Douluo Continent: The Sun-Shooting Divine Bow, the God of Judgment

Dormitory 109 was in a mess.

The remains of wooden tables and chairs were scattered all over the ground, and choking dust hung in the air.

Wang Dong slumped onto the sawdust-covered floor, his back pressed tightly against the cold wall.

She clutched her aching chest, breathing heavily, her eyes filled with fear as she looked at Yun Yi.

Yun Yi stood there, looking down at the crowd, his words still echoing in the small space.

A thunderbolt suddenly exploded in Wang Dong's mind.

She suddenly recalled what Yun Yi had said when he pushed the door open: "We're all grown men, who are you trying to impress by changing your clothes and hiding something? What difference would it make if they saw it?"

He saw it! He definitely saw himself changing clothes!

The moment the thought crossed his mind, Wang Dong's exquisite face flushed crimson, even his long neck was tinged with a rosy hue.

An unprecedented sense of shame and anger surged to the top of her head. In all her life, she had never been bullied like this by a boy her own age!

"You bastard!"

Wang Dong was panting heavily, his chest heaving violently.

Tears welled up in her eyes, but she bit her lip hard to hold them back.

She thought of her eldest and second uncles, who were far away in the Haotian Sect. If she got into a fight with her roommate on the first day and exposed her true identity as a girl, her eldest and second uncles would definitely be very disappointed.

Under no circumstances can my identity be revealed!

Real-world concerns finally overwhelmed his anger.

Wang Dong stopped struggling, and his tense body gradually relaxed.

She turned her head away, avoiding Yun Yi's gaze, and nodded heavily.

He looked furious, but he couldn't win and could only swallow his anger.

This involuntarily brought to Yun Yi's mind the image of Wang Dong from the original novel, who had laid down those domineering conditions for Huo Yuhao and was spoiled rotten.

Then look at this "boy" with light blue hair who looks so wronged, like a punching bag.

Yun Yi shook his head helplessly, then stepped forward and extended his right hand to Wang Dong.

Wang Dong looked at the hand with distinct knuckles in front of him, hesitated for a long time, and then tentatively reached out his own hand to place it on the hand.

Yun Yi exerted a little force with his wrist and pulled her up from the ground.

After stopping, Yun Yi's smile faded, and his previous carefree and arrogant demeanor disappeared.

He turned around and looked at the dappled shadows of the trees outside the window; his straight back even exuded a sense of loneliness.

He knew that since Tang San had sent this pawn over, simply using force to suppress him would only provoke Wang Dong's rebellious mentality, which would only be a temporary solution.

To completely break Tang San's scheme, we must dismantle this pawn from the psychological defenses.

When it comes to acting, he is second to none.

"Do you think I have a terrible personality, that I'm a bully who takes advantage of others?" Yun Yi didn't turn around, his voice becoming low.

Wang Dong rubbed his wrist and retorted irritably, "Isn't that right? Pushing open the door without knocking, and then attacking without any mercy!"

Yun Yi turned around, his dark eyes filled with depth and sincerity.

He leaned against the windowsill, spread his hands, and gave a self-deprecating twitch at the corner of his mouth.

"If I told you that all my reactions today were a defensive facade, forced upon me, would you believe me?"

Before Wang Dong could speak, Yun Yi continued speaking on his own.

"I have no parents; I'm an abandoned orphan. I've never seen what they look like since I can remember."

Yun Yi's tone was calm, but there was an undeniable sadness hidden within it.

This is not a complete lie; as a time traveler, he truly had no parents in this world.

Wang Dong was stunned.

She originally thought that Yun Yi's formidable strength must mean he was a prodigy carefully cultivated by some powerful family.

The word "orphan" seems completely out of place with this handsome and dazzling young man before me.

"I was adopted by an elderly man over 100 years old." Yun Yi continued to construct his tragic backstory, which was half true and half false.

The old man he was referring to was naturally Moon.

