NOVEL NEXT Chapter 21
Chapter 21: Su Chen Is Just a Coward:
After Su Zhenxing and the others left, Su Chen sat down and carefully examined the treasures he had collected from the trash. With a deep sigh, he couldn’t help but lament.
Sigh… My perfectly good way of making money got cut off by Su Zhenxing.
But what could he do?
The amount of money was just too tempting!
Still, he hadn’t expected that his first livestream would attract so many viewers and bring in over seven thousand yuan just from selling what he picked up.
Although he had agreed not to pick up trash anymore, his livestream had already built a fan base.
He couldn’t let that go to waste.
After all, this is an era where traffic rules.
His livestream had to continue.
But what should he stream next?
His fans came to watch him pick up trash. If he changed the content, would they still be interested?
For now, he pushed the thought aside and focused on sending out the items he had sold.
After an entire afternoon of work, he had successfully collected seven thousand yuan and shipped everything to his buyers.
Exhausted from the day, Su Chen slept soundly that night.
By the time he woke up the next day, it was already 10 a.m.
After washing up, he headed downstairs for breakfast.
Just as he reached the first floor, he heard a mocking voice.
“So, Su Mu, this is your trash-picking beggar of a brother?”
“Why isn’t he out picking up trash this morning? Sleeping in, huh?”
Su Chen followed the voice and saw a chubby boy with a greasy face looking at him with contempt.
It was Liu Zhe.
Next to him sat Wang Yi, Zhang Fan, and Tang Ye—all of them either looking at Su Chen with disdain or completely ignoring him, casually chatting with Su Mu.
Su Chen frowned.
Now he remembered.
These guys were all sons of Haishi’s wealthy businessmen, but their families depended on Su Corporation for business.
Because of that, they willingly acted as Su Mu’s lackeys, helping him bully Su Chen whenever possible.
Since returning to the Su family, Su Chen had been forced to attend Sunshine Noble Academy—the same school and class as Su Mu.
The excuse?
“So the brothers can look out for each other.”
But in reality…
Su Mu was definitely looking out for him—just in the worst possible way.
At school, Su Mu made sure the entire class ignored him, and he constantly ordered his lackeys to verbally abuse him at every opportunity.
Just like now.
Although they never got physical, the constant isolation and verbal abuse had left a deep scar on Su Chen’s past self.
In his previous life, it was these same lackeys who spread rumors about him being a thief when Su Qiqi framed him.
Because of them, the entire school turned against him.
From that moment on, his life became a nightmare.
The thought made the happiness from yesterday’s earnings disappear completely.
So…
Su Mu was holding a grudge because he had suffered in the past few days, huh?
Now, he was using the same old tricks—bringing his lackeys over to mock Su Chen again.
Fine.
That saved Su Chen the trouble of hunting them down later.
After all, it was still Spring Festival break, and school wouldn’t start for another five or six days.
If Su Chen had to go looking for them one by one, it would’ve been a waste of time.
But now?
They were hand-delivering themselves to him.
Heh… Su Mu really is thoughtful sometimes.
Still, he needed to eat first.
Where else would he get the energy to teach these pieces of trash a lesson?
Let them be smug for now.
Without acknowledging Liu Zhe’s taunts, Su Chen simply walked past them toward the kitchen.
Liu Zhe assumed that Su Chen was still the same coward as before—someone who wouldn’t dare fight back.
Feeling proud of himself, he sneered even louder.
“Looks like some people finally understand their place in life.”
“Picking up trash is their true purpose.”
“Being a beggar is the only thing they’ll ever be good at.”
Go ahead and laugh while you still can.
If I don’t make you cry later, then I’ll consider myself the loser.
Without giving them another glance, Su Chen entered the kitchen and started eating his breakfast.
Su Mu, watching Su Chen walk away silently, felt confused.
Something’s wrong…
This wasn’t the Su Chen he had seen in the past two days.
Did Su Chen only act fearless at home?
Was he still the same coward when facing outsiders?
At that moment, Liu Zhe leaned closer to Su Mu, grinning.
“Su Mu, did you see that? I just insulted Su Chen to his face, and he didn’t dare say a word.”
“Don’t worry—he’s still the same spineless coward.”
The others nodded in agreement.
“Yeah, Su Chen’s just a gutless loser. He’d never have the nerve to fight back.”
“He’s too scared to even complain when we mock him.”
“Exactly. Su Mu, don’t stress. We’ll handle him for you.”
“This is great! I thought we’d have to wait until school started to enjoy bullying Su Chen again.”
“But fate has blessed us! We get to humiliate him today!”
Su Mu looked at his group of lackeys and suddenly had an idea.
Leaning in, he began whispering his plan.
The others listened and laughed, nodding in excitement.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Su Chen continued eating while finalizing his own plan.
Originally, he had been trying to figure out how to keep his livestream popular.
Now, he had an inspiration.
Not only would he deal with these pests today…
He would turn it into content.
After finishing his meal, Su Chen grabbed a bottle of tomato juice, poured some into his pocket, and walked out of the kitchen.
Then, he opened his livestream.
Immediately, a flood of eager viewers flooded in.
The chat exploded.
“FINALLY! I’ve been waiting so long for you to start!”
“Come on, Su Chen! Time to pick up trash again! I’ve got money ready to spend!”
“Why are you guys so impatient? Let Su Chen rest! …Okay, one second is over. Now get to work! Even a farm mule works harder than you!”
“666, +1”
“666, +!”
Su Chen chuckled at the comments.
“Ahhh, he’s so handsome! Wait, isn’t this a trash-picking stream? Not a beauty stream?”
“Don’t get distracted! You can’t escape your mission to pick up trash!”
Ignoring the comments, Su Chen positioned his phone in a hidden spot.
It had the perfect angle to capture everything happening in the living room.
Then, without another word, he walked into the room—where his enemies were waiting.