SB- chapter 26

Xiao Zhan didn’t know what others thought but he held a whole new level of respect towards Wang Yibo.

After he finished, Wang Yibo wanted to hear more, saying, “Explain this part too.”

It felt like Wang Yibo was saying “kiss here,” making Xiao Zhan’s ears itch. “The teacher already explained this part.”

“I don’t like to listen to what other people have to say. I want to listen to Teacher Xiao.”

“Why are you like this…” Xiao Zhan complained, but picked up his pencil and started to explain the formula.

Regarding the voting on the forum, the class had also participated in the anonymous discussion. Yet, they all hid this, afraid that Wang Yibo might find out.

Xiao Zhan found out after Peng Chuyue had told him, leading him to open the school forums. The moment he opened it, he saw the post with the most likes —

Anonymous: The feeling Wang Yibo gave me was that he had been preparing for something big, but when he got everyone’s hopes up, nothing happened.

Anonymous: hahaha. Wang Yibo makes me laugh! Originally, I was thinking that Wang Yibo had some ability since he wanted to sit next to Xiao Zhan. Who knew that he only surpassed Li Wenhan and the rest. Hahaha.

Anonymous: I wonder if Wang Yibo would see this. I just want to say: Brother Wang, it’s better if you drop out of Chongqing High School and just continue to be a bully.

Anonymous: It’s not that Chongqing High School doesn’t suit him, but that studying doesn’t.

The comments made Xiao Zhan flabbergasted. He never thought that elite students could mock underachievers like that.

How were they any different from the bullies they claim Wang Yibo to be?

Although Wang Yibo was bad and arrogant, he had his own principles and bottom line.

In Xiao Zhan’s eyes, the comment with the most like was basically humiliating Wang Yibo’s character.

But, Xiao Zhan didn’t understand that these types of people didn’t remember compliments. But once they were scolded, they could hold grudges the entire day.

His fingers slightly trembled.

The purpose of the school forum was so people could interact and learn from one another. It was really rare for a group of students to attack a single person on the forum and Xiao Zhan believed with no doubt that Wang Yibo would beat them all up for criticizing him.

Xiao Zhan was a good student, so the school gave him the power to supervise over the forums. It made it easier for him to login and share some information or tips for the students.

His fingers trembled and pursed his lips, deleting all the comments that made him uncomfortable.

Then, he pinned a post under the name of Administrator 007: Chongqing High School Forum Rules.

Besides copying and pasting some of the original rules, he also added a few more.

There will be no tolerance for humiliation/insults towards other students. Post will be deleted if seen.

There will be no tolerance for teasing/mocking towards other students. Post will be deleted if seen.

There will be no tolerance for demeaning/degrading towards other students. Post will be deleted if seen.

There will be no tolerance for bullying students with lower grades than you. Post will be deleted if seen.

There will be no tolerance for venting anger regarding private matters on the forums. Post will be deleted if seen.

Everyone, please mind your own business and keep out of trouble. Study hard everyday and be cautious. Don’t chat about things unrelated to school. If someone violates the rules, you will lose the ability to chat on forums.

Quickly, someone commented on the post.

Anonymous: Let me conclude the new rules — No one can bully Wang Yibo.

Xiao Zhan had been waiting for someone to comment and he knitted his eyebrows when he saw this comment. Was it that obvious?

Anonymous: I bet that Wang Yibo is definitely the principal’s son. Not only doesn’t he get punished for violating school rules, we also lose the ability to post and chat on the forums if we criticize him.

Xiao Zhan attacked the anonymous comment and said: Were you guys just criticizing him? You guys were clearly stepping on others and making them feel bad. What class are you from? Who teaches you?

Anonymous: Since ancient times, handsome men were trouble. Wang Yibo is protected by heaven and there’s nothing we can do to him!

Xiao Zhan trembled in anger and said: Nonsense!

Once he was done typing that, he felt like it wasn’t suitable, so he deleted it and retyped his message: in order to prevent bullying… @Administrator 007.

Then, he muted the person until December.

Students had to sign up with their student IDs to get access to the school forums. In order to prevent students from other schools from getting access, the moment someone is muted, they basically can’t talk anymore.

