VIP Exam (8) Helping Karuizawa, Part Two

Zhenguo Zhibao blushed with anger and embarrassment at his words, trying to shrug off Yi Chen's hand on her shoulder.

Her face flushed as she said:

"Hmph. So you're with that ugly woman. What do you mean, bullying her?"

"She was the one who walked into Rika from our class because she wasn't watching where she was going. We just asked her to apologize. How does that make it bullying?"

Yamashita Saki and Yabu Nanami nodded along. Yabu Nanami stepped forward and muttered:

"Exactly. She was the one who walked into Rika. We asked her to apologize, and she pretended not to know what we were talking about."

Tangben Yishan watched the two groups nervously.

Yi Chen tightened his grip slightly.

Zhenguo cried out in pain:

"Ah! Ow!"

Yi Chen let go of her.

Manabe snapped:

"You actually dared to lay hands on her! Just you wait. I'm reporting you to the school."

Yi Chen replied calmly:

"I only used a little pressure. It won't leave a mark. Reporting me to the school won't do you any good."

Yamashita and Yabu watched Zhenguo nervously.

Yi Chen's gaze grew colder as he stared into Zhenguo's eyes:

"Are you sure all you did was ask her to apologize?"

Zhenguo glared at Yi Chen viciously:

"What's it to you? We only asked her to apologize."

"Angela Yi Chen, you really are as disgusting as Ryuen said."

"Karuizawa was the one who bumped into Rika from our class, and you're helping her just because she's in your class."

Yi Chen looked at Zhenguo coldly:

"You insulted her and took humiliating photos of her."

"How are you any better?"

Tangben Yishan scratched his head awkwardly and tried to smooth things over:

"Come on, Yi Chen, calm down. Zhenguo, you too."

Zhenguo glared at Tangben Yishan as if she wanted to kill him.

Tangben Yishan looked nervous and embarrassed:

"Well, maybe there really was a misunderstanding somewhere. Maybe both sides were upset at the time, and things got blown out of proportion."

"Why don't we all calmly talk it through now? There's no need to let this ruin things between classmates."

But Zhenguo Zhibao wasn't having it. She yelled at Tangben Yishan:

"Tangben Yishan, you're something else. You didn't even ask why they wanted me, and you just told me to come."

"And now I'm stuck dealing with unreasonable, disgusting people from Class D."

"Karuizawa was the one in the wrong today, but he still came here to pick a fight. What kind of logic is that?"

"Did that ugly woman ask you to come help her?"

Yamashita Saki chimed in:

"Exactly. We're the ones who were wronged. We only asked Karuizawa to apologize. She refused to cooperate, so we had to make her..."

Yabu Nanami nodded timidly and agreed:

"Right, we really didn't do anything that bad."

"We were just trying to scare her..."

Yi Chen sneered and looked at them with disdain:

"Make her cooperate? Scare her?"

"If all you'd done was ask her to apologize, that would've been the end of it. We could've cleared things up today."

"But since you treated Karuizawa this way, I'll make sure you get a taste of your own medicine."

Zhenguo Zhibao trembled with anger at Yi Chen's words and pointed at him:

"You dare threaten us? We're not afraid of you. Let's see what you can do to us."

"I don't believe you can do anything to us at school!"

Yi Chen stepped closer, his gaze oppressive as he spoke slowly:

"Anything Ryuen can do at school, I can do too."

Zhenguo stared at Yi Chen in shock.

Seeing things escalate, Tangben Yishan grew even more anxious. He hurriedly pulled Yi Chen aside again:

"Brother Yi Chen, don't get angry. If you let your anger get the better of you, you'll become impotent."

"I just heard what happened, and Zhenguo and the others were definitely in the wrong."

"How about I apologize to them, and ask them to apologize too?"

"Let's not ruin things between classmates."

Yi Chen looked at Tangben Yishan expressionlessly.

Tangben Yishan turned to tell Zhenguo and the others to apologize.

But they didn't care at all. Zhenguo Zhibao tossed her head and said:

"Come on, let's go. I'm not wasting my time talking to him. We'll see about this later."

