The heavy silence that followed the senior students’ aggressive departure hung over the classroom like a suffocating blanket, freezing the remaining heirs of the elite academy in absolute, stunned stillness.
Teng stood perfectly rigid near lane number four, his handsome features twisting into a terrifying, dark calmness as his massive ego violently burned from the public challenge to his supreme authority.
He slowly turned his predatory, calculating eyes toward Jow’s wet frame, his long boots clicking loudly against the concrete floor as he marched directly until his tall stature completely trapped the transfer student against the wooden desk.
“You honestly have a massive amount of hidden arrogance inside you, don’t you, Jow?” Teng growled smoothly, his voice dropping into a smooth, sinister hiss that cut cuttingly through the quiet room.
“How dare you let those seniors come inside my domain and throw insults at my gang because of your pathetic cowering, hmm?”But Jow didn’t lower his long eyelashes this time, nor did his slender frame cower beneath the terrifying weight of the billionaire heir’s suffocating shadow.
The cumulative physical exhaustion from his grueling shifts at the commercial grocery shop and the intense physical horror of the pool completely dissolved his final trace of fear, unleashing an unyielding wall of stone-cold defiance from deep within his pure soul.
Jow abruptly stood up straight from his wooden bench, drilling his clear, innocent eyes directly into Teng’s dark, possessive gaze as his broken voice filled the silent room with an explosive, heartbreaking strength.
“They did the absolutely right thing, Teng!” Jow shouted out in pure, raw despair, his porcelain skin flashing with a dangerous glow.
“You have already turned my entire life into a customized living hell!
Jay purposefully pushed me directly into that freezing pool, and he knew with absolute certainty that I don’t even know how to swim!
If your gang has such a disgusting desire murder me, then why don’t you just kill me once and for all?!”Teng’s mind instantly suffered a massive, chaotic crash as Jow’s aggressive counterattack directly struck his colossal pride, the unexpected blast of the boy’s voice freezing his entire predatory gang in sheer disbelief.
A sudden, violent wave of toxic fury and unhinged madness flared deep within his brain; he couldn’t handle the reality that his fragile prey was looking back at him with such an untamed, fiery loathing.
Teng tightly clamped his cold, heavy fingers around Jow’s chin, his grip twisting with a brutal friction that forced the beautiful boy’s face painfully close to his own handsome features.
“Don’t you dare raise your pathetic voice against me, Jow,” Teng growled chillingly, his cold breath brushing past Jow’s trembling lips as his dark eyes narrowed into terrifying slits.
“I explicitly told you before that you can absolutely do nothing in this world without my private permission.
Even if your broken spirit desires to escape beneath the earth, remember this in mind—I will thoroughly hunt you down and I won’t even let you have a single moment of peace in death.”Jow stared directly back into the freezing abyss of Teng’s possessive gaze, his clear eyes completely hollowed out by a deep, dark loathing that totally neutralized the physical pain radiating from his clamped jaw.
He didn’t yell anymore, he didn’t shed a single tear from his long eyelashes, his face remaining breathtakingly beautiful yet entirely stone-cold as he silently accepted this fresh torment as his unavoidable destiny, his quiet disgust remaining an impenetrable fortress around his soul.
Right at that explosive second, the heavy academy dismissal bell finally began to ring loudly through the quiet corridors, fracturing the terrifying confrontation.
Teng slowly released his brutal grip with a frustrated hiss, lazily turning his back on lane number four as he marched out of the room with his gang.
Jow silently gathered his notebook into his backpack, ignoring his shivering wet uniform as he stepped out of the academy gates and walked directly toward familiar part-time workplace, his mind completely focused on starting his grueling evening shift at the commercial grocery shop.Every single lift of a heavy grocery basket or scan of a barcode sent a sharp, burning wave of pain directly across his tightly bandaged ribs, but Jow forced his fragile limbs to move with an ethereal grace .
He instantly forced an exceptionally soft, polite, and sweet smile onto his pale lips as he took his official position behind cash register number three, his long eyelashes casting gentle shadows over his bright, innocent eyes as he thanked each neighborhood customer with his trademark humble manners .
