“What happened?”
A scream suddenly echoed through the dark campus, ear-piercing even from a distance.
Tang Ziya snapped her head up and looked around, her expression shifting.
“In front!”
Gu Chen had naturally heard the commotion as well.
Judging the direction of the sound, he shouted while pointing forward.
At this hour, a girl’s scream — even someone thinking with their rear end would know that the flashing pervert must have appeared again!
He sprinted forward at top speed, his fists clenched tight.
If he could catch that guy today, he could finally prove his innocence and stop being the scapegoat for such a repulsive crime!
Tang Ziya quickly snapped out of it and followed behind him.
In terms of physical fitness, she was the sprinting champion among the girls in her class.
She managed to keep up for the moment, desperate to find out what was happening.
Gu Chen soon arrived at the source of the cry for help.
As expected, it was the area near the artificial lake.
Now he was almost certain that the pervert was striking again!
“Where is everyone?”
He scanned the surroundings.
Aside from the scream earlier, there wasn’t another sound.
He suddenly had a bad premonition.
‘Was that guy intentionally luring people here? Is this another trap?’
“Is anyone there?”
Gu Chen adjusted his breathing and shouted to the surroundings, hoping for a response.
*Sob… sob…*
Soon, a faint whimpering sound came from ahead.
He looked toward the sound and finally spotted someone.
“Over there!!!”
Tang Ziya, having caught up, noticed them even before Gu Chen did.
In the distance, a girl was being held captive by a dark figure behind her.
Her mouth was covered, which explained why she couldn’t make a sound.
“Chase him!!”
Furious, Gu Chen continued his pursuit.
Seeing that he had been discovered, the dark figure simply let go of the girl and bolted.
“Ah!!”
The girl was shoved and fell to the ground.
“Are you alright?”
Tang Ziya hurried to help her up, her face full of concern.
Meanwhile, Gu Chen continued to chase the flashing pervert.
Now that the guy had finally shown himself, Gu Chen didn’t want to miss this opportunity.
However, the opponent’s speed wasn’t slow either.
Under the cover of the night, the figure was as eerie as a ghost.
Just as Gu Chen was about to lose him, the figure accidentally tripped in his panicked flight, wasting precious time.
By the time the figure scrambled back up, Gu Chen had already lunged in front of him.
“Pervert, take this kick!”
Gu Chen put all his strength into a kick to the pervert’s back, causing the man to stumble.
However, the guy’s physical condition was excellent; he didn’t go down.
Faced with Gu Chen’s second mid-air kick, the man chose to catch it, letting out a muffled groan.
“Eh?”
It was only then that the two of them faced each other directly.
After taking the kick, the pervert grabbed Gu Chen’s ankle.
A massive surge of force followed, throwing Gu Chen’s entire body through the air!
“Damn it!”
Gu Chen rolled on the ground a few times to dissipate the force, landing in a nearby flower bed.
When he climbed out, he had a few blades of grass in his mouth.
The flashing pervert took the opportunity to flee, completely disappearing into the night…
“Huff… huff… This is infuriating! I was so close!”
Gu Chen’s teeth were clenched.
The distance had widened, and his stamina was failing.
He could only pant heavily as he watched the guy escape right from under his nose.
Once he calmed down, he noticed something unusual.
The previous pervert had cosplayed as Alice, the Goddess of Victory, with the sole purpose of scaring girls.
This time, although the outfit was similar — a women’s wig and a black trench coat — things felt different.
Gu Chen realized that the guy seemed to be fully dressed, with no signs of flashing.
Moreover, his behavior wasn’t just about scaring someone; he had intended to kidnap the girl.
Both the outfit and the motive for the crime were completely different.
‘Did that pervert switch to kidnapping?’
The thought made Gu Chen gasp.
This guy was getting bolder and bolder, and now his actions were purely criminal.
He patrolled the area once more, but after finding nothing, he could only head back to ask the girl for clues.
When he returned to the artificial lake, Tang Ziya was still there, comforting the terrified girl.
“The guy got away,” Gu Chen answered flatly.
“…”
“Wait, are you really not that pervert?”
Tang Ziya paused, unable to stop herself from asking.
Since the flashing pervert had struck again while Gu Chen had been with her the entire time, it was impossible for him to have done it.
The only explanation was that she had wrongly accused him.
At the thought of this, guilt rose in Tang Ziya’s heart.
“It’s hard to say. What if I know a cloning technique? Maybe I cultivated a doppelganger to commit crimes and clear my own name,” Gu Chen said, rolling his eyes and sounding incredibly sarcastic.
The facts were right in front of her, so why was she still asking such a brainless question?!
‘Just as I thought, big chests really do mean no brains…’
He looked down at his own chest.
‘Luckily, although I’ve started developing like a girl, a pair of A-cups shouldn’t affect my intelligence, right?’
“Ahem, I was just talking nonsense. You wouldn’t actually believe me, would you?”
On second thought, given Tang Ziya’s impression of him, she might actually prefer to believe he could cultivate clones!
“No…”
Fortunately, Tang Ziya wasn’t so foolish as to be beyond hope.
With the facts laid bare, she had no choice but to believe him.
It was just that the flashing pervert still hadn’t been caught, meaning the entire school would remain in a state of alarm.
“Is she alright?”
Gu Chen finally took a closer look at the victim to ask about her condition.
When he saw her face clearly, he froze.
“Why is it you?”
The girl was Chu Xiaomeng, the one who had been bullied yesterday.
She was truly unfortunate; she had been bullied one day and then ran into a pervert the next.
“Senior Gu Chen?”
Still shaken and trembling slightly, Chu Xiaomeng recognized him.
“You two know each other?”
“Yeah, we’ve met once.”
Gu Chen waved his hand, too lazy to explain further.
He continued, “Tell me exactly what happened just now. Give me the details.”
Chu Xiaomeng nodded.
She had been asked by a classmate to buy something from the convenience store.
As she passed by this area — and being a new student who hadn’t heard about the pervert — she didn’t think much of it.
Who would have guessed that as soon as she reached this spot, a dark figure would cover her mouth from behind and drag her away?
She had finally managed to let out a cry, hoping someone would hear.
Luckily, Gu Chen and Tang Ziya were nearby, or the consequences would have been unimaginable…
“Almost the whole school knows about this. How could you not know?”
Gu Chen couldn’t help but look suspicious.
“Gu Chen, she’s a victim! Have some compassion!”
Tang Ziya snapped, unable to stand him questioning Chu Xiaomeng.
Gu Chen rolled his eyes.
“Come on, I’ll take you back to your dorm. Don’t wander around here at night anymore,” Tang Ziya said, patting her on the shoulder.
Since she didn’t know if the pervert was still lurking nearby, she decided to escort the girl personally to ensure her safety.
With the number of victims increasing, finding the culprit had become a matter of extreme urgency.