"Kiana? School let out over half an hour ago. Why are you still here?" Su Moqian asked, puzzled.
"Um... I was so sleepy in class that I thought I'd take a little nap. I didn't expect to close my eyes and open them again to find it was already this late." Kiana scratched her head awkwardly.
"Actually, I could've kept sleeping, but then I was suddenly woken up by all the noise over here, so I got curious and came to take a look."
"Oh, so that's what happened..." Su Moqian's mouth twitched.
At first glance, Kiana looked like a stunning European beauty. Anyone who didn't know better might have taken her for some aloof young lady from a wealthy family.
It was hard to imagine that someone like her could be such an airhead that she'd sleep through the end of the school day.
"By the way, what happened here? I think I heard fighting." Kiana asked curiously.
At that, Su Moqian considered for a moment.
Although Kiana would be his rival in the future, she was also a girl with a strong sense of justice.
There was no harm in telling her about this.
After thinking it over, Su Moqian told her the whole story:
"It went like this..."
"What? How could they do that?!"
Kiana's eyes widened as she shouted, her voice full of anger.
"Even if her father really did something wrong, they shouldn't treat her like that!"
With that, Kiana turned to leave.
Seeing this, Su Moqian hurriedly stopped her. "Hey, you're not going after them to beat them up, are you?"
"Of course not. I'm not that violent." Kiana waved a hand as she explained:
"I'm going to get a rag and a bucket of water, obviously! Her desk is covered in graffiti. We have to clean it up properly."
"Huh? Are you an idiot?"
Su Moqian reached out and scraped a fingernail against the graffiti on the desk.
"They used permanent marker. There's no way a rag will wipe it off."
"It won't come off? Then what should we do?" Worry crept into Kiana's eyes.
She didn't know Raiden Mei well, but she still didn't want the girl to be traumatized by the bullying.
Watching Kiana worry about someone else, Su Moqian sighed.
"Leave it to me."
With that, Su Moqian switched his desk with Mei's.
After moving the desk covered in insulting words to his own spot, he picked up his phone and made a call.
The call connected quickly, and Su Moqian immediately spoke up:
"Hey, Dad. Your son's being bullied at school."
Kiana's Hand
Kiana: "???"
Kiana stared at Su Moqian, completely bewildered.
When he said he'd take care of it, she'd thought he had some clever household trick for removing the graffiti.
She hadn't expected him to swap Mei's desk with his own and call his dad.
School bullying was usually a group targeting one person. Surely calling your parents wouldn't do much...
"Wait, isn't Moqian's dad an honorary trustee at Senba Academy?"
At the thought, Kiana's mouth twitched. She couldn't help cursing the wicked capitalists in her mind.
Meanwhile, Su Moqian's call with his father was drawing to a close.
"Mm-hmm. I'll leave this to you, Dad. Bullying really should be stamped out at Senba Academy." Su Moqian spoke earnestly.
He'd been wondering how to deal with Raiden Mei's situation, but this incident had given him an idea.
The school leaders and teachers might dare to ignore the bullying of Mei, but would they dare ignore the bullying of a trustee's son?
As a result, Senba Academy would inevitably crack down hard on bullying from now on.
Under those circumstances, anyone who wanted to target Mei again would have to hold back.
Suddenly, Su Moqian seemed to remember something and added:
"Oh, and don't tell Mom about this. Otherwise, we'll have to pay a lot in medical bills. It's not worth it."
After ending the call, Su Moqian turned to Kiana and smiled.
"All set. They'll replace this desk before classes tomorrow."
Kiana hesitated. "Moqian, isn't this a bit wrong?"
Kiana had been taught from a young age to take responsibility and solve her own problems, no matter what.
If she saw someone being treated unfairly, she should stand up for them—but not drag other people into it.
Over time, this had given Kiana a steadfast personality, but it had also made her reluctant to rely on anyone else's help.
After all, they were knights of the Kaslana family.
Seeing Kiana's expression, Su Moqian asked in return:
"Then... Kiana, do you think you can come up with a better solution?"
Kiana was at a loss for words.
Although she wasn't fond of Su Moqian calling in outside help, she genuinely couldn't think of a better way.
Su Moqian smiled unconcernedly and spread his hands.
"There's a famous saying: 'In life, you can only win with the cards you're dealt.'"
"At our age, most people don't know what cards they've been dealt."
"But I've already looked at my hand, and I know how to use it to protect the people around me."
