Chapter 57 Utter Madness
"Don't worry, it's just that a special admission student died."
The girl spoke softly, her words flowing effortlessly. The bright stage lights shone on her, making her appear elegant, outstanding, and flawless. Even though Ye Qingyu was just a special admissions student, at this moment she had become one with the school behind her, a true representative of its spirit.
At this moment, the school representative is perfectly exposing the coldness and cruelty beneath the school's glamorous exterior.
—Holy crap, dead?! The special admission student is dead?! How could he suddenly die?! This must be a prank, right?! This must be a prank!!!
—Oh no, this can't be real! She was perfectly fine just a few days ago, how could she jump off a building?!
—It's fake, it must be fake!!! Otherwise, I can hardly imagine what Anta School did before!! Doesn't this all mean it's fake?!
—It's definitely fake. Didn't Ye Qingyu say that the screen mirroring was malfunctioning? It must be that someone accidentally hacked into the school's equipment and made a disgusting little video to disrupt morale. After all, the election is just around the corner.
Yes, everyone, don't let those with ulterior motives lead you astray.
Most people in the live stream didn't believe it was real, thinking it was just a ploy by some politicians, and they all stood up to defend it. Pei Ci, sitting in the dim light, turned to look at the person in the center of the stage.
Her position was towards the back, so she could only see Ye Qingyu's side profile. Ye Qingyu was now so bright that she seemed unreal. Her impression on Pei Ci was the same as before: mysterious, unfathomable, and dreamlike.
Pei Ci pursed her lips. She didn't know what Ye Qingyu was doing or what her plans were. But she knew that from today onward, she would get to know her much better than before.
Ye Qingyu.
Let me see.
Your true thoughts.
Thinking of this, Pei Ci withdrew her gaze. She was on the stage, but she did not want to be a decorative doll on the stage. Her pale fingers slid down the light and flew across the piano keys, and a moment of gentle and elegant music flowed from her fingertips.
Pei Ci didn't say anything.
But she was using music to tell Ye Qingyu.
She was her comrade-in-arms.
No matter how crazy the things she did, she always stood by her side.
"Pfft—"
Blood flowed from his clenched fist, and Lu Ran's bloodshot eyes tinged his vision with a faint red. Lu Ran stared intently at Ye Qingyu in the center of the stage.
Pei Ci.
Ye Qingyu.
Pei Ci.
Ye Qingyu.
Pei Ci.
Ye Qingyu.
He murmured their names, the memory of their bond on stage burning him with jealousy. How could this be? How could this be? Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it! Why doesn't Ye Qingyu just die?
Why doesn't Ye Qingyu just die?
Countless images of violence flashed through his mind: him grabbing Ye Qingyu's hair and slamming her head against the wall; him throwing her into the river; him locking her in a cage with wild animals, forcing her to fight them constantly... There were so many images, some of which he didn't even realize, yet he had never actually done any of them, but they felt so real to him...
No--!
Lu Ran clenched his fist again.
I must not act impulsively.
Lu Ran closed his eyes.
If you just close your eyes, um... you won't be able to see it.
On the other side, Ye Qingyu was clearly startled by the sudden music.
Damn it.
Ye Qingyu gritted her teeth. Why not just be a background character? Why, why do we need background music? Why are we being dragged into this?
Damn it.
At that moment, she even wanted to rush up and smash the instrument to make a sound, but it was too late. The performance had already begun, and as a puppet, she could only continue with the final performance.
Suddenly, she broke into an unusually exaggerated smile, but quickly transformed back into an elegant orator.
"As you all can see, this is just a minor malfunction. Please allow me to continue my speech." Ye Qingyu's eyes crinkled slightly. "I want to tell you all that it was Anta Academy that changed our original destiny, it was Anta Academy that taught us, as specially admitted students, that we should..."
Just then—
"Why don't you lowly people just die?!"
A voice filled with strong emotion rang out from the projection screen. Immediately afterward, the screen lit up, revealing a brightly lit corner of the playground. A student wearing the uniform of Anta Public School appeared in the field of vision, grinning maliciously as he grabbed the person filming by the back of the neck.
"Untouchables!"
Upon seeing this video, the principal and other leaders present were almost unable to sit still. They had already taken action when Ye Qingyu began behaving strangely. However, they needed to get through the anniversary celebration in the open and then deal with the aftermath as soon as possible.
The video is unclear and ambiguous.
A special admission student who died.
There is nothing to fear.
But they never expected that, besides the special student's suicide, Ye Qingyu had other evidence.
The evidence was so direct, it was like having a camera pointed at someone and filming them.
no!
This can't go on!!
Ye Qingyu was in charge of the school anniversary celebration, and the authority for auditorium security rested with her, making it impossible to intervene discreetly for the time being. So she took out her phone and contacted the security personnel outside the auditorium…
Ye Qingyu observed these leaders' actions, and while she continued to utter words that painted a rosy picture, countless similar videos were being played at double speed behind the large screen.
—I have felt a lot of friendliness here.
"You bitch, crawl on the ground!"
—I received care.
"I'll slap myself instead."
—I am liked by everyone.
"Killing a special admission student is no big deal, is it?"
