“May I ask what the Vice President wants with me?”
Li Zuhao put on an innocent face, continuing to play dumb, and asked in a simple, honest manner.
“…………”
That question really stumped Haotian Hui, leaving her silent for a long time.
Because from Haotian Hui’s perspective, Li Zuhao didn’t know that the Silver-haired Masked Woman from yesterday was actually Haotian Hui herself.
And right now, Li Zuhao was also pretending not to know anything.
This left Haotian Hui at a loss for how to bring up what happened yesterday.
“No need to say more, I know why the Vice President is looking for me. I violated School Rules Article 103 of Ji Huang Academy, so I need to complete three hundred hours of [Campus Service Order]. I volunteer to accept my punishment.”
Li Zuhao, however, put on a serious face and started analyzing on his own, insisting on atoning for himself.
“………………Eh?”
Hearing this, Haotian Hui was a little confused.
What is a Campus Service Order?
It’s basically the same as a community service order.
It’s for when someone makes a mistake, but not a big enough mistake to send them to jail, yet letting them go free doesn’t feel right either.
So, the only option left is a compromise—let the sinner serve the community to atone.
At Ji Huang Academy, students who break the rules atone by serving the academy.
“Vice President, I know my sins are grave. Please allow me to serve the campus to lessen my crimes.”
Li Zuhao kept talking to himself.
Haotian Hui was full of doubt, not caring about this sort of thing at all, nor had she ever thought of holding Li Zuhao accountable.
The guy failed at suicide and ended up in the hospital, and the Student Council is supposed to hold him responsible?
Have a little humanity, please?
But then he started talking about school rules, sounding all proper and justified.
As Vice President, she had to act according to the rules.
Because it was the school rules that gave her supreme authority.
The Student Council has the right to interpret the school rules however it benefits them.
“No need for that, just go through psychological counseling. Why would we punish you?”
Haotian Hui said sternly.
“Serving the campus is the psychological counseling I want. Please, Vice President, grant my wish.”
Li Zuhao pleaded sincerely.
“Fine, what kind of service order do you want?”
Haotian Hui had no choice but to agree for now.
“I want to be in charge of cleaning up around the sports clubs. I can sweep the grounds. Watching the club members practice every day might help bring a bit of hope back to my gloomy life.”
Li Zuhao said.
“The Student Council approves your request.”
In the end, Haotian Hui agreed.
After saying this, she took out a red armband, with the white word [Service] written on it.
This was the Service Armband that students who broke the rules had to wear while working.
But among the students, this thing was called the [Sinner’s Armband].
Because the moment you put it on, every passing student knew who you were and that you were working to atone for your sins.
For a student with a normal sense of shame, this was the most humiliating thing imaginable—you’d want to crawl into a hole.
“Thank you, Vice President. I take my leave.”
But Li Zuhao had no sense of shame.
He accepted the Sinner’s Armband with a cheerful face, quickly turned around, and left the High School Division Student Council.
He didn’t even wait for the Student Council to assign him work and just ran off.
“What an idiot………………”
Haotian Hui didn’t call after him, nor did she plan to assign him any work.
It was all just for show anyway.
She looked at Li Zuhao’s hand, wrapped in bandages, and couldn’t help but show a trace of tenderness on her face.
In the end, she still didn’t get a chance to ask about what happened yesterday.
She didn’t know if she lacked the courage to ask,
Or if she just didn’t want to face reality and refused to ask.
Because Haotian Hui had no idea how to deal with that strange woman who had fused with the Tianyan Eye.
Asking would be pointless.
“Ah Zu, what a pity you’ve become a cripple.”
Haotian Hui stood by the study’s bedside, looking out at the scenery, her expression firm as she muttered to herself.
Once she figured out a plan, she’d go back and take care of that strange woman parasitizing Li Zuhao’s house, and then take back the Tianyan Eye.
“Something with no more value, just let him go.”
Without the Tianyan Eye, Li Zuhao meant nothing to her anymore.
Her current plan was to keep him hanging, and once she was fully prepared, go to his house and finish things.
Li Zuhao returned to Class 1-9.
“Kaixin Min, your skirt is too short. Adjust it right now.”
“Who do you think you are?”
“Kaixin Min, are you deliberately going against the Disciplinary Committee?”
“What kind of bitch talks about discipline?”
“What did you say!!”
From a distance, he could hear cursing coming from the classroom corridor, and the words were nasty.
The hallway was packed with students watching the commotion.
Naturally, Li Zuhao wouldn’t back down either, and immediately squeezed into the crowd to watch the show.
Sure enough, he saw Kaixin Min and two Delinquent Gals facing off against a group of Literature Girls in long skirts.
Both sides were on edge, neither willing to back down.
There weren’t many people at Ji Huang Academy who dared to challenge the Delinquent Girls Group.
But the girls in conservative dress standing across from them were some of the few who weren’t afraid of the Delinquent Gals’ retaliation.
Because they were all members of the Disciplinary Committee, in charge of student appearance.
You could say the committee was founded specifically to correct the Delinquent Gals’ style.
But in truth, Ji Huang Academy’s school rules don’t actually restrict how students dress.
As long as it’s not over the top and you don’t dye your hair in outrageous colors, the school allows students to keep their personal style.
So the Disciplinary Committee’s judgments are actually pretty subjective.
Basically, if they say you’re out of line, then you are.
They wield their authority to the fullest, suppressing anyone they don’t like.
Because the Disciplinary Committee’s backing is the Student Council, with immense power, hardly anyone dares talk back to them.
Only a top-level rebel like Delinquent Gal Kaixin Min dares to challenge the authority of the Disciplinary Committee.
“Fight, fight.”
Li Zuhao watched from the shadows.
He noticed that all the Disciplinary Committee girls were actually quite attractive.
Though they dressed conservatively, they all wore light makeup—not country bumpkins at all.
The only real bumpkin was someone like Miya, that bare-faced country girl.
The core ideal of the Delinquent Girls Group was chasing trends—they were all pretty girls, which made sense.
But why were all the Disciplinary Committee girls pretty too?
The more he thought about it, the scarier it seemed.
The leader of the Disciplinary Committee was a petite, cute twin-tailed girl.
She looked like a character straight out of a shoujo manga, wearing a long skirt with twin tails.
No matter how you looked at her, she didn’t fit in—she could only have come from a manga.
It was mostly this twin-tailed girl arguing with Kaixin Min, while the other girls just stood in formation, acting as backup.
You had to admit, even their arguments were well-organized.
From the memories of the original Li Zuhao, he recognized this twin-tailed girl—she was a senior in the second year of high school.
But he didn’t know her name, so she must be a minor character.
He only knew she was the Disciplinary Committee Chief Captain, an executive member of the Student Council with some real authority.
A position second only to one, above all others.
In the entire High School Division, the Disciplinary Committee executive members only answered to the Student Council President.