Yifan hated being this far behind on school work. If his mum hadn't forced him to take those few days away from school to rest up after being ill, then he wouldn't be this far behind on school work and feared failing most of his classes this early on in the school year. 

It was quite ironic really; Yifan's mum had made him take those few days off of school, and yet it was also she who was making him go to extra classes after school in order to catch up on, and improve, what he was lacking in. This year was an important year after all and all his mum wanted was for her son to get into a decent university. Effectively, Yifan needed all the help he could get! 

He still didn't understand though why he had to stay out late into the night just to get extra help from the school. He could have easily hired a tutor to come around for him and paid for the tutor out of his own money, he didn't need to, or want to, stay in school until the late hours of the night. He's not the only one who hates walking home alone in the dark. 

The scream he heard from the lane across from him should have indicated to Yifan that he should be hurrying on home at this point. Obviously, he should have been running away by now and saving himself from danger, his instincts were telling him, no screaming at him, to do so! 

He couldn't just leave like that though. He was pretty sure that the scream he heard was a woman's scream and he couldn't exactly leave without checking to see if everything was alright. It wasn't as if anyone else in the area was going to check... but then his mum would begin to worry about why he was taking so long to come home. 

For a moment there, Yifan played with his conscience but eventually decided on going to check if everything was alright. His mum would understand why he had taken so long if he explained the situation to her. After all, there is nothing wrong with wanting to be a good samaritan for once in his life!

That didn't mean he went rushing over to the scene. His steps at first were slow and hesitant. When he began walking down the lane, his heart began to beat quicker, every scrape and scratch he heard made him jump slightly but he continued on, determined to put his mind at ease and see if everything was alright. 

Up ahead of him, Yifan could hear a scuffle going on. Rushing forward slightly he jumped and screamed slightly when he felt someone fall against him, letting them fall against the floor. Upon close inspection, Yifan's eyes widened when he saw a woman lying on the floor, blood seeping through her dress from her stomach... which had seeped through onto Yifan's shirt when she fell onto him. 

Seeing her lying there, Yifan tried to see if he could do anything to help her. At first he applied his coat to the area she was bleeding from to try and steam the bleeding. Placing two fingers to her neck, he couldn't feel a pulse and knew she was dead. Jumping up, Yifan looked around to see if he could get anyone to help him... he couldn't leave her body there like that! 

That was when he heard a scuffle going on up ahead. Rushing forward, two men in front of him were fighting, one of them stabbing the other in the stomach before rushing away. 

"Hey!" Yifan shouted, running after them
"Hey come back here!" 

Yifan was a fast runner. Being quite the athletic person, a tall athletic person for that matter, he could catch up to others in a matter of mere strides. The person he was chasing though, they were clever; having hidden themselves, they waited for Yifan to appear before they struck, stabbing him in the shoulder with the knife, staying there to watch him fall to the ground before they ran away again. 

Yifan tried to go after them, but with the pain he was in he didn't think he had to energy to continue running. Instead, he went back to where the man had been stabbed, seeing if he could help him when he couldn't the man's wife. Walking back to the scene, the man had already pulled the knife out of his stomach and was bleeding heavily. 

Yifan put him on the floor and tried to apply pressure to the wound, but the guy was losing so much that he couldn't contain it. With the police arriving on the scene, the man and his wife were dead and Yifan was being arrested for something he didn't do. 

~

"Was there no video surveillance of the place that night? Surely that would have cleared your name!" Yixing asked 
"Surprise, surprise the video footage of the night had "accidentally" been erased. The police managed to pin the blame on me like this; I had stabbed the wife first before going after the husband. During an altercation where I stabbed him he managed to grab hold of the knife and stab me before falling to the ground and dying... bull!" Yifan replied, pacing the kitchen floor before pausing and laughing bitterly. 

"All the articles say that I got away from the death penalty because of my age. Lies, they would have done it anyway regardless. I only managed to escape death because the family of the victims didn't want it... th-they wanted me to suffer and make me live with the guilt for something I didn't do for the rest of my life"

"Then there's my mum... the woman who disowned me the minute she found out; couldn't believe her perfect son would do that so she didn't want a son. When the verdict was read, she went to hug the family of the victims and I was being carted away... I-I was scared and terrified and was shouting to her for some sort of comfort and yet she ignored me! Those people lost two family members... I lost a mum and the person who actually did it got off soctt ing free!" tears in his eyes as he slammed his fist down onto the table. Yixing had never seen him like that before. 

"D-do you know who actually did it?" he asked 
"Of course I do. He's soon to become one of the richest men in the country, he's very powerful and very scary" Yifan replied. 

"Who is it?"  Yixing asked, holding his breath for the answer

"Guo Ling"

And the cup that had been previously held in Yixing's hand was sent crashing to the floor...

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