After a while, Pan Qiang's mood finally calmed down a bit, and he said in a deep voice, "Fang Yu, if you had a better attitude, I might have been able to plead for you. But your attitude has disappointed me. Since that's the case, you'll have to bear all the consequences yourself!"
Fang Yu remained silent.
A few minutes later, hurried footsteps were heard outside the office of the teaching department.
A burly man with a tattooed arm and a face full of muscles strode into the office.
"Who is Fang Yu?" the bald man asked loudly.
"Are you He Donglin's guardian?" Pan Qiang stood up, feeling a bit intimidated.
"I'm Da Biao. My brother is in the infirmary checking on Donglin. He sent me here to grab that little brat named Fang Yu!" the bald man replied.
Pan Qiang instinctively glanced at Fang Yu.
"Is it you?" Da Biao's eyes gleamed with malice as he approached Fang Yu.
"D-Da Biao, this is a school after all. I hope you won't do anything illegal here..." Pan Qiang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"This brat has beaten my brother's precious son. If I don't break his limbs, how can I face my brother?" Da Biao sneered as he extended his left hand towards the back of Fang Yu's neck.
At that moment, Fang Yu turned around and grabbed Da Biao's outstretched hand.
"Still trying to resist?" Da Biao's face twisted into a wicked grin as he applied a bit of force with his left hand.
However, to his surprise, his left hand couldn't move at all.
"Hmm?!" Da Biao's expression changed slightly as he gritted his teeth, using all his strength. The muscles in his thick arms tensed and bulged, but he still couldn't budge an inch.
How was this possible?
Fang Yu was just a seemingly frail high school student; how could he possess such strength?
"If you don't want to end up like He Donglin in the infirmary, you better stop," Fang Yu said.
Having been in the underworld for over a decade, Da Biao had never been threatened like this, especially by a mere teenager!
In an instant, Da Biao's eyes turned red with anger. "Who do you think you are?!"
As he spoke, Da Biao threw a punch with his right fist.
Fang Yu didn't dodge at all; he simply extended his left palm and easily blocked Da Biao's punch.
"I'm someone who can knock you down," Fang Yu said lightly before delivering a kick to Da Biao's abdomen.
"Bang!"
With a dull thud, Da Biao, a 1.9-meter tall giant, flew out of the office door and crashed heavily onto the corridor floor, unable to get up.
At that moment, both Pan Qiang and Huang Hai were dumbfounded, their eyes wide open as they looked at Fang Yu, as if they were staring at a monster.
"You both saw it; he attacked me first. I was just defending myself. I was in the same situation when facing He Donglin," Fang Yu turned to Pan Qiang and said.
"This, this..." Pan Qiang opened his mouth but couldn't find the words.
Fang Yu glanced at the fallen Da Biao outside the door and sighed inwardly.
In any case, after today's events, he wouldn't be able to stay in this school.
"Ring ring ring..."
At that moment, the telephone on Pan Qiang's desk rang.
Pan Qiang snapped back to reality and picked up the phone.
"Hello, Principal He... Yes, he's right here with me... What? But regarding He Donglin's parents... Okay, I understand."
Two minutes later, Pan Qiang hung up the phone and looked at Fang Yu with a very complex expression.
"Fang Yu... You can return to the classroom. The remaining matters will be handled by the school," Pan Qiang said.
Before Fang Yu could react, Huang Hai's expression changed, and he asked, "Director Pan, what is going on?"
Pan Qiang ignored Huang Hai and continued to speak to Fang Yu, "Fang Yu, our previous actions were in accordance with school rules and regulations. I hope you can understand our difficulties..."
"It's fine, I'm leaving," Fang Yu said before turning to leave the teaching office.
After Fang Yu left, Huang Hai asked again, "Director Pan, what is really going on?"
"Principal He just called and said someone has intervened on Fang Yu's behalf," Pan Qiang took a deep breath and said.
"Who is it?" Huang Hai asked.
Logically, Fang Yu had no relatives, came from a poor background, and had very few friends at school, so there shouldn't be anyone to help him.
Moreover, Fang Yu had injured He Donglin! His father, He Wencheng, was a notorious bully in Jiang Hai City!
"The Board of Directors, the Tang family," Pan Qiang replied.
