“Hypnosis release.”

Chen Yuan murmured softly the moment the punch missed, dispelling Lü Shuai's hypnosis.

Wait, why did I throw that punch?

As his fist flew out, Lü Shuai himself didn't realize what he had done.

That face was indeed a bit punchable, and his eyes were darting around, deliberately staring at him… but punching him now was clearly wrong.

The police were right behind him!

So, the instant his fist lashed out, he was stunned and prepared to turn around.

But suddenly, a blue afterimage flashed past him.

And the next moment, he was heavily subdued and pressed to the ground.

Just like arresting a criminal suspect, his arms were twisted backwards, and he didn't dare to resist in the slightest, because that would only make it hurt more.

“Handcuffs…”

Li Tong, with one knee pressing on Lü Shuai's back, reached for her handcuffs.

What's with the handcuffs already?

Isn't that for arresting criminal suspects?

I just threw one punch, and it didn't even hit!

Besides, I didn't want to hit him!

How much courage would I need to punch someone in front of the police?

“Li Tong, calm down… calm down.” A colleague quickly advised her not to be so impulsive; it hadn't reached the point of using 'shackles' yet.

Even in a fight, they wouldn't easily use 'handcuffs'.

But when he saw that the student sitting on the stool, still drinking soy milk, was Chen Yuan, he immediately understood…

No wonder Li Tong was so agitated.

Who did he have to provoke? Picking on this little prince was just asking for trouble.

And how could he just sit there, still drinking soy milk?

Did he know how much chaos he had caused?

Li Tong had been forced into her second form!

“…Are you hurt? Chen… this classmate.” Li Tong looked up and asked Chen Yuan.

She knew to avoid suspicion, but not very well.

And Lü Shuai, catching the word 'Chen', immediately realized the problem.

No wonder this policewoman was so agitated when he hit this guy.

So, they knew each other.

He had really kicked an iron plate this time.

With the police on his side, he couldn't even think about retaliating; how could he afford to offend this guy?

But that was all in the future.

It felt like he was in big trouble this time…

“I’m, I'm okay.” Chen Yuan put on an innocent face and explained, “I was a little scared when he suddenly hit me. But luckily, I instinctively dodged.”

“Don't be afraid, the police are here, it's okay.” After handing Lü Shuai over to her colleague, Li Tong stood next to Chen Yuan, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him with a smile.

Wuwu, Tongtong, you're so nice…

Afraid?

Afraid my ass, he clearly didn't look scared at all, he was deliberately staring at me, provoking me!

Why was he pretending to be weak in front of this policewoman?

That despicable gigolo.

“So, what's the situation? Why did the conflict start?” A policeman stood between the two and asked directly.

“He provoked me, kept glaring at me, and even told me to hit him!” Lü Shuai pointed at Chen Yuan and explained loudly.

But after being glared at by the policewoman standing next to him, he immediately wilted.

All his momentum was suppressed by that warning look.

The referee was on his side, what could he do!

“What nonsense, who tells someone else to hit them?” The male policeman didn't believe it at all and retorted directly.

“He really told me to hit him, I'm not lying,” Lü Shuai continued to argue.

“He told you to hit him, so you did? Are you that obedient?” the male policeman retorted.

“Also,” the policeman next to him said, “No matter what, hitting someone is wrong. Even if he was staring at you, you have no reason to hit him.”

“…” Lü Shuai lowered his head and stopped arguing.

And coincidentally, the boy who went to buy cigarettes returned.

Seeing this scene, he was dumbfounded.

After being reminded by the glances of several boys, he immediately hid the cigarettes in his pocket.

At this time, Lü Shuai also breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, this guy could read the room.

If he came over to complain at this time, he would really be in double trouble.

Especially since he was already an adult, that law couldn't protect him anymore.

But would this kid tell?

He suddenly saw the indifferent Chen Yuan.

If he told, he wouldn't have a good time either.

After all, extortion wasn't a small matter.

Of course, even if he told, it wouldn't matter much.

After all, that little freshman, would he dare to admit it?

They were in the same school; if he dared to admit it, he would make his life a living hell.

But that policeman knew him; if she helped this kid…

Wait, they knew each other?

“Who's going to explain the cause and effect?” As a law enforcement officer, the policeman asked the two sternly.

“He obviously knows this policewoman; even if he lies, you'll think what he says is true!”

Although Lü Shuai was afraid of Li Tong, there were so many people present now, and some were recording with their phones; he doubted they would dare to openly favor him.

“You!” Li Tong was anxious and said angrily, “What does you hitting someone have to do with me knowing him?”

“See, they really know each other.” Lü Shuai pointed at Li Tong, deliberately stirring up trouble and muddying the waters.

