The Sick Villain Just Want to Live

The undisguised ridicule made Xia Yang pale.

Zhu Tong continued, “You stepped on the moss on the stone and slipped. Since you don’t want to be misunderstood by others, why didn’t you say it? Why did you instead say that ‘I didn’t mean to do it?’ Such ambiguous words.” 

Xiang Chuan indeed misunderstood it from the beginning. But he did it after Xia Yang spoke. Simply put, if he could explain it in time, Zhu Tong would not be pressed against the wall.

The people around were already startled by this sudden reversal.

So it wasn’t Zhu Tong who bullied Xia Yang and caused him to fall?

Instead, Xiang Chuan beat people up indiscriminately?

And he vomited blood?

All eyes fell on Xia Yang and Xiang Chuan at the same time.

Xia Yang glanced at Shao Ming, and subconsciously wanted to defend himself, “I’m not–” 

“Even so,” Xiang Chuan suddenly spoke very loudly, “You saw him slipping and falling, and you didn’t help him? Do you still have a shred of compassion in your heart?” 

Xia Yang’s explanation was suddenly covered by this sudden accusation.

“…”

He clenched his hands secretly, and was about to die of anger from Xiang Chuan.

Xiang Chuan originally moved because of Xia Yang’s original blame on Zhu Tong. But seeing Xia Yang being targeted like this, he still couldn’t bear it.

He likes Xia Yang, ever since he transferred into the school. 

Although he knew that Xia Yang didn’t like him back, he was willing to escort Xia Yang.

Zhu Tong was almost moved by this display of pure love, stemming from pure stupidity. It was proven that Xia Yang was more in the wrong here, and yet Xiang Chuan was still defending him.

‘Is this the halo of heartthrob?’

Before Zhu Tong could speak; Luo Suo, who had already figured out the ins and outs, jumped out with a sneer, “Compassion? Do you have compassion for a sickly man when you hit him against the wall until he coughs up blood? “

Xiang Chuan’s face changed, “I didn’t…”

He wanted to say that he didn’t use any force at all. But the “bloody” facts on the ground were right in front of everyone. It’s useless trying to justify what he had done. 

At this time, Zhu Tong coughed again, still slightly in pain. Hearing these pitiful weak coughs, it ignited the indignity of the 2nd and 3rd years students. 

Xiang Chuan: “…”

He frowned and looked at Zhu Tong, wondering, ‘Why the hell is this person so ungrateful?’ 

If Zhu Tong knew what he was thinking, he would reply with: “I’m sorry.”

—He’s just careless.

There were more and more people watching, but the direction of the wind has completely changed.

“So Zhu Tong was beaten up by Xiang Chuan for no reason? Isn’t he too miserable? What a disaster!” 

“Xia Yang didn’t explain even when he saw Zhu Tong being beaten? What was he thinking??”

“You didn’t have time to explain to Xiang Chuan, did you? You know that Xiang Chuan is very reckless, and he doesn’t listen to people’s persuasion when his hands start flying about,” Someone explained Xia Yang in a low voice.

Hearing this, another upperclassman beside Xia Yang coolly said for everyone to hear, “Heh, he had perfect opportunities to explain that Zhu Tong never purposefully hurt him. And yet, he didn’t have ‘the time’ to explain it. This Xia Yang really knows his priorities.” 

“…”

The 1st year highschoolers were instantly stunned speechless.

Xia Yang lowered his head and listened to the discussions around him, his face turning green and pale.

‘How did things become like this?’

From the moment Zhu Tong transferred to Gongshui No. 1 Middle School, it seemed that some things began to get out of control.

Xia Yang frowned, but he didn’t forget what to do now.

He adjusted his mood and stepped forward, glanced at Zhu Tong in Shao Ming’s arms, and was about to apologize and took the initiative to send him to the hospital. However, before he could do that, he was interrupted by Shao Ming, who’s in favor of Zhu Tong.

“Is it over? Go to the hospital if it’s over.” He said with a hint of impatience in his tone and expression. The words were addressed to Zhu Tong, but the emotions were not.

But to Xia Yang, who suddenly approached, it was so obvious that the ire was directed to him. He froze in place for a moment. 

