Knock, knock.

Lin Qing had just decided to have a proper talk when someone knocked on the hospital room door from outside.

Su Yao gave him a shameless little smile, feigning helplessness. Then she pushed Lin Qing’s hand away and kept clinging to him like a koala.

Holding on tight.

“Come in!”

“Oh, am I interrupting something…?”

At Lin Qing’s reply, Wu Gang strode in, beaming. But when he saw how intimately Lin Qing and Su Yao were holding each other, he stopped dead in his tracks.

This is not suitable for minors!!!

It’s the middle of the day—so why is it suddenly so hot in here?

A hint of awkwardness crossed Wu Gang’s face. He knew he’d picked the wrong time to show up.

Looking at how close Lin Qing and Su Yao were, Wu Gang would write his own name backward if anyone said they weren’t a couple… Tsk, the kid sure was something. He’d actually landed himself a rich, beautiful girlfriend.

Just think about that five-star hotel he’d gone to with his girlfriend yesterday. They’d stayed in a presidential suite worth tens of thousands for free.

And with the red wine, fine food, and romantic atmosphere, it had been quite the night!

That one extravagant night away, with the mood just right, had given Wu Gang the courage to propose to Wang Lingling—and she’d said yes.

Once he was discharged this time, the two of them would start preparing for their wedding.

It was all thanks to Lin Qing and Su Yao bringing them together that he’d found the courage to propose.

So Wu Gang wished this kind young couple all the happiness in the world, from the bottom of his heart.

May they be sweet and happy together for the rest of their lives~

“Uncle Wu, it’s fine. I was just about to say goodbye anyway. I’m being discharged today.”

“You’re being discharged already? Oh, right. I haven’t seen Nurse Li since I got back. Where’d she go?”

Hearing Lin Qing say he was being discharged so soon, Wu Gang felt a little reluctant to see him go. Still, he knew Lin Qing didn’t have any other problems, so it was probably better for him to leave early.

Hospitals weren’t exactly pleasant places. He hoped Lin Qing wouldn’t have to come back.

But where had Nurse Li Mei gone?

“Nurse Li probably went home on leave. I’m not sure, either. You keep resting and recovering here, Uncle Wu!”

Lin Qing didn’t say anything more about Li Mei.

After all, Wu Gang had been in the hospital for quite a while, and he and Li Mei seemed to get along pretty well.

It was hard to believe that Li Mei could go from a white-clad angel to a murderous maniac.

Especially since Lin Qing and Su Yao had been her victims…

It was better to let him hear the full story from someone else.

With that in mind, Lin Qing didn’t stay in the hospital room any longer. He quickly pushed Su Yao off him, like a koala, changed his clothes, and got ready to handle the discharge paperwork.

Lin Qing had worried about being discharged because of the cost, but now he wasn’t afraid of that anymore.

After Li Mei was arrested and brought to justice, the police station planned to give Lin Qing a Citizen’s Courage Award. Along with the certificate of honor, he’d receive five thousand yuan.

To Lin Qing, that was already a fortune.

Just as Lin Qing eagerly finished getting dressed and prepared to leave, Su Yao spoke up in an unhurried voice.

“I’ve already taken care of your discharge paperwork.”

Her words stopped Lin Qing just as he was about to open the door. He silently turned to look at Su Yao, sitting by the bed.

Meeting Lin Qing’s gaze, Su Yao gave him a radiant smile.

Seeing that smile, Lin Qing thought of his injured hand and decided not to say anything more.

He’d just count the hospital bill as his medical expenses.

“Then I’ll see you at school.”

Lin Qing knew there was no escaping Su Yao’s attention from now on, so he stopped fighting it and let her do as she pleased.

Besides the powerful group behind Su Yao, there was also the red skull above her head that puzzled Lin Qing.

If he stayed here and kept interacting with Su Yao, he’d eventually figure out what the red skull meant.

Lin Qing had nothing, and this special ability was all he had for company. Now that it had changed, he couldn’t pretend not to notice.

