Perfectly Accomplished

Su Bingyao was afraid her son was just putting on a brave front. After all, Pang Hu was stronger than him and had plenty of fighting experience, while her son had never been in a fight. If they really started fighting, he would definitely be at a disadvantage.

"Without your dad, you're nothing."

"Haha, go to hell, Li Ziyang!"

Pang Hu roared with laughter. Seeing that Li Ziyang had actually agreed to fight him one-on-one, he knew his plan had worked. Li Ziyang's father had already been eliminated, so all he had to do was beat Li Ziyang. He'd not only win first place in the competition, but also reaffirm his standing at school.

"Psh! Psh!"

Two scraping sounds rang out.

As everyone watched in surprise and confusion, the Ghost Hand on Li Ziyang's back caught the bone spines thrown by the Mad Demon Porcupine.

Li Ziyang didn't slow down. As he ran, the Ghost Hand behind him suddenly flipped the spines around, aiming their tips back at his opponent. Calmly, he said:

"Here!"

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Two sharp sounds tore through the air. Like lightning, they streaked across the field, leaving two visible white trails.

Pang Hu never expected Li Ziyang to catch the bone spines with his bare hands and throw them back with even greater force.

He scrambled backward in a panic, but Li Ziyang had already predicted his escape route. There was no way he could get away that easily.

"Clang! Clang!"

One bone spine struck the ground directly in front of Pang Hu.

The other blocked his retreat.

Pang Hu halted, caught between advancing and retreating. In that brief moment, Li Ziyang sprang forward. The Ghost Hand behind him suddenly opened wide, its palm pressing down on Pang Hu's fat, piglike head.

"Boom!" The Ghost Hand slammed Pang Hu's wild boar head into the ground, cracking the surface in several places.

"Ah!"

Pang Hu screamed. The huge Ghost Hand pressed his head nearly out of shape. He tried to fight back, but every time he lifted himself up, the terrifying hand smashed him back down.

Two intimate meetings with the ground left his mind completely blank.

But he wasn't going to take that lying down. He shuddered, sending the bone spines covering his body flying like a rain of arrows.

Yet the next moment, he saw that Li Ziyang was still standing right in front of him.

The two Ghost Hands on Li Ziyang's back stretched out completely, forming a shield in front of him and blocking every bone spine. The hands were incredibly hard, and all the spines bounced off them and fell to the ground.

Pang Hu stared at Li Ziyang as if he'd seen a ghost.

When the Ghost Hand clenched into a giant fist and raised itself to smash his head, Pang Hu let out a terrified squeal. His arrogance vanished without a trace. He scrambled over to Li Ziyang's feet, knocked his head against the ground, and begged for mercy again and again:

"I surrender! I surrender! Li Ziyang, I surrender!"

Pang Hu was so frightened that he returned to his normal form. He kowtowed to Li Ziyang again and again, begging for mercy.

Now he looked like nothing but a battered, bruised pig's head. He was utterly pathetic.

As everyone watched in disbelief, the enormous Ghost Hand behind Li Ziyang lifted Pang Hu off the ground and held him in front of him like a little chicken.

"Do you still dare bully people at school?"

"No! No! I'll never do it again!" Pang Hu trembled as he spoke.

Li Ziyang's gaze turned icy. "If my dad killed your dad, would you hold a grudge?"

Pang Hu shook his head so hard it trembled. "No! No! Even if he killed my mom, I wouldn't hold a grudge!"

"Hmph. If I wanted to kill you, you couldn't stop me!"

Li Ziyang snorted and casually tossed Pang Hu onto the field like a piece of trash.

Pang Hu landed hard, aching all over, but didn't dare even cry out. He hurriedly scrambled back to Li Ziyang and said, his face full of terror, "From now on, I'll do whatever you say at school. You're my boss."

Li Ziyang narrowed his eyes. He looked at the Pang Hu who had bullied him countless times, now kneeling before him like a dog. Only then did he remember what his father had told him: kind people got bullied, and giving people a taste of their own medicine was the best way to deal with them.

He'd done it. From now on, no one would bully him again, and no hardship would ever defeat him.

"Get lost! If I find out you're bullying anyone at school again, you'll end up just like your dad!"

The Ghost Hand on Li Ziyang's back withdrew into his body. He looked down at Pang Hu, who was sprawled on the ground like a stray dog, as if he were nothing but a pitiful bug.

"I'm going! I'm going!"

Pang Hu didn't even dare raise his head. Trembling, he rolled to the edge of the field. He didn't care what the others thought of him; he scrambled out of the school as fast as he could.

Li Ziyang stood on the platform and looked at the parents and students below.

Under Li Ziyang's gaze, the students who had once taken part in bullying others began to tremble for no apparent reason.

Even the school bully, Pang Hu, had been beaten. How could these sycophants dare stand up to Li Ziyang?

Teacher Zhang, who had been hiding in the crowd, saw that things were going badly and quietly started backing away.

But Li Ran appeared behind her.

Teacher Zhang's face turned deathly pale. She retreated in her high heels.

"Where are you going, Teacher Zhang?"

Su Bingyao stood behind Teacher Zhang, a chilling look in her beautiful eyes.

"Bingyao, what are you doing?"

