Chapter 10 You're Hurt

Yu Chucheng stopped and his eyelids twitched.

Duan Huaijin?

Why is he here? Is he the same name as me?

I heard those two girls talking about the class reunion, and they mentioned Qi Rui...

Yu Chucheng searched hard in his mind and finally remembered where he had seen the name Qi Rui.

In the original book, he had seen this name on a tombstone in a cemetery in Kyoto.

The Qi family was in the real estate business in the early years. Later, when housing prices fell sharply, the Qi family wanted to transform into foreign trade, so they made friends with the Yu family and wanted to learn from them.

Qi Rui was the only son of the Qi family. Although he was entrusted with the hope of inheriting the family business, he did not work hard and spent his days in debauchery. Later, he died inexplicably. The doctor said that it was due to excessive indulgence that led to internal emptiness and depletion of vital energy. The entire Qi family was heartbroken and obviously could not accept this result.

The book only briefly mentioned Qi Rui's death and only wrote that the Yu family attended Qi Rui's funeral.

And now, the name of the dead person in the book suddenly appeared in his ears, and Yu Chucheng suddenly felt a chill on his spine, and even his scalp felt numb.

Yu Chucheng held onto the wall with his fingers and exerted a little force, forcing himself to calm down.

Wait...the two girls just now seemed to be saying that Qi Rui was targeting Duan Huaijin. Could it be that Duan Huaijin remembered him here and had someone kill him many years later?

Yu Chucheng took a deep breath and wanted to quickly get away from this place.

After he took something from the Internet cafe last time, he decided to clear all ties with Duan Huaijin. He also wanted to pretend that he didn't hear anything about today's incident. What did it have to do with him whether others lived or died in the future.

But he had just taken two steps—

"Bang!"

The door of the private room on the left was suddenly opened, and several girls with panicked looks walked out.

When the door was not closed, Yu Chucheng inevitably saw what happened in the private room.

On the coffee table in front of the sofa were various kinds of drinks, including white wine and beer, all with high alcohol content. The boys in the private room were playing a card game, and the loser had to drink a penalty drink.

However, Qi Rui had tampered with the cards in advance, and the loser was Duan Huaijin every time. Under pressure from others, Duan Huaijin had placed five or six empty wine glasses in front of him.

"Drink it, you lose again this time." Qi Rui pushed a glass of liquor in front of Duan Huaijin.

Duan Huaijin stood up and said, "You cheated."

Qi Rui, who was exposed, did not quibble, but directly admitted, "So what, do you want to drink or not?"

Duan Huaijin listened to the same conversation as in his previous life, and knew what Qi Rui would do next, but he still answered firmly, "No."

Qi Rui picked up the wine glass and stood up.

Before Yu Chucheng could react, Qi Rui poured all the wine in his hand onto Duan Huaijin's face.

The students around were all stunned when they saw this. Some of them couldn't stand it anymore and asked, "Qi Rui, what are you doing?"

Duan Huaijin's hair was soaked, and the wine slid down the bridge of his nose to the tip of his nose, and then dripped into his slightly open collar.

Qi Rui seemed to be admiring his own work, and he sneered as if no one was around: "You are so ungrateful that you insist on asking me to buy you a drink."

Yu Chucheng saw Duan Huaijin standing there motionless, with an indifferent look on his face, like a proud crane, but his fingers were clenched tightly, so tightly that his nails almost dug into his palms.

Suddenly, Yu Chucheng felt a tightness in his chest, as if his heart was stabbed by something, and he had trouble breathing.

What the two girls said was right, Qi Rui really went too far. He relied on his family background being the best in the class to wantonly trample on the dignity of others.

Duan Huaijin didn't even know his own life experience, and thought that he had to endure these humiliations because of his poor family background. Even though Duan Huaijin did many bad things many years later, what did he do wrong now?

Yu Chucheng clenched his phone tightly and pushed away the person blocking his way. "Qi Rui, aren't you afraid of retribution in the future for bullying others like this?"

Qi Rui wanted to humiliate Duan Huaijin a few more times, but he was interrupted before he could finish his words. He looked at Yu Chucheng and narrowed his eyes, "Who are you?"

Duan Huaijin raised his wet eyelashes, and Yu Chucheng's appearance was reflected in his lacquered pupils.

