Chapter 21: Silent Counterattack

  After dinner with Su Xiaqing in the evening, Su Yifan returned home early, just to avoid being discovered by her parents about the scars on her face.

  Su Xiaqing took some medicine from the physiotherapy club and gave it to Su Yifan, instructing him on how to apply it externally and take it internally, saying that its effect was many times better than what the small clinic had prescribed. Su Yifan applied some of it to his wound, and by evening, there were already signs of complete healing.

  After doing twice the amount of exercise as usual in the room alone, Su Yifan suddenly remembered Oola's standing posture today and stood still for nearly an hour, listening to English words while pondering Oola's every move.

  Su Yifan knew in his heart that ordinary people's unskilled fighting was nothing more than a comparison of physical strength and endurance. If he really had the kind of monstrous physical ability like Oola, then with just a few light punches today, these young men would definitely all fall down.

  It wasn't until after 10 o'clock that Su Yifan finally took a bath and went to sleep. After the pride and confidence in his heart were thoroughly stirred up, his temperament and tenacity became even stronger. In the bathroom, Su Yifan looked at his thin body and turned back to his room, falling into a deep sleep.

  As usual, he didn't take the bus in the early morning and ran to school with his backpack on. The muscle soreness had alleviated a lot, but instead, the bruised part from yesterday started to ache slightly. Today at the school gate, Su Yifan saw Li Peiran again who came to school very early, this time Li Peiran didn't take the initiative to talk to Su Yifan, but only looked at him with an undisguised playful gaze.

  Su Yifan was still very nervous in his heart, and the severe tone of Wang Qin's voice was still swirling in his mind. Even if Su Xiaqing had more influence, how could she resolve this old woman who might be angry with herself for not being evaluated as an excellent teacher?

  No matter what was said, Su Yifan still decided to believe in Su Xiaqing. He walked into the classroom with a normal expression, sat down at his seat, and continued reading something unrelated to his studies.

  Li Peiran hasn't been lingering around the school entrance lately, ever since Su Yifan made a sarcastic comment about him. In the past, Li Peiran would always greet a few teachers who liked to arrive early at school before heading back to class. Now he finally understands that his actions were too deliberate and anyone could see through his thoughts.

  Looking at Su Yifan sitting there quietly reading a book, Li Peiran's anger couldn't be reconciled. If it were just Cheng Shuiheng having a good relationship with this kid, that would be fine, but anyone could see the huge "good person" label on Su Yifan's body. But after going against Chen Shaowei and losing out, he was still so calm, Li Peiran couldn't help but admit that Su Yifan had something different from himself.

  Perhaps Su Yifan was just calm on the surface and scared to death in his heart? Li Peiran comforted himself like this, then listlessly flipped open his English textbook.

  Wang Qin's scolding of Su Yifan yesterday made Li Peiran feel extremely pleased, and he wanted to see how Su Yifan would be reprimanded today. With Class Director Wang Qin's sharp tongue, Su Yifan's parents were probably going to be left feeling ashamed, angry, and heartbroken.

  Su Yifan read for about thirty minutes before the start of self-study, then inserted a bookmark, looked up at the blackboard and stared blankly for a while before taking out his textbook.

  This detail was a sign of fear in Li Peiran's eyes, he happily used his book to cover his face and waited for Su Yifan's joke.

  Before the self-study class, some classmates came in one after another. Many eyes were cast on Su Yifan, with a look of great kindness and compassion that implied "let's see how you die". Su Yifan didn't mind, just kept her head down to read books until Cheng Shuiying arrived at the classroom and greeted her.

  Cheng Shui Xin had a smile all over her face and didn't mention yesterday's incident: "Let's play hooky together this afternoon."

  Li Peiran couldn't help but hum a sound beside him: "Teacher Wang is going to find Su Yifan's parents today, and it's still a question whether he can leave this afternoon."

  Cheng Shui Xin smiled at Li Pei Ran: "It's okay, I'll go talk to the teacher. Our literature club can't have anyone fall behind."

  Li Peiran smiled unnaturally and continued reading with his head down.

  Wang Qin walked into the classroom nearly fifteen minutes after the self-study class bell rang, and it was clear that Teacher Wang's face wasn't looking too good today. His eyebrows were tightly furrowed and his eyelids drooped deeply, giving off a feeling of desperately suppressing anger.

  The class that was originally quite chaotic and disorderly during early morning study quickly fell silent, as if a ferocious beast had charged into a flock of sheep.

  Actually, most of the students have already opened up their spectator mode in their hearts and are waiting for Wang Qin to speak. In the past year or so, Wang Qin's repeated outbursts have led to countless wonderful performances, and this time, although it was aimed at Su Yifan, who is usually a good person, it did not prevent many people from enjoying the show.

  Wang Qin walked up to the podium, cleared her throat, and tapped the blackboard eraser on the podium, doubly reminding her classmates to focus their attention.

  Su Yifan was also terrified, he looked at Wang Qin's fierce appearance and his heart felt a bit hairy. Wang Qin's scolding would not have those thugs' fists and kicks on her body, but the humiliation in front of the whole class was too embarrassing.

  Wang Qin looked at the dozens of students below the podium, those who were able to get into No. 1 High School in Binhai City by their own efforts were considered excellent students, and those who didn't get in by their own efforts had an excellent family background. Su Yifan was one of those who got in by his own efforts, Wang Qin had also met Su Yifan's parents, a very serious couple, not even middle-class. This was also one of the reasons why Wang Qin dared to vent her anger on Su Yifan... Even if she wanted to vent her anger, she had to consider social reality, this thing was really frustrating.

