Le Pingfan swore, if he had the ability to foresee, if he could have guessed what would happen tonight, he would never have hailed a taxi back to school so late at night, even if it meant not completing his homework and being punished by the head teacher to stand in public the next day ……Just what kind of bad karma did he have……

Wasn't it just about forgetting to bring a textbook back! Why does it matter that much to finish the homework?

Sometimes ignorance truly is bliss, Le Pingfan thought desolately while standing on the curbside outside the school, dragging his battered body. In his mind, the words that Lu Ziqiao had just said kept echoing.

"Le Pingfan! If you dare to tell anyone what you saw tonight! I'll kill you! And! Pay me two thousand yuan for emotional distress within three days! Otherwise, you won't enjoy your final year of high school! Get out!"

“Ouch…hiss…” Le Pingfan gasped sharply, accidentally touching the beaten area while reminiscing, immediately causing him to break out in a cold sweat. This Lu Ziqiao was indeed ruthless when he started, he was after all a sports student, his physical strength was certainly not something a homebody like himself could compare to.

Thinking about it, anyone would be angry if they experienced the same thing, having their good time interrupted. It's just that this Lu Ziqiao was simply too excessive. Not only did he beat him, but also forced him to pay two thousand yuan in emotional distress… this was blatant extortion!

Where would he even get that money?

This whole incident started one hour ago.

An hour prior, Le Pingfan had finished dinner and played some games before he realised he had left his textbook at school in his hurry from school when he was about to do his homework.

Thinking about the devil-like personality of his class teacher, he couldn’t help but shudder, and was left with no choice but to hail a cab back to school again.

Thankfully, Le Pingfan had always been one of the few who arrived to class earliest in the morning, so he had a set of classroom keys.

However, his initial relief soon turned into deep regret, as the same thing held completely different meanings at different times.

Upon his frantic arrival at the classroom he found that the door hadn't been locked and as he switched on the light, he was shocked by what unfolded before his eyes.

Within his field of vision, there loomed an image of a disheveled girl, and a large man at her side, ripping at her clothes.

Perhaps it was the sudden burst of light that startled the man, he angrily turned around and glared at Le Pingfan.

At this moment, Le Pingfan recognized the bullied woman. It was one of the "Four Beauties" universally acknowledged in their class, Yang Beibei.

The man, however, was the classroom tyrant, Lv Ziqiao.

Under Lv Ziqiao's vicious gaze, Le Pingfan didn't know what power surged within him to stand before Yang Beibei. He also couldn't understand why Yang Beibei would appear in the classroom with Lv Ziqiao late in the night.

In the end, Yang Beibei managed to escape perilously, but he ended up bearing the brunt of Lv Ziqiao's seething rage.

After a downpour-like beating, Lv Ziqiao left a threat that made Le Pingfan shudder with fear.

Thinking about it, he was just back to grab his textbook for homework... How did he get entangled in such an unfortunate incident?

What's wrong with liking studies! What's wrong!

Le Pingfan yelled angrily in his heart, only to realize that he had been waiting for a taxi that seemed to never pass by.

There were indeed several bus routes around the school, but the timetable of the bus that passed by Le Pingfan's house was extremely unpredictable.

When it was frequent, two buses could arrive within five minutes, but during off-peak hours, no bus might appear for half an hour. Especially at this time, nearing nine o'clock in the evening, Le Pingfan would rather rely on his own legs than put his hope on the bus that he had mixed feelings for.

However, given his present physical state, walking home would indeed be a masochistic challenge.

After taking a few steps, just the pain from moving his body made him grit his teeth. Le Pingfan rebelliously raised a determined middle finger towards the sparse starlit sky, grumbled a few dirty words as if it could somehow make him feel better.

Just as Le Pingfan finished cursing the heavens, the previously clear night sky above him unexpectedly gathered a cloud of moderate size!

Immediately after, the cloud discharged a lightning bolt, creating a winding path across the sky and striking directly at Le Pingfan!

Le Pingfan's eyes widened in shock, and before he could even let out a scream, he collapsed on the ground... The cloud dissipated at the same time, as if nothing had happened at all...

If we zoom in at this moment, it'll clearly show that, without anyone knowing when, there appeared an oddly-shaped ring on the middle finger of Yue Pingfan's left hand!

The skull on the ring's surface seemed as lively as a creature, while tendrils sprung from the ring band, sinking harshly into Yue Pingfan's middle finger!

Immediately, a heart-wrenching pain caused Yue Pingfan to wake up abruptly, and then everything went black. The unbearable pain caused him to faint once again.

But when he collapsed, the small claws penetrated his middle finger began to emit a faint red glow, as if absorbed Yue Pingfan's blood!

With the blood's absorption, the ring continually emitted a flashing red light that grew increasingly intense, even enveloping Yue Pingfan's entire body!

The whole process didn't last for too long, just about ten minutes later, the ring ceased its blood absorption activities, then gradually quieted down.

Even the skull image on the ring's surface disappeared, leaving it appearing as a normal iron ring you can buy on the roadside stall. It was unable to draw others' attention.

About half an hour later, Yue Pingfan finally gradually regained consciousness, though he felt inexplicably weak.

He struggled to stand up with the support of his arms, feeling a lingering sense of fear. Was I struck by lightning just now? And I didn't die...

Why does the God always open his eyes when you curse him? So many injustices in the world he doesn't care, why pick on me?

Yue Pingfan was slandering in his heart with somewhat reverence, but didn't dare to vocalize it as earlier.

Rubbing his sore arm, Yue Pingfan suddenly remembered the throbbing pain in his middle finger. When he instinctively raised his hand, he discovered a ring on his middle finger that looked incredibly ordinary...

The piercing pain he had earlier left Yue Pingfan distressed. He immediately wanted to take off the ring but was shocked to find that the ring seemed to fully melded with his middle finger and it won't come off...

Why am I so unlucky... Why is everything happening so creepy...

Yue Pingfan sighed deeply and finally saw a vacant taxi in his line of sight. He hurriedly waved for it. It was already close to ten o'clock. If he didn't go home now, he would be caught in a heavy family storm.

Upon returning home, Lè Má indeed stormed in rage due to her son’s late return. However, upon seeing her son, dirty from head to toe, and his pale face, all her anger was immediately left behind, and her heart was filled with concern. She eagerly inquired about what had happened.

"Just went back to school for a textbook, how did he change into and look like a refugee from Africa in a blink of an eye…"

Le Pingfan couldn’t figure out exactly what had happened, let alone explain it to his mother.

Was he to tell her that he had happened to bump into his classmates committing passionate crimes when he returned to class? He ended up getting a brutal beating and was struck by lightning as a punishment from Heaven for giving the finger and cursing at it? In the end, there was even an inexplicable ring stuck on his finger that he couldn’t take off.

Many times, the truth is absurdly ridiculous. Therefore, people prefer to believe in lies. This is not entirely because lies possess some beautiful aspects. More often, the contents of the lies align more with what people perceive themselves, and what they hope for.

Le Pingfan found an excuse to brush his mother off, and after taking a bath, he hit the hay. The events of the day were too bizarre, and he needed to rest his mind…

As for homework, he was in no mood to do it.

Moreover, Lu Zi Qiao didn’t give him time to explain before pummeling him. When he told him to get lost, he didn’t even give him the opportunity to gather his textbooks.

He wanted to tell them, "I'm just passing by, carry on."

But he guessed that the consequence would only be worse… At least when Lu Zi Qiao beat him up, he stuck to the rule of not hitting someone in the face, which brought Le Pingfan some comfort…