Master: Du Cheng, You Need to Be More Magnanimous!

If it had not been inappropriate at the moment, someone would probably have already rushed up to Du Cheng to beg him to take them as a disciple:

The ability to sweet-talk an unparalleled beauty into his arms was practically made for the brothers, wasn't it?

Compared to the others around him, Du Cheng's expression was especially ugly.

As a transmigrator, Du Cheng had long understood Scum San's character. Even so, he had never expected the bastard to be shameless to this extent.

Without exaggeration, the guy had clearly been trying to ruin Xiao Wu.

Bang!

Before anyone around them could react, Du Cheng had already taken a stride to Tang San's side.

Eighteen Subduing Strikes activated. By the time everyone came to their senses, Tang San had already been slammed heavily onto the ground.

"So what if you attack me?"

Pinned beneath Du Cheng, Tang San did not forget to put on a smug expression:

"As a student of Notting Academy, you dared to do such a thing in broad daylight."

"I'll report you to the academy's teachers and demand that they expel you from the academy for good."

"Expel me from the academy?"

Hearing Tang San's words, Du Cheng was so angry that he laughed:

"Based on what?"

"Your baseless slander against us, or that Master teacher of yours?"

"Open your damn eyes and look!"

Grabbing Tang San by the hair with one hand, Du Cheng hauled him off the ground:

"This is that hard, big, and delicious thing you were talking about."

"You, I..."

Looking at the carrot in Xiao Wu's hand, clearly bitten clean through halfway, Tang San was dumbfounded:

"You... you didn't do that kind of thing?"

"What an idiot!"

Du Cheng had not expected Tang San to still be concerned with something like that at a time like this, and he felt a wave of disgust:

This thing actually gets to be the protagonist? Revolting.

"As a member of Notting Academy, you are insidious and petty. Based on nothing more than malicious speculation, you tried to defame someone else's innocence."

With a cold sneer, Du Cheng returned Tang San's words to him in full:

"I'll report you to the headmaster and have you expelled from Notting Academy for good."

"You..."

Hearing Du Cheng's words, Tang San grew frantic:

Notting Academy was the path to strength he had found with great difficulty. If he were expelled from here, where else could he go?

Go back to Holy Soul Village and forge iron with that useless drunkard of a father?

"You can't do this!"

"Why not?"

Listening to Tang San shout himself hoarse, Du Cheng's expression turned even colder:

"Because you're ugly, or because your skin is thick?"

"You..."

"This time, Little San was indeed in the wrong."

Just as Tang San struggled to find an excuse, a figure clad in a blue robe stepped out from the crowd:

"However, he was also trying to uphold the honor of Notting Academy as a whole. I hope young friend Du can forgive him this once, for that reason."

"Teacher!"

Seeing the newcomer, Tang San's expression brightened:

Teacher had said that he was one of the most learned men on the entire Douluo Continent. With him stepping in, I definitely won't be expelled from the academy.

"Forgive him?"

"Does Master mean that from now on, anyone can use 'upholding the academy's honor' as an excuse to slander other people in the academy?"

His gaze falling on Master, Du Cheng continued:

"Then can I also report Master for having an affair with the Boar Beasts in the cafeteria, all for the sake of academy unity?"

"You..."

Hearing Du Cheng's words, Master's face darkened:

You little bastard, you're the one having an affair with Boar Beasts!

Angry as he was, as Master, he naturally had to maintain his own bearing.

Anyone even slightly familiar with the original work would realize that Master was actually quite skilled at marketing himself:

Otherwise, despite his meager strength, he would not have gained such a great reputation.

Generally speaking, people like that cared most about their image and composure. At the very least, before a crowd, Master would never easily lose his temper or curse.

"Young friend Du, as the saying goes, 'Show mercy where mercy is due.' Little San is your roommate after all. Why press him so relentlessly over a misunderstanding?"

That was indeed the case. Though he wanted nothing more than to hurl ten thousand curses at Du Cheng's face, Master still wore a kindly smile:

"In my opinion, why not have him apologize to you, and let this matter end there?"

"Master means I should be more magnanimous?"

Looking at Master, the corners of Du Cheng's mouth lifted slightly:

Yu Xiaogang, Yu Xiaogang, you brought your own face over for me to slap!

"That's right."

Master nodded. Thinking that Du Cheng had accepted his suggestion, the smile on his face relaxed somewhat.

"In my hometown, there was once a master who said something. I wonder if Master would like to hear it?"

"I would be glad to hear it."

Though he did not know what Du Cheng was getting at, Master nodded:

As Master, he could not lose his composure.

Seeing that Yu Xiaogang's reaction had not exceeded his expectations, Du Cheng's smile widened.

Taking a deep breath, Du Cheng first casually swung his arm, then spoke in imitation of a certain Tao'er's tone:

"Those people who casually tell you to be magnanimous—we must stay far away from them. Because with people like that, you never know whether, when lightning strikes them one day, it'll take you down with them."

"One sentence from Tang San nearly ruined both Xiao Wu's and my future. Does Master think something like that can be forgiven with merely the words 'be magnanimous'?"

"You..."

As Du Cheng's words fell, Master's face had turned completely black:

This damn bastard is clingier than a patch of dog-skin plaster!

If time could be turned back, he definitely would not have waited until now to stand up for Tang San.

That was right. In fact, Master had already arrived when Tang San was slandering Du Cheng and Xiao Wu.

But at that time, he had not intended to step out and stop it.

In his view, after Du Cheng and Xiao Wu had been expelled from the academy, he would go to the headmaster and plead for Xiao Wu to be admitted again.

Using that favor, he could bring Xiao Wu and Tang San together, thereby raising his standing in Tang San's heart.

The vision was perfect, but reality was harsh.

Before Du Cheng, Tang San's situation could only be described in one phrase—he had no ability to fight back at all!

If Master had not stepped in when he did, his precious student would probably have already been driven out of the academy by Du Cheng.

With Master's knowledge and connections, continuing Tang San's education would naturally not have been a problem. But as the tool Master had chosen to prove his own talent, Tang San's life record absolutely could not be stained by such a blemish!

With matters having developed to this point, even Master was at a loss.