"Eun-woo! Eun-woo! How are you?"
The blond guy shouted at Kim Eun-woo.
"I'm... finished..."
Kim Eun-woo knelt on the ground, his face blank.
"What! Finished! How is that possible! We'll complain! We're filing a complaint! That bodyguard dared to injure you-we'll get the university to expel him!"
The blond guy howled.
"Uh..."
"Expel Chen Zheng? Chen Zheng isn't even a Nan University student, is he? How would they expel him? He's Su Cheng's bodyguard. Nan University has no authority over him. Is this blond guy an idiot?"
"Whatever! Let's post the news on the university forum first! The king of three-pointers sent the Korean taekwondo expert Kim Eun-woo flying with one kick, displaying China's divine might!"
"Shh! Keep it down! Don't let those Koreans hear you!"
"Chen Zheng is so strong. I really want to become his disciple. He must know real ancient martial arts!"
The students watching had now recovered their senses. One after another, they looked mockingly at Kim Eun-woo kneeling on the ground. This Korean had challenged the entire Nan University Ancient Martial Arts Club alone last year and even beaten its former president so badly that he dropped out. Today, he had finally gotten his just deserts!
Quite a few of these students had taken photos and videos with their phones earlier and were ready to post them straight to the university forum and online. They might even go viral!
"Haoshang, take me to see Senior Sister Yunmei!"
After a full ten minutes of silence, Kim Eun-woo suddenly raised his head and fixed his eyes on the blond guy.
"Huh? Okay! Let's go find Miss Yunmei. Miss Yunmei will definitely avenge you, Eun-woo!"
The blond guy nodded emphatically. Together with the other Koreans, he helped Kim Eun-woo up, and they left in a sorry state under the students' stares, as though they were monkeys on display.
A large classroom.
Dressed in professional attire, An Jing was giving a lecture.
By rights, her outfit today should have drawn the male students' eyes, especially those long legs in black stockings. Strangely enough, though, both the male and female students in the large classroom kept glancing toward Chen Zheng.
This left An Jing somewhat puzzled. Was Chen Zheng really that charming?
"Chen Zheng, my students all love looking at you. Why don't you teach the class?"
An Jing put down her textbook and sighed, looking at Chen Zheng with a hint of resentment.
"Sis An is jealous."
Su Cheng whispered to Chen Zheng.
Knock, knock, knock!
Just then, however, a sudden burst of urgent knocking came from outside the classroom.
"Who is it?"
An Jing frowned.
The students all looked toward the door. The next second, with a creak, the classroom door was pushed open, and a man in a suit and polished shoes walked in, followed by two security guards.
"Sorry for interrupting, Professor An Jing." The well-dressed man first swept his gaze around the room, then settled his eyes on An Jing's face and said solemnly, "I'm Zhang Xu from the academic affairs office. We've received a collective complaint from the Korean international students saying that Su Cheng's bodyguard, Chen Zheng, injured the president of the Taekwondo Club, Kim Eun-woo, and severely at that. Someone has already posted this incident online, and it has had an extremely negative impact! Chen Zheng, please come out now and come with us! Which one of you is Chen Zheng? Step forward yourself and go apologize to Kim Eun-woo immediately!"
An uproar erupted!
The well-dressed man's words instantly set off a commotion!
"Apologize?"
At that, An Jing's pretty face instantly turned cold, and she regarded Zhang Xu with a scrutinizing gaze.
"Why should he apologize?"
"Kim Eun-woo was the one who provoked him first, okay! I was there. I know everything that happened! It was clearly Kim Eun-woo and those Koreans who started it. They embarrassed themselves because they weren't as skilled. Why should Chen Zheng apologize!"
"Exactly! A year ago, Kim Eun-woo tore through Nan University's Ancient Martial Arts Club and even crippled its president, forcing him to drop out. Did Kim Eun-woo apologize?"
"Talk about double standards!"
The students spoke up one after another.
"Shut up! Do you want your credits docked?" Zhang Xu's face darkened as he barked, "I said anyone who does something wrong has to apologize! If I say Chen Zheng was wrong, then he was wrong. Do you understand? Chen Zheng, step forward! Hmm? You sitting beside Su Cheng-are you Chen Zheng? Come over here yourself and come with me!"
Zhang Xu cowed the students with his forceful manner. His gaze shifted, and when he spotted Chen Zheng sitting beside Su Cheng, he fixed his eyes straight on him.