With that, she turned and left with Yamashita Saki and Yabu Nanami.

Tangben Yishan watched them go and sighed helplessly. Scratching his head, he said to Yi Chen:

"Brother Yi Chen, it's okay. I have a pretty good idea of what happened. I'll figure something out."

"Please trust me."

Yi Chen remained expressionless, but a hint of coldness showed in his eyes as he said calmly:

"Do whatever you want. I'll be keeping an eye on them."

Then Yi Chen left too, saying he was going back to rest.

Meanwhile, Manabe and the others...

Yamashita Saki said unhappily:

"Manabe, what should we do? That ugly Karuizawa brought someone to help her."

"I heard Ryuen picked a fight with him, but it didn't do any good."

Manabe glared viciously at Yamashita:

"What do you mean, what should we do? There's no way Ryuen can't handle him. I heard someone took pictures as evidence last time."

"Ryuen ended up spending 300,000 points because of it. He's been looking for a chance to deal with Yi Chen, but those few people in our class kept resisting him."

"Ryuen's been busy getting the class under control. Otherwise, what could someone from mere Class D do?"

Yabu Nanami asked:

"Then should we get Ryuen to deal with him for us?"

Manabe replied darkly:

"Given Ryuen's personality, there's no way he'd help us."

Yamashita Saki said unhappily:

"Then what should we do? This is so irritating."

Manabe turned to the two of them with a sinister smile:

"It's simple. We give Ryuen a reason he can't refuse to help us."

Yamashita asked in confusion:

"What?"

Zhenguo gave a disdainful smile:

"I've been following Ryuen, and I happened to find out he's working with Kushida from Class D."

"Yi Chen is helping Karuizawa, so we'll teach Karuizawa a lesson."

"That'll make Yi Chen turn against us, and we're in Class C."

"No matter how much Ryuen dislikes us, he'll deal with Yi Chen for the sake of the class."

Yabu Nanami smiled wickedly:

"That's clever, Zhenguo. You're so bad."

Yamashita Saki smiled darkly:

"Zhenguo's only helping Rika, a good person from our class."

Zhenguo said:

"I'll contact Kushida first and see if she'll help us."

"We'll lure Karuizawa somewhere deserted and take out our frustration on her."

Yamashita said:

"Sounds good. Hehe. Karuizawa's so full of herself. I can't stand girls like her."

Then Zhenguo contacted Kushida.

"Kushida, could you come to the ninth floor? I have something to talk to you about."

"Sure, no problem. I'll be there in a bit."

On the ninth floor, the three girls waited for Kushida in a dimly lit hallway.

Before long, Kushida arrived.

The three of them smiled at Kushida:

"Kushida, we wanted to meet Karuizawa from your class."

"Could you help us?"

Kushida asked curiously:

"What's going on, Zhenguo? Why do you want to see Karuizawa?"

Zhenguo said:

"Nothing much. We just want to have a quick chat."

"She bumped into Rika from our class last time, and we want to bring Rika along and clear up the misunderstanding."

Kushida thought it over:

"Sure. I'll message her now and tell her you want to see her."

Zhenguo hurriedly said:

"No, don't tell her it's us. Just say a classmate wants to see her."

"Or invite her out in your own name."

Kushida asked in confusion:

"Why?"

Zhenguo said:

"We're not close, so she might not come if you tell her we want to see her."

Kushida replied:

"Then why don't you just ask her in person?"

At that, Zhenguo stopped pretending:

"Kushida, you can drop the act too. I know about your relationship with Ryuen."

Kushida smiled, feigning composure:

"What are you talking about, Zhenguo?"

Zhenguo said scornfully:

"We want to teach Karuizawa a lesson, and then we'll make Angela Yi Chen suffer a little."

Kushida kept smiling at her words:

"I see. You want to make friends with Karuizawa, right? Of course I can help with that."

Zhenguo looked at Kushida as if they understood each other:

"So Kushida, you're one of us."

Kushida smiled:

"Email me where you want to meet, and I'll let Karuizawa know."

With that, Kushida turned and left.

The three girls watched Kushida's retreating figure and smiled triumphantly.