Brilliant!

Lin Shi's madman persona really stayed up 24/7.

Yan Xianjue had already prepared himself for the possibility of him going crazy after getting up.

He just hadn't expected it to be a different kind of craziness.

He waved at Zhou Ye, signaling him to hurry up and disperse the onlookers around them.

By the way, he also made a quick getaway himself.

Only then did he slowly walk toward Lin Shi, conveniently resetting his dangling wrist.

His peripheral vision had already caught a glimpse of the vice principal's figure.

Tsk.

*

The vice principal had heard that someone was fighting in the hallway of the senior building.

He sprinted all the way from his office.

He didn't even have time to wait for the dilapidated old elevator to come down.

Yan Xianjue had good eyesight, spotting his tie fluttering in mid-air at a single glance.

His already sparse hair was blown into complete disarray.

It looked like he had lost quite a few more precious hairs this time.

*

Panting heavily, the vice principal arrived in front of Yan Xianjue and Lin Shi with zero dignity left.

The moment he saw these two principal parties, the vice principal felt a darkness fall over his eyes.

How could he not have known it was these two ancestors fighting before he came here!

If he had known earlier...

Known earlier...

He still would have had to come!

Damn it!

He didn't even have time to get angry, hastily rattling off a string of concerns: "Are you hurt?"

"Do you need to go to the infirmary to get checked out first?"

He looked the two of them over from top to bottom.

Seeing no obvious wounds on their faces or bodies, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed these two still knew their limits.

*

Hiding in a corner, Shen Fangli finished listening to this, and sneaked away from the base of the wall with Ji Xi, who still looked somewhat worried.

"Look, I told you nothing would happen."

"The Gaokao is right around the corner, the school doesn't want to make trouble for itself over nothing either."

"Even less likely is the disciplinary demerit you were talking about."

Shen Fangli's voice had just trailed off.

When she heard the vice principal's furious voice from afar: "The Gaokao is right around the corner, and the two of you still don't have an ounce of sense!"

"Call your parents! You must call your parents!"

Ji Xi hesitated and stood his ground: "Are you sure?"

Shen Fangli recalled how the Yan Household had watched the drama unfold at her family's place that day at the private restaurant.

She felt that Yan Xianjue's family members weren't the overly serious type of personalities.

"Of course!"

"Stop dawdling, Yan Xianjue can handle this little matter."

"No," Ji Xi paused, "I just suddenly remembered, Special Assistant said that if needed, an assistant's job also includes handling the young master's school affairs."

Shen Fangli looked around, confirming there were no other people nearby.

She slowly raised her hand and gave him a round of applause.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

While clapping, she couldn't stop shaking her head, praising: "Brilliant, Ji Xi, I'm almost won over by your bold idea."

She gestured an invitation toward the vice principal's direction.

"You go try, and see if the vice principal doesn't pass out from anger today because of you."

*

"Uh... Sorry. Please say that again."

The special assistant listened with glazed eyes as the person on the other end patiently repeated it.

He muttered in repetition: "Our young master got into a fight at school?"

After receiving a positive reply from the other side of the call, the assistant ruthlessly wiped his face.

He politely bid farewell to the other party, then hung up the phone.

When he entered the meeting room again, he leaned close to Yan Yi'an's ear and whispered:

"The young master got into a fight with someone at school, and the school wants a parent to come now."

Yan Yi'an's fingertips paused, and he nodded, saying: "I know."

*

Yan Yi'an delegated the work downward.

He had Uncle Lu drive him to the school.

He didn't feel any angry emotions at all.

He just found it somewhat novel and amusing.

Yan Xianjue actually got caught fighting someone at school?

His focus was on the fact that he got caught by the school and that they were calling his parents.

After all, in this regard, Yan Xianjue had been clever since childhood; he hadn't fought any fewer fights, but this was truly the first time he was caught by the school.

As for fighting, which boy didn't fight.

This thought only lasted until the very moment he stepped into the vice principal's office.

*

Yan Xianjue sat on the sofa in the vice principal's office with a look of extreme annoyance.

"Scram, can't you go sit on the other side!"

Right now, he had the feeling that he was being pestered by a mental patient.

[Big brother, come quickly, save me!]

[SOS!]

Lin Shi wasn't angry even after being cursed at.

Squinting his eyes, he obediently scooted... the distance of a single fist.

[Damn it, might as well not move. Who is this insulting?!]

From Yan Xianjue's cursing, Yan Yi'an could already sense his irritability.

He frowned as he looked at that boy.

There was information on him in the Lin family files.

The eldest grandson of the Lin family; his dad was locked in a fierce battle with Lin Lang for the position of heir.

He seemed to understand why Yan Xianjue didn't call his mom and dad, but instead called him, an older brother who was currently at work.

"Xianjue."

He beckoned, calling Yan Xianjue over to his side.

Yan Xianjue stood up from the sofa as if granted a great amnesty, walking quickly to his side.

Yan Yi'an pinched his cheek.

"You've grown some spine, getting called to school for a parent-teacher meeting just from a fight."

"Hey, hey, hey!"

"Mistake, that was a mistake."

Yan Xianjue snatched his face back from Yan Yi'an's hand.

He rubbed it while baring his teeth, though the vice principal hadn't even seen a single red mark on his face!

And what did he mean by a mistake!

Wasn't the main point the fact that he was fighting?!

*

"Lin Shi, why hasn't your guardian arrived yet?" the vice principal asked.

Lin Shi crossed his legs, supporting his chin with a single hand in a slovenly manner: "Who knows."

The vice principal felt a splitting headache whenever he saw him.

It wasn't the first time Lin Shi had been called in because of a fight.

In three years, there had been plenty of situations worse than this.

He had never once seen Lin Shi's dad show up!

Either the person who came was the assistant, or it was his mom.

The assistant always only cared about grades, while Lin Shi's mother always acted like she was just going through the motions.

Lin Shi didn't seem to feel like he was causing trouble for others in the slightest.

He even smiled at the vice principal: "Just talk to me about whatever the matter is."

The vice principal raised a finger and pointed it at the bridge of his nose, enraged: "Talk to you? I've been talking to you for three years, you actually have to listen!"

Speaking of it made him angry.

It wasn't like he hadn't talked to Lin Shi about Ji Xi's matter.

Every time it ended in failure.

Coupled with the fact that Ji Xi truly hadn't actively reported or complained to the school.

He had gradually stopped bringing it up.

*

Helplessly shaking his head, he temporarily put Lin Shi aside.

He roughly described the sequence of events he had just learned about to Yan Yi'an.

"Calling the parents over this time is, on one hand, because Yan Xianjue was the one who threw the first punch, which touches upon safety issues."

"On the other hand, the Gaokao is right around the corner, and it's quite normal for students' emotions to fluctuate."

"The school also wants to understand the student's recent condition with the parents."

"Whether emotional adjustments are needed."

The vice principal's attitude was very polite, and Yan Yi'an didn't have any aggressive intentions either.

As for Yan Xianjue's emotions, though?

He watched the drama every day with extreme enthusiasm; whether that counted as feeling no exam pressure was up for debate.

Yan Yi'an: "Xianjue is not a child who would actively initiate a fight."

"His emotions are also very stable. As for safety issues..."

Yan Yi'an smiled: "He has specially studied combat with retired veterans."

"It's very difficult for ordinary people to pose any safety threat to him."