Chapter 40

Hearing Zhao Huizhen say that, Shen Luoluo didn't suspect anything until they arrived at the classroom.

The class monitor rushed into the classroom and told her, "Luoluo, it seems your brother got into a fight, and that person's parents have come to the school."

She then realized something was wrong, and without asking any questions, she ran straight to the Teacher's office.

It was still before class started, and the area outside the Teacher's office was crowded with onlookers.

This is the scene Shen Luoluo saw when she arrived.

The parents of the beaten student sat on the sofa. The mother was crying and wailing, "Teacher, look at him! Look at my son! He's been beaten like this. His eyes are so swollen he can't even see where he's going. And his hand... he broke it! We wouldn't even lay a finger on him at home, and now he's been beaten like this at school! What kind of mess is this?"

"My son is in the top ten of his grade. With his hand broken, how will he study? If anything happens to him, we won't live anymore." The woman pointed at Shen Jiayan: "I don't care! If you don't get this guy, who's bad at studying and also assaults people, out of this school today, I'm not leaving!"

"Jia Yan, tell Teacher what happened? Why did you hit him?" The speaker was Ms. Song, Shen Jiayan's homeroom Teacher Song.

Shen Jiayan glanced at the boy, then looked at the Teacher: "You're asking me why I hit him, why don't you ask him what he did wrong that I had to hit him?"

"Shen Jiayan!" The one who yelled was the homeroom teacher of the student who was beaten, from the Rocket Class. "Shen Jiayan, what do you mean? You hit someone and you still think you're right? Tell me honestly why you hit Liang Qin!"

"What else could it be? A student with such poor grades is obviously a bad influence. He doesn't study and just fights all day. He's jealous of Liang Qin's excellence!" The woman sobbed. "He should be expelled. He's just a menace at school. I don't care about Teacher Zhang, you have to give us an explanation today!"

Little Teacher Song couldn't stand it anymore. "Liang Qin's mother, what you're saying is wrong. It's true that Shen Jiayan doesn't like to study, but that doesn't mean he's a bad student. The matter hasn't been investigated yet, so don't talk nonsense."

"Liang Qin, you can speak too. Tell me, why did Shen Jiayan hit you?"

Upon hearing this, the boy's father jumped to his feet, angrily pointing at Little Teacher Song: "Teacher, what do you mean? Oh, my son was beaten like this, his hand is broken, and this guy is perfectly fine. Is my son in the wrong? He hit someone and he thinks he's right? I'm not talking to you, you don't know anything! Call your school principal!"

Liang Qin seemed to have anticipated that Shen Jiayan wouldn't speak, and replied, "I don't know why he hit me. Maybe he was unhappy because my grades were better than his."

"You son of a bitch..." Shen Jiayan wanted to kick him again, but was stopped by Little Teacher Song.

Little Teacher Song also got anxious. "Jia Yan! Stand still and talk! Why did you hit him? How can Teacher help you if you don't tell me?"

Shen Jiayan straightened his back, still refusing to budge, "I told you to ask him, not me."

"Teacher Zhang, look at him! Look at his attitude! He hit someone and he's still so arrogant!" The woman's voice was shrill.

The onlookers began to whisper and discuss among themselves.

"What's wrong with Shen Jiayan? He hit someone and he's so arrogant. This is going too far."

"I heard he'd been in fights before; he wasn't a good person to begin with."

"Liang Qin was in the same class as him in elementary school. Their relationship wasn't good back then. I thought things would be fine after they were separated into different classes, but I didn't expect them to still fight."

Duan Yixing and Lu Yanze were also in the crowd, and they were instantly enraged when they heard the discussion.

"Don't talk nonsense if you don't know. Shen Jiayan isn't that kind of person; he wouldn't hit someone randomly."

"That time in elementary school, he beat up the guy who was stopping us and collecting protection money! He didn't just beat people up randomly. If it weren't for him, you wouldn't know how much protection money you would have to pay."

Soon someone retorted, "You're so close to him, you know that, so tell me what happened, why did he hit Liang Qin?"

Duan Yixing and Lu Yanze were speechless when asked. They didn't know what had happened either. Shen Jiayan hadn't even told them. They didn't even know that Shen Jiayan had been in a fight.

The two of them stubbornly insisted, "Anyway, Shen Jiayan isn't that kind of person!"

Little Teacher Song was at her wit's end. "Jia Yan, if you don't tell me what happened, I'll have to call your parents."

"I'd give the same answer even if you called them here." Shen Jiayan's heart skipped a beat when he caught sight of Shen Luoluo standing at the door.

My heart was pounding. I thought his sister would believe him, since he really wasn't the kind of person who liked to fight and would hit people without asking questions.

He looked at Shen Luoluo expectantly, hoping she would believe him, but Shen Luoluo glanced at him and turned away.

Gone?

Chapter 40

◎Borrowing Seeds◎

The fight was widely reported, and Class 1 of Grade 11 was no exception.

It wasn't time for class yet, and everyone was chattering away.

"Hey, did you guys hear? Liang Qin from the Rocket Class got beaten up by Shen Jiayan from class 8, and Liang Qin's parents have come to the school."

"Huh, why are they fighting?"

"Shen Jiayan has been in fights before, could it be that Shen Jiayan disliked him and beat him up? I heard the two of them had conflicts before."

Jingbei International School offers full-grade education, from kindergarten to high school. Therefore, apart from transfer students, most students here know each other to some extent.

"I don't know. The Teacher is mediating. But for some reason, Shen Jiayan won't say why he hit someone. Could it be that he really disliked Liang Qin and hit him?"

"Impossible! Shen Jiayan isn't that kind of person!" At this moment, a girl suddenly interjected.

The group of people discussing the matter all turned to look at the girl. "Xu Chuangchuang, why are you so agitated? Do you know something?"

"Yeah, Chuangchuang, weren't you in the same class as them before? What's going on with them? Tell us."