Chapter 47: Saving the Gentle Senior 23

【Detected Villain Blackening Value +10, total 30.】

The day of the evening party rehearsal.

Backstage, the Dance Department dressing room was in chaos; the gorgeous lead dancer's costume had fallen to the ground, in disarray, and upon close inspection through the light's refraction, the costume was full of glass shards.

All the dance students were packed in the dressing room, glaring at the obviously panicked Lin Le, while Shen Qingci stood at the front, her eyes flashing with anger.

When Jin Chen burst through the door, this was the scene he saw.

Although he had received a hint on 07/31 and had prepared an extra set of dance costumes for Shen Qingci, seeing the floor covered in glass shards, Jin Chen's anger flared uncontrollably.

He couldn't imagine how badly Shen Qingci would be hurt if she hadn't seen his message in advance and really put on the costume.

Worried that Shen Qingci's mood would be affected, Jin Chen originally planned to expose all the recordings and evidence after the evening party, completely ruining Lin An's reputation and forcing him to leave the school.

But now it seems there's no need to wait any longer.

Jin Chen embraced Shen Qingci, his hand stroking his cheek, his tone somewhat anxious, "Are you hurt?"

"No."

Shen Qingci rubbed his palm, the vigor from his earlier confrontation with Lin Le instantly faded, and belatedly he felt a sense of grievance, his brightly colored lips slightly pouting.

"I was scared."

Fortunately Jin Chen had sent the message in advance, and fortunately no matter how busy he was, he would always check Jin Chen's message.

The Class Monitor exclaimed angrily, "Lin Le, you're really shameless!!"

"Do you know that if the shards get into the bloodstream through the skin, they can affect the nerves! Bastard! Do you want to ruin his dance career?"

"Exactly! Fortunately Shen Qingci discovered it; just thinking about it gives me chills."

Several classmates echoed.

Lin Le tugged at the corner of his mouth, his eyes showing a morbid unwillingness.

He certainly knew that, which is why he didn't put in glass shards but rather fragments that more easily enter the body.

Ordered by the school to keep a record, Qi Ze broke up with him, they could no longer associate, even Mou Yuan spoke up for Shen Qingci, refusing to help him, and that group kept threatening him to pay money.

His future had long been ruined by Shen Qingci!

He was merely unwilling, but Shen Qingci fortunately escaped again.

But what of it? They have no evidence, and cannot possibly prove it was him.

He curled his lip in a cold smile, "You accuse me without distinguishing right from the moment you approach; what evidence do you have that I did it?"

"Shen Qingci, you just... ahhh!"

Jin Chen kicked out with his long leg, sending Lin Le crashing to the ground, then stepped on his neck, the toe of his shoe relentlessly grinding, his eyes gleaming with a sinister light, as if looking at a dead thing.

"It seems I've been too merciful to you."

Lin Le couldn't breathe, his stage-made-up face flushed red, his arms clutching Jin Chen's calf, trying to break free, but unable to budge an inch.

"Let go…… let! go……"

He felt his neck about to be snapped by Jin Chen's step, his eyeballs slightly bulging, straining to glare.

Jin Chen's eyes turned grim; he casually grabbed a tissue, wrapped it around his hand, picked up the costume, expressionlessly, and dumped all the glass shards onto Lin Le.

Especially his eyes, wide open from near suffocation, and his gaping mouth.

Everyone in the dressing room was frightened by his action, each taking a deep breath; the Class Monitor wanted to intervene, but was startled by Jin Chen's sweeping gaze and froze in place.

He had never seen such a malevolent gaze, icy and bone-chilling.

Moments later, Shen Qingci stepped forward two steps, and just as Lin Le was about to suffocate, he gently tugged at Jin Chen's hem, his tone soft.

"Ah Chen, forget it."

"Not because I'm worried about Lin Le."

"But if he died now, Jin Chen would face legal trouble."

Jin Chen released his foot, casually tossed the costume onto Lin Le, then embraced him again, closed his eyes, lightly inhaled the faint fragrance, and suppressed his killing intent.

"Glad you're unharmed."

"Otherwise, even if this world doesn't allow random killing, he wouldn't be able to restrain himself."

Lin Le took big breaths, the pain of lung suffocation gradually easing.

Belatedly, a fine, dense pain surged up, like countless needles stabbing the skin, eyes, and throat.

He knelt on the ground, his eyes blood-red, vomiting continuously, even using his fingers to dig at his throat, trying to vomit out those fragments.

But as he said, once these fibers are inside the body, they're not so easy to expel.

Jin Chen glanced at the Class Monitor and the others.

"Go pick a substitute in class, and I'll talk to the school."

"Also, regarding today's incident..."

He hadn't finished speaking when the Class Monitor recalled his mother's identity and immediately interjected.

"Today Lin Le intentionally wanted to harm Shen Qingci; we all saw it clearly, you can rest assured."

As soon as his words fell, he immediately called the substitute classmate, telling him to hurry over to participate in the rehearsal.

Jin Chen curled his lip and nodded, "Then thank you all."

Shen Qingci glanced at Lin Le, who was in extreme pain on the ground, his eyes showing no ripple.

If it weren't for Jin Chen, the person lying on the ground would be himself.

He buried himself again in Jin Chen's embrace, his eye sockets slightly red, his eyelashes trembling, never having felt so fragile before.

"Good, don't be afraid; I won't let him appear again."

Jin Chen suddenly realized that the way he completed his mission needed to be changed.

"In order to give face to the world's heavenly way, he didn't exterminate the protagonist; he merely gathered evidence, leaving a way out."

"But from now on, he won't."

Harm his lover, and it will be repaid a hundredfold.

As for the Heavenly Dao, leave it to the Spirit Terminal Main System to resolve.

【0731, post all recordings in the forum.】

【Understood, Host, rest assured, I'll resolve it right away.】

0731 is also furious, relieved that my surveillance of the protagonist's perspective has remained active, never lax; otherwise Little Pitiful One would be in trouble!

Lin Le was tormented by pain, unable to speak, his appearance horrifying.

Several classmates already felt queasy watching, left the dressing room to calm down, and will rehearse later.

Jin Chen touched Shen Qingci's face, lightly kissed her lips, and asked, "Can you still dance?"

"I'm fine, I've already recovered."

Shen Qingci initiated the kiss, and the feeling of safety in her heart outweighed the fright and anger.

"But you're not allowed to watch the solo dance; you can only watch the formal performance tomorrow."

Jin Chen chuckled low, seeing that he was truly unaffected, and then relaxed.

"Alright, I won't watch; I'm really looking forward to tomorrow."

Only then did Shen Qingci go out to change clothes, and she went on stage with the Class Monitor and a few others to rehearse.

In the dressing room, only Lin Le and Jin Chen remained.

Jin Chen glanced at him, then suddenly spoke coldly.

"What do you think about killing you now?"

Before Lin Le could answer, the sky outside the auditorium suddenly let out a muffled thunder that shook the heavens.

The Heavenly Dao is warning Jin Chen.

In the previous world, he finally let the two protagonists torment each other; the Heavenly Dao was reluctantly satisfied, suggesting its bottom line is death.

【Host, I'll go give feedback to the Spirit Terminal, so it can nudge this Heavenly Dao.】

【No need; besides death, I have plenty of other ways to make Lin Le pay.】

Jin Chen lazily lifted his eyelids, looking at Lin Le painfully curled up on the ground like a shrimp, and said sarcastically, "You love dancing so much—go to the place suited for you, good, good, jump."

Lin Le didn't hear Jin Chen's words; he had already fainted.