In this life, Zhuang Li still followed his lover and left.
They were holding hands and lying quietly on the bed. When the assistant found them, their bodies were already cold, but there were happy smiles on their faces.
When the news reached the outside world, the whole world was shocked. The national leader even personally delivered a speech on television to mourn the two heroes who made outstanding contributions to the country.
Most of Zong Zhengming's achievements are state secrets and cannot be discussed on TV, but Zhuang Li's achievements cannot be summarized in a speech.
He personally opened the door to the intelligent era, enabled China to achieve a great revival, and changed everyone's life.
Huarui Manufacturing halted operations for a day as a sign of mourning and projected Zhuang Li's famous quote in 3D into the sky: "A first-class enterprise should have the ability to change a country, even the world."
Everyone who passes by the Huarui Manufacturing headquarters building will stop, look at the line of words in the sky, and then smile with pride.
There is no doubt that Zhuang Li did it. He changed this country and the world.
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In a distant time and space, a tall man was picking up another equally tall man with one hand, swinging his fist and hitting the other man in the face.
The beaten man had green scales all over his body, a long tail dragging behind his buttocks, two venomous snake-like fangs sticking out of his mouth, and his cold vertical pupils showed a look of fear.
He opened his mouth, as if to beg for mercy, but unexpectedly the man punched him hard again, breaking his teeth.
All his words were lost in the sudden pain.
The man did not stop, and punched the scaly man again and again, turning him into a ball of flesh. The wind from his punches, which was wrapped in fierce force, smashed a big hole in the hard ground, and the cracks that slowly opened spread in all directions like a spider web.
The team members standing by and watching immediately moved away from the land, fearing that a collapse might occur.
Ever since the scars on his body began to heal one by one, the captain's strength has been constantly increasing.
He used to be very decisive in dealing with his enemies, killing them if he could, beheading them if he could, without any hesitation. But today, his mood was very abnormal. After waking up from his dream, he was like an angry lion, constantly looking for enemies to vent his anger.
The man he killed was called Demon Snake, an SSS-level mutant who had strangled many taskers and was one of the overlords of this area.
The team members originally thought that the outcome of the fight between the captain and the magic snake would be fifty-fifty, but they didn't expect that after only two rounds, the magic snake's limbs were broken, it was thrown to the ground, and was beaten into a pulp by the captain's punches.
"The captain is not right today!" a team member whispered.
"It must be because he didn't dream!" Another team member said firmly, "If the captain doesn't dream of his sister-in-law one day, he will be particularly irritable when he wakes up."
"No, he dreamed about it." The yellow-haired boy interrupted. "Today, when he woke up, he shouted 'Zhuang Li' and then jumped up with a scared look on his face. I think he had a nightmare, dreaming that his sister-in-law was in danger or something."
"How can we take things in dreams seriously?" The team members sighed and shook their heads.
"Why don't you go and tell him not to take the dream seriously?" The yellow-haired boy nodded at the furious captain.
Everyone shook their heads and waved their hands, firmly refusing.
Are you kidding? The captain is living on those dreams now. How dare they tell him that dreams are fake? Isn't it good to keep a little hope in this hopeless world?
Amidst the discussion, the man finally kicked the demon snake's corpse aside, wiped the blood from his face, and said coldly, "See? From now on, you must show no mercy to your enemies. If you can kill them instantly, don't leave them alive."
The team members nodded in agreement but did not dare to speak.
The man lowered his head and licked a wound on his wrist. He pursed his thin lips and watched it slowly disappear with gentle eyes, turning into a pink scar.
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When Zhuang Li opened his eyes, he found himself standing at the corner of a building. A handsome young man was holding up his mobile phone and playing a recording. His sharp eyes looked straight at him, and his expression was full of contempt.
Zhuang Li reached into his trouser pocket and took out a cell phone. He then lowered his head to look at the body and found that he was wearing a casual suit. The workmanship was not at all exquisite, but rather looked like a mass-produced uniform.
He looked up at the handsome boy and found that he was about sixteen or seventeen years old. He was also wearing the same small suit, so he realized that this should be a school uniform.
He looked around and found several teaching buildings, a basketball court, and a sports field.
The campus is a relatively safe place. Realizing this, Zhuang Li slowly relaxed and listened to the recording played by the boy.
The recording was a conversation, and one of the voices was exactly the same as Zhuang Li's, so it must be the original owner.
He was rambling in a resentful tone, "Feizai, I really can't stand it anymore. I want to escape from this home. My mother only cares about Teng Xuan and doesn't care about me at all. I've been doubting whether she is my real mother lately."
