The Bigger It Got

Indeed, Fang Biya's affair had originally become common knowledge. But to the academy's upper ranks, it was merely children fooling around. Even the Fang Family and Huang Family had not cared much.

What they cared about was only the interests of their Lineage. Such matters could not determine anything at all. So long as the Lineage spoke, personal wishes could be completely ignored. Yet no one had expected this matter to have a sequel. Because of an accident, it had blown up to such proportions. And the little girl of the Fang Family had actually decided that Huo Hai was the one who had acted.

No one else cared about the details. Since Fang Biya had decided it was him, then it was him. As a result, such a huge commotion broke out the very next day. Several hundred people surrounded Huo Hai's residence.

Now things had truly become serious. Although these people had not all come to challenge Huo Hai, they were all blocking the entrance to his courtyard. The courtyard Huo Hai lived in was a large residence rented directly from the academy.

Many other people lived there as well. Blocking the place for a day would not be much of a problem. But if it went on for too long, it would inevitably provoke those people's resentment. When the time came, if everyone pressured the academy together, even the academy's upper ranks would have no choice but to take it seriously. Today, seeing these fellows nearly come to blows only made matters more troublesome.

If these people really started fighting at Huo Hai's gate, then once the conflict spread, even the academy would find it difficult to clean up the mess. To prevent these fellows from making trouble here, the academy immediately dispatched additional personnel after receiving