DYP 82

Chapter 82 – His Ribs

 

That night, a video of campus bullying was posted on major websites.

 

In the video, a group of tall boys gathered around and beat up a young classmate for ten minutes, and passers-by looked at him without looking away.

 

Some comments below revealed that this was the work of a bully gang from No. 13 Middle School in South City. The bullied boy dropped out of school due to brain damage. The classmates from No. 13 Middle School rushed over immediately and firmly denied it.

 

After being stripped of their school uniforms and school buildings, they began to form cliques and make remarks about the school: “We can scold our alma mater, but you can’t”, “They’ve already lost money, what else do you want”, “Just hit us, who cares?”, “I never had a fight when I was in school.” “Don’t there be people like this in other schools? What a fuss”…

 

It was made into a collection, and everyone sent private messages to the school.

 

Because the violence and idiotic remarks were so shocking, they were trending on Weibo at 6 a.m., attracting public attention.

 

Luo Xingyun yawned as he passed by the gate of No. 13 Middle School. He glanced at the reporters who were waiting with cannons, stuffed a few strands of unhidden hair into his thread cap and turned around to leave. He then entered the gate .

 

He was walking extra carefully today, not daring to walk around like usual, lest he attract Zhu Renliang’s attention.

 

But he thought too much, no one noticed his hairstyle, and the air was filled with a tense atmosphere.

 

As soon as he walked into the classroom, the buzzing sound of discussion was lingering in his ears. The students were not interested in studying and passed short videos to each other. The timid ones covered their mouths, while the bold ones were furious. Some girls and omegas even shed tears silently.

 

“How come the No. 13 Middle School next door is in such dire straits that it doesn’t matter if you beat someone like this on the stairs?” Huo Siming turned pale with fright. “In comparison, Hewanglan is like an angel.”

 

Shen Shuyi sat on his desk and leaned forward to look at his phone with him: “Are they missing a school bully? They are missing a dean. They should hold their teachers tightly and pray that they will not be fired.”

 

Li Yu chewed pancakes and joined the tea party: “It’s hard to say, this video is being viewed everywhere now. My dad said that not only the dean of the 13th Middle School will be replaced, but the principal will also be fired.”

 

Zhang Liang: “He had an affair, and he has 18 mistress.”

 

Luo Xingyun threw Huo Siming’s coat on his head. Zhang Xiaoliang needs to shut down his computer and reinstall the system, otherwise the yellow Trojan will occupy all his brain capacity.

 

Zhang Liang took off his coat: “Luo Shen, are you perming your hair? Pattoni’s job?”

 

Huo Siming cast a suspicious look, and Pei Yan wrote in the back seat and quickly completed two copies of his homework: “No.”

 

Luo Xingyun added: “It will be permed back in a while.”

 

Zhang Liang understood: “O is for those who please themselves.”

 

Huo Siming looked at Luo Xingyun carefully and found a bruise on his forehead. He made a fuss: “What’s wrong with you?! Were you subjected to domestic violence?”

 

Pei Yan was inexplicably cueed, and his eyes glanced at him. Luo Xingyun quickly waved his hand: “Don’t mention it. Jiang Yixun and Lan Lan fought yesterday, and I happened to be with Lan Lan.”

 

The students around them all turned their ears: “Lan Lan wins or loses?”

 

“We won.” Luo Xingyun shrugged, “Anyway, he was lying in the hospital and Jiang Yixun went in.”

 

The little students felt very angry and said: “What a bully! The school bully must be punished by another school bully!”

 

“We just can’t let people like this get away with it!”

 

“I will never call him Lan Gou again, he will be Lan Ge from now on!”

 

“I want to tell Xinzhuo the good news!”

 

It is the age when moral thinking is most active. The sense of justice among boys and girls is overwhelming, and they are all overjoyed by Jiang Yixun’s fall.

 

Luo Xingyun silently walked around Qi Yu, who was lying dead on the table, and sat in his seat.

 

Qi Yu opened his eyes full of red bloodshot eyes. He took out the largest English textbook and held it upright in front of his eyes, and asked weakly: “Did you do it?”

 

“You say this, but he has to take responsibility.” Luo Xingyun lowered his amber eyes calmly, and took out the textbooks one by one from his bag, “Jiang Yixun couldn’t control his madness and did evil things. He is lawless and no one can save him from the path he had chosen. Sooner or later, he will overturn.”

