Immediately, a female classmate objected: "Oh, it's so sad not being a man! Gao Yang, I think you look quite nice in a skirt."
"Yes, Gao Yang, we've always thought you have a very gentle temperament, and this white dress suits you quite well."
Lu Shi was both surprised and grateful. At least Gao Yang had seen it; not everyone looked down on him.
The principal on the podium finally recovered from his surprise at seeing a male student wearing a skirt.
In Gao Yang's memory, this principal was enlightened, liked students, and was unlike any other. Yet, with his very first words, he pronounced Gao Yang's death sentence:
"Today at our Pride Culture Festival, I saw many students bravely being themselves, and I am truly proud of you all."
"However, not all unconventionality is freedom. We cannot use being ourselves as an excuse to do things that are contrary to common sense."
Ye Bugui snorted coldly: "I knew it. This school isn't that enlightened. It's just a facade used for publicity."
Lu Shi understood. He opened his mouth, but didn't refute it. Because, like Ye Bugui, he had already guessed what the principal was going to say next.
"Boys should have a manly spirit and be masculine! They shouldn't wear skirts and have long hair like girls!"
"Some people are not ashamed at all, but proud of it, and they even wear it to school! Do your parents know about this? Those two students who were wearing skirts, come up to the podium right now!"
Lu Shi walked numbly onto the podium like a puppet on a string, and Gao Yang took control of his body again.
This can only mean one thing: Gao Yang experienced all of this before.
The person he trusted most stabbed him the deepest.
Lu Shi suddenly laughed to himself; he and Gao Yang were quite alike.
When Gao Yang stood dejectedly on the podium, being stared at by everyone with strange looks, he couldn't help but shed tears.
The laughter and curses around them grew louder, because they realized that even the principal, who symbolized authority, was on their side.
They were right to mock Gao Yang and Ye Bugui.
Ye Bugui didn't care; he just felt he had made a mistake. If he had known he would have to wear a skirt on stage for a fashion show, he would definitely have chosen one that suited him better.
The principal glanced at Ye Bugui's nonchalant expression and felt somewhat displeased.
"You still seem to think you're not wrong, don't you?"
Ye Bugui was no Gao Yang. He immediately looked up and met the principal's gaze without fear: "What's wrong with me? Was I wrong for wearing a skirt?"
When Ye Bugui stood up straight, he was taller than the principal. When he looked down at the principal, he seemed more like the one in charge.
Gao Yang stopped crying, and Lu Shi temporarily regained control of the secondary body.
He watched Ye Bugui's actions and found them both novel and exciting.
Just after Gao Yang briefly regained control of his body, Lu Shi had already seen everything that was about to happen from the lingering fear and shadow in Gao Yang's eyes.
Originally, the principal would have cut Gao Yang's hair in front of everyone and made him call his parents, otherwise he would not be allowed to go home.
Lu Shike didn't want to repeat his mistakes at all; at the very least, he didn't want a stranger to touch his hair.
Fortunately, Ye Bugui disrupted the principal's original plan.
The principal could hardly believe that a student dared to defy him, and with such a strong presence.
"What are you doing! Don't come any closer! I'm telling you, I'm calling your parents right now!"
"Haha." Ye Bugui wasn't afraid at all. This was a dungeon, and he was facing a scumbag, so he had even less to fear. "Principal, are you scared? Is calling parents your only trick? That's so lame!"
At this moment, the security guards had already started sprinting towards the playground. Ye Bugui grabbed the principal by the collar and stared at him coldly:
"Where's your masculinity? Why can't you produce it? Or do you know this thing is useless?"
"ah!"
The students on the playground were all dumbfounded. They never expected that Ye Bugui would knock the principal to the ground with a single punch.
"The plan has changed." Ye Bugui looked at Lu Shi nonchalantly, and Lu Shi returned his smile with a "good job" expression: "I've figured it out. We don't need these people's understanding at all. Let's go home!"
Lu Shi nodded. Gao Yang didn't regain control of his body, which meant he liked this development, right?
Then Lu Shi's eyes lit up, and he suddenly wanted to do something that an evil demon lord should do:
"Before we leave, we still have someone to teach a lesson!"
"Goodness! You're quite vengeful!" Ye Bugui laughed even harder. It seems the Demon Lord has a less gentle side too, which is good. "That's what I was thinking too. Since you're limited by your body right now, leave the beating to me!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than three security guards rushed up.
Ye Bugui glanced at them, but instead of hitting the innocent security guard, he picked up the still bewildered Lu Shi and jumped off the platform.
"Wow!"
The students snapped out of their daze and suddenly realized how handsome the boy in the black dress was.
Yang Yi was unaware of the impending danger; he was still mocking Gao Yang with his henchmen.
"Beat up the principal! Gao Yang and his deskmate are completely finished this time! That's great!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than a scream came from behind Yang Yi.
He turned around and found that all his classmates had scattered, leaving only him, his followers, and the furious Ye Bugui and Lu Shi.
Of course, there was also Huang Tao, who was the first to be kicked to the ground from behind by Ye Bugui.
