[“I need you to tell me the truth.”

Karina looked directly into Johnny’s eyes determinedly.

Johnny looked away with a lowered head, “You don’t need to know about… these, these things.”

They were standing in the stairwell, the silent atmosphere allowed them to still faintly hear the excited cheers from the recently dismissed students.

“Mary is dead. It’s weird. I’m sure it’s all because of this Morris person.”

Johnny heard that and his expression shook.

He gritted his teeth and blurted out, “I don’t know the specifics, but two weeks ago, they asked Zhou Yu and I to trick Morris to got to the back of the school building.”

“Then … they kidnapped Morris.”

When Karina heard this, she got furious: “You! Why are you doing this to Morris!”

After hearing Johnny’s explanation, she very clear on the fact that Morris must have died after being abducted, and that the police had no idea about it.

Johnny’s mental state was already at its limit. Now when he heard Karina’s condemnation tone, he suddenly roared uncontrollably: “Do you think I wanted that?! Annie’s boyfriend is Fen! Fen’s Dad is a police officer! What exactly could I do?! “

“You! Then you shouldn’t – forget it, I don’t want to argue with you, now, tell me where Morris’s house is, I’m going to find out the truth myself, and expose it all!” Karina knew that there wasn’t anything else to learn from him, and decided to figure it out herself.

To this day, she didn’t know who she was doing this for – Mary or Morris?

She just wanted to know the truth, and with her strong sense of right or wrong, she wanted to reveal it.

Let everything be known to the world.

“I don’t know … but … maybe you can go to the school’s archives and look for Morris’s file.” Johnny’s frowned with drooping eyelids, covering a faint blue glint in his eyes. 】

——From 《Nightmare》

Sitting up, while Zhou Yu looked at the still-empty room, he uncontrollably rubbed his temples, trying to wake up fully. 

Thinking of last night’s dream and the unfinished kiss, Zhou Yu’s cheeks flushed lightly before they receded into his previous paleness.

How shameful, he actually lusted after his best friend in a dream.

Zhou Yu got dressed, the light in his eyes dimming to a dull mossy hue.

Caww-caww!!

The crow outside the window was roaring, the tone resoundingly shrill, as if it wanted to attract everyone’s attention.

Zhou Yu slipped the last button into his shirt and turned to look out the window.

At this moment, when the sun just came out and the morning fog disappeared, there was still a layer of vapor on the outside of the window covering it, making it difficult to see the view outside.

Through the fading mist, one could still faintly see the crow standing on the windowsill.

The crow’s blood-red eyes stared at Zhou Yu while he was getting dressed and made sure he’d turned to look at him before fluttering his wings as if to say hello.

Zhou Yu glanced over indifferently, turned around, arranged his clothes, took his schoolbag, and left the room.

A crow or two was normal in these parts.

This house was a very cold breeding ground for poisonous creatures like rats and cockroaches all year round.

Not to mention the crow, he even found a snake in his bed six months ago—if it wasn’t for the fact that it was non-venomous, Zhou Yu would’ve been in God’s arms a long time ago.

The crow on the windowsill turned his head, pecking the glass gently, like a suitor expecting to have a rendezvous with his sweetheart.

Unfortunately, his friend completely ignored the crow’s unusual movements and steadily walked out of the room.

After Zhou Yu left, the crow’s eye color returned to its original black and it flew off.

The view he was presented with upon entering the living room was one that suggested that Eugene had apparently succeeded in moving himself to the carpet.

Exhausted, he didn’t mind the disgusting stains covering it and slept soundly with a disgruntling snore.

Zhou Yu gave him a cold look and turned to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

This damned guy must have a lot of hidden secrets.

Zhou Yu knew very well that it’d already been a very long time since his mother had been seen in town – the odds of his mother being alive were incredibly slim.

But he still couldn’t help but have a glimmer of expectation.

Maybe it was due to his childhood. His desire for affection was much stronger than that of an ordinary person’s.

Even now that he was eighteen, he still yearned to find his mother – even it were just her bones.

As if he had felt entitled to receive such a relationship for a long time.

Zhou Yu brought breakfast to the dining table and then turned towards the master bedroom.

He pulled out the bedside drawers inside and retrieved the picture he had put in the day before yesterday.

Looking at the painting in his hand, Zhou Yu’s deep green pupils shrank slightly.

The god drawn in black in white was graced with a pair of distant blue eyes; the tyrannical and bloodthirsty emotions in that shadowed glare evoked a heart-throbbing feeling on any who laid view upon it.

This faint light belonging to a god caused people to prostrate themselves in awe, so even in this black and white painting, they weren’t obtrusive as the only spot of color.

Perhaps to some zealous believers, this expressive painting was already worthy of excessive worship.

Zhou Yu gently stroked the eyes that were just like Morris’s, corners of his lips curved: “Thank you very much, my lord.”

Folding the painting up, Zhou Yu walked out of the master bedroom.

He didn’t want to stay there for another second.

This room was drenched in Eugene’s smell – the rotten scent of food, the acrid odor of alcohol, and the taste of that “God’s Blessing” powder, absolutely disgusting.

Eugene was still asleep in the living room, complexion even paler than yesterday.

Zhou Yu sat silently at the table and had his best breakfast in his life.

Of course, he didn’t forget to leave some food for his dear father.

Zhou Yu put some cold toast and milk on the dining room table, then looked at the person laying on the carpet who’d woken up due to the smell.

“My dear father, here’s breakfast, please eat.”

The fat on Eugene’s face wriggled, murky eyes filled with venomous light.

“Hey! You little bastard! Bring me the food!”