Yu Chucheng walked straight to Duan Huaijin and grabbed Duan Huaijin's arm. "I am a good citizen who helps others when I see injustice." After saying that, he paused and said meaningfully, "I am also here to save your life."

"Heh, who are you trying to scare?" Qi Rui obviously didn't believe it.

Yu Chucheng didn't bother to explain and directly took Duan Huaijin's hand and said, "Let's go."

"Did I let you go?" Qi Rui also drank a little wine today. He was drunk and his cheeks were flushed.

The former squad leader frowned and stepped forward to stop the man, "That's enough, don't go too far."

But who would listen to him now that he had graduated from high school? Qi Rui pushed him and made him stagger. "Get out of here. You have no right to speak here."

The other students quickly stepped forward to support the class monitor, staring at Qi Rui but not daring to say anything.

The Qi family is rich and powerful, and ordinary people like them cannot afford to offend them. When Qi Rui was in school, he relied on his family background to become a school bully, and other students would avoid him when they saw him.

No one had invited him to today's class reunion, but he heard the news from somewhere and came uninvited, and even made things difficult for Duan Huaijin, the top student in the grade.

Duan Huaijin lowered his eyes and looked at the hand that was holding him.

Yu Chucheng's palms were not rough like boys', but warm and soft. His palms were small, but his five fingers were exceptionally slender, with slightly raised joints and covered with a layer of light pink.

The door to the private room was blocked by Qi Rui's two lackeys. Yu Chucheng clenched his fists and said, "Haven't you heard that a good dog doesn't block the road?"

The two lackeys stood still.

Qi Rui, who was behind him, staggered over with a beer bottle in his hand and laughed contemptuously, "I only know that if you meddle in other people's business, you will die quickly!"

The beer bottle suddenly flew down and hit Yu Chucheng on the head.

Yu Chucheng only heard the sound of waving, his pupils shrank, and before he could turn around -

“Bang—Crack!”

Duan Huaijin pulled Yu Chucheng behind him and raised his arm to block the falling wine bottle.

The beer bottle instantly broke into pieces, and the unfinished beer inside spilled all over the floor. Glass fragments flew everywhere, and Duan Huaijin's short-sleeved shirt had a bloody cut on his forearm. The bright red blood slowly flowed down the neat lines of his forearm.

If this hit someone on the head, they would probably have to be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.

"Duan Huaijin! You, you are injured." Yu Chucheng didn't expect Qi Rui to be so crazy. He was going to hit him without saying a word. His breathing suddenly became rapid and his heart was beating rapidly in his chest.

"I'm fine."

Duan Huaijin dropped his hand as if he had no sense of pain, not caring at all about the wound on his arm.

Qi Rui was already drunk, and the smell of blood made him even more excited. "You are quite tough."

Yu Chucheng looked at Qi Rui with lingering fear, and then he realized that he had thought everything was too simple.

Qi Rui is really a piece of shit. He became a social cancer right after he left school. No, he was also a cancer in school before. It's no wonder that the villain hated him for so long because he was so cold-blooded and bullied others.

Qi Rui held up the broken beer bottle, the sharp broken glass flashing coldly.

Yu Chucheng's heart tightened.

Oh no, does this bastard want to stab someone?

Yu Chucheng suddenly tightened his grip on Duan Huaijin's fingers and was about to take Duan Huaijin away. Even if they couldn't get out, they couldn't just stand here and be a sitting duck.

However, the next second, Qi Rui's expression suddenly became strange.

He suddenly threw away the bottle in his hand, his face turned purple as if someone was strangling him by the throat. He bent over uncontrollably and pounded his chest frantically.

This is……

Yu Chucheng looked at the other people in the room again, and saw that everyone in the room covered their mouths and noses, especially Alpha, whose face looked very ugly. He was frozen in place and unable to move, as if he was under invisible suppression.

Duan Huaijin released pheromones.

The surging and powerful fragrance of bamboo leaves was pervasive, instantly enveloping the entire house.

This was the first time Yu Chucheng smelled Duan Huaijin's pheromones, fresh and pleasant, refreshing. But except for him, no one in the room could stand properly, as if they were pressed to the ground by an invisible big hand.

Qi Rui couldn't breathe and made a "ho ho" sound in his throat, asking for help.

The Alpha who was a little further away from the door opened his mouth with a pale face, "This is an S-level pheromone..."