Lima syndrome

"Brother Jingcan, the squad leader said he saw this bastard steal your bracelet with his own eyes."

Someone slandered Bai Zhiyan for stealing Che Jingcan's things, saying that they were the relics left to him by Che Jingcan's mother.

"I didn't, I didn't! I didn't take it!"

But all the denials became so powerless after Che Jingcan took out the bracelet from his backpack.

"Brother Jingcan, he must have a grudge against you to steal your most precious thing!"

The person who accused Bai Zhiyan of stealing shouted, and someone nearby echoed him.

"It wasn't me, I didn't steal it!"

The hand-woven bracelet is now lying quietly in Che Jingcan's hand.

Ironclad evidence.

Everyone has witnessed Che Jingcan's bullying of Bai Zhiyan on a daily basis, and everyone thinks that Bai Zhiyan hates Che Jingcan so much that he stole his mother's belongings to take revenge on him.

"I didn't take it! It really wasn't me!"

Bai Zhiyan looked at the bracelet in horror, as if it was not a bracelet but a rope that could cut off his head.

After finding the bracelet again, Che Jingcan had an expression on his face that no one had ever seen before. Although the sky outside the window was clear, the classroom was cold and silent. There was no other sound except Bai Zhiyan's crying and denying.

Even the younger brothers around Che Jingcan saw him like this for the first time. No one dared to breathe, fearing that the storm would blow upon them.

"Bai Zhiyan."

This was the first time Bai Zhiyan heard Che Jingcan call his full name. His voice was low and hoarse, as if it contained a devastating storm that made him tremble. What happened next was about to become his eternal nightmare.

Che Jingcan raised his hand with a gloomy face and grabbed his hair, slamming his head against the desk again and again. Blood flowed from his head to his cheeks and neck, staining the Silver Star's customized uniform red. Bai Zhiyan waved his hands to try to pry open the hands that were grabbing him, but this resulted in even more violent behavior from Che Jingcan. Bai Zhiyan's face became a bloody mess and he was thrown aside, then he picked up a stool beside him and smashed it at Bai Zhiyan like a madman.

This near-fatal torture made everyone present dare not say a word.

Bai Zhiyan didn't know how long he had been beaten. He only knew that there was no intact skin on his body. His eyes were so swollen that he could hardly see people. His ears were also beaten so hard that there was only a buzzing sound. He wanted to open his mouth to defend himself, but he couldn't make any sound.

But the group of people still did not let him go. They dragged Bai Zhiyan, who looked like a pool of rotten meat, to the toilet. The dirty blood mixed with the stench in the toilet made him even more miserable.

"Brother Jingcan, does he look like a dog when he's lying on the ground?"

"Shouldn't a puppy bark like a dog? Why don't we let him learn to bark like a dog?"

"Shouldn't a dog be given a collar? It's a blessing for you to be our brother Jingcan's dog."

Humiliation and pain intertwined, Bai Zhiyan was in a trance and someone pulled his hair. He didn't know who put a collar that only dogs had on him. The collar on his neck was pulled tightly. Bai Zhiyan's mouth and mouth were opening and closing and drooling. His eyes were dark and he felt like he was going to suffocate and faint.

The sarcastic laughter beside him was like a demon leading him to hell. Bai Zhiyan knew that the group of people did this just to please Che Jingcan, so he endured the pain and used his last bit of strength to look up at Che Jingcan.

"Student, student, are you okay?"

Suddenly, everything went dark in front of Bai Zhiyan, and he was pulled back to reality. Several kind-hearted middle-aged women had gathered around him.

"Do you want to go to the hospital, student?"

"I, I'm fine..."

Bai Zhiyan was covered in cold sweat. He thanked the people around him and forced himself to get up and leave.

He wondered what Che Jingcan's expression was at that time, indifferent? Playful? Or indifferent?

His mind was in a mess. It seemed that actually meeting Che Jingcan was more painful than he had imagined. Living a new life did not make him braver. He still felt afraid when he saw the person who had bullied him.

It's like an innate fear that herbivores have of their natural enemies.

When Bai Zhiyan returned home in a daze, Bai Jitai was gone. When facing Bai Jitai and Xu Shiyuan, he felt anger and hatred, but he felt fear when he saw Che Jingcan.

He lay back on his soft bed and let himself sink into it.