 

Qi Yu was not sure at first, but after hearing what he said, he became more and more convinced that this matter had something to do with him: “What on earth did you do?”

 

“I was beaten by him.” Luo Xingyun lifted up a corner of his hat, revealing the bruise on his forehead, “Now, let me see you more clearly.”

 

Qi Yu was so angry that he kicked him under the table. He felt like an ordinary worker who devoted his life to the country’s two bombs and one satellite project in the Gobi Desert in the 1960s and 1970s. He had been busy all his life and didn’t know what the screws he was tightening were actually on something awesome.

 

“How is the thing I asked you to do?” Luo Xingyun put up his English textbook and exchanged small talk with Qi Yu in the manner of an underground party contact. “Where are the father and son now? Is there any news?”

 

After Jiang Yixun was locked up last night, he asked Qi Yu to release the video of the beating.

 

In his opinion, this matter must not be like this anymore. But this was different from a home invasion. Several months had passed. If the father and son can be found, it will be easier to pursue them. No one can find them. Even if Jiang Yixun is imprisoned, it will be difficult to investigate.

 

Letting Qi Yu ignite a storm of public opinion also hopes that this matter will be fermented and attract attention from all walks of life. There is great power in numbers. If they all look for it together, maybe there will be a turn for the better. The reason why the people at the bottom are silent is not because they don’t want to seek justice, but sometimes they don’t even know where the legal door is. Luo Xingyun understands this very well. They need lots and lots of help.

 

Qi Yu almost didn’t close his eyes all night because of this matter. At this time, he said weakly: “They originally lived in no fixed place, and the boy didn’t have many friends in school. The only reply was that he met him at Pagoda Bridge. The adults in his family are scavenging, so they may not live there, or they may have moved away long ago.”

 

Luo Xingyun asked him to send the screenshot and planned to take a look at it at noon.

 

Pei Yan had been making up his homework. After listening to their discussion, he gently knocked on the leg of the chair where Shen Shuyi was sitting.

 

Shen Shuyi leaned back slightly.

 

Pei Yan asked: “I have something to do at noon. If Luo Shen wants to go out, please bring a few more alphas with you.”

 

Jiang Yixun went in. He was not the only bully in No. 13 Middle School. They can stand next to the perpetrator to cover up the truth, they can confuse right and wrong and cover up those who tell the truth. The stupid sense of collective honor is evident. After all, Luo Xingyun is directly involved in Jiang Yixun’s case. He is very eye-catching now, and it would be unsafe to investigate alone.

 

Shen Shuyi nodded. He hid his cell phone in the drawer and started to contact his friends.

 

Pei Yan thought for a while and tapped the corner of his desk with the tip of his pen. Ling Zhizhi came over after hearing the news and looked at him with bright eyes, as if to say: I can do anything for you two!

 

“You will go to the radio station and insert a text message shortly, briefly introducing the whole story of Jiang Yixun’s beating, saying that the police have been involved in the investigation, and hope that students with knowledge will actively provide clues.”

 

The more Ling Zhizhi listened, the more serious he became. As soon as he finished speaking, he grabbed a pen and paper: “I’m going now!”

 

The bell rang for morning self-study class.

 

Pei Yan just put down his pen and passed a stack of written test papers to the desk next to him. Qi Yu weakly held it up to Luo Xingyun with both hands, and Luo Xingyun accepted it with a blushing face. Huo Siming was heartbroken after witnessing the whole process. He grabbed it and stuffed it into the pile of test papers.

 

After school was over at noon, Luo Xingyun took a hurried bite of food and went out to look for someone. Going with him were most of the boys in the class. Not just him, many people in Chengnan spontaneously joined the team because of Ling Zhizhi’s broadcast.

 

Pei Yan was picked up in the car by Tong Xiaonian and went to the police station to complete the procedures.

 

He is now in Level 2 isolation, involved in a criminal case, and needs a police certificate to report to the mental health center. In view of the fact that he was acting in self-defense, the police awarded him a commendation for gallantry, which will be permanently recorded on his resume.

 

There is such an item in the resume of a high-A value alpha, which will have a decisive positive guiding effect on his future psychological evaluation. Tong Xiaonian sang along with the radio all the way.

 

When they arrived at the police station, the two were led by police officers to a small cubicle to fill out information cards. Soon, the banner will be sent to the south of the city, and it will be presented at the flag-raising ceremony as usual.

