Chapter 567
Chapter 567
Chapter 567 Self-Preservation
On her third day there, she met someone. It was a Friday, and she came back to her small villa after
school only to find a person covered in blood at her doorstep. The boy was wearing an expensive dress
shirt and seemed to be a scion of a wealthy family who was being pursued by his enemies. He also
looked like a Charic. Her mom had told her to help out fellow countrymen when abroad and a host of
other things... but her life was more important. Despite feeling sorry for him, Cecelia chose to protect
herself, because what if she was also targeted for retaliation? She threw a bottle of medicine at him
from inside the house and called the ambulance, but the bottle of medicine hit Yozan on the head.
Yozan had thought that this young girl, who looked quite kind, would help him, but he never expected
her to be so clever. The impact from the bottle made his discomfort even worse.
"I..." His voice was hoarse, and he was about to reach out, but Cecelia yelled at him from behind the
window with a look of nervousness on her face.
"Okay, stop. I know you may be seriously injured, and I've called the police for you, but... um, don't
come over, and don't say you know me. It's not easy for a young girl like me to live alone abroad. Let's
just be strangers."
Cecelia laughed nervously and quickly closed the window. Yozan never expected to encounter such a
ridiculous situation, but fortunately, the ambulance arrived quickly, and he was carried away on a
stretcher. Before leaving, he took a deep look at the window, where a figure could be seen vaguely
moving.
"Is she so afraid of death?" He smirked and let out a hoarse laugh.
Cecelia thought she had gotten herself into big trouble because she had been feeling like someone
was following her recently. Every day after school, she would look around to make sure she was safe
before continuing on her way. As she walked, she silently cursed her father for buying a villa in such a
remote location.
"I pray for my safety as a young girl living alone abroad," she closed her eyes and prayed, but the next
second, she bumped into someone's chest.
Cecelia lifted her head and saw a boy in front of her with a smile on his face, looking at her with
amusement. "Why are you praying?"
Cecelia's face turned red, and because she didn't know the boy in front of her, she stepped back warily.
"Who are you?" Cecelia asked.
Pointing at his own name tag and spreading his hands, the boy said with a shrug, "Your classmate."
Cecelia was too nervous to notice that the boy was wearing the same school uniform as her, and he
looked particularly handsome in it with broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs. His height of 6
feet 1 inches could make anyone fall for him.
"Do you remember me, Cecelia?" The boy called her by her name so easily that Cecelia panicked.
"Not only did you follow me, but you also investigated me!"
"I didn't. Your name is on your name tag," Yozan said, looking a bit helpless. He wondered if this girl
was really the second-ranked student in their class. Cecelia glanced at his name tag, where she saw
his name, Yozan Harley, in big letters.
"Why did you follow me?" Cecelia asked nervously.
"I didn't follow you. I'm just walking home with you," Yozan said naturally, taking Cecelia's bag and
slinging it over his shoulder.
Cecelia suddenly exclaimed, "That's my bag! Give it back to me!"
Yozan weighed the bag in his hand and asked, "What's inside?"
Cecelia blushed and said, "Why do you ask so many questions?"
"If you don't tell me, I'll look inside myself," Yozan said with a grin.
Yozan was about to open the bag when Cecelia quickly grabbed his hand and said, "Stop it! I'll tell
you!"
"Books," she explained.
"And?" Yozan asked.
"A camera," Cecelia said.
"What else?"
"Umm... sanitary pads," Cecelia said.
Yozan touched his nose and decided not to ask any more questions.
The two of them walked along the busy street, and Yozan's handsome face attracted many foreign
women's admiring glances. Cecelia looked at him and secretly labeled him as a 'flamboyant peacock'.
"Why are you going the same way as me? I'm almost home now," Cecelia said.
Standing in front of her villa, she looked a bit helpless. "What's your purpose for following me? I know
I'm beautiful, but you don't have to..."
Yozan opened the gate next to Cecelia's villa with a snap, cutting her off mid-sentence.
"Haha… Turns out we're neighbors. Nice to meet you..." Cecelia laughed awkwardly, wishing she could
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Unfortunately, her welcome did not receive a response. She looked up and saw that the boy had
already gone inside his villa. She was left standing alone in the wind.
After a while, Cecelia realized that her bag was still with Yozan. "Wait, my bag is still with you!" she
exclaimed.
A lazy voice came from the villa. "I'll give it back to you tomorrow morning when we go to school."
Does that mean I have to go to school with this guy?
From then on, she was forced to start a routine of going to school and coming back from school
together with this guy.
She had asked him many times what his purpose was for getting close to her, but she never got a
response. So, she decided to temporarily put the guy under observation.
A week later, during a school exam, she was surprised to find that the guy was seated in front of her
and was caught cheating.
When caught, Yozan calmly stood up from his chair and said, "I didn't cheat."
However, the school administration didn't care and wanted to take him and his exam paper away.
"Wait, I can testify that this person didn't cheat." Yozan turned around and looked at Cecelia behind
him.
Although she was cowardly, she still raised her hand to help him seek justice. He let out a chuckle.
"This matter has nothing to do with you, so don't get involved." He smiled and patted her head, but
Cecelia couldn't care less at this point. Since she had already spoken up, she had to see it through to
the end.
"I saw someone slip a note onto his desk with my own eyes. He definitely didn't cheat." Cecelia nodded
with conviction. "I can testify to that."
Yozan's gaze deepened, but he couldn't quite place the feeling. However, the disciplinary teacher
assumed that the two of them had a close relationship, and both Cecelia and Yozan were suspended
from the exam and brought to the disciplinary office. The two of them stood in the office, waiting for the
principal to arrive.
Yozan stood there nonchalantly and glanced at the top of Cecelia's head. "Aren't you usually timid and
afraid of getting into trouble? Why did you testify for me? Aren't you afraid of being retaliated against by
whoever slipped me the note?"