{"id":3201,"date":"2026-06-08T23:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/?p=3201"},"modified":"2026-05-09T20:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:25:45","slug":"after-transmigrating-into-a-beta-i-took-the-initiative-to-attack-the-main-characters-love-interest-42","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/ko\/chapter\/after-transmigrating-into-a-beta-i-took-the-initiative-to-attack-the-main-characters-love-interest-42\/","title":{"rendered":"After Transmigrating into a Beta, I Took the Initiative to Attack the Main Character’s Love Interest 42"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zhou Shiyi returned to school; at the assembly he received a scholarship, shared his study methods, and amid being hailed as a study god, slipped back into the ranks of Class 3\u20131.

Although everyone in Class 3\u20131 knew Zhou Shiyi had already been admitted to B University through recommendation, he still looked the same\u2014coming to school early, reading and studying.

Even without following the teachers\u2019 pace, studying college-level material ahead of time, he set an example for the others.

Class 3\u20131\u2019s students borrowed Zhou Shiyi\u2019s gold trophy, took photos and posted them online to show off, then quietly settled down to prepare for the upcoming exams.

Gu Sheng had returned to school.

He was more diligent than before, and worked even harder.

Since Zhou Shiyi had no one by his side, Gu Sheng simply moved next to him and became his deskmate.

Zhou Shiyi didn’t have any particular feelings about it, and Gu Sheng no longer monopolized Zhou Shiyi’s free time like before; he only glanced over at him when he was tired from studying, as if that alone recharged him.

With the start of sophomore and junior years, the seniors began their first joint exam.

This time the entire H City used the same paper, so students would be able to see their city-wide rankings\u2014making it an extremely important test.

After two days passed, Gu Sheng set his paper down, closed his pen, and listened to the bell marking the end of the exam. He waited to hand in his paper, then put on his uniform and headed to the school’s auditorium.

With the first mock exam concluded, the Hundred-Day Pledge Rally followed.

Gu Sheng found his class and saw them waving at him, leaving the seat next to Zhou Shiyi for him.

Zhou Shiyi was wearing formal attire today, rare for him; later he would go up to speak as a student representative.

When the principal finished speaking, it was time for the student representative to give a speech.

Tall with long legs and clad in a black suit, Zhou Shiyi looked every bit the mature adult.

No sooner had he stepped up than the students from Class 3 of Senior Year started cheering for him from below, the support so loud the teacher had to call them down several times before they quieted.

Gu Sheng sat below watching Zhou Shiyi take the mic and speak\u2014clear diction, varied cadence\u2014and his speech wasn’t long, but every student listened intently.

Even more so, knowing he had been fast-tracked by early admission as a top scholar, many people pulled out their phones to take pictures of Zhou Shiyi.

Because today was a special occasion, when students took out their phones to snap photos the school leaders turned a blind eye.

After several administrators finished speaking, the coming-of-age ceremony began.

As the first class, the class president led the way carrying their class placard, guiding the students of Senior Year Class 1 through a long archway.

School leaders atop the arch offered their blessings to the students who had already come of age or were about to.

Just before they passed under the arch, they took off the outer layer of their school uniforms to reveal their formal attire beneath, symbolizing that they were now adults and would take responsibility for their actions.

Before they passed through the archway, someone suddenly appeared outside it and sprayed them with foam.

Zhou Shiyi was walking at the very edge and was caught off guard, but Gu Sheng, who always kept an eye on Zhou Shiyi, reacted quickly this time\u2014he threw his removed school jacket over the two of them to keep their faces from being sprayed.

The others weren’t so lucky. Everyone panicked at first, then saw that their faces and heads were all covered in foam and burst out laughing.

Hidden under Gu Sheng’s jacket, Zhou Shiyi only had his clothes dirtied a bit\u2014his face remained clean.

They came out early, stood downstairs, and wiped everything on themselves clean with wet wipes.

“Zhou Shen.”

Hearing the voice, Zhou Shiyi turned around and saw the class president holding a bouquet of sunflowers, followed by the entire Class 1 of Senior Three.

The class president wore a white blazer, his hair slicked with gel, looking every bit like someone who could be a successful professional in the future.