He was furious right now. A bodyguard brought in by a student had injured Kim Eun-woo, reportedly severely, and it had even spread online. Most importantly, he had recently been acting as a go-between for his brother-in-law's company and the group backing Kim Eun-woo. They were on the verge of signing a contract. Who could have expected something like this to happen? As soon as he heard the news, he had come looking for Chen Zheng.
All he wanted now was to march Chen Zheng over to apologize to Kim Eun-woo!
"This is my classroom. Could you leave?"
An Jing could not listen any longer. She spoke coldly.
"An Jing, remember your position. You're a professor hired by Nan University. You should be on the university's side! This Chen Zheng, an outsider, injured an international student on our campus and caused extremely damaging harm to our reputation. Are you really going to shield a student like this? An Jing, do you want to lose your job?"
Zhang Xu snorted coldly.
"Fuck you! I'm protecting Chen Zheng today, so what! You think I give a damn about this lousy professorship?"
An Jing had lost her temper!
The woman had outright started swearing!
Holy shit!
So fierce!
So badass!
So mighty!
For a moment, the students in the classroom were dumbstruck. This was the first time they had heard their icy beauty of a professor swear. And wasn't this a little too badass? She was practically a powder keg!
Professor An was simply a queen like this!
Wait a second!
The icy beauty of a professor had suddenly become so protective of Chen Zheng. Did that mean she really had fallen in love with him?
"You! You! You!" Her retort forced Zhang Xu back a step. A vicious gleam flashed through his eyes. Rather than look at An Jing, he fixed his gaze on Chen Zheng again and directly ordered the two guards into action. "Take this brat away!"
"This is my classroom! Who dares lay a hand on him!"
An Jing swept a cold gaze straight over them.
"..."
The two guards had already lifted their feet, but under An Jing's sweeping gaze, they froze on the spot.
These two guards were not random hires. They were professionals with some training, and at this moment, they sensed something called killing intent!
This female professor was no ordinary person. Better not provoke her!
"What are you standing there for! One woman has scared you stiff? Do you want to lose your jobs too!"
Zhang Xu's face turned the color of pig liver as he roared at the two guards.
"Why is the classroom so noisy? Is this still a class? An Jing, what's going on?"
Just then, another voice came from outside the classroom. A man in his fifties stood at the doorway, looking gravely at An Jing.
"Principal Lu?" Hearing that voice, Zhang Xu turned around and immediately put on a fawning expression. Then, with a face full of righteousness, he said, "Principal Lu! Today, Su Cheng's bodyguard, Chen Zheng, injured the international student Kim Eun-woo, causing extremely damaging harm to the university's reputation. I was having Chen Zheng taken to apologize to Kim Eun-woo to recover some of our reputation, but Professor An insisted on stopping us and shielding the bodyguard who injured him. Please make a ruling, Principal!"
"Is that what happened?"
Principal Lu frowned again as he looked at An Jing.
"Lu Weiguo, ask the students yourself what really happened. Also, I'm formally telling you now: I have no interest in being a lousy professor anymore. Don't come bothering me again!" An Jing replied coldly. As she spoke, she walked toward Chen Zheng and Su Cheng. Reaching their side, she pulled them both up and walked straight out of the classroom in front of everyone.
"Principal Lu, Professor An's behavior seriously undermines university discipline. She should be severely punished! That Chen Zheng must be taken to apologize to Kim Eun-woo. An outsider like him shouldn't even be allowed on campus!"
Zhang Xu was furious and spoke viciously.
"An Jing is my daughter. She uses her mother's surname. I owe her a great deal." Principal Lu spoke after a moment's contemplation. Then he looked very seriously at Zhang Xu and gently patted his shoulder with his right hand. "Director Zhang, I will thoroughly investigate this matter of a student's bodyguard injuring an international student. You can rest assured of that."
With that, Principal Lu also left the classroom.
"Ah... Principal... daughter... I..."
Zhang Xu was stunned, suddenly and utterly stunned!
"Holy shit!"
"Professor An is actually the principal's daughter!"
"Big news! This is seriously big news!"
"Professor An actually has that kind of background!"
"Good heavens! She's no ordinary person! Seriously, no ordinary person! If we'd known she had that background, who would have dared make Professor An angry? Wouldn't you have to be brain-dead to make her angry?"
"Ah! You can't blame the brain-dead guy, either. He didn't know who Professor An was before this!"
The students in the classroom were dumbfounded too, but they soon recovered. Then, one after another, they looked mockingly at the stupefied Zhang Xu, unable to resist making snide remarks.