"I trust my friend. He's absolutely not the kind of person you're making him out to be." Fang Xu ignored them and turned to the manager. "There should be security cameras outside the restroom too, right?"
The manager put on a troubled expression. "Well, I'm terribly sorry, but the cameras happened to break recently, and we haven't had time to repair them."
Xie Lingfeng and his companions looked smug. "Stop being so stubborn. You're just a bunch of broke students. Coming somewhere like this must have cost you a fortune, huh?"
Bian Yan gritted his teeth. Even an idiot could tell that the manager was siding with those people. "So what if you have money? Don't push us too far!"
Xie Lingfeng laughed. "Money does make me special. But I'm in a good mood today, so I'll do the manager a favor. How about this? Each of you gets on your knees, apologizes, and says a few nice things to me, and we'll let it go."
Bian Yan spat. "Throwing your weight around, and now you're getting full of yourself? You were just lucky enough to be born rich. Otherwise, you wouldn't be worth shit!"
Seeing that they refused to budge, Xie Lingfeng's expression darkened, and he threatened them. "Blame yourselves for being useless. You all attend Swallow City Institute of Technology, if I remember correctly?"
"You!"
Bian Yan clenched his fists, itching to fight them, but he knew perfectly well that if he threw a punch now, the consequences would only get worse.
Yu Nian stepped forward. Thinking he was about to attack, Xie Lingfeng taunted him. "Want to hit me? Go on. Let's see if you can afford the compensation."
Instead, Yu Nian grabbed Qin Yu, who was standing nearby, turned on a faucet, and shoved his head