Zhou Yu lifted the schoolbag by the table and walked out of the house as usual, shutting out all the vicious curses behind him.

Silver: One chapter more until I need to do more translating! This novel is up for grabs of anyone’s interested!

Ding — The warning bell rang.

Zhou Yu put his schoolbag in the locker and took out the necessary textbooks for the next few classes.

“Hi ~” A sweet female voice filled with joy swam up from behind.

Zhou Yu took out a biology textbook and a pencil case, then slammed the door shut with his palm.

Just like before, he was a beautiful and unfeeling glacier.

“Uh, classmate? Hey!” The voice’s owner saw Zhou Yu walk away, standing stock-still for a second before hurrying over to continue announcing their existence.

Zhou Yu looked a little impatient as he passed by, dark green eyes a deep pool; under the refraction of the morning light, it added a bit of hazy beauty.

Karina, with her beautiful long blond hair, sported a foolish expression and even forgot what to say next.

Zhou Yu knew who was standing in front of him. She was a transfer student, Karina, who had entered just yesterday.

If he remembered correctly, they didn’t know each other.

Zhou Yu, who was about to go to class, detachedly circled the starry-eyed girl in front of him and walked towards the hallway intersection.

Here, Karina just paused for a moment, but then realized that even the teen’s shadow had disappeared instantly; she quickly turned to follow: “Hey! Classmate! Please wait!”

Karina was a good-looking child, and with her identity as a transfer student, all the attention in the town had been drawn to her.

And her entanglement with Zhou Yu just now had undoubtedly caught the gazes of other students in the corridor.

Zhou Yu certainly noticed their uncomfortable stares.

The scattered hair on his forehead fell over and cast a dark shadow against gloomy green eyes.

He hated the onlookers – especially those guys who had previously crowded Morris and him out, it made him itch to run.

Karina hurriedly caught up to Zhou Yu, then stroked her hair a little coquettishly, asking softly, “Hey, can you tell me your contact information? Will you be my friend?”

She was used to living in a big city and that fast-paced life.

Like is like, there was no thought of feeling bashful in the girl’s mind, she just wanted to hurry up the process of collecting this boy.

Even God knew how beautiful this young boy’s face was! [1]

She was now like the person she’s dreamed to be, she was no longer in anyone’s shadow here.

How were those celebrities any good!

This was a truly “as beautiful as myths and legends” young man who caused everyone to choke in awe!

The dark-haired and green-eyed teenager looked at her indifferently with a frigid tone, “I refuse.”

Although he didn’t know what this strange transfer student was thinking about – whether she wanted to tease him or not, he really didn’t care.

This was the first time she’d been so harshly rejected, her eyes widened in disbelief as some tears formed in the corners.

Zhou Yu didn’t have any mind for taking pity on the fairer sex; he looked up at the clock hanging in the corridor, bypassing Karina and entering the classroom not far ahead.

Karina watched the young man who whetted her appetite walk away relentlessly, leaving a little frustration in her heart.

Also, how could a superficial young man look at her beautiful and elegant little doll-like face and disregard her completely?! Usually, so long as she showed her face and a little favor, they agreed to get together.

Maybe he already has a girlfriend!

Karina gathered the books in her arms and turned darkly, ready to go to the classroom, wanting to find the teen’s girlfriend and interrogate her about why she thought she was a better match for him than she was!

“Hi! Good morning, Karina!” A girl with maroon hair jumped out and greeted Karina with a smile on her face.

“Oh, hi~. Good morning to you as well Mary!” Karina put away her originally down expression and revealed a bright smile.

Yesterday, they happened to be in the same classroom for several consecutive lessons where they sat very close together, so their relationship was somewhat close.

At least, Karina liked this new friend very much.

Mary narrowed her eyes mischievously, and approached Karina. “Did you mean it?”

“What? What did I mean?”

“That prank on that Zhou Yu!” Mary grinned as she walked. “That gloomy guy is not a good person to make friends with.”

“He’s cowardly and rude. He’d gotten entangled with Morris for a bit – they were inseparable really, but recently he’s lost all his good luck. Morris is gone. Many people are threatening to teach the haughty douche a lesson.”

Karina frowned, unable to believe her ears.

Someone would want to bully such a fragile and cute boy?

“But why? He should be very popular! After all, he’s so good-looking!”

Mary opened her mouth in surprise, and said, “Him? Good-looking? God, Karina, you really should look at the real handsome guys, wash out your eyes! Look at his ugly little white face and his skinny little body, you can most likely see his ribs when he gets undressed! Isn’t it ugly? “

“I will show you the school basketball team later in the afternoon. Those strong boys are really handsome!”

Karina frowned, and felt for the first time that something was up with the town.

People on this planet advocated for “healthy beauty”, but they also think that the outside exterior of men and women were also beautiful.

Although Karina also thought that the young man’s complexion was a little too pale, his delicate features were enough to cover all the flaws!

Especially recently, the economic situation was getting more and more prosperous. People were getting more and more fond of handsome teenagers. In the big cities, even boys start to apply makeup just to let themselves seem more refined.

In her previous school, in addition to the football team captain, the most popular boy was a teenager who was far less refined than Zhou Yu.

Karina had a preference for beautiful teens and had been with him for a while.

But unfortunately, a boy’s puberty passed really quickly – after Karina was with him for only half a year, the originally delicate and beautiful boy turned out into a strongly muscled man with a beard, which completely killed Karina’s enthusiasm.

And now, a guy who was more handsome than a movie star was actually discriminated against in this small town.

This made Karina feel like her three worldviews had been shattered.