Zhu Tong rested in his arms for a while, coughing as he confirmed that he could go. He tried to straighten up and said, “I want to rinse my mouth.” 

‘The smell of blood in my mouth is disgusting.’

“…”

Shao Ming looked at him with a complicated expression as he took out a small bottle of mouthwash from his endless-like pocket. 

After he finished rinsing his mouth, the deskmate pair turned around together.

At this moment, Xiang Chuan suddenly halted in place them, “Are you leaving now?”

Shao Ming coldly replied, “Don’t worry, I’ll make sure that this matter won’t be left unfinished like this.” 

Xiang Chuan: “…”

He gritted his teeth as he continued, ” Didn’t you see that Xia Yang was also injured? You knew…”

‘—You knew he likes you!’

He glanced at Xia Yang, but didn’t say it.

Shao Ming turned his head around again. Xia Yang also looked at him, with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

Unexpectedly, Shao Ming raised his eyebrows, as if challenging him,  “Did I hurt him?”

Xiang Chuan: “You…”

Shao Ming continued his own words, completely unmoved, “What does that have to do with this situation, exactly?” After finishing his words, he ignored them and turned away. 

Xia Yang stood stiff, looking at Shao Ming’s retreating back in disbelief.

How could Shao Ming say such a thing? Doesn’t this make it clear that Xia Yang is being delusional? He doesn’t care if Xia Yang gets hurt or not!

Although Shao Ming rejected him before, he would never embarrass him in front of others.

‘Is it because of Zhu Tong?’ Xia Yang thought as he bit his lower lip.

The injury from the fall didn’t hurt very much, but now it started to hurt again.

He couldn’t stand the sympathetic or mocking eyes of the people around him, so he turned and ran away, enduring the pain in his knee.

Xiang Chuan originally wanted to catch up to him, but was stopped by the P.E teacher who arrived “just in time”.

Downstairs in the library of No. 1 Middle School, Lu Shiman, the homeroom teacher of Class 1 of 1st year, had just come down from upstairs. She bumped into Xia Yang who was about to run up to the roof of the library.

She subconsciously stopped him and said, “Xia Yang? Why are you here?”

‘Isn’t Class 1 having P.E class now?’

Xia Yang paused, looked up and saw Lu Shiman, his eyes were instantly red.

Lu Shiman was startled, she asked in a gentle voice, “What’s the matter? What happened?”

Xia Yang was a transfer student in her class. When he transferred here, the Xia family specially asked her in person to take care of Xia Yang at school.

If this student suffered any grievances at school, how would she explain it to the Xia family?

Before Xia Yang could speak, the cell phone in Lu Shiman’s pocket rang, and when she answered the call, her face suddenly paled.

At the school gate, Shao Ming was leading Zhu Tong to the outside of the school.

Zhu Tong realized something, and he stopped Shao Ming. “We don’t need to go to the hospital, just go to the school infirmary.”

Shao Ming looked at him and said, “Shouldn’t you go to the hospital if you cough up blood? What will you do if you have internal injuries?”

Zhu Tong replied, “No, there will be nothing too serious, I’ll just take a rest.” 

“…”

His face looked so sure now, making Shao Ming curious. “How do you know that? You’ve coughed up blood before?” 

Zhu Tong: “…”

—Not just that. This was something common. 

But he was silent and didn’t know how to explain it without making it sound worse. 

Seeing his expression, Shao Ming was surprised, ‘…so he really had coughed up blood before.’ 

Seeing that he kept being silent, Shao Ming thought it was inconvenient for him to talk, and said, “It’s better to go to the hospital to have a look. It’s more reassuring like this. If there is any problem with your injury during P.E class, as the sports committee member, I’ll be responsible.” 

Zhu Tong: ” …”

‘…if I’m really injured during P.E, the responsibility lies with the teacher, or with the perpetrator. Why has it suddenly become your responsibility?’ 

While slandering Shao Ming in his heart, Zhu Tong couldn’t help smiling again. He didn’t complain about going to the hospital instead to the school infirmary again. 

Anyway, the hospital was not far away, it’s the same in the end. 

After registering at the hospital, the two of them sat in the corridor of the hospital and waited for their turn. They registered Zhu Tong for an X-ray examination.

Neither of them spoke.

