Chapter 133: Defaulting is equivalent to beheading

She didn't know how to fight, nor how to run away.

She couldn't protect anyone.

She could only hide behind others.

Watching them get beaten for her, get injured for her, and be trampled underfoot for her.

Lu Xiaoyu's legs had gone weak, her mind was a complete blank, and she was being mechanically dragged forward.

A cowardly person who had Awakened the Rice Talent.

Her apocalypse, her entire life, perhaps had been destined for misfortune from that very moment.

"Done and dusted. Won't Brother Tang be thrilled?"

"Definitely. It's been dragged out for so long. Even though they're just classmates, those two useless trash were still protecting her so stubbornly."

"Probably for a bowl of rice, hahaha. Those two losers are still lying there on the ground. How pathetic."

"Alright, alright, stop talking and let's go. Brother Tang is waiting."

Three boys from the Polytechnic,

dragged Lu Xiaoyu,

and headed toward the door.

*Click.*

The lock clicked open, and the door was pushed wide.

Light pierced through.

"Let's go."

Ma Chuan stepped over the threshold, but before he could finish his sentence, he froze in place.

A person was sitting on the steps outside.

Wearing a black windbreaker and black cargo pants, with a black hood pulled down low.

He just sat there, looking somewhat relaxed.

His head was lowered, a cigarette held between two fingers.

Smoke swirled and rose slowly, blurring the face beneath the hood.

"Who are you?"

Ma Chuan frowned; he felt a strange sense of familiarity.

The two people behind him also started shouting.

"What are you doing blocking the way?"

"We're talking to you, did you hear us?"

"Damn it, why are you acting so edgy?"

Inside the room, Sister Lin had just scrambled up from the floor, leaning against the wall to steady herself.

Liu Lei was still on the ground, struggling to lift his head to look out through the half-open door.

They didn't recognize this person.

Nor did they know who he was or why he had appeared at their doorstep.

Could another convoy have discovered Xiaoyu?

That would be bad. Brother Tang had a B-rank Skill Talent and was quite influential in the D District, but if powerful Awakened from convoys in the A or B Districts arrived, no one could stop them...

Sister Lin and Liu Lei exchanged a look.

Both of their eyes were filled with helplessness.

"?"

Lu Xiaoyu stood by the threshold, not daring to move or make a sound.

She only timidly poked half her head out to take a peek, then fearfully shrank back, hiding behind Ma Chuan like a frightened little rabbit.

Ma Chuan frowned, stepped forward, and reached out. "I'm talking to you, did you hear me? This is the D District. Who the hell do you think you are, sitting here..."

"Of course I heard you."

"If you heard me, then why—"

"Lu Xiaoyu, how do you want him to die?"

"?"

Ma Chuan frowned. "You motherf—"

But he hadn't even finished speaking—

*Splurt!*

The man in black in front of him vanished instantly!

Blood splattered everywhere!

Ma Chuan's voice got stuck in his throat!

A massive Boning Knife sliced into his neck and out the other side!

His head flew off, landing on the stairs!

*Thud.*

He fell.

The headless corpse crashed to the ground, blood geysering out and flooding the floor.

The room became deathly silent...

"Aaaaaah!!!"

Then, everyone screamed!!!

Lu Xiaoyu shrank back into the room, bumping into Sister Lin, her entire body trembling!

She buried her face in Sister Lin's embrace, not daring to look outside!

Sister Lin held her, but she was also stunned. "He... how did he dare to attack?! The Eye of Peace is clearly in the sky. Is he insane?!"

Liu Lei, lying on the ground, looked toward the doorway.

Ma Chuan's corpse lay on the floor.

The two boys behind him had collapsed, shrinking back into the room with their faces covered in blood splatters.

And the man in black, when he reappeared, had already walked into the room.

He raised his hand and pulled back the hood of his windbreaker.

A face was revealed.

Delicate, handsome, with a faint smile playing on his lips.

Sister Lin's pupils shrank. "Chen Yu!!!"

Liu Lei's face instantly turned pale. "The murderer?"

Their voices carried fear, as well as an indescribable mix of emotions.

The reason they had fallen to this state—being cornered and beaten by the Polytechnic people, being called "Film Academy trash," and being stepped on until they couldn't get up—was ultimately all because of him...

The two Polytechnic boys swallowed hard.

"Chen... Chen Yu? Aren't you in the Villa Area..."

"Yeah, this is the D District. What... what are you doing here? We have no grudge against you..."

Chen Yu spoke calmly, "I'm here for my teammate."

"Your teammate?"

The two Polytechnic boys looked at each other. "This is the D District, how could..."

Chen Yu ignored them.

He stepped further into the room.

Inside...

Sister Lin held Lu Xiaoyu, leaning against the wall, her whole body tense.

Lu Xiaoyu only showed half her head, her eyes red.

Chen Yu stopped in front of them. "You're Lu Xiaoyu, right? Since you didn't answer just now, I took silence as consent for decapitation."

Sister Lin suddenly took a step back, pulling Lu Xiaoyu away with her.

"Don't come any closer!"

Her voice was hoarse, filled with hostility and fear.

Chen Yu narrowed his eyes.

Sister Lin's voice trembled. "No one can take her away..."

Chen Yu was a bit speechless. "Hey, if I hadn't come, wouldn't she have been taken away by those Polytechnic people anyway?"

Sister Lin swallowed. "That... that's still not okay. I know you. Your name is Chen Yu. You're..."

"The murderer!"

Liu Lei, lying on the ground, desperately pushed himself up with his arms. "Xiaoyu can't go with you. I'd rather let those people take her than let her go with you."

Chen Yu: "..."

The two Polytechnic guys crowded at the door felt terrible upon hearing this.

Rather go with us?

We're freaking here to kidnap her!

But they didn't dare speak...

After all, there was still a corpse by their feet.

They just huddled by the door, watching the scene unfold, shivering.

Chen Yu was silent for two seconds. "So, when those three were beating you both like this and you couldn't stop them, that was fine. But now that I've killed them for you, you're starting to resist."

Sister Lin's face stiffened.

But she bit her lip and still shielded Lu Xiaoyu firmly behind her.

"That's different..."

"You... you're a murderer. If Xiaoyu follows you, she'll only live in fear every day!"

Liu Lei, lying on the ground, nodded frantically. "Xiaoyu won't have a good life if she follows you!"

Chen Yu's lip twitched. "The two of you are truly stupid. One can't even get up from the floor, and the other can barely stand. How is her life better with you? Better because of all this rice on the floor?"

The room was a mess, with rice scattered everywhere, a table overturned, and broken bowls and chopsticks.

Sister Lin's eyes turned red, and she couldn't say anything.

Liu Lei, lying on the ground, clenched his fists, his expression grim.

"Don't... don't you dare talk about them like that..."

Lu Xiaoyu poked half her head out from behind Sister Lin. "They aren't stupid!"

"Xiaoyu!"

Sister Lin glared at her and made a shushing gesture.

But Lu Xiaoyu didn't hide back.

She grabbed Sister Lin's clothes, tears falling again. "They aren't stupid..."

Her voice grew softer and softer, eventually turning into sobs.

She buried her face back into Sister Lin's back, not daring to look at Chen Yu again.