Feizai: "Of course she is your biological mother, you think too much. If she doesn't treat Teng Xuan better, Uncle Teng will have a problem with her. She is also doing this for your own good. If the Teng family hadn't paid for your tuition, would you be able to go to a good school like Chongming?"
"Feizai, you're wrong. Even without Uncle Teng's money, I could still go to Chongming. Do you know how good my grades were back then? I always ranked first in every exam. If I wanted to go to Chongming, I could be recommended and even get a full scholarship.
"But my mom wouldn't let me get first place or take my transcript home. Her reason was ridiculous! She said that every time I got first place, Teng Xuan would secretly cry, and she told me not to upset him.
"You know how furious I was? It's my own doing that I got first place. Teng Xuan's grades aren't good, so why should I have to accommodate him?"
Feizai: "I think you're exaggerating more and more. Teng Xuan has always been a well-known academic genius, always ranking first in every subject. How dare you compare your poor grades with his? You're even giving him a run for his money. Stop being ridiculous!"
The original owner said, "I'm not kidding. If I hadn't let Teng Xuan get in, would he have been able to get into Chongming with first place? Would he have been able to represent the school in those math, physics, and chemistry competitions? I just don't want to compete with him. You don't understand the feeling of living under someone else's roof."
"Now I just want to grow up quickly, become independent quickly, and leave the Teng family quickly. I don't want to give in to Teng Xuan anymore. Everything he has should belong to me."
There is another long section in the recording, which is all the original owner complaining about his mother's favoritism and the Teng family's indifference.
Zhuang Li, however, was no longer interested in listening. He pulled out his phone and quickly hacked into the internet. Using the clue "Chongming High School," he easily found the original owner's student information. He then tracked down his home address, family connections, upbringing, and so on.
The original owner's parents divorced a long time ago, and his father is missing. His mother is Zhuang Xin, who married a wealthy businessman named Teng Wei. The wealthy businessman also has a son named Teng Xuan, who is the same age as the original owner.
The young man playing the recording was none other than Teng Xuan, whose photo was on his student records. He and the original owner were nominally brothers.
In addition to the complicated family relationships, Zhuang Li also found out something very interesting.
Teng Xuan was livestreaming on a rooftop with three friends when he received the recording. They were part of a small group, all of whom had distinguished family backgrounds, handsome looks, and unique temperaments, making them popular online and the campus princes of Chongming.
The live broadcast was in progress, and Teng Xuan actually played this recording openly.
So fans from all over the country heard the original owner's arrogant and ridiculous words.
Teng Xuan posts his report cards and certificates online every year. His excellent grades, which are almost perfect, have earned him millions of fans. He is the "other people's child" in the eyes of adults and the unattainable "academic god" in the eyes of children.
The original owner always came in last in every exam, and in all his major subjects, he was only a fraction of Teng Xuan's. How could he have the nerve to say that everything Teng Xuan had was given away by him? Wasn't he too ignorant of his own limitations?
Teng Xuan’s three friends were so angry that they laughed and said they would teach the original owner a lesson in front of millions of fans.
Teng Xuan was afraid that they would resort to violence and cause a bad social impact, so he quickly stopped them.
Just at this moment, the hacker who secretly sent the recording to Teng Xuan took screenshots of the original owner's online diary and sent them to Teng Xuan one by one.
Teng Xuan's screen is connected to the live broadcast room, so through these diaries, netizens across the country can see the original owner's inner thoughts.
In addition to fantasizing that he was a genius student who could easily crush Teng Xuan when he was serious, he even coveted Teng Xuan's three good friends.
He often hid in the dark and secretly watched the four of them playing. After returning home, he silently wrote down his feelings of envy, jealousy and hatred, and always used an ambiguous tone to praise the other three for being so handsome.
It is said that there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people.
Some netizens think that the original owner's peeping behavior is obscene, disgusting, and pitifully humble; some netizens suspect that he is gay and a nymphomaniac, and actually fell in love with Teng Xuan's three good friends at the same time.
Netizens said whatever they thought, and comments such as "nymphomaniac, homosexual, Aquaman" filled the entire live broadcast room.
Seeing these comments, Teng Xuan's three best friends suddenly had an idea. They actually made a bet to pursue the original owner, and live-streamed the entire process. School violence is wrong, but using emotional appeals is okay, right? In the end, when they revealed all the truth, the original owner's expression must have been very funny.
The vast majority of the four-member group's fans are minors who have no basic legal and moral awareness. However, they have a fanatical interest in this proposal and repeatedly urged them to act quickly.
So now, Teng Xuan arrived, holding up his phone and playing the recording. Meanwhile, his henchmen were hiding in the hallway upstairs, secretly filming the scene and then connecting it to the live broadcast room, allowing everyone to admire the original owner's ugliness.