 

When the two came out, a hunchbacked old man happened to come in from outside, holding a stack of banknotes wrapped in plastic bags in his hand.

 

He looked to be in his sixties with dark skin and deep furrows on his face. There was an unusually long beard under his mouth, which was black and white. The layers of clothes he wore were all shabby and old and gave off a strong smell. Standing next to the police officer, he seemed to be a person from another world. He himself was aware of this. He held the stack of hundred-dollar bills uncomfortably and rubbed them with his rough hands.

 

If poverty had a look, it would be like this.

 

Probably because he was too impatient, he accidentally bumped into Tong Xiaonian’s shoulder as he walked by, causing her to stumble while she was wearing mid-heeled shoes. He quickly backed away and said sorry in a foreign accent.

 

Tong Xiaonian returned a friendly smile then lowered her head slightly and looked away. Pei Yan, who was protecting her, had the same expression.

 

As soon as they came into the world, they had a silver spoon in their mouths, were born in a powerful family, had enough food and clothing, and had not suffered any serious hardships. Therefore, they were always worried about this kind of luck and happiness, which reached its peak in front of the humble old man.

 

Seeing that they didn’t make any move, the old man followed the policeman and sat down humbly, and continued: “…that boy usually bullies my son. If my boy doesn’t have money, he will burn him with cigarettes, beat him, and lock him in the room. He couldn’t come back even after one night. That day, he grabbed my son’s head and banged it against the wall. I ran to school. My son was unconscious and couldn’t wake up no matter how hard I screamed. He gave me more than a thousand yuan and said he was compensated. However, my son’s check-ups are more than that. Now my son has to take medicine all the time. He can’t study and can’t work… What will happen to my son if I get old in the future? “

 

With his chapped hands, he pushed the banknotes wrapped in a plastic bag to the police: “I don’t want this money, I want him to go to jail!”

 

Pei Yan lowered his head silently and sent a message to Luo Xingyun, telling him that there was no need to look for him, he had been found.

 

The policeman comforted him and the old man wiped his eyes: “The school didn’t teach him well… This kid has been bad since he was a child. He often stops people in this area and asks for money. In the past two years, he even scared a girl into a car…”

 

Tong Xiaonian and Pei Yan, who walked to the door, turned back at the same time.

 

Before Pei Yan came back to his senses, he heard his mother’s trembling voice: “Old man, what did you just say?!”

 

The old scavenger has been walking around this area for many years. When the unsolved case happened three years ago, he happened to be collecting discarded cardboard from the second-floor balcony of a house deep in the alley.

 

He witnessed the tall bad alpha blocking the girl in the alley, and the girl didn’t know where she got the strength to push him away and ran out, running to the main road in a panic.

 

Then there was a screeching sound of brakes.

 

When the old man went downstairs and squeezed through the crowd, he saw blood dripping all over the floor and couldn’t help but sigh.

 

A few days later, the old scavenger chatted with the cleaner and learned that another alpha’s family had lost a lot of money, and he didn’t know what happened to the girl.

 

But the face of that bad alpha was deeply imprinted in his mind from then on.

 

He walked in the streets and alleys, everyone avoided him, and struggled to survive in this city. The people he interacted with were as poor and humble as him. Even the police did not pay attention to him. He is just like a shadow.

 

Even he himself didn’t know that his testimony could change a young man’s life.

 

It’s just that that testimony is too silent and too small. It is deposited at the bottom of the invisible layer. It requires a lot of kindness and persistence to break the unbreakable barrier between them and convey it to everyone.

 

Walking out of the police station door, Tong Xiaonian couldn’t help but hugged Pei Yan with tears in his eyes: “It’s great… it’s great…”

 

She was still reluctant to believe that her child was a criminal, and she criticized her husband’s decision back then and felt powerless.

 

Now he can finally wash away his grievances and become an innocent child again.

 

Pei Yan stood upright at the foot of the steps, his eyes blurred and gentle. When he looked at the clear blue sky, he seemed to be looking at a person in the distance.

 

“I want to go home.” Pei Yan said softly.

 

Tong Xiaonian didn’t know why, but he still drove home with him.

 

Pei Yan didn’t even change his shoes. He rushed into the house and took out the intact sealed bag from the drawer.

 

“You haven’t seen it yet?” Tong Xiaonian was very surprised.

