Chapter 14 A psychopath!
A week has passed since Fang Yun's incident.
During this time, the online abuse intensified. When Haiyue learned about this, he asked Ziyu, but all he got was, "I don't know either."
Ziyu really didn't know.
Qin Yuzhen didn't contact him much during this period.
Ziyu diligently maintained his submissive identity, sending a series of humble and comforting quotes every night.
As for whether Qinyu Town had been visited, Ziyu couldn't be bothered to care.
Ziyu also offered to help, but unsurprisingly, he refused.
Qin Yu Town even persistently sent money to Ziyu every day, ranging from ten thousand to more than one hundred thousand yuan.
Ziyu was always puzzled. Wasn't the company in financial trouble? Where did Qinyu Town get the money?
But it must be said that sending money effectively appeased Ziyu.
And since the assistant didn't urge him to fix the plot, he just ignored it.
Even oxen and horses get holidays, but can't a cow or a horse take a break from its busy schedule even though it works all year round?
*
This week, all course exams have ended, and scholarship calculations are being distributed gradually.
Their school is a bit different from other schools. After the final exams, their teachers will grade the papers as quickly as possible, log into the system, and then start calculating the scholarships based on the overall grades.
Ziyu was confused at first, but then he thought that this was a game world, and it couldn't possibly develop exactly like the real world. Anyway, doing this wouldn't affect his return to the real world.
As usual, Ziyu picked up a book and began reading it with great interest.
Before he could even read a few pages, he heard Haiyue panting heavily, followed by the loud bang of the door opening.
"Ziyu! The first-class scholarships have been awarded this time, have you seen them?"
Haiyue rushed into the dormitory and looked around. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that Lin Hai was not there.
Ziyu keenly sensed something was amiss.
"They both went out, what happened to you?"
Haiyue stammered, "Uh, did you see it?"
Ziyu shook his head.
Haiyue immediately wanted to turn around and run away: "If you haven't seen it yet, don't look at it! I feel like there's something wrong with the system this time. I'll go ask it for you first, then you can look at it!"
"stop!"
Haiyue's reaction was very strange.
Ziyu got out of bed and forcibly turned Haiyue, who was facing away from him, around.
"What does that mean?" A suspicion began to surface in Ziyu's mind. "The scholarship was given to someone else?"
Haiyue's forehead was covered in fine sweat, and his small eyes blinked rapidly as he tried hard not to look in a certain direction.
"Ken, it must be a system error..."
Ziyu raised an eyebrow and looked in Lin Hai's direction.
"Is it Lin Hai?"
Haiyue was shocked: "How did you know?"
It seems that was the right decision.
Ziyu frowned; this was different from the previous timeline.
“Hey, Ziyu, I feel like there’s something fishy going on,” Haiyue said. He was actually the class’s academic representative. “I’ve seen his grades and comprehensive assessment score. According to the standards, his score is lower than yours.”
Hai Yue found it increasingly strange. He knew that although Lin Hai had excellent grades, his introverted and withdrawn personality made him dislike interacting with anyone, and he could never compare to the diligent and hardworking Zi Yu.
"Is there something going on?" Hai Yue gritted his teeth and said, "It definitely is, he's from the Lin family."
Even illegitimate children in the Lin family have more rights than ordinary people like them.
"Why is he the one getting the scholarship? There must be something wrong with this. I'm going to ask the advisor!" Haiyue continued walking out. "What's rightfully yours will definitely be yours!"
Ziyu wasn't the kind of person who would watch his friends do things for him without doing anything in return, so he followed them without a second thought.
Now that things have changed, he won't just sit idly by and wait for his doom.
It's his scholarship, so he can't possibly give it to someone else.
That's all money!
*
"If you ask me, your future is very bright."
In the office, the bald counselor was leisurely brewing the newly delivered tea leaves, with a tall and thin student standing in front of him.
"With this scholarship, you must continue to work hard. Our school has excellent resources. If you keep up this pace, getting into graduate school won't be a problem!"
The students on the other side didn't react.
