The next morning, rumors exploded across the school.
"Did you hear? Xiao Li cleared a hidden dungeon!"
"No way. The bullied guy?"
"I saw news reports!"
Students crowded around hallway screens showing hunter footage from the dungeon rescue teams.
Xiao Li walked in quietly.
Conversations stopped.
His former bullies froze.
One of them forced a laugh. "Hey… Xiao Li… we were just joking before…"
Xiao Li didn't even look at him.
That silence hurt more than any insult.
From the second floor balcony,
someone watched him carefully.
Lin Yue.
Her fingers tightened around the railing.
That's not the Xiao Li I knew…