Wen Yang, the model student, skipped class.
He brought Ning Chu and the wolf-girl to a secluded corner on the second floor of the cafeteria.
Wen Yangâs expression was serious, his brow furrowed in disbelief. The wolf-girl kept her eyes downcast, looking dejected, while Ning Chu lay face-down on the table, his eyes vacant and lifeless.
How did this suddenly turn into a plot event?
He had been so cautious around the succubus Lily, afraid that Wen Yang might talk to her. He had also noticed the counselorâs odd behavior and worried that he might become a victim in the story.
Everything should have gone smoothly! So why did this wolf-girl suddenly drag him into the plot?
In the book, the counselor used a scholarship as leverage to coerce a girl, but it was only a month and a half into the semesterâwhere was this scholarship coming from?
And the book never mentioned that the victimized girl had any animal-like traits!
Ning Chu felt like crying, torn between going along with the plot and dragging Wen Yang out of it to avoid getting involved.
She was just an unfamiliar background character...
But looking at the pitiful state of the wolf-girl, he couldnât bring himself to make that decision.
If Han Jingye, that scumbag, succeeded, this girlâs life could be ruined.
Now, he could only hope that whatever transformation might occur wouldnât turn him into a full-fledged girl this time.
"Vice class monitor~ Whatâs your name again~?" Ning Chu asked weakly. "I donât even know you..."
"Yan Xinya."
Compared to the generic names often given to female side characters in cheesy novels, the wolf-girlâs name was surprisingly pleasant.
Ning Chu responded softly and turned his gaze to Wen Yang.
Wen Yang still seemed a bit dazed, unable to shake off his disbelief. He had only been jealous and tried to scare Ning Chu by saying Han Jingye might be a pervert, and now it turned out he was right?
He couldnât help but feel a wave of fearâknowing Ning Chuâs personality, if he had been harassed, he might have kept it to himself rather than seeking help like Yan Xinya.
"Why did you come to me?" Wen Yang asked, his face flushed with embarrassment and guilt. "I donât really have the ability to help..."@@novelbin@@
Yan Xinyaâs expression grew even more despondent, her shoulders trembling. "I told my roommates, but they didnât believe me. They thought I was the one who initiated it."
"I even called the police, but..."
The wolf-girlâs words were cut off by Ning Chu. "Itâs okay, Wen Yang will handle it."
"???"
Wen Yang looked at Ning Chu in shock.
Wait, heâs just an ordinary personâhow is he supposed to handle this?
"What? You donât want to help?" Ning Chu asked, his tone slightly accusatory.
"Itâs not that... Itâs just that we should at least hear the full story first."
Wen Yang scratched his head awkwardly. Other than being popular with girls, he didnât think he had anything special that would justify Ning Chuâs confidence in him.
Yan Xinya hunched over, her fingers fidgeting, but she remained silent.
Ning Chu sighed in despair.
In the book, Han Jingye had used a scholarship as leverage to coerce a girl into submission. Now, the time, place, and characters were all wrongâthe actual plot should occur around the end of the semester or the start of the next one, and the girl wasnât supposed to be a wolf-girl. If they didnât deal with Han Jingye now, more girls could fall victim to him later.
Cheesy novels often have twisted morals. When reading or writing them, the focus was always on what would be the most exciting, but if something like this happened in real life, it was suffocating.
In anime and games, many characters might be lolicons or even worse, but in reality, few decent people would target a girl under sixteen. It wasnât just a legal issueâit was about moral boundaries.
Seeing Yan Xinya hesitating to speak, Ning Chu, still slumped over the table, asked in a voice even more lifeless than the wolf-girlâs, "Did he start by chatting with you online? Showing concern for your life...?"
Yan Xinya froze for a moment, then nodded.
"Can you show us the chat logs?"
"I deleted them... I reacted strongly, and he said he would stop harassing me if I deleted them." The wolf-girl placed her phone on the table and, after a pause, continued, "Later, when I reported it to the police, they spoke to him, but there wasnât any evidence."
"But I thought about it and realized that if I donât speak up, other girls might... But I donât know what to do on my own."
So Yan Xinya had taken reasonable steps to protect herself.
Wen Yang frowned. Just moments ago, he had said he wasnât capable of handling this, but now he was recording the conversation on his phone and trying to recover the deleted chat logs on the girlâs phone.
"Hmm, so reporting it did help, but there wasnât enough evidence," Ning Chu mumbled to himself. After his successful report of the villa party, he knew that the enforcement of anti-exploitation laws in this world was pretty effective. Outside of the cheesy plotlines, everything else seemed relatively normal.
The world he came from wasnât without its own scandalous storiesâthey were just hidden from view, like that infamous eel incident, or certain extravagant parties... Every now and then, there would be some extreme news or exposure.
But unfortunately, he was also a character in this plot, trapped in it, unable to escape or avoid it.
"Evidence..." Wen Yang muttered, frustrated as he put down the phone. "I tried, but I couldnât recover the chat logs. Iâll try using my computer back in the dorm."
The built-in chat recovery feature hadnât worked, so his only option was to try some software on his computer.
"It might not be necessary to go that far. Evidence would be great, but even if we donât have any, we can still do something," Ning Chu said, sitting up and looking at Wen Yang. "Why donât you try reporting it?"
"Me?"
"Yeah, if you report it, maybe theyâll actually do something."
Wen Yang couldnât help but laugh. "What makes you think I can make that happen?"
But youâre the protagonist, the child of destiny! You have the protagonistâs halo!
Ning Chu looked at Wen Yang with an encouraging gaze, making him feel even more self-conscious. He really didnât understand where Ning Chuâs confidence in him came from.
Did Ning Chu see him as someone who could do anything?
"Go for it!"
Those bright, hopeful eyes gazed up at him, and in that moment, Wen Yang really did feel like he could do anything.
This feeling of being relied on by Ning Chu...
It was the first time he had encountered something like this, and the nervousness and self-doubt began to fade, replaced by a growing sense of confidence. "Okay, Iâll report it."
"And if nothing comes of it, weâll blow this up! I refuse to believe no one will step in!"
"Exactly!" Ning Chu nodded in agreement. "I almost got caught up in it too!"
Hearing this, Wen Yangâs anger flared, a flash of fear crossing his face before he clenched his teeth and growled, "We have to make sure he ends up in jail!"
"Let him rot!"
Yan Xinya noticed that the two of them seemed even more worked up than she was.
But she was still incredibly grateful, repeatedly saying, "Thank you, thank you..."
"Donât thank usâjust make sure you donât talk to Wen Yang again." Ning Chu took the opportunity to reduce any potential threats.
"Okay! Heâs yours!" Yan Xinya nodded obediently. "I wonât compete with you."
"???"