha..." Riko's cute face twitched slightly, and she lowered her head without any backbone, saying, "Riko was just joking, it was all just a joke, Riko understands, right?"

"Yes, I understand." Fang Li's smile became kind, but it made the students in the class tremble.

Then, Fang Li said with a smile, "So, I think I need to have a good talk with you, Riko. Come on, come out with me for a bit."

With that, Fang Li grabbed Riko's head, who was trying to turn and run away, and dragged her out of the classroom like a pair of pliers, despite her constant Riko for mercy.

Seeing this, the students in the class looked at each other in bewilderment and then began to whisper among themselves.

"We're doomed, Riko..."

"Yes..."

"We actually messed with that devil..."

"It reminds me of that brawl we had back in the Assault Department..."

"You mean the time when Riko went to cheer for that guy, angered everyone, and caused the entire Assault Department to challenge him?"

"That was the time when everyone in the entire Assault Department at the same level as that guy was bedridden for a whole day."

"Horrible..."

As they said this, all the students returned to their seats in perfect unison, acting as if nothing had happened.

Shrinking in the corner, Kinji Touyama even whispered with a look of pity, "Now you can finally understand how I felt when that guy had me completely under his thumb back in my first year, right?"

Aria, on the other hand, crashed.

"Cheating... cheating... cheating..."

It seems this proud and aloof girl has absolutely no immunity to topics about love.