Infinitely Criticizing the Villain for Being Like My Ex-Boyfriend

"Qu Anran is very famous in the No. 2 Middle School." Zhang Chen wiped his red and swollen eyelids and spoke reluctantly, "Because he studies well and looks... handsome, the girls in junior high school are crazy about him. Damn, it's so annoying. I can hear his name everywhere I go."

Qu Anran hummed complacently beside him.

"Xu Datou's group is very bad. They found a big brother outside. It is said that he manages the nightclub and collects protection fees from adults. He is very fierce. Many students who have offended Xu Datou have been beaten by this big brother." Zhang Chen pulled the corner of his mouth, "I don't want to be beaten, so I can only be his little brother."

Of course, it was also because of the adolescent boy's admiration for the strong that he walked around the school with a sense of style. During that period, he was always very impressive when he walked around the school. No one dared to provoke him and everyone treated him with great respect.

Except for one person.

"Xu Datou and his group have disliked Qu Anran for a long time." Zhang Chen raised his eyelids with difficulty and looked at Qu Anran with mixed emotions.

There was still a dried corpse arm covering Qu Anran's mouth, but the look in his eyes when he looked at Zhang Chen still revealed a calm mockery, as if he had seen through all his thoughts.

——That’s right, although Qu Anran suffered violent bullying for three years in junior high school, there was always a sarcasm and ruthlessness in his eyes that made people angry and even panic, and no amount of beatings could eliminate this.

Although Xu Datou's group bullied him to death, Zhang Chen always felt that they were afraid of Qu Anran, so they were desperate to crush his hard bones.

"I remember... that period should have been just after the midterm exam?" Zhang Chen finally got to the point, recalling hesitantly.

"The second half of the first year of junior high school, April 27th." Qu Anran struggled to pry his arm away from his mouth and corrected himself seriously, "I went to pick up the midterm paper from the math teacher that day."

He was walking through the school's utility room with a stack of papers in his arms when he heard a girl's miserable sobbing.

"Sister Hui was teaching a green tea girl a lesson at the time." Zhang Chen explained, "Liu Hui is Xu Datou's girlfriend, and she thinks there's a green tea girl in their class who is secretly seducing Xu Datou."

"When the girl passed by Xu Datou's desk, she accidentally knocked his book off. She was afraid that he would cause trouble for her, so she started crying and helped him pick up his things while trembling." Zhang Chen smiled, "Xu Datou looks like a kappa and likes to bully people. Only Liu Hui treats him like a treasure."

Qu Anran kicked open the door of the utility room and found that the girl had been stripped naked by Liu Hui's men and was being photographed.

"I took a picture of this scene," Qu Anran said. "I told them that if they didn't leave, this picture would appear on the principal's computer that night."

After all, Liu Hui and the others were still junior high school students. They were frightened by him and became flustered. After making a few threats in a timid manner, they left in shame.

"I waited outside the door for the girl to get dressed, and then sent her back to the classroom." Qu Anran curled her lips, "I thought I was playing the role of a hero saving a beautiful girl, but I didn't expect it to be a farmer and a snake."

Zhang Chunliang frowned slightly and looked at Qu Anran.

"Later, Liu Hui told Xu Datou about the incident, hoping that he would vent her anger. Xu Datou had long disliked Qu Anran and had always wanted to find an opportunity to teach him a lesson, but he was too good at studying and too dazzling, so Xu Datou was afraid of being troubled by the teachers at school, so he never found an opportunity."

"Later, he found his gang leader." Zhang Chen carefully looked up at Qu Anran, who was sipping mung bean paste with a calm, somewhat scary expression.

When Zhang Chunliang saw his reaction, he knew that something very bad must have happened afterwards.

"Do you need to step aside for a while? Go help my mother cook? Keep an eye on her and don't let her cook human flesh into the pot." Zhang Chunliang suggested.

"It's okay, let her do more. I really want to eat someone right now." Qu Anran politely refused.

"Xu Datou's gangster brother hired someone to rape that girl." Zhang Chen licked the corner of his mouth, "They took a lot of photos and posted them online."

The girl collapsed and despaired and wanted to commit suicide, but the group of people were afraid that her death would bring them a murder lawsuit, so they threatened her family to keep her alive and gave her a "good" suggestion.

"They told the girl that as long as she spread the word to others, saying that it was all done by Qu Anran, then they would let her go and help her spread rumors and add fuel to the fire."

"Why would the girl agree? Qu Anran saved her, which is very strange." Zhang Chunliang frowned slightly, a little confused.

"Because Qu Anran is handsome." Zhang Chen showed a malicious smile, looking at Qu Anran with gloating, "He is good-looking and excellent. The girl fell in love with him after being rescued by him. Anyway, I am not clean now. I can put the blame on Qu Anran. Maybe I can get a handsome boyfriend."

"Damn it." Qu Anran smiled. "That's actually the reason. I always thought she was too stimulated and had a mental disorder."

In short, Qu Anran's reputation was ruined.