The counselor was somewhat dissatisfied with the student's negative attitude, but reluctantly suppressed his dissatisfaction when he thought about the powerful forces behind the student.
"Did you hear that? The teacher values you a lot. Don't ignore it. You need to think about your future."
The tea was almost ready, so the counselor shut his mouth and began pouring tea with great interest, ready to savor its delicious flavor.
Before even entering the room, a soft knock could be heard.
The counselor and the student looked towards the door together.
Two young men stood at the door, about the same size, but one had striking red hair and a resentful expression on his face. He remembered that one of them was one of his class representatives.
The other one looked much more obedient, with black hair and black eyes, and his right hand was in a knocking gesture.
The visitors were Haiyue and Ziyu.
Ziyu said first, "Hello, counselor."
Despite his anger, Haiyue managed to maintain a student's politeness: "We came to you to ask about the scholarship."
Haiyue and Ziyu stood side by side in front of the counselor, and only then did they notice the students who had been there before.
Upon seeing who it was, Haiyue's eyes widened: "Lin Hai, what are you doing here?"
Lin Hai didn't even glance at him, staring intently at Ziyu, who had entered the room without giving him a second look.
His lower lip is terribly chapped. Has he not moisturized it these past few days?
Lin Hai thought to himself that perhaps Ziyu had quarreled with that guy Qin Yuzhen. He had heard that Qin Yuzhen's company was recently embroiled in a scandal because of that little internet celebrity.
Qinyu Town is truly overestimating itself.
I always thought I could achieve great things right after graduation, and now look what's happened.
Lin Hai thought maliciously: It would be best if he just gave up and pitifully went back to his mother's arms to drink milk.
Regardless of how many thoughts Lin Hai had during this time, Zi Yu didn't even glance at him. Instead, she continued to ask the counselor, "Counselor, I'd like to see our combined scores."
The counselor glanced at him.
"What do you take me for? Someone I can look at just anything?"
As Ziyu approached and spoke, the counselor realized that Ziyu was one of his top students. His expression changed instantly, and he leaned back in his chair.
"What's wrong? Do you have any doubts about your grades?" The counselor's lips moved slightly, his brows furrowed, and he seemed indifferent. "If you have doubts about your grades, go find the problem yourself. What's the point of coming to me?"
"Advisor, we need to see the final verified grades to find out where the problem lies," Haiyue said anxiously.
"Aren't the grades all on your own system? Why are you asking me?"
"But we don't know Lin Hai's grades! When I helped you compile the scores, Lin Hai's comprehensive assessment score was clearly not as high as Zi Yu's. Why can he get the scholarship?!"
The counselor's expression changed, becoming sharp: "What do you mean? Do you think I have the power to control the distribution of scholarships? Are you implying that I'm giving preferential treatment to others?"
The counselor stood up abruptly, her voice filled with anger: "You didn't get a scholarship because of your own bad grades, so you have to make dirty guesses about other people's grades. People like you have really wasted your education!"
After being berated, Haiyue's face turned pale and then red. He was still unwilling to accept it and wanted to argue further, but Ziyu grabbed his hand and took a step forward herself.
"Since you are fair and impartial, it shouldn't be difficult for you as students to ask questions and borrow your computer to check and verify our grades, right?"
Upon hearing Ziyu speak, Lin Hai, who had been pretending to be dead, also began to move.
"You guys really didn't listen to what the counselor said? What obligation does the counselor have to give you access to the computer for verification?"
Lin Hai stared intently at Zi Yu and continued, "If anyone can question their grades, then everyone can come to the counselor to check their grades."
"Okay." Ziyu really didn't want to say another word to Lin Hai. He had already figured out that Lin Hai was in cahoots with the counselor, so there was no point in wasting time talking to them. He simply pulled Haiyue and walked outside.
Before leaving, Haiyue gave the two treacherous people a fierce look.
Stepping out of the office, Haiyue asked Ziyu, "Where are we going now?"
Without pausing, Ziyu said, "Go to the Academic Affairs Office."
"Since he can't show it to us, let's go directly to the academic affairs office."
