Why are all the heroines falling for me, the villain?

You idiot, you're overthinking it. We don't be friends with idiots. I was just kidding you before. You really do look funny and easy to fool, hahaha.

Look, this bear is so ugly, hahaha.

Give Yaya back to me!

Oops, I accidentally threw it into the toilet.

……

That day, Yuko Sakurai, who had long forgotten how to cry, sat in a corner, soaking wet, holding Yaya and weeping.

Is this the price of regaining freedom?

Sure enough, this place is still the same as before, no different at all...

Finally, Yuko Sakurai's passionate heart for her friends died down, and she returned to her usual numbness.

……

the next day.

With a mix of trepidation and excitement, I was surprised to find that my "friends" were gone.

Then the principal called me over.

In the principal's office, he patted my head affectionately and told me the whole truth.

Upon hearing such unbelievable news, my eyes widened, and I was speechless for a long time.

If one day, someone suddenly tells you that there has always been someone silently watching over you, sheltering you from the wind and rain, without asking for anything in return.

Will you be pleasantly surprised, or will you be at a loss for words?

……

I didn't approach him immediately. At that moment, I instinctively wanted to run away from anything that tried to get close to me, touch me, or show me sudden concern.

I'm afraid that my heart, already riddled with wounds, will stop beating altogether.

After that, I spent a lot of time observing him.

I don't know how to describe such a person.

He protected me like an all-powerful knight.

For some reason, my mindset started to change, and I became a little mischievous.

Sometimes I forget to bring lunch, and I pretend to be distressed. At that moment, he will secretly slip a meat floss bread into my drawer when I'm not looking. I will play along and pretend that I don't know where the bread came from, and eat it gratefully.

That's strange, how did he know I like this flavor?

Sometimes I would deliberately forget to bring my textbook, and then he would pretend not to care and secretly slip it to me.

That idiot of his probably thinks I'm stupid too; his name is so obvious in his textbook, it's already given away.

But I didn't expose him, because I selfishly and greedily enjoyed everything he gave me and didn't want to ruin this hard-won happiness.

These sweet tricks shouldn't be used too often, or he'll get very annoyed.

During that time when we kept things from each other, I felt like I was the luckiest and happiest person in the world.

It turns out that all the misfortunes I had suffered before were for the sake of meeting him.

……

This moment didn't last long; a figure quietly approached the two of us.

His deskmate, Kaoru Kazama.

I am not the only one in his world.

I don't know when, but they started chatting and laughing together, getting along well. I was jealous that she could be so close to my knight and talk to him about anything.

Anxiety spread through my heart.

To my horror, I realized that we hadn't even exchanged more than a few words. Our contact was based solely on those tacit interactions, which seemed far too fragile.

If we don't do something soon, someone else will take him away.

Oh, and confess your feelings to him!

I want to shed all my pretenses and walk with him openly and honestly!

My older sister taught me from a young age not to stare directly into other people's eyes, but today I'm determined to look closely at the person I love and etch everything about him into my mind.

But why did he reject me?

Are you not my knight? Even you are going to slash my heart?

After that, I seemed to fall ill, very seriously ill. I hid in a dark room, afraid to see anyone.

I felt like a walking corpse, constantly anxious, the scene of being rejected haunting my mind.

A terrible thought was brewing in my mind.

His face, his smile, everything about him—he belongs to me!

A whisper came from the darkness, "We'll be together, hehehe."

……

But he always manages to arrive at the most unexpected times.

When he finally stood before me, my heart hesitated. Almost instinctively, I put down the dagger hidden behind my back and just wanted to hold him tightly in my arms.

That night I took some calming medicine, and no one disturbed us. I held him tightly and slept soundly.

In the dream, we were like a newlywed couple, doing everything we were supposed to do...

After that day, I recovered from my illness, but it was finally my turn to become his knight.

I began to silently observe everything about him.

……

Chapter Twenty-One: Our looks are evenly matched, okay?

Li Zhu stayed in the hospital for three days.

A woman who enjoys feeding others has also been here for three days...

Li Zhu originally thought she could take advantage of her injury to rest for a few more days and not have to go to school, but now that she's been messed up like this, she just wants to be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible.

As his body gradually recovered, he was able to get out of bed on his own and do things by himself, but he just couldn't resist Yuko Sakurai's insistence.

She wore a faint smile, and beneath her angelic appearance lay an incredibly dangerous soul.

There was no other way, so Li Zhu had to follow her heart. A real man can bend and stretch, right? No need to be timid.

Moreover, Li Zhu did not come away empty-handed. Through his interactions with her over the past few days, he keenly noticed that whenever he made physical contact with Yuko, the inexplicable pressure on her body would decrease significantly, and she would return to her normal state.

But the next day, she appeared to be lacking energy and wanted to devour Li Zhu. Especially when Li Zhu unintentionally showed weakness, the emotions hidden in her eyes became increasingly dangerous, and her expression began to show signs of restlessness.

Logically, the crisis of corruption should have passed, so why is it still like this? Li Zhu couldn't figure out what was happening to Youzi either; it was something he couldn't explain with his current understanding.

To be honest, Li Zhu doesn't even understand why she's a transmigrator, yet she wants to investigate others...

