Chen Fan's chest tightened when he saw the two people in front of the sink. They didn't look like good people at first glance.
They should be delinquents who didn't study hard, smoked and drank, and had dealings with people from the underworld. Chen Fan had seen such guys blocking people at the entrance of a certain class after class, or swaggering through the corridor with their little girlfriends. They looked majestic.
Although most of them would be quickly eliminated by society after the college entrance examination and beaten up, at least during this period of time in high school, they were indeed at the top of the pyramid.
In contrast, Chen Fan, who was just a passerby, was undoubtedly a floor tile at the bottom of the pyramid. Therefore, when he heard the person telling him not to use the toilet there, Chen Fan didn't question why he was not allowed to enter the public toilet. Instead, he wisely prepared to obey and leave.
However, just as he was about to turn around and leave, he heard an agitated voice coming from the toilet.
"That ball was a lucky shot. I didn't even hit your hand! Everyone around can testify. "
Chen Fan's body trembled because he was very familiar with the voice. It was Wang Ruizhe, his best friend who grew up in the same neighborhood. Unlike Chen Fan, Wang Ruizhe had been a little active since he was young. In addition, he had grown to be 1.77 meters tall when he was just 16 years old. Although his studies were average, his sports results had always been good.
Especially in basketball, he had sharp breakthroughs, accurate three-pointers, and tough defense. Every time he appeared on the basketball court, he would immediately attract a lot of attention from the opposite sex. From time to time, girls would even give him water. In addition, his looks were not bad. He was just like Rukawa Kaede in the manga.
Moreover, Rukawa Kaede wasn't as cold as in the original work. He was very warm-hearted and was also very popular among the boys in his class. As for Chen Fan, Wang Ruizhe had taken care of him since he was young. Chen Fan still remembered when he was being blackmailed by the gangsters nearby when he was in junior high, it was Wang Ruizhe who stood up for him.
After entering high school, although the two were not in the same class, Wang Ruizhe would still ask about Chen Fan's recent situation from time to time to see if he had encountered any trouble.
However, Chen Fan didn't expect that before he encountered any trouble, Wang Ruizhe would encounter it first.
In the toilet, as soon as Wang Ruizhe's voice fell, another sinister voice rang out, "It's fine if your hands aren't clean when you play, but how can your mouth be clean too? Didn't we already ask the people around us just now? Everyone said that they saw you playing."
"Isn't that because they're afraid of you and your … ugh!" Wang Ruizhe said angrily.
But this time, before he could finish speaking, he seemed to have been punched in the body and let out a painful groan.
"F * ck, you're still so stubborn. I already found you an eyesore when we were playing. You look like Dior is no good. Just looking at you makes me want to teach you a lesson!"
Chen Fan heard the sound of fists falling from inside, mixed with Wang Ruizhe's sporadic resistance, but it seemed that two fists were no match for four hands. He only felt that his mind was blank, and he subconsciously clenched his fists.
However, he did not stand there for too long. Soon, his body was pushed by someone. It was the bad boy who had asked him to go to the toilet elsewhere. "What are you looking at? Do you want to go in and get beaten up too?"
When Chen Fan heard this, his clenched fists loosened again.
Countless times after that incident, Chen Fan had hoped that he could be braver at that time. Just a little bit would be enough. Even if he did not do anything and just stood there and was dragged into the toilet by that fierce-looking bad boy to accompany Wang Ruizhe to get beaten up, it would be better than being scared and retreating like that time.
Unfortunately, time could not be rewound. There were no ifs in this world.
At that time, Chen Fan was completely surrounded by fear. This was the natural fear that a small herbivore at the bottom of the food chain would have when facing a predator at the top of the food chain.
Seeing that Chen Fan retreated, the bad boy looked very proud. "Don't even think about reporting to the teacher or the school security. I've already remembered your face. If you dare to tell anyone about this, then we'll beat you up every time we see you in the future. Do you understand?"
When Chen Fan heard this, the last trace of courage in his heart disappeared. He only felt that all the muscles in his body had become incomparably stiff. He could only nod his head under the influence of instinct.
However, the bad boy did not seem satisfied. "F * ck, are you mute? I'm asking you a f * cking question."
"I … I know." Chen Fan was a yes-man. His voice was even softer than a mosquito.
"Louder!" the bad boy said unhappily.
However, the current Chen Fan felt like his neck was being choked. He did not dare to make any sound, afraid that he would be recognized by Wang Ruizhe in the toilet. Just as the bad boy's unhappiness was accumulating and was about to explode, his other companion, a guy who looked slightly easier to talk to, said, "Forget it. He should already know what's good for him. Let him go."
After saying that, he looked at Chen Fan. "What are you still standing there for? Get lost!"
When Chen Fan heard this, he felt as if he had been granted amnesty. He lowered his head and quickly walked past the front of the basketball court.
He was muddle-headed along the way. He had no idea how he got home. He opened his bag and took out his workbook. He wanted to do his homework, but he could not write a single word. The tip of the gel pen hung on the blank paper. A strong sense of shame surged in Chen Fan's heart.
He abandoned his best friend just like that!
The friend who was willing to stand up for him!!!
He allowed the latter to be beaten up in the toilet, but he did nothing!
Chen Fan did not know if Wang Ruizhe in the toilet recognized his voice, or if there was someone on the basketball court who knew him and would tell Wang Ruizhe what happened earlier.
It was only then that Chen Fan realized that he was likely to lose his best friend. However, this was not what scared him the most. What scared him the most was that he had to face the cowardice in his heart and admit that he was a person without courage.
And this was what made Chen Fan sad.
…
Chen Fan tightened his grip on the mechanical pencil in his hand. The bell had already rung, and the teacher on the podium had begun to assign homework. However, Chen Fan was no longer in the mood to listen to what he was saying.
He packed his bag and was the first to rush out of the classroom after the teacher announced that school was over. He did not even pretend to casually follow behind the short-haired girl and watch her leave like usual.
According to Chen Fan's habit, he usually went straight home after leaving school. However, he did not do so this time. He just wandered aimlessly on the commercial street near the school until the sky turned dark. He was like a lonely wild ghost who could not find his own grave.
In this world, it was not scary to be hated by others. However, if you despise yourself, then you are really hopeless!
Chen Fan did not know how he arrived in front of a blind box machine.
This kind of thing was very popular nowadays. Merchants would first come up with some attractive gimmicks, and then put a bunch of worthless gadgets into their own blind box machines. The probability of the consumers getting something valuable was actually lower than the probability of getting an SSR in those pay-to-win mobile games.
Usually, Chen Fan would not pay the IQ tax for this kind of thing. However, today he stopped in front of a blind box machine, took out his phone, and scanned the payment code on it.
Then, he saw a blind box fall from the shelf.
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