The Sick Villain Just Want to Live

When Zhu Tong returned to his hotel room, the first thing he did was to take off the clothes that had been in close contact with the wall.

After taking a shower, he put on his pajamas and lay down on the bed. Then he began to check his favorability level.

The 5% value on the progress bar looks negligible, but at least it exists. 

Why, though? 

He was surrounded by gangsters, and Shao Ming passed by to help him. Then Shao Ming’s favorability for him increased.

Zhu Tong: “…What’s the reason?”

Was it because his strategy of actively keeping a distance has worked and he gained Shao Ming’s trust, so the filter for his appearance had come back?

He knew his beauty was a plus not because he was a narcissist, but because he was instilled with this idea by a certain someone. 

He and Zhu Xin were twins, and Zhu Xin loved beauty, so he was not allowed to say that he was not good-looking since he was a child.

—Speaking of her… has her anger over him subsided now? 

Zhu Tong took out his mobile phone and checked out WeChat, hesitated for a moment, and then logged out again.

Well, it’s better for him to stabilize his own life first before talking about it with another person. 

“Old Iron, after what happened today, I realized a truth.”

System: “…”

Who is this Old Iron? 

The system said: ‘What is it?’ 

Zhu Tong replied, ‘It seems that I don’t need to show my presence in front of Shao Ming.’

Whether it was to use Yuan Shaozhou to achieve a united front and leave a good impression, or to study hard and make Shao Ming change his opinion of him; he originally thought that it was necessary to be noticed by Shao Ming in order to achieve his goal.

But in fact, that wasn’t true. 

He could help Shao Ming solve something, and then “accidentally” let Shao Ming know.

“Is there any trouble that Shao Ming can’t solve now?”

As a person who was loved by the heartthrob protagonist, he should have a lot of troubles, right?

However, the system said, ‘I don’t know.’

Zhu Tong: “…”

“I don’t know? Why don’t you know?”

System 666: ‘There’s not much focus around the white moonlight in the original novel. The plot mainly revolves around the protagonist.’ 

“……”

So… there’s only two things about the white moonlight that was currently known from the original novel:

The heartthrob shou protagonist likes the white moonlight.The white moonlight ruins the shou protagonist’s company. 

The original novel described how frustrated the protagonist was when he was rejected again and again; and his growing love and hatred towards the white moonlight after helping closing down the Xia family’s company. But even until the end, it didn’t mention anything about the white moonlight being targeted by the protagonist’s shou many suitors. 

The white moonlight’s family situation is unknown

His past is unknown.

Even his interpersonal relationship is also unknown.

In just two days of getting to know each other, Zhu Tong only knew that Shao Ming has a friend named Luo Suo.

There were also Xia Yang’s entanglement and Yuan Shaozhou’s targeting.

Currently, he should be in a direct conflict with Yuan Shaozhou now. But Zhu Tong couldn’t help Shao Ming in whatever he did. 

As for Xia Yang… He’s afraid he wouldn’t be able to compete with the heartthrob protagonist’s halo in that matter.

To complete the task, he needed to know Shao Ming better.

He had always had a regular schedule. After sitting and thinking for a while, he turned off the bedside lamp and fell asleep.

Meanwhile, the other students’ nightlife has just officially begun.

On the forum, someone shared a post.

[My fellow sisters, I found something good about a certain transfer student! (Picture)]

Nobody knew where the picture was taken from, but it showed two people on a bicycle.

The cyclist was not clearly photographed. But the faces of the boy in the backseat were exceptionally clear.

[Fuck! Isn’t this study god’s bicycle?]

[What? Is there someone in the backseat of study god’s bicycle?]

[It seems to be the new transfer student from Class 3!] 

This post was reposted ten times, then a hundred times, and soon became a viral post in the forum. 

[Mom, what plot shooting scene of a pure youth novel is this? ]

[This scene… I absolutely do not believe that Zhu Tong is not interested in Shao Ming!]

[Isn’t the study god interested in the transfer student, then? This is the first time I saw someone in his backseat, period.] 

[!!!!!]

Soon someone came forward to clarify and posted a photo taken from the perspective of the school gate.

[Don’t get me wrong, guys. It was Zhu Tong who was blocked by people outside the school. The study god acted bravely and sent Zhu Tong back home for the sake of his safety. It was pure classmate friendship! Or love, I dunno.]