 

Pei Yan got the comparison results of the two DNA reports more than a week ago. She thought he was young and doesn’t have a good temper, so she didn’t dare to reveal it in front of him, but he must have peeked behind her back.

 

Pei Yan’s chest heaved.

 

He didn’t dare to look at it before because his sanity was crazy at that time. He thought that he couldn’t bear even a little more likes.

 

But it’s different now.

 

Something is different.

 

He witnessed Luo Xingyun’s gentle power with his own eyes.

 

Like the passing snow, it is vast, quiet, omnipotent, and powerful everywhere.

 

He secretly protects him, guides him, and makes him in awe and surrender,

 

Regardless of the outcome, the bond between them was enough for him to calmly accept the truth behind this report.

 

The long slender fingers trembled to untie the lock and pulled out the information——

 

“The DNA matching rate of the two samples is 99.99%, and they are identified as the same individual.”

 

Pei Yan did not come back from the police station throughout noon, and his seat was still empty until the first class. Luo Xingyun rested his head on a thick copy of “Analytical Chemistry of Life”. He rested his chin on his hand and glanced at his phone nonchalantly.

 

The phone on his lap vibrated slightly, it was the person he had been waiting for.

 

leviathan: [come to the back alley]

 

Luo Xingyun stared closely at the physics teacher in front. He ever so slowly lowered his height, like a crushed Mario, nimbly crawling past the feet of Qi Yu and Li Yu, and went straight to the back door. Before the physics teacher cried and begged him to stay, he fled out of the classroom.

 

The weather has been good these two days, with several sunny days in a row. Luo Xingyun walked out of the school gate briskly, expecting Pei Yan’s sudden mystery.

 

The alley was still so deserted. Pei Yan leaned lazily in the sunshine. When he saw him coming, his dark eyes flashed brightly.

 

Luo Xingyun said angrily: “Why did it take you so long? You didn’t even reply to the message.”

 

“My case has become clearer. Witnesses said that it was Jiang Yixun who threatened Yu Ruonan at that time.”

 

Luo Xingyun: “!”

 

Pei Yan nodded at the wall and looked sideways at him: “Guess who the witness is?”

 

“Is he the person you are waiting for?” Luo Xingyun thought for a while, “You happened to be waiting for someone here that day, so wouldn’t he be able to prove that you just happened to be passing by?”

 

“The person I was waiting for didn’t come.”

 

“That’s okay. You should always make an appointment in advance. You even have contact information and chat records…”

 

Pei Yan shook his head: “Nothing.”

 

“Nothing at all?”

 

“Yes.” It was obviously a sad topic, but Pei Yan looked at him with clear and gentle eyes, “I don’t know his name, I don’t know who he is, I only have a few of his hairs.”

 

Shock appeared on Luo Xingyun’s face, as if he had recalled something, his pupils slightly opened.

 

“I have encountered the worst things and the best things here.” Pei Yan’s voice was low and hoarse. “When I was divided, I almost died.”

 

Alpha’s strong physical ability is not without cost. All their strength is based on the overload operation of the heart, and the human heart is an imperfect engine.

 

During the differentiation period, 0.38% alpha will cause myocardial fatigue due to the strengthening of the body and the surge in blood supply in a short period of time, eventually leading to sudden cardiac death.

 

In high-a-value groups, this proportion increases tenfold or a hundredfold.

 

“Baizhu, do you still remember?”

 

Luo Xingyun looked at him, his amber eyes slightly moist.

 

“We have a winter long-distance race every year in the south of the city. When I was in the second grade of junior high school, I left my homework. I ran three kilometers and then caught up here again because I was too exhausted and had a myocardial infarction.”

 

“Someone happened to be passing by.”

 

Rushing from the alley entrance.

 

His bloodshot vision prevented him from seeing the man’s face clearly, but he could hear himself roaring.

 

An unfamiliar desire for aggression surged in his heart, wanting to tear everything and everyone in front of him into pieces.

 

That was the first time he faced such thoughts head-on.

 

It’s a talent, and it’s also the curse of an emperor-level alpha.

 

“What’s wrong with you, classmate?” Instead of being shouted down, the man leaned over with a concerned tone.

 

His heart ached, his whole body felt hot, and he retreated into the darkness like an abandoned dog.

 

He waved his arms, trying to protect himself from being noticed and hurt.

