Let Long Yuan Xiang Experience True Despair

"Xia, Xia Mu..."

"Maybe you should just leave first."

Before Xia Mu could speak, a student with twin tails sitting across from him whispered a warning.

Although there was fear on her face, she couldn't bear to watch Xia Mu, who came from the same country as her, be targeted by Long Yuan.

"Thank you."

Xia Mu looked at the student across from him, who had the face of a typical Huaxia high school girl, and thanked her without even lifting his head. "This is a library, not a place for an ape like you to be shouting. Please get lost."

When he spoke, he didn't even look Long Yuan in the eye.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, the smile on Long Yuan's face grew wider, and he raised his fist, smashing it toward the right side of Xia Mu's head.

The female students let out a series of gasps.

"Whoosh!"

But the fist stopped just one centimeter from Xia Mu's head; it didn't land.

He wouldn't do something as stupid as that.

But he hadn't expected Xia Mu to have such confidence, not even bothering to dodge.

It seemed his confidence didn't stem from stupidity.

"Hahaha!"

"Interesting, this is truly interesting."

A frenzy flickered in Long Yuan's eyes, as if he had found a new toy.

"Didn't I say it already?"

"Get lost. Didn't you hear me?"

Xia Mu frowned, looking at Long Yuan coldly. "You're disturbing my reading. What, do you want me to call a teacher over and have you put in detention for the day?"

His tone didn't sound like he was joking in the slightest.

Long Yuan's laughter came to an abrupt halt, and a flicker of irritation rose in his heart, though he masked it well.

"BOSS?"

Albert came to Long Yuan's side, signaling to ask if he should make a move on Xia Mu.

"Clap, clap, clap."

Long Yuan clapped his hands, a playful look on his face. "Your name is Xia Mu, right?"

"I'm going to play you to death for real."

With those words, he shoved his hands into his pockets and turned to leave. "Let's go."

Albert swung his fists toward Xia Mu, the threat self-evident, before following Long Yuan away.

The farce ended just like that.

Xia Mu brushed off the spot where Long Yuan had been standing with a look of disgust.

Play?

What he was better at was driving people to despair.

"Phew..." Seeing Long Yuan leave, Shiina finally let out a sigh of relief.

Her captivating eyes fixed on Xia Mu, her expression complex.

Xia Mu was unnaturally calm; what exactly had he been through?

That evening, Xia Mu walked back to the dormitory under the streetlights.

As he walked, he spotted a familiar figure by the seaside.

She had her hands resting on the railing, letting the sea breeze blow over her, looking troubled.

"Xia Mu?" Karuizawa Kei, who wore her hair in a high ponytail, noticed him approaching.

Usually, she always acted tough.

Her appearance just now looked more like the exhaustion left behind after shedding her disguise.

"You're here all alone—are you planning to jump into the sea?" Xia Mu asked. "Did Hirata break your heart?"

"?" Karuizawa Kei.

"What kind of logic is that?"

"I'm just, I'm just in a bad mood, looking at the sea."

Karuizawa Kei's mouth twitched.

She had realized it: Xia Mu's way of thinking was simply not on the same level as theirs.

"I see."

Xia Mu nodded, then prepared to ignore her and head back to the dormitory.

"Wait, wait a second..." Karuizawa Kei called out to stop Xia Mu.

Xia Mu couldn't help but sigh helplessly, his shoulders slumping. "Can you people from Sakura Country just say everything you need to say all at once?"

"Don't you find it exhausting, always waiting until I'm about to leave to say 'wait, wait, wait'?"

Hearing Xia Mu's complaint, Karuizawa Kei tucked a strand of hair, messed up by the sea breeze, behind her ear with some embarrassment. "Th-that..."

"Could you lend me some points?"

Over the past month, she had spent all her points trying to build good relationships with the girls in her class.

Once, by accident, she had seen that Xia Mu still had a full ninety thousand points.

Did he spend the last month living in the wilderness?

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."

Xia Mu clicked his tongue, his gaze filled with an inexplicable meaning that made Karuizawa Kei feel completely uncomfortable. "If, if you won't lend them, then forget it..."

"I, I'll ask Hirata to lend them to me. He's my boyfriend, after all!"

She said this without much conviction, then huffed and turned her face away.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."

Xia Mu shook his head and pulled out his phone. "Give me your ID."

Others might not know, but he was well aware of the true relationship between Karuizawa Kei and Hirata.

"Mm..."