[Fuck, Zhu Tong was blocked? It can’t be…]

[Ah, ah, I don’t care, I agree to this marriage! The pairing of handsome guy x handsome guy is too good to pass on!] 

[…]

Although the misunderstanding has been clarified, some people still couldn’t hold back the festivity and restlessness.

Xia Yang was also a day student at school. At this time, he was sitting alone on the edge of his bed. He originally wanted to click on his and Shao Ming’s CP building1 to change his mood. 

Ever since he publicly stated that he transferred to this school for Shao Ming, someone on the school forum opened a CP building for him.

But when he opened the forum today, the first thing he saw was a photo of Shao Ming and Zhu Tong together.

In the photo, Shao Ming was facing the camera sideways, his face blocked by the shadow of a tree.

In the back seat, Zhu Tong was sitting, holding Shao Ming’s waist tightly with both hands, with a faint but obvious smile on his face.

The posture of the two people was very intimate, which was particularly dazzling.

Xia Yang clenched the hand holding the phone.

‘Zhu Tong. He really came for Shao Ming…’

At first, he was quite happy when he heard that Zhu Tong moved his seat away.

Because that means Zhu Tong did not become an exception. He gave up being Shao Ming’s deskmate after being frightened once by Yuan Shaozhou.

He has always known that Yuan Shaozhou deliberately “isolated” Shao Ming. Although he also knew that it was not good, he did not stop it.

Because he was selfish and didn’t want Shao Ming to have a deskmate.

Shao Ming has always refused to accept him. Although he was disappointed, he was not too shocked.

There were so many people in school who liked Shao Ming. Many of them have confessed publicly, but Shao Ming has never responded to anyone.

He mercilessly rejected everyone.

But as long as there was no one around him, Xia Yang still had a chance.

—However, the status quo has changed. Zhu Tong appeared. 

He didn’t put too much attention on this matter of Zhu Tong, mainly because he trusted that Yuan Shaozhou would drive him back. 

Staring at the photo on his phone, he subconsciously bit his lower lip.

The next morning, after Zhu Tong finished his morning self-study, he did not rush to the cafeteria like everyone else.

He went to the school cafeteria once, and was scared away before entering the cafeteria gate. The cafeteria was messy and noisy. There’s plenty of big pots of uncovered rice. People came and went, their crumbs falling on the dining table and floor. There’s oil stains all over the ground. There’s nowhere clean that Zhu Tong can go. 

So he decided to bring his own meals every day.

Uncle Liu prepared breakfast for him. He finished it in the morning and took the lunch box with him to school. Not only did it not delay the class time, but it also saved him time for not having to go outside for food. 

After finishing a cup of seafood porridge, Zhu Tong took the sealed lunch box and put it in a paper bag.

At this time, in a restaurant outside the campus, Shao Ming and Luo Suo ordered two bowls of wonton together.

Just as Shao Ming stuffed a wonton into his mouth with a spoon, he looked up and saw Luo Suo staring at him strangely.

“…”

Shao Ming said, “If you want to speak bullshit, just say it out loud.” 

Luo Suo couldn’t hold back any longer. “I said, what happened to you and your deskmate? What happened last night?”

Shao Ming continued eating wontons, as if the question didn’t matter to him. “Nothing. I just do what’s right.” 

“Bah. You think you can fool me?” Luo Suo said contemptuously, rolling his eyes, “As if you’re the type who’s willing to do it for the sake of ‘doing the right thing’.” 

Shao Ming said, “I’m willing.”

Luo Suo: “…”

‘Just two days ago you were so suspicious of him, but yesterday you’re happy to send him home?’ 

‘How can you be so fickle?’

“Then why did he suddenly change seats?” Luo Suo began to gossip, “Playing hard to get with you? So you’ll get hooked?”

Shao Ming smiled. “You don’t have to copy today’s homework.”

Luo Suo’s expression changed suddenly. “Ming-ge, I was wrong.”

Shao Ming nodded kindly, while Luo Suo bowed his head to focus on eating.

Shao Ming didn’t tell Luo Suo about the coincidence in the homestay. He also didn’t intend to say why he sent Zhu Tong back to the hotel.

The first class in the morning of Class 3 is Chinese. It was taught by their homeroom teacher, and it was considered the most liked class because of Shi Wenshu’s kindness towards his students. 

“Let me tell you one thing before class. A week from now, the school will organize a test to test your summer learning results. Everyone should take advantage of this week to review.” As soon as the announcement came out, the classroom was suddenly full of wailing students.

