Chapter 007: Hello, Classmate

"Classmate, take a look at the bandaging. I saw you tied your shoelaces in a bow, you must really like bows, so I bandaged you with a bow."

The doctor had a good impression of Lin Fan. What a brave student!

Lin Fan tilted his head. "It looks very nice."

The doctor smiled. It was fortunate that he had many girlfriends in his youth and learned this skill.

A police officer held a notebook.

"Classmate, what's your name? We need to register it. Your actions are considered an act of bravery. We will contact your school afterward and commend you properly."

Such matters should be publicized. How could they let their little hero feel disheartened? Letting the school know about the little hero's qualities would result in special attention from teachers, more homework assignments, extra tutoring in weaker subjects, all striving for admission to a good university.

"I'm going to be late for school," Lin Fan said.

The officer said, "Don't worry, classmate. We will take you to school. Besides, you're injured and can go back and rest. We'll excuse you from class."

To the police officer and the doctor, this was such an outstanding little hero. Even injured, he still wanted to go to school. If it were anyone else, they would probably lie on the ground and not get up, playing at home for several days.

Thinking of their own children, they fell silent. Perhaps they should go home tonight and have a good talk with their children, strengthening their father-son relationship.

"Goodbye, I'm going to school." Lin Fan ran off with his backpack.

"Hey! Classmate, wait..."

"Little hero, you haven't had a tetanus shot yet!"

Lin Fan ran a little too fast, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

The police officer and the doctor looked at each other, both with admiration.

"Officer, this little hero is truly brave. If all young people today were like him, our nation's strength would be boundless," the doctor sighed.

The officer said, "Yes, I just saw his school ID. His name is Chen Yang, and he attends Chuangwei Third High School. After we finish here, I'll report this to my superiors and give the young student an award."

By the roadside, Zhang Hao sat slumped on the curb, still shaken. Looking down at the blood on his palm, Chen Yang's figure kept flashing through his mind.

"Hello, classmate. Let's get to know each other again."

That calm gaze.

That indifferent face.

Images flashed through his mind.

This wasn't the Chen Yang he knew.

Chuangwei Third High School.

Walking on campus, Lin Fan smelled the scent of books and thought that if Old Zhang were to come here, he would probably become an excellent acupuncture teacher.

Senior Year Class Two.

Chen Yang was quite popular with the girls at school; they all needed a male best friend.

The girl who shared a desk with Chen Yang was named Li Xue. She had long hair, neat bangs covering her forehead, fair skin, and was quite pretty. Her personality was a bit odd, and she wasn't very friendly to Chen Yang.

A line divided their desk.

Lin Fan wasn't used to the atmosphere here. Other students were reading their books, while he just stared blankly at the blackboard.

"Your bow is very delicate today," Li Xue said, glancing at Lin Fan's shoelaces and the bandage on his hand.

Usually, Chen Yang would blush shyly and murmur, "It's alright."

But today was different.

"Mm," Lin Fan replied.

"Boring." Li Xue pouted. It wasn't what she expected. Then she noticed Lin Fan's arm had crossed the line on the desk. Her eyes lit up. She took a ballpoint pen from her pencil case, removed the cap, and jabbed it at him while he wasn't paying attention.

She was anticipating Chen Yang jumping up in surprise, exclaiming in a girly voice, "How could you do this? It hurts!"

Huh?

But the scene she imagined didn't happen.

Lin Fan felt something, glanced over indifferently, and then continued staring at the blackboard. He realized his deskmate was like some of the people in Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, fond of playing games.

"How could this be?" Li Xue stared with wide eyes, confusion evident in them.

Girls are never willing to admit defeat.

She jabbed harder, the pen tip digging into his flesh, but Chen Yang didn't react at all, not even a frown.

"No way."

Li Xue, in disbelief, pulled the pen out, wondering if there was something wrong with it. Why didn't it hurt?

The moment she pulled the pen out…

Sizzle!

Blood spurted from Lin Fan's arm, splattering Li Xue's face.

Li Xue felt a chill on her face. Touching it, she found bright red liquid. Seeing the column of blood from Lin Fan's arm, which, due to lack of pressure, could no longer maintain an arc, her pupils constricted sharply.

"Ah!"

Li Xue covered her face, jumped up from her seat in terror, and ran out, wailing.

"Help!"

"Help!"

The students in the class stared at Li Xue, dumbfounded, as if they had seen a ghost.

Lin Fan shook his head.

These people's tolerance was too weak. Blood flowed within their bodies, accompanying them for so long, yet they feared even their closest companion. Therefore, the nature of betrayal was innate.

These weren't his words, but those of an elderly man at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital.

Lin Fan's constitution was good; the bleeding stopped after a while.

Morning reading began.

Zhang Hao walked in, looking unwell, especially when he saw Lin Fan. He lowered his head, not daring to meet Lin Fan's gaze.

They were both considered the "bad students" of the class.

So the teacher arranged them to sit at the back.

Zhang Hao's deskmate also often bullied Chen Yang. Seeing Zhang Hao arrive, he started to tell on Chen Yang. "Li Xue, the girl you like, was bullied by Chen Yang. After class, let's drag him to the restroom and beat him up, what do you say?"

His name was Yang Zitian. He looked decent, with a crew cut and an earring, looking rather thuggish. He had several girlfriends, all admiring his roguish charm.

"No, let's not," Zhang Hao said, still shaken. "Don't do that. I think there's something strange about Chen Yang."

"Strange? What's strange about him? He's just a sissy, an incompletely evolved individual." Yang Zitian scoffed. Then he noticed something was off with Zhang Hao. "Why have you become like this overnight? Don't tell me Chen Yang spent two hundred yuan to hire some thugs to beat you up."

"Bullshit, who would dare hit me?" Zhang Hao argued.

At this moment, Lin Fan was recalling who had bullied Chen Yang.

He realized that almost everyone bullied him.

He walked up to each classmate, smiling, and extended his hand.

"Hello, classmate. Let's get to know each other again."

The classmates were all bewildered by Chen Yang's actions.

They felt that something was wrong with Chen Yang.

"Hello, classmate. Let's get to know each other again." Lin Fan extended his hand to Yang Zitian.

Yang Zitian glanced at Lin Fan. "Idiot."

Lin Fan looked at Zhang Hao, smiling. "Hello, classmate. Let's get to know each other again. We met once on the bus."

Screech!

Zhang Hao stood up abruptly, his chair scraping against the floor, extremely nervous.

"You... hello."