"The old man was very kind to me, but he had a very serious hidden illness. Most of my childhood memories are of watching him slumped in a wheelchair, tormented by his illness to the point that he couldn't even stand up."

"What this situation means in this dog-eat-dog world is something a pampered young master like you wouldn't understand."

Yun Yi stared into Wang Dong's eyes, each word striking a chord in her heart.

"Every day I had to be on guard against other people's schemes, and every day I had to fight desperately to survive. I had to disguise myself as a hedgehog covered in thorns, and I would prick anyone who dared to come close. Even though a kind person later stepped in and miraculously cured the old man's hidden illness, the deep-seated insecurity in my bones was something I could never change."

At this point, Yun Yi took two steps forward, approaching Wang Dong.

"So, when I pushed open the dormitory door and saw a girl dressed as a boy sneaking into the boys' dormitory, and coincidentally assigned to my room, my first reaction was that it was a conspiracy!"

Yun Yi's eyes sharpened.

"I suspect this is a trap set by my enemies, and I suspect you have ulterior motives towards me. It's in this extremely tense state of mind that I became so agitated, that I struck so hard, and that I spoke so ruthlessly. Strike first and suppress all uncertainties in the most domineering way. This is the capital that has allowed me to survive to this day."

This statement is impeccable, with a perfectly logical closed loop.

They interpret domineering and tyrannical behavior as post-traumatic stress disorder, and package violent acts as excessive self-defense due to a lack of security.

Yun Yi took a step back, his gaze softening, filled with sincere apology.

"But your reaction afterwards made me realize that you're not what I thought."

"I'm sorry, I was just being overly sensitive today. Don't worry, I'll keep your secret of being a woman disguised as a man to myself and will never tell anyone."

He paused, then sighed, a hint of vulnerability in his eyes.

"But I have a request. I hope you can keep my past a secret from me. I don't want the people at the academy to know that I'm an orphan who doesn't even know who my parents are. I don't want to see their pitying or contemptuous looks. In this world, I only speak with my fists."

Wang Dong stood still, his big eyes fixed on Yun Yi.

There was no trace of pretense on his handsome face; the sincerity in his eyes, along with the deliberately hidden vulnerability, struck the softest spot in her heart.

Although she was willful and capricious, she was essentially a naive girl who had never experienced the ways of the world.

Faced with such a frank and open confession, which could even be described as dissecting her inner wounds, her anger and grievances instantly vanished.

Orphan... without parents...

These two words deeply touched Wang Dong's heartstrings.

She grew up in the Haotian Sect. Although her two uncles spoiled her rotten, giving her everything she wanted, only she knew the unfillable emptiness she felt when she saw other disciples in the sect with their parents by their side late at night.

She has never met her biological parents.

A strong sense of shared suffering welled up in Wang Dong's heart.

Looking at the boy in front of her who used coldness and domineering to hide his inner pain, her resentment completely transformed into guilt and understanding.

"I...I was wrong too." Wang Dong lowered his head, his toes nervously rubbing against the wood shavings, his voice becoming somewhat hurried.

"I've never actually met my parents. I was raised by two elders in my family since I was little. Just now... just now I was too hot-tempered and shouldn't have hit you without saying a word. Don't worry, if you keep my secret, I absolutely won't tell anyone about your background!"

She raised her head, her large, pinkish-blue eyes regaining their sparkle, and extended her right hand toward Yun Yi.

"Let's put the past behind us. Now that we're in the same dorm, we're roommates, so we should look out for each other!"

Looking at Wang Dong's outstretched hand and listening to her words of comfort, Yun Yi chuckled inwardly. This girl is so easy to fool.

However, Yun Yi also condemned his own despicable and shameless behavior, but there was nothing he could do. He didn't want Tang San to resort to any underhanded tricks after seeing that this method had failed.

After criticizing himself, Yun Yi continued to act like a master of disguise, keeping his facial expressions perfectly under control.

His gaze was deep, filled with the emotion and sincerity of finally finding someone who understands him after going through so much. He nodded firmly and grasped Wang Dong's hand.