Don't you guys dislike me?

Gao Cheng Da Shan shrugged and glanced at Yue Ye:

"When he calls, doesn't that mean you've found me? What's the point of me hiding?"

When they met again, Hoshino Yuichi had scared him to his knees with his eyes full of oppression and suppressed anger.

But this time Gao Cheng Dashan could not see his anger. Was it hidden deeper? Or had it dissipated? His face was replaced with a gentle smile.

It's also a smile of ease.

Takagi felt unhappy with Yuichi's appearance. Could it be that all the hard work he had done didn't even disgust him?

"Quite smart."

Yuichi raised an eyebrow.

"Let's not talk about that for now. Yue Ye and I were just discussing whether you would hate him for betraying you, so I came here to ask for your opinion."

Yuichi's words made Gaocheng Daishan's expression freeze for a moment. He was silent for a long time before he spoke:

"Of course he would feel bad for being betrayed, but he must have been forced into doing this by you using various means. And even if he doesn't admit it, you should have known it was me through other means, right?"

There was a certainty in Takashiro's eyes as he looked at Yuichi, which made the silent Tsukino a little curious.

"You guessed it! I can't tie all my hopes to a fence-sitter. While Tsukino was unconscious, I checked your chat history on his phone and followed him here."

Hearing this, Tsukino's pupils shrank slightly. It seemed that Hoshino Yuichi had spent so much time and effort just to make him completely offend Gaocheng Daishan? Just to make him lose his last companion?

It turns out that he had no choice at all from the beginning to the end...

Gao Cheng Da Shan's gloomy face showed an unexpected expression, and he sighed slowly:

"It seems like a lot of things happened tonight..."

"What's your answer, Takagi-kun?" Yuichi followed closely.

The gloom on Gaocheng Daishan's face suddenly disappeared. He glanced at Yueye lightly, then turned back to Yuichi's face:

"Traitors are indeed infuriating, but instead of wasting time on revenge against Tsukino, it would be more practical to focus on Senior Hoshino."

"After all, my goal from the beginning to the end has been you, Hoshino Yuichi."

"Eh...?" Youyi raised his purple eyes slightly, his eyes interweaving light and dark, and said with a little surprise: "I didn't expect you to say that. Then wouldn't the backstabbing scene that I worked so hard to direct be in vain?"

"Tsukino-kun, you are so useless."

Tsukino noticed that Yuichi's voice had grown colder in vain, and when he tried to open his mouth, he was covered by a big hand and couldn't make any sound. Before he could recover from the sudden change in the atmosphere.

The sudden severe pain in his lower abdomen froze him in place. His body collapsed weakly but Yuichi supported him. He forgot to think and looked at the passers-by on the side of the road with tears in his eyes, wanting to call for help but could only make faint whimpering sounds.

"Since Gao Cheng doesn't intend to teach you a lesson, I can't let you go so easily."

"Senior Hoshino, there will be plenty of time to take revenge on Tsukino later. It's getting late, why don't we talk about what's going on between us first."

Hoshino Yuichi let go of Yueye, raised his eyebrows slightly, and smiled:

"Huh?! You're still helping him after being betrayed? But... never mind, this is your business, let's talk about it in the store."

173. Useful but disobedient

Hoshino Yuichi walked into Chabak without looking back, as if he was not worried at all that Tsukino and Takagi Daisan would escape.

Without Yuichi's support, Tsukino was unable to support his body and slumped to the ground. He didn't care about the dust on the ground, but put his hands on the floor tiles and spat out a mouthful of sour water.

Tsukino wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeve, lowered his head, and said:

"Thank you... Takagi-kun..."

He knew that if Gao Cheng Dashan had not stopped him just now, what he would vomit now might not be just sour water.

Gao Cheng Da Shan walked up to him, and did not choose to let Yue Ye pay for the price of betrayal at this time, nor did he express his concern, but just watched silently:

"I did this just to prevent Xingye from getting what he wants. Even if you escape this time, you won't be so lucky next time."

