Tang Wulin is a Good Kid!

But as a well-behaved child, since both of them had apologized to him, Tang Wulin naturally found it hard to say anything else.

"Since you've apologized, then I forgive you." Tang Wulin looked at the two of them, his tone even more sincere than theirs.

"Pfft." Chen Ye really couldn't hold it in as he looked at the adorably clueless Tang Wulin. He reached out again and patted the boy's head.

"Alright, since they've apologized to you, you all need to get along from now on. You're classmates, after all, right?"

"Um... I guess? What's your name, big brother? Are you from Class Five too?"

"I'm from Class One. You can call me Chen Ye."

"Hello, Brother Chen. I'm Tang Wulin, from Class Five." As he spoke, Tang Wulin extended his hand toward Chen Ye.

Chen Ye froze for a moment. A faint smile rested on his handsome face as he reached out and shook Tang Wulin's hand.

But before he could say anything, the door was abruptly flung open.

Both of them turned their gazes toward the entrance, where Long Hengxu walked in.

He had clearly heard some commotion here and come over to inspect it.

Yet the moment he entered, he saw two people standing there blankly, along with another person hiding by the door with a somewhat dazed expression.

Of course, that wasn't the important part. The important part was that he looked at the academy wall—at the wall that had already shattered—and his eyes filled with bewilderment.

"That can't be right. Even if this wall was built by my brother-in-law, it wasn't some shoddy construction project. How did it break just like that!?" Long Hengxu stared at the damaged wall, utterly confused.

His first thought was that someone had started a fight, but the problem was that all three of them were standing there seemingly unharmed.

But if no one had fought, could someone have been playing some kind of game and smashed through the wall? That seemed even more unreasonable.

"What exactly happened here? Who broke this wall?" Long Hengxu's tone carried a trace of sternness. His gaze swept around before finally landing on Xie Xie.

He didn't know anyone else here, but he knew this young master of the Xie family.

Before Long Hengxu could speak, however, Xie Xie and Zhou Changxi both looked at him at the same time and spoke in unison:

"It was my fault. I wanted to bully Tang Wulin, so he punched me and broke the wall!"

"It was my fault. I was acting cool and stepped on Tang Wulin's blanket, so he hit me and sent me crashing into the wall."

Their tones were full of sincerity, but Long Hengxu could only stare at them blankly, his eyes filled with absurd confusion.

"No, Zhou Changxi, you bullied a classmate, and you actually have the nerve to say it out loud? You... you..." Long Hengxu opened and closed his mouth, finding it unbelievable for a moment.

In all his life, this was the first time he had seen someone admit to bullying a classmate with such confidence.

Yet the two of them seemed to ignore him entirely and didn't even look his way.

"You two will each write a three-thousand-word self-criticism, then take responsibility for repairing this place!"

After glaring at the two of them, Long Hengxu turned and left.

Only after he left the room did a look of pure bewilderment appear in his eyes.

"Normally, shouldn't I have asked what exactly happened? Why did I just walk out?"

"And wasn't it Zhou Changxi and Xie Xie who got beaten up?"

Long Hengxu scratched his head in confusion. After thinking it over carefully, he felt that it somehow made sense, then quickly walked away.

Inside the room, Xie Xie and Zhou Changxi sat on the floor.

Their faces were equally filled with confusion and disbelief.

They first looked at Tang Wulin, then at Chen Ye, and finally exchanged glances with each other.

"Wait, what does this have to do with me? Sure, I stepped on your blanket, but you beat me up too! Why do I still have to pay?" Xie Xie's tone was full of disbelief.

He wanted to say more, but when he saw his own footprint still on that little flower-patterned blanket, he fell silent again.

Zhou Changxi looked toward Chen Ye and was just about to speak when he saw Chen Ye's body twitch strangely.

His body trembled slightly like an illusory shadow before returning to normal.

A trace of confusion flashed through Zhou Changxi's eyes, but he soon fell silent as well.

"Forget it. We'll split the repair costs. I'll pay half, and you pay the other half." Zhou Changxi looked at Xie Xie, his tone helpless.

"Fine." Xie Xie was silent for a moment before nodding as well.

Tang Wulin looked at the two of them in confusion. Normally, he should have been the one paying.

After all, he was the one who had damaged it. Yet for some reason, these two had inexplicably taken responsibility for it.

But before Tang Wulin could say anything more, he felt someone pat his shoulder.

When he turned his head, he saw Chen Ye. The boy still wore that signature smile on his face.

"Looks like everything's fine here, Tang Wulin. I'll be going now. We can have a meal together sometime."

"The cafeteria here should have lots of food. There might be plenty of tasty things."

Chen Ye's tone held a hint of amusement. Hearing him, Tang Wulin's eyes instantly lit up.

"Really? Is the food at Eastsea Academy much better than at ordinary academies? Is it free here now?"

Tang Wulin swallowed as he spoke. He had quite the appetite.

If the school cafeteria was free, that would be a good thing for him. At the very least, he could save over a thousand Federation credits.

"Of course it's free. I'm heading out first." Chen Ye patted Tang Wulin on the shoulder. He did not look at the others, only briefly sweeping his gaze over Yun Xiao.

Following his gaze, the two met each other's eyes.

Deep within both their eyes, a dark golden gleam swirled.

Chen Ye did not stop. He opened the door and walked straight out.

As the door closed, Chen Ye's body vanished into thin air like a bubble.

Meanwhile, in a café outside the school.

A white-haired youth sat there, with two slices of cream cake and a large cup of milk tea in front of him.

As he quickly devoured the cake, he raised his head in surprise. "Tang San's divine consciousness hasn't awakened? I thought it would awaken right away."

"This is more interesting than I expected. Should I mess with Tang Yin a little?"

There was hesitation in Chen Ye's voice. Looking at the milk tea and cake before him, he waved his hand with a pained expression.

As the milk tea and cake vanished at the same time, he slowly rose to his feet and left the dessert shop.

Whether entering or leaving, Chen Ye had been like air itself, drawing no one's attention.

It was not until the door opened that the dessert shop owner glanced at it in confusion, then walked over and closed it again.