Very Charming?

In no time at all.

Ye Xiao and Lin Yun's three lackeys were brought to the side.

The three lackeys, their faces bruised and swollen, looked at the cafeteria manager standing before them.

"Hello, Director Sun."

It was clear that the three of them knew this man.

However, this was Ye Xiao's first time meeting the middle-aged man.

This cafeteria manager, Sun Qingsong, possessed the strength of the Eighth Realm; he was unfathomable.

Yet, he held no teaching position within the school.

Instead, he was responsible for the management of the cafeteria.

This piqued the curiosity of quite a few people.

With such strength, he could easily have held a leadership position at the school.

Instead, he remained in a place like the cafeteria, holding a minor post.

Was that not a bit of a waste of talent?

But Sun Qingsong seemed to have no complaints about this.

Sun Qingsong looked over the four people in front of him and asked, "Which one of you threw the first punch?"

Ye Xiao pointed at the three of them.

"They did."

As for the three who were already beaten black and blue.

They felt like a mute eating coptis—unable to voice their bitterness.

"The three of them, against you alone?"

Sun Qingsong looked at Ye Xiao with a gaze of surprise.

Because Ye Xiao was completely unscathed.

Looking at it this way.

These three looked more like the victims, didn't they?

Ye Xiao nodded: "They started it; I was acting in self-defense."

"If Director Sun doesn't believe me, there are witnesses and physical evidence at the scene that can prove it for me."

Sun Qingsong's gaze fell upon the three bruised and swollen individuals.

"You lot, I really don't know what to say to you anymore."

"Three people bullying one, only to end up beaten into this state."

"What do you want to do now?"

The three bruised men stammered, wanting to say something more.

But Sun Qingsong's eyes widened in fury.

"Ah! Are you not embarrassed enough already?"

"You still have the nerve to make demands?"

After being scolded, the three of them lowered their heads in utter shame.

Sun Qingsong suppressed the anger in his heart.

"First, compensate the students who were caught in the crossfire of your fight."

"Second, pay for the tables and chairs in the cafeteria that you broke."

"Third, you will clean the entire cafeteria for me, all three floors!"

Upon hearing this, the three of them widened their eyes in shock.

"Director Sun, only this small area of the cafeteria was dirtied; do we really have to clean the entire cafeteria?"

"This, this is a bit too..."

Sun Qingsong asked coldly, "Hmm? Do you think my arrangements are too excessive?"

The aura of an Eighth Realm powerhouse pressed down on these youngsters, making it hard for them to breathe.

They all turned pale with fright.

"No, no problem, we'll clean it up right away."

Sun Qingsong immediately barked, "Get to it now!"

The three were terrified out of their wits and nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes!"

Once the three of them had scurried away.

Sun Qingsong's gaze fell upon Ye Xiao.

As he looked at Ye Xiao.

His eyes softened noticeably, shedding that air of stern authority.

"You're the special recruit among this year's freshmen, aren't you?"

Ye Xiao nodded.

Sun Qingsong's brows furrowed slightly, turning grave: "I knew your father; he was an exceptional man."

"A tiger father has no dog for a son. I can see traces of him in you."

"However, the path of the Martialist is a difficult one to tread."

"After all, it is the weakest profession. Ten years of your hard cultivation might not even match the progress a powerful profession makes in a single year."

Ye Xiao nodded again.

He said, "I have prepared myself. Since my father could walk this path, I can walk it as well."

Sun Qingsong laughed heartily.

"Fine! I admire you!"

Having said that.

Sun Qingsong shifted the tone of the conversation.

"But, admiration is one thing. You must pay for the damages caused to the cafeteria due to your fighting today!"

Before Ye Xiao could nod.

Fatty Wang, who was standing to the side, burst in.

He said with a beaming smile, "Director Sun, I'll cover the damages my roommate caused to the cafeteria!"

Sun Qingsong glanced sideways at Fatty Wang.