After Shao Ming called Shi Wenshu to ask for a leave, he held his mobile phone in his hand and was in a daze.

Zhu Tong didn’t know if Shao Ming was just being narcissistic and just admiring his reflection, or he was thinking about something else. 

Zhu Tong talks to the system in his head. He has a question in his mind.

‘Are you sure Xia Yang is the heartthrob protagonist shou?’

The system nonchalantly replied, ‘Yup.’ 

Zhu Tong: “…”

He was even more puzzled.

‘You…are you choosing the protagonist so casually?’

As the protagonist, you must have at least a moral baseline, right? 

It wasn’t that he was prejudiced against Xia Yang, but he saw Xia Yang’s green tea act in front of Xiang Chuan today, making him unable to connect Xia Yang with the kind and innocent protagonist shou.

Strangely, after he asked this question, the system did not respond for a long time.

Even the system was so ashamed that it didn’t dare to reply to him? 

“What are you thinking?”

Someone lightly touched his arm. It was Shao Ming, who Zhu Tong didn’t realize had snapped out of his previous thoughts. He turned his head towards the taller teenager. 

Shao Ming saw that he was in a daze, his eyes were blank like a robot. He asked in confusion, “What’s wrong?”

Zhu Tong blinked and shook his head. “It’s okay.”

Shao Ming: “…”

That reaction was too mechanical to be honest. 

He couldn’t help but smile. “You…you’re quite high-spirited when you’re yelling at people by the sink; why are you so quiet in front of me now?”

Zhu Tong didn’t expect that one day someone would use the word “high-spirited” to describe him. A trace of strangeness flashed across his face. “I’m not…” 

“I know,” Shao Ming said, “You argue and clarify for yourself.”

“…”

“You and Xia Yang knew each other before?” Shao Ming asked, his tone was very casual.

Zhu Tong paused, then nodded. “Some time ago, the Xia family held a dinner party, and my dad took me there.”

Last night, when he was surrounded by those gangsters, he saw that Shao Ming’s face was a little pale in surprise when he saw Uncle Liu drive to pick him up. At that time, Zhu Tong knew that Shao Ming probably already guessed his family background.

Zhu Tong did not think that family background would have a big impact on the relationship between classmates.

He would not deliberately tell others about his family, but he would not deliberately hide it either.

As for the relationship between him and Zhu Tong, after today’s “tit for tat”, Shao Ming shouldn’t have any misunderstandings. 

Shao Ming nodded seriously and didn’t ask any more questions.

The corridor fell silent.

Zhu Tong looked at the time, then at the examination room. He got up and said, “I’ll go and see if–”

“You have the number in your hand. Your name will be announced when your turn come.” 

“…” 

Zhu Tong, who just stood up, sat down again. 

Shao Ming looked at him in amusement. “Are you in a hurry?”

Zhu Tong replied, “There’s still class in the afternoon.”

“…”

Normally, students who successfully “escaped” from school would try to delay their return. This was the first time Shao Ming saw the exact opposite from that. 

He asked, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, “Want to go back to class? Why?”

Zhu Tong replied, as if it’s the most obvious reason in the world. “The exam is coming soon, and there are many things I don’t understand.”

“…”

Shao Ming’s heart was complicated.

Seeing that Zhu Tong looked serious, it should be truthful that he was anxious about his grades. Shao Ming suddenly laughed before he said, “You really came here to study? Do you love studying so much?”

Zhu Tong: “…”

‘It’s because I need to have good grades to gain your favorability!’ 

Instead of saying that, he righteously said, “Since I’m a student, it’s my job to study well.” 

Shao Ming: “…”

‘If you want to study hard, then why come here? You can do it in any good school in A City.’ ‘But if it wasn’t for studying, why did you come to Gongshui No. 1 Middle School?’

Thinking of what Zhu Tong said directly to Xia Yang just then, Shao Ming couldn’t help but smile.

Regardless of reason, Zhu Tong sure was an amusing guy. 

Outwardly, he agreed with this notion. “You’re right, you should study hard.” 

‘Congratulations! You gained +5% of the white moonlight’s favorability. Your current favorability is 10%.’    

Hearing the prompt sound in his head, Zhu Tong’s eyes instantly brightened.

It turns out that studying hard could really make the white moonlight like him more!