Tsukino's palm on the ground slowly bent and clenched into a fist, as if after a struggle, he made a weak but unwilling compromise:

"I know……"

"But you don't have to be so pessimistic. Even though we lost this time, there is still a chance of a comeback."

Takagi Daishan's words gave Tsukino's dead heart some signs of revival. He hurriedly raised his head and looked at Takagi Daishan.

He couldn't see Gao Cheng's expression from his angle, but he could find a glimmer of hope from his intriguing tone.

"Really?"

He grasped at the only straw that could save his life, his voice hoarse with excitement because of the pain of abdominal cramps.

"Why would I lie to you? He just found out that I was the one who filmed the video, and there's no definitive evidence that I've been caught. With this level of flaws, as long as I deny it flatly, what can he do to me?"

"I'll go in first. As for you, just sit on the bench next to you. It will be difficult if Hoshino finds out that you're running away."

What does a betrayer lack and desire most?

It's trust.

Having betrayed Takagi Daisan and then been saved by him, Tsukino's conscience was condemned, so he felt sorry for Takagi.

Feeling guilty, he readily agreed to Gao Cheng Da Shan's offers of help and hope without even thinking twice.

Seeing the fish took the bait, Gao Cheng Dashan did not stop. When he turned around and walked towards the store, his face was full of dark clouds, and his anger was about to burst out.

……

The cold air in the store failed to reduce Gao Cheng's anger, but instead formed a layer of frost on his face that could not be melted.

"How is it? Tsukino believes what you said?"

Youyi sat by the window with a faint smile on his face.

"If he didn't believe it, he would have slipped away to who knows where. Why would he sit there obediently?"

Gao Cheng Dashan pulled out a chair and sat down unhappily, then asked the waiter for a fruit sundae.

"That's good, otherwise no one would buy into the backstabbing I planned."

"Even if you don't let Yue Ye betray me, I will still settle accounts with him."

"Oh?"

Yuichi raised his eyebrows with interest, but Gao Cheng was not in the mood to do so:

"Hoshino, what happened tonight is related to the bullying of Murakami and the others, right?"

"You might want to check out the school forum. It may have exploded."

Youyi took a sip of fruit tea mixed with green plums and gestured.

Takagi Daishan paused. Ever since he saw Tsukino and Amemiya Chizuru walking together in the corridor after school, his heart has never calmed down.

Until he received a call from Tsukino not long ago, Takagi realized that Tsukino had messed up his plan and had thrown out every word he said about taking the long-term view.

During this period of time, he had no time to look at his mobile phone, let alone the school forum.

But when he logged onto the school forum, he saw the videos with extremely high clicks and the messages that kept flooding the screen.

Gao Cheng Da Shan pulled the corner of his mouth hard, put down his phone, and his palms felt slightly cold:

"You did a really good job...Senior Hoshino."

"Of course, it's not just the school forum. Maybe your parents will see them published in the newspaper tomorrow morning."

Yuichi took over the conversation and added that Gao Chengdashan saw it as a naked threat.

——You don’t want your parents to see your name in the newspapers and on the morning news, do you?

"Murakami and the others probably won't come to school anymore. Even if their families are able to bribe the school so they won't be expelled, the impression that they bullied their classmates can't be erased."

"Of course, maybe they can continue to go to school despite thousands of eyes."

Youyi twisted the straw and stirred the fruit tea. The ice cubes hit the wall of the cup, making a bell-like crisp sound that made Gaocheng Dashan feel a chill in his heart.

Not to mention whether Murakami and her friends have the ability to bribe the school. Even if they can bribe the school, what will follow is the public opinion of the entire society and isolation and exclusion from their classmates.

In the cold and indifferent social context of Japan, who would risk their lives to make friends with someone who has a history of bullying?

Gao Cheng Da Shan looked at the sundae brought by the waiter without any appetite. After a long while, he raised his head, smiled self-deprecatingly, and asked:

"Are they my role models?"