“They do know each other; she almost called out his name just now…”

“If they didn't know each other, she wouldn't have taken out the handcuffs, right?”

“That's too exaggerated; it's not like she's arresting a criminal.”

“Nepotism…”

Gradually, the surrounding onlookers began to whisper.

Many eyes were watching, like cold arrows hidden in the shadows.

They were ready to launch a sneak attack at any moment.

And Li Tong was in the middle of the vortex.

Damn it, there was going to be trouble.

She understood the fermentation and spread of public opinion very well.

At this moment, she knew she had made a very obvious mistake.

If this matter became a trending topic, her mistake would be even greater.

I'm so stupid, how could I have let it slip just now…

Now, Chen Yuan must be worried about her too…

Even though she was panicking like this, about to face the pressure of public opinion, she still squeezed out a smile when she looked at Chen Yuan, as if to say: Don't worry, I'm okay.

In reality, Tongtongzi was already thinking about being cyberbullied.

“Ah, ah, it hurts!”

Just then, Lü Shuai suddenly clutched his back, making a painful and hideous expression: “My bones must be fractured from that fall, it hurts, it hurts so much!”

“Hey, don't try to extort us!” Li Tong completely lost her composure, and said something she shouldn't have.

At this time, some of the malicious people nearby started up again.

“That blow was really heavy just now.”

“It sounded like a bang; she was too ruthless.”

“It's good that he's young; if he were older, his bones would have shattered…”

More and more people gathered around, and their gazes became increasingly malicious; Li Tong could feel a chill coming over her.

These people were so disgusting.

Didn't they see what happened just now?

He hit someone first.

What did that have to do with whether she knew Chen Yuan or not?

And they didn't do anything when they saw it.

She intervened, so why were they blaming her?

Unconsciously, Li Tong became increasingly angry.

It was obvious that if she was cyberbullied this time, and 'made a mistake', our Tongbao was going to turn dark.

Then, let's end it.

“You don't believe what I say, so why do you believe what he says?”

Chen Yuan stood up and said suddenly.

This sentence silenced everyone.

“And many of you here saw what happened; why are you afraid to tell the truth?”

After Chen Yuan mocked the onlookers, he looked at Lü Shuai's few cronies, pointed at one of the boys who had been smoking earlier, and said, “Then you tell the truth, what was the real reason just now.”

After saying this, everyone looked over there together.

The boy who was pointed at suddenly looked a little dazed.

He stood up and, facing everyone's gaze, he said, “We were eating breakfast here, and then we met a freshman. Lü Shuai gave him ten yuan and asked him to buy a pack of Lichun Sunshine cigarettes. But that boy kept staring over here; Lü Shuai asked him what he was looking at, but he didn't say anything, so Lü Shuai went over to teach him a lesson…”

Lü Shuai: “…”

What the hell, are you a surveillance camera? You're describing it so clearly!

You bastard, I finally muddied the waters, and you're spilling everything?

Idiot!

“So! You were extorting him?” The male policeman caught this key piece of information and immediately asked loudly.

“I, I didn't…”

Another policeman walked directly to the little boy, asked him a few questions, and then asked him to take out the cigarettes.

Since someone had already confessed, he had no reason to hide it anymore, and slowly took out the cigarettes and handed them to the policeman.

The policeman, holding the conclusive 'evidence', asked the boy, “Why did he ask you to buy cigarettes for them?”

The boy replied, “Because they would hit me if I didn't buy them.”

“?!” The boy who was asked to buy the cigarettes was dumbfounded.

There was a reason why he was bullied.

Because these people were really brave, and they were really not afraid of the police!

“Still hitting people?” The male policeman was also stunned.

It felt like if he kept asking, he could rack up some achievements.

And his friend was frantically stomping on his foot, almost crying: Stop talking, stop talking, please stop talking!

Lü Shuai also knew that he was really finished.

Running into the hot topic of campus bullying, the school would probably handle it by making a mountain out of a molehill in order to establish its authority, possibly even expulsion…

“Still hurting?” The male policeman grabbed his arm, tugged it, and asked, “I'll take you to get checked out; if they find anything, I'll pay for the medical expenses.”

Lü Shuai didn't dare to say anything else and could only sulk.

And Li Tong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed the crisis had been resolved.

But why would his classmate tell the truth?

It was really strange.

“Then the two of us will take these students to their school and talk to their leaders.”

At this critical moment, campus bullying was no small matter. After the two male policemen discussed it, they decided to handle it this way.

So, Lü Shun and the others didn't even finish their breakfast before being forcibly taken to school.

The boy who was forced to buy cigarettes was also taken by the police to a nearby supermarket to return the cigarettes for money, and the store was also criticized for selling cigarettes to minors.

The matter was thus properly resolved.

The ideal result appeared.

Many people were also cheering for the police's righteous actions.

