Episode 15
"Thanks."
"......"
——Ten minutes later——
Where is Benjamin?
"He ran away with the person he wanted to protect."
"That's good. Let him understand what it's like for the person he's protecting to die. He'll have the best reason to commit suicide. What will the person being protected think when they see the way their protector died?"
"You really are as annoying as ever."
"Thank you for the compliment."
——Fifteen minutes later——
"Benjamin, this is Lao Liu. Did you get him home?"
"It's been delivered to my home. The process went very smoothly, but it went too smoothly. I'm a little worried that something might go wrong."
"Won't."
How can you be so sure?
"Weren't you going to protect him? You said that on the phone the other day."
“I didn’t say that.”
He thought his mission was over after delivering Sasin home, but what he didn't expect was that when he returned, he would see the students who had been causing trouble for Sasin, and more importantly, they were now only one street away from Sasin's house.
"Why? Why are they here?"
The accidental mention of the soda can drew their attention to Benjamin, but that was fine, because Benjamin's purpose was to deliberately attract their attention, and the questioning just now was also within his plan, since they had noticed them from the first time they turned left. He just wanted to know one thing now—was he staring at him or at Sassin?
From the second-floor window, Benjamin saw Sassin's appearance. Since his house and Sassin's house were only two streets apart, and both streets between them were food streets with no partitions or buildings in between and covered by sheds, he wasn't worried about any problems.
Aren't you afraid?
"?"
Aren't you afraid they'll retaliate against you?
"They're retaliating against me? I doubt they've even found out who broke the window, especially from such a distance."
"Is nobody here?"
"Now we're allies."
"?"
Benjamin's so-called ally was actually a student on duty, because they kept threatening him by saying they were high school students and that they were hitting people. But after Benjamin saw this, he called the student on duty who had been threatened over and made a simple request: he would smash the window and make the student pretend he didn't see it.
"Were you threatened? Let me tell you, those two are high school seniors. If you go in now, they'll definitely block your way. But if you do me a favor, I can protect you."
"......"
"Pretend you didn't see the broken glass, and once it's fallen to a certain point, come directly from your post and report it to the director."
"But......"
"Don't worry, because those two people are back, and one of them has already gone home, so you don't need to worry about them. Just finish your task before class."
"good."
The mission was accomplished, and the student on duty who had been threatened was exonerated by Benjamin. He was now Benjamin's ally, a fact he had never told anyone else, and that other person was completely transparent.
"You want him to be invisible?"
"Um."
"The premise is that he has no problem being invisible."
“That’s better, because it would be peaceful if he weren’t exposed. He’s being threatened by those senior students right now, and it would be troublesome if he saw me. Besides, they came looking for me, and it wouldn’t be good to involve him.”
"And what about you? Were you discovered?"
"without."
"So how did you do that?"
"......"
I think I saw you in the building over there.
"You're so far away and your strength isn't that great, how did you see me?"
"It's just a feeling."
"Yeah?"
Benjamin smiled unconsciously. This man's sixth sense was still so strong. He was just a transparent person, or so he thought. But in reality, Benjamin's eyes and Sasin's eyes were different. Once you got used to what the other did, it would be quite interesting.
"How are you going to get to school tomorrow?"
"You'll take me home?"
"That's for sure."
"......"
"You don't believe me?"
I don't believe it.
"Look directly below where you are right now. Aren't there two people running around like headless flies under your feet?"
Following Benjamin's suggestion, Sasin discovered someone downstairs and, as Benjamin had said, found the people flying around below. Upon closer inspection:
It's them!
"See them?"
Why did you suddenly appear here?
"Of course it's to get revenge on you."
"Then why did you suddenly appear here?"
"......"
"I mean, how did you know they'd be here?"
"......"
"It's just a feeling."
"......"
"Don't move around at home now. I'll pick you up from school tomorrow."
"Come pick me up from my house? Wait a minute, how do you know where I live?"
"Just ask Lao Liu!"
"......"
