"Yes, exactly, honey. I believe Jiyang wouldn't do something like that. If you don't believe him, just check his phone."
Pan Feng loved Lu Jiyang dearly and believed others had falsely accused him. He couldn't possibly have done something like this.
After all, even if Lu Jiyang wasn't her biological son, he had grown up by her side. She had raised him with her own two hands, and their bond ran deep.
Lu Yuanqing nodded and said to Lu Jiyang, "Haven't I told you not to bring your phone to school? What did you bring it here for? Hurry up and take it out so I can have a look!"
Lu Jiyang: "..." Lu Chi, fuck you! You fucking idiot!
"Dad, I..." Lu Jiyang hurriedly defended himself. "I really didn't bring my phone. Brother Lu Chi was just guessing. If you don't believe me, feel for yourself."
Lu Yuanqing walked over and reached out to feel around Lu Jiyang's crotch.
He immediately felt a phone.
Lu Yuanqing was the school's largest shareholder. The rule forbidding phones on campus was one he and the board had established together.
Now his own son had a phone stuffed down his crotch. In front of so many people, he certainly wasn't going to admit it.
He could only say, "Yes, you really didn't bring a phone. Remember, you can't bring one now, and you can't bring one in the future either. Understood?"
Lu Jiyang nodded obediently. "Understood, Dad."
Inside, however, he was already growing anxious.
Lu Yuanqing wouldn't admit he had brought a phone in front of all these people, but once they got home, he was definitely in for a punishment.
He had to find somewhere to quickly delete the messages he and Qiu Yugang had exchanged.
Otherwise, merely bringing a phone to school wasn't too serious an offense. He could say he had brought it for fun. His grades were good anyway, so bringing a phone once in a while wasn't a big deal.
But if his dad discovered that he and Qiu Yugang had discussed how to deal with Lu Chi, that would be a much bigger offense.
Lu Yuanqing said to the principal, "Punish these three students however the school rules and disciplinary regulations require."
Then he turned to the three parents. "The three of them bullied my son. Your three families must give me a satisfactory answer for this. If you can't give me a perfectly satisfactory answer, none of your families need to stay in Jing City any longer."
"Don't worry, Mr. Lu. We'll definitely give you an answer."
"Yes, Mr. Lu. Let me think this through. Let me think this through."
"Rest assured, Mr. Lu. I'll make sure that brat of mine learns his lesson!"
With the matter settled for the time being, Lu Yuanqing and Pan Feng left the office, ready to head back.
Lu Jiyang hurried toward the boys' restroom, hoping to destroy the evidence on his phone.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yuanqing spoke casually to his retreating back. "Jiyang, come to the car with me."
Lu Jiyang said, "...Dad, I really need to pee right now. Can I use the restroom first? I'll meet you at the car afterward."
Lu Yuanqing said, "I told you to go to the car, so go to the car."
Lu Jiyang said, "All right..."
He glared at Lu Chi, then scurried after Lu Yuanqing.
Inside, he had already started cursing Lu Chi.
That damned country bumpkin. Could he have been reborn too?
Otherwise, how could he have known I had a phone hidden in my crotch?
Impossible!
I'm the only chosen one! Only I can be reborn and slaughter everyone left and right!
You stinking country bumpkin, just you wait. Sooner or later, I'll drive you out of the Lu Family!
The Lu Family fortune is all mine!
Mine!
Without realizing it, Lu Jiyang clenched both fists, his teeth grinding audibly.
Lu Yuanqing turned around just in time to see his hideously contorted face.
Furious, Lu Yuanqing quickened his pace and walked over to his Rolls-Royce.
As soon as the three of them got into the car, Lu Yuanqing gave Lu Jiyang a backhanded slap.
Lu Jiyang: "..." What was that for? What did I do now?
"Lu Jiyang, you're getting more and more out of control! Not only did you bring your phone to school, you were baring your teeth behind me just now. What, have your wings grown strong enough that you want to rebel now?!"
Lu Jiyang panicked. "Dad, I... I did bring my phone. I was in a rush this morning and accidentally brought it along. Once I got to school, I was afraid of an inspection, so I put it down my crotch."
"Take it out!" Lu Yuanqing roared.
Sitting in the front, Pan Feng quickly turned around to reason with Lu Yuanqing:
"Did you swallow gunpowder or something? Can't you just talk to the child properly? Why do you have to shout at the drop of a hat, and even hit him? What's gotten into you today?"
Lu Yuanqing shouted at Pan Feng too. "I'm telling you, not only did Lu Jiyang bring his phone to school, he was clenching his fists and baring his teeth behind my back just now! Tell me, didn't he deserve a slap? All you ever do is spoil him!"
"What? Jiyang, is that true?" Pan Feng asked in confusion.
Jiyang was usually such an obedient child. What had gotten into him?
Was he worried that bringing Chi'er home meant they wouldn't love him enough, so he had started competing for their affection?
"Lu Jiyang, I'll say it one more time. Take out your phone right now!" Lu Yuanqing's furious roar rang out again.
Lu Jiyang trembled all over in fright and hurriedly reached into his crotch, pulling out the smelly phone.
Disgusted, Lu Yuanqing didn't want to touch his phone. "Open your WeChat. I want to see your chat history with Qiu Yugang."
"Dad, I know I was wrong. I..."
"Open it!"
Lu Jiyang had no choice but to pull up his chat history with Qiu Yugang.
The chat history clearly showed him telling those people to make trouble for Lu Chi, along with a whole string of complaints about him.
Country bumpkin, fucking idiot, bastard, pathetic loser-Lu Jiyang had used every vicious term he could.
Lu Yuanqing and Pan Feng could imagine just how much Lu Jiyang hated Lu Chi.
Afraid he would lose his place in the Lu Family entirely, Lu Jiyang began playing the pity card.
Tears streamed from his eyes as he wiped them and sobbed quietly.
"Dad, Mom, I'm sorry. I was wrong! I only did this because I was worried that once Brother Lu Chi came back, you wouldn't love me anymore,
so I wanted him to clash with the other students in class. Then you'd have a bad impression of him, and you wouldn't abandon me."
Lu Yuanqing was furious.
"But even so, you shouldn't have joined forces with outsiders to bully your own older brother! Besides, I've already told you that I love you and Chi'er equally. I won't favor him over you just because he's my biological son."
"That's right, Jiyang. Don't worry. We love you both equally. We don't favor either of you. Don't go finding all sorts of excuses to hurt your brother again, understood?"
Lu Jiyang nodded through his tears.
Inside, however, he began cursing them.
You say you don't favor either of us, so why did you give him so much spending money as soon as he arrived?
Your love can never be fair.
A biological son is still a biological son, after all!
In the classroom, Lu Chi sat in his chair, bored out of his mind.
After today's battle, he had instantly become famous at school.
Everyone at school knew he was the richest man's biological son, and a deeply cherished one at that.
For now, there probably wasn't anyone looking to make trouble for him.
[Guagua, I can't take it anymore. I want to skip class.]
Guagua: [Host, give it a rest... If you're really that sleepy, just sneak in a nap during class later.]
Lu Chi: [Then if I start snoring, you have to wake me up right away.]
Guagua: [Don't worry. I'll make sure to wake you.]
"Hmph!"
Su Yunian, the school beauty sitting beside him, shot Lu Chi a contemptuous glare. "A slacker is still a slacker!"
Lu Chi: "..." [Did I do anything to this crazy woman?]