Don’t Try To Corrupt Me

Chapter 26

Zheng Zilu forced a smile and reluctantly greeted Yu Zuojin.

The forced smile was even more unsightly than crying.

And Yu Zuojin stood in front of him like a mountain, blocking the rising sun in the sky.

Zheng Zilu was on the verge of tears.

His world would never be bright again!!!

This time he didn’t have any books in his hands. What was Yu Zuojin going to do?

Was he going to knock his head off!

Zheng Zilu’s mind was in turmoil. He anxiously pulled the backpack from behind him to the front, opened the zipper, and took out several books to hold in his hands.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

His head was safe.

He looked up, and Yu Zuojin was still staring at him intently.

Zheng Zilu: “…”

At this moment, he couldn’t help but recall half of a line from Sima Qian’s “Letter to Baoren An”.

—“A man has only one death…”

But he didn’t want to die yet!

Zheng Zilu had a strong will to survive and tried to find a way to save himself from the imminent danger.

‘Think of a solution quickly, think of a solution quickly…’

Sweat trickled down Zheng Zilu’s forehead from the anxiety.

Finally, his gaze fell on the festive baseball jacket that Yu Zuojin was wearing.

“Classmate Yu, is that jacket new? It looks really good.”

A subtle change flickered across Yu Zuojin’s face, and his brows relaxed slightly.

‘There’s a chance!’ Zheng Zilu boldly continued. “Classmate Yu, that jacket suits you so well, it’s perfect!”

“It looks great, so cool, Classmate Yu, where did you buy it? I also want to get one.”

“Please just tell me the address, I want to get the same style.”

In the midst of Zheng Zilu’s admiring remarks, Yu Zuojin made a move.

He took a step, intending to leave.

Zheng Zilu’s heart leaped with joy.

He continued to plaster a smile on his face and said, “Classmate Yu~”

Clap—

The books in his hand fell to the ground with a bang.

Zheng Zilu: “…”

School violence!!!

No matter how many times, he was frightened to the point of trembling.

Fortunately, after the books were knocked out of his hands, his head was safe.

While Zheng Zilu was picking up the books, Yu Zuojin had already walked far away.

He breathed a sigh of relief while clutching the books.

The rumors of Yu Zuojin throwing someone off a building came to mind once again, making him shudder.

Hastily, he left with the books towards the teaching building.

He remembered — Yu Zuojin had transferred to No.1 Middle School because of hitting a teacher.

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Campus forum:

“Shocking! Friends! I saw an amazing outfit at school today!”

“What does it look like? Show us the pictures.”

“Pictures x7. These were taken at the school gate.”

They were several pictures of a figure from behind.

The baseball uniform in red and green crashed into the frame.

Even the superior physique couldn’t hide the impact brought by this garment.

“Fuck! The color combination almost blinded me.”

“So damn ugly.”

“It feels like this jacket struck my eyes.”

“So there are actually people who like red and green together!”

“So tacky, what a lack of taste!”

“Hmm~~~ Disgust.jpg”

In the next second, a frontal photo of Yu Zuojin was posted.

“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!!! Ahhhhhh, what did I just say!!!”

“I wasn’t one of the people mocking him!! I didn’t laugh!”

“I’ve already made a cross on my chest.”

“I must be blind, this jacket is too beautiful.”

“The ones who said it was ugly are all above, it has nothing to do with me, I just clicked on the post to take a look.”

“The original poster has some courage, daring to take a picture of Yu Zuojin.”

Original poster: “My brain was jammed when I saw him at that time.”

Fortunately, Yu Zuojin left through the school gate without even giving him a glance.

Previously they had not known it was him, so they had spoken ill words. After the panic subsided, even if the worst came to worst (death) ,the post began to seriously discuss Yu Zuojin’s jacket.

“Just don’t say it, the jacket actually looked good once it was with Brother Yu’s face.”

“It does look good. Where did he buy it?”

“Who has the guts to ask for a link? If someone can get it for me, I promise to be very good to him!”

“How good?”

“I’ll burn paper money for him during Qingming Festival.”

“…”

“I know I shouldn’t, but… *licks*”

“Upstairs! You’re bold! Do you know who you’re coveting?!”

“Sisters, being crazy is one thing, but he’s crazy dangerous. It’s okay to be capricious online, but this is reality, so run!!!”

“I think I would look good in this outfit too.”

“This jacket is quite nice.”

“Which store was it from? I’ll go check it out.”

The bell for the end of class rang, and the once silent Class 6 began to stir, filled with voices.

In Class 6, they could neglect studying, but they couldn’t make noise during class to disturb others.

Sheng Yuan became the leader of No.1 Middle School, and everyone had to give him face. Not just the class, but there were very few fights and troublemakers in the entire school these days.

In the delinquent circle, the rule was that the strong held absolute authority to speak.

After the English class, Sheng Yuan crossed his arms, turned his palms outwards, and flexed his hands and fingers.

[System: Deliquent mission, lead your brothers to skip the evening self-study tonight. Completion of the mission rewards 15 life points and 35 delinquency points. Deduction of corresponding points for mission failure.]

Sheng Yuan lazily inquired, “How many life points do I have now?”

[System: 535 points.]

Ever since defeating Chu Weitian last time, Sheng Yuan’s life points and delinquency points had skyrocketed. With the accumulation from before, Sheng Yuan could survive this winter even without doing missions.

Not to mention the daily life points he received from Yu Zuojin returning to the dormitory on time.

But he had a foreboding feeling that kept him motivated.

[System: You won’t stop doing the missions, would you?]

Sheng Yuan: “You’ve changed after being with me.”

[System: ?]

“You’ve become smarter.”

[System: …]

Damn it!!!!

