Things on campus always spread quickly. By the time Bai Yunsheng finished lunch and returned to the classroom, Feng Tingfan was already standing by the door with several people, looking anything but friendly. They seemed to be talking about something, but when they heard footsteps, they all looked up.
Several pairs of eyes landed on Bai Yunsheng. In the past, he would have taken the back door, but there was no need for him to avoid them now. Feng Tingfan had not expected Bai Yunsheng to walk straight toward him so openly, and he instinctively straightened up from where he had been lazily leaning against the doorframe.
Bai Yunsheng: "Move."
No one moved.
Several people in the classroom who enjoyed a good show stretched their necks, trying hard to see outside.
Feng Tingfan: "You got first place this time. Feeling proud?" His face was calm, but there was a trace of unease and gritted resentment in his voice.
Bai Yunsheng: "It's not first place in the nation. What's there to be proud of?"
Feng Tingfan's face went red, then pale. After steadying himself for a few seconds, he lifted his chin.
Zhang Cheng beside him spoke up. "Someone who's always ranked near the bottom suddenly gets first place. Who knows whether it's real or fake?"
Bai Yunsheng slowly turned to look at Zhang Cheng, his gaze blunt. "Feng Tingfan really raised a good dog. It bites wherever he points?"
Zhang Cheng was stunned by Bai Yunsheng's look for several seconds. It was not until someone behind him lightly nudged him that he came back to his senses, his ears turning red. "Y-you, who are you calling a dog?"
Bai Yunsheng could not be bothered to waste words. "Still not moving?"
Feng Tingfan stepped forward. With Bai Yunsheng's school badge on his chest in mind, he only gave Bai Yunsheng a light shove. "Bai Yunsheng, just wait. Just now, the Student Council raised doubts about your grades. I think there'll be a result soon." He smiled after saying that. To be honest, Feng Tingfan was not bad-looking. His features were excellent, and his smile always gave people a cute impression. That made many people mistakenly believe Feng Tingfan was gentle.
When Bai Yunsheng had first arrived at the Feng Household, he had thought so too.
Looking at Feng Tingfan's smile, Bai Yunsheng suddenly smiled as well.
Feng Tingfan frowned. "What are you laughing at?"
Bai Yunsheng: "We're both members of the Feng Household. We share glory and disgrace. Second Brother, isn't my first place also a point of pride for the Feng Household? Why do you still look unhappy? If, as you wish, my grades turn out to be fake, Father will only scold me a few times at most. After all..." His fingers gently stroked his school badge before finally pressing against the gemstone. The red gem was dazzling and striking, making his fingertips look pink. "After all, you know very well who gave me this gold badge, don't you?"
Feng Tingfan paused, seeming to realize the stakes in an instant. He shot a vicious look at the person beside him wearing a silver school badge.
Just as expected...
Bai Yunsheng's smile widened. "Second Brother, were you stirred up by this person? Does he hate seeing someone from the Feng Household take first place?"
Hearing Bai Yunsheng say that, the person was afraid Feng Tingfan would take it to heart. "Brother Feng, he's trying to drive a wedge between us." After saying that, he looked at Bai Yunsheng's badge, seeming hesitant.
Compared to that badge, he was more afraid that the relationship he had worked so hard to build with Feng Tingfan would fall apart because of a few words from Bai Yunsheng.
After all, the person who had given Bai Yunsheng that badge had never appeared again after giving it to him. Maybe it had only been tossed to him like a treat for a dog.
He had even heard Bai Yunsheng traded his body for it. How secure could something obtained with one's body possibly be?
Having thought it through, the person seemed to grow bolder. Feng Tingfan was the only one he needed to curry favor with, and he knew perfectly well whom Feng Tingfan hated most. "It's just some filthy thing you got by seducing someone. What's there to be proud of? A bastard is still a bastard. Even wearing a gold school badge, you're nothing but a lowly dog dressed like a person. Your mother couldn't show her face in public. She was a slut, and you..." Before he could finish, Bai Yunsheng moved.