Still, school was the limit. Outside of school, they should leave each other alone.

He didn’t want to keep seeing Su Yao outside school. They needed some space to protect their respective secrets.

“To make things more interesting, I’ll try not to bother you~”

Su Yao was clever.

No matter where or when, her intelligence always came in handy.

And always at just the right moment.

She never made people feel annoyed.

Just like now. As Lin Qing prepared to leave, she smiled and waved at him.

She didn’t stop him. She was perfectly carefree about it.

But once Su Yao had watched Lin Qing leave without a hint of reluctance, her smile didn’t last.

Her expression gradually faded. After thinking it over for a while, she finally made up her mind.

She really wanted to investigate Lin Qing’s background, but learning everything all at once would be far too boring.

There’d be no fun in that.

Better to take it slow~

Still, even if she couldn’t mess with Lin Qing, she could mess with someone else, couldn’t she?

The school life waiting for Lin Qing wouldn’t be an easy challenge, so he’d need a capable teammate to back him up.

As Su Yao thought this over, she shifted her gaze to Wu Gang standing nearby—and immediately began plotting.

……

“Hehe, Zhou Lin, you’ve got quite a temper~”

“Get lost, get lost, get lost.”

It was break time in Class Six, Grade Eleven. Zhou Lin and Wang Jian, the class’s troublemakers, were fooling around and laughing together.

But Wang Fanran, with Zhou Lin sitting on top of him, felt his cheeks burning with humiliation.

Humiliation!

This was humiliation!

To be bullied like this in class! He’d go from being somewhere in the middle of the pecking order to the very bottom. Then any random nobody could pick on him!

With no face left to save, the poor loner in class seemed to live in a different world from the other students.

Damn it!

“Fatso, lie there and be a proper cushion. Make one more weird snorting noise and I’ll beat you to a pulp.”

Just as Wang Fanran was seething with anger, Zhou Lin, sitting on top of him and playing a handheld game, suddenly snapped at him impatiently.

At those words, Wang Fanran’s body trembled instinctively.

He didn’t have the courage to fight back at all. He just stayed put and played cushion.

But after yelling at him, Zhou Lin only got angrier the more he thought about it. That fat pig was the reason he’d been made to take the blame!

If anything happened to Lin Qing after he was sent to the hospital, Zhou Lin would be the one held responsible!

Zhou Lin acted like he didn’t care, but inside he was a nervous wreck. He’d even tossed and turned all night without being able to sleep.

Whenever he closed his eyes, he could ‘see’ the police coming to school to arrest him. Then he’d jolt awake in terror.

With his sleep ruined and his nerves on edge, Zhou Lin resented the one who’d started all this even more.

It was all that fat pig’s fault. If he hadn’t made such a fuss, Zhou Lin wouldn’t have ended up taking the blame!

This was infuriating.

Zhou Lin stopped sitting on Wang Fanran and got up, ready to beat him again.

Sure enough, he only felt better after letting it out with his fists.

“Take it easy. If you keep hitting him, you’ll attract the adults, and that won’t be good.”

But Zhou Lin’s fist never came down. Wang Jian, standing nearby, stopped him halfway.

The students had their own set of rules at school. As long as they didn’t cross the line, they could do whatever they wanted—even the teachers didn’t dare interfere too much.

Zhou Lin knew Wang Jian was right, but he still couldn’t rein in his temper. He kicked Wang Fanran in the butt.

What a damn bad luck streak!

“Bro Zhou, Bro Zhou, good news! Lin Qing’s been discharged. He’s coming back to school tomorrow!”

Just as Zhou Lin was feeling down, a voice called out from the classroom door.

The news reached Zhou Lin’s ears. He froze for a moment, then finally felt the weight lift from his heart.

He’s okay!!!

But Wang Fanran was still sprawled miserably on the floor, his butt aching as if it had split open from that vicious kick. His little eyes were full of venom.