"Okay, you're busy, I'm hanging up."
"goodbye."
Before he could even say goodbye, Sasin hung up the phone. He understood that Sasin did this because he already knew Benjamin was nearby; otherwise, he wouldn't have said that to him. He was sure that Benjamin would call the police on Lao Liu's behalf the next second.
"Call the police?"
"Um."
"What's wrong?"
"I saw those troublesome people from the Sassins."
"How about it?"
"Downstairs at the Sassin's house."
"?"
"And they've been watching him for a while now. Although I've managed to distract them, I can't guarantee I'll keep them from finding out about this place. I've arranged with him to pick him up for school tomorrow morning. Of course, those uninvited guests might arrive at his building before me, so the rest of the work is up to you."
"Okay, okay."
Old Liu couldn't help but sigh, feeling increasingly like a tool as he grew older, nothing more. However, he felt indebted to Benjamin's parents and Sasin's mother, so he was willing to do anything, no matter how absurd the reason. He knew some people in the police force and the legal profession, and just one of them could cause them utter collapse. Later that evening, Benjamin received good news.
--midnight--
"How is the situation?"
"They're both in. Although it wasn't his shift, their crimes are enough to keep them in jail for a while."
"Good job."
"Don't use English."
What Lao Liu feared wasn't people showing off their English in front of him, but rather people pretending to know everything. Therefore, when he heard Benjamin showing off his English to him, he subconsciously reminded him. Meanwhile, downstairs at Sasin's house, Benjamin, dressed in very casual clothes, paced back and forth in front of his house while cautiously glancing around.
"Hey Ben! Ben! (You brat!)"
Old Liu seemed to understand something at that moment, but he needed to confirm his thoughts at work the next day. Yes, he needed to confirm this with Sasin.
"Confirm? Confirm what?"
--the next day--
"You're coming to pick me up? Who would believe that!"
"I really came to pick you up. Look downstairs if you don't believe me."
Sasin looked at his window in disbelief, only to find Benjamin actually standing right below him! He had wondered how Benjamin knew he lived there, and how those people knew he lived nearby. Since he was already there, he was determined to get to the bottom of it.
How did you end up here?
"I already told you I'd come pick you up for school."
"......"
Let's go.
"Wait a moment......"
Sasin held Benjamin's hand, and they stared at each other for two minutes. Then, out of sheer boredom, Benjamin's phone rang. While answering the phone, Benjamin glanced at Sasin every now and then. After hanging up, Benjamin said something like:
"Let us wait for him over there."
"Old Liu?"
"Um."
Let's go.
The two went their separate ways, and it seemed to be the end of it. But when Sassin was at the agreed-upon place, Benjamin overheard something that seemed unintentional but was actually quite meaningful:
How did you sleep last night?
"So-so, what about you?"
"Just like you."
"Unlike you, I wasn't expelled from school."
"good......"
Just now, it was Sassin who wanted to hold Benjamin's hand, but this time it was Benjamin who patted Sassin's head. However, the behavior of these two childish kids was discovered by Lao Liu, who had changed to another car, when he parked near their agreed meeting place. But in order to make sure they weren't late and he wasn't late either, he subconsciously honked his horn to remind them that he was nearby.
"They're here, they've come over."
"......"
"What are you doing? Don't you want to go to school anymore?"
"Anyway, I don't want to go to school."
"I wasn't talking about you, I was talking about Sasin. You've corrupted everyone!"
"......"
"Bye-Bye!"
—One minute after boarding—
"Besides touching your head, did he touch any other parts of your body?"
"there is none left."
"Didn't you touch it back?"
"They didn't touch back, but they did hold hands."
"......"
"What's wrong?"
Do you want to know how he knew you lived here?
"Benjamin said you told him."
"So you know now, right? These two people came to your building's entrance, didn't they?"
"Um."
But this time, Sasin didn't ask why they knew about his home. However, another question arose—how did those people suddenly disappear overnight? Who could make them vanish in just one night?
"Benjamin?"
