Volume 1, Chapter 11: The Eve of the College Entrance Examination

I was strangled until I could barely breathe, desperately prying his hand away and shouting loudly.

“What do you want? Let go of me now!”

“I didn’t want to bother with you, but you’ve been ignoring me. Now tell me, where were you last night?”

Qin Shaohu approached me with clenched teeth, spitting saliva onto my face as he interrogated me.

Last night, I went to Night Beauty KTV, got drunk, and stayed in a small inn with Fu Xiaoya.

Of course, I wouldn’t say that.

Especially about staying with Fu Xiaoya—never in a million years.

“What’s it got to do with you?”

I stiffened my neck and glared fiercely at Qin Shaohu.

“Stop playing innocent!”

Qin Shaohu slapped me hard across the face, furious. “Manman didn’t come home all night, no one could reach her. In the morning, I went to your place, and your mother said you didn’t come home all night either! Tell me, where is Manman?”

“I haven’t seen her. I don’t know.”

I shouted, trying to draw the attention of the security guards at the door.

But the two guards at the window pretended not to see anything. They didn’t dare mess with the son of the police station chief.

“Guys, come hold him down. I’m gonna bleed him out and see how long he can keep lying.”

Qin Shaohu revealed his vicious side and pulled out a switchblade from his pocket.

Several men immediately surrounded me, forcing me to the ground.

I struggled and screamed with all my might, but it was useless—I only got covered in dirt.

As the bright blade tip neared my neck, an overwhelming despair washed over me, and I simply shut my eyes.

Suddenly,

the blare of a car horn sounded.

Qin Shaohu glanced back, then hurriedly let go of me and stood obediently in a row.

He even hid the switchblade behind his back.

I shakily stood up and saw a black car slowly approaching.

The window rolled down, revealing the face of a middle-aged man—the principal of our school, Principal Li.

He sized us up with a cold expression and asked, “What time is it? Why are you all still just standing around here?”

Qin Shaohu bared his teeth in a smile and lied, “Principal, the college entrance exam is coming up. We’re just making the most of our last moments together, fooling around with Zhou Yan!”

“Yes, yes! Practicing wrestling!”

“Zhou Yan’s getting pretty good at it!”

“Students should focus on their studies. Everyone go back to class.”

Principal Li lectured theatrically, didn’t ask any more questions, and drove the car into the campus.

I dusted off the dirt on my clothes and took the chance to slip inside, narrowly escaping a crisis.

Principal Li saved me.

I wasn’t grateful to him. Qin Shaohu’s ability to run rampant on campus was inseparable from his indulgence and favoritism, always minimizing serious matters.

Back in the classroom, I pretended nothing had happened and continued studying, though the humiliation lingered deep inside.

I clenched my teeth and vowed silently to make a name for myself!

When that day came, no one would dare bully me again!

Yu Qingman arrived.

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