He is a Hero

"This guy is simply ridiculous. It would have been one thing if he hadn't apologized, but he even wasted food..."

Watching the other person disappear into the crowd, Bai Zhi looked at the tray in front of him, still more than half full of food, and shook his head in disappointment.

That was why he couldn't understand it. Everything he said was sound advice, so why did he never get a good reaction?

"People these days are just too fragile. How many words had I even said?"

Shaking his head with a sigh, Bai Zhi cleared away his tray and turned to leave the Canteen.

But the moment he turned around, he saw a very pretty Girl standing in front of him, though he had no idea when she had gotten there.

"Uh..."

Upon seeing the Girl's face, Bai Zhi's expression changed slightly as memories of his Previous Self's mess flashed through his mind in a quarter of a second.

Campus Belle Lin Xiaoyi came from a wealthy family, was friendly and kind-hearted, and most importantly, her family had a lot of money. Before his Previous Self had died suddenly from pulling an all-nighter at an Internet Cafe, she had been his next chosen target for mooching off a woman.

"You..."

"Sorry. I am deeply sorry for pestering you before. From now on, I absolutely won't interfere with your life again. From this day on, we'll mind our own business. You take the high road, and I'll cross my single-plank bridge. The road is wide open; we'll each go our separate way!!"

Seeing that she was about to speak, Bai Zhi recalled the several crowd-gathering incidents this had caused before. Unwilling to deal with the mess left behind by his Previous Self, he decisively rattled off that whole speech, choking back the words she had yet to say.

Then, before she could react, Bai Zhi slipped into the crowd and vanished.

Because of that, he did not see the expression on Lin Xiaoyi's face.

"Just as I suspected, Bai Zhi is definitely not common..."

Watching his retreating back, Lin Xiaoyi looked faintly excited.

Yesterday, he had still been shamelessly pestering her, swearing he would win her over. Yet today, he had abruptly changed and treated her coldly. There had to be something wrong with that. Unless he had become a different person—but that was simply impossible.

Lin Xiaoyi even felt grateful to the Monster that had pretended to be her Friend. If she had not received that call and seen "Xia Wen" earlier, she would never have uncovered the Secret Bai Zhi had been hiding. After receiving his promise that he would no longer bother her, she would have felt relieved, just like the seven Girlfriends he had dated before, remaining in the dark from beginning to end.

"To do all this, he was even willing to bear misunderstanding and infamy..."

Lin Xiaoyi took a deep breath.

Just then, Xia Wen arrived at the Canteen, panting heavily with a phone and books in her hands. When she saw Lin Xiaoyi standing there, fists clenched as she stared in a certain direction as if she had made up her mind, Xia Wen shuffled over to her Friend's side and immediately collapsed onto the table with a pitiful look.

"I'm exhausted... Xiao Yi, don't forget that you're treating me to Hot Pot this weekend... Uh, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Lin Xiaoyi turn around with fighting spirit blazing in her eyes, Xia Wen nearly jumped in fright.

"Xiao Wen, I've finally found my one true love!!"

With both hands on Xia Wen's shoulders, Lin Xiaoyi's eyes seemed to sparkle with light.

Xia Wen: "???"

In the height of summer, cicadas chirped endlessly in the trees nearby.

"It's that damned guy..."

From within the dense shade, a pair of eyes locked firmly onto a young man walking beneath the tree.

[Borrowed Face Grudge] was a rather peculiar Vengeful Spirit. Formless and intangible, it could mimic the person closest to its target's heart and take on that person's appearance. Then, through step-by-step schemes and traps, it would gradually draw out the target's fear. Once the target's fear of it reached its peak, the target would become its meal. It was an Anomaly that fed on human fear.

However, it was worth mentioning that fear was its power. If its target held no fear of it, then its strength was hardly worth mentioning.

Lin Xiaoyi had been its first chosen prey. Everything had gone smoothly during the hunt, and it had successfully taken hold of her fear. But at the critical moment, its prey had been ruined by a guy full of nonsense...

"I'll make you taste fear for yourself... Who told you to ruin my plans?"

Once the figure beneath the tree had completely disappeared, the eyes among the branches gradually faded away with a cold snort.

"Bai Zhi!? Xiao Yi, did he feed you some kind of love potion?"

Inside the girls' Dormitory, Xia Wen was utterly stunned after pestering Lin Xiaoyi for ages before she finally agreed to reveal the name of her one true love.

"Didn't you say yesterday that he was annoying as hell? How did he become your one true love today!? What exactly happened!? Don't you know that he had dated seven Girlfriends before!?"

"Well~ of course I know~ Don't worry, I understand that better than you do~"

As she searched her Laptop for Urban Legend cases similar to what she had encountered today, Lin Xiaoyi answered casually.

"But what does that have to do with him being my one true love? It has absolutely nothing to do with it, okay?"

"It's over, it's over. Xiao Yi, he definitely fed you some kind of love potion. What do you mean it has nothing to do with it?"

Grabbing at her hair, Xia Wen looked utterly incredulous.

"He's a scumbag!! A scumbag who dated seven Girlfriends one after another!! A scumbag who cheated his Girlfriends out of money to play Game!! A scumbag who spent all day in Internet Cafes playing Game, with no ambition, always late and leaving early!!! Aside from his face, does that guy have any other virtues I don't know about!?"

"Mm... he does."

Putting down her mouse, Lin Xiaoyi turned her head and spoke with a smile.

"He is a Hero who walks in darkness to protect the light."

Xia Wen: "???????"