Chapter 577 - 180: Chen Yan’s Methods of Revenge
Chapter 180 [Chen Yan’s Means of Revenge] (6000 words)
Ye Wei, twenty years old.
A sophomore boy from the same school as Lu Sisi.
Only child.
His father is a businessman, running an information technology company, while his mother is a public servant in the education system, not a high rank, just mid-level.
Ye Wei’s father’s IT company lacks any core technology or exclusive skills. It relies on Ye Wei’s grandfather, who had a considerable rank before retirement, leaving connections and relationships. Ye Wei’s father’s IT company handles some official projects.
Such as contracting for establishing information databases for the government.
These projects never compete on technology levels or core technology.
They compete on connections and backing.
The conditions of Ye Wei’s family fall into the category where they cannot be compared to the best, but are better than many; they have assets in the millions and some decent connections.
But to go further, there’s a lack of capability.
Such a family in Dragon Country is already better than 99% of ordinary families.
Ye Wei has always lived a quite privileged life, never worried about money, never worried about life.
He never lacked toys, attended the best kindergartens, the best primary schools, the best high schools.
Ever since he was young, he was spoiled, indulged in play, resented studying, occasionally causing small troubles, like bullying a classmate, but the family always helped smooth things over—they would discipline afterwards, but never harshly, and he never took it seriously.
Though he wasn’t very capable himself and couldn’t get into a top-tier university, he got into a second-tier one—the most important thing was selecting a local school in Jinling Prefecture, staying there where his family could look after him.
He didn’t lack girlfriends either, he had a relationship in high school, but they broke up after the college entrance exams.
In university, he dated someone in first year, and they broke up after a few months.
It can’t be said he recklessly abandoned, but calling him fickle is fair.
This person is petty and possessive, with slightly sinister, manipulative tendencies.
His nature is bad, but he never did any great evil... not because he was not bad enough, but because he lacked the ability to do greater evil.
Lu Sisi was a girl who made him feel humiliated.
All his life, Ye Wei had a sense of superiority.
His grandfather was an official, his mother was also a minor official, and his father ran a company...
His sense of superiority began from kindergarten, when he once pushed a classmate down, causing a cut, and afterwards his mother harshly scolded the kindergarten teacher in front of him... Young Ye Wei was left with a vague impression: it turns out, I am more valuable than others.
Ye Wei is not entirely brainless; he has some slyness and a bit of a dark nature.
He knows how to bully the weak and fear the strong, knows how to disguise himself, and knows how to set traps to make others silently suffer.
The thing that made him feel humiliated by Lu Sisi was: he thought, someone as superior as he, courting her, and she actually refused?!
I read those PUA guides online, saying you are reclusive, saying you have issues, and I would rescue you.
And yet you refused?
On what basis?!
More importantly, among his classmates, he had already stated that he liked Lu Sisi and that he was certain he could get Lu Sisi.
And yet he couldn’t get her.
Where would he save his face?
Then he decided to teach her a lesson! To let her know!
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Actually, after the incident, there was a moment when Ye Wei felt anxious inside.
Of course, it wasn’t a crisis of conscience, but because he discovered that Lu Sisi actually has a father who’s a businessman from Hong Kong, and her family wasn’t the grassroots household he assumed; they probably have some assets too.
Such a family is not one to be bullied easily—his family was merely a local big fish with some connections, far from being able to rule over everything.
He was worried about the retaliation from Lu Sisi’s family and regretted acting rashly before thoroughly investigating Lu Sisi’s family background.
After all, he was just a twenty-year-old youth, though a bit cunning, a bit dark.
But that was his nature.
Not his ability.
He had the sinister mindset to set traps but lacked the skills to beautify the facade and make things thorough.
What’s important for a so-called "great villain" is never the "evil," but the ability to commit greater wrongdoings.
Fortunately, upon realizing that Lu Sisi’s parents did not pursue or retaliate but rather swallowed the event quietly and even arranged for Lu Sisi to take a hiatus from school afterwards...
Ye Wei suddenly felt a surge of confidence.
I bullied you, and you don’t dare to fight back! That just proves I’m formidable!
I am indeed superior.
The only pity was that he never got to have that pretty girl, Lu Sisi, for himself.
But it’s okay, there are plenty of fresh young girls on campus, and with his superior family conditions, he won’t lack women.
His worry lasted no more than two days before it vanished completely.
He’s young, his family is wealthy, with a bit of power... The future, life, is waiting for him to enjoy.
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That afternoon, Ye Wei was reading in the library.
Of course, not studying hard—he clearly understood this second-tier university was just for a degree, his future path is to take the civil service exam.
In the library, he had his eye on a cute, baby-faced girl from his school over the past two days.
He approached her under the pretense of being [a senior with a good family background, considerable financial strength, and a gentle, attentive nature], accompanying her in the library to review her classes.