Chapter 0013 Revealed
When Chen Yan plays basketball, unlike the boys on the school team who wear baggy, brightly colored basketball uniforms, he wears a black T-shirt with the short sleeves rolled up to reveal his two muscular and well-defined arms.
He wasn't the tallest on the court, but he was strikingly handsome. His hair was slightly long, with a few strands of sweat-dampened bangs hanging down, making his features appear even more deep and handsome. Like a lithe young black panther, he skillfully dribbled the basketball, dodging and attacking, rushing into the opponent's territory, and scoring another basket with a beautiful arc!
He spread his fingers, inserted them into his sweaty bangs, and swept them back to reveal his clean forehead. His hairline was full and well-defined, proving the saying that truly good-looking people have flawless hairlines.
It's easy to understand why, even though rumors circulated that Chen Yan had someone he liked, beautiful girls would still flock to him, disregarding their reserve and waiting at the basketball court, hoping for a chance to hand him water.
Some bold girls had already stretched out their arms with anticipation, but he didn't even look at them, completely ignoring them. His mind and eyes were only on the female protagonist of the gossip post.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, he smiled, snatched the half-empty bottle of mineral water from Ruyi's hand, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp.
The entire stadium erupted in cheers.
His male friends were making loud, strange noises and jeering behind his back.
Why are you drinking other people's leftover water?
"Ayan, aren't you going to introduce who this is?"
Chen Yan crushed the empty bottle in a few quick movements and threw it at the other person, a nonchalant smile on his lips, and cursed, "Stop asking questions you already know the answer to."
The unspoken meaning was clear even to a fool, and the surrounding air fell silent for a moment.
Hao Jing covered her mouth in shock, looking at Chen Yan, then at Ruyi, this... this...
The eyes of the whole world seemed to be focused on her like a spotlight, as if she were a big star, but Ruyi didn't feel happy.
She felt as if those ambiguous gazes were stripping her naked, revealing the hickeys covering her body beneath her clothes.
Sooner or later, they will realize the truth: Chen Yan and she were not lovers at all, but rather a relationship of rape and being raped.
But Chen Yan is a chosen one, how could he willingly rape Xu Ruyi? It must be that she deliberately seduced him...
Upon realizing this possibility, Ruyi's face drained of color. She couldn't stay any longer and turned to run away.
Chen Yan caught up with her in a few steps and grabbed her.
Unwilling to be physically intimate with him in front of others, she let him hold her hand and patiently followed him to a secluded back garden on campus.
In early summer, the rose wall blooms in full glory, and a gentle breeze blows by from time to time, scattering colorful petals like rain. Unfortunately, no one appreciates this beautiful scene.
Ruyi's tears wet Chen Yan's fingertips. He silently tried to wipe away her tears, but was pushed away.
She looked at him through teary eyes, her face filled with anger, disappointment, and grievance. "You promised to keep it a secret..."
"But they already knew."
Ruyi stared blankly, "Who?"
"Cheng Jue, Chen Yaqian, school doctor, Li Jinghao..."
Ruyi was puzzled: "Who is Li Jinghao?"
Chen Yan was satisfied with this and offered an explanation. Ruyi nodded, then shook her head: "They won't tell."
Chen Yan was instantly displeased, cupping her face in his hands. "Who wouldn't say that? Li Jinghao? You've only met him a few times! You trust him that much?"
He grew angrier and angrier as he spoke, a surge of anger coursing through his body. Ever since the incident with Li Jinghao, he had been feeling resentful.
"Do you think he's a good person? Do you know how sleazy he is? He knows you have a boyfriend, yet he still secretly takes pictures of you with that crappy camera. How despicable is that?"
Ruyi was somewhat surprised, but that wasn't the point. The point was that he went back on his word and had never respected her, but she also knew that she couldn't reason with him at all.
Thinking of this, her shoulders slumped, her tears gradually dried, and a faint weariness replaced them.
Seeing her like this made Chen Yan angry. He hugged her tightly without caring about anything else and poured out his entire emotional journey.
"Do you know how dazzling you were that night at the arts festival? You even appeared on TV, and half of the ten shots were of you! Do you know how many men will be fantasizing about you after that night? One Li Jinghao is enough to disgust me, so I'm going to go public! To tell everyone that you're mine! If they have any sense of shame, they won't dare to have any improper thoughts about you anymore!"
