Chapter 45

Chapter 45

“Ahem, ahem… Let me tell you, don’t think you can fool me with a few cigarettes. I’m telling you, that trick won’t work on me. Heh, sit down.”

Zhao Ze and the others: “…”

Liu Ye didn’t stand on ceremony. He plopped right down in the chair.

“Teacher, what’s up?”

“Nothing much. These people say you robbed your classmates of their belongings,” Teacher Hao said unhurriedly.

The moment those words came out, Liu Ye cried out in shock.

“Teacher, you know me. I’m the most honest person there is. How could I ever do something that undermines class unity?”

As he spoke, he slapped his backpack onto the desk and pushed it toward Teacher Hao.

Brother Guiwa had said that when you were away from home, you couldn’t be stingy with money. Money could make even ghosts push the millstone! Besides, this was inside a movie, so it wasn’t like he was spending his own money.

Teacher Hao glanced at it, and his eyes lit up.

“That’s a lot of money.”

“Heh, money is but an external possession. I’ve never cared about it,” Liu Ye said with a beaming smile.

That’s our external possession, damn it! You don’t care, but we do!!! Zhao Ze and the others roared inwardly.

Then they looked at the teacher. They knew the teacher couldn’t possibly take it right in front of them… He put it away!!!!

“What are you looking at? I’m helping him correct this unhealthy social behavior.”

As Teacher Hao spoke, he forcefully stuffed the backpack into his safe. Then, while struggling to shut the safe door, he said with great effort, “Can you… understand… how much thought… your teacher is putting into this?”

“…”

In a certain sense, they understood perfectly!

Teacher Hao took a deep breath and slammed the door hard, finally getting it shut. Then he looked at Zhao Ze and the others and roared in exasperation.

“Why is it you bunch of idiots again? Day in and day out, you don’t study properly and only know how to mess around. Now you’ve even learned how to make malicious reports? Let me tell you, if you can study, then study. If you can’t, then get the hell out!”

Everyone: “…”

Wait, were people this blatant about doing this kind of thing now? Not even bothering to hide it? Just laying the darkness of society out in broad daylight right in front of the nation’s tender young flowers?

“Hey, Teacher Hao, you can’t put it like that. They’re still pretty outstanding,” Liu Ye said with a smile.

“Sibo, you don’t understand. These useless pieces of trash are just a bunch of idiots. They can’t study, they can’t do sports-how much have they dragged our class down? Ask them yourself. Look at what they wear every day, like those shaman dancers out on the street. And these two girls, the moment summer comes, there’s this smell on them. Their deskmates’ faces look like they’ve been poisoned every single day. Just going to the hospital for checkups has cost them a fortune.”

“Teacher Hao, there’s nothing we can do about that. Girls love looking pretty. We should try to understand.”

“Understand? I’d like to understand too, but look at them! Tell me, why can’t they learn from you and use those filthy objects to challenge this teacher’s bottom line, so they can also witness this teacher’s moral character!” Teacher Hao said, looking utterly heartbroken.

Do we still need to witness your moral character? It’s already been laid out right in front of our eyes! And it’s not that we don’t want to challenge it-the problem is, the stuff we’d use to challenge it was stolen by that bastard!

“All right, all right, Teacher Hao. I know you’ve got your difficulties too. How about this? Leave this matter to me. I’ll handle it.”

“You can handle it?”

“Of course.”

Liu Ye smiled as he spoke.

“Fine, then I’ll leave this to you.”

Teacher Hao saw Liu Ye out of the office. The moment they stepped outside, Liu Ye immediately turned an angry look on Zhao Ze and the others.

“Big Brother, Second Brother, and… Second Master! What are you doing? I always thought we had a pretty good relationship.”

“…”

Who exactly gave you that impression?

“If you’re going to be like this, then I won’t be polite anymore. Come on, let’s act out a scene from Drunken Beating of Jia Baoyu! Which one of you wants to play Jia Baoyu?”