"The Tang family? So the Tang family's daughter really has a connection with Fang Yu!" Huang Hai realized suddenly.
Then he regretted his previous poor attitude towards Fang Yu. If Fang Yu held a grudge, he would be in trouble.
...
When Fang Yu returned to the classroom unscathed, the class erupted in chaos.
How was this possible? They had heard that He Donglin's father was coming to the school; how could Fang Yu possibly be fine?
"Damn it! How could he be back so quickly?" Jiang Yue looked at Fang Yu, feeling disgruntled.
Then she saw Tang Xiaorou smiling at Fang Yu, and in an instant, she realized.
It must be Tang Xiaorou who intervened to help!
"Those two scumbags!" Jiang Yue cursed with jealousy.
...
In the teaching office.
He Wencheng's face was ashen as he sat in front of Pan Qiang's desk.
"My son has a comminuted fracture in his right hand! With less than five months until the college entrance exam, if he doesn't recover in time, he might not even be able to take the exam! Da Biao is also seriously injured; how can I swallow this anger?" He Wencheng said furiously.
"Mr. He, after our investigation, it was your son who attacked Fang Yu first..." Pan Qiang said, his forehead sweating as he explained.
"Bang!"
He Wencheng slammed the table: "Bullshit! Don't think I don't know; someone stepped in to protect that little bastard Fang Yu!"
Pan Qiang took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat and said cautiously, "Mr. He, please understand our position..."
He Wencheng's expression changed, his anger filling his chest.
As a notorious bully in Jiang Hai City, he had never felt so frustrated as he did today.
His son's right hand was nearly ruined, while the instigator was completely fine.
If this matter got out, how many people would laugh at him?
"Damn it, I will make that bastard pay! Otherwise, I, He Wencheng, can't stay in Jiang Hai City any longer!" He Wencheng gritted his teeth and said.
Pan Qiang was intimidated by He Wencheng's fierce aura and dared not speak.
"I can't touch him at school... but once he steps outside, you won't be able to control what happens to him, right?" He Wencheng slowly lifted his head and looked at Pan Qiang with a cruel gaze.
Pan Qiang could only nod and said softly, "What happens outside of school... can only be considered an accident."
"He will disappear soon," He Wencheng already had a plan in mind and began to smile sinisterly.
...
In the classroom.
Tang Xiaorou had been secretly observing Fang Yu.
Fang Yu couldn't take it anymore and turned to look at Tang Xiaorou, saying, "Did you think I would thank you?"
Tang Xiaorou was taken aback, thinking Fang Yu was unaware of her involvement!
"You should definitely thank me! Otherwise, for hitting someone, you would have been expelled!" Tang Xiaorou said with wide eyes.
"Then why do you think I hit someone?" Fang Yu stared at Tang Xiaorou and asked.
Tang Xiaorou felt shy under Fang Yu's gaze; she had never been this close to a boy before.
"I-I don't know!" Tang Xiaorou averted her gaze.
"If you hadn't transferred to my class and requested to be my deskmate, I wouldn't have attracted other people's attention, wouldn't have been envied by He Donglin, wouldn't have been provoked, and wouldn't have been forced to hit him," Fang Yu spoke quickly.
Tang Xiaorou was stunned by Fang Yu's words.
"And the loss you've caused me is permanent. Now that I've become well-known in this class, even if I'm not expelled, there will be plenty of trouble in the future. So, I request that you don't sit next to me and leave this class. I've said it before; I really dislike trouble," Fang Yu continued.
Throughout her life, as the daughter of the Tang family, Tang Xiaorou had always been the center of attention, never having been looked down upon like this.
She felt very aggrieved.
She clearly helped Fang Yu, yet she was treated with such disdain.
"If it weren't to treat Grandpa, who would want to sit with a jerk like you?!" Tang Xiaorou cursed inwardly.
Taking a deep breath to calm herself, Tang Xiaorou finally spoke, "If you want me to leave this class, that's fine. Just promise me you'll treat my grandpa, and I will leave immediately! Plus, I will give you a lot of rewards."
Fang Yu frowned slightly, looking at Tang Xiaorou's pretty face, seriously considering.
To avoid more trouble in the future, Fang Yu replied:
"Deal."