At the barbecue restaurant.

A few days ago was the day of victory in the preliminary round. After the elimination round, Green Peak's morale was low and they often skipped training. So, Momoi suggested that everyone in the basketball club come out for a meal.

After a long period of practice and competition, it was okay to relax a little and have some fun.

What to eat was decided by voting, but the location was chosen by Akaji himself.

This restaurant belonged to Akaji's family and was very close to Diguang. Since they were going to eat barbecue anyway, it was more convenient to have their own restaurant.

"Then we'll go back first."

"Didn't you say you were going to sing?" Huang Ase was still in high spirits after a full meal.

Lu Jian poured cold water on her unceremoniously. "I didn't know we would eat for so long. It's too late. Have you forgotten about tomorrow's test?"

"Ah —" The lively Golden Retriever was obviously disheartened.

"Where are they?"

He was talking about Momoi and Green Peak. They said they went to the convenience store nearby to buy some snacks, but they hadn't returned yet.

"Can't contact them." The terminal kept showing that it was busy. "Should we go look for them?"

"There's no other way. We'll have to split up."

He was worried that the two would return to the barbecue restaurant but couldn't find them.

Akaji's voice was light. Although his voice was exactly the same as Night Fight, this clear, soft, and clean teenage voice lacked the cool feeling of an idiot.

"If you find them, use the terminal to inform me. The others can go back first."

The bustling streets were bustling with people, but because of the arrival of night, it became even more noisy.

He walked along the surrounding streets, looking for the two who might be nearby.

He wanted to end it quickly, but when he crossed the road, he was caught off guard and bumped into the girl in front of him.

The slender and beautiful girl, under the colorful neon lights on the street, her pale skin was tinged with some warmth.

An unexpected first encounter was often the beginning of love at first sight.

"Are you okay?"

He was in a hurry and almost bumped into her.

The familiar voice, the unfamiliar person, still made Huaguo feel a little dazed.

Faced with the youth's concern, she paused for a long time before replying, "It's fine."

"My name is Akaji Seishiro." The young man bowed solemnly. "Nice to meet you."

When he raised his head again, his deep red eyes seemed to contain a bit of strange light. "How should I address you?"

The young girl raised her hand and smoothed out her scattered hair. She turned her face slightly so that her expression couldn't be seen clearly.

After a long time, a low, trembling voice replied, "Zongxiang, Huaguo. Nice to meet you."

Zongxiang?

Was it the person he was thinking of — Zongxiang?

The young girl didn't seem to dare to raise her head to look at his face. From beginning to end, her head was half-lowered, and her words were trembling slightly.

It was both pitiful and adorable.

Akaji wanted to laugh, but he felt that it was inappropriate for them to laugh out loud when it was the first time they met.

He could only pretend to cough a few times to cover up that inexplicable smile.

"Nice to meet you."

"Miss."

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw the driver of the luxury car not far away run over. "I've contacted the young master. You just need to be home before eight o 'clock."

"Young master."

Akaji looked at the young girl in front of him again. The family name of Zongxiang was rare in this place.

If he didn't guess wrong, the driver in front of him should be the young lady who had just returned to the Zongxiang family a few days ago.

He remembered that she seemed to have gone to school in the Ice Emperor.

He quietly took a few steps forward. The black dress on the young girl looked beautiful at first glance, but when he looked closer, he found that it was a little like a man's vest. Because he was closer, he could even smell a faint tobacco smell.

Casual clothes?

Boyfriend?

His original intention was to take a look at the person who had the same voice as Ye Dou and see what he looked like.

Unexpectedly, he saw a bookstore here.

Huaguo recalled the scene when she was in class. Although she could find a lot of teaching materials on the terminal, she was still used to the feeling of books on paper. Therefore, she decided to pick a few books back.

"Nice to meet you."

She solved her curiosity, but that familiar voice, coupled with the serious expression of the other party, made her feel that something was wrong.

As long as Akaji spoke, her mind would always unconsciously think of Night Fight's serious face, and she subconsciously wanted to laugh.

It was hard to hold it in, and her voice was a little shaky. She didn't know if the other party noticed.