“Brother Liu! Um, I have a spot for an educational subsidy here, and I’d like to offer it to you!” Xie Baoguo said, raising his hand.
“Hiss… I’m not sure that’s a good idea, is it?”

“There’s nothing wrong with it, Brother Liu. I’ve always admired you. You live a hard life, you’re thrifty and frugal. In my opinion, this subsidy going to you is simply the obvious choice.”

“You’re not being forced?”

“Absolutely not!” Xie Baoguo declared, brimming with righteous passion. “I only have one request!”

“What request?”

“Can I not play Jia Baoyu?” Xie Baoguo said tearfully.

“Fine. Then we’ll give this opportunity to someone else.”

“Yes!”

Xie Baoguo pumped his fist downward, waved to his companions, and then slipped away.

Zhao Ze and the others stared after the guy through gritted teeth. How had they never realized before that this brat had so many tricks up his sleeve?

“Huh? What’s this?”

Just then, Liu Ye picked up a box. It was the very box they had used for their X game.

Liu Ye pulled a slip of paper from inside. Written on it were the words: Go out and have fun… Huang Shiya.

“Where are we going to have fun?” Liu Ye asked excitedly.

Huang Shiya’s eyes darted, and then she said with a grin, “Somewhere fun, of course. How about I take you?”

“Sure!”

Liu Ye replied eagerly.

And so the two of them arrived at the school gate. It was that same fat man again. Liu Ye didn’t stand on ceremony and got straight into the car.

…

That night, a black car pulled up at the school gate, and someone was thrown out of it.

Liu Sibo collapsed onto the ground, his eyes blank as he stared ahead.

Only after a long while did he climb up from the ground. Clutching his arm, he staggered unsteadily back to his dorm.

The moment he entered, he saw that his entire bed had been soaked with water. The books on his desk had also been ripped to shreds.

Silently, he gathered up the books, rolled up the drenched bedding, and lay curled up on the bare wooden board to sleep.

But he had only slept for a short while when he felt a gust of wind brush across his face. Then something was thrown onto it.

He opened his eyes and saw that it was a wallet, stuffed full of money. He looked around in confusion and saw Lyu Jicheng outside, flashing him a V sign.

Just as he was still dazed, a group of people suddenly barged in.

“Teacher, it’s him! He stole our class funds!”

Fu Yang came in and pointed at him, shouting loudly.

Seeing this, Liu Sibo hurriedly waved his hands.

He wanted to explain, but he couldn’t get a single word out. He was so anxious that he began to cry.

At that moment, Teacher Hao looked at him with a cold sneer.

“I never thought you were this kind of person. Now we’ve caught you with the stolen goods, and you still want to deny it? Come on. You’re coming with me to the Academic Affairs Office.”

With that, he dragged him out.

Early the next morning, the school posted a notice stating that Liu Sibo had stolen the class funds and was to be expelled.

In despair, he went to the hospital, only to see Zhao Na whisper something by his mother’s ear. His mother’s electrocardiogram immediately began to fluctuate.

“This is bad! Someone come quick! The patient is having an episode!”

Zhao Na shouted, pretending to be frantic.

Soon, a group of doctors rushed in and began emergency treatment. Three hours later, the doctor shook his head at Liu Sibo.

In that instant, he felt as if everything had collapsed.

Like a walking corpse, he wandered down the street. He felt as if nothing in this world had anything to do with him anymore.

“Sibo!”

But at that moment, a familiar voice rang beside his ear.

He lifted his head blankly and saw that man appear beside him.

The man pulled him into an embrace.

“Good boy. It’s all right. Teacher is here. Don’t be afraid.”

In an instant, Liu Sibo began to cry soundlessly.

“Sibo, don’t worry. Teacher will help you. But this is your own matter, so you need to do it yourself.”

The man’s voice echoed softly beside his ear. In that instant, a layer of pink clouded Liu Sibo’s eyes.

His originally vacant gaze instantly turned venomous. He bit through his lip and nodded hard.