Karuizawa Kei looked into Xia Mu's dark eyes and couldn't help but feel as if she had been completely seen through by him.

However, she still honestly took out her phone and borrowed ten thousand points from Xia Mu.

"I'll pay you back." She lowered her head; having received a favor, she could no longer act so haughty.

When she looked up again, Xia Mu had already walked away, seemingly unconcerned about whether she would pay him back or not.

"What a strange guy." Karuizawa Kei pursed her lips, yet a faint warmth bloomed in her heart.

He wasn't as cold-hearted as she thought, after all.

Xia Mu was walking back to the dormitory when he suddenly heard someone sobbing in a suppressed voice in a corner beneath the building.

"This isn't right. Why am I running into so many things today?"

Xia Mu complained weakly and didn't intend to pay any mind, but as he passed the corner, he glanced inside and couldn't help but stop in his tracks.

It was only because he knew the person inside.

Or rather, it wasn't just that he knew him; he was extremely familiar with him.

"Fatty?"

He stepped inside, only then confirming that the person squatting in the dim corner and crying like a mess was indeed Zhu Xincheng.

Zhu Xincheng's heart skipped a beat from the sudden call, but after seeing through his blurry vision that the person was Xia Mu, he finally felt at ease.

He then hurriedly wiped away his tears with his sleeves, lifted his face, which was covered in adhesive bandages, and managed to squeeze out a smile. "Ah, Xia, long time no see."

"I heard Class D's points are at zero this month. Do you need some help from your good buddy?"

As he spoke, he draped his arm around Xia Mu's neck.

Although they hadn't talked in a long time, the bond between the two had not diminished in the slightest.

"What's going on?" Xia Mu narrowed his eyes, having already guessed seven or eight parts of the truth.

"N-nothing."

Fatty was still being stubborn. "Just had a phone call with my parents, got a bit homesick..."

"I'm talking about the injuries on your face," Xia Mu continued to ask.

"Ah, it's nothing. I tripped while walking a couple of days ago," Zhu Xincheng waved his hand dismissively. "You know me, I've got thick skin and flesh; these little scratches are nothing."

"Fatty."

Xia Mu stared at Zhu Xincheng. "Tell me what actually happened."

"I'll help you. As your brother, isn't it a bit unkind of you to keep things from me?"

Although he already knew the general reason, he still wanted Fatty to say it himself.

Upon hearing Xia Mu's words, tears welled up in Fatty's eyes again, and he immediately lost his composure.

Tears streamed down his face, and feeling incredibly bitter inside, his body went limp as he squatted back down, not wanting Xia Mu to see his pathetic state. "Xia, why don't we just go back? Let's go home. This school is just too terrible..."

He sobbed, his body trembling uncontrollably.

Xia Mu reached out and patted his shoulder, his tone gentle. "Fatty, tell me. I'll help you. Trust me."

Even without the abilities granted by the system, he would not feel a shred of fear.

The fatty was his brother; even if it meant risking his life, he would stand by him.

Hearing Xia Mu's words, the psychological dam that Zhu Xincheng had been holding back finally reached its limit, and everything came pouring out at once.

"It's that bastard Long Yuan Xiang!!"

"To control Class C, he used violent means against everyone. I refused to submit, so he beat me up..."

"I know I'm pathetic, but I really can't take it anymore, Xia Mu. He drags me into a corner and beats me half to death over the slightest disagreement..."

"Let's go home, can we just go home..."

Having lived a smooth life since childhood, where had he ever suffered such grievances?

Xia Mu squeezed Zhu Xincheng's shoulder. "You want to go back to our hometown?"

"If you're already thinking of going home, then why did you come out here in the first place?"

"Have you forgotten? You were the one who swore to me that you were going to inject the superior genes of Huaxia into the Japanese girls."

"Is this all it takes to break you?"

Hearing Xia Mu's words, the fatty cried even harder. "B-but, I have no way to fight back."

"Then why didn't you come to me?" Xia Mu felt a sense of frustration at his lack of resolve.

"I didn't want to drag you into this. Long Yuan Xiang is truly terrifying; he even dares to lay hands on female students in the classroom where there are cameras. He's truly cruel!!" the fatty replied, explaining why he had been avoiding Xia Mu for the past month.

Hearing this, Xia Mu froze for a moment, a warmth spreading through his heart, followed by an endless surge of killing intent.

"Be a man, stop crying. It's fucking embarrassing."

Xia Mu patted the fatty on the back. "Get up."

"Together, we're going to make Long Yuan Xiang experience true despair."