"Then, goodbye."

Akaji touched the terminal in his hand and looked at the back of the person who was about to enter the bookstore. In the end, he didn't chase after her.

The next day at school.

As soon as Huaguo stepped into the classroom, she felt that the atmosphere in the classroom was strange.

Although yesterday, when he came to school, his classmates were secretly sizing him up.

But more than that, they were kind and curious.

Today, she felt that something was wrong.

Her deskmate, Feng Nagataro, had been looking at her with an apologetic and sympathetic look, and the class monitor, Shui Tani, who had always been responsible, was nowhere to be found.

When she walked to her seat, Huaguo, who was standing in the aisle, saw the mess on the table.

Red things, either paint or spray paint, covered the entire table and chair.

"Get out."

"Go to hell."

The torn and ravaged textbooks were strewn all over the table.

But she could still vaguely see that they had been tidied up.

On Feng Nagataro's table, there were two textbooks that were being pieced together.

Zongxiang Huaguo's name was on the bottom right corner.

"Sorry, when I came this morning, it was already like this."

It was obviously not his fault, but his deskmate still took the blame. She didn't know whether to say that he had a good temper or was a good person.

"It's okay."

Faced with this sudden scene, Huaguo, who was hugging his backpack, did not know how to react, but he still answered his deskmate's question.

However, the textbooks were so badly damaged that they could not be used anymore.

It was obvious that the tables and chairs had been scrubbed, but in the end, they could not be used anymore.

Feng Nagataro did not whisper like the others. Instead, he clapped his hands to indicate his seat. "The class monitor has gone to find the teacher. Why don't you read the textbooks with me?"

"Thank you."

Even though this was sudden, since Huaguo was the teacher's favorite, he quickly gained the attention of the teacher's office.

However, the person who did this was very careful. Not only did no one see him, they even avoided the surveillance cameras.

The teacher could only comfort Huaguo with a few words and arrange for new school supplies.

After the incident at the nurse's office, she had not seen Atobe again.

However, the incident at the nurse's office that day, due to the large number of witnesses, slowly spread through the school.

Soon, Huaguo personally experienced Atobe's popularity at Ice Emperor High School.

Even though she had only heard about it, she did not expect that she would have the chance to experience the so-called 'school bullying' herself.

She did not mention what happened at school to Zongxiang's family.

However, perhaps it was because of this inaction.

What was originally just a small quarrel gradually began to rise to another level.

She opened the shoe rack again, and as expected, the thumbtacks were poured out from the shoe rack.

She wanted to put the shoe back, but she realized that her hand was stuck to the shoe, and she could not shake it off no matter how hard she tried.

It was superglue.

It was smeared all over the top of the shoe.

They should have guessed that she would pour out the thumbtacks.

Atobe's fan club …

Initially, she thought that she had acted a bit too rashly that day, and the other party was probably just a student, so she wanted to minimize the problem.

But again and again, did they think she was that easy to bully?

Huaguo gritted her teeth and placed her hand behind her back. She rubbed at it for a long time before she managed to peel the shoe that was stuck to the shoe into pieces.

However, there was still quite a bit of the shoe's leather stuck to her palm.

She rubbed and rubbed.

Her palm was red, but she still could not remove it.

If she wanted to remove it completely, she would have to break the skin on her hand.

This kind of obvious malice made her feel uncomfortable.

She inspected the entire cabinet closely. The other party was very careful and did not leave any trace behind.

Before Zongxiang sent her to school, he had reminded her many times not to use her power in a normal school.

Even so, she had a way to make the other party show up.

Ignoring the stuff on her hand, she pulled out a pen from her pocket. She opened the pen and used the pen to search for something on the top of the shoe rack.

Soon, a small object fell to the ground.

It was a mini camera.

As the saying goes, it's time to ferret out the culprit no matter how many times it happens.

July.

Even though it was only two weeks until summer break.

But in these two weeks, there was not only the final exam, the opera appreciation party, the intramural swimming competition, and even the student union and graduation ceremony.

It was the busiest time inside Ice Emperor.