The camera focused on Jinglin's villa, its lens steady, quietly watching a dozen or so young men and women sitting at a long table, seemingly discussing how to slaughter a pig.
After the discussion reached a conclusion, they walked towards the camera.
"You are bullying me."
The camera's audio came out.
Ye Qingyu's voice.
However, the boy who rushed up sneered, "Ye Qingyu, it's your own fault for coming to this school. A sewer rat should be prepared to be toyed with if it appears in the sunlight. Not to mention, you are so annoying."
Then came the sounds of punches, kicks, and playful antics. The camera provided a first-person perspective, clearly showing the falling fists, the slaps, and even the still-sparkling cigarette smoke. It was so real that it made you feel a pang of pain.
This was just one scene; countless instances of bullying flashed by, until finally, the image froze. It was a photograph of Ye Qingyu, her face bruised and swollen. But the only difference was that her eyes had turned a normal brown. She gazed silently ahead, the photograph frozen in that moment of her smile.
This forms a perfect contrast with Ye Qingyu's smile at this moment.
“I am very grateful to Anta Academy.” Ye Qingyu straightened her uniform collar. “It changed my life…”
That's enough.
The leader sitting in the first row couldn't sit still any longer. "Ye Qingyu, when are you going to stop this nonsense?!"
"This is the school anniversary, not the time for you to throw a tantrum."
At that moment, the principal glanced at the celebration staff behind him. His level of composure was clearly higher than the vice-principal's; he remained calm and collected, never showing his emotions. However, he looked at the staff member in charge of the celebration with genuine confusion:
"Did you forget to remind Ye Qingyu to take her medicine?"
His statement, attributing Ye Qingyu's various erratic behaviors to her illness, immediately eroded Ye Qingyu's credibility. The students, bewildered by Ye Qingyu's explanation, quickly responded:
"Yes, yes, Ye is too busy."
"There's no way around it, there are just too many things to do right now. There are a lot of things to worry about for the school anniversary celebration."
For nobles, such polite words come naturally, and they echoed the principal's words, quickly sealing Ye Qingyu's fate.
After that, everything went much more smoothly.
The security personnel outside the auditorium were finally brought in.
"Student Ye, for the smooth running of the school anniversary celebration, I'd like to trouble you to go with them," the principal said, pointing to the security guards below the stage. His authoritative eyes were filled with warning.
After the principal entered, Ye Qingyu seemed to have truly resigned herself to her fate.
He stepped down from the podium, head bowed, looking every bit like the mentally ill person the principal had described. However, just before security guards could restrain him, Ye Qingyu suddenly punched one of them, knocking him to the ground. Then, to everyone's astonishment, she suddenly ran towards the exit.
Ye Qingyu ran away!!!
This action surprised everyone.
The entire auditorium descended into chaos.
The principal was the first to react, ordering, "Grab her!!"
Security personnel were immediately mobilized to chase after Ye Qingyu in the direction she had fled.
The scene was in complete chaos.
"This is truly a terrible celebration," Lu Ran's mother commented casually.
After she finished speaking, the members of parliament who were with her all frowned, a sign that they were about to leave.
How could I not want to leave?
Antal College has been holding its anniversary celebration for over a decade, and today so many strange things happened.
Judging from the current number of viewers in the live stream, presumably 80% of the people in Anta already know about the bullying of a special admission student at Anta Public School, which led to the student's suicide.
It can't be suppressed, it's simply impossible to suppress it.
They're definitely going to suffer this loss.
The principal hadn't expected Ye Qingyu to be so audacious or so reckless. No matter how crazy a person is, they wouldn't willingly become a victim, endure so much bullying without batting an eye, all for the sake of this outburst today.
"I'm sorry, Speaker Lu," the principal forced a fake smile, "I've let you down."
Pei Ci, on the other hand, did not expect that Ye Qingyu would come back to her after going around in circles.
Ye Qingyu indeed hated Lu Ran.
So she wanted to appease Ye Qingyu.
Furthermore, Lu Ran needs to showcase his charm.
Having figured this out, Pei Ci got up from the stool. When she emerged from the shadows, Speaker Lu had already left. Pei Ci looked at Lu Ran, whose eyes were closed and whose whole body was tense.
He seemed to have reached his limit of patience.
Is it very uncomfortable?
But she had to do it.
"Lu Ran." Pei Ci called out Lu Ran's name, her lips pursed.
The voice made Lu Ran open his bloodshot eyes. Following the sound, he spotted Pei Ci standing on the stage. Today, Pei Ci was as stunningly beautiful as ever. To his surprise, her gaze finally fell on him.
My heart was pounding.
The pain in Lu Ran's bones was filtered into sugar.
They were at a certain distance, but Pei Ci, as the one in charge, did not approach. Her eyelids drooped slightly, and she spoke softly, in an almost inaudible voice:
"Your turn."
Regardless, it's already the final act of the prince rescuing the princess.
Upon hearing this, Lu Ran's eyelashes trembled.
Yes, he should take action. His immediate goal is to save Ye Qingyu, and the reward for victory is that Aci will get engaged to him.
right!
got engaged!
He suddenly chased after Ye Qingyu in the direction she had fled—
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