The other school leaders all showed delighted expressions.
"The other party must have agreed to negotiate only because of the director."
"With the director stepping in, there's nothing that can't be resolved."
"If the director really settles this matter, he might have a chance at advancing another rank."
The people around them began showering him with flattery.
Although Yu Shu said nothing, he was quite pleased.
The owner's side, on the other hand, looked nervous. After all, they were merely running a small school store.
There was no way the manager would offend a director over a small store, right?
Before long, the manager of the Furun Group arrived. His name was Wang Kang.
As usual, Yu Shu and Wang Kang politely shook hands first."
Then Wang Kang got straight to the point. "Director Yu, I know everything about the situation. Although I own this supermarket, the primary management authority is in their hands."
Yu Shu raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
"The management authority isn't with me, so I can't control what they do. Sorry... I'm afraid I can't help with this matter."
As soon as he said this, the scene immediately fell silent.
Yu Shu was so angry he almost laughed. The store was his, yet he claimed that management authority lay with the employees and that he himself had no authority.
Did he think he was fooling a three-year-old?
At that moment, Xu Yi suddenly said, "It's fine. Even if they force me to raise the prices, I won't do it.
He's just running a supermarket. He doesn't have the ability to cancel my stall."
Wang Kang turned to the owner. "You can't handle one student? Can't you hire someone to threaten or harass him?"
The owner gave a bitter laugh. "Manager Wang, this kid is very strange. He's incredibly good at fighting. One person beat several of us. He knows martial arts."
Wang Kang shook his head, then stared fixedly at Xu Yi. His tone was mocking. "Let's see whether I can cancel your stall."
He made a phone call.
"Do you know who I am?" Wang Kang asked.
Xu Yi shook his head. "No. Anyway, you're not human."
Pfft...
Negative Emotion Points +50
"Good, good, good. I hope you can still run your mouth later."
Not long afterward, a portly man appeared.
"President Zhang, can you take care of this matter?"
"I can. Then, about my cooperation with your company..."
"Consider it done. I'll arrange it as soon as I get back."
The principal immediately furrowed his brow. "Zhang Quan? Why is he here?"
Zhang Quan looked at Xu Yi, then at Wang Kang. "This is the student?"
Wang Kang nodded.
Zhang Quan smiled, then took out a document.
"Student, this is the contract terminating your school stall. Sign here. I'll pay you three times the penalty afterward."
Huh?
Everyone stood rooted to the spot in a daze.
Yu Shu looked at the principal, his eyes full of inquiry.
The principal indeed replied weakly, "When the school was first built, we contracted out the canteen. Although I have a say in all kinds of school affairs,
the canteen is the one exception! Whether this stall is rented out, and who it's rented to, is entirely up to him."
Wang Kang looked smugly at Xu Yi. "Now you know who I am, right?"
"You really aren't human."
Negative Emotion Points +100
"Cut the nonsense and sign! I contracted this canteen. I decide who gets to rent it." Zhang Quan snapped impatiently.
Wang Kang let out a cold snort. "Naive student. Do you really think you can go up against capital? Although I'm only a manager at the Furun Group, the power and connections I hold are beyond your imagination."
A cold glint flashed through Xu Yi's eyes. Looking at their arrogant faces, he wondered whether he should beat them up.
Xu Yi was certain that beating them up would not cause any trouble.
Judging by how much Yu Shu, the principal, and the others cared about him, the people above had probably already noticed him.
Beating them would damage the image he had built, but not beating them would harm his Dao heart.
Just as Xu Yi hesitated, the director stepped forward.
His fingers trembled as he prepared to make a call.
The higher-ups had handed this matter to him to resolve because they wanted him to earn merit by making up for his crimes. Perhaps he really could advance another rank.
But now the matter had exceeded his abilities. He could only ask his superiors to intervene.
Yet once his superiors intervened, his career as director would be over.
"Hello, Leader..." the director said hoarsely into the phone.
Zhang Quan shook his head disdainfully. "It's just some trivial matter over instant noodles, yet he has to ask his superiors for help. They might as well give this directorship to him. What an overreaction."
Wang Kang ran out of patience and stuffed the contract into Xu Yi's arms.
"Hurry up and sign, or you'll regret it."
Xu Yi's chest heaved violently.
He had merely refused to raise the prices against his conscience, yet this was how they treated him?
Smashing his stall!
Forcing him to sign a contract!
Unilaterally breaking the contract and canceling his stall!
Without the system, wouldn't this be the same as destroying the livelihood he depended on to survive?
Why were poor students and people without connections supposed to be bullied? Why were they supposed to be toyed with by the privileged?
Why!
"Damn it, I can't take this anymore."
Xu Yi's eyes turned bloodshot as the resentment in his chest erupted.
Then he slapped Wang Kang across the face, followed by a flurry of blows from both sides.
Smack, smack, smack...
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"You—you dare hit me? Do you know who I am?"
"Believe it or not, I'll find someone to kill you!" Wang Kang roared.
What he received in response was an even heavier beating.
"Since you insist on bullying the weak, you'd better be prepared to have the weak smear your face with mud."
The supermarket owner and the others shrank backward in fright. Clearly, they had been beaten into submission.
Zhang Quan looked coldly at the principal. "Principal, why are you keeping a student like this instead of expelling him? He's openly using violence. He must be expelled!"
The principal looked him straight in the eye. "What if I refuse? His actions are understandable under the circumstances."
"Who exactly is this student? What kind of background does he have to make you treat him this way?"
"Hmph. I'm merely carrying out my duties as principal."
"Then I suppose he has no background after all." Zhang Quan let out a cold laugh.
He then recorded the entire process of Xu Yi's assault. "With this video as evidence, even you, the principal, can't openly show favoritism toward him. Xu Yi will definitely be expelled. I said so!"
"Security! What are you standing around for? Get him!" Zhang Quan shouted sternly.
Only then did the guards react, charging toward Xu Yi.
"Stop!"
A sudden shout came from not far away in the canteen.
Li Wen quickly jogged over.
His eyes were filled with guilt as he looked at Xu Yi. "It really is you. I'm such a bastard. I should have recognized you this morning. I'm sorry, Brother Fan."
Xu Yi stopped what he was doing, and a smile unconsciously curled at the corners of his lips.
It seemed that the letter had worked.
The chairman of the Furun Group... Everything below was settled.
Wang Kang climbed painfully to his feet, pointing at Xu Yi with trembling hands.
"You're finished! You've offended the Furun Group. Your life is over!"
"Heh. Once you graduate, let's see which company will hire you."
The principal explained, "The Furun Group is a pillar industry in our city and is involved in every aspect of life. If Wang Kang deliberately suppresses Xu Yi, Xu Yi will graduate straight into unemployment."
Seeing this scene, Li Wen looked at Wang Kang with murderous intent.
"You... what did you say?"
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