Chapter 115: I'm Telling You, Soone's Bullying
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"So what."
Her tone was indifferent, completely unconcerned.
"What do you an 'so what'... Don't take this lightly..." Sophia's eyes flickered with complex emotions as she lowered her voice to a whisper, "You have no idea who he is... Every girl that Alex has set his sights on, they all—"
"Shh—, stop talking..." Sarah nervously shrank her shoulders. The boldness she had shown when standing in front of earlier had already vanished the mont she turned around, "Be careful, they might hear us."
Sophia imdiately fell silent, obvious concern showing on her face. She cautiously glanced back, unable to continue what she was saying.
She just quickened her pace slightly. After a while, feeling that they had put so distance between them, she spoke to again.
"Anyway, you need to be more careful from now on. Try to avoid those people... I'm serious. Never deal with him the way you dealt with those two idiots this morning. They're different."
Though her words were sowhat veiled, the aning was already very clear.
I knew she ant well, worried that I was the type of hothead who, having been used to doing whatever I wanted in Winter City without thinking about consequences, would think I could act the sa way here in the royal city, fearlessly confronting troubleso people, only to end up suffering with nowhere to seek justice.
Thinking about this made feel a bit wronged... You've really misunderstood . I'm not that kind of person at all!
This morning was just an accident.
"Mm." I smiled and nodded at Sophia, "I don't like trouble. As long as they don't provoke ."
The implication being, if they dare provoke , don't bla for not being polite.
"Uh." Not expecting to say this, Sophia was montarily stumped. After being stunned for two seconds, she sighed, "Though it's good to have courage... Peylo, you really don't understand the situation in the royal city. So people... if they really want to do sothing, they won't care who you are... Wintermoon is too far away for them to be concerned about."
"Ah! They're catching up again... Let's walk faster... What do they want..."
Daisy looked alard, gripping my arm tightly, her words filled with helplessness.
"I don't know..." Sarah answered.
"They're still looking this way."
For the next short stretch of road, because the red-haired guy and his friends kept following us, the three girls beca increasingly nervous, their steps growing faster. The oppressive atmosphere was starting to make feel irritable too.
They obviously had made up their minds to follow us to the dormitory, and as if deliberately speaking loud enough for us to hear, their conversation grew louder and louder.
"Alex, look at these ladies up ahead. They all seem pretty attractive."
"Look at those little butts swaying... tsk tsk."
"Hey~ Ladies, turn around and look at us! Don't be shy."
"Miss Peylo~"
"Why call her 'miss'? You should change how you address her."
"Calling her 'madam' doesn't seem right, does it?"
"Haha, don't talk nonsense. Miss Peylo and I are friends, so you all better show so respect."
"Hahaha—"
"Just looking at her from behind, she seems so small and kind of cute."
"She's young after all."
"Actually, I think our Miss Peylo is perfect in every way..."
"Except her chest is a bit small."
I stopped in my tracks.
...Damn it, I can't tolerate this.
Ignoring Sarah and Sophia's attempts to stop , I spun around sharply and walked toward the red-haired Alex.
"Ah, she's coming, she's coming!"
"She looks angry..."
"But she's still really pretty."
My ears twitched, and I shifted my gaze to the last person who spoke, the guy with a face full of freckles.
I recognized it. You were the one who just said my chest was small, weren't you?
I strode up to him.
When he saw approaching, an imperceptible flash of joy crossed his eyes. He quickly lowered his head to hide it and raised his hand, preparing to greet : "Miss, I just now..."
Wham!
A hook punch landed square on his face, snapping his head back so violently it nearly lifted his entire body off the ground.
Then, in my field of vision, teeth flew more than 2 ters into the air.
"Terry—"
"Holy shit!"
As exclamations rang out, Alex's eyes widened, his face showing a horrified expression. He reflexively took a step back. In the next mont, I heard the girls screaming behind .
"Peylo, don't—!"
Imdiately after, the guy nad Terry couldn't even make a sound before falling straight backward.
...That felt good.
Now for the main business.
I gave my arm a light shake. When I looked back at Alex, he seed to realize the cowardice he had displayed in that instant. Presumably feeling embarrassed, his expression turned rather unpleasant.
Stopping his companion who looked furious and wanted to step forward, Alex stared at in silence for a mont, then pulled his lips into a cold smile.
"Miss Peylo, you seem to really enjoy hitting people in the face."
I shook my head.
I slowly raised my arms, clenched my small fists and brought them to my chest. After building up for half a second, I put on a sowhat frightened expression.
"You all..."
My slightly trembling, hesitant voice sounded especially soft and sweet. Thinking the effect should be pretty good, I tried hard to blink... and blink again...
But I just couldn't squeeze out any tears. Whatever, I'll just continue.
"You all... want to hit too..."
Alex's expression froze.
He sowhat unnaturally looked away, his eyes flickering a few tis, no longer eting my gaze. Then he showed that cold smile again.
"We hit you? You're the one throwing punches, okay? Terry just said one thing about your—" His mouth opened and closed, but in the end he still didn't dare say the rest, only pointing at the figure lying on the ground with blood trickling from his nostrils, "That was just a joke. Was it necessary to beat soone up like that?"
I took a small step back, shaking my head continuously.
"That's not it, I didn't... I didn't want to... I was just scared..."
"You were scared?" Alex's eyes narrowed into slits, the corners of his mouth seeming to stretch toward his ears, "You beat soone up like that, what were you scared of?"
"Scared... that you would bully ..."
"We bully you? You're the one bullying us! Peylo, I'm warning you, this is already the second ti..."
I quickly covered my ears, pretending I didn't want to hear him speak, and began murmuring to myself: "This morning... soone bullied , and now... you're also... bullying . Why am I so unlucky..."
"I can let last night's incident slide, but today you've hit my friend again. What are you trying to..."
Suddenly, Alex froze.
"What did you just say?"
Hehe.
The smile on my lips vanished in an instant. Understanding that timing was crucial, I imdiately began rubbing my eyes.
"This morning... sob, soone bullied and even wanted to hit ..."
"Wanted to hit you?" Alex frowned deeply, "Why would soone hit you for no reason?"
At this mont, soone beside him spoke up: "Alex, this chick might be lying to us. Don't forget about last night..."
"Shut up!"
But he was cut off with a sharp rebuke before he could finish. Alex gave the person an indifferent glance, then turned his gaze back to .
"Continue."
I sniffled hard.
"They knocked down my friends..." My slender jade-like finger extended, lightly pointing at Sarah and Daisy beside . Ignoring their expressions as if they'd seen a ghost, I continued, "Them. Then they asked us for our dorm number... wouldn't let us leave, or else they'd hit . We almost missed the opening ceremony... They were so fierce, I was really scared..."
As I spoke, I secretly observed Alex's expression — it shifted from stern to calm. When I ntioned them asking for the dorm number, his eyebrows shot up, already showing anger.
After all, he had done the sa thing himself... Empathy makes it easy to believe.
"Who were they?"
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