You Wouldn't Want Your Father to Be Beyond Saving, Would You?

Judging from the damage notification provided by the system prompt, Bai Zhou's slap had been far harsher than the last one.

Chu Yun was sent crashing straight into the crowd, yet no one there showed any intention of helping him up. They all scattered away from him.

After finally steadying himself, Chu Yun clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

"Bastard!"

He actually looked ready to charge forward and beat Bai Zhou senseless.

But it was as if some force had restrained him. He only took one step forward before forcibly stopping himself.

His eyes kept flickering, as though he were communicating with someone.

Others might not have known, but Bai Zhou, who knew the original plot inside out, understood perfectly well.

It had to be the voice in Chu Yun's mind, stopping his impulsive actions!

That was also why Bai Zhou had been conflicted over his identity as a villain before. But now...

No matter how many voices you had in your head, Chu Yun, it was all fucking irrelevant.

At that moment, a delicate-looking young girl seemed to have used great effort to squeeze through the crowd and reach Chu Yun's side.

The sight of this girl made Bai Zhou's eyes light up.

She was one of the few students present wearing a school uniform. Moreover, her uniform looked somewhat oversized and did not fit her well.

Even so, though the school badge had become a little indistinct after years of washing, the uniform remained clean and neat.

Especially that exquisite face—if not for her sickly thinness, she would definitely have been a stunning beauty!

The girl looked at Chu Yun with concern and said, "Brother Chu Yun, are you alright?"

Seeing his badly swollen cheek, she looked so heartbroken that she was nearly in tears. Then she turned to Bai Zhou and snapped with surprising firmness, "Why did you hit Brother Chu Yun?!"

Before Bai Zhou could speak, Shen Qin, standing beside him, looked at the girl with disdain and said, "Oh? Isn't this Lin Wei, the one who only awakened an E-Class talent? What, does it hurt to see your Brother Chu Yun get hit?"

"Well, it makes sense. Someone like him can only contract with E-Class trash like you! I had barely broken up with him before you jumped out to defend him?"

"You're only fit to pick up the trash I don't want!"

"Thanks for taking this trash off my hands, too. Otherwise, how could I have ended up with Young Master Bai Zhou?"

Ding! Detected that, because of you, the Protagonist has suffered 999 points of emotional damage. Destined Villain Value +100. Villain Roulette requires 500 more to unlock.

It had to be said, those rotten side characters in the original novel who existed solely to mock the Protagonist really packed a punch.

But Bai Zhou did not care about that right now.

His gaze remained fixed on Lin Wei.

He knew the original plot well. This frail girl named Lin Wei was Chu Yun's childhood sweetheart!

And her family circumstances were very ordinary. Compared to his own... they did not even amount to scraps.

But there was one crucial piece of information that Bai Zhou remembered perfectly clearly!

Although Lin Wei had only awakened an E-Class spiritual artifact, its name was the Dragon Gallant Silver Spear!

What kind of joke was that?!

The name "Dragon Gallant Silver Spear" alone could not possibly belong to something that was merely E-Class!

According to the original plot, the voice in Chu Yun's mind would later discover the Dragon Gallant Silver Spear's hidden attributes through a special method and directly demand that Chu Yun form a contract with it.

As his childhood sweetheart, Lin Wei would surely be more than willing.

And once the contract was completed, the Dragon Gallant Silver Spear's talent would instantly be activated, soaring in one leap into a Super SSS-Class divine artifact!

Lin Wei would also become Chu Yun's ultimate tool for showing off during the early stages of the novel!

Now that he was here, how could he possibly hand over the Dragon Gallant Silver Spear to someone else?!

And if he managed to win over the only girl currently supporting Chu Yun...

It would definitely provide him with quite a bit of Destined Villain Value, wouldn't it?

With that thought in mind.

Bai Zhou had already taken out his phone, typed out a message whose contents were unknown, and sent it.

Meanwhile, Lin Wei, who had been mocked by Shen Qin, had tears in her eyes. "You..."

She wanted to argue her case, but Chu Yun raised a hand to stop her.

"Weiwei, there's no need to waste words on people like them."

"Brother Chu Yun..." Seeing Chu Yun's badly swollen cheek, Lin Wei truly ached for him.

Just then, the loudspeaker boomed once more.

