Standing Next To You-Chapter 62: The mastermind behind it

"So you were saying someone from Class 3-1A contacted you to harass Fei Chuan under my orders?"

"Y-yeshh...."

Bei Sangyun stood with her arms crossed over her chest as she paced around in front of the group who were kneeling on the ground with their hands raised over their heads.

Their faces were swollen with more bruises on their bodies. Their uniforms were covered in footprints. Their appearance was truly pitiful. Now, they knelt on the hard, rocky ground. Not only did their bodies hurt, but their arms were too heavy. If they tried to lower their arms even slightly, another kick would be sent their way.

Bei Sangyun had already dismissed the people who had come to watch the spectacle. The only people remaining were her lackeys who had come here after learning the news from the school forum.

"Which one of you did it?" Bei Sangyun asked darkly.

The lackeys behind her shook their heads vigorously, "We didn’t contact anyone boss! We are not even acquainted with these repeaters!"

The leader looked at Bei Sangyun’s lackeys. "I don’t know who, but they contacted me anonymously. We thought it might be one of your lackeys. This was a chance for us to join your group and serve under you, so we took the opportunity to teach that bastar— I mean Fei Chuan a lesson. We only did it because we wanted to make you happy, boss!"

Bei Sangyun had heard something like this before. "Hey, call someone from that group last time."

"Which group, boss?" Her lackey asked excitedly. They were finally doing tasks as the boss’ lackeys!

"The bread shuttle."

Without wasting any time, they summoned the two students who had bought bread for Bei Sangyun earlier.

"Boss, we’re here!"

"You told me last time that you bullied Fei Chuan to pleased me. Where exactly did you hear that news?" Bei Sangyun asked straightforwardly.

"Isn’t it widely known? Everyone in the school knows that Fei Chuan offended the ty— you, boss."

Bei Sangyun massaged her aching forehead. Not this again.

All those bullying incidents were indeed related to her. It wasn’t because Fei Chuan was gloomy and unpopular, but because she had practically given everyone permission to bully him.

But she had only given a vague order to her lackeys, so how had it become this widespread?

Bei Sangyun glanced at her lackeys. "Did any of you spread the rumor that I gave orders to bully Fei Chuan?"

"We didn’t, boss!" The lackeys answered in chorus.

"Really? Don’t lie," Bei Sangyun threatened.

"W-we really didn’t do it, boss. We did make things hard for Fei Chuan occasionally, but we didn’t explicitly say that it was you, boss, who had given the order. We don’t know how it started, but everyone seemed to know the reason the next day."

So they hadn’t spread the rumors?

A rumor could only take flight when someone allowed it to spread its wings.

"Give me your phone," Bei Sangyun demanded from the leader.

The only thing suspicious was that classmate from Class 3-1A who had been providing tips to this person.

"B-boss, I’m really sorry!" The big bully cried out. It’s not that he didn’t want to hand over his phone, but he’d rather give the tyrant hundreds of brand new phones than the one he was using right now! He had many secrets on it....

"Give. It. To. Me."

"...."

The tyrant was too scary, huhu.

Bei Sangyun went to the inbox and showed a disgusted expression. She couldn’t help but kick the man again. This guy had several girlfriends from other schools and all walks of life! What a scumbag!

Then she found the peculiar message inbox.

It was from an unregistered number.

[The tyrant wants to teach Fei Chuan a hard lesson. Anyone who makes a move first will be rewarded handsomely and accepted into the group. She really wants to break his leg this time.]

But it wasn’t the only message.

This anonymous sender had been giving tips to the leader occasionally, starting from the beginning of the semester. They sent details about where she and Fei Chuan were or what kind of things ’Bei Sangyun’ wanted them to do.

Bei Sangyun scrolled to the beginning and found the first message.

[I am from class 3-1A. I am in the same class as the tyrant. I heard you want to be in the same group as the school tyrant. I can help you. The tyrant has the target ’Fei Chuan’ who is also in the same class as me. She wanted that Fei Chuan to be taught a lesson for offending her. It would be a good idea if you make a move first.]

[Isn’t it hard doing it by yourself? You don’t need to do it alone. Just spread the news. I’ll help you. If the tyrant sees the target is suffering, she will be happy, right? Then I’ll tell her it was because of you that she’s having good days.]

[Fei Chuan is in the cafeteria. The tyrant is also there. Why not make the tyrant happy? Make sure the target knows why you are doing it.]

[#324** is Fei Chuan’s locker. The tyrant wants to surprise him...]

[Make sure everyone knows so the tyrant will be happy....]

Bei Sangyun held the phone tightly. The more she read, the icier her expression became.

Just by looking at the messages, this person and these people had been constantly harassing Fei Chuan for a long time. They even sent threats to his locker, never giving him a moment’s peace.

No wonder Fei Chuan had grown up so twisted and always bothered her in social events, as if that were his life-long goal.

But she hadn’t been aware that her name had been used every time.

The atmosphere suddenly grew colder. The bullies on the ground and the lackeys behind her dared not speak. Just by looking at her expression, they knew the tyrant was on the verge of exploding!

Bei Sangyun suddenly laughed. Her laughter was so chilling that the surrounding people got goosebumps.

"There’s no need to investigate further. I have an idea of who this could be."

There was only one person in Class 3-1A who had the guts to use her name and order people around. The only person who would benefit from all of this.

Someone was playing at being her doppelganger, huh?

She had thought she could ignore that person for the time being.

The grudge had been paid, and the past was now gone. With a new future ahead of her, Bei Sangyun thought she didn’t need to be petty and mind every single thing. She didn’t intend to make them suffer like she had in the past. As long as they didn’t cross her bottom line, she would generously let them live longer.

After all, she wanted to live righteously while living her life to the fullest with her grandma.

But...this was different.

This truly made her angry.

She didn’t know that this person was involved and had been playing around using her name. Because she had only one goal in mind, she wasn’t aware that someone had been manipulating her reputation since high school. And the target was none other than Fei Chuan.

Right. Let’s just consider it avenging for Fei Chuan. This grudge had not yet been settled.