"Are you very wealthy?"

Fatty Wang rubbed his head with a naive expression.

"I wouldn't say wealthy, exactly."

"It's just that Ye Xiao is my good friend, and anything that can be solved with money isn't really a problem."

Sun Qingsong let out a cold snort.

"So, that means you are very wealthy."

Fatty Wang grinned.

Although he didn't offer further explanation, one could faintly discern his affluent family background.

But the next moment.

Sun Qingsong changed his tune.

"Who said I was making him pay money?"

"Did I just say I wanted him to pay?"

"Huh?" Fatty Wang was stunned, "If not money, then what?"

Sun Qingsong spoke coldly.

"The cafeteria logistics department is short a dishwasher."

"Ye Xiao, you will scrub 1,000,000 plates for me, and this debt will be wiped clean!"

As soon as the words were out.

Ye Xiao and Fatty Wang were both left dumbfounded.

1,000,000 plates?

Are you kidding me?

How long would it take to wash all those until the end of time?

But Sun Qingsong didn't look like he was joking in the slightest.

Sun Qingsong added, "I don't expect you to scrub plates twenty-four hours a day; just come and do it during your lunch and dinner breaks."

"Whenever you finish the 1,000,000, you will be free."

"Your meals will be on my tab. Eat as much as you want, whatever you want, but you must finish eating quickly and get to scrubbing. Do you understand?"

Sun Qingsong's overbearing and forceful nature left Fatty Wang speechless.

He couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with Director Sun's head.

Just because you have a bit of power, you're going to target a student like this?

Fatty Wang wanted to argue his case.

"Director Sun, I'm afraid it's not very appropriate for you to subject Ye Xiao to such corporal punishment..."

But before Fatty Wang could finish, Ye Xiao had already agreed.

"Fine! Director Sun, I accept your terms."

"I'll wash one million plates as compensation for the damage I caused today."

Now it was Fatty Wang's turn to be dumbfounded.

"Ye Xiao! Have you lost your mind too!"

"That's one million plates!"

"Do you plan on washing dishes in the cafeteria until your next life?"

But no matter how he tried to dissuade him, Ye Xiao had already set his heart on it.

Fatty Wang wailed internally.

"Have I gone mad, or has this world gone mad?"

"How can someone actually agree to wash one million plates!"

In the time that followed, the students in the cafeteria could see three of Lin Yun's lackeys mopping the floors and cleaning the entire cafeteria, sweating profusely.

The students who had been caught in the crossfire of the fight were provided with fresh meals.

The damaged tables and chairs were cordoned off, waiting to be repaired.

As for Ye Xiao and Fatty Wang, after finishing their meal, they followed a group of dishwashing aunties to the cafeteria's logistics area.

Fatty Wang wore his gloves quite clumsily, scrubbing greasy plates.

"Fatty, why don't you go back and rest? After all, we have class this afternoon."

"Washing these plates is something I agreed to; it has nothing to do with you."

Ye Xiao said while washing.

Fatty Wang gritted his teeth, scrubbing the plates with great vigor.

He was washing them with impressive intensity.

"It's nothing! Ye Xiao, I'll call you Brother Xiao from now on!"

"You've made me look at you in a whole new light today."

Ye Xiao asked curiously.

"Why?"

Fatty Wang said, "First, you dared to take action and teach Lin Yun's lackeys a lesson in public; I admire you for that act alone."

"Second, you dared to agree to wash one million plates. Although we haven't known each other long, based on what I know of you, I'm sure you'll insist on finishing all one million of them."

"Combined with everything that's happened over the last two days, I find you to be a very charismatic person, so I want to build a deep friendship with you!"

A helpless smile appeared on Ye Xiao's face.

"I'm very charismatic?"

"I really didn't expect that. This is the first time in my life I've heard from a man that I'm charismatic."

"I always thought that kind of thing would only come from girls who admire me."