On the surface, she was the perfect student—a top scholar in the eyes of teachers and classmates, an obedient daughter to her parents. But beneath that repressed exterior lurked a beast, a dark, lascivious creature, and someone was now poking at it. 

The teasing was almost too much to bear, yet she reveled in the sensation. She had to admit, Chen Yu knew exactly how to unravel her.

Finished, her face still flushed and warm, she left the restroom and went to the sink to wash her hands. Turning, she bumped into a girl—a girl she recognized. It was the same girl who had been sitting in her seat, making out with Chen Yu.

The girl glared. "Are you going out with Chen Yu?"

She’d witnessed plenty of catfights between girls, but she never thought she'd be in one herself. Seeing the girl’s posse flanking her, she coolly glanced at them, said nothing, and tried to sidestep them. She had no desire to be bullied.

The girl grabbed her wrist, but she wrenched it free. "What do you want?"

"Stay away from Chen Yu!"

"Crazy," she muttered under her breath, trying to leave.

The girl grabbed her again, her tone harsher. "What did you say? Say that again!" The others looked eager to join in.

Feng Yiman had been timid when she first arrived because she didn't know anyone. Now, familiar with her classmates and teachers, she wasn't so easily intimidated, though she was clearly outnumbered. Girl fights were far more vicious than those between boys.

Just as the girls began shoving her, Yao Hainan arrived.

"Hey! What's going on here?" He shielded Feng Yiman, glaring at the leader. "You're with Lei Kang. What are you doing? Have some decency."

Humiliated, the girl turned and stormed off.

Yao Hainan looked at Feng Yiman. "Are you okay?"

She shook her head. "I'm fine."

The bell rang, and they walked back to class together.

Chen Yu, who had been cheerful when she left, saw her return minutes later with a face as long as the Changbai Mountains. Sensing something was wrong, he took her hand and swung it gently. "What's wrong?"

She didn't answer, sitting sullenly at her desk, then slumping onto it. His question brought an unexpected pang of resentment to her heart.

It was Yao Hainan who told him. "Su Nana and her friends were giving her a hard time in the washroom. If I hadn't shown up, your little deskmate would have been bullied. You owe me one."

The playful expression vanished from Chen Yu's face, replaced by concern. "Did they touch you?" he asked her.

She shook her head, not wanting to make a big deal out of it.

But Yao Hainan continued, "I saw it. Su Nana and her crew were all over her."

Chen Yu exploded. How dare they touch his deskmate!

Class Three's back door was diagonally opposite Class Five's front door. The door was closed, but Chen Yu didn't care if there was a teacher inside. He kicked it open with a bang. "Su Nana, get out here!" he roared.

The post-break chatter in Class Five died instantly. Fifty pairs of eyes swiveled towards him, then to Su Nana, cowering in the corner. Startled, she blinked at him, having never seen him so furious.

A few of Chen Yu's friends from Class Five, who had apparently heard about the incident, tried to intervene. "Come on, Chen Yu. This isn't like you, being so rough with a girl."

Ignoring them, Chen Yu pointed at Su Nana. "Don't think that just because you slept with Lei Kang, I won't touch you. You try messing with her again, and I'll pay you back tenfold!"

The class erupted in a cacophony of gasps and whispers. Every eye was glued to the now crimson-faced Su Nana, tears welling up as her pride shattered.

As teachers began entering their classrooms, Yao Hainan and the others pulled Chen Yu back.

Yao Hainan was incredulous. "Are you crazy, Chen Yu? Announcing that kind of thing in public? Aren't you afraid Lei Kang will come after you?"

Chen Yu scoffed. "Afraid? If I was afraid of him, I wouldn't be Chen Yu."

Back at his desk, he looked at Feng Yiman, who was staring at him intently. Uncaring of the other students' stares, he reached out and brushed her nose. "I avenged you. Feel better now?"

She smiled, her lips pressed together.