Su Moqian paused, then asked the girl in front of him:
"So, do you know what cards you've been dealt?"
Hearing this, Kiana nodded thoughtfully and murmured:
"My own hand..."
[Kiana has entered a state of deep thought and begun connecting to the Kaslana family shared network: one percent, two percent...] [...Warning! Brain overload. Abandoning thought!]
Kiana pondered for a moment, then ventured, "I'm really strong?"
Su Moqian: "..."
Seeing Su Moqian's silent expression, Kiana immediately grew agitated.
"Don't look at me like that! If you don't believe me, let's go outside and fight one-on-one!"
As she spoke, Kiana, eager to prove herself, even took up a fighting stance in front of Su Moqian.
Looking at the adorably foolish Kiana, Su Moqian couldn't help laughing.
"You're good at fighting? So what if you can fight? If you want to get by, you need connections and a powerful background. Got it?"
Kiana pouted. "It's not like I wanted things to be this way. I grew up with my father. I had no friends and no relatives."
"Now that bastard of a dad has disappeared, too. I really have no choice but to rely on myself..."
"I see."
Su Moqian froze. Realizing he'd said the wrong thing, he looked at Kiana more gently.
After clearing his throat twice, Su Moqian softened his tone. "All right, I wasn't making fun of you. Being good at fighting is useful, too."
"Besides, being strong isn't the only card in your hand."
"Huh? What else is there?" Kiana asked, puzzled.
"From now on, I'm one of your cards, too. If you run into trouble, remember to ask me for help, okay?" Su Moqian smiled and patted Kiana's head.
"Mm..." Kiana lowered her head, feeling awkward.
Having never experienced kindness from anyone before, Kiana felt her cheeks flush a faint red.
Fortunately, she lowered her head quickly enough that Su Moqian didn't see.
Even so, the atmosphere between them turned a little intimate.
Kiana found herself drawn to the feeling, but she wasn't used to it and instinctively wanted to escape.
So she hurriedly changed the subject. "By the way, when we were chatting earlier, you never told me who your father was. And when I heard his voice on the phone just now, it somehow sounded familiar..."
Su Moqian answered honestly. "Oh, my father's name is Su Hengyu. Do you know him?"
Kiana suddenly realized. Without thinking, she blurted out, "Oh, Uncle Wallet!"
Su Moqian: "???"
"Wait, what did you just call my dad?"
Kiana realized she'd let it slip and scratched her head awkwardly as she explained:
"Hehe... It's just that my dad always calls Uncle Su that behind his back. But I definitely don't dislike him!"
"When I was little and living in Siberia, whenever Uncle Su came to visit, he'd buy lots and lots of things with my dad. He'd buy me whatever I wanted, so I'm really grateful to him!"
Hearing Kiana's words, Su Moqian felt a little speechless.
He suddenly remembered that before his father left on a business trip, he'd said he was going to provide financial support to Siegfried...
Good grief, so he'd gone to be someone else's wallet?
At the thought, Su Moqian couldn't help getting annoyed.
No wonder his mother looked down on Siegfried so much. His father had kindly provided him with financial support, yet Siegfried called his dad "Uncle Wallet" in front of Kiana?
That was awful. Truly awful!
Su Moqian silently decided that one day, he'd make Siegfried pay!
Kiana: How about a threesome?
With everything settled, Su Moqian and Kiana left the classroom together.
As they walked across the school grounds, they continued chatting.
After a while, Kiana had learned a little about Raiden Mei and the bullying she'd suffered.
She sighed. "She seems like such a lovely girl, but the whole school has ostracized her just because her father went to prison. That's way too much."
"Yeah, I think so, too." Su Moqian nodded, then asked curiously:
"By the way, you don't know Mei at all, so why did she make such an impression on you?"
Earlier, when he'd mentioned Raiden Mei, Kiana had reacted so strongly that he'd thought she already knew her.
"Hehe, as soon as I got to Senba Academy, my pretty-girl radar locked right onto her. So, naturally, I couldn't help paying attention to her." Kiana stuck out her tongue with a grin.
"Pretty-girl radar? What's that?"
Su Moqian gave her a strange look, wanting to figure out what on earth she meant by that.
But as soon as he looked at Kiana, the cowlick atop her head swaying in the breeze caught his attention.
His instincts told him that cowlick was the real reason Kiana had noticed Raiden Mei!
"No, I need to find a chance to sneakily pluck that cowlick out!"
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