The class monitor walked up to Zhou Shiyi, looking nervous and uneasy. “Classmate Zhou Shiyi, I’m sorry. When you were being bullied at school, I didn’t stand up or speak for you and just looked on coldly. I didn’t realize that my behavior was a form of silent cruelty toward you. Classmate Zhou Shiyi, I’m sorry.”

When he heard the class president apologizing to him, Zhou Shiyi listened but didn’t say anything.

The class monitor stepped forward and handed him the sunflower, giving him a gentle hug.

After he left, an omega from the class stepped up\u2014surname Tian\u2014who really was very sweet-looking.

At first Tian\u2019s whole face was flushed, and he stammered awkwardly, \u201cZhou Shiyi, I\u2019m sorry. I shouldn\u2019t have laughed at you at the beginning. I hope you can accept my apology.\u201d

Tian took a sunflower and offered it to Zhou Shiyi.

The other classmates followed suit.

“Zhou Shiyi, I’m sorry.”

“I’m sorry. I apologize for my previous recklessness.”

Soon there was no more room in Zhou Shiyi’s arms; it was Gu Sheng at the side who couldn’t stand it any longer and stepped in to help hold some of the sunflowers.

Listening to them apologize one after another, Zhou Shiyi felt very calm inside.

Because the person involved was no longer here, he couldn’t forgive them on their behalf; he could only accept their apologies.

When the last person stepped forward and apologized to Zhou Shiyi, he suddenly felt a hollow in his chest, as if something had been ripped away.

He touched his chest, so Zhou Shiyi, as the victim, heard their apologies.

When the original body heard their apologies, it suddenly felt relieved and completely left this body.

Zhou Shiyi felt a bit melancholy; his heart was hollow. He knew the original soul had left for good.

He turned his head and saw Gu Sheng with a dark face, cradling a sunflower he couldn’t quite fit into his arms, bending to pick up another sunflower that had fallen to the ground.

Zhou Shiyi set the bouquet aside and freed Gu Sheng.

“They were great\u2014said their piece and ran off, no one even helped,” Gu Sheng complained.

\u201cMaybe they rode that wave of courage to get it out, and then felt too embarrassed afterward.\u201d Today was the coming-of-age ceremony, so it served as an excuse for the things they’d done while still minors.

As classmates, they later learned during a school-organized report on \u201cHow to Prevent Campus Violence\u201d that what they had done before actually counted as part of school bullying.

Did they really hate Zhou Shiyi at first?

No, they didn’t.

But why, when others took the lead in bullying the original, did they all choose to watch coldly from the sidelines, and when the original made a fool of himself, even laugh out loud?

Perhaps at first they were afraid of Huang Cheng’s violence and family background, but as Huang Cheng became increasingly excessive, they didn’t even step forward to stop it, nor did they think to go find a teacher.

The head teacher of Senior Year Class 1 had now been replaced by Teacher Wu.

The reason was that some students reported Teacher Gao for lacking professional ethics and bullying a student publicly.

For a teacher like that, the school leaders feared causing further negative impact on the already pressured third-year students, so they replaced him.

“Hmph.” Gu Sheng snorted. “They’re all talk and no responsibility.”

In first year, he had been the center of attention for the whole school; wherever he went he drew all eyes, and those things never happened in front of him.

Zhou Shiyi watched Gu Sheng, who, puffed up with anger, deliberately plucked a few petals, then nervously glanced at him. He felt like laughing.

In the original’s memories, Gu Sheng had always been like a dazzling little sun\u2014wherever he went, the darkness had nowhere to hide.

Gu Sheng indirectly helped the original several times, and in the original work, when Gu Sheng saw the original being bullied, he stepped forward to clear his name. After that he paid attention to the original\u2019s mental health and took great care of him.

The Gu family conglomerate also pressured Mingde High School, ensuring that Mingde students would have a channel to report incidents of campus bullying.

After knowing him for so long, Gu Sheng really was like a little sun, illuminating everyone else.

Zhou Shiyi, as one of the victims of school bullying, joined the victims’ group chat. Everyone there used anonymous handles, and several times they mentioned Gu Sheng, saying they would make a point of finding an opportunity to thank him in person.