Xiao Zhan muted all the students who protested against this and then he heard someone knocking on the door.

It was Xiao Jianmin and he probably came to knock on the door after noticing that Xiao Zhan’s room was still lit. “Don’t you see the time? Why aren’t you sleeping yet?”

“Right away.” Xiao Zhan lied while typing up a message. “After I’m done with this exam.”

“Don’t overwork yourself.” Xiao Jianmin wanted to turn around and go back to his room when he added, “It’s fine if you get 2nd place.”

Xiao Zhan looked at the time and realized that it was already 1 in the morning; he had been too busy in verbal sparring against the students. He hurriedly climbed in bed and closed the lights.

It wouldn’t be worth it if he lost 1st place from calling out the people bullying Wang Yibo.

The only thing Xiao Zhan was proud of was his academic studies and the reason why he enjoyed going to school.

Plus, Xiao Zhan noticed that after the grades to the monthly exam were out, it was clear that his parents objected less against Wang Yibo.

This is because he still maintained the 1st place and so, his dad’s words went in one ear and out the other. If he actually got 2nd place one day, the blame will obviously be placed on Wang Yibo.

He wasn’t feeling wronged for Wang Yibo, but scared that he might receive a beating if his parents refused to let him near Wang Yibo, making the latter angry and beat him up.

Before wearing his eye mask, Xiao Zhan was vaguely thinking: why am I helping Wang Yibo to attack the others?…

Quickly, discussion of Administrator 007 using their power to casually mute others became a popular topic amongst the students.

It finally reached Wang Yibo’s ears and Seungyoun sighed with feelings in the cafeteria.

“I wonder who was the one secretly helping Brother Wang. It must be one of your secret admirers. They have a lot of power — able to mute anyone they want.”

Xiao Zhan kept his head down and shoved food in his mouth while Wang Yibo casually took out his phone and scrolled through the forum.

Li Wenhan was also looking at the forum and his eyes flickered, saying, “right, who has that much power? They must be from the student union right?”

“Brother Wang knows someone from the student union?” Zhou Yixuan called out. “Aren’t good students part of the student union?”

Li Wenhan analyzed properly, “no matter what, they must be someone who likes to take the matter into their own hands if they dared to ban the account. Who of the student union has a decisive personality?”

“Song Ji? The 1st place of Class 2? And #2 on the grade rankings?”

Peng Chuyue softly sighed as he knew everything. After all, he was the one who sent Xiao Zhan the link. But, he didn’t think that Xiao Zhan was that loyal to Wang Yibo, despite being his friend.

Plus, Peng Chuyue didn’t think that Xiao Zhan would be that brave.

Xiao Zhan finished eating and prepared to leave, making Wang Yibo push his half-done food to the side, following Xiao Zhan out.

Because Peng Chuyue became more familiar with Seungyoun and the others after a while, he reminded the group who was in a frenzy, “The person you were talking about just left.”

Zhou Yixuan took a few seconds before he reacted, clapping his hands. “Damn! I couldn’t tell! I can’t believe he’s that brave?!”

It was almost December and the sun wasn’t as sunny and warm anymore.

The flowers were blooming splendidly and Wang Yibo was following Xiao Zhan, grabbing his arm while they were walking on the cobblestone path.

“You’re the one who scolded them for me?”

“I didn’t scold anyone.”

Wang Yibo chuckled and said, “Besides you who has a lot of power over the forums, there’s no one else.”

Xiao Zhan struggled from Wang Yibo’s grip and knitted his eyebrows, saying, “I didn’t scold anyone on the school forums.”

“Mhm, you were just defending me.” Wang Yibo grabbed Xiao Zhan’s fingers again, feeling sweet in his heart. “You heartless thing knows how to treat me kindly now.”

Xiao Zhan freed his hand from Wang Yibo, saying, “What do you mean by heartless? You helped me last time, so I helped you this time. We’re just helping one another.”

He continued to walk ahead, but Wang Yibo came to stop him, asking, “Is that really it?”

Xiao Zhan was forced to stop and he said, “What did you think?”

