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Neither Zhang Qilin nor Sun Yuanyuan was there.
Their seats were empty.
Jiang Fu hung his head in dismay.
Sit up front?
Right under the teacher's nose?
How was I supposed to doze off then?
Shi Jiu had no objections.
Anywhere was fine.
...As long as she was beside Jiang Fu.
The two quickly moved to their new seats.
Up on the podium.
Xu Chi took a few steps to the side.
Then he bowed deeply to the entire class.
"Thank you. Thank you all."
"If it hadn't been for you, my life would have been ruined!"
"Thank you!"
Xu Chi's eyes reddened.
His voice was choked with emotion, too.
Yesterday.
Zhang Chong and Shen Yan had explained it to him.
Because of what had happened to Jiang Fu and Zhang Qilin.
All fifty-odd students in the class had gone to the police station.
Something like that had immediately drawn the higher-ups' attention.
They had launched an investigation.
Through that six hundred thousand, they had indirectly traced the case back to Xu Chi.
Then they had uncovered his wrongful conviction.
The Martial Artist Guild and District Nine Patrol Team had jointly vouched for him and secured his release.
He had been reinstated that very day.
"It's okay, sir..."
"We only did what we should."
Xu Chi straightened.
He wiped the corners of his eyes, then said sternly, "Quiet!"
The classroom instantly fell silent.
Xu Chi continued, "So from now on, I'll do everything in my power to repay you!"
"Over these final hundred days!"
"I'll give it my all and use everything I've learned to train every student in this class!"
"We'll strive to get every one of you into Martial Arts University!"
"I heard that Teacher Chen just left you all to your own devices..."
"Well, I'm back