Preferential Treatment Exam (10) Karuizawa's Crisis

Just as Yi Chen hadn't yet recovered his senses.

"Ring-a-ling~ Ring-a-ling~"

The phone in Yi Chen's pocket let out a sound.

Yi Chen helplessly pulled out his phone to check it.

It was a call from Karuizawa.

Yi Chen answered.

Karuizawa said casually:

"Sato said you were looking for me, what is it?"

Yi Chen said calmly:

"Where are you right now?"

Karuizawa:

"Me? I'm on my way to the fifth deck."

"Kushida is inviting me to the fifth deck of the Cruise Ship to meet some friends."

Yi Chen felt a sense of foreboding and said urgently:

"Hey, Karuizawa, don't go yet, I need to see you too."

Karuizawa asked in confusion:

"Huh? She only invited me, what on earth do you want with me?"

Yi Chen said calmly:

"I... I want to talk about the exam."

Karuizawa sighed:

"If you want to talk, wait until I'm done with this, okay? Hanging up now~ talk later."

Hearing this, Yi Chen couldn't help but mutter:

"Sigh, respect the fate of others."

Yi Chen couldn't care about the exam situation anymore; he prepared briefly and headed toward the location Karuizawa had mentioned.

On the fifth deck of the Cruise Ship, in a dimly lit Storage Room.

Zhenguo, Yamashita, Yabu, and Rika were in a dark corner.

Yamashita Saki glared viciously at Rika:

"Rika, when she gets here, you must teach her a lesson. She bumped into you and didn't even offer a proper apology."

Rika said tremblingly:

"Um, Yamashita, why don't we just let it go? It really wasn't a big deal."

Yamashita narrowed her eyes as she looked at Rika:

"Rika, how can we do that? We're good sisters!"

"How could we watch you get bullied and just stand by idly?"

Yabu Nanami laughed with a sinister look:

"That's right, Rika. How could we watch you get bullied?"

Zhenguo Zhibao smiled at Rika and placed her hand on Rika's shoulder.

"Rika, if we get bullied, we have to bully them back, otherwise they'll just keep bullying you."

Yamashita Saki chimed in:

"Exactly, Rika, people are bullied because they are too kind. Don't worry, this time we will definitely help you."

Rika didn't dare to look up at their eyes, saying fearfully:

"It's okay, I actually don't think she did it on purpose, so why don't we just forget it."

Zhenguo looked at Rika with a gloomy expression:

"Rika, you're just too kind. We asked her, and she clearly remembers bumping into you."

"Yet she didn't come to apologize, which clearly means it was intentional."

Yabu chimed in:

"That's right, Rika, you don't need to say anything more. We will definitely make her give you an explanation."

"This kind of person needs to be taught a lesson."

At this moment, Karuizawa was looking at her phone while following Kushida's location to the Storage Room.

The door to the Storage Room was open.

The Storage Room had many shelves and the room was quite large.

There were many things scattered about, with boxes of all sizes and various daily necessities filling the space.

Karuizawa looked at the dim light in the room and continued moving forward in search of Kushida.

Karuizawa called out with a hint of anxiety:

"Kushida? Kushida, where are you?"

Karuizawa continued forward until she reached the wall of the room.

Karuizawa wondered aloud:

"Huh, that's strange. Where is Kushida?"

"Haven't arrived yet?"

Zhen Guo and the other two walked out from a dark corner with arrogant expressions on their faces.

Rika followed the three of them, trembling.

Karuizawa turned around to see Zhen Guo and the others; she felt panicked inside, but she forced herself to look at them with a calm expression.

Zhen Guo and the others looked at Karuizawa with wicked grins.

Karuizawa said, sounding somewhat flustered:

"Why are you here? Where is Kushida?"

Zhen Guo crossed her arms and said gloomily:

"Karuizawa, it was us who had Kushida call you here."

Karuizawa said in a low voice:

"Is that so? I have nothing to talk to you about. I have things to do, so I'm leaving."

After saying this, Karuizawa intended to leave, but Zhen Guo and the others blocked her path.

Karuizawa panicked and tried to leave in another direction.

Zhen Guo and the others cornered Karuizawa against the wall, refusing to let her leave.

Karuizawa's eyes widened, and she looked at them with alarm:

"What do you want to do?"

Zhen Guo approached Karuizawa with a malicious smile:

"What could we possibly want to do?"

"Where do you think you're going? Nothing to talk to us about?"

Zhen Guo pushed Rika, who was behind her, toward Karuizawa.

"Rika, was it her who bumped into you?"

Rika didn't dare to move, keeping her head down and staring at the floor.

Zhen Guo glared:

"Karuizawa, this is the Rika you bumped into."

"Don't you like to put on an act?"

"Even calling people to help you, you really are disgusting."

Karuizawa forced herself to remain calm and said helplessly:

"What act? Isn't it just an apology? I'll apologize right now."

"I'm sorr—"

Zhen Guo slapped Karuizawa across the face.

Karuizawa looked shocked, clutching her right cheek where she had just been struck.

Seeing this, Rika became even more nervous, not daring to even breathe loudly.

Karuizawa said, sounding fearful:

"Why did you hit me? Aren't you afraid of the school punishing you for this?"

Zhen Guo laughed dismissively:

"Don't worry, Karuizawa. The surveillance cameras can't see this spot, and we won't leave any marks on you."

Yamashita Saki stepped forward and looked at Karuizawa with a venomous gaze:

"Karuizawa, you really have been bullied before, haven't you?"

Upon hearing this, Karuizawa could no longer maintain her calm facade, and she looked at them with a face full of terror.

Yamashita laughed sinisterly:

"Hahaha, so it really is true."

Yabu Nanami also smiled gloomily.

Zhen Guo slapped Karuizawa across the face once again.

Rika shuddered in fear.

Karuizawa covered her bruised left cheek again, trembling as she spoke:

"Um, I'm sorry, I really know I was wrong, please forgive me."

Zhen Guo landed another slap:

"Hahaha."

"Her face really feels good to hit, hahaha."

Yabu Nanami stepped forward and delivered a slap of her own:

"Oh, it really does! It feels great to hit her! Hahaha."

Yamashita also landed a slap.

With tears in her eyes, Karuizawa trembled and said:

"I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to bump into her."

Zhen Guo and the others ignored her, laughing viciously.

Slap after slap followed.

Zhen Guo looked at Rika:

"Hey, Rika, you try it too."

Rika said fearfully:

"Um, Zhen Guo, how about we leave it at this? She's already apologized."

Zhen Guo patted Rika on the shoulder, speaking in a grave, earnest tone:

"Rika, do you even know why we sought her out today?"

"It was to help you, and now you're saying forget it?"

"Isn't that a waste of our good intentions? Can you bear to waste our kindness?"

Zhen Guo stared at Rika with a gloomy expression.

Rika said nervously:

"No... that's not it, I..."

Zhen Guo smirked and raised Rika's hand toward Karuizawa's face:

"Give it a try, Rika."

"Just think about how she bumped into you and didn't even apologize."

"Why should she get away with that?"

"Aren't you both the same kind of person?"

"Rika, surely you have moments of resentment too."

Rika looked at Karuizawa nervously.

Karuizawa's eyes had already gone dull and lifeless.

She kept muttering:

"I'm sorry, please let me go."

Rika swallowed hard...

At the entrance of the Storage Room, a mobile phone was quietly recording everything.