"Next up, Class Three, Grade Twelve, Chu Yun!"

The moment those words were spoken, everyone immediately turned to look at Chu Yun's red, swollen face.

But their eyes held nothing but disdain and mockery.

Even Shen Qin, standing beside Bai Zhou, added, "Oh? It's your turn to go up and embarrass yourself already?"

Shen Qin's firepower really had incredible endurance.

But this time, Bai Zhou did not hear any notification about the Protagonist suffering emotional damage.

Because Chu Yun's mindset had changed.

Even though his face was swollen from the slap.

A trace of excitement still appeared in his eyes.

"Is it finally my turn?"

What, were you about to start showing off?

He turned and glanced at Lin Wei. "Believe in me."

Chu Yun turned and walked toward the platform. The way he strode along, he seemed to have his own background music playing out of thin air!

Little did anyone know that an aged voice was sounding in Chu Yun's mind.

"Relax. You carry a wisp of this king's remnant soul. Your talent will surely shake the universe! When that time comes, forget that playboy who slapped you—even the entire world will submit beneath your feet!"

Of course, that had nothing to do with Bai Zhou.

His eyes were still on Lin Wei, and the light in his pupils conveyed only two words.

"I want her."

Lin Wei naturally noticed Bai Zhou's burning gaze.

She immediately felt terrible.

After all, she was an innocent young girl. Who could stand being stared at by such a perverted gaze?

Still, she forced herself to calm down and made herself stop looking at Bai Zhou.

But the less she wanted to look, the clearer she could see him.

Finally, unable to bear that gaze that seemed ready to swallow her whole.

Lin Wei turned around and fled in panic.

And how could Bai Zhou possibly let such an opportunity slip away?

He naturally shook off Shen Qin and took off after her at full speed!

"Hey! Bai Zhou!" Shen Qin wanted to chase after him as well.

But the sound of "Chu Yun, awakening begins!" rang out from the field, making Shen Qin temporarily abandon that thought.

She fled, he chased, and her soul nearly flew out of her body.

At last, Bai Zhou cornered Lin Wei in an empty corner.

Lin Wei's eyes immediately reddened. She lowered her head, too afraid to look at Bai Zhou, and asked in a soft, tearful voice, "W-why are you chasing me?"

"I need emergency glucose suga—no, that's not it." Bai Zhou nearly blurted out something strange out of reflex. He shook his head and hurriedly corrected himself.

"What I want is you."

Bai Zhou got straight to the point. But upon hearing those words, Lin Wei trembled all over. Her small hands tightly gripped the hem of her clothes as she gritted her teeth.

"Even if I kill myself, I won't..."

"How did this suddenly become about suicide?!" Bai Zhou's mouth twitched. "Did you get the wrong idea? I meant signing a contract with you!"

Lin Wei shuddered and raised her completely reddened eyes, but quickly lowered them again and bit her lip. "Shen Qin... Shen Qin clearly has an S-class talent. Why don't you contract with her? Why do you want to contract with an E-Class piece of trash like me...?"

Bai Zhou smiled and shook his head, stepping forward. "Because they can't see the brilliance in you."

But that single step forward made Lin Wei shrink back in fright, and she retreated another two steps.

Bai Zhou curled his lips. "Are you really that afraid of me? I'm not a bad person."

To his surprise, Lin Wei immediately said, "You bullied Brother Chu Yun. That makes you a big bad guy."

"Ha..." Bai Zhou sighed. Then he raised his head and decided to go all in. "That's right, I'm a big bad guy. But... I'm a rich big bad guy!"

As he said this, the corners of Bai Zhou's lips rose slightly. "If I remember correctly... your father should be at Third Hospital, right?"

Lin Wei's eyes contracted sharply upon hearing that. "Don't hurt my father!"

"Who said I was going to hurt your father?" Bai Zhou spread his hands.

"Isn't your father in such a condition because your family has no money to treat him? Are you still counting on that Chu Yun? He's even poorer than your family!"

"But..."

"I have money!"

A wolfish glint appeared in Bai Zhou's eyes.

Using Lin Wei's father to threaten her was indeed somewhat immoral, but... he was a villain. What was morality worth?

Bai Zhou stepped closer to Lin Wei again and whispered.

"You wouldn't want your father to be beyond saving, would you?"