Chapter 30: The True Colours Of Ying Ye Zhenshi

Conflict had broken out.

There was chaos in the boys' locker room.

The strained relationship between all the parties involved made the situation more tense.

At least, no one had yet to step out to help Ike Kanji fight Ying Ye Zhenshi.

Fighting in groups was vastly different from just being lazy and skipping classes every so often.

If the situation got too serious, there would definitely be trouble or even expulsion.

This was something every student knew.

And just now, everyone had learned that Ying Ye Zhenshi was clearly not someone just about anyone could bully.

He was not the same gloomy student as the one who sat alone in the class.

"Oh~ It seems Ike's friends are not planning to help you out either. I would have thought you guys would come at me together, but in the end, you're all alone. Ike-kun, you were negligent in making real friends."

Regarding the fact that he was surrounded in the locker room, Ying Ye Zhenshi was unfathomably looking forward to a fight breaking out, and so started provoking eccentrically.

No one had thought that the lonely and gloomy boy in the class would dare to talk to others like this.

"These are your true colours, Ying Ye Zhenshi."

Ying Ye Zhenshi's taunt made many people's facial expressions distort, and it also made Ike Kanji's face turn red.

Now that he had regained his senses a little bit, the discombobulated state of his brain had returned to that of the whiny little git.

"Sure enough, the reason you've been acting so helpless this entire time is to win Kushida's sympathy."

When he got to the end of his accusation, his voice became a little louder and hoarse.

"Oh, if you really want to know, then yes."

Ying Ye Zhenshi smiled.

Whether it was the case or not, as long as it was the person you disliked who admitted to such things, they would become worried about such a concern.

And so he just decided to turn Ike's concerns into a reality.

"You bastard!"

Ike Kanji shouted loudly.

He wanted to rush for Ying Ye again but was immediately held back by the others.

"Calm down."

"We still have to go to class. If you fight here, something might happen."

They hadn't mentioned their confidence levels in him fighting Ying Ye Zhenshi were low, but the boys controlled Ike anyway.

They were worried about things getting really out of hand.

"Swimming class is about to start. Have you guys not changed yet?"

In such a delicate situation, Hirata-san, who had been surrounded by girls before, finally made it to the locker room to get changed.

He was a little surprised to see the number of students people still in the locker room.

'They should have come early to change, no?'

"Oh, yeah, we were just chatting. We're leaving now."

"Hm? What's up with you Ike?"

Seeing Hirata's arrival, some people breathed a sigh of relief, while Ike and the others did not continue to stick around.

"I won't let you succeed."

Ike directly ignored Hirata's concern, throwing out a harsh warning and then left.

In his head, Ying Ye imagined that he had become the villain who was seducing the beauty Kushida Kikyo.

So Ike was probably the hero in his own fantasy.

"Then I'll look forward to it, Ike-kun."

Ying Ye Zhenshi waved his hand, as though seeing off a classmate who he was chummy with.

If one hadn't witnessed the situation, one would have thought that the two of them were friends who exchanged Christmas presents and texted all day long.

But both of them had their own plans, and Ike Kanji had his plans to make Ying Ye Zhenshi's reputation ruined somehow

And Ying Ye Zhenshi—

'Well~ Should I find some more ways to stir up trouble with them? Or how about having them drop out of school, and cleaning out all the useless students in Class D? I just don't know how the school will react to me doing this… Well, they all regard Class D as a gathering of defective products, so they shouldn't care.'

*Snort*

Ike snorted coldly and left the scene smoothly.

Others, who were about to leave, quickly followed.

Most of them didn't want to get involved in this matter.

Only Sudou had taken a look at Ying Ye Zhenshi for a moment since he had talked about 'loyalty', before leaving.

In the end, it was only Ayanokōji Kiyotaka left, who had held back Sudou as he was worried about what he would do.

"Uhm, you'd better..."

Ayanokōji Kiyotaka walked up to Ying Ye and wanted to say something, but…

"Ayanokōji, let's go."

Ike's assertive voice came from ahead.

"I'll be going then."

Ayanokōji Kiyotaka walked out with a helpless expression on his face.

Before leaving, he took a look at Hirata, who was beside him but didn't say anything.

His gaze though, was as if to convey some information.

Ying Ye Zhenshi stood where he had initially been, unworried about having offended the students in his class.

A group of pigs were still just pigs, and it would be useless if they gathered together to fight him.

In the end, all they could do was talk a lot of smack but couldn't beat him down.

Watching them leave, Ying Ye Zhenshi felt a little insidious desire sprout within.

He was curious to know how these guys would react when they received no personal points the following month.

The more the students around him acted like this, the more Ying Ye Zhenshi was looking forward to watching them learn about the real circumstances of this school the following month.

At that time, if they found out that he had sold out his class, he would have front-row tickets to a good show.

'Wouldn't they try to fight me then?'

Ying Ye Zhenshi was really looking forward to the beginning of his campus bullying.

There was also a subtle smile on his face, as he wondered whether he could take the opportunity to trick them at that time.

On the other hand, Hirata looked at all that was going in with a complicated expression on his face.

He had actually heard Ike's shout when he entered, so he had come over quickly, but he didn't know what they were fighting about.

He had thought that it was Ike and the others who were one-sidedly bullying Ying Ye Zhenshi.

Now, it appeared as though the bullying came from both ends.

"Ying Ye-kun, are you alright?"

'Another problem child.'

Hirata Yosuke looked at Ying Ye Zhenshi and already felt such a vibe.

'No wonder he usually resists my invitations all the time.'

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