However, today he was very satisfied with his performance against Che Jingcan. At least he did not reveal any flaws. As for his fear of him, it might take him a long time to get used to it.

Since there is no way to forget, we can only face it. After all, the way to overcome fear is to face it.

The weekend passed without incident. On Monday morning, Bai Zhiyan was still worried whether he would suddenly meet his deskmate Che Jingcan. However, his worry was unnecessary, as Che Jingcan still did not come to school.

But this morning he had been feeling a vague gaze looking at him, but whenever he tried to find that gaze he could find nothing.

"Inexplicable."

Because Bai Zhiyan was tortured by Bai Jitai and met Che Jingcan over the weekend, he did not get a good rest. So he did not go to the rooftop during the lunch break that day. Instead, he stayed in the classroom and slept on the table, because he really did not have the energy to put on a smiling face to deal with Xu Shiyuan.

After a nap, Bai Zhiyan woke up and found a bottle of milk on his desk. It was the same brand of milk that he used to bring to Xu Shiyuan every day.

Wow, I didn’t expect there would be an unexpected surprise.

Bai Zhiyan knew that this was placed here by Xu Shiyuan. He looked up at Xu Shiyuan's position, but unexpectedly, Xu Shiyuan was also looking at him, so Bai Zhiyan smiled at him as usual.

Xu Shiyuan seemed to have not expected that he would look at him and smile at him, and turned away in panic.

After he turned around, Bai Zhiyan put away his smile. The price of this milk was not cheap for an average family. He didn't expect Xu Shiyuan to be willing to spend the money to buy it for him. He said he was insincere but was willing to spend the money, and he said he was sincere but was unwilling to come and apologize to him in person.

Bai Zhiyan glanced at the bottle of milk on the table with contempt. It turned out that the gaze he had felt this morning was from Xu Shiyuan.

After school, Bai Zhiyan threw the bottle of milk into the trash can without hesitation.

When driver Zhou came to pick up Bai Zhiyan, he saw the faint smile on his face and felt very relieved. It seemed that Master Zhiyan had a very good time at school today.

The next day when Bai Zhiyan went to school, there was still no one around him. In his previous life, Che Jingcan had not been absent from class for so long. Bai Zhiyan wondered if his rebirth had changed the original world line.

But if Che Jingcan never comes to school, then I can only try my luck in the church. However, the last meeting with him was very unpleasant, and I don’t know how to deal with it if we really meet again next time.

These questions came at him like waves, and Bai Zhiyan covered his head with his hands, looking terribly pale.

Although Bai Zhiyan was reborn, he was only 20 years old when he died in his previous life. He just had more information than his previous self, but his mind and ability were not mature enough to grasp everything. Thinking of this, he only felt more tired.

During the break, Bai Zhiyan found the counselor and told him that he was not feeling well, then asked for leave and went to the infirmary. The teacher in the infirmary prescribed him a headache medicine and let him lie on the bed beside him.

Bai Zhiyan has basically not had a good night's sleep since his rebirth. Lying on the bed in the infirmary and smelling the disinfectant, he couldn't help but think of his own dying state.

It's funny to say that that period was actually the quietest time in Bai Zhiyan's short life. He could not do anything and could not say a word. It seemed that there was nothing else to do except waiting to die.

As he was thinking like this, he gradually fell asleep.

"Father, the doctor said my brother will remain in this vegetative state. Even if he wakes up, he will probably have to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair."

"Humph, I didn't have high hopes for him, but I didn't expect him to be so disappointing."

It was the voices of Bai Jitai and Bai Zhengren talking.

"My brother must be very upset that he has been bullied so much at school. It is definitely not his fault."

Beneath Bai Jitai's mask of pretended concern lies a lot of sarcasm. In fact, he is the one who most wishes Bai Zhiyan would die.

"It's not important. Recently, the Che family has a project that I have not been able to negotiate. This can be used as a breakthrough. Remember to have a good talk with President Che about this cooperation."

"Okay father, I'll see to it."

"We must strive for maximum profit and not waste even a penny of its value."

Bai Zhiyan's biological father wanted to use the bullying he suffered as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Che Jingcan's father. He didn't care at all about the pain Bai Zhiyan had suffered for so long.

In his previous life, Bai Zhiyan always thought that as long as he was good enough, Bai Zhengren would care about him more, so he still worked hard to study even when he was suffering.

