The Bigger the Fist, the Harder the Truth

"Stop right there!"

A deep, resounding voice suddenly rang out. The crowd that had been watching scattered at once!

A tall, clean-shaven teacher in his fifties, with a dark complexion and a stern expression, swept his gaze over the five of them. "You five, come with me!"

Ten minutes later,

Outer Court Martial Soul Department Dean's Office.

"...Enough. Don't let this happen again!"

Du Weilun's stern voice rang out.

Before long, Liu Yuan, Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and their adversaries, Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, emerged from the dean's office.

"Just you wait!"

Dai Huabin shot a vicious glare at Liu Yuan and the other two.

"This isn't over!"

"Gladly, you—defeated—loser."

Liu Yuan drawled the words, and the last four made Dai Huabin's face turn darker than ever.

But since they were still in the Dean's Office, he could only force down his anger and leave with a sweep of his sleeve.

Yet the towering resentment in his eyes made it clear that, just as he had said, this was far from over!

"Brother, I got you into trouble."

Only after Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu disappeared from sight did Huo Yuhao lower his head and speak in shame.

"How is this trouble?" Liu Yuan waved a hand. "We even made a little profit off Dai Huabin. Later, I'll take you out for a big meal."

After Du Weilun had summoned them to the Dean's Office, he began lecturing them. But he had not reprimanded them for fighting. Instead, he scolded them for fighting outside the dormitory building rather than in the Soul Fighting Arena. Fortunately, they had not damaged any public facilities, or they would have had to pay compensation.

However, after the reprimand, Liu Yuan brought up Huo Yuhao's injuries and demanded that Dai Huabin compensate him.

Du Weilun did not hesitate and told Dai Huabin to do so. Zhu Lu immediately objected.

She bluntly stated that Dai Huabin had been beaten far worse.

But his injuries had already been healed, and she had no proof.

Zhu Lu had wanted to find witnesses,

but Du Weilun said, "Shrek Academy respects the strong and encourages competition. Whoever has the bigger fist is in the right. If you lost the fight, it was the same as losing a bet. Since when did winners have to give money to losers?" Those words alone left Zhu Lu speechless.

She still wanted to argue,

but Dai Huabin roughly stopped her.

They had already lost enough face!

Was there any point in continuing!?

So, he chose to accept his loss.

"Wang Dong, thank you for helping today." Liu Yuan turned to Wang Dong and thanked her.

This matter clearly had nothing to do with her. She and Liu Yuan were not particularly close either; if anything, they even had a small grudge between them.

Who would have thought that she would stop Zhu Lu?

Huo Yuhao also came to his senses then.

Filled with gratitude, he solemnly thanked her as well.

"How is that trouble?" Wang Dong proudly raised her head like a big white goose. Mimicking Liu Yuan's tone and gesture, she waved a hand. "I just couldn't stand seeing them bully the weak with their strength and gang up on the few."

Dai Huabin beating Huo Yuhao = bullying the weak with strength;

Zhu Lu wanting to join Dai Huabin in beating Liu Yuan = ganging up on the few.

There was nothing wrong with that logic!

"If you really want to thank this young master, then treat this young master to a big meal. This young master isn't picky, anyway."

"No problem."

Liu Yuan agreed with a smile.

But hearing her call herself "this young master" over and over, he could not help teasing her. "Still calling yourself a master, huh?"

"None of your business!"

Having been exposed again, Wang Dong's face reddened. After glaring at Liu Yuan, she said, "I'm leaving! Bye! Bye!"

Then she turned and ran off.

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao scratched his head in confusion.

"Brother, is he your roommate?"

"Sort of."

Liu Yuan's answer was vague, but he quickly changed the subject. "Yuhao, you can't stay in that dorm anymore. Come live with me from now on."

"No, Brother."

At the mention of this, Huo Yuhao's eyes filled with hatred! "If anyone should move out, it should be him! I'm not afraid of him!"

"And... Brother, you have a roommate too."

"Yuhao." Liu Yuan understood what he was thinking. With a quiet sigh, he patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder. "Your strength isn't enough yet, so you need to develop first. Don't act on a momentary impulse. Besides, didn't you already collect a little interest? You took his money and bit off a piece of his flesh."

"Besides..."

He glanced in the direction Wang Dong had left.

"My roommate will be moving out soon. Rather than letting some stranger move in, I'd rather have you."

"Moving out?"

Huo Yuhao did not understand.

"Why?"

"Because he's not a boy." Liu Yuan's matter-of-fact tone instantly stunned Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao: Not a boy!?

"Then, then Wang Dong is..."

"That girl came here disguised as a boy, but I exposed her." Before long, Liu Yuan explained the whole story to Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao: "..."

His little head was filled with enormous confusion.

Could someone really do that?!

"Brother, but why would she do that?"

"Who knows?"

Though he said that, Tang Buddha Ancestor's figure and schemes surfaced in Liu Yuan's mind. After a brief pause, he said, "Maybe dressing as a boy makes it easier to find a boyfriend."

At that, Huo Yuhao's mouth immediately formed an O.

His mind turned, and he instinctively drew an analogy.

"Then wouldn't dressing as a girl make it easier to find a girlfriend?"

The moment those words came out, Liu Yuan froze on the spot.

He looked Huo Yuhao up and down with a stunned, strange expression.

After a long silence,

"No. That would make people more likely to think you're a pervert."

Huo Yuhao, after coming back to his senses: "..."

Ahhh!

Why did I say something like that just now?!

After that,

Wang Dong officially moved out of Dormitory 108.

Accompanied by Liu Yuan, Huo Yuhao returned to his own dormitory to pack his belongings, then submitted an application to the academy.

The academy processed it quickly.

After all, following such an incident, they understood that Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin could not live together peacefully. Since Dormitory 108 happened to have an empty bed and someone was willing to take Huo Yuhao in, Shrek Academy had no reason to refuse.

Inside Dormitory 108,

Huo Yuhao had just finished organizing his belongings.

Just then, "Knock, knock, knock—"

Someone suddenly knocked on the dormitory door.

Liu Yuan glanced at the closed door. "Who is it?"

"It's me!"

Xiao Xiao's anxious voice came from outside the dormitory.

Xiao Xiao? Why was this girl here?

"Coming."

When the door opened, Xiao Xiao's anxious figure came into view.

"Brother Liu Yuan."

After greeting him, she repeatedly looked into the room.

By coincidence, her eyes met Huo Yuhao's.

"Xiao Xiao, why are you here?"

Phew—

Seeing that he was unharmed, Xiao Xiao quietly let out a breath of relief.

"It's good that you're both alright."

"I was in my dormitory earlier and vaguely heard fighting, but I didn't go out to look. Then a new roommate arrived, and I heard what happened from her. I knew right away that it was you and Brother Liu Yuan. She said Yuhao had been beaten especially badly, so I asked her for details and rushed over to check on you."