The Deadly Prelude to the Battlefield, the Prize Pool Continues to Soar... The Unfortunate Head Maid

At the school gate.

After Ye Cheng ran a good distance away wearing a giant grey rabbit onesie, the crowd at the school gate finally realized what they had just seen. Gasps and exclamations rang out.

"Holy crap, are you kidding me? Such a huge rabbit! It's only been one summer break, since when did our school undergo a spiritual energy revival?"

"Is it possible, bro, that it's a freaking person!"

"Bullshit, impossible, absolutely impossible. Have you ever seen anyone run that fast? I don't even dare drive that fast in the city, and you're telling me that's a person?"

"..."

The group of wealthy young men and ladies debated for a long time before finally accepting the fact that Ye Cheng "might" be a person. Otherwise, could it really be a rabbit spirit?

Isn't this an urban setting? How did it turn into a fantasy?

"Damn, I remember now! Could this guy be that god-like figure who's been all over the confession wall lately?"

Suddenly, a rich kid's furrowed brows relaxed. Seeming to recall something, he exclaimed out loud.

Prompted by his words, the quick-acting people around had already pulled out their phones to check the school's confession wall... As everyone knows, the school's confession wall has pretty much everything except actual confessions.

Things like stealing takeout, exposing people, dissing, virtual rap battles... you name it, it has it.

Just like the Tu Bar forum, where apart from discussing the cartoon character Big Ear Tutu, you'll find far more detailed discussions about computers—even more professional and detailed than the actual professional computer forums...

It's an absolute free-for-all!

One fast-fingered young master brought up a highly-liked post and started reading it aloud.

"Shocking! Our school has been infiltrated by a foul, despicable, shameless, indecent... phoenix man. The eldest miss of the Dongfang family, our current student council president, has already fallen for his tricks. All female students, please be vigilant..."

Everyone: "???"

The crowd gasped.

Who put this post on my phone!

This post was tainted with immense karma. Just glancing at it made one faintly feel the bindings of the rules, the oppression of the Great Dao, and the impending punishment of the Heavenly Dao...

Is this something they are even allowed to look at?

"Holy shit, this is hardcore. Who wrote this post? Do they have a death wish?"

"If I remember correctly, our current student council president is that goddess from the Dongfang family, right? They actually dared to say this?"

"I bet a car that this post won't survive a day. Anyone want to take the bet?"

"Bullshit, I'll take that bet! If this post survives more than half a day, I'll eat my phone!"

"Bets are placed! Anyone else want to raise the stakes?"

After reading the post, the wealthy youths and ladies all exclaimed that the author was insane. Either they had no brains, or they had an incredibly tough background. However... it was obviously the former.

You could count the number of families in Dahai City capable of arm-wrestling with the Dongfang family on one hand. It couldn't possibly be that the author of this outrageous post belonged to one of those few major families, right?

How could there be such a coincidence?

Besides, who would randomly write such a highly offensive post? Isn't this just openly slapping the Dongfang family's face, giving them absolutely no respect?

Except for the informed freshmen. School had already started, and having witnessed the absurd relationship between Ye Cheng and the two eldest misses, they didn't doubt the contents of the post at all.

This is nothing! It was truly spectacular when the two misses were throwing magic at each other at the classroom door, creating a literal war zone. You can't even handle this?

Go home and practice more, bro!

The sophomores, juniors, and seniors had expressions like Doflamingo reading fake news in prison the entire time... This world had ultimately gone crazy in ways they couldn't even imagine.

It's too freaking absurd!

Where the hell am I? Is this even still our country?

"I think it is him. That rabbit spirit ran too fast just now, so I didn't see clearly. Did any of you get a good look at his face? Check and see if it's him."

A rich kid scrolled through his phone, finally stopping on a photo of Ye Cheng. In the picture, Ye Cheng and Dongfang Zhixia were standing in a way that created a forced perspective, making it look like Dongfang Zhixia was kissing him.

Ye Cheng's face was captured very clearly, while only half of Dongfang Zhixia's face was visible...

"Holy crap, is this real or fake?"

"Duh, of course it's real. Didn't you see all the likes from the freshmen?"

"No, I mean, is this rabbit spirit really that ridiculously good-looking? Why does he look like a freaking incubus? No way, are you sure this isn't Photoshopped?"

"Shut up! I won't allow you to talk about our gege like that!"

"Exactly! You're just ugly yourself and accusing others of editing photos. He's just naturally that handsome. Stop projecting your stench, you foul men!"

The wealthy young men: "???"

Damn, so nowadays good looks literally equal justice, huh? Does he even know you for you to be defending him like this? When did toxic fan culture blow into our school?

The indignant young men stood there criticizing Ye Cheng's photo for being edited, while the wealthy young ladies spontaneously defended him. The two factions started their own verbal magic barrage by the flower beds.

"It probably isn't edited." At this moment, a somewhat deep voice came from the side. It was very different from the voices of the young people around; steadiness was the first impression it gave.

Wang Fugui had been slacking off on the sidelines for a long time and had finally caught the gist of it, figuring out what these youngsters, who were about his son's age, were arguing about.

After looking at it for a while, from his professional perspective... it wasn't edited. There were no traces of modification whatsoever. Of course, that wasn't to say the photo itself was untouched, but rather that Ye Cheng's face wasn't.

The Dongfang Zhixia in the photo had been tampered with. A very clever blurring effect had been applied, making it look like camera shake distortion. It could fool ordinary people, but it couldn't fool Wang Fugui, who had a background in the criminal investigation squad.

Look at that, now that's what you call professional!

Wang Fugui's voice broke the stalemate between the two sides. People from both groups cast questioning glances over... Who was speaking so confidently?

Just because you say it isn't edited means it isn't?