Truly Ambitious, with sincere intentions, hoped to dispel the vigilance that Sheng Yuan had towards it.

[System: Why do I give you missions? It’s because I want you to live a little longer. Is your body mine? Why don’t you cherish your life? Isn’t a dog’s life still a life?! Cherish yourself! Don’t you know how to cherish yourself?]

Sheng Yuan: “Speak in human language.”

[System: … If you don’t do it, other systems will mock me.]

Other systems send missions to their hosts, and although it’s not always smooth sailing, they at least support each other.

But what about it?!

It ended up with a dog’s life!!

Who would understand? You can’t know the darkness of night without understanding the light of day. No one understands the sorrow in the system’s heart.

It didn’t ask Sheng Yuan to be kind, only to be human.

Sheng Yuan, who finally got a conscience, said, “Fine, I’ll do it for you later.”

Truly Ambitious didn’t even have to think about it— it knew that his completion of the mission meant leaving five minutes before the end of the evening study session.

But having something is better than nothing.

Ever since Xia Zhiqi mentioned his desire to become a diplomat to his family, there was a shower of praise. His grandmother would tell everyone she met while going out to buy groceries that her obedient grandson would become a great diplomat in the future.

He only had elderly family members, who doted on him even when he was useless in the past, because he was their good grandson.

But that night after talking, Xia Zhiqi was walking out of the room when he saw his grandmother wiping away tears secretly. Her elderly voice muttered, “Just study well, don’t get beaten anymore.”

In the past, when he came home with injuries from fighting, the old lady would be anxious and concerned. Now that her grandson was studying well, naturally, she was happy.

Xia Zhiqi may be carefree, but he also understood that since following Sheng Yuan, he has been studying well at school.

Of course, without the exciting life he had before, he felt suffocated and bored. Even the most boring things start to seem interesting.

He asked Sheng Yuan for help with an English exercise.

After Sheng Yuan finished explaining the question, he glanced at Xia Zhiqi and said, “Do you want me to take you for candied hawthorns tonight?”

In autumn nights, it’s the perfect time for eating candied hawthorns.

“Of course, let’s go.” Xia Zhiqi asked, “Brother Sheng, shall we go after school?”

Sheng Yuan shook his head with a meaningful smile.

Xia Zhiqi’s mouth fell open, then quickly covered it with his hand, his expression mischievous, his eyebrows wiggling.

“Brother Sheng, shall we skip the evening self-study?”

Sheng Yuan didn’t answer, but asked again, “Will you go?”

“Of course!!!”

This is great!

Evening self-study was so damn boring.

He used to leave the school before self-study even started.

“Let’s leave 15 minutes before the last quatre.”

“No problem.”

Every minute he can skip counts.

Then a voice came from beside them, “I want to go too.”

Xia Zhiqi turned his head and met Jin Anzhu’s eager face.

“…” Xia Zhiqi said, “You’re not Brother Sheng’s little brother, why do you meddle in everything?!”

Jin Anzhu got sprayed in the face.

“I didn’t ask you.” Jin Anzhu turned to look at Sheng Yuan, “Brother Sheng, why don’t you take me too? I also want to eat candied hawthorns. It’s been so long since I’ve had them.”

Xia Zhiqi said, “Weren’t you the one showing off at the small restaurant last night?”

Jin Anzhu: “…”

Jin Anzhu looked at Sheng Yuan with longing eyes, “Brother Sheng, please take me. I promise I won’t slow you down. If you take me this time, I’ll study hard when I come back. I’ll get a perfect score on the next math test.”

Sheng Yuan: “Really?”

“Really.”

“Fine.”

Seeing Sheng Yuan agree, Jin Anzhu became happy and looked at Xia Zhiqi, “Lalala~”

Xia Zhiqi: “…”

During the last self-study class, Sheng Yuan looked at the clock on the wall and gave them a signal when it was time.

Both of them understood and followed Sheng Yuan as they sneaked out of the classroom through the back door.

The darkness was their shield.

The three of them arrived at a wall.

Jin Anzhu asked in confusion, “Why are we here? Don’t we usually go to the east gate? It’s easier to climb over there.”

It’s the preferred choice for most students who skip class.

Sheng Yuan said, “Thirty years east, thirty years west.”

Xia Zhiqi said, “The head teacher is almost always waiting at the east gate every night to catch people.”

Jin Anzhu understood.

Sheng Yuan said, “You two go ahead, I’ll be the last line of defense.”

Xia Zhiqi took the lead and quickly climbed over the wall, landing gracefully with an Olympic gymnastics pose.

“Perfect ten.”

“The landing was quite beautiful.”

Xia Zhiqi was proud of himself, “Indeed.”

Wait!

Who spoke just now?

He turned his head and met the Headmaster’s eyes.

Xia Zhiqi:!!!

Oh no! Brother Sheng and the others are still behind!

Just as Xia Zhiqi was about to shout, Jin Anzhu came down with a “bang”, landing with a thud with a groan.

He patted the dirt off his pants as he stood up and saw the Headmaster. He had a righteous look on his face, “Headmaster, you’re here too. Perfect timing. I just saw Xia Zhiqi skipping class and came to catch him.”

Xia Zhiqi:!

Wildfire, you sell your teammates just like that!

Headmaster: “Is that true?”

Jin Anzhu nodded frantically, “It’s true, it’s true.”

The next moment, he was hit on the head, and Jin Anzhu held his head in pain. The headmaster said, “Did you really think I would believe you?!”

At that moment, Sheng Yuan also jumped down.

The Headmaster was shocked, “Sheng Yuan, what are you doing here?!”

Sheng Yuan had an innocent look on his face, “I’m catching them.”

Jin Anzhu and Xia Zhiqi: “…”