Lu Shi stood quietly to the side and watched, the image of Ye Bugui suddenly hugging him flashing through his mind from time to time.
He repeatedly reminded himself that Ye Bugui had only done this out of necessity, and there was no special reason for it.
After successfully brainwashing Ye Bugui, Lu Shi realized just how outrageous Ye Bugui's fighting power was.
In just one minute, Yang Yi and his gang of followers were already on the ground begging for mercy after being beaten by Ye Bugui.
"Are you still bullying Gao Yang?" Ye Bugui asked arrogantly, like a delinquent.
These bastards who had once beaten Gao Yang black and blue, leaving him covered in blood, were now kneeling on the ground, begging for mercy.
"We won't dare again! We'll never dare again!"
"Big brother, stop hitting me!" Yang Yi's face was swollen by now: "Don't hit my face, ah!"
Ye Bugui ignored him; if there were rotten eggs here, he would definitely throw them at Yang Yi's head.
That's right, he wanted Yang Yi to experience everything Gao Yang had gone through.
When Ye Bugui heard the sound of police sirens outside, he reminded Lu Shi, "You represent Gao Yang and let him vent all the anger he's accumulated over the years!"
"Alright." Lu Shi didn't hesitate and used all the energy in his body to punch Yang Yi.
That was awesome!
Then Ye Bugui dragged him along again: "I never expected there to be police in this dream, the logic is quite strong."
"Aren't we awake yet?" Ye Bugui remembered that he woke up quickly last time, unlike this time when he had gone through so much.
Led by Ye Bugui, they had already moved away from the chaotic playground.
"Perhaps a certain scene needs to be triggered for him to wake up. Don't forget today is Gao Yang's birthday." Ye Bugui saw the high wall in front of him and reached out his hand to Lu Shi again: "Come here."
"What?" Lu Shi roughly understood what Ye Bugui was going to do, so he showed his reluctance.
"I'll carry you out. We can't possibly go through the front gate. Who told me to cause such a big problem?" Ye Bugui said, but there was no remorse on his face.
“Uh…” Lu Shi didn’t mince words; it was Gao Yang’s fault for not being able to climb up!
Anyway, Ye Bugui was carrying Gao Yang on his back, not Demon Lord Lu Shi.
Their bodies pressed together again, but this time Lu Shi didn't smell the scent of soap.
More than anything, it was the strong, unique scent of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy.
He was fierce and domineering, yet he felt unusually at ease.
"Hold on tight." Ye Bugui, like a top-notch actor, easily scaled the wall, not forgetting to boast, "Back when I was in school, I would climb over the wall every day."
Ye Bugui suddenly felt that compared to the young Ye Bugui, was he, the Demon Lord, too law-abiding?
Having finally escaped the school, the two breathed a sigh of relief, and then Lu Shi looked at Ye Bugui and smiled.
"Why are you laughing again?" Ye Bugui noticed that Lu Shi was laughing more frequently in his dream. Could it be that he had no more idol image to maintain after changing bodies?
"Your skirt is all torn!" Lu Shi shook his head; Ye Bugui looked like a beggar now.
"Hey, it's nothing." Ye Bugui said nonchalantly, "The people here won't remember us anyway. Let's go home!"
Going home... Lu Shi didn't correct Ye Bugui's grammatical errors, and followed behind this flamboyant young man who was swaggering down the street in a tattered dress.
While waiting for the red light at the intersection, Lu Shi looked up and finally had a chance to look at the sky.
The setting sun dyed the sky red, like a salted duck egg soaked in oil.
The sunset glow shone on his face, and although many people were still staring at them, Lu Shi was in a very good mood.
He truly hoped that Gao Yang could have a happy birthday in his dreams.
When Ye Bugui arrived at Gao Yang's building again, he suddenly became more concerned about his appearance.
He slapped his thigh and said regretfully, "If Gao Yang's parents see me like this, won't they be angry?"
“I think,” Lu Shi remembered clearly, the principal’s most frequent muttering before he was brought down was about calling the parents: “Gao Yang’s parents should already know what we have done.”
“That’s true.” Ye Bugui admitted, “Forget it, we’ve already beaten them up. Let’s go. We’re just going to get a beating from two strangers anyway. The most important thing is to get out of this dream.”
"Yeah, and before we leave, we need to figure out Gao Yang's... situation." Lu Shi added quietly.
As the two of them stood at the door, Lu Shi suddenly felt a pain in his chest.
Just as he was about to tell Ye Bugui, he discovered that Ye Bugui, who had been adjusting her skirt next to him a moment ago, was now gone.
The door in front of him had suddenly become covered in rust for some reason.
When the wind blows, it stirs up dust and yellow paper all over the ground.
Something's not right!
Lu Shi almost reflexively took a step back, but unexpectedly bumped into something.
He turned around and realized that he had just bumped into a candlestick.
Behind him, an old woman was lying on the ground burning paper money.
The candles he kicked over caught fire on the old lady's clothes, but she didn't even glance at Lu Shi.
Then the door in front of him opened, even though Lu Shi hadn't knocked.