Mr. Green Outsmarts Gu Beng Beng
Chu Changge was right.
When Teacher Slaughter hurried back, every trace left behind in the central plaza had already been completely cleaned up.
He complained to the staff still in the plaza about what had happened to him, telling them how he'd been beaten and how humiliatingly they'd covered his head.
But everyone just thought he'd hit his head on a streetlight and lost his mind.
"I can't believe you'd have a dream like that. Lower-class people holding you hostage and knocking you out? They wouldn't dare do something like that, even if they had two hundred times the nerve."
"There were plenty of people in the plaza at the time. If you'd shouted, he would've been caught. I don't think any lower-class person would have the guts to hold you hostage in broad daylight. And why would they even do it? Punching you a couple of times wouldn't get them anything, and it'd put their lives at risk."
After hearing all that, Teacher Slaughter began to doubt himself.
Was I really held hostage by a lower-class person? Could I actually have hit my head on a streetlight?
He, too, felt that no lower-class person would have the nerve to hold him hostage in broad daylight.
His head still hurt. The more he thought about it, the worse it got, so Teacher Slaughter had no choice but to empty his mind and let it rest.
"Your head still doesn't seem quite right. You can't work properly like this. Why don't you take a break? The host who ranked second would be happy to take over your upcoming duties."
"I'm fine!" Teacher Slaughter grew agitated. He glared at the person in front of him, but said nothing more about being held hostage.
"Where are the