The pretty little follower gets targeted by the crazy guys at the elite academy

The air freezes.

Zhou Si was stunned.

The others were also stunned.

"Want my eyes?! You're dreaming!!!"

Zhou Si struggled furiously, but was held down firmly by two guards.

He was like a raging beast locked up, his muscles bulging, veins standing out, and the wound on his back bleeding even more from the violent struggle.

But that little bit of pain couldn't quell the anger in his heart.

He stared intently at Fu Chenzhou, his eyes burning as if they were about to spew fire.

"Don't you want to give it?"

Fu Chenzhou raised an eyebrow, his tone as casual as if he were chatting about everyday things: "Then, she can't leave."

He turned and walked back to Li Ruo's side, gently putting his arm around her shoulder.

That movement was so natural.

His hand rested on her shoulder, his fingertips gently caressing her through her clothes, carrying a possessive desire that seemed to assert his dominance.

"Li Ruo is mine now."

"Whoever wants to take my collection will have to pay the price."

He looked at Zhou Si, his gray eyes devoid of any emotion; that calmness was more chilling than any fierce expression.

"Gouge out both eyes and leave them here."

His tone was even quite gentle, with a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth:

"You can take her away and exchange her freedom."

"Whether you want to change it or not is your choice."

Zhou Si's pupils suddenly contracted.

The five lunatics behind him also looked very ugly.

[Holy crap! Fu Chenzhou wants Zhou Si's eyes! That's insane!]

Zhou Si's eyes are indeed beautiful... but this is too cruel!

Will Zhou Si agree?! If he really agrees... then he'll be completely blind!

Wait, look at Zhou Si's expression... Is he really going to agree?!

Zhou Si's breathing became heavy.

He stared at the hand Fu Chenzhou had around Li Ruo, his eyes filled with raging fury.

Two eyes.

In exchange, she will be free.

He can imagine that scene with his eyes closed:

Li Ruo walked out of the manor, towards the sunlight, towards freedom.

He remained forever in the darkness, forever... never to see her again.

I can't see her face, I can't see her eyes, I can't see her smile, I can't see her pursed lips when she's angry, I can't see the occasional smugness or cunning she shows.

He can no longer see.

Zhou Si's heart was throbbing with pain, so painful that he could hardly breathe.

"Zhou Si, don't do anything foolish!"

Lu Ran shouted from the side, his voice cracking:

"This madman is playing you! He's not going to release them!"

"I know." Zhou Si's voice was very soft, so soft it didn't seem like him.

But he remained standing there firmly, his eyes fixed on Li Ruo.

Looking at her standing next to Fu Chenzhou, looking at her shoulder with that hand around her, looking at her silent face, looking at her eyes that were always looking at him.

He pictured her in his mind.

Eyebrows, nose bridge, lips, jawline...

And those eyes.

Those eyes that would curve slightly whenever they looked at him.

He wants to remember all of this.

Every stroke is etched into my mind.

In case... in case he never sees it again, at least he can still remember it.

"it is good."

A single word carries immense weight.

Everyone was stunned.

"Zhou Si!"

Lu Ran struggled frantically, his red hair disheveled, and he looked instantly haggard.

"Are you fucking insane?!"

"Go ahead and go crazy."

Zhou Si smiled.

That smile was wild and arrogant, carrying Zhou Si's unique recklessness and nonchalance.

But his eyes remained fixed on Li Ruo, unblinking.

"I've never been this crazy in my entire life."

He looked at Fu Chenzhou, raised his chin, and showed no fear in his eyes:

"Come on! Gouge out her eyes. Let her go!"

[Zhou Si has gone mad?! He's going to give up his own eyes?!]

Is he serious?! He's really going to go blind for Li Ruo?!

This lunatic is serious! Holy crap, I'm about to cry...

The five lunatics behind him all looked extremely grim.

"Fu Chenzhou! You've gone mad!"

Lu Xingzhou struggled to break free, but was held down firmly by the guards.

He was usually calm and composed, but at this moment he was like an enraged leopard, his whole body radiating ferocity.

"These are eyes!"

Lu Ran clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles cracked.

"Do you know what it means to not have eyes?!"

"Know."

Zhou Si was unusually calm, a calmness that sent chills down one's spine.

"It means I'll never see this shitty world again."

"I'll never see those annoying things again."

He paused, then looked at Li Ruo.

Those eyes were clear and bright, like mountain streams, and at that moment they held the gentlest light he had ever seen in his life.

"But... as long as she can leave safely."

He laughed, a laugh that was both reckless and roguish, yet also concealed a tenderness he had never shown before.

"It was worth it."

Li Ruo's eyes felt slightly warm.

That idiot...

She looked at him, at his body covered in blood, at his pale face from the pain yet his forced composure, and at the astonishingly bright eyes in his eyes when he looked at her.

Her heart felt as if it had been violently struck by something.

sour.

It has a slightly astringent taste.

It's a feeling I haven't experienced in a very long time—being cherished and loved by someone.

Pei Qingrang listened to all of this, his face as cold as ice.

He adjusted his askew glasses, and the look in his eyes behind the lenses was chilling enough to freeze a person to death.

"This kind of collection is meaningless."

Guo Yiling opened her mouth, but found that she didn't know what to say.

He was usually eloquent, but at this moment he seemed to have someone choking him.

And Jiang Wu... was actually laughing.

His amber eyes looked at Zhou Si as if he were looking at a fellow human being about to be sacrificed.

There was no mockery in that smile, only understanding and empathy.

Zhou Si's breath seemed to stop the moment Fu Chenzhou approached with devilish steps.

His eyes.

What he was most proud of in his life, besides his fists, was his eyes that could distinguish right from wrong.

From childhood to adulthood, countless people have said his eyes are beautiful.

To say that his eyes can speak?

It's like having your heart read by his gaze.

And then there's Li Ruo, who said that just one look from his eyes would make her heart race.

Now, Fu Chenzhou wants them.

Two.

All.

His gaze unconsciously drifted back to Li Ruo.

Li Ruo stood there, still not saying a word.

But her hand, hanging at her side, tightened slightly for a moment.

In that instant, Zhou Si saw it.

In that blink of an eye, he smiled happily.

That smile, with its carefree attitude and youthful smugness, concealed a kind of calm acceptance of death.

He was like a hothead who had finally done something earth-shattering, or a desperate fugitive who had long since risked his life.

"Hurry up, do it quickly."

He spoke to Fu Chenzhou, who was standing close by, his voice hoarse but firm:

"Be quick about it!"