“Test for our summer learning? Why would we get an exam in the first week of school?”

“I haven’t studied during the summer vacation, so I’ll take a pill2.” 

“Teacher, I don’t have any results to show, can I skip the exam?”

Shi Wenshu dealt with this kind of joke very well. He raised his head and said, “Do you think I will say okay to that?”

“Hahahahahaha.”

Immediately there was laughter again.

Zhu Tong looked around and laughed along. He liked the atmosphere of this class very much.

Next to him, Shao Ming snuck a glance at him. He saw that Zhu Tong looked around him, with a sparkle in his eyes, as if all these views were novel to him. He didn’t look like a rich young master who came here to experience life, but like a poor kid entering the city for the first time.

He smiled and shook his head.

In the afternoon of this day, Class 3 had a P.E class. 

The school Zhu Tong used to attend had many outdoor activities, but there was no so-called P.E class.

He didn’t even have to go down to do the exercises between classes.

Out of respect for the teacher, he still went down to gather.

Overhead sun exposure.

The students were sweating profusely.

The majority of the boys in the class seem to have a special love for this class, and they have already warmed up during the ten minutes before class started.

When gathering, there were four rows. Zhu Tong stood in the far right of the third row and looked behind him. He didn’t see the person he wanted to see, so he subconsciously turned his head to look for him.

“Ming-ge is the sports committee member. He’s in the front, not here,” a voice told him. It suddenly came from behind.

Zhu Tong looked back. It was Luo Suo who had a good relationship with Shao Ming.

How did he know he was looking for Shao Ming?

Seeing him turn around, Luo Suo smiled at him.

Zhu Tong nodded politely, turned around and saw Shao Ming coming out of the administration building with a whistle in his mouth.

“Do you know why Ming-ge is a sports committee member?” Luo Suo asked again.

Zhu Tong shook his head honestly. “I don’t know.”

Luo Suo: “Because there is no need to stand under the sun during the initial gathering.” 

Zhu Tong: “…”

Shao Ming stood under the eaves of the first floor of the administrative building, and blew his whistle. “Old rules, girls run for 800 meters and boys run for 1,000 meters. Whoever finishes first will be rewarded with a chocolate.”

“Everyone must do it. Turn right and run!” 

Standing at attention without resting. The common was very arbitrary too.

Zhu Tong was almost dumbfounded.

He had already retreated consciously when others were starting to run, and glanced at Shao Ming. He was unable to withstand the sun’s exposure, so he also hid in.

He didn’t talk to Shao Ming, but turned to look at the running students.

On the playground on the other side, there was also a class from the 1st year who also had P.E. 

Zhu Tong looked at it for a while, then took out his phone and took a picture.

“Why are you taking pictures?”

Zhu Tong subconsciously replied, “Give it to my sister…”

He wanted Xiao Xin to see a different campus life.

But after he finished replying, he turned around quickly.

Out of nowhere, the sport committee member stood next to him, surprising Zhu Tong.

Seeing the obvious expression, Shao Ming raised his eyebrows and said, “You seem to be very afraid of me.”

‘Am I that scary to you?’ 

Zhu Tong immediately denied it. “No.”

Shao Ming smiled, and said again, “I’m going to buy qiaolezi3, shall we go together?” 

Zhu Tong was at a loss. “What is a qiaolezi?”

Shao Ming: “…Forget it, I’ll go by myself.” Saying that, he directly ran to the cafeteria. 

People were running under the sun, Zhu Tong felt very hot looking at it. He looked at his palms again, only for a while, the palms of his hands were already hot and sweaty.

He immediately hated it.

Looking up and looking around, he saw a sink under the teaching building. He planned to wash his hands.

The sink was made of stone, and moss had grown under it over time. Fortunately, the faucet had just been replaced and was still very new.

Zhu Tong bypassed the moss and stood above the ditch, turned on the faucet and began to wash his hands.

With his back against the playground, he didn’t see anyone following him.

A young man approached him from behind. 

“Zhu Tong, long time no see.”

 

1

a thread/topic of sorts. In China, a thread of replies is called floors, and it makes a building as a whole. For example, Floor 1 would be the first replier of a thread.

2

as in, the so-called “intelligent enhancer pill”. It’s a scam, of course.

3

I think it’s a brand of chocolate bar.