Chapter 6: Stalemate
[Ding, your underling was beaten. The host chose to inform the teacher, slightly altering the original plot trajectory, earning 200 villain points.]
[Ding, the host’s current villain points exceed 500, the system shop is now automatically open.]
As soon as Song Zhenyu left, Wang Haoran received a notification from the system. This was somewhat within his expectations.
His underling was beaten, and he instructed him to report it to the teacher. This directly deviated from the usual villain routine. It would be strange if the plot didn’t change.
200 villain points. He accepted them with delight.
In his mind, besides his original attribute panel, there was now an additional system shop interface. However, the shop didn’t display any items, only a lottery option.
“What can I exchange for with my current 600 villain points? Show me everything,” Wang Haoran directly asked the system.
[Replying to the host, 600 villain points cannot exchange for any items. The cheapest item in the shop requires 1000 villain points. It is recommended that the host choose the lottery. Each draw costs only 500 villain points, and the host has a chance to win a super luxurious reward, but may also get nothing.]
“Still need to save 400 more to exchange for items, and I might not even get what I want. Let’s just try the lottery then,” Wang Haoran decided to try his luck.
A roulette appeared on the shop interface. It spun and quickly revealed the result.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for extraordinary luck, winning the ‘Peach Blossom Eyes’ worth 1500 villain points. Would you like to use it immediately?]
From the literal meaning, it’s easy to understand what this is.
A man with peach blossom eyes easily attracts women. This is a good thing!
Wang Haoran, of course, chose to use it immediately.
However, after using it, he took out his phone to take a selfie and secretly looked at his eyes, finding no change at all.
But Wang Haoran noticed that his charm attribute on his panel had increased from 198 to 268.
The 70-point increase in charm should be due to the peach blossom eyes.
“Let’s see what’s different from before.”
Wang Haoran had this thought and used the excuse of discussing an unfinished math problem to get up and switch seats with Xu Muyan’s female deskmate.
He continued discussing math problems with Xu Muyan.
Wang Haoran clearly felt that Xu Muyan looked at him more often, and her gaze lingered on him for a long time.
“Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?” Wang Haoran asked deliberately.
“No, I just think your eyes are really beautiful,” Xu Muyan said involuntarily.
As soon as she said this, Xu Muyan blushed and quickly looked away.
The shy look of a young girl was simply too charming.
[Ding, one of the female leads, Xu Muyan’s favorability towards the host +10, current favorability is 20 (very friendly).]
[Ding, Chu Bai’s protagonist halo -10, host’s villain halo +10.]
“Looks like these peach blossom eyes are quite useful, not bad at all.”
Looking at the attribute panel again, there were changes.
[Host: Wang Haoran]
[Combat Power: 89]
[Charm: 268]
[Villain Halo: 129]
[Villain Points: 100]
[Skills: None]
After the morning class, Chu Bai and the other three were still nowhere to be seen.
Wang Haoran went directly to the moral education office to watch the commotion.
At the entrance of the moral education office, he heard a lot of arguing.
Clearly, the issue hadn’t been resolved satisfactorily and was at a stalemate.
Wang Haoran stood boldly at the door to watch.
The deputy director of the moral education office saw a student coming to watch the commotion and was about to scold him away, but upon seeing it was Wang Haoran, he swallowed his words.
This is the advantage of being a villain. In school, he was well-regarded, and aside from the protagonist’s faction, everyone else gave him face.
After all, Wang Haoran’s family background and academic performance were well-known.
The reason the fight issue was at a stalemate was as follows.
Fan Jian and others said they blocked Chu Bai after school because they didn’t like him, which led to the fight.
In Song Zhenyu and the deputy director’s view, both sides were at fault.
Fan Jian and others were wrong because they started the trouble.
Chu Bai was wrong because after easily defeating Fan Jian and the other two, he slapped them dozens of times, leaving them with bruised faces.
Both sides were at fault.
But why not punish them all?
Because Fan Jian and the other two proposed to call the police.
This was naturally at Wang Haoran’s behest.
Fan Jian and the other two started it, and Chu Bai was defending himself, but Chu Bai’s actions were excessive, constituting excessive self-defense.
There was enough reason to call the police.
But in such a situation, the school was certainly unwilling.
Because once the police were involved, the matter would escalate, and the school’s reputation would be affected.
So the deputy director and Song Zhenyu could only try to mediate the conflict between Chu Bai and Fan Jian and the others.
In the mediation, Fan Jian and the others also backed down, saying they would let it go if they could slap Chu Bai once.
But how could Chu Bai agree?
Which protagonist isn’t stubborn?
So he would rather let Fan Jian and the others call the police.
The school, of course, was not happy.
And so, they were at a stalemate.
“Chu Bai, we’re speaking nicely to you, but you’re being stubborn. Once the police are involved, things will get serious. You might end up with a criminal record and be expelled from school. Do you agree or not?”
The deputy director of the moral education office, a fierce-looking man named Yan Zan, in his forties or fifties, seeing the stalemate, began to threaten.
“Deputy Director Yan, doing this would ruin Chu Bai’s future. We can’t do this,” Song Zhenyu immediately opposed.
Wang Haoran observed silently at the door.
Teacher Song had a fiery temper, looking like she was ready to kill earlier, but now she was full of concern, so protective of her students.
So kind-hearted.
Teacher Song’s personality seemed like that of one of the female leads.
“Teacher Song, I’ve given him a chance. It’s his own stubbornness, not my fault,” Yan Zan was determined.
He had tried to persuade Chu Bai for dozens of minutes, but Chu Bai refused to cooperate.
At this point, he had lost patience and ignored Song Zhenyu’s objections.
Song Zhenyu had only been at the school for two or three years, with little experience and no backing.
Yan Zan didn’t need to care about her opinion.
Moreover, he was acting in the school’s interest.
Even if the school leaders knew, they would agree with his approach.
“Is it really that easy to ruin him?” Wang Haoran found it hard to believe.
If Chu Bai were expelled, he would have almost no chance to interact with Xu Muyan and Song Zhenyu, making it unlikely to win over these two female leads.
As a result, his protagonist halo would significantly decrease.
And his own villain halo would skyrocket.
Wouldn’t Chu Bai be finished then?
However, Wang Haoran soon saw an old man with a white beard walking straight towards the moral education office.
Wang Haoran recognized him.
It was the principal.
“Why is the principal suddenly coming here?” Wang Haoran was puzzled.
Usually, the principal was rarely seen, with most affairs handled by the vice principals. Many students didn’t even know him.
His sudden appearance here was quite strange.
Could it be…
Wang Haoran suddenly had a bad premonition.