  Taking a deep breath, Wang Qin tried to make her expression as calm as possible. She looked at the gazes concentrated on herself, gritted her teeth and said in a low voice: "Recently, some idle people from society have been causing trouble near our school. Our school has contacted the police to carry out special rectification activities. From now on, everyone should be more careful when leaving school or taking a nap, don't linger at the school gate for too long, and avoid unnecessary accidents."

  After finishing, Wang Qin wrote a phone number on the blackboard, saying it was the hotline of the nearby police station. As we all know, public alarm calls require various steps such as transfer and confirmation, this phone call should be considered relatively efficient.

  After finishing a few sentences of safety precautions, Wang Qin suddenly walked away without looking back, leaving behind a classroom full of surprised students with bewildered faces.

  Isn't it supposed to criticize Yu Wei? How did it end like this? Or is the big show going to continue after finishing the morning self-study session?

  According to Li Peiran's understanding of Wang Qin, Teacher Wang is not a person who is good at hiding her emotions... Moreover, there is no reason why Wang Qin would not criticize Su Yifan during self-study class and instead occupy normal class time.

  Everyone's thoughts are different, Li Peiran used his book to block his face again, he was afraid that other classmates would see his slightly distorted expression, he really didn't understand why Wang Qin would let Su Yifan off.

  It was Su Yifan himself who finally let out a sigh of relief, he already knew that Wang Qin would not come to bother him again. No matter what means Su Xiaqing used, this matter should have no follow-up.

  During the first class of the afternoon, Su Yifan went downstairs and hadn't left the teaching building when he saw Yang Bingbing. Yang Bingbing was wearing a light gray jacket today, with a pair of jeans that had been washed to a slightly faded white. Su Yifan was very surprised, as for students nowadays, faded jeans only existed in stories and movies. But Yang Bingbing wore them naturally, without any hint of embarrassment on her face.

  It's hard to imagine that Yang Bingbing, dressed like this, would go listen to such a high-end economist's lecture. Even the Korean Kim Shin-hong, who pretended to be close to Yang Bingbing, couldn't be considered poor, so Su Yifan could only think that Yang Bingbing was being relatively low-key.

  I don't know if Yang Bingbing is intentionally waiting for Su Yifan to come down, but many classmates who came and went were guessing. Yang Bingbing has always been very hostile to boys, and it's too unreasonable for her to take the initiative to wait for a boy to talk.

  Seeing Su Yifan walking over, Yang Bingbing's face didn't have too much of a smile, but instead looked very curious as she sized Su Yifan up and down.

  Su Yifan looked very embarrassed and dodged Yang Bingbing's gaze: "Thanks for yesterday."

  "You're welcome." Yang Bingbing's tone wasn't as friendly as yesterday, but compared to other boys, it was still better. "This thing wasn't your fault in the first place, and what Teacher Wang did was wrong. But since you've already found someone to speak up for you, I don't have to worry about it anymore."

  Su Yifan of course knew who was helping him, and he wasn't surprised that Yang Bingbing, being in the student council, would have such timely information. Of course Su Yifan also noticed that Yang Bingbing's tone seemed to be slightly resentful, probably because she felt that he hadn't told her the truth yesterday.

  It's easy to understand why Yang Bingbing came to find him, Su Yifan turned his uncomfortable face to look at the beautiful woman who made all the male classmates fearful, and explained: "Although I know you may not believe it, but I still want to explain a bit more. This matter, I'm not very clear about the specifics either, until yesterday afternoon, I was still worried about how to say it when I got home."

  Yang Bingbing stared into Su Yifan's eyes for a few seconds, then nonchalantly looked around and didn't continue to make eye contact with him: "Alright, no need to explain."

  Su Yifan looked at the girl seriously: "You're waiting for me here, don't you want to hear my explanation?"

  Yang Bingbing turned around stylishly, her long hair fluttering behind her head: "Who's waiting for you? I just happened to pass by."

  Watching Yang Bingbing's gradually disappearing back, Su Yifan smiled: "Honestly, thank you for yesterday."

  Yang Bingbing didn't respond and went straight upstairs back to the classroom.

  …………

  …………

  Yang Bingbing stood up for Su Yifan, but Chen Xin didn't notice. At that time, he was enjoying the flattery of his followers who usually fawned over him. Later, when he found out, he didn't care. The reason why Chen Xin wasn't interested in Yang Bingbing wasn't because she wasn't pretty enough, but because he thought Yang Bingbing's status wasn't high enough. Yang Bingbing was too simple and only a girl like Cheng Shuijin who was clever and cunning would match his identity as Young Master Chen.

  Chen Xin took advantage of the class break to call Chuan Ge again, and he was going to the painting exhibition in the afternoon. He didn't want Su Yifan to appear in front of him again, so taking care of this kid during lunchtime seemed like the best option.

  Today, Chen Xin tried to call Brother Chuan no matter what, but his phone was dead and couldn't be reached. The phone call to Father's office to ask where Brother Chuan was also didn't know, after Chen Xin quietly transferred 20,000 yuan to Brother Chuan's card last night, Brother Chuan disappeared like a scammer who got the deposit and ran away.

  Chen Xin didn't give up and started frantically calling Chuan Ge again after the second class. This time, after about five minutes of torture, the phone finally connected.

  ————————————————————————————————

  Actually, I think that at 17 or 18 years old, if you don't act silly once or twice, then you won't have the chance to do so later on...