Lan An tore open Qi Zhi’s collar in public, drawing a chorus of gasps from the surrounding crowd. Qi Zhennan’s eyes widened and his fists clenched tightly at his sides, yet he dared not do anything.
Not only did he have to maintain his character persona, but he was also afraid of sparking suspicion in Qi Ran and even more afraid that Lan An might suddenly go crazy and kick someone again like he did yesterday.
Wait, why is there a patch of red on Qi Zhi’s neck?
Was he burned?
“Are you talking about this?” Qi Zhi rescued his collar from Lan An’s hands and carefully closed it back up. “I got burned yesterday while taking a bath.”
“You can even get burned just by taking a bath?” Lan An retracted his hand and let out a ruthless, sneering laugh. “May I ask how you manage to be so exceptionally and purely foolish?”
Qi Zhi: “…”
As expected of the story’s big villain, who possessed a toxic tongue, toxic mind, and toxic heart.
He tilted his chin slightly and looked toward Zhang Dong. “When I was taking a bath, he intentionally adjusted the water temperature when I was completely off guard. He even put hair removal cream in my shampoo; I lost so much hair last night.”
After saying that, he thrust his head right in front of Lan An. “I don’t even know if it will affect future growth. I certainly don’t want to go bald at such a young age.”
Everyone turned their eyes in unison toward Zhang Dong.
“…” Zhang Dong subconsciously took a step backward.
Qi Zhennan parted his lips but ultimately chose to say nothing.
Lan An cast a flat glance at Zhang Dong and asked Qi Zhi in a completely flat voice that carried no rise or fall: “Then did you retaliate? If you don’t know how, I can teach you. You can hide razor blades inside a towel, but remember to place them along the fabric’s texture. You can hide thumbtacks inside his shoes, making sure the sharp points face upward. You can also put sodium hydroxide in his body wash; it will corrode the skin while leaving the plastic bottle unharmed. You could put 502 superglue in his contact lens solution as well guaranteed to blind him on the first try. Hiding needles inside his pillow is also decent, though the damage is a bit too minor.”
Having said all that, he gently poked Qi Zhi’s head. “Did you commit all of that to memory? These are all quite decent methods of retaliation.”
Everyone: “…”
Are handsome guys these days all this malicious?
Zhang Dong’s eyes widened in terror as he instinctively shrank back, wondering to himself just what kind of monster this Lan An actually was.
Qi Zhi: “…”
No need to go that far, there’s really no need.
Qi Zhi swallowed his saliva, once again regretting that he shouldn’t have written Lan An to be quite so evil.
“I’ve already retaliated. I used his toothbrush to scrub the toilet, and then poured all his toiletries into the toilet bowl.”
Afraid that Lan An might say something else that violated core socialist values, Qi Zhi hurriedly changed the subject: “Are you here for class? Go ahead to your class. I’m going to the infirmary to get some medicine; it still hurts a bit.”
“Mn,” Lan An cast another sidelong glance at Zhang Dong. “I’ll go to the dorm to look for you this afternoon.”
Knowing that they were going to modify the novel, Qi Zhi nodded.
Lan An was a freshman, and since this was a public lecture course, he turned and went upstairs without looking back.
…
“Let’s go, I’ll escort you back first.” The rain was still falling. Li Jian opened an umbrella and supported Qi Zhi’s arm. “I’ll bring the umbrella back later to give to the Yo to him.”
“Alright.”
Before leaving, Qi Zhi looked back at Qi Zhennan and Qi Ran again. “You guys…”
“What… what else do you want to say?” In broad daylight, Qi Ran was actually growing a bit afraid of Qi Zhi.
Qi Zhennan, on the other hand, assumed that Qi Zhi was trying to get him to stay. Straightening his spine, he slipped both hands into his pockets and directed his eyes at a forty-five-degree angle toward the curtain of rain, adopting the posture of an aloof, handsome deity.
Yet Qi Zhi tilted his head and deployed his passive-aggressive technique once again: “You wear it, I won’t wear it; then I won’t wear it either. No, it’s better if you wear it instead.”
“Blehh~”
Qi Ran: “…”
Qi Ran rolled his eyes in pure exasperation. He had already found the original Qi Zhi annoying, but he never expected him to become even more obnoxious now.
Qi Zhennan: “…”
Qi Zhennan’s stiff, upright posture froze. Just as he wanted to say something, Qi Zhi had already been supported by Li Jian into the curtain of rain.
“Brother Zhennan, let’s leave too.” Seeing Qi Zhennan staring at Qi Zhi’s departing silhouette with what seemed like a trace of displeasure, Qi Ran tugged at his sleeve.
“Let’s go.”
Divided into two pairs, the four of them walked into the falling rain. Qi Ran steered the conversation back to Lan An again. “Just who on earth is this Lan An? Can we run a background check on him?”
Qi Zhennan knew that Qi Ran had a malicious mind, but he hadn’t expected him to be this stupid. “Do you think we’re filming a television drama? Just because someone has a bit of money, they can casually look into anyone they want?”
“Then why can Lan An do it?” Qi Ran was unresigned.
“What do you think?” Qi Zhennan replied crossly.
How could an ordinary person casually look into someone’s past? This was precisely the thing about Lan An that he dreaded the most.