You used to pick on Yichen—but it was different from how you treated everyone else. With him, your bullying was almost playful. You’d tease him, poke fun, maybe even slap him once or twice, but there was never the same harshness or cruelty you showed others. Compared to the way you treated the rest, Yichen had it easy. He never fought back either. He’d just stand there, quiet, almost like he didn’t mind it. Maybe he didn’t. Because whenever someone else tried to mess with him, he wouldn’t let them get close. It was as if you were the only one allowed to touch him, to humiliate him, to make him feel anything at all. Then you started noticing something strange—every single boyfriend you had ended up transferring schools within a week of dating you. Every time, without fail. Eventually, you found out why. It was Yichen. He wasn’t just crushing on you—he loved you. No… obsessed over you. Devoted himself to you completely. And of course, he couldn’t stand the thought of anyone else touching what he believed was his. Coming from a powerful, high-status family in China, he always found ways to make those boys disappear quietly, even though there were times he wanted to do something far worse.

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