Youyi put his fingers together and restrained his smile:

"If you can leave on your own accord, I can save myself the trouble of making the arrangements. After all, you are helping me to some extent, making my performance more realistic."

"Tsk, I was just a passerby who happened to pass by. I thought it was interesting so I took a video and posted it online, but it was spread by netizens. I don't think Hoshino-senpai should have any reason to make me drop out of school, right?"

Gao Cheng Dashan picked up the spoon, scooped a bite of sundae and put it into his mouth. The coolness melted in his mouth, and his heart calmed down a lot.

"Oh, yes, you are indeed a stranger, but I have saved all the plots that this stranger and Tsukino planned in my phone."

Gao Cheng Da Shan paused with his hand holding the spoon, his expression uncertain:

"Say something like this without any evidence, can you be responsible for what you said?"

"There are many, many things I can do while Tsukino is unconscious."

Yuichi placed his phone on the table and pushed it in front of Takagi Daisan.

"You really shouldn't have planned that scene with Tsukino on your phone. Besides, Tsukino hasn't deleted it yet. I've recorded your chat history in its entirety."

Gao Cheng couldn't stay in a corner, his chest was heaving violently, and Yuichi continued:

"You maliciously spread rumors and damaged my reputation. Reporting it to the Metropolitan Police Department is no big deal."

The purple eyes moved slightly, and the voice was low and went straight to Gao Cheng's heart:

"Is this a reason to ask you to drop out of school?"

The photo on Yuichi's mobile phone screen was reflected in Gaocheng Daishan's eyes, and his pupils flickered.

He could no longer stay out of it. The glaringly obvious chat records had pulled him from a passerby into the incident, giving him a motive and giving Youyi evidence.

Gao Cheng stared at the bright screen without blinking, and the spoon had unknowingly been deeply embedded in the sundae.

Thoughts intertwined in his mind, many extreme or crazy ideas flashed through his mind, and finally he closed his eyes, reason took over, and he seemed to have given up the struggle.

After a long while, he was so stiff that he seemed unable to speak, and he gritted his teeth:

"Yes! Of course!"

"Tsukino is indeed an obedient tool. From secretly filming that video to Chizuru Amamiya's change in attitude towards you, things went so smoothly that I overlooked Tsukino's true nature. If I had asked Tsukino to be more careful, I would have had a chance to disgust you."

Yuichi couldn't help but ask back:

"Why do you think there's a chance?"

"How come I don't have a chance!?"

Gao Cheng Dashan's tone gradually became higher. He was unwilling to accept this...

"As long as Tsukino is not deceived, it will be difficult for Murakami and the others to find another Tsukino during this sensitive period, and Chizuru Amamiya will not be deceived. How could there be a farce tonight? Chizuru Amamiya is undecided, and Tsukino is bullying you. There are only four people at the scene, and three of them are standing against you. How can you turn the tables when the charges are proven?"

Hoshino Yuichi slowly raised his eyes, met Gao Chengdashan's almost straight gaze, and asked:

"Haven't you ever thought about why Amamiya Chizuru suddenly changed her attitude towards me, her friend?"

174. Your elaborate revenge plan is just a nonsense with no beginning and no end.

Gao Cheng Da Shan fell into paranoia because of his unwillingness. He did not think too much and retorted as a matter of course:

"Tsukino once stood up to protect Chizuru Amamiya. How could she not be angry if you treat her like this?"

After he finished speaking, Gao Cheng suddenly became silent. He paused and sensed something strange from Hoshino Yuichi's words.

Everything went so smoothly that he ignored the unreasonableness of shooting the video.

Even if Tsukino had once protected Chizuru Amamiya, it was just a hindrance. Compared to the friends who ate together at noon every day, Tsukino was obviously not as good as Hoshino in Amamiya's eyes.

Then... why did Chizuru Amamiya stand on Tsukino's side that day? If both sides have a good relationship, shouldn't she act as a middleman to negotiate and resolve the issue?