Feng Tingfan was standing close by. He did not even have time to see how Bai Yunsheng had rushed forward. All he knew was that Bai Yunsheng shoved him, sending him crashing to the ground. Amid a piercing scream, he looked up, about to curse, only to see Bai Yunsheng already straddling that person, expressionlessly raining down punch after punch.
The person was beaten so badly he could not fight back at all. Blood splattered everywhere. Bai Yunsheng instinctively narrowed his eyes. A bead of blood landed on his eyelashes, then slid down to hang at the corner of his eye.
As Bai Yunsheng's movements grew increasingly vicious, mottled streaks of blood gradually stained his exquisite, beautiful face.
Blood and beautiful things collided, creating a beauty so striking it was almost absurd.
Everyone was frozen in place by the sight.
After an unknown amount of time, Bai Yunsheng slowly stood up. He casually pulled a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped his face, then threw it onto the person. The group gathered at the classroom door all took a step back, terror on their faces. Bai Yunsheng gave them a cold glance, walked into the classroom, then emerged a few seconds later dragging a chair.
He walked over to the person, seeming not to realize that he could no longer speak.
"Apologize to my mother." Bai Yunsheng lowered his eyes, making his expression impossible to see, but an aura that made one's skin crawl radiated from him. "I said, apologize to my mother."
The person let out a whimper.
Bai Yunsheng: "Good." With that, he raised the chair.
Feng Tingfan finally reacted.
"Bai Yunsheng, are you insane?!"
Bai Yunsheng paused and turned to look at him. There was not a trace of light in his eyes, dead and still like a stagnant pool.
Feng Tingfan roared, "What are you standing around for?! Separate them! Do you want someone to die?!"
The group exchanged looks for several seconds. Finally, during the few seconds Bai Yunsheng remained still, they swiftly dragged that person away.
"Bai Yunsheng! Is there something wrong with your head?!" Feng Tingfan's words were harsh, but his eyes were full of fear.
Bai Yunsheng had been terrifying just now.
He had clearly wanted that person dead.
Bai Yunsheng regained some of his reason. He threw the chair aside and walked toward Feng Tingfan step by step. Feng Tingfan instinctively took a step back. "Y-you, what do you want?"
"Feng Tingfan."
Feng Tingfan: "What are you going to do?"
Bai Yunsheng grabbed Feng Tingfan by the arm, smearing the blood on his hand across Feng Tingfan's sleeve.
Feng Tingfan looked sick with disgust and resistance. "Bai Yunsheng! Let go of me!"
"Tell them. Who exactly is the bastard?" Bai Yunsheng raised his voice. "I originally didn't want to say this so soon. You were the one who came looking for trouble."
In the original plan, Bai Yunsheng had intended to reveal the matter of the bastard much later, at least after he had firmly established himself in the Feng Household and could announce it openly to everyone.
But now...
That was impossible.
Before his rebirth, he had been afraid of this and afraid of that, cowardly and useless.
He had only known to cling tightly to his mother's final instructions.
"Feng Tingfan, you're the child of a mistress. What right do you have to call me a bastard everywhere?"
Silence fell over the area.
Feng Tingfan's face turned pale. "Bullshit! What nonsense are you talking about? Do you think anyone will believe you?!"
Bai Yunsheng released Feng Tingfan's arm. "Your mother is Jiang Li, but no one knows who my mother is."
Feng Tingfan realized what Bai Yunsheng was about to say and threw himself at him, but Bai Yunsheng dodged.
Feng Tingfan: "Bai Yunsheng! No one will believe you. Are you tired of living? Aren't you afraid Father will get angry if you spread nonsense about this?!"
Feng Yanshan would certainly be angry.
The moment Bai Yunsheng said it,
it would confirm that Feng Yanshan had abandoned the wife who had built everything from scratch with him and been disfigured because of him.
Bai Yunsheng: "So what? Feng Tingfan, you shouldn't have provoked me, and you shouldn't have let someone insult my mother."
"My mother's name was Bai Zhi! She was Feng Yanshan's first wife, and I am Feng Zhiyou's younger brother."
Every word was clear.
"His full younger brother, born of the same father and mother."
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