The teachers in the academic affairs office were also difficult to deal with. They said a lot of good and bad things, but in the end, Ziyu had to use the Qin family's name to barely appease the teachers in the academic affairs office and get them to pull out their transcripts.
Lin Hai's grades were indeed better than Zi Yu's.
"Where's your comprehensive assessment score?" Haiyue quickly found the problem. "You haven't had at least twenty points added to your comprehensive assessment score!"
That makes things easier.
Compared to the simple and straightforward grades, the comprehensive assessment score, which requires various data, is much easier to manipulate.
Ziyu's comprehensive test score was reduced.
"I can't take it anymore! What is this guy trying to do?!" Haiyue was furious and paced around in circles. "He started targeting you for no reason from the beginning, and I thought that was just his personality, that he looked down on others. Now, he's even resorting to underhanded tactics to steal scholarships. What is he trying to do?!"
No one can accept such a thing.
After countless schemes and betrayals, even a speck of mud would be angry by now, let alone Ziyu, who is not known for his good temper.
Haiyue pulled Ziyu along, ready to go find Lin Hai.
Coincidentally, Lin Hai didn't leave either; he was waiting for them in the dormitory.
The dormitory door was opened, and Haiyue, Ziyu, and Linhai looked at each other.
Lin Hai chuckled lightly. He knew how flawed his actions were, but he didn't care and remained calm: "Hello."
Haiyue was furious at his behavior and rushed up to him, pointing her finger at his nose and yelling, "You despicable person! What's the use of a scholarship obtained through such means?!"
"How is it useless?" Lin Hai's eyes shifted to Zi Yu. Since this matter was discovered, although Zi Yu said she was excited and angry, her emotions were actually not as volatile as Hai Yue's. "You made me anxious and upset, so isn't that useful?"
"Wow?" Haiyue was stunned. "Are you crazy?"
Lin Hai ignored Hai Yue and walked step by step toward Zi Yu: "Are you angry?"
His eyes were pitch black, but the pupils were dilated. For some reason, Ziyu thought of black hair that had been squeezed into a clump in the sewer, and it looked just like that.
Ziyu answered honestly, "A little."
It's understandable to feel upset and angry if your money is stolen, but the fact that he was tricked by the system and had to start a second playthrough shows that he has a very stable mindset.
Lin Hai rolled his eyes again: "It's good that you're angry."
"I will do more things to make you angry in the future."
Haiyue was almost out of breath after hearing this.
Who is this person? What are they saying?!
Ziyu was silent for a moment: "..."
Lin Hai continued, "You know what? It's very simple to do these things. As long as I have enough money, I can achieve what I want. But you have no money or power, and the boyfriend you finally found is now embroiled in company scandals."
Yu was a little surprised. He thought that the matter in Qinyu Town had not been exposed so seriously. How come even Lin Hai knew about it?
"So, you have money, and then?"
"Follow me."
As soon as Lin Hai finished speaking, Hai Yue behind him immediately widened his eyes.
Uh...maybe he misunderstood...it's all because Ziyu recently got a boyfriend, so his first reaction was that the person he was dating was also gay...we can't all be gay, haha, Lin Hai was probably referring to someone at work.
"I can give you anything that Qin Yu Town can give you."
Is it really a relationship?!
Haiyue was so startled that he took two steps back.
A gay man?
Thinking back to Lin Hai's previous attitude towards Zi Yu, Hai Yue wiped the sweat from his forehead... If he liked her, how could he do such a thing? He must be humiliating Zi Yu... This Lin Hai is really too vicious.
That's complete insanity.
Hai Yue became more and more certain. He turned his head and was about to tell Zi Yu to leave—after all, a good person doesn't go against a lunatic—when he saw Zi Yu sneer and twist his right arm.
The next moment—
"Bang!"
Lin Hai staggered backward, clutching his nearly broken nose.
Ziyu sneered, "No matter how scum Qin Yuzhen is, I'm still happy to be his lapdog. As for you, you mad dog, you should hurry up and be reincarnated as an animal, you're hopeless."
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