Chapter 253

The person in front of me…

It's Chen Zhengyi!

The former student council president!

He earned deep respect from classmates for protecting bullied weaker students.

His legend has long circulated through Bale High School.

During his time as student council president.

Bullying incidents also decreased.

Many bullied students received proper protection and graduated safely from Bale High School.

But why…

How could someone so firm in his beliefs do harm to classmates?

"How did you become this way?" Qiu Qiu's eyes were filled with disappointment.

"Shut up…" Chen Zhengyi was in great pain.

"Why do you hurt others everywhere?" Qiu Qiu looked at that familiar face and completely broke down, "Didn't you say you hated bullying the most! Why are you doing this!"

Tears fell one by one from her eyes.

When she trained boxing, she met Chen Zhengyi.

At that time, Chen Zhengyi was the student council president of Bale High School.

He worked so hard to grow stronger, just to protect bullied weaker students.

In that moment.

She seemed to see light.

And from that moment on.

Chen Zhengyi became her idol.

She wanted to become someone like Chen Zhengyi.

So she came to Bale High School to study, secretly protecting bullied students.

This could be called her faith.

When she saw students who had once been too afraid to come to school now walking confidently down the street, she felt immense fulfillment.

Yet.

The Chen Zhengyi she had worshipped as faith.

Had become a bully!

Almost got Hua Hua Linglong and that other person killed!

And locked the Boshide Sect door, trapping everyone inside!

No one was more shattered than her!

Facing Qiu Qiu's relentless accusations.

Chen Zhengyi gave a bitter laugh.

"Yes."

"What I hated the most."

"Was being bullied."

"Because at home, my brother bullied me."

"When I entered kindergarten."

"I was bullied by those kids too."

"Until elementary school, I was always the target of bullying."

"I truly can't understand."

"Why is it always me?"

"So I had to grow stronger. I had to make them all pay."

"But…"

"I fought desperately to protect the weak."

"When I was beaten by students from another school for three days and three nights…"

"No one came to help me!"

"Not even one person stood up to speak for me!"

"They just walked past me with blank expressions!"

"I began to reflect."

"Was my redemption of them… meaningful at all?"

Hearing Chen Zhengyi's words.

Everyone fell silent.

The dragon-slaying boy became the dragon.

Chen Zhengyi becoming what he is now.

Can be said to involve no one who is innocent.

But…

"So you abandoned your beliefs?" Qiu Qiu said sadly, "You could've reached out to me—I would've rushed to help you immediately… and King, if she passed by, she would've helped you too!"

Chen Zhengyi smiled and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"What did you mean by 'I am the one who holds the Book of Life and Death'?" Lei Ting asked.

"Nothing much. In the ten years Brother Yanwang has been missing, I thought I could become someone like Brother Yanwang..." Chen Zhengyi coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood. "That person just now... who on earth was he..."

"Did you make some kind of deal?" Seeing Zhong Wanjun stared at Chen Zhengyi.

Even if he were a Muggle.

He could still tell.

Something was off about this Chen Zhengyi.

"I can't say..." Chen Zhengyi's breathing had grown faint. "What wrong have I done... I'm just so disappointed..."

His head lolled to one side, and his breath was gone.

The students of Class Ultimate stood around him for a long while, the air thick with a stifling atmosphere.

"I've already called the police. Let's head back first." Lei Ting's eyes were moist.

One by one, everyone drifted away. She turned her head and gave a slight start.

On Chen Zhengyi's chest, a wisp of black qi seemed to be drifting away.

The moment everyone had just returned to the classroom, Jia Yong came storming into Class Ultimate, ordering the students to go do community service off-campus to dilute the news about Chen Zhengyi.

After all, Chen Zhengyi had died in the school's broadcast room.

The outside world was bound to have all sorts of speculation about Balu High School.

And Chen Zhengyi's death was once again tied to Class Ultimate.

So sending them out to do good deeds off-campus and letting the media report on it was just the thing.

If the outside world insisted on digging further,

He would also have a perfectly legitimate reason.

To wipe Class Ultimate out of Balu High School!

That way, he wouldn't have to live in fear every single day.

Truly killing two birds with one stone!

The students of Class Ultimate were in an uproar.

Only Lin Yu was quietly reading.

As if it had nothing to do with him at all.

Lei Ting rested her chin on one hand, watching him curiously.

Zhong Wanjun turned his head and happened to catch Lei Ting spacing out.

He followed Lei Ting's gaze.

And found that she was actually looking at Lin Yu!

Zhong Wanjun, feeling a pang of displeasure, walked over and rapped on Lei Ting's desk.