This incident fermented widely on the Internet and there was a lot of discussion in the school. That day, Qu Anran was taken away from the school by the police while he was in class.

Even though it was later found out that the incident had nothing to do with him, rumors on campus still labeled him a "rapist."

"After the truth was revealed, the girl completely collapsed and eventually committed suicide. Before she committed suicide, she wrote a suicide note, insisting that Qu Anran was also involved in forcing her."

No one knew her intentions, but how could someone use her life to frame an innocent person? Although the police repeatedly stressed that Qu Anran was innocent, no one believed it.

The students who originally admired and had a crush on him began to avoid him like trash and cursed him behind his back with extremely vicious words. The teachers were also cold and even disgusted with him. They would make a big fuss about even the smallest matter and criticize Qu Anran for having serious character problems.

"I think that woman should have hated Qu Anran more before she died than Xu Datou's group." Zhang Chen changed to a more comfortable posture and said lazily, "She might be thinking, you have saved me once, why can't you save me a second time? Why didn't you help me when I needed you the most? In short - she wanted to die a long time ago, and she was lucky to drag her male god to hell before she died and make him remember her forever."

"Her family blocked my way for several months." Qu Anran recalled vaguely, chewing the straw until it was uneven, "They wanted me to compensate for their daughter's innocence."

"What about those other people? Aren't there still many people involved in this incident?" Zhang Chunliang asked.

"How could those ordinary people dare to provoke them? They are a gangster——" Zhang Chen said with a grin, "That family knows better than anyone that Qu Anran is innocent, but they have no choice. They can't let their daughter, whom they raised with great difficulty, die in vain. They haven't even earned the bride price yet."

"Later, my grades in the second year of junior high school dropped by more than 300 places," Qu Anran said. "There was nothing I could do. They blocked me in the school every morning and wouldn't let me in. Even if I sneaked in, they would pester me and scold me in the afternoon, throw things at me, and even want to beat me up."

They stand on the moral high ground, and no matter what they do, others will not stop them, and may even spit at Anran and say that he deserves it.

"Disgusting." Zhang Chunliang commented.

"There are even more disgusting things." Zhang Chen sat up straight with excitement. "The teachers began to dislike Qu Anran and ignored him. Xu Datou achieved his goal and started to find people to bully Qu Anran... I don't need to tell you what he did specifically, right?"

The girl’s death was just a prelude; Qu Anran’s real nightmare was his subsequent study career.

Qu Anran's parents spent a large sum of money to get the family to give up, but everything for Qu Anran was ruined. At school, the endless bullying and oppression made him feel suffocated.

"That bunch of rubbish can only beat me up. When I was in the third year of junior high school, I participated in an international mathematics competition." Qu Anran suddenly felt proud, "I won first place."

Qu Anran worked very hard to get his life back on track, tried to get his grades back to top, and also won a very valuable honor for the school.

However, he was reported by the second person.

The reason was that the second place "suspected" him of cheating.

"A person with bad character and corrupt morals is not worthy of standing on such a sacred podium. Moreover, I checked his academic performance last year and it was not at the level of excellence at all. How could he have made such great progress in just one year? I reasonably suspect that he cheated!"

Although the organizers did not find any evidence of cheating, they still cancelled his results.

"That day, Big Head Xu came to bully me again. He said that all the information about me that the second place winner got was provided by him. I was in a bad mood, so he happily got a three-day ICU experience voucher." Qu Anran looked at Zhang Chunliang seriously, "Sometimes, I feel that this world is just a huge bastard."

"You did a great job," said Zhang Chunliang.

"Thank you." Qu Anran took a breath, his eyes a little red, "You are the first person who said I am great."

After Qu Anran's parents found out that he had injured someone, they took him to the ward the next day and made him kneel down in front of Xu Datou, begging them not to hold him accountable, saying that he was still young and couldn't even go to high school.

"I could have gone to a very good high school through that award, but they ruined my chance and forced me to continue to study at the high school directly affiliated to No. 2 High School, which my parents bought with a large sum of money after selling their house," Qu Anran said. "My mother hysterically asked me why I was always so stubborn and why I would never compromise."

"She said that if I just gave in to those people and begged them, nothing would happen."

"But why? Zhang Chunliang, why should I give in?" He asked word by word, "Did I do anything wrong?"

"You're right." Zhang Chunliang raised his glass of mung bean paste and clinked glasses with him. "Sometimes I also feel that this world is a giant bastard."

Qu Anran stopped talking. He stared at Zhang Chunliang and his whole body began to tremble slightly.

"Otherwise, you should let Qu Anran cook. I can let my mother eat less human flesh." Zhang Chen keenly felt that Qu Anran had become extremely dangerous. He took two steps back and looked at Zhang Chunliang sincerely.

"Let's stop here today." Zhang Chunliang jumped off the bed and patted Chen Yue on the shoulder, "I want to go out and get some fresh air."

"Take me with you, brother." Zhang Chen pulled at Zhang Chunliang's trouser legs, pleading in his eyes, "I don't want to stay here."

