William Carter's upper bunkmate, Brian Cooper, chuckled and chimed in, “Henry Clark, are you out of your mind? With William Carter always stuck in the bottom three of the class, and just over two months left until the college entrance exam, you still expect him to get any decent results?”

The four classmates exchanged glances, instantly understanding each other, and burst into unrestrained laughter. Henry Clark wanted to defend William Carter a little, but he knew deep down that even if William Carter gave it his all in the last two months, there was no way he could get into any university.

Edward Grant was quite pleased with Brian Cooper's support, and added sharply, “After evening self-study, that fat pig William Carter chased after Grace Brooks as soon as he left. With his dumb look, he actually thinks he can go after our class beauty? He should take a good look at himself in the mirror!”

Everyone knew that Grace Brooks was one of the top three beauties at Qingshui No.1 High School, and naturally the secret crush of many boys in Class 6, Grade 12, and even the whole school—the goddess of their dreams.

Henry Clark felt a twinge in his heart, realizing that William Carter must have really angered Edward Grant this time, because Edward Grant had mentioned more than once in the dorm that he wanted to pursue Grace Brooks.

Although Edward Grant was admitted from a nearby town, his family was well-off, and his grades had always been in the top five of the class. In a school like Qingshui No.1 High, where top scorers were everywhere, that was impressive. Plus, he was good-looking, so it was only natural that he wanted to go after the class beauty.

If it weren’t for the fact that he felt he couldn’t match Grace Brooks's family background, or that he was afraid of offending her, he would have written her a love letter long ago.

William Carter, not knowing his own limits, actually dared to secretly follow his dream girl Grace Brooks after school—no wonder Edward Grant was furious!

“Henry Clark, I’m telling you, I know you feel sorry for that big, useless fat pig, but tonight I’m definitely keeping this door locked. If you dare open it for him, don’t blame me for being rude!”

Seeing Edward Grant make such a threat, and the other three classmates looking so excited, Henry Clark knew that arguing would be pointless, so he stayed silent, sighed inwardly for William Carter, and quietly returned to his bed to keep reading.

A kind person gets bullied, a tame horse gets ridden! William Carter was just too timid!

Now the knocking on the door was getting louder and louder. Edward Grant and Brian Cooper were naturally woken up by the noise as well. They all knew it was William Carter knocking, but just sat up in their beds, looking smugly at the dorm door.

But Edward Grant was puzzled. With William Carter's timid personality, if no one opened the door after all that knocking, he would usually give up and rather squat outside the dorm until morning than keep knocking. Why wasn’t he giving up this time?

Henry Clark felt like the thumping on the door was pounding right on his heart. He really couldn’t stand it anymore and was about to get out of bed.

“You dare open it and see what happens?!” Edward Grant glared down at Henry Clark from above, threatening him fiercely.

“Damn, who the hell is knocking in the middle of the night? It’s driving me crazy!” The guys in the dorm across the hall were woken up too and shouted in annoyance.

By now, even if William Carter was clueless, he knew his dormmates were all awake but were deliberately refusing to open the door for him. He couldn’t help but get a little angry. The good mood from getting the Seven Luminaries Grass was completely ruined!

“So, you’re all just used to bullying me, huh…” William Carter gave a self-mocking laugh, stopped knocking, and took three steps back.

He took a deep breath, charged forward two steps, lifted his right leg, and kicked the door hard—“BANG!”—the dorm door flew open!

“Who locked the door!” William Carter strode straight into the dorm, his presence like a tiger descending the mountain. His sharp gaze swept around the room and finally locked onto Edward Grant sitting on the upper bunk!

Although he couldn’t recall the names of these people, William Carter could clearly sense that the one with the most hostility toward him was the guy sitting on the upper bunk, whose face was still full of disdain, as if waiting to watch a good show!

The dorm fell silent. Edward Grant, Brian Cooper, and even Henry Clark were all stunned, gaping at William Carter's uncharacteristic behavior!

Chapter 004: Stepping Up and Slapping Faces

Not just them—even the guys in the dorms across and next door were woken up by that loud bang. A few nosy students even opened their doors to see what was going on.

“Hey, there’s drama in 305 again. Let’s go see what kind of beating William Carter the pighead is getting this time!” A nosy guy from the next dorm poked his head out, then ducked back in to call his roommates.

“That dumb goose gets beaten up every day. What’s there to see? Boring!” His roommate, hearing that it was William Carter getting beaten again, instantly lost interest and lay back down.

Dorm 305.

After a brief moment of shock, Edward Grant finally snapped out of it. If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he’d never have believed William Carter would dare kick the door open and barge in!

Everyone in the school knew William Carter was timid, cowardly, and the easiest target for bullying. He was over 1.8 meters tall and weighed more than 200 pounds, yet even the freshmen dared to mock and ridicule him right to his face!