The four-member group is extremely popular, attracting tens of thousands of people to watch online.
All the students at Chongming High School knew about this, yet they helped the foursome conceal the truth and even teased the original owner. They wanted to join in on this fun and exciting game. They never considered the cruelty of treating such a young soul like a puppet, forcing it to reveal its most embarrassing side before the eyes of the world.
Being tortured in public is nothing more than this! The torture of the heart is more despairing than the tearing of the body.
If Zhuang Li had not come, the original owner who knew nothing would have been angered by Teng Xuan and said even more irrational words, and then welcomed the favor of the three male gods in a depressed mood.
They would take care of him, be close to him, protect him, and then, when he was immersed in the illusion of happiness and looking forward to a new life, they would stab the cruel truth into his heart.
They would make the original owner understand that he didn't deserve all the good things; he didn't deserve to be compared to Teng Xuan; he didn't deserve to be a human being. He was the most ridiculous doll in the world, the most despicable dirt on the earth. Being toyed with and trampled upon was his inevitable fate.
Teenagers aged sixteen or seventeen are at a time when their self-esteem is particularly strong, and their minds are also at their most fragile. To be teased like this, and to have it broadcast live for the entire nation to watch, the original owner would surely be devastated!
Zhuang Li pressed the phone to his chest, closed his eyes, and asked, "System, did the original owner commit suicide in the end?"
7480: “…”
Shivering! What the hell is wrong with this world's child of destiny? Worse than a murderer! Die, I don't care!
Chapter 132 Love Betting Live Game 02┃Zhuang Li: The children of destiny are all worse than the other.
7480 didn't dare to hide the truth from the host. After hesitating for a long time, he said fearfully, "Master, you guessed right. The original owner committed suicide in the end."
"These people didn't receive the punishment they deserved, right?" Zhuang Li continued to ask.
"Yes, yes," 7480 flipped through the script and whispered, "To protect Teng Xuan, Zhuang Xin cremated the original owner's body overnight and fabricated a lie that his son had gone abroad. No one knew the original owner couldn't stand the shock and committed suicide by slitting his wrists. After he disappeared, netizens scolded him for being too petty and insolent.
"The Teng family and the other three children's parents worked together to suppress this matter. Invasion of privacy isn't a serious crime, and the perpetrators are all minors. No one stood up to seek justice for the original owner, so he died and no one cared."
Everything is exactly in line with Zhuang Li's conjecture: power, status, and wealth, these things can turn black into white, call a horse a zebra, and naturally they can also play with human lives.
Zhuang Li likes the unknown future, but the future of this disappeared child was already determined when the hacker sent the recording and diary to Teng Xuan, and when the other three people joined forces to play tricks on him.
A child who has lived in loneliness and darkness for years longs for warmth and light. When someone hands him a handful of warm light, how can he resist such temptation?
That was a desire buried deep in his heart, and it was something he wanted to get at all costs.
At the happiest moment, these people holding the light suddenly told him - all this is not true, he does not deserve it!
How devastating would these words be to the original owner? Falling into the abyss of despair and subsequent self-destruction was already a foregone conclusion the moment the words left his mouth.
The original owner did commit suicide and it had nothing to do with anyone, but everyone involved in this incident was the murderer and their blood was on their hands.
It’s the same old saying - when an avalanche occurs, no snowflake is innocent.
Zhuang Li's hacking skills were more advanced than those of the hacker who sent the recordings and diaries, so he quickly found out the deepest and most terrifying secret through the mobile phone.
The hacker who lit the fuse and triggered all the disasters was none other than Teng Xuan himself.
He stole the original owner's private diary and phone recordings, and sent them to his own mobile phone which was live streaming via a timed sending software. He pretended to be a victim and induced the other three friends step by step to formulate a plan to ruin the original owner's life.
There was no deep hatred or personal enmity; it all stemmed from the word "rejection." He wouldn't allow the original owner to invade his home, so he simply made him disappear forever.
"So, the child of destiny of this world is Teng Xuan, right?" Zhuang Li sighed.
7480: “???”
Zhuang Li sneered, "There's no need to search the world for the Child of Destiny. Whenever you arrive at a place, first identify the most despicable person around the original owner, and the answer will be revealed. Your Lord God himself is no good, so what kind of person could the Child of Destiny he chooses be?"
7480: “…”
This is such a poisonous statement, but it is impossible to refute it!
"Live broadcast of a love bet? Great, I like this game very much, and I also like Teng Xuan's methods. Once the live broadcast starts, no one can stop it!" Zhuang Li opened his eyes, and a cold light flashed in his pupils.