 

“Hello 120? There is someone here who is dividing… I don’t know whether he is dividing into alpha or omega. He doesn’t look good… The address is the back door of Chengnan Middle School…”

 

“Classmate, don’t be afraid.” He hung up the phone and comforted him in a clear childish voice, “The ambulance will be here soon.”

 

But it was getting more and more painful.

 

It was as if someone stabbed a knife in his heart, sinking him into a mire of darkness, and even his consciousness was gradually dissipating.

 

The man came up to him, held his shoulders and shook him hard: “Classmate! Classmate!”

 

He raised his waist as if on the verge of death and subconsciously grabbed the man’s hair.

 

A scream.

 

He completely sank into the boundless darkness.

 

“Classmate! Classmate! Wake up!” In the diffuse consciousness, a pair of small hands pressed firmly on his chest.

 

…

 

“When I woke up in the hospital, I had already differentiated into an alpha.” Pei Yan stood in the shadows, staring at Luo Xingyun in the sunshine.

 

“My mother told me that before the ambulance arrived, I had been given cardiopulmonary resuscitation and my breathing and heartbeat were restored. His technique was very professional. Without him, I would have missed the golden ten minutes.”

 

“And I never let go of the clutch on my hand, holding on to a bunch of that person’s hair.”

 

“She asked me if I had been in a fight with someon.”

 

He put down the hand covering his face and raised his dark and red eyes: “… Luo Xingyun, are you in pain?”

 

“… Damn it.” Luo Xingyun’s voice was filled with tears, “It’s actually you. You made me… not even able to pass the physical examination exam!”

 

He remembered clearly that it was the winter of the second year of junior high school. He represented the school to take the city Olympiad exam. He did not bring his student ID card the night before and ran back to school to get it.

 

In order to rush for time, he copied this alley. Holding pieces of bread in his mouth, he ran fast.

 

The alley was said to be very dangerous, and there were often fights among young classmates in it, but in order to rush for time, he didn’t care.

 

Unexpectedly, he didn’t meet the school bully who was fighting, but he met an unlucky guy who was dividing.

 

“I always wanted to find you later…” Pei Yan confided softly and slowly. “In the past three years, I have walked this path every day after school. In order to walk this path, I did not go to No. 1 Middle School.”

 

In the high school entrance examination, he scored more than 40 points above the first midfield line and did not go.

 

He wanted to wait for him.

 

Thank him face to face.

 

Luo Xingyun muttered: “The loss of blood in that one shot cost me the title of No. 1 pick next year.”

 

“Why didn’t you come to me?” Pei Yan asked a little aggrievedly, “Why… didn’t you come to me earlier?”

 

“We are not in the same class. Even if I have heard of your name, I don’t know who you are.” Luo Xingyun covered his face while crying and laughing.

 

At that time, Pei Yan was shorter than him and as delicate as a little girl.

 

“And I crushed two of your ribs, and you didn’t even have time to run!”

 

Pei Yan laughed: “Then how can you compensate me now?”

 

Luo Xingyun asked with red eyes: “Are you wearing a mask?”

 

Pei Yan took out a mask from his pocket and put it on.

 

Luo Xingyun rushed towards him like a small cannonball.

 

Pei Yan stared at his figure and opened his hands.

 

When he encountered injustice here, when the whole world didn’t believe him, he relied on a few hairs of Luo Xingyun to persevere.

 

Whenever he wants to give up on himself, he will remember that there are people in this world who rushed to save him when he lost his mind and bared his teeth.

 

Kind, upright, smart, and brave.

 

He didn’t want him to regret it, let alone disappoint him.

 

Now, Luo Xingyun finally ran towards him like he did many years ago.

 

——Pounced forward with all his strength.

 

In an instant, the sun, moon, and stars all over the sky fell into his arms.

 

The two people stacked on top of each other and took two steps backward.

 

With a height difference of nearly ten centimeters, Luo Xingyun just fit into his arms.

 

Being held tightly by him.

 

The young man’s face was pressed against his chest, and he heard a laugh coming from the chest: “I’ll wait for you.”

 

With a rapid heartbeat.

 

Luo Xingyun couldn’t help but rub the side of his face on it: “Is your injury… healed?”

 

“It is alright.”

 

Whether it’s ribs, scars, or black holes, they’ve all grown back.

 

Because he has found his sun, his moon, and his smiling little stars.

 

Then there is a whole flowery future, blooming from the shadow of their unity.

 

To spread to infinity.