Now that the Su family has risen again thanks to Evan Lin, Second Brother Su felt indebted to him, so he was even more unwilling to see Evan in any kind of danger.
To be honest, at first, everyone in the Su family mostly felt awe toward Evan Lin, but after interacting with him several times, they started to feel that he was cold on the outside but warm on the inside.
Whether it was helping Old Su heal his injuries without asking for anything in return, solving Su Mo's troubles, smoothing over the weird incident at the Triangle House for Second Brother Su, or finally helping the Su family hold their heads high in front of the Lin family—even pushing Big Brother Su into the military in Beijing and getting him the chance to be promoted—all these things made the Su family feel much closer to Evan Lin.
Second Brother Su hurried after Evan Lin, a worried look on his face.
But when he saw that Evan Lin didn’t take his words to heart at all, he could only sigh. When they were just a corner away from Capitalview First High, Second Brother Su stopped himself, afraid his presence might affect Evan’s relationships at school.
He looked at Evan Lin, who was still walking ahead, and called out, “Um... My big brother called last night too. If necessary, our Su family can step in and negotiate with the Guan family!”
Saying this seemed to take all of Second Brother Su’s courage. After he finished, he watched Evan Lin’s figure fade into the distance, his expression complicated.
Evan Lin heard him but didn’t reply. Still, for Second Brother Su to say something like that, it was probably under instructions from Su Yuantian.
“The whole Su family... is betting everything on me?”
Evan Lin murmured to himself.
Second Brother Su’s words made it clear that the Su family was determined to tie themselves to Evan Lin. With Big Brother Su joining the military, the Su family’s influence was bound to rise sharply. Even if they didn’t get involved in Evan’s affairs, their future prospects would still be strong.
But if they went head-to-head with the Guan family over all this, the Oceanport Guan family would have to think twice. But what about Butcher Tu?
Butcher Tu is a first-grade Vajra. If he really got angry, the Su family might face a terrifying backlash.
With all the chaos outside, Evan Lin didn’t think about it and just headed into school.
When he got to Class 12, most of the students were buried in their books, preparing for the upcoming Hundred-School Joint Exam. But when Evan walked into the classroom, more than a few people looked at him with strange curiosity.
"Why is he back?" someone looked at Evan Lin and whispered in confusion.
"I don’t know. Didn’t they say he messed with someone he shouldn’t and couldn’t handle it, so he ran away?" another person whispered nearby.
Usually when Evan Lin walked into class, people looked at him with either respect or envy. But today, all kinds of stares and attitudes were completely different.
Soon after, Byron Yang came into the classroom with his lesson materials, and his face looked a lot more troubled than before.
As Byron Yang walked in, he instinctively glanced at the back row. When he saw Evan Lin sitting there, his face froze for a moment.
"Evan Lin, come out with me for a moment. The rest of you, keep studying and work on your assignments," Byron Yang said.
After saying that, Byron Yang left the classroom.
Evan Lin followed right behind him.
At the corner of the hallway outside, Byron Yang looked Evan Lin up and down, puzzled. "Are you okay? Evan, did you get into trouble outside school recently?"
"No, Mr. Yang, why do you ask?" Evan Lin looked at Byron, confused.
"Ahem, good, that’s good." Byron Yang clearly relaxed after hearing Evan’s answer. He said, "There’s been a lot of trouble outside school lately, and I was worried something happened to you."
"There’s less than a month until the Hundred-School Joint Exam. After that, it’ll be break time. During this period, I hope you’ll come to school more often, pay attention to safety, and try not to skip classes anymore."
Byron Yang saw Evan Lin had returned safely and wanted to say more, but in the end he just let Evan go back to class.
When school let out in the morning, Evan Lin was leaving the gate and saw Lynn Chen coming down the stairs. Right beside her, sticking like glue, was Eric Yu.
Eric Yu was saying something to Lynn Chen, grinning and clearly in a good mood. But Lynn kept her head down, looking worried, and had no intention of responding to him.
"Lynn, I really think you should stop thinking about Evan Lin. This time he’s really gotten himself into trouble—he even stood up for Stella Wu, so now he’s totally offended the Guan family!"
Eric Yu was in high spirits, sounding both relieved and pleased. "Plus, he’s been gone from school for a whole month. I bet he’s not even thinking about exams anymore, probably too scared to come back to Capitalview."
And last time that Miss Guan even came all the way from Oceanport to convince him to go back to Minghai, but he didn’t appreciate it. Now look—he’s totally finished.
Thinking about last time, Eric Yu still felt pretty resentful.
Because of all this, nobody in the Yu family was in a good mood.
Originally, Eric Yu was planning to slow down his pursuit of Lynn Chen for the rest of senior year. But he hadn’t expected that just then, news would spread that the Oceanport Guan family’s reclusive old eunuch had arrived in Jinnan.
Rumor had it, that old eunuch was here to cause trouble for some kid named Lin.
At first, Eric Yu wasn’t sure who Butcher Tu was after. But just a few days before Butcher Tu came to Capitalview, Evan Lin suddenly disappeared again, skipping class, so Eric put two and two together.
Right away, Eric Yu felt vindicated. He went around school spreading negative rumors about Evan Lin, making sure everyone knew—the legendary transfer student had finally hit a wall, gotten into trouble, and was skipping class just to avoid the fallout.
"Enough! I don’t want to hear it." Lynn Chen frowned and glared at Eric Yu.
Eric Yu was still grinning. As long as Evan Lin wasn’t around, he figured winning over Lynn Chen was just a matter of time.
Lynn Chen had been feeling frustrated by Eric Yu for days. She wanted to call Evan Lin, but didn’t know if she should.
Just as Lynn finished speaking and hadn’t looked away from Eric Yu, she suddenly noticed his smile freeze—his whole expression turned weird.
He looked like he’d just seen a ghost.
In just a second, Eric Yu instinctively took a step back, putting more distance between himself and Lynn Chen.