7480's flesh trembled as he looked at the cold and arrogant Teng Xuan opposite him and cried out in his heart: "Son of Destiny, you're dead! You've been liked by the host!"
At this moment, the recording session ended. Teng Xuan's face remained calm and indifferent, but his mind was in turmoil. This was because Zhuang Li's reaction was completely beyond his expectations.
He thought that this person would blush and feel embarrassed, and then become angry and speak nonsense, allowing the tens of thousands of viewers in the live broadcast room to see his ugly appearance.
However, none of these assumptions came true. Zhuang Li treated the recording as background music, listening to it while playing with his phone with a curled lip. He didn't even react in the slightest. He wasn't angry at Fei Zai's betrayal, nor was he ashamed of the outrageous words he'd spoken on the phone. He didn't feel the need to react in any way.
A recording is just a recording, just listen to it.
He raised his eyes slightly, smiled and asked, "Anything else? If not, I'll go to class."
When meeting his playful gaze, Teng Xuan suddenly felt a shock, but quickly calmed down and said coldly: "Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"
"There's nothing much to explain. Just as you heard, all the achievements you've made over the years are due to my courtesy." Zhuang Li stepped forward, looking directly at Teng Xuan, and said slowly, "Without my courtesy, who would you be?"
Teng Xuan's long eyebrows were tightly knitted together. Even when he was angry, his expression was much more indifferent than that of an ordinary person.
"Then you don't have to be polite to me in the future. I want to see your true strength." Teng Xuan took a step back and sneered with the corners of his lips curled.
Zhuang Li tilted his head slightly, his voice dripping with sarcasm, "Is this what you want? If I stop being polite, you won't go crying to my mom again, right?"
This unfounded accusation finally angered Teng Xuan and almost made him reveal a distorted expression in front of tens of thousands of people.
The corners of his mouth drooped, but soon turned up slightly, and he said in a gentle voice: "Aunt Zhuang seems to be overthinking it. My father and I have never seen your report card." The implication was that neither of them cared whether Zhuang Li did well in the exam or not, so why was he crying.
If it were the old Zhuang Li, hearing this sentence would definitely cause him to feel ashamed and inferior for being too sentimental, and then he would become even more irritable and angry.
But Zhuang Li simply nodded and said nonchalantly, "Is that so? But don't worry, you'll always be able to see my results even if you don't want to. When counting from the top down, who would ignore the spot that always occupies first place?"
Teng Xuan shook his head and laughed, then looked behind Zhuang Li and greeted politely: "Teacher Zhou, let me help you move your things." After that, he walked past Zhuang Li and went to the math teacher who had been standing behind them without knowing when.
The math teacher had obviously heard the conversation between the two and looked Zhuang Li up and down with a strange look. He had never expected that this introverted child could be so arrogant in private.
Teng Xuan's achievements were all due to his courtesy? How could he have the nerve to say such nonsense?
"Instead of wasting time bragging, you might as well read a few more books. Time is almost up, go back to the classroom." Teacher Zhou advised meaningfully, then handed a thick stack of test papers to Teng Xuan.
The group left the corner.
Several students who were hiding on the second-floor balcony and secretly filming this scene almost fell to the ground laughing.
"Hahahaha, Zhuang Li is so funny! He happened to run into our homeroom teacher when he was bragging. I almost wanted to run over and ask him how he felt at that moment. He's so shameless! He doesn't even feel ashamed at all!"
"He really impressed me today! It turns out that homosexuals are all a bunch of weirdos!"
"Yeah, without being extremely thick-skinned, who would dare to spy on a man?"
The conversation between the two was transmitted into the live broadcast room, provoking even more vicious attacks from the audience.
【Fuck homosexuals! 】
【The King of Bullshit! 】
[So disgusting! I want to beat Zhuang Li to death!]
I feel embarrassed for him!
[I was so ashamed that I dug out a three-bedroom apartment with my toes, but Zhuang Li still managed to brag about it with a smile. I'm impressed!]
Similar comments flooded into the live broadcast room.
In the Grade 3 Class A classroom, all the students were holding up their phones, laughing and watching the live broadcast. The same situation occurred in other classrooms.
The four-member group, led by Teng Xuan, was a school idol. Whenever they started a livestream, the rest of the students would watch. Consequently, the story of their bet and prank on Zhuang Li had already spread to every corner of the campus.
Chongming is an aristocratic school with a strong faculty. Students who attend are either second-generation wealthy, from privileged backgrounds, or exceptionally gifted. Since no one can afford to offend, Chongming doesn't, like other schools, ban students from using mobile phones.