"Good boy, little brother." Zhang Chunliang gently pulled out his pants, "You need to be more mature."

He considerately helped Zhang Chen and Qu Anran close the door.

Then he pushed Chen Yue's wheelchair and left this suffocating home.

They walked into the park in the community, where several couples were playing with their children. They looked very harmonious and happy.

"Liangliang, are you sad for him?" Chen Yue turned his eyes and looked at Zhang Chunliang's expression carefully.

"I'm thinking about something." Zhang Chunliang came back to his senses and said, "In Qu Anran's narration just now, it seems that he deliberately ignored something."

Chen Yue cooperated and asked him: "What is it?"

"Qu Anran's family, and his parents." Zhang Chunliang thought seriously, "Logically speaking, with such a big thing happening to Qu Anran, his parents should be the ones who suffered the most damage and trauma, but in his narration, he deliberately avoided mentioning them in most cases."

"During the years when Qu Anran was bullied, what happened between him and his parents?" Zhang Chunliang looked at a family swinging on a swing not far away, his eyes gradually becoming empty. "And - this world is really strange. On the one hand, people regard human life as worthless and constantly kill and eat people. On the other hand, people here follow the basic etiquette and morality of society and operate in an orderly manner."

It's like someone merged two very incompatible extreme worlds together, making it look weird.

Was it because of the intervention of Game House? Not really, because it was all too abrupt and deliberate, as if someone had done it on purpose.

"Come on, Liangliang, you're about to discover the truth." Chen Yue plucked a delicate flower bud beside him and put it in Zhang Chunliang's pocket as a reward.

Zhang Chunliang looked at him suspiciously: "You are also very strange - you are obviously also..."

Chen Yue is obviously also a member of this world, but why does he always watch everything happening like a cold-eyed spectator?

Chen Yue gave a mysterious smile but said nothing.

Zhang Chunliang narrowed his eyes slightly and pinched his cheek fiercely: "Can you give me a hint? My head is about to explode!"

"Don't be like this... Liangliang..." Chen Yue was shaken by his cheeks. After a long time, he finally uttered a name in surrender, "Niu, Niu Lili..."

Zhang Chunliang raised his eyebrows——Niu Lili.

Qu Anran's dead mother possessed the body of Qu Anran's classmate and was always paying attention to her son's life.

The most important thing is that this NPC has a strong power of rules, and the word of the spirit is death. Even after Zhang Chunliang was given a spoiler of the task rules, he was not immediately eliminated by the game house.

She does have problems.

Wait - how did she know... this rule that players can't harm their own family?

Zhang Chunliang slowly opened his eyes and began to savor this rule carefully.

You can’t hurt your family members—who made this rule? And why?!

There is no doubt that the person who made the rules created this world, and that person is definitely not the Game House. Because the S-level world copy is alive, the rules here cannot be easily changed by the Game House. It can only issue tasks flexibly based on the world rules.

That is to say, there is someone else who founded this world. He must be someone who has been hurt by his family or has hurt his own family. He must be related to the main storyline of this world.

Then can Zhang Chunliang make a bold guess - this person has an unusual relationship with the key NPC Qu Anran.

For example, he is the father whom Qu Anran has never mentioned.

"I think I know." Zhang Chunliang's heart was beating like a drum. He had to calm his heart and then looked at Chen Yue seriously. "I once played a very interesting game. The game required the player to find clues to pass the level in someone's head."

As he spoke, he raised his head in surprise and glanced at the things around him. There were lifelike flowers, buildings, frolicking children, and the smell of fireworks lingering around his nose. This place was too real, so real that he didn't dare to say this guess out loud.

"This is the world created by Qu Anran's dead father, is that right?!"

The Game House system was silent for a moment, then responded coldly.

[The player fails to guess the answer to the main quest once, and the remaining times are (2/3)

If the truth about the existence of the world is not found within the specified number of times or within the specified time, the system will deduct 100 life points from the player.

It seemed that his guess was wrong. Zhang Chunliang lowered his head in confusion and began to ponder. In his opinion, this answer was the closest to the correct answer.

"Liangliang, you can be bolder." Chen Yue looked at him encouragingly.

"...more daring?" Zhang Chunliang paused, and suddenly thought of Niu Lili again in his mind, and the powerful power she possessed in this world, so he answered uncertainly, "For example, this world was not created by one person--"

"This world was constructed by Qu Anran's father and mother together?"

[Correct answer. Congratulations to the player for completing the main quest: Finding the truth behind the existence of this world.

The reward for completing the task for the first time will then be sent to the player’s backpack.

Mission: Survive 60 days in Dehong No. 7 Middle School, current progress (60/)]

"Is this done?" It was the first time that Zhang Chunliang found the main task so quickly. He was almost flattered.

"I told you, Liangliang has always been the best." Chen Yue snapped his fingers, and the flower bud he had inserted in Zhang Chunliang's pocket suddenly bloomed.