“It’s not because you’re upset that those people were bullying me and also because you like me?”

Xiao Zhan rubbed his burning face with the back of his hand.

The two of them were ‘dating,’ but Wang Yibo didn’t know it was fake yet, so Xiao Zhan said, “Maybe, maybe just a little” in order to make Wang Yibo happy.

Wang Yibo moved closer and asked, “Just a little?”

“Then a lot.” Xiao Zhan didn’t want to spend too much time on this topic, so he pushed Wang Yibo away and said, “I think I treat you pretty good too, so don’t casually bully me in the future. If you scare me like you did last time, I will, I …”

“Will what?”

“Will…” Xiao Zhan placed a fierce face on, but it was clear that he was still frightened. “I’ll break up with you!”

Wang Yibo stood there and watched him.

When the two made eye contact, Wang Yibo curled his lips and said, “If you treat me dearly, I’ll do the same to you. Therefore, how could I bear to bully you?”

Xiao Zhan felt comforted, but then knitted his eyebrows again, saying, “I saw a poll on the forums regarding whether you could score 2nd or not. There’s a lot of people who said you can’t, so are you going to put in more effort?”

“If you teach me, I’ll definitely put in more effort.”

Xiao Zhan also felt unresigned to this belief, because Wang Yibo had gotten all the questions that he knew how to do correctly. Look at how outstanding that is.

Why did the others think Wang Yibo couldn’t score 2nd?

Xiao Zhan grabbed Wang Yibo’s hands and said, “I’m not taking a nap in the afternoon. Starting today, I will tutor you every day. So, you must work hard and get 2nd place!”

Wang Yibo’s heart was touched and he asked, “How are you going to tutor me?”

Xiao Zhan looked over, questioning him. “You’re scared already?”

“I’m not scared, just curious.”

“After class, don’t go out of the classroom unless there’s something important. I’ll go over what we learned in class every day and at night, come to the evening study session with me. But, you can’t just rely on me either. You also have to listen to the teacher in class and take notes. If you don’t learn, it won’t matter if I try to help you or not.”

“Ok.” Wang Yibo felt comfortable with Xiao Zhan, asking, “Then what about Sunday?”

Xiao Zhan was very generous and said, “I’ll give you a day off.”

Wang Yibo begged, “How about you don’t give me a day off? I am eager to score 2nd for those people to see. Please tutor me on Sunday too. You can get paid by the hour and I’ll give you $100 per hour.”

Xiao Zhan’s heart thumped rapidly and said, “I don’t think…I don’t think that’s suitable.”

“Why wouldn’ it be? You’re already tutoring me Monday-Saturday for free. So what if you earn some money on Sunday for tutoring me? In fact, you’d be very benevolent to do so.”

Xiao Zhan thought the suggestion was pretty good. After all, he was earning the money through labor, but he still shook his head in the end. He said, “No, this is something I should be doing. Aren’t we…dating right now?”

Actually, he wanted to say that since he caused Wang Yibo to lose his memory, tutoring him would be compensation.

If Wang Yibo could score 2nd, he might be able to bargain if Wang Yibo recovered his memory and wanted to beat him up.

Yet, Wang Yibo’s heart tinkled. Little classmate is sensible. I want to kiss him.

Wang Yibo continued to ask, “How is tutoring going to work on Sunday? Are we going out or am I coming to your house?”

“We’re obviously going out.” Xiao Zhan said, as a matter of fact, continuing, “My parents don’t like…people coming over.”

He swallowed his words in time, but Wang Yibo still heard the meaning behind it. His expression didn’t change and he said, “Then, what are we going to do on Saturday.”

“I can give you half a day off on Saturday afternoon.”

Wang Yibo didn’t want to go on any breaks at all. He said in a proper manner, “It’s not that easy to score second. We must make every second count.”

It was rare that Wang Yibo was extremely motivated to learn, so Xiao Zhan didn’t want to dampen his enthusiasm.

“Let’s go to the library after we’re done with class in the morning. After 6 pm, we’re going back home.”

“I have a better suggestion.”

“You can come to my house Saturday afternoon and then I’ll bring you back home Sunday night.”

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