Chu Bai, seeing the situation, realized he couldn’t provoke Wang Haoran into a confrontation and was about to leave, suppressing his unwillingness.

“Wait a moment,” Wang Haoran suddenly spoke.

Chu Bai was surprised and stopped in his tracks.

“Although we can’t use Xu Muyan as a bargaining chip, you did say one thing right. If you’re a man, you shouldn’t be afraid. You want a challenge, right? Then let’s have a man’s duel.”

“Bring it on!” Chu Bai couldn’t help but feel delighted.

In many aspects, he was overshadowed by Wang Haoran, but in a one-on-one fight, he was confident he could overpower this pampered rich kid.

“Wang Haoran, have you forgotten how Chu Bai beat up Fan Jian and the others last time? You can’t beat him!” Xu Muyan advised.

“I’ll be careful not to bruise him too badly!” Chu Bai felt a surge of satisfaction.

“Come on.” Wang Haoran assumed a stance, one hand extended forward, the other slightly bent.

“Is that… Wing Chun?” Chu Bai was taken aback.

“Wing Chun, Wang Haoran, at your service.”

“Haha, have you watched too much Ip Man?” Chu Bai mocked, then mimicked:

“Chu Family Fist, Chu Bai, at your service!”

Chu Bai pretended to announce.

As soon as he finished speaking, he used the street-fighting skills he had honed in brawls to attack Wang Haoran.

However, before he could even touch Wang Haoran’s clothes, he was taken down with a single move.

Before Chu Bai could get up, a flurry of punches rained down on his chest and face.

Chu Bai covered his face with his arms, completely unable to fight back, like a punching bag.

After taking a beating, Chu Bai couldn’t take it anymore and kept shouting, “I give up, I give up.”

Wang Haoran continued to pummel Chu Bai for another ten seconds before stopping.

He exhaled slightly, feeling an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

Refreshing!

[Ding, the host has successfully defeated the protagonist Chu Bai in a direct confrontation, earning 800 villain points, reducing Chu Bai’s protagonist halo by 37, and increasing the host’s villain halo by 37!]

[Ding, Chu Bai’s current protagonist halo is 0, losing his protagonist status.]

Receiving the system’s notification, Wang Haoran felt a bit pleased.

Finally, he had crushed a protagonist.

However, Chu Bai’s X-ray Vision ability still remained.

Having suppressed Chu Bai multiple times and won Xu Muyan’s affection, Chu Bai must harbor deep resentment.

If Chu Bai were to use his X-ray Vision to make a lot of money and seek revenge, it could still cause some trouble.

Wang Haoran naturally wanted to eliminate this potential threat in advance.

Using poison was one way to eliminate the threat.

But Wang Haoran thought of a more interesting method.

With Chu Bai losing his protagonist halo, his luck had become quite ordinary.

The X-ray Vision now became a double-edged sword.

It could earn him money, but it could also bring disaster.

After all, there are some mad scientists in this world.

They love to explore the mysteries of the human body.

Someone with X-ray Vision would certainly pique their interest.

Wang Haoran didn’t mind giving them a little push by anonymously spreading this shocking news to those mad scientists.

…

On the other side, Chu Bai clearly hadn’t realized what had happened to him. He slowly stood up, recalling his earlier mockery of Wang Haoran, feeling utterly humiliated.

After glancing at Xu Muyan a few times, he left with intense unwillingness.

Now, only Wang Haoran and Xu Muyan remained.

“You… you know Wing Chun? Where did you learn it?” Xu Muyan asked, both curious and excited.

“Learned it from watching Ip Man, impressive, right?” Wang Haoran bluffed.

“Uh… impressive!” Xu Muyan gave a thumbs up, her gentle eyes filled with admiration.

“Let’s head back to the classroom.” Wang Haoran avoided Xu Muyan’s gaze.

Having Wen Jing encourage Xu Muyan to confess was a strategy to deal with Chu Bai.

Now that Chu Bai had lost his protagonist status, Wang Haoran didn’t want to respond to Xu Muyan, so he chose to evade.

Xu Muyan, however, was persistent, standing still and blushing as she picked up the previous topic, asking:

“What do you think about what I said to you earlier?”

“Right now, studying is the most important thing. I don’t have the mind to consider romantic matters. Let’s talk about it in a month or so.”

This response neither accepted nor rejected, which was somewhat irresponsible.

But Wang Haoran had no choice.

If, after dealing with Chu Bai, he could live freely, then accepting Xu Muyan wouldn’t be a problem.

But now, Wang Haoran had to deal with Qin Yunhan and other female leads, so he needed to remain single, at least on the surface.

Otherwise, gaining favorability and villain points would be very difficult.

Rejecting Xu Muyan was also not an option.

Xu Muyan was still a female lead with a protagonist halo.

The villain halo attracts the protagonist’s hatred, while the female lead halo attracts the protagonist’s admiration.

Through Xu Muyan, Wang Haoran could still earn many rewards.

So, he needed to maintain his relationship with Xu Muyan.

Xu Muyan, not getting the answer she wanted, couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed and sad, but she didn’t press further.

Reflecting on it, she realized she had been impulsive earlier. Wang Haoran was right; now wasn’t the time to discuss such matters.

…

Qin Yunhan and her good friend Mu Zhaozhao were in the classroom watching cartoons on their phones.

Suddenly, Qin Yunhan’s phone rang.

The caller ID showed “Uncle Li.”

Uncle Li was the Qin family’s butler, having worked for them for nearly twenty years. Besides managing some of the Qin family’s affairs, he also took care of Qin Yunhan’s daily needs and drove her to and from school.

He was like half a family member to Qin Yunhan.

Uncle Li called to ask Qin Yunhan to come to the school gate.

“Zhaozhao, Uncle Li probably brought me some food. Let’s go get it together.”

“Yunhan, running back and forth is tiring. You go ahead; I’ll wait for you here in the classroom.” Mu Zhaozhao lazily rested her head on the desk.

The two had known each other since they were very young and had always been close. They were currently in the same class, with Mu Zhaozhao being a year younger, hence she called Qin Yunhan “Yunhan.”

“Hmph, you used to drink papaya milk like crazy, and now you know it’s a burden!” Qin Yunhan teased with disdain but was secretly envious.

“I regret it too. If only I could give half to you, Yunhan, then you’d be perfect.” Mu Zhaozhao teased mischievously.

Qin Yunhan, feeling annoyed, tried to knock Mu Zhaozhao on the head, but the nimble Mu Zhaozhao dodged.

Missing her target, Qin Yunhan didn’t continue to fuss.

“Qin Yunhan, where are you going?”

Just as Qin Yunhan stepped out of the classroom, a sleazy-looking boy approached her eagerly.

“Zhen Wei, what business is it of yours? Stay away from me,” Qin Yunhan replied with disgust, heading down the stairs.

“I want to stay away from you, but I can’t control my heart. It’s driving me to get closer to you.”

Zhen Wei’s words made Qin Yunhan feel nauseated.

She ignored him.

But Zhen Wei was relentless, maintaining a distance of about five meters, continuing to follow Qin Yunhan.

Qin Yunhan was extremely annoyed but couldn’t shake off this persistent pest.

She finally reached the school gate.

There, she saw Uncle Li.

Beside Uncle Li stood a young man in shabby clothes.

The young man seemed lost in thought, but upon seeing Qin Yunhan approach, his eyes lit up.

“The girls in the city have such good skin and are so pretty, a thousand times better than Widow Zhang from the village. The old man didn’t lie to me!”