Lin Feng shrugged and quickened his pace back to his seat, pondering what strange event might have occurred. He had slept soundly last night, without any bizarre dreams, and his morning check of the “Big Beauty System” showed nothing unusual. Perhaps he had worn the wrong clothes? He discreetly checked himself over, but found nothing out of the ordinary. However, not everyone looked at him strangely; at least the group of restless teenagers who wanted to learn martial arts from him still approached him with enthusiasm.
As soon as Lin Feng sat down, Sun Dacheng and his crew gathered around him with looks of admiration and eagerness, almost ready to bow down to him. “Fengzi, our senior year has formed a new basketball team, and everyone unanimously elected you as the team captain. Lead us, okay?”
“Form a basketball team? Me as the captain?” Lin Feng stood up, waving his hands to refuse.
“Seriously, you guys are overestimating me when it comes to playing basketball. I’m just a rookie who hasn’t even started. If it weren’t for the sudden burst from the beauty yesterday, I would have been crushed by Cao Nan. Besides, with my control, using the Gale Step so intensively, I can only last about ten minutes at most. Basketball is such an intense contact sport; if I run out of stamina, collapsing on the court would be the world’s most bizarre news. Plus, with all the sensational events I’ve been involved in, sooner or later, people will catch on, and if my biggest secret gets exposed, it would be disastrous. I should keep a low profile. Big, shocking ‘events’ are best avoided in the future.”
Lin Feng shook his head in refusal, but everyone was quick to express their support. “We’ll follow your lead, Fengzi!” “You’re our only choice, Fengzi!” “Look, Fengzi, we’ve already designed the team uniforms, logo, and name, just waiting for you…”
“No, no, stop! You’re overestimating me. I’m not qualified to be your captain. You should find someone else!”
“Fengzi, if you say no, who else would dare to say yes? This captain position is yours, don’t refuse!”
“Exactly, there’s a video of you shooting blindfolded on the school forum, and it’s got over a hundred thousand views. You’re famous, Fengzi!”
“What? I just checked with my phone, and it’s nearly a million views now.”
“Look, look, netizens are calling you the Masked Hero, the future world’s best shooter…”
“Also, someone suggested you should go straight to the national team! There are comments saying the video has been posted overseas, even on the official site of the national men’s basketball team!”
“Hey! That suggestion sounds promising, there might be something in it!”
“Fengzi, you’re really famous now!”
“Yeah, take us with you! Before you get called up to the national team, let’s take down that arrogant Cao Nan, make him ‘Cao Can’t Enter’ forever, let our Yushan High School boys have a moment of glory, leave a bit more memory for your alma mater…”
The discussion was lively, but amidst the chorus of support, a discordant voice rose, gratingly: “You’re all just a bunch of clowns. What’s there to be proud of when you’ve just replaced one troublemaker with another?”
Sun Dasheng glared at him. “Huang Tao, what the hell are you talking about with your yin-yang tone?”
Huang Tao scoffed. “Hmph, a perverted underwear thief, yet you’re all treating him like a hero. How laughable!”
Huang Tao, the sports committee member of Class Five, was tall, handsome, and did well in school. He was once the top dog among the boys in Class Five, known as the ‘Male Huang Empress,’ sharing the spotlight with the school beauty Wang Xiaoyun. He was the school’s heartthrob, an exemplary student in the eyes of many teachers, and the prince charming for many girls in his class. However, the sudden rise of Lin Feng, who in just two days had stolen the limelight and the admiration of many girls, was a blow to his ego. What was more infuriating was that even the boys didn’t take him seriously anymore, especially when they didn’t consult him about forming the basketball team.
Sun Dasheng angrily retorted, “Huang Tao, are you gossiping like a woman? Which eye of yours saw… saw the underwear thief?” He glanced at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng’s expression was indifferent, showing no sign of displeasure. He glanced at Huang Tao and sat back down without a word. Seeing Lin Feng’s displeasure, the boys returned to their seats, looking dejected. Sun Dasheng, however, was still indignant, pointing dramatically at Huang Tao’s nose, “You need evidence to talk! Dare to slander my boss, and I’ll report you to the principal!”
Huang Tao gave Sun Dasheng a disdainful look. “A monkey wearing a crown, pretending to be a tiger, just a clown jumping up and down, hahaha…”
“Who are you calling a clown?” Sun Dasheng rolled up his sleeves, ready to fight. With Lin Feng’s backing, he no longer feared Huang Tao. He had been looking for an excuse to take him down a peg.
Huang Tao, being physically larger, wasn’t intimidated either. The two were at each other’s throats, about to come to blows when the classroom erupted in chaos. Boys nearby rushed to separate them.
Meanwhile, Lin Feng, the cause of this commotion, remained detached, sitting in his seat without even lifting his eyelids.
“What are you doing? If you want to fight, do it outside. This is a classroom!” A cold female voice came from the doorway—it was Wang Xiaoyun, who had arrived late. She had hidden in the girls’ restroom to shake off Lin Feng, this persistent dog, and only came to class when she thought it was almost time, only to hear the uproar from afar.
Wang Xiaoyun’s authority was undeniable, sometimes even more effective than their class teacher, Li Xiangdong, because everyone respected her. The conflict was temporarily quelled, but the atmosphere in Class Five was tenser than ever.
All because of an incredible rumor spreading like wildfire throughout Yushan High School—a perverted thief who climbed walls to steal women’s underwear, targeting young women’s bedrooms at night…
It was said this pervert would steal anything worn by women, from eighty-year-old grannies to infants in cradles. The rumor claimed he was from Happiness Community on Daren Alley, Heping Road, Yushan City, where the first reported case occurred.
It was also said that this pervert was a young student, and due to his audacity, the police had sealed off information to prevent panic among the uninformed. They had already identified a suspect, and a breakthrough in the case was imminent…
On the surface, Lin Feng was calm, but inside, he was in turmoil. How did this news reach the school? And why were people so quick to suspect him? Even he himself was puzzled by this matter; why were they so eager to judge from a moral high ground and condemn him? If his classmates already felt this way, the students from other classes would be even less forgiving. Huang Tao was right, it’s laughable, really laughable. Just yesterday, Lin Feng was seen as a superhero by everyone, adored by countless people. But today, as soon as a mysterious rumor started to spread without any clear reason, everyone turned against him. The fickleness of human hearts! The system indicated that his moral integrity score had plummeted, reaching a warning level. Was he doomed to repeat past mistakes and just wait helplessly for his fate? The importance of moral integrity now was self-evident, and Lin Feng dared not be negligent in the slightest. However, this damned beautiful intelligent system showed no mercy and was beyond his control. Sweat dripped down his forehead! The label of a “perverted underwear thief” was too much for him to bear. What to do? What to do… Please support with votes! 52 The police summoned, wishing book friends a happy weekend!