There was once a newly arrived teacher who couldn't stand this kind of atmosphere, so he confiscated a student's mobile phone during class. As a result, after class, the student lost millions because he missed an important business call.
The teacher almost lost everything, and in the end no one dared to make the same mistake again.
At this moment, two students who were standing outside on the balcony for a break ran into the classroom and shouted, "Librarian Zhuang is here! Everyone, put your phones away! Stop watching! Why are you watching a live broadcast when the real person is here?"
Everyone put away their phones at once.
While walking up the stairs, Zhuang Li used his mobile phone to hack into the campus network, unlocked the original owner's account, and found his diary.
These diaries were set to be visible only to himself, so the original owner used them to record his moods without any hesitation. He never imagined that Teng Xuan, the venomous snake, would closely monitor his every move and dig out all the secrets he had hidden in his heart, exposing them to the public.
Now, Zhuang Li has taken over this account, but instead of deleting it, he continues typing his next diary entry, word by word:
First in class:
First in grade:
【National Mathematics Competition:
【National Chemistry Competition:
【National Physics Competition:
【International Mathematics Competition:
【International Chemistry Competition:
【International Physics Competition:
【Provincial Outstanding Students:
National Outstanding Students:
This is the full text of the diary, no beginning or end, just a list of honors clearly listed one by one. What does this mean?
Teng Xuan, who had been keeping a close eye on Zhuang Li, immediately took a screenshot of the bizarre diary entry and posted it on the forum created for this gambling game. Of course, he used the identity of a hacker codenamed "Red Falcon."
If the four-member group is the campus prince of Chongming, then Hong Falcon is the underground law enforcement officer of Chongming. He often exposes scandals of certain classmates unexpectedly, causing them to fall into public attack.
Those who were targeted by him either became extremely withdrawn, or simply dropped out of school, or disappeared inexplicably.
The people he targeted all had some stain on them, so his classmates did not think there was anything wrong with what he did. Instead, they admired him very much and even called him a messenger of justice.
As soon as Teng Xuan posted this diary on the forum, netizens from all over the country flocked in and expressed their own guesses.
I guess this is a schedule. Zhuang Lixiang wants to use these achievements to prove himself.
[Forget it! He's already a senior this year, and his grades are so bad, how is he going to turn things around?]
These plans can't be achieved through hard work alone. Tutoring can improve grades, but entering these heavyweight math, chemistry, and physics competitions is simply impossible without exceptional talent!
Do you know the “Gray Man Theory”?
People who rely solely on hard work without talent are not worth cultivating. This is the Gray Man Theory, which originated from Oxford University. It may sound harsh, but it is the truth. 100% effort is not enough compared to 100% talent!
[Others play every day and only take out five minutes to study at night, but they can achieve better results than you who study 24 hours a day.
Don't deny it, there are many geniuses like this, and Zhuang Li can only be a tragedy. He may not even be considered a gray man, but at least a gray man knows how to work hard.
He won't succeed. One day he'll understand the difference between genius and mortal.
A netizen made a bunch of comments with great confidence.
Many people liked his message.
At the same time, Teacher Zhou distributed the monthly exam papers and pointed at Zhuang Li, saying, "Come on, let's invite our hidden genius Zhuang Li to explain the exam questions."
There was a burst of laughter in the classroom, and everyone looked at Zhuang Li who was sitting under the blackboard.
Someone yelled out in a strange voice, "Oh my! Our hidden genius, Zhuang Li, scored 34 points on the test this time. That's really impressive!"
The laughter from the audience became louder.
One of the students had already opened the live broadcast room and was secretly filming everything that was happening in front of him using the textbooks stacked on the table.
Didn't Zhuang Li claim to be a genius? Teacher Zhou's move was too ruthless, directly exposing Zhuang Li's boast.
He blew it, he blew it again! If you have the guts, come up to the stage and explain this month's exam paper to everyone!
The students were getting happier and happier, and couldn't help but cheer, "Zhuang Li, come on! Explain the problem to us! Show us your true abilities! You're a hidden genius!"
Teng Xuan held his forehead with his hand and sighed softly, as if feeling ashamed for Zhuang Li. However, the three friends sitting around him all gave him looks that looked like they were watching a good show.
A classmate who was sitting in the last row and sleeping soundly with his head covered with his coat was awakened by the laughter. He moved his stiff body, straightened up, took off his coat, frowned and looked at the podium.
Zhuang Li stood up with the test paper and glanced at the whole room casually, but when he saw this classmate, his expression and mind went blank.
He checked the student files of this school and did not find anyone named "Ming". Why did his lover appear in the classroom?
Did he change his name?
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