The Conditions for Your Forgiveness

As the saying went, once you succeeded, everyone treated you kindly and sweetly.

Likewise, when you were a rich second-generation heir, people showed nothing but respect and humility.

At that moment, the tables had completely turned, and the school administrators unleashed a merciless barrage against Coach Watt.

The person responsible for managing faculty transfers was a middle-aged white woman. Expressionless, she said, "Threatening to physically punish students is disgraceful, Coach Watt. You must leave this school!"

"That's right, Coach Watt. Your behavior will bring shame upon our high school division." Principal Guan wore an equally righteous expression.

Between five hundred thousand dollars and a gym teacher, they did not even need to think before making their choice.

"How is this possible?!" Coach Watt's mouth fell open, his expression vacant.

"You... you can't do this!" Watt stammered, his hands unsure where to go. One moment he touched his hair slicked down with gel, the next he pinched his thigh. "I've bled for this school! I won four championships for this school!"

He did not dare imagine what his life would look like after losing his job. Having spent decades at this school, Watt had become a frog boiled in warm water. If he lost this job, he had no idea what else he could do.

Find another school?

LuthorCorp would not let him off, and no school would risk offending LuthorCorp by taking him in.

"Sorry, Watt, but we cannot accept this kind of behavior." Principal Guan remained indifferent, turning a blind eye to Watt's pleas before facing Jino with renewed enthusiasm.

"Mr. Jino." Principal Guan's face was full of flattery and respect, his voice low and rapid. "May I ask whether you are satisfied with this outcome?"

"If you are, please inform Mr. Lex and ask him to continue supporting the development of Smallville High School."

"Yes, Mr. Jino, you're a good boy." The woman from the academic affairs office pursed her lips and lowered her voice. "You only skipped one class. I'll waive the thousand-word self-criticism for you."

Looking at the utterly defeated Coach Watt, as well as the school administrators fawning over Jino.

Whether they were football players or Clark and the other two, everyone's understanding of wealth and power had been refreshed once again.

So money really could do anything.

Under everyone's gaze.

"No, I'm not satisfied with this outcome." Jino spoke slowly. The atmosphere instantly fell silent, and everyone shut their mouths, eagerly awaiting what he would say next.

"I think firing Coach Watt would be too cruel." Jino chuckled, wearing a gentle smile. "After all, he has contributed a great deal to this school."

Upon hearing Jino's words, light instantly returned to Watt's lifeless eyes. He stared at Jino with gratitude, his lips moving as he prepared to offer his thanks.

"What?" Principal Guan looked confused. Had they kissed the wrong ass?

Even Clark and the other two were dumbfounded, wondering if Jino had gone stupid. Watt was not worth pitying at all.

"I think we can give those who make mistakes another chance." Amid everyone's confusion, Jino glanced at Whitney. Just moments ago, Whitney had been the loudest one cheering behind Watt.

So Jino slowly said, drawing out his words, "As long as Coach Watt washes Whitney's socks in public, he can remain at this school, and LuthorCorp will continue supporting the development of Smallville High School!"

"Buzz!"

As soon as Jino finished speaking, the previously silent crowd erupted.

"Oh my God, Coach Watt has to wash Whitney's socks!?"

Clark, standing in the crowd, raised an eyebrow.

"This..."

Looking at the dumbfounded Whitney, Clark honestly felt a little schadenfreude.

Little Black Pete covered his mouth and said to Clark and the others:

"Oh my God, if I were Coach Watt, I'd be so ashamed I'd want to die. This is practically killing someone... what was that Eastern saying again?"

"Kill the person by destroying their heart." Chloe stared intently at Jino's profile and murmured, "I almost thought he'd become a saint. Looks like this guy hasn't changed at all."

Elsewhere.

After hearing Jino's condition, Watt looked as sickened as if he had swallowed a fly.

He had thought the other party was showing mercy, only to be met with even deeper humiliation.

Jino sneered and urged Watt, whose face alternated between pale and green, "Make your choice, Coach Watt."

"Your dignity, or your job?"

"I..." Fury burned in Watt's heart. At that moment, he wanted nothing more than to scream and rush forward to kill Jino. The extreme humiliation made Watt clench his fists, his breathing gradually growing heavy like an old ox panting and snorting.

But when he thought of the rest of his life, his clenched arms slowly relaxed. Enduring the humiliation, Watt said, "I'll wash them!"

Then Watt turned toward Whitney and roared, "Take off your shoes, kid!"

Watt lowered his voice. "If you still want to keep your position as football team captain, take off your socks!"

"And one of you, go get me a basin of water!"

More and more students rushed over, and soon someone brought a basin of water.

"I..." Whitney's expression was strange, but under Watt's pressuring gaze, he still lowered his head and took off his shoes.

"Wow, I never expected Whitney to wear Winnie the Pooh socks." Seeing the socks on Whitney's feet, Little Black Pete could not help making a jab, drawing laughter from the crowd.

The slightly sour smell made everyone instinctively step back.

Amid the laughter, Whitney handed his socks to Watt.

Everyone watched the obese Watt squat down with difficulty and soak the stinking pair of socks in the water before scrubbing them.

Again and again, as though Watt was not washing socks, but venting his fury.

"Coach Watt, I hope you remember this lesson." Jino watched the humiliated Watt without expression. Honestly, teaching a Joker like this a lesson gave him no pleasure at all.

"Let's go." Jino led the three of them away.

"Hey, what happened here?" Lana Lang, Whitney's girlfriend, had learned of the news and rushed over.

When she saw her boyfriend standing there barefoot and red-faced while Coach Watt scrubbed his socks, Lana's face darkened as she walked toward Jino. "This looks like bullying, Mr. Jino Luthor?!"

"You should be ashamed of what you've done."

"Whoosh!" Before Lana could approach, Jino and Clark's faces both turned pale and green at the same time.

Some observant people also noticed this unusual scene.

Jino endured the dizziness and made up his mind. Kryptonite affects me too much. I have to take away that little thing that threatens me.

The longer he stayed, the weaker he felt.

"Perhaps."

Under Kryptonite's effects, Jino did not choose to argue with Lana. Feeling lightheaded, he gently leaned against Chloe's shoulder and signaled for the girl to take him away.

Before leaving, Jino gave Lana a deep look. "Miss Lana, I look forward to seeing you again."

He would keep this debt in mind—Lana had publicly rebuked him.