"That's right, I don't keep my word! But so what? I'm the one who makes the rules!"
In fact, Chen Yan knew that the real reason he broke his promise was that he lacked a sense of security. He couldn't bear the thought that Ruyi might develop feelings for some suitor who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, even if there was only a tiny chance.
But for him to admit this unease, it was harder than climbing to heaven.
He preferred to continue implementing the autocratic and domineering methods he had initially used to subdue Ruyi, rather than reveal any flaws.
Ruyi was not surprised at all; this was Chen Yan. She would be shocked when he started to reason with her.
Seeing that she was about to leave, Chen Yan frowned and quickly grabbed her hand.
Where to?
"Back to the classroom, where else can we go? Want to come together, my dear boyfriend?" The tone was gentle, but full of sarcasm.
Chen Yan also lost his temper. He wondered if he had become too easy to talk to lately, which was why she was taking advantage of him and always talking to him in this tone!
He watched Ruyi leave without following her.
*
The two had barely gone public when they fell into a cold war.
According to Hao Jing's observation, this is not quite accurate. To be precise, it was Chen Yan who was unilaterally giving Ruyi the cold shoulder, while Ruyi seemed not to care at all, going about her business as usual, and even seemed more relaxed than before.
Their attitudes toward each other were completely opposite, which was puzzling. Out of concern, she found a suitable opportunity to ask Ruyi what was going on between her and Chen Yan.
For a moment, Ruyi wavered. She wanted to tell everyone about Chen Yan's coercion and enticement of her, from the start of school to the shop being confiscated and her aunt's car accident while she was setting up her stall. However, those things were too unbelievable and dark for a high school girl, and Ruyi didn't want to drag innocent people down with her.
Seeing that she really didn't want to talk about it, Hao Jing stopped asking and signaled to the other classmates not to ask any more questions either.
Chen Yan stopped pursuing the matter, and her classmates all remained silent. People outside the class were enthusiastically following the gossip on the online forum, but as long as she didn't pay attention, it wouldn't affect her.
After going public with Chen Yan, Ruyi unexpectedly enjoyed a period of peace, which was a pleasant surprise.
Unfortunately, this peace did not last long; the sword of Damocles always falls unexpectedly at some unforeseen moment.
It was another Sunday afternoon, and the students at No. 1 Middle School had half a day off. Usually, Chen Yan would drag Ruyi somewhere to do something embarrassing at this time, but today, all of her time was her own.
Ruyi wanted to take the bus to the city library to look up some information. After asking Hao Jing and the others, she found that they all had their own plans, so she decided to go alone.
There is a unique kind of fun in being alone.
Standing at the No. 1 Middle School bus stop, Ruyi felt more relaxed than ever before. She never imagined that the three girls in the uniforms of a private international middle school were there for her.
They followed her onto the bus.
Ruyi spent two hours in the library, and after coming out, she went to a nearby shop with a good reputation to eat rice noodle rolls. After eating, she prepared to go back to school, as she had evening self-study.
The shop is located in a rather remote area. To get there by taking a shortcut, you have to go through several alleys. Ruyi has been there a few times and knows it very well.
On either side were old-style residential buildings from the 1990s. Everyone seemed to have gone out to play during the rare weekend, and few people were at home, creating a unique tranquility in the air. As Ruyi walked, she gradually realized something was wrong. Besides her own footsteps, there seemed to be other people's footsteps.
She turned around, saw the three girls from the international high school, immediately realized what was happening, and ran away.
The three girls were no pushovers either, and they immediately started pursuing her.
Sports were Ruyi's weakness, and the two were not far apart. She had only run less than twenty meters when she was stopped by one of them from the left and one from the right.
She vaguely understood who they had come for, and began to struggle fiercely.
"What are you doing?! Let me go! Help!"
With a "smack," the girl in the lead, tall and beautiful with long, blue-purple highlighted hair, raised her slender hand with sparkling manicured nails high and slapped Ruyi hard across the face.
Ruyi was hit so hard that her ears rang and her vision blurred. In her blurry vision, the arrogant and domineering expression on the other person's face seemed so familiar...
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