But when they looked and saw the current Chief of the Dahai City Public Security Bureau...

Hahaha, just pretend I didn't say anything.

The young men wanted to curse but stopped themselves, forcibly swallowing the profanities on the tip of their tongues. Were they in any position to question the badges on his shoulders?

"Pay attention here, a blurring effect was applied, but the technique is quite impressive..." Wang Fugui wasn't in a hurry. Since it would be a while before the hospital's ambulance arrived, he figured he might as well chat with the youngsters here, and casually show off a bit while he was at it.

As for Wang Defa... irrelevant.

That rebellious son was thick-skinned anyway; lying on the ground for a bit longer wouldn't hurt him.

After Wang Fugui's professional explanation, the young men deflated like punctured balloons. In stark contrast, the young ladies beside them were as happy as children who were several hundred months old.

"Uncle Wang, you're so amazing!"

"Yeah, Uncle Wang, when I look for a boyfriend in the future, I want to find someone as amazing as you..."

"Uncle Wang..."

Amidst the chorus of praise, Wang Fugui felt a bit carried away. Suppressing the urge to smile, he cleared his throat with a couple of coughs.

"Ahem, it's just basic stuff, nothing amazing. That rabbit you mentioned running out of the school... uh, that student, was that him?" Wang Fugui forced the topic back on track.

He still had a man-eating tigress at home. If his wife found out he was being flattered by little girls today, he'd be skinned alive if not killed. It was better to know when to stop; enjoying a couple of compliments was enough.

Oh... by the way, Wang Fugui's father-in-law was the previous Chief of the Dahai City Public Security Bureau.

A girl nearby nodded: "Yeah, it should be him. You couldn't find a second guy this handsome in the whole school. But... he ran too fast just now, Uncle Wang, we didn't really get a clear look..."

Wang Fugui nodded: "Indeed fast."

So fast that even he, a former criminal investigation captain, almost couldn't see clearly.

This kid is really something!

He just wasn't sure which family's young master he was.

If nothing else, with Ye Cheng's speed, he could definitely win glory for the Dragon Kingdom. A top-three finish would be guaranteed... So this is what they call a hidden talent?

Of course, that was Wang Fugui's previous thought. He had assumed Ye Cheng was an unknown ordinary person and even thought about recommending him. But looking at it now...

Wang Fugui's gaze lingered on the phones of the young rich kids nearby.

This guy is also a big shot at school?

He actually managed to get involved with that proud little girl from the Dongfang family?

He definitely has some skills, but... how come he hasn't heard a peep about this? Could it be that the Dongfang family is holding back a big surprise, planning to introduce him at the upcoming birthday banquet?

The Dongfang family always does things steadily, so this scenario is very possible.

Of course, there was a more important reason. Wang Fugui had met Dongfang Zhixia before, and he didn't believe she would be simply seduced by good looks. There must be an underlying reason.

For example... does this kid have some other extraordinary qualities?

Wang Fugui thought of many things at once. There were still some parts he couldn't figure out and needed to investigate personally when he got back, perhaps borrowing his rebellious son's account to check out the school forum.

Ye Cheng might very well be the future son-in-law of the Dongfang family. Building a good relationship in advance was highly necessary. Dongfang Zhixia was no fool, so the partner she chose naturally couldn't be a fool either...

Wang Fugui briefly organized his thoughts. Before long, the sound of an ambulance came from the end of the road.

"Over here!" Wang Fugui waved at the ambulance.

"Sorry to trouble you students, waiting here for so long. Hurry back to class and don't delay your time. Come over to Uncle's house for dinner when you're free, hahaha..."

Wang Fugui was half a bureaucrat himself, and his way of speaking and acting made people feel extremely comfortable. He quickly smoothed things over with the group of youngsters.

Two people stepped out of the ambulance. Seeing the police uniform on Wang Fugui, they paused, hurriedly stopped to stand at attention, and saluted.

Wang Fugui: "..."

Uh... next time it would be better to change clothes before coming out to do things, otherwise it's a bit too flashy. Wang Fugui helped lift Wang Defa, who was as fat as a pig, into the ambulance, then turned around and went back to his own car.

"You go ahead, I'll follow behind." Wang Fugui stuck his head out the car window and smiled, waving at the ambulance crew.

One in front and one behind, both parties quickly left the scene, heading toward the nearest hospital...

On the other side of the gate.

The head maid looked as if she had been hit by a full combo of silence abilities, unable to say a single word. She originally thought Ye Cheng being inhuman was just internet trash talk, but she didn't expect... reality to be even more absurd.

Wearing a rabbit suit in broad daylight to perform a 100-meter sprint and hurdles?

Does he even look human?

"What a big rabbit! I want one too, I want this one, it's so awesome!" came Xia Tongxin's very excited voice from the side. Her little hands tugged at the head maid, thrilled to pieces, completely forgetting about being confronted face-to-face by the eldest miss just moments ago.

She wanted the head maid to get her a rabbit this big too!

Unlike the others, let alone recognizing who it was... Xia Tongxin didn't even realize if Ye Cheng was human or not. She didn't know why there was such a giant rabbit spirit in the school, but she super wanted one!

So cool!

Head maid: "..."

For some reason, even though the head maid currently had an expressionless face, she inexplicably gave off a vibe of having a hard life...

"Miss... that wasn't a rabbit just now, it was a person..."

After the head maid finished speaking, she silently added a sentence in her heart.

Probably?

...

Meanwhile.

At the hospital, Wang Fugui received a call.

"Hello, Brother Fugui, are you at the police station right now? My sister and I want to come over to see you, and bring a little something for the sister-in-law and my two nephews..."

Tang Shouye's cheerful voice came from the other end of the line.