Atobe, who had no idea what kind of feelings he had toward Huaguo, had been trying to suppress what happened at the nurse's office that day.

But he could not stop the person involved from that day from coming to him.

Inside the student council president's office.

Huaguo gave a brief description of what had happened over the past few days and placed the things recorded by the camera on the table as well as the medical certificate that she had just gotten from the nurse's office.

There was a video of the shoe rack and the classroom.

He had specially prepared a high-definition camera. The resolution and clarity were very good. Even in a dark scene, he could clearly see the faces of the people on the screen.

Huaguo handed the things over to Atobe without hesitation. Of course, she had her own plan.

It was obvious that she was just a new transfer student. She had not interacted with anyone from this world before, so the only thing that could trigger such a vengeance was the impulsive handshake that day.

Even though she could not rule out the possibility that Atobe wanted to punish her, thinking back to the bouquet of roses in the nurse's office, she had a feeling that Atobe was not that kind of person.

Even though it was groundless, it was surprisingly hard to doubt.

Since it was someone who admired Atobe, and Atobe himself was the student council president of Ice Emperor.

Huaguo very lazily shoved all the evidence to him, wanting to see how he would deal with it.

She was not worried that he would hide from her.

In the past few days, from the initial small quarrel, it slowly escalated to the degree of revenge. The rumors gradually spread in the school.

No matter how careful the culprit was, there was bound to be one or two bumps into them.

Furthermore, the things that were handed over this time were all replicas.

She had plenty of such replicas.

If Atobe could not deal with such a vicious incident, she would have no choice but to make a big deal out of it and report it to the police.

She did not want to do anything to the culprit, but at the very least, she needed to settle the things that they had done to her over the past few days.

Huaguo's eyelashes drooped slightly as she looked at her hands that were wrapped like mummies. She remained silent.

The teacher in the nurse's office was surprised by the glue on her hands. Thanks to that group of people, she had become a frequent visitor to the nurse's office over the past few days even though her body was not in danger.

He had truly confirmed the 'fact' that he was sick and weak.

The glue had been stuck on her hands for a long time. Even with the use of soapy water and detergent, it still tore open quite a number of wounds to reveal the pink flesh underneath.

Probably because she could not bear to see her beautiful and slender fingers in this state, Huaguo did not think much of it, but the teacher was already sucking in a cold breath as she carefully applied the ointment.

After that, she reminded Huaguo not to touch water and not to make any big movements with her hands before sending Huaguo out of the nurse's office with a worried expression.

She did not mention that the wounds could heal on their own. With the medical certificate from the nurse's office, Huaguo, who had accidentally gotten a week's worth of homework, thought that this was the best news that she had received in a long time.

Waking up from his long spacing out, Atobe was still looking at the things that he had just handed over, and the frown on his face deepened.

It could not have been any simpler than a few pieces of paper and a few videos. Why did he take so long to look at them? Was he thinking about how to protect the members of his own fan club?

Huaguo thought to herself. She could not help but raise her hands that were wrapped up like two snowballs. When Atobe raised his head to speak, she tried her best to show off her presence.

Look, even my hands are in this state. Even if it is your fan club, they have to give me an explanation, right?

That was what Huaguo was trying to express.

However, when the boy opposite him saw Huaguo's two hands, his pupils shrank visibly, and his brows that were originally creased furrowed even deeper. Even the air around the student council president's office became much colder.

Atobe did not expect something like this to happen to the Ice Emperor that he was in charge of.

Furthermore, the victim …

Was it … Zongxiang Huaguo?

Naturally, he knew about the fan club before it was set up.

However, since it had not caused any trouble, to show the Ice Emperor's open-mindedness, he had allowed it to happen.

Now that he thought about it, he had the urge to go back and knock on his old self's head.

Atobe sighed, and his eyes focused on Huaguo's two hands. His tone was low and different from his usual flamboyant demeanor, there was a storm brewing around him.

"I have understood the situation with Zongxiang. Regarding this, I will give you a satisfactory answer."

There was nothing more annoying than making a mistake in front of a girl you might have feelings for.

Then, as if worried that Huaguo might not believe him, Atobe emphasized his words.