Besides, this is a game world.

Perhaps these seemingly bizarre things were just added by the game designer in a casual setting. Besides, Li Zhu hadn't even finished the main storyline, let alone explored the side quests or uncovered hidden plots, so it's normal that he didn't understand what was going on.

Currently, Li Zhu is slowly adapting to the rhythm here. He has been here for some time now, and he is used to whatever happens. He can also deeply understand that some things in this world cannot be compared with reality.

Putting everything else aside, have you ever seen such a high-class academy in real life, where the students are clearly top students and children of noble families from all over the country, but as soon as they encounter the male and female protagonists, most of the nameless characters instantly turn into love-struck fools, all showing up like brainless fans...

Li Zhu, like them, is also a supporting character, so he knows that those "NPCs" are incredibly vivid beings, and they also have their own lives.

However, once they encounter the protagonist, apart from Li Zhu, everyone else will follow their predetermined fate like puppets.

These things constantly reminded Li Zhu to be cautious in everything he did, and that he could not live here as if it were the world he used to live in.

"Sigh, what a world that is both real and absurd..."

Forget it, there's no point in thinking about it anymore. After all, I'm no longer a high and mighty being outside the game. The most important thing right now is to protect myself.

……

On the fourth day of hospitalization, early in the morning.

Li Zhu moved her body around and felt that she was mostly recovered and probably wouldn't need to be hospitalized anymore.

He knew that his discharge from the hospital could not be delayed any longer, so he went to find the doctor before Yuko Sakurai arrived.

"Dr. Kato, I want to be discharged!"

Before Li Zhuren even stepped into the consultation room, her clear voice reached him first.

Inside the consultation room, Dr. Kato was talking to a patient. The two looked over and met his gaze as he stepped into the room.

"Kato..."

With a lighthearted expression, Riki stopped talking abruptly and froze at the doorway after she saw who was standing next to Dr. Kato.

One second he's all confident, the next he's got a long face.

"Mom, what are you doing here?!"

Both Riyu and her mother, Riyuko, were still wearing their hospital gowns. Coincidentally, both were patients who were about to be discharged early, and they looked at each other in bewilderment.

"A-Zhu?! Didn't you say you were doing well at school?" Riyako was taken aback for a moment, somewhat surprised by her son's sudden appearance here.

and……

"Ah Zhu, why are you wearing a hospital gown too? Are you hiding something from me?!"

The more she thought about it, the more something seemed off. Li Zhu's mother's expression went from puzzled to full of worry, with a hint of anger still lingering.

Li Zhu thought to himself, "Oh no, oh no! These past few days when I called my mom, I kept saying, 'Mom, don't worry, I've been studying hard, everything's fine, don't worry...'"

He was in a hurry to be discharged from the hospital today because he was worried that his mother would find out his lie.

As fate would have it, my mom chose to be discharged early, and on the same day as me.

Holy crap, is this what they mean by the bond between mother and child?

A white lie is still a lie, and the harm it causes will not be lessened.

"It's like this, Mom. Don't get angry yet. It's not what you think. Let me explain slowly."

Li Zhu gently comforted her mother, telling her not to worry.

Before my mother could completely change her mindset, I told her all about the mess that happened at Pinglong Bar a few days ago, avoiding the important parts.

After listening.

Looking at her son's pale face, Riko took his hand, rolled up his sleeve, and saw some bruises on his arm. Her nose tingled, her eyes reddened, and she was about to cry.

"Ah Zhu, you must always remember to protect yourself first in the future."

"If anything happens to you, will Mom even be able to live anymore!"

Li Zhu's mother, as a single mother, had a difficult time raising him.

When she heard that her son had risked his life for others, she was both worried that something might happen to him, and secretly proud that he could do such a thing in danger, but more than anything, she was afraid that something would happen to her son.

"Mom, I'm really fine now. The wounds don't hurt anymore, and I can be discharged today, right, Dr. Kato?"

Li Zhu lowered his sleeves, smiled, and comforted his mother. He scratched his head, feeling a little guilty.

The mother and son looked at the doctor expectantly. The doctor sighed and said...

"You can both be discharged today. Remember not to do any strenuous exercise, eat plenty of nutritious food, and get plenty of rest. You'll recover quickly."

"That's wonderful!" Li Zhu exclaimed in delight.

After hearing the doctor say that everything was alright, Mom recovered from her distress. But when she thought about how this little rascal had gotten into such a serious situation and kept it from her for so long without saying a word, she was furious.

"You lied to me before, saying you were studying at school?! Well, you little rascal, you've even learned to lie to your mom now!!"

Riko wiped away her tears, put her hands on her hips, and began to scold Riko.

"Mom, I was wrong. I was wrong about this. Please don't be angry. I was just afraid you would worry. It was beyond my control."

Dr. Kato kept his eyes down, pretending not to hear the mother and son arguing, and kept his head down looking at the medical records the whole time.

"I don't care. Even if I'm about to die, I won't tell you. I'll learn from you and hide my illness!"

"Pah, Mom, what nonsense are you talking about! What do you mean by dying? You'll definitely live to be a hundred. I'm thinking of letting you see me get married and have kids!"