But Chen Yuan was not satisfied.

He was quite dissatisfied.

Earth's captain didn't expect everyone on Earth to be kind, passionate, and righteous.

But he didn't want to see these people being such idiots.

Whenever something happened, they would take out their phones and start taking fragmented videos, not knowing anything, just spouting some conspiracy theories…

Such people were really retarded.

Although retarded was also a form of intelligence.

Then, he would give these guys some punishment.

If this was the superpower of the first week, then its strength should be more than this…

So, Chen Yuan looked around, gazing at everyone, taking everyone into his eyes.

Finally, he said, “Mass hypnosis.”

In an instant, everyone here turned into mindless zombies with dull eyes.

Sure enough, the superpower of the first week was so valiant.

With such a superpower, what was there to fear about the Trisolarans?

He could directly address everyone on Earth and instill a stamp of defeatism: Earth is not our home, let's trade homes with the Trisolarans!

Now that everyone was hypnotized,

Then, let's begin.

“Those who badmouthed Li Tong behind her back, give yourselves a big slap in the face. Then, immediately forget about it.”

After Chen Yuan finished speaking, four people in different locations successively gave themselves a particularly crisp slap in the face.

Two of them were particularly typical sharp-tongued aunts who liked to spread rumors.

Oh, that's good.

He thought there would be many more of these backstabbers, but there were only a few.

So, it wasn't that the masses were all bad people, but that some bad people among the masses were particularly foul-mouthed.

“Hypnosis release.”

After this sentence was spoken, everyone returned to normal.

But the four people who had slapped themselves felt a burning sensation on their cheeks, but didn't know why…

“My face hurts, what's going on?”

“Ah… it hurts, who hit me?”

“Then I'll go to school.” Chen Yuan said to Li Tong.

“Let me give you a ride,” Li Tong said with a smile, “I haven't seen you in a while, let's chat.”

“Okay, okay, let's go together.”

Just like that, Chen Yuan left the alley with Li Tong and walked towards the school.

“I was really scared to death just now; if it was posted online, I would really be punished…”

Thinking of this, Li Tong was a little afraid.

“It's okay, I won't let that happen,” Chen Yuan said.

“You're so nice.” Li Tong smiled and then said to Chen Yuan, “By the way, how did you know to ask his classmate just now, and why did his classmate tell the truth so readily?”

Because I know hypnosis.

Of course, he couldn't say that.

But at least it had to be logically consistent.

So, Chen Yuan explained, “So many people were watching, everyone knew what happened; he couldn't lie easily, and then he might have been afraid of retaliation since he knew I knew you, so he told the truth. But I didn't expect him to be so honest and straightforward…”

“Yeah, who would have thought he would be so willing to confess?” Thinking of this, Li Tong sighed, “If every criminal suspect could be so honest, that would be great.”

That's because they haven't met me; if they met me, they would all become believers in the Way of Straight Talk.

“I'm going to be late, I'll go first,” Chen Yuan said to Li Tong.

“Okay, then I'll see you off here.” Li Tong smiled.

Looking at Li Tong, Chen Yuan said with some guilt, “Maybe you shouldn't bother with me anymore; I keep causing you trouble.”

After saying this, Li Tong's eyes suddenly became less bright, gradually becoming dazed…

Crap, she was hypnotized.

“I was just kidding; I still need you to take care of me, don't take it seriously.”

So, Chen Yuan quickly patched things up.

He was just saying it, why did she take it so seriously?

The feeling of a close relationship between the police and the people was so good.

“Release.”

So, Chen Yuan woke Li Tong up.

But before he crossed the road, Li Tong suddenly grabbed his hand.

Chen Yuan turned back.

Then, he saw Li Tong looking at him with some melancholy and saying, “So similar.”

“Like your brother, right?”

“…I'm sorry, don't take my words seriously, I just said it casually,” Li Tong quickly explained.

“I'm honored to look like your brother,” Chen Yuan smiled and said caringly, “Sis, call me if you miss me.”

After saying this, the red light turned green.

So, Chen Yuan waved to her and went to the opposite side.

Just as he stepped over the crosswalk, his phone rang.

Chen Yuan took out his phone and saw the contact 'Li Tong'.

Slowly turning around, he looked at Li Tong, who was just across the street, also holding her phone.

Her eyes didn't look too bright, but they gave people a warm and healing feeling…

Chen Yuan slowly answered the phone.

So, as long as it was a sentence with an 'imperative' mood, it would become hypnosis.

Even a casual sentence would make the other person fall into an illusion like a flower in a mirror or the moon in the water.

Then what did I say just now?

Call me if you miss me.

So, was 'call me' a command?

Then the condition for complying with this command was…

“I'm sorry, I missed you.”

(End of chapter)