Under Su Bingyao's icy gaze, Teacher Zhang shuddered. She forced a smile that even she thought looked unbearably ugly. "Bingyao, is there some kind of misunderstanding between us?"

"Whether there's a misunderstanding is something you know best. I'll make this clear: if I hear that my child has been subjected to corporal punishment or anything else at school again, you'll be the first person I deal with!"

Terrifying scales appeared across Su Bingyao's face. Her gaze was bone-chilling.

The temperature around them plummeted in an instant, as if winter had arrived.

Li Ran stared at Su Bingyao, shocked.

He saw that Su Bingyao's Mysterious Power was rising, jumping straight from 100 to 200. Her power now surpassed Teacher Zhang's, an astonishing increase. Even more astonishing, Su Bingyao had risen from B-rank to A-rank, completing a perfect breakthrough.

"Only last night did I find out how badly my child was bullied at school. And you, once my best friend, not only failed to look after my child, you went further and punished her yourself, while letting the other students bully her. How can someone like you still call yourself a teacher?"

"I'll write a letter of complaint and report everything that happened here!" Su Bingyao stared at Teacher Zhang with icy eyes.

"Bingyao, please! I was wrong, all right? Don't report me!"

When Teacher Zhang heard that, she dropped to her knees in terror. If Su Bingyao reported what had happened, the principal wouldn't let her get away with it. She might not even survive the night.

Teacher Zhang's assistant was just as frightened. She dropped to her knees on the spot, begging Su Bingyao not to report them.

"Easy for you to say, you heartless snake! Don't think I don't know you've been finding ways to send threatening gifts to my home. Reporting you is the greatest mercy I could show you!" Su Bingyao was furious, and the temperature around them dropped below freezing.

At that moment, Li Ran stepped forward, a cold glint in his eyes. "Since we've gotten this far, I think we should bring a few things out into the open."

Li Ran looked at Su Bingyao. "She most likely ordered a student to send that text message to break up our happy family."

At that, Teacher Zhang shuddered violently. Even her lips trembled. "I... I don't know what you're talking about. W-what text message?"

A person's lies were impossible to hide when they were terrified.

Her expression had already given her away.

The Golden Finger's notification confirmed that Li Ran's guess was right.

A child pretending to be someone's mistress to break up another person's family?

It sounded ridiculous. Someone had clearly put the child up to it.

And that person was standing right in front of him.

Su Bingyao looked at Li Ran in shock. "You knew about the text message?"

Li Ran wasn't about to tell her that the Golden Finger had tipped him off. He looked at Su Bingyao. "Actually, I've known all along. But until I had solid proof, nothing I said would have convinced you."

Su Bingyao looked at her husband in disbelief. So he'd known all along. For all that time, he'd endured her suspicion, her doubts, her scolding, and all her unreasonable behavior. Even when she'd insisted on getting a divorce, he still hadn't given up on their family. He'd never complained, quietly doing everything he could behind the scenes.

And she had never tried to understand her husband. She'd never asked what was on his mind or what he wanted. She hadn't even listened to a single explanation.

Su Bingyao, you've deeply hurt someone who loves you.

"Wah...!"

At the thought, Su Bingyao could no longer hold back her tears.

All this time, she had blamed her husband unfairly.

It turned out that the person behind the prank messages was her former best friend.

She couldn't accept it, much less forgive the heartless woman who had tried to destroy her family.

Before, she'd felt a little pity because of their past friendship. But now, her eyes had turned utterly cold. Tears slid down her cheeks, turning into two icy crystals that fell to the ground and shattered.

A surge of cold burst from Su Bingyao. In an instant, she transformed into a Frost Giant Python.

As everyone watched in horror and disbelief, the Frost Giant Python swallowed Teacher Zhang, who was still trying to defend herself.

Teacher Zhang didn't even have time to scream before the Frost Giant Python swallowed her whole.

The entire field fell silent once more!

Everyone was utterly shocked!

Li Ran didn't care in the slightest. The Weird World had no rules to speak of. Even if you wrecked the place completely, the world would still find a way to run on its own.

He swept his cold gaze over everyone on the field. "The Li family takes first place in this parent-child activity. Anyone have a problem with that?"

Everyone who met his gaze looked away. No one dared say a word in Teacher Zhang's defense.

Not a single student, parent, or assistant teacher dared speak. Li Ziyang's family had not only defeated the school bully, they had punished the heartless teacher, too. The moment Su Bingyao swallowed Teacher Zhang, she crushed their arrogance. Who would dare step forward and ask to die?

"Since no one does, hurry up and get the reward." Li Ran glared at the assistant.

"I... I'll get it right away." The assistant teacher scrambled to her feet and hurried inside.

Su Bingyao returned to normal and went to Li Ran's side, her face streaked with tears of regret. "H-hubby, I... I was wrong."

Li Ran froze, looking at Su Bingyao with her eyes full of tears.

At that moment, Su Bingyao looked so delicate and captivating that anyone would have felt for her.

He couldn't hold back any longer. He pulled her tightly into his arms.

[Mission Complete: Repair the Broken Family]

[Completion Reward: Mysterious Power +50, Points +500]

Li Ran was delighted. He'd won back his beloved and completed the mission ahead of schedule. It felt wonderful.

[For completing the mission early and perfectly, you may receive an additional special reward.]

[Bonus Reward: Bond Card *1, Equipment (Rare) *1]