Dai Huabin's End

The next day, Tang Wulin arrived at the classroom as usual.

If there was anything different from usual, it was that this time, he had come with Huo Yutong.

Their rooms were next to each other, so they naturally ran into one another when they left in the morning and came over together.

When the students in the classroom saw the two enter one after the other, their looks immediately turned suggestive.

People loved gossip, especially children their age, who were just beginning to take an interest in the opposite sex. The moment they saw the two walking together, they could not wait to spread rumors throughout the entire class.

Noticing her classmates' gazes, a faint blush quietly rose on Huo Yutong's face. But she did not retreat. Instead, she edged a little closer to Tang Wulin, pressing herself more tightly against him.

If she had previously not cared whether people misunderstood, now she was willing to be misunderstood.

Ignoring everyone else, Tang Wulin walked straight over to Dai Huabin, who was sitting in a corner of the classroom.

"Dai Huabin, why the hell haven't you gotten lost yet?"

Tang Wulin rarely spoke so rudely to anyone, but after nearly dying at Dai Huabin's hands, his dissatisfaction with him had reached its peak.

Seeing Dai Huabin still sitting in the classroom made his anger flare up at once.

Before Dai Huabin could speak, Zhu Lu, who sat beside him, could no longer hold back.

"Tang Wulin, is that any way to speak to Huabin? Don't think being class monitor makes you so great!"

The Dai Family and the Zhu Family had intermarried for generations. Once it had been confirmed that the two of them could use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Hell White Tiger, they had already become engaged.

So in Zhu Lu's eyes, Tang Wulin refusing to give Dai Huabin face was the same as slapping her in the face.

Tang Wulin gave her a cold glance.

"This has nothing to do with you."

"You..."

Zhu Lu looked even more enraged. She was about to say something else when Dai Huabin suddenly shouted:

"Enough, Zhu Lu!"

His voice startled Zhu Lu. She looked at him worriedly.

"Huabin, what's wrong?"

"This is none of your business." Meeting Tang Wulin's icy gaze, Dai Huabin said righteously, "Tang Wulin, I don't know what you're talking about, but as class monitor, isn't it too irresponsible of you to come into class first thing in the morning and pick on a fellow student?"

He sounded utterly righteous, but on closer inspection, his expression betrayed the air of someone putting on a fierce front while inwardly trembling.

The people he had sent out the night before last still had not returned. His mind was in turmoil, filled with worry.

Where did those guys go? Why are Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong still alive? Could they have been captured? What a bunch of useless servants!

He cursed those subordinates in his heart while doing his best to control his facial muscles and keep from giving himself away.

However, as the commotion drew the students' attention toward him, Dai Huabin soon felt his expression growing stiff, becoming difficult to maintain.

At that moment, Wang Yan came to his rescue.

With a burst of hurried footsteps, Wang Yan quickly entered the classroom through the front door.

The moment he saw Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong, his eyes lit up.

He did not know that Yan Shaozhe's resignation was directly connected to Tang Wulin, but as their homeroom teacher, he had heard the news that Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong had been targeted for assassination. Now that he saw the two children safe and sound, the weight in his chest finally settled.

After letting out a breath, he clapped his hands and said:

"Alright, students, class is about to begin. Please return to your seats."

"..."

Hearing Wang Yan say this, Tang Wulin gave Dai Huabin a deep look before taking a seat with Huo Yutong not far from him.

Once everyone had returned to their seats, Wang Yan nodded in satisfaction and said:

"Before today's lesson begins, I have something to announce—our classmate Dai Huabin has been expelled from the academy."

"What?!"

The entire class erupted.

It had only been a few days since school started, yet someone in their class had already been expelled. And the one expelled was Dai Huabin, the student with the highest rank, the best family background, and the greatest strength in the class.

Unlike First Year Class One, First Year Class Seven had not expelled a single student until now. The shock this caused them was undoubtedly immense.

Zhu Lu shot to her feet.

"Wang Yan, I call you Teacher out of respect, so don't push your luck. What right do you have to expel Huabin?!"

"Shut up, all of you!"

Wang Yan let out an angry roar.

The air in the classroom instantly froze.

Wang Yan had always seemed like a mild and amiable man before them. Even if he overheard students joking about him, he would merely laugh it off. He was a good teacher willing to be friends with his students.

This was the first time they had ever seen Wang Yan so angry.

Wang Yan took a deep breath and said:

"Don't worry, students. Since the academy has made this decision, it naturally has its reasons. Dai Huabin, stand up and explain what you have done."

All eyes immediately turned toward Dai Huabin.

Thinking back to what Tang Wulin had said upon entering the classroom, quite a few people began to form their own guesses.

Dai Huabin's face turned livid. He bit down hard on his lower lip and sat there without saying a word.

What had he just heard? He had been expelled?

He had been at the academy for less than a week. He had not even had the chance to properly display his talent, and he had already been expelled?

"You don't want to say it? Fine, then I'll say it. Students, the night before last, Dai Huabin hired several assassins and attempted to assassinate Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong outside Shrek City..."

Wang Yan's voice entered his ears, but it seemed to be veiled in fog, hazy and indistinct, impossible to hear clearly.

He saw the looks his classmates gave him change from shock to fear as they moved their chairs away from him.

Why?

Hadn't those people wanted to curry favor with him, the second son of Duke White Tiger?

Why were they keeping their distance from him in fear?

Why had things turned out like this?

In his daze, Dai Huabin's gaze locked onto Tang Wulin.

That was it. Tang Wulin was behind everything!

If this lowly bastard had understood his place and stopped coming to cause him trouble again and again, why would he have had to dirty his hands by sending people to assassinate him?

It was all Tang Wulin's fault!

Now that he was about to leave the academy, how could he allow Tang Wulin to continue living just fine?

That's right, he absolutely could not be allowed to live!

"Tang Wulin—!"

Dai Huabin roared, leaping from his seat and lunging at Tang Wulin.

It happened so suddenly that even Wang Yan froze.

No one had expected Dai Huabin to dare do something like this even now.

At the critical moment, Huo Yutong fixed her gaze on Dai Huabin, and a powerful golden light burst from her eyes.

Dai Huabin instantly lost control of his body. He tumbled helplessly toward Tang Wulin, only to be struck squarely in the chest by Tang Wulin's full-force punch and sent flying.

He slammed violently into the classroom wall with a deafening bang, then slowly slid down to the floor. His eyes rolled back, and he lost consciousness.

As they stared at Dai Huabin collapsed by the wall, the entire class fell silent.