But it was because he worked so hard to get the first place and Xu Shiyuan didn't get the scholarship that Xu Shiyuan went crazy and wanted to get rid of him.

He originally thought that Bai Zhengren was just dissatisfied with his identity and character, so he tried his best to please him and prove his worth, but he didn't expect that even this was his wishful thinking. He didn't even regard him as a living person.

It turned out that what killed him was the fatherly love he had been longing for for so long, but Bai Zhengren did not give him any love at all. Instead, it was his own wishful thinking that led him to a desperate situation.

"No, I don't want to die—I don't want to die!"

Bai Zhiyan woke up from a nightmare, and his heart-wrenching roar scared the people around him.

He raised his hand and touched his bangs that were soaked with sweat. The conversation in his dream still lingered in his mind for a long time.

"Are you-are you okay?"

Bai Zhiyan, who was still in a trance, looked over when he heard the voice. After his eyes became clear, he realized that Xu Shiyuan was actually standing next to his bed.

He didn't know when Xu Shiyuan came, but seeing his surprised expression he knew that he must have seen what he looked like when he had the nightmare just now.

Bai Zhiyan didn't know how to respond, but having just escaped from a nightmare, he didn't have the energy to force a smile and pretend to communicate with him.

Bai Zhiyan's face was originally fair and small, and he usually wore large-framed glasses, which always made people feel that he exuded a gloomy aura. Now that he had just woken up and was not wearing glasses, Xu Shiyuan could see his complete face.

"I am fine."

There was no emotion in his words, and his face did not smile as usual. He raised his head slightly, and his cold aura and aloof face made people unable to look away. For a moment, Xu Shiyuan thought that this was the real him.

"What's the matter with you?"

Hearing Bai Zhiyan's lukewarm response, Xu Shiyuan knew that he didn't want to talk much, so he tactfully didn't ask him about his nightmare. "I saw that you were not in a good state today, so I wanted to come and see if anything happened to you."

Yesterday, Xu Shiyuan saw Bai Zhiyan accept the milk he put on his desk and thought that he wanted to hear his explanation. However, he waited on the rooftop until the end of lunch break today and did not see Bai Zhiyan. He did not expect that he had asked for leave from the teacher. He always felt that he was responsible for Bai Zhiyan's discomfort, so he came over after school. However, he did not expect that Bai Zhiyan was still sleeping after school and had a nightmare.

"It was my fault that day. I was not in a good condition at that time and accidentally spilled the milk. I apologize to you." Xu Shiyuan bowed slightly, and the sincerity in his words did not sound fake.

In his previous life, Bai Zhiyan didn't have much contact with Xu Shiyuan, so he didn't know what kind of person Xu Shiyuan was, but looking at his appearance and words, it didn't seem like he was pretending, he really felt sorry.

"I'm fine. My discomfort is not your fault. You don't have to worry too much." To Bai Zhiyan, what Xu Shiyuan did that day was just a drizzle and not worth mentioning at all.

Seeing that he really didn't care, Xu Shiyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he had seen too many playboys who would never give in even if they were right. If this kind of thing happened to someone he knew before, they would definitely hold on to it and use it to threaten him.

"I'm glad you're okay. I'll go first." He put on his schoolbag and walked towards the door. Then he remembered something and turned to look at Bai Zhiyan.

At this time, Bai Zhiyan was watching him motionlessly as he was about to leave. When he saw him turn around, he smiled faintly.

Maybe it was because he was not feeling well, this smile was different from the ones Xu Shiyuan had seen before, gentle yet a little weak.

Xu Shiyuan's breath stopped, and he suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart. Could it be that he was just watching him leave like this?

"What's wrong, squad leader?"

"No, nothing, I just wanted to ask if you will go tomorrow..."

He wanted to ask Bai Zhiyan if he would continue to go to the rooftop to eat in the future, but the words couldn't come out of his mouth.

Bai Zhiyan looked at Xu Shiyuan in confusion, as he seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Going to what?"

"Will you go to the rooftop during lunch time..."

Bai Zhiyan was stunned, and after he understood his intention, he sneered in his heart but a brilliant smile bloomed on his face.

"Of course I will go, but if I go, will the monitor let me try the dishes you made yourself?"

Unexpectedly, Bai Zhiyan was still thinking about the side dish he saw on the first day. An unfathomable emotion flashed through Xu Shiyuan's heart. He nodded firmly, as if he had made a promise.

"Will do."