To avoid wasting time, Xie Zhuzhou climbed out through a first-floor window at the end of the corridor.
After walking briskly for a few minutes, Xie Zhuzhou suddenly heard someone speaking in a vicious, sleazy tone. "Who would've thought you'd end up like this, Chu Yanzhang! Well? Being blind feels pretty awful, doesn't it?"
"Already blind, and you still came here looking for death."
"Weren't you so full of yourself before? Why aren't you saying anything now?"
"Right, you're just someone the Chu family threw away. I heard there's no hope for you for the rest of your life."
"What a waste of that face."
The boy, who was as bulky as a pig, was about to reach out with his fat pig's hand, just about to touch Chu Yanzhang's face.
Meanwhile, judging his position by sound alone, Chu Yanzhang was about to lift his foot and kick him flying.
Xie Zhuzhou saw this as he passed by. Before he had time to think much, his body moved ahead of his brain, and he rushed over and knocked that sleazy man down with a deft kick.
"Fuck! Who are you!"
There were two of them in total. They wore designer brands but looked like a mess, and their vile behavior made Xie Zhuzhou even more disgusted.
"Who am I? You think you deserve to know my name?" Xie Zhuzhou had read plenty of stories about heroes saving beauties, so he slipped into the role with ease. A cold glint entered his eyes as he looked down at the pighead sprawled on the ground as though he were some lower life-form. He took a few steps forward and ground his foot hard into the man's hand, as if he were about to cripple it.
Then he glanced at the other man, whose very face had a sleazy look to it. "What? You want a turn too?"
The man saw the ruthlessness and fearlessness in Xie Zhuzhou's eyes, as though he really would dare beat them to death.
He couldn't help taking a step back, his lips trembling uncontrollably as he said, "Y-you wouldn't dare! Let him go!"
"Let him go? Of course. How about you take his place?"
"You! You dare hit people! I'll report you to the school! I'll c-call the police!"
"Sure. Who do you think is faster, the police or my knife?"
He slowly crouched down, his slender, beautiful hand pulling a pair of nail clippers from his jacket pocket. He extended the file inside and pressed it against the pighead's face.
The pigheaded man's hand hurt so much he wanted to cry, and his fat body kept him from getting up any time soon. Seeing that Xie Zhuzhou actually dared hold a blade against his face, he felt that terrifying chill slowly move down to his neck, then looked at Xie Zhuzhou's expensive limited-edition jacket.
Now he was too frightened even to speak. He was so unlucky. How had he run into a lunatic who played the hero at school?!
And the guy looked even richer than them!! And even harder to mess with!
Otherwise, how would he dare say something like that...
"Ah, what a shame. No surveillance cameras here, either. What should I do?"
After getting a taste of the joy of threatening people with Ji Wangyun, a towering, somewhat twisted tree seemed to have sprouted from the barren soil of Xie Zhuzhou's mind.
Though timid, Xie Zhuzhou, who was both cowardly and fond of playing around, found this extremely entertaining.
With a calm expression, he said things that could make someone wet themselves. The boy who stood there, not daring to approach, completely panicked.
When he saw Xie Zhuzhou preparing to act, he abandoned his teammate and ran.
And the fat pig under Xie Zhuzhou's foot did end up wetting his pants in terror.
In all their years, neither of those two men had ever met anyone like Xie Zhuzhou! They had always been the ones threatening others before. Only when a blade was actually pressed against his own neck did he realize how frightening it was.
Xie Zhuzhou put his tool away and stood up with a frown, his eyes full of disgust. Then he went over to Chu Yanzhang and asked, "Are you all right?"
Chu Yanzhang was a little embarrassed. His image seemed to be completely ruined. "Thank you. You've helped me again."
Xie Zhuzhou picked up the white cane that had fallen several meters away and couldn't help asking, "Are you here for classes, or to find someone?"
"I graduated last year. Actually, I came to find you." Chu Yanzhang wanted to return Xie Zhuzhou's clothes. They were quite expensive, and it wasn't good to keep them at his place, but he had waited outside Xie Zhuzhou's door for many days without seeing him. Remembering that he had yet to thank him for last time, he wanted to tell him in person.
He hadn't expected to run into people who knew him along the way.
"I wanted to thank you and return your clothes, but I went over several times and never caught you. Last time, you said you went to school here, so I came."
"You're really something, going all over the place when you can't see."
"Mm..."
Xie Zhuzhou couldn't be bothered to say more. "Come on, I'll take you home... Uh, I forgot to ask how you got here."
"By taxi." Today, Chu Yanzhang had again slipped out while his special assistants were away at work. Although the process had been somewhat difficult, he had still made it. Unfortunately, the driver hadn't been willing to take him to the riverside, and getting hit and killed by a car would ruin someone else's family too.
Xie Zhuzhou knew nothing of Chu Yanzhang's grand plan. All he thought was, "You're really bold."
If it were him, he would never go outside. Facing a dark, unknown world would bring nothing but boundless fear.
"I'll take you back, okay? Xiao Chu, or should I call you Xiao Zhang?"
"You can call me A-Yan."
"All right." Xie Zhuzhou was very tolerant toward people with disabilities, and for once, he barely made any cutting remarks.
When his assistant Xiao Nan picked up the young master, he nearly lost control of his expression. He thought, Isn't this the one who turned the Chu family upside down?
"Have some water."
"Thank you."
Xiao Nan: "..."
Was this really their young master, who only had to open his mouth to be fed and hold out his arms to be dressed?!
He was like a completely different person!
Xiao Nan had seen a whole crowd of people fussing over the young master.
"Go to Parasol Tree Residential Complex. I'm taking him home."
"Yes."
Xiao Nan wasn't worried that the young master might not know Chu Yanzhang's identity. After all, they were already friends who helped each other unscrew bottle caps, so surely he knew, right?
"Let's add each other on WeChat. If you need anything, message me on WeChat instead of going somewhere like school." Xie Zhuzhou didn't press Chu Yanzhang about what grudge those two had against him.
With someone he had looked after, Xie Zhuzhou treated it like doing a good deed, seeing it through to the end.
"Okay. Add me."
Chu Yanzhang felt around in his pocket and took out a phone with a screen full of static. He froze for a moment but still handed it to Xie Zhuzhou. If he'd known, he would have had his assistant buy him one overnight.
Xie Zhuzhou took a deep breath. He had truly never seen such a pitiful little thing.
After adding his contact details, he was still worried that someone with a disability might be bullied and not dare say anything, so he decided to make an on-site inspection and see whether Chu Yanzhang's eldest brother was a good person. "Would it be all right if I came to see your place? I have some doubts about whether your family is reliable."
"Sure. Your clothes have just been dry-cleaned, too."
Xie Zhuzhou sighed. In the flower of his youth, and he had gone blind! What a pity!
"Xiao Nan, you know what you should and shouldn't say, right?"
Thoroughly intimidated by the young master's tone, Xiao Nan gritted his teeth and smiled. "What are you saying? I'm your assistant. Of course I'm completely loyal to you."
"My eldest brother assigned you to me. If he wanted to know something, would you keep it from him?"