Chapter 19: Lin Ming Faces Collective Mockery

At the back row by the window, the King’s hometown.

Lin Ming felt that lately, everything was going wrong.

The three thugs who were about to join him disappeared without even leaving their phone numbers.

Turns out they were just low-level thugs, really unreliable.

But what troubled him the most was Xia Xinyan’s attitude towards him.

Cold, even disgusted, just like Liu Yunshuang’s attitude.

Although Lin Ming was arrogant, he wasn’t stupid. By this point, he knew they genuinely disliked him.

But even if they disliked him, they should at least explain why!

Without any reasons given, Lin Ming couldn’t even defend himself!

After much thought, Lin Ming decided to take the initiative.

As soon as class ended, Lin Ming approached Xia Xinyan.

“Class Rep Xia, could you explain this problem to me?”

But before Xia Xinyan could speak, Lili next to her started mocking him.

“Tsk tsk, here you come again, Lin Ming. Xinyan is busy! She’s helping me with my problems now!”

Seeing Xia Xinyan disgusted with Lin Ming made Lili feel much better.

She didn’t know the reason, but it felt satisfying!

“Exactly, Lili’s right!”

Xia Xinyan also showed Lin Ming an indifferent expression, signaling him to leave.

Lin Ming wanted to say something, but the surrounding classmates were fed up.

Previously, they couldn’t say much because Xia Xinyan tolerated him, but now that she had rejected him, how could he still have the nerve to stay?

Following Lili’s lead, both boys and girls voiced their disdain.

“Lin Ming, you’re too shameless. You don’t study and still disrupt others.”

“Exactly! Class Rep Xia has helped you for so long, and you think it’s your right?”

“With such poor grades, anyone in the class could tutor you, but you insist on bothering Xinyan. Do you think we don’t see your true intentions?”

“Ugly and delusional!”

“Let me tell you, I saw Lin Ming fighting a few days ago. His so-called love for studying is just an act…”

“I think the same… He doesn’t do any of his homework, but when it’s Xinyan, he’s all eager…”

Everyone’s long-standing resentment towards Lin Ming’s smug behavior erupted.

And Xia Xinyan remained expressionless.

In the past, she would have thought her classmates were too judgmental and malicious, believing that everyone deserved a chance to reform.

But after discovering Lin Ming’s “true nature” and realizing she was just a target for his schemes, Xia Xinyan was furious.

With all the evidence against him, Xia Xinyan couldn’t find a way to defend Lin Ming.

Even if everyone else was bribed by Wang Haoran, could Lin Ming have been bribed to slander himself?

She felt like a fool.

Xia Xinyan thought her classmates were being too polite. If not for maintaining her image, she would have cursed Lin Ming herself.

Now, the more she looked at Lin Ming, the uglier and more repulsive he seemed.

After parting ways with Wang Haoran, she didn’t take the photos home to show her father but deleted them immediately.

She felt such an ugly person didn’t deserve to be in her phone.

Beside her, Lin Ming felt utterly humiliated.

He used to ignore his classmates’ mockery because Xia Xinyan stood by him.

But now, with Xia Xinyan showing disgust, he couldn’t bear it.

“Enough, all of you shut up!”

Lin Ming’s face turned red with anger, clenching his teeth.

“My grades are poor?”

“Just wait and see! I’ll surpass all of you!”

“Wait until I slap you all in the face!”

In previous exams, Lin Ming had deliberately kept a low profile, fearing too much attention.

But being low-key was mistaken for incompetence.

Just wait, in the final exam, I’ll show my true level (cheating extensively), and leave you all behind!

Imagining the shocked expressions of his classmates when he surpassed them, Lin Ming felt a dark satisfaction. As the bell rang, he strutted back to his seat with arrogance.

***

Night.

Sitting on his bed.

Since Ning Xueluo arrived, Wang Haoran decided to change his plan and eliminate Lin Ming earlier.

Though Lin Ming’s Protagonist Halo was almost depleted, he was still a protagonist.

Despite Xia Xinyan and Liu Yunshuang’s current disgust for Lin Ming, a few more heroics and desperate protectiveness would melt the coldest heart.

I can’t keep framing him every time!

“But system, Luoluo is also a female lead. Why didn’t it reduce the male lead’s Protagonist Halo?”

[Host, that’s because she hasn’t interacted with the protagonist! Ning Xueluo siding with the host doesn’t affect the current protagonist!]

“Alright, system, let’s do another Fate Points Ten-Draw!”

[Okay! Swish—swish—]

As a brilliant light flashed.

[Ding! Drawing successful! Congratulations to the host for receiving the following rewards: 2 Ability Points; 2 Ability Points; 2 Ability Points; 4 Ability Points; 6 Ability Points; 10 Mental Strength; 2 Ability Points; 2 Ability Points; 10 Charm; Skill—Impregnable Fort lv1.]

After using all his skill points, Wang Haoran checked his personal status.

Wang Haoran: “Villain’s Counterattack System” Host

Fate Points: 40

Ability Points: 0

Martial Strength: 170 (Mid Ming Jin Stage)

Physique: 120

Mental Strength: 210

Charm: 110

Skills: Appraisal;

Seize;

Ability Shielding;

Burst lv1;

Enhanced Perception;

Impregnable Fort lv1 (slightly enhances the host’s defense ability)

Items: None

As Wang Haoran pondered, a figure hugged him tightly from behind.

With chocolate beans on the snowy skin, Wang Haoran, both thinking and puzzled, spoke out.

“Luoluo?”

Ning Xueluo didn’t respond, just nuzzling and acting leasurely.

Snowy skin with chocolate beans should be delicious, Wang Haoran began to feel tempted, instinctively checking Ning Xueluo’s status.

Ning Xueluo: Female Lead

Martial Strength: 358 (Peak Transformation, severely injured)

Physique: 285 (Immaculate Cold Body)

Mental Strength: 215 (slightly chaotic)

Favorability: 100

Still severely injured, can’t rush things.

“Let’s sleep, Luoluo.”

This time, Ning Xueluo didn’t obediently listen. Instead, she pouted, looking a bit hurt.

“Husband, I’m ready…”

“No rush, you’re still injured!”

Wang Haoran wanted to hug Ning Xueluo but she dodged lightly.

“Husband, you’re making excuses! Even injured, I’m much stronger than you!”

“Before, when we did those things, your strength surpassed mine…”

“Now, it’s rare ocassion that I’m weaker, and I want to…”

Ning Xueluo was on the verge of tears.

“Or are you afraid of me, husband?”

Hearing this, Wang Haoran’s heart skipped a beat—

Did she see right through me?!