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Chapter 72 What Makes You Different? (Vote Requested!)

At this moment, the students in the private room all turned to look at Chen Pinyan, who was now timid and cowering, showing none of the arrogance he usually displayed in class.

"This is."

Lulu nervously clung to Cai Yan's arm. Cai Yan frowned, about to say something, when Gu Huai turned to look at Chen Pinyan beside him, "Who are they?"

Chen Pinyan's eyes darted around, and he just kept whispering, "Help...help me."

He looked weak and helpless like a lower-grade student, a far cry from the way he had been when he was helping Gu Huai with his 'strategies'.

The crew-cut man at the head of the group had already approached.

"Chen Pinyan, are you even dead? You're trying to settle things for my cousin, aren't you? They asked for 500 yuan, and you're asking my cousin for 2,000? If I hadn't come back and found out about this, you'd still be keeping me in the dark!"

Chen Pinyan trembled, "I...I don't know!"

"You still say you don't know?!"

The man grabbed Chen Pinyan from Gu Huai's side and slapped him hard across the back of the head.

Chen Pinyan, covering the back of her head, started to back away again.

Gu Huai roughly guessed what was going on when he heard this: Chen Pinyan had done to someone else what she hadn't done to him, perhaps something that had happened a long time ago.

In short, this practice of "middlemen making a profit" has been exposed, and now that they have found a more reliable accomplice, they are coming to cause trouble.

After being slapped, Chen Pinyan didn't deny it, but kept apologizing, "I'm sorry. I know I was wrong, please don't."

"What do you mean 'don't don ...

He and his friends had practically blocked the door, while the others trapped in the private room were all high school students who had never seen anything like this before. At this moment, they dared not speak rashly, for fear of getting into trouble.

Chen Pinyan held his head, unable to bear being hit by the other person again and again.

"I don't have any money right now, maybe in a few days."

"You're singing even though you have no money? You're living the high life! You'd rather lose your life than your money, huh!"

Gu Huai made no move, nor did he say anything in defense of Chen Pinyan.

There's no need for me to step forward at a time like this, and there are quite a few of them. Although these thugs may not have any fancy moves, they probably have a lot of fighting experience. If anything happens, a group of them will swarm around and start punching and kicking without any strategy.

Although it's somewhat heartbreaking to see a classmate being bullied by outsiders right before your eyes, he does somewhat deserve it. Should we sacrifice ourselves for him? Nobody here wants to do that.

However, he keenly noticed Cai Yan's actions beside him.

Before Cai Yan could say anything, he grabbed the other's wrist.

Cai Yan was taken aback and looked at Gu Huai in surprise.

"What do you want to do?"

Gu Huai lowered his voice and asked.

Looking at Chen Pinyan, who was still being surrounded and lectured, Cai Yan bit her lip.

"After all, they're classmates. Even if they don't stand up for me, should I call the police?"

Calling the police is indeed a smart move, but now...
"It's too late now. I'll take you out to find the KTV manager. They can't just sit idly by."

Gu Huai understood Cai Yan's mindset. She was indeed kind and had tried her best to help Chen Pinyan without getting herself into trouble. However, this method was still not good enough; Chen Pinyan might not even know where she had been taken before the police arrived.

Gu Huai thought that a KTV like this couldn't possibly sit idly by and let thugs cause trouble. Perhaps no one was watching the surveillance footage and hadn't noticed this situation.

So going out and reminding them to let the people in the KTV handle it, at least to prevent them from fighting in front of each other, is the best course of action.

Cai Yan nodded.

Ignoring the fact that Gu Huai was holding onto their wrist tightly, they tried to walk towards the door as discreetly as possible.

Just as he was about to open the door to the private room, Gu Huai was already prepared to grab the girl and rush out the moment the door opened.

but.

"Where are you all going? Brother Wang, someone's trying to slip away!"

Suddenly, a skinny thug with dyed red hair stepped in and blocked their way.

Those people stopped beating Chen Pinyan and stood up, staring intently at Gu Huai and Cai Yan, who were near the door. Suddenly, the focus of the entire scene seemed to shift.

Cai Yan sensed something was wrong, even though she did have some courage and could do things that girls her age wouldn't. But facing the gaze of so many thugs, she subconsciously shrank back, thankfully her wrist was being held tightly, as if an invisible warmth was being transferred to her.

She stood behind Gu Huai, nervously watching the crew-cut man leading the group walk towards them.

Gu Huai held Cai Yan's hand, his expression remaining largely unchanged. He subtly took two steps back, creating space between himself and the group. This gave him time to react should anything suddenly happen.

Was this kind of situation unfamiliar to Gu Huai? Of course it was. He used to be an ordinary person who couldn't even stand up for himself and could only swallow his anger. Let alone in a situation like this?

But I am no longer the timid person I once was, too cowardly to even speak.

Even though he is still not good enough, compared to these clueless peers who are standing blankly in the private room without daring to say a word, he feels for the first time that he has such a responsibility on his shoulders.

Especially since the girl behind him is Cai Yan.

"What? Going out to report a leak?"

The crew-cut man stared at Gu Huai, who was blocking Cai Yan's way, with a faint smile.

Gu Huai looked at him, his tone calmer than he had expected.

"What you and Chen Pinyan have to do with us. Either you take her out, or we'll leave this room. That shouldn't affect your money, right?"

"It's okay? Who said it's okay!"

The crew-cut man became annoyed when he saw that the boy didn't show any fear or apprehension.

She glanced back at Chen Pinyan and said, "You came to sing karaoke together, you must be close friends, right? Friends or classmates? If you don't have money, how about we have them help you pay it off?"

Chen Pinyan was huddled in a corner, with some faint wounds on his face. He looked up at Gu Huai and Cai Yan, who were looking at him.

He wanted to say something, but in the end he lowered his head, trembling and unable to utter a single word.

Gu Huai knew, of course, that he couldn't rely on Chen Pinyan at this time, so he looked at the other person.

"There are surveillance cameras in the private room. They can see what you do here. Don't do anything reckless."

At this moment, he became the only person in the private room who dared to speak to these people. The way the others looked at Gu Huai gradually changed, as if he had now become their only pillar of support.

"Oh, so you're trying to teach me how to do things?"

The man called Brother Wang glared at Gu Huai, trying his best to show his fierce side.

"Eh?"

He suddenly saw something; it was Cai Yan standing behind Gu Huai.

His eyes lit up. "This is your girlfriend? She's pretty. Tsk tsk tsk, no wonder she wanted to leave so badly. How can this be? You're all classmates, how can you not have any spirit of mutual help? Is this how your teachers taught you?"

Cai Yan became even more nervous, never expecting that the other party would still be targeting her at this time.

But the figure in front of him shifted to the side, completely blocking his view.

She looked at the somewhat thin boy with a sense of unfamiliarity, then looked down at the hand that had quietly released her wrist.

"We're classmates, but our relationship is just so-so. We're not close enough to help each other out."

Gu Huai looked at the other person.

Brother Wang was very annoyed. The other person was still not afraid, and even took a step to the side to block his view. Where did he get the guts? He looked like just a high school student.

He sneered, "How about this, you can leave, but leave your girlfriend here to keep us guys company, okay?"

As he spoke, he reached out, seemingly wanting to casually move the boy aside like a dog, so he could get a good look at the young and beautiful girl.

He was very casual; after all, high school students like him were easy to manipulate.

They look tough, but they'll show their weakness when they actually take action.

What makes him any different?

……

(End of this chapter)