The male student who had failed to ambush Xu Yue and instead been left bloodied from the collision clutched his head and wailed on the ground.
Xu Yue coughed as he gave him another two kicks, prompting Liu Yunzhi's lackey, Li Changqing, to speak up and stop him.
"Stop! What are you trying to do? Why did you hurt him so badly?"
With that righteous look on his face, it was as if Xu Yue were some utterly unforgivable villain.
"Didn't you see that he tried to kill this guy? If he hadn't reacted quickly, he might have died."
The hot-tempered Pang Bo shot Li Changqing an irritated glare.
"Pang Bo, we were classmates for four years, and you're actually speaking up for an outsider?"
Li Changqing changed the subject, trying to stir up everyone's instinct to protect a fellow classmate.
People favored those close to them over reason. No matter what, that man was their classmate, while Xu Yue was merely an outsider.
"We all came from the same place. If there's something to say, say it properly. Let him go first."
Sure enough, another male student stepped forward in response to Li Changqing's call. He was also one of those who had previously hung around with Liu Yunzhi.
"Right, talk things out. He's already been punished and hurt. I think that's enough. Look at how much blood he's lost."
Liu Yunzhi's ex-girlfriend also hurriedly chimed in, steering the conversation.
They kept downplaying how the injured student had attacked Xu Yue and even tried to kill him, using only the outcome to cover it up.
Since Xu Yue was ultimately an outsider while the attacker had been their classmate for four years, several previously neutral bystanders also began taking sides.
Throughout all this, Liu Yunzhi never spoke for himself,