"Yes, he did it."
"Who exactly is he?"
"......"
"Old Liu doesn't know either?"
"I only know half of it."
"?"
"However, his ideas are quite unique. Perhaps it's because of his long experience on the battlefield, but it's something he's capable of doing, and it's definitely his style."
"Old Liu really understands him."
"That's a long story."
Once at school, the two didn't pursue the matter of Benjamin any further. Of course, Sasin knew a thing or two about Benjamin from his mother; since Lena's death, he'd gotten answers to all his questions from Old Liu, therefore...
"Is Benjamin really not coming?"
"If he's not coming, he's already dropped out of school, what's the point of him coming?"
Why?
"......"
"Oh right, you didn't know about this while you were on vacation at home, so let me tell you..."
"Alright, everyone quiet down, we're about to have a meeting."
The principal came in, and all the teachers were to have a meeting. The meeting was about the two senior high school students who had ganged up with students from another school to fight and bully students. The matter had already been resolved; the two students were arrested, and the students from the other school were openly threatening our students. The identities and home addresses of those students from the other school had been found, and the rest of the matter would be handled by the police station.
"That's pretty big!"
"What?"
"They can even get school uniforms, and more importantly, they can enter the campus at will. No wonder it has become like this. There are just too many students coming and going at that point, and they are required to wear school uniforms to enter the campus. It's quite difficult for them to tell that these people are not students of this school."
"......"
"What's wrong?"
"I feel like you look down on the security guards."
"Is there?"
"If you can call yourself a master of sarcastic remarks, then your statement is 100% a sign that you look down on the security guard."
"......"
No one said anything too harsh to Benjamin, nor did anyone speak ill of him, because they all knew very well that Benjamin had gone to great lengths to bring Old Liu back, and that was all.
"Bye-Bye."
"Are you really dropping out of school?"
"Yeah, I've already learned everything I wanted to learn, and there's nothing left to learn. I'm planning to take a break from my studies in another country. If you miss me, you can send me a WeChat message."
"good."
"This is an agreement between me and Lao Liu."
"But it's not worth it for you to sacrifice yourself so that they can all be saved."
"What's the point of questioning whether it's worth it or not? Besides, if you feel it's worth doing something, that's all that matters."
When he noticed that the teachers' expressions were a mixture of excitement and sadness, he fell silent. He then expressed his thoughts, asking why they were so unhappy when they were only leaving school half a day earlier than others. What had happened?
Where is Benjamin?
"You left school, didn't you know?"
"?"
--Now--
What day is it today?
April Fool's Day.
"?"
"What's wrong?"
I want to confess my feelings to someone.
Who is it?
"Benjamin..."
"Yeah, right!"
Someone spoke up for Benjamin, but in doing so, they were also speaking up for Sassin. The person knew the reason perfectly well, but there was a strange feeling between them. Because Song Ran was a transfer student, while Benjamin wasn't, they both believed the other could take a step forward, but they also felt that taking that step wouldn't be so easy.
—Second Semester of Grade 11—
"This is the new transfer student. Her surname is Song and her name is Song Ran."
"......"
Everyone was clapping, except for Benjamin. Her silence made Benjamin think that many boys would be pursuing her, but at that time, Benjamin wasn't sure who he liked. Adding to this was the incident when his affair with Song Ran was discovered by others. Furthermore, Sasin later found out about this, which led to a brief argument between Sasin and Benjamin.
"What does that little girl look like?"
"So? Oh, you mean the new transfer student, Song Ran?"
"I heard that not long after she arrived here, a lot of guys asked for her WeChat. I got her WeChat too. How about you? Did you get her WeChat?"
"No, I don't want it."
"Why didn't you ask for her WeChat?"
"I don't want to add her on WeChat, that's all."
"You really have a unique personality..."
"But I really don't like them. Do you know what kind of person I like? Oh dear, I don't have anyone I like right now. If I did, we would have been together already instead of hiding it. You may not understand others, but don't you understand me?"
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