Compared to Zhou Shiyi, the sunflower was actually more suited to Gu Sheng.

Zhou Shiyi thought that and did it\u2014he picked the prettiest flower from the bouquet and handed it to Gu Sheng.

“What is this for?” Gu Sheng took it, dazed, a little embarrassed.

“I thought it suited you, and I also wanted to say thank you.” Zhou Shiyi suddenly grew serious. “Thank you, Gu Sheng, for stepping up when I was being bullied at school.”

Gu Sheng’s ears flushed red. He kept his face expressionless and lowered his eyes to look at the sunflower in full bloom.

“No need to thank me, but this is a bit half\u2011hearted\u2014you’re giving me flowers, and they’re secondhand.” He was clearly thrilled inside, but his words still came out awkwardly.

“You’re right, it’s not good. How about this: give it back to me now, and later I’ll go to the florist and get you another bouquet,” Zhou Shiyi said after thinking it over.

Seeing he was really going to take the flowers, Gu Sheng panicked. “You gave them to me\u2014how can you take them back? I think this sunflower is pretty great.”

Zhou Shiyi chuckled softly and ruffled Gu Sheng’s hair.

Gu Sheng scowled and leaned back, his ears flushed: “Don’t touch my head.”

“Mm hmm, let’s go. Grandma’s still waiting for us at home.” Zhou Shiyi looped his arm around Gu Sheng’s shoulder as they walked out.

They’re neighbors now.

After Zhou Shiyi confirmed his recommendation admission, he moved back, and Gu Sheng also moved into the row-house. Gu Sheng often went to Zhou Shiyi’s place for meals, and after so many visits, Grandma Zhou had grown familiar with him.

Sometimes Gu Sheng would just sleep over at Zhou Shiyi’s place and come to school the next day.

Gu’s family knew Gu Sheng had grown close to Zhou Shiyi; they often went to his house, and sometimes stayed out all night. They would turn a blind eye.

Nian Meilan got close to Zhou Shiyi because she was the one who asked him for help, so it was perfectly natural that the two of them grew close.

As for Gu Yuan, because he had an honest conversation with Gu Sheng that day, all he could say about Gu Sheng\u2019s behavior was: really, once he has a partner he forgets his family.

But on second thought, they weren\u2019t even in any kind of relationship right now\u2014not even close\u2014so Gu Yuan still had to cover for Gu Sheng.

Gu Jinyan, meanwhile, ran all over the place; she\u2019d had her own ideas since she was little, otherwise she wouldn\u2019t have suddenly gone abroad in middle school.

Whether Gu Sheng came back or not, she didn\u2019t think it would be a big problem.

Zhou Shiyi had his arm around Gu Sheng as they went into a flower shop, and he really did buy Gu Sheng a bouquet of sunflowers.

Gu Sheng hugged the flowers to his chest, smiling like an idiot.

When they got home, both of them were carrying sunflowers and startled Grandma Zhou.

“Oh my, where did you two go and bring back so many flowers?” Grandma Zhou told them to put the flowers on the table.

They exchanged a glance and smiled, neither of them revealing the truth.

“Grandma, wait for me a moment, I’ll put these flowers down and come right back.” Gu Sheng held the bouquet and left Zhou Shiyi’s house.

He had moved in next to Zhou Shiyi’s house half a month ago; ever since then the comings and goings had been lively.

The old slab-style apartment block had taken on a new life.

\u201cHey, Xiao Sheng, hurry up and be quick, the food will get cold.\u201d Grandma Zhou rummaged through the room for a suitable container to hold so many flowers and called out to Gu Sheng from inside.

Gu Sheng replied and left.

Because they lived close by, and since Gu Sheng had helped Grandma Zhou before\u2014with Nian Meilan also nudging things along to bring the two families closer\u2014they became familiar with each other very quickly.

Gu Sheng now rarely ate at the house across the street; he lived and ate at Granny Zhou\u2019s place.

Zhou Shiyi felt a little helpless about Gu Sheng forcefully taking over a corner of his bedroom.<\/p>","protected":false},"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"novel":[],"class_list":["post-3201","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/3201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/3201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3202,"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/3201\/revisions\/3202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"novel","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/novel?post=3201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}