CHAPTER 202: CHAPTER 124 EVERYONE WAS STUNNED

Han Lie stepped out and went downstairs, heading straight for the Sheraton next door.

The security checkpoint at that crappy school? You could get them to open it with just a pack of cigarettes...

Although the Sheraton wasn’t as luxurious as the Marriott, it was closer—just a five-minute walk away.

When booking the room, Brother Lie only asked for an ordinary executive suite.

With a price tag under 3,000, he paid 550 after swiping the special room-booking card.

A presidential suite wouldn’t scare Pan Pan; on the contrary, it might make her suspicious. Better to save the money for something substantial.

Not long after going upstairs, Pan Ge sent a text message: "I’m heading out, where are you?"

Han Lie deliberately waited a while before replying: "Sheraton, room 1125."

What followed was the pleasant anticipation.

「...」

Meanwhile, dorm room 438 was packed with people.

Fang Tongzhi, Liu Yingjun, Wang Xiaotian, Zhou Ci, and Xiao Hu were all present. Dan Zihao and Kong Yize had gone to their respective dorms to shower. Wang Hong, Old Hu, and other sophomores came up to watch the commotion...

It was indeed bustling.

The freshly cleaned and revived Dan Zihao and Kong Yize were fuming.

"Fucking bullshit! I’m definitely going to kill him!"

Kong Yize hammered the table with emotion, no longer using a steel pipe but a heavy-backed watermelon knife instead.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

The edge of the table was chopped until sawdust flew.

Dan Zihao, meanwhile, sat still with a grim expression, his eyes reflecting extreme repression and madness.

Old Hu still didn’t quite understand what was going on and, half-advising, half-inquiring, asked, "You two aren’t planning to study anymore?"

"Study, my ass! Before we leave..." Kong Yize blurted out, then suddenly clamped his mouth shut.

So, that was it!

Fang Tongzhi and Liu Yingjun felt a headache coming on.

Not every child from a wealthy family desires or is suited to studying abroad; quite a few are content just drifting along domestically.

However, when they could no longer stay at their current school, going abroad to study was still very convenient.

It might be too late to get into good schools, but there were plenty of lesser ones.

At every university with an international college, it was common for a good friend to suddenly vanish. Upon inquiry, it would turn out they had gone abroad.

Much later, snippets of information would surface: Oh, he got into a fight, or got a girl pregnant, or assaulted a teacher, or was assaulted by a teacher...

Right, that last scenario often occurred when a female student suddenly got accepted into a postgraduate program...

Anyway, once you got used to it, you realized that university was never a pure sanctuary; it was rife with sordid affairs.

Thus, Dan Zihao’s and Kong Yize’s thoughts were understandable.

However, Fang Tongzhi and Liu Yingjun couldn’t accept it.

We were the ones who went upstairs to rescue you. In doing so, we were asking Han Lie to grant us face, which meant we were essentially vouching for you. Now, you two can’t continue studying and plan to attack Han Lie before skipping town. What about us? If things blow up, who the hell won’t get dragged down too?!

Wang Xiaotian was the first to try to persuade them: "Young Master Dan, Young Master Kong, let bygones be bygones..."

"Bygones, your ass!" Kong Yize roared, interrupting him, his face contorted and his eyes bloodshot. "It’s either him or me! I’d rather do ten or twenty years in jail than let that son of a bitch get away without paying the price!"

The guys exchanged a look, all feeling a chill down their spines.

This kid has gone mad!

Wang Hong, Old Hu, and the others who had arrived later didn’t understand and were still tepidly trying to mediate: "It’s not that serious. What’s the big deal..."

"Not that serious?!" Kong Yize gritted his teeth, seemingly on the verge of losing control.

Do you have any idea what I’ve been through?! Huh?!!! You talk so easily; how could you possibly understand my pain!

Kong Yize wasn’t a particularly timid person.

Earlier, he had chosen to endure due to a moment of intense shock, compounded by a genuinely upset stomach.

And the result?

I fucking knelt there obediently, begging and apologizing, just hoping to save face and get you to let me use the damn toilet. Fine, so the scene of me kneeling and begging got out. So what? I’d endure it! But in front of so many people, I still couldn’t hold it in... So utterly humiliating! How could I bear it?! If I’d known this would happen, I would’ve fought Han Lie right then. At least being beaten until I shit myself would seem braver than being scared into shitting myself.

Now, regret and anger surged, flooding Kong Yize’s mind.

Now, he had only one thought: Kill Han Lie!

Compared to Kong Yize, Dan Zihao didn’t have as dramatic a reaction, yet his anger was no less intense.

The fact that Kong Yize had suffered the most didn’t make Dan Zihao feel any less disgraced. At most, it just made his own humiliation seem slightly less severe by comparison.

But Dan Zihao still couldn’t bear to stay at this crappy school any longer.

It didn’t even need to spread; just seeing Han Lie, Zhou Ci, Xiao Hu, Fang Tongzhi, Liu Yingjun, or any of them would instantly remind Dan Zihao of tonight’s scene.

Was this just a matter of social death? No, it was a long-term torment, an agony he’d suffer every single moment! How could he find release? Only through revenge!

Dan Zihao remained silent, not making a show of his anger, but his resolve was actually firmer than Kong Yize’s.

As for Zhou Ci, he didn’t want to get involved, but he wouldn’t mind seeing that outcome at all. If an opportunity arose later, he’d gladly add fuel to the fire.

The freshmen—though their individual thoughts varied—were united in their core sentiment: they had no intention of letting this go. Liu Yingjun even started to regret going upstairs with them.

It was a thankless task; what was he even doing?!

Wang Xiaotian felt the most helpless, yet he had to continue persuading them.

"Bros, what are you thinking? Young Master Han isn’t some nobody without connections. Never mind his relationship with Pan Ge’s family; he keeps a presidential suite at the Marriott year-round and usually can’t even be bothered to stay there."