He had quietly resolved to accept his penniless background as his inevitable destiny, refusing to let the cruel memories of the elite academy distract his mind from his pressing reality.
Jow carefully organized the cash drawer, his broken body running entirely on raw adrenaline, but his pure soul remained completely unbroken as he focused entirely on completing his evening shift to buy his grandmother’s medications.As the night progressed and the flow of neighborhood customers slowly thinned out, the interior of the grocery shop fell into a peaceful, quiet routine that offered a strange comfort to Jow’s aching frame.
He carefully wiped down the plastic conveyor belt, his movements exceptionally gentle and steady as he placed the remaining inventory items back onto the neat shelves.
Jow didn’t care about his own severe bruises, nor did his mind wander back to Teng’s arrogant threats; his entire fragile soul was completely wrapped in a state of profound, absolute stillness.
He felt a deep sense of relief knowing that despite the brutal physical warfare he had faced under the sun and inside the freezing pool, he had successfully protected his grandmother’s hidden sanctuary from further destruction today.
This silent, humble endurance became his new shield, allowing breathtaking, fragile beauty to look completely unyielding under the dim fluorescent lights of the shop, fully focused on his duty while his mind remained a fortress that their toxic presence could never conquer.As the quiet night progressed, a small, stray cat gently wandered into the commercial grocery shop, its soft purring cutting through the heavy silence of the aisles.
Jow felt a sudden wave of fragile warmth pass deep over his aching heart, and he carefully lifted the cat into his slender arms, gently stroking its soft fur beneath the dim fluorescent lights of the counter.
This fleeting moment of domestic peace made his bright, innocent eyes reflect a beautiful, radiant glow that completely illuminated his pale porcelain skin.
However, outside the heavy glass door, parked beneath the dark shadows of the street, Teng was silently watching his fragile silhouette through the transparent window.
Seeing Jow shower such genuine, soft affection on a random animal while displaying nothing but stone-cold defiance to his absolute dominance unleashed a sudden wave of dangerous, possessiveness deep within his massive ego.
Teng aggressively pushed open the luxury vehicle door, his tall frame emitting a freezing, dark aura as he marched directly into the hidden sanctuary.Jow’s breath completely caught in his throat as the distinct click of heavy leather boots shattered his peace, and his ghost-white face turned entirely devoid of color as his gaze locked onto the wealthy heir standing before his counter drawer.
“Teng…
why are you here again?” Jow stammered brokenly, his small hands trembling violently against his employee apron as his body shivered in absolute, raw panic.
Teng slowly leaned closer across the wooden desk, his handsome features twisting into a slow, sinister smirk that delivered an unwritten, terrifying madness into the suffocating silence.
“I just came down here to thoroughly destroy your peace, Jow,” Teng growled chillingly, his dark eyes narrowing into sharp slits.
“I am going to completely finish you.” Jow stared directly back into the freezing abyss of Teng’s possessive gaze, the cumulative emotional pressure finally breaking his iron calm as he abruptly down beneath the register and pulled out a sharp utility knife, forcefully slamming the cold handle directly into Teng’s tight grip.
“Take this, Teng!” Jow shouted out in pure, raw despair, his clear eyes filled with a dangerous, dark loathing.
“If you thoroughly want to end my misery, then just finish me right now!”Teng’s jaw clenched tightly, his mind temporarily freezing from the unexpected blast of the boy’s dramatic resistance, but within seconds, a dangerous wave of unhinged madness flashed deep within his calculations.
He tightly clamped his heavy fingers around the sharp blade, maintaining his freezing absolute dominance as he slowly pulled Jow’s face painfully close to his own handsome features, his cold breath brushing past Jow’s wet eyes.
“Do you honestly think it is going to be that easy, Jow?” Teng growled smoothly, his voice dropping into a smooth, sinister whisper laced with a dangerous possessiveness.
“I am absolutely not going to murder you this casually.
You are going to live beneath my sky, and you are going to bleed and die only for me, Jow.”Teng slowly released his grip with a frustrated hiss as Jow maintained his absolute silence, entirely unaware that the invisible strings of his control were already spinning completely out of his absolute expectations.