Chapter 24: Conflict

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Zhou Yun followed Zhou De to the school office and saw a girl standing alone in a corner. Her clothes were torn, her hair was messy, and there were streaks of blood on her face. She had not even wiped up her nosebleed. It had probably dried on her face.

The girl’s eyebrows were a little similar to Chen Shu’s. It was apparent to Zhou Yun that this person was her stepsister, Chen Yuan.

Opposite Chen Yuan, there were some men and women protecting a few arrogant and fearless girls. They were likely to be the parents of those girls.

When Chen Shu saw her daughter’s sorry state, her eyes instantly turned red. Zhou De was also furious. He looked at the girls and questioned, “Are you the ones who beat my daughter up like this?”

The counselor next to him immediately stepped forward and said, “Mr. Zhou, don’t be angry. Both sides played a part in this fight. It’ll be fine if they apologize to each other.”

They were already university students. Logically speaking, for such brawls, they need only be criticized by the school and would not have their parents called up. However, these female students had unexpectedly called their parents over one after another. The higher-ups had also given instructions, so he could only call Chen Yuan’s parents over as well.

Chen Yuan was furious. She glared at the girls with reddened eyes and roared, “This isn’t a fight. They ganged up