"Chen-ge, what's going on? Why is the discipline director here again? Does he still need something?"
Tang Wulin sounded nervous. After all, he was the one who had broken the things, but in the end, Zhou Changxi and Xie Xie had paid for them.
He thought Long Hengxu had come to give him trouble.
But Chen Ye merely patted him on the shoulder. "It has nothing to do with you. Go back first."
"Isn't he here for me?" Tang Wulin looked at Chen Ye. He seemed stunned after asking, then noticed the gazes several people had fixed on Chen Ye.
He swallowed, sensing that their eyes were clearly hostile.
But when he saw Long Hengxu walking toward Chen Ye, Tang Wulin hesitated only for a moment before stepping right in front of him.
"Why are you looking for Chen-ge? He hasn't done anything, and he hasn't offended you."
"Hasn't done anything? He nearly beat the three of us to death." Wei Xiaofeng's voice came from behind Long Hengxu, a trace of malice in his tone as he stared straight at Chen Ye.
But Chen Ye continued watching him with an amused, almost-smile.
Under Chen Ye's gaze, the three of them shuddered.
"Student Wei Xiaofeng says you beat him up and even stepped on his face to humiliate him. Is that true?"
Long Hengxu looked at Chen Ye, who met his gaze without backing down.
"Do you have any evidence?"
There was a hint of inquiry in Chen Ye's voice, but after hearing his words, Long Hengxu fell silent.
He had already checked the surveillance footage. The cameras were broken, and although all three claimed Chen Ye had beaten them, not one of them had a mark on his body.
"That shoe print on his face—are you saying it isn't yours?" Long Hengxu pointed at Wei Xiaofeng's face.
There was a shoe print on Wei Xiaofeng's face. He had kept it there without wiping it off, waiting for Chen Ye to show up so it could serve as evidence.
He didn't know how many people had seen it along the way, and it had cost him a great deal of face.
But if it could get Chen Ye punished and kicked out of their dorm, Wei Xiaofeng felt it would be worth it.
Unfortunately, even after hearing Long Hengxu's accusation, Chen Ye's face remained expressionless. He merely blinked innocently. "Teacher, the shoe print on his face has a round sole, but I'm wearing flat-soled shoes. It doesn't look like a match, does it? Besides, this shoe print is a little too big."
Chen Ye looked innocent. Long Hengxu's questioning didn't bother him at all.
He had already tampered with the surveillance footage. The three of them had no injuries, and he had even changed the shoe print on Wei Xiaofeng's face to Wang Jinxi's.
What did he have to fear in this situation? There was no evidence that he had beaten anyone.
Seeing how unconcerned Chen Ye looked, Long Hengxu even watched him take off his shoe and hand it over.
Long Hengxu fell silent for a moment. As the discipline director, he naturally had to follow the rules.
Even if the children in front of him all came from influential families, he couldn't simply twist right and wrong.
He took the shoe and compared it to the print. Once he confirmed it wasn't Chen Ye's, he turned his sharp gaze on the three of them. "Did you three lie? Were you trying to frame this student?"
"According to you, he beat you up. All three of you are Two-Rings, and he's a Two-Ring too. How could he take on all three of you?"
"I'm sorry, Director. He did hit us, but it started because Wei Xiaofeng took his bed and insulted him, so he fought back..." Zhang Ziyang said, glancing at Chen Ye.
Before Long Hengxu could respond, Tang Wulin suddenly shouted from the side:
"You're awful! You're just trying to frame Chen-ge! Aren't the three of you obviously ganging up on him?!"
Tang Wulin's voice was full of anger. The three of them were all Two-Rings. No matter how capable Chen-ge was, he couldn't take on all three at once.
At his words, Long Hengxu's expression darkened.
He swept his gaze over the three of them. "I admit that all three of you have some family background, but the school isn't a place where you can run wild."
"Three thousand words of self-criticism each. Hand them in tomorrow."
"Teacher, this really has nothing to do with us!" Wang Jinxi looked at them in despair.
It had nothing to do with the two of them at all, but Long Hengxu didn't even give him a chance to explain. He turned and walked away.
Watching the discipline director leave without looking back, the three of them wore despair on their faces for the first time.
The injuries on their bodies had suddenly vanished, and the shoe print had been switched to Wang Jinxi's.
"No, why do I feel like this looks as though the three of us beat each other up?" Wang Jinxi sounded desperate.
All three of them looked at Chen Ye. Only the person who wronged you knew exactly how wronged you were.
Chen Ye didn't answer right away. Instead, he patted Tang Wulin on the shoulder first.
"I'm heading back. You should go back early too. Class assignments officially start tomorrow."
"Chen-ge, why don't you stay in our dorm? Those three are up to no good." Tang Wulin eyed the three of them warily.
But Chen Ye only smiled at him. "It's fine. We're all classmates. You won't hit me, right?"
As he spoke, Chen Ye looked at the three of them. They nodded, looking numb.
Then, under Tang Wulin's wary gaze, the four of them returned to the dorm together.
As soon as they got back, Wang Jinxi and Zhang Ziyang sat down on their beds, looking utterly dejected, confusion written all over their faces.
Wei Xiaofeng's body trembled as he looked at Chen Ye in fear.
But unexpectedly, Chen Ye didn't lay a hand on him. Instead, he said calmly:
"I hate people with impure motives. So, as your punishment, you'll be erased for the entire day tomorrow."
Chen Ye's voice was quiet. His pale golden eyes stared straight at Wei Xiaofeng.
Wei Xiaofeng looked bewildered. He didn't understand what Chen Ye meant.
But before he could open his mouth, Chen Ye had already stopped looking at him and quietly lay down on his bed.
Wang Jinxi and Zhang Ziyang, on the other hand, acted as if they hadn't heard Chen Ye at all.
Seeing that Chen Ye wasn't going to do anything to them, the two fell silent for a moment, then returned to their beds, where one read while the other went straight to sleep.
The night passed quickly.
Early the next morning, Wei Xiaofeng opened his eyes and yawned.
He instinctively looked around and saw that it was already nine. His three roommates seemed not to have noticed him; not one of them had woken him up.
Thinking of what had happened the day before, Wei Xiaofeng's expression darkened.
Today was the day of the class assignments, and they had to go to the sports field to hear the principal's speech.
So, after seeing that it was already nine, he didn't waste a moment. He got dressed and ran straight out.
When he reached the sports field and saw it packed with students, Wei Xiaofeng hurried over, panting.
Looking at the students gathered in front of him, Wei Xiaofeng was just about to push through the crowd when he suddenly froze.
He stared blankly as he reached out his hand and watched it pass through someone else's body.
He walked straight in without meeting the slightest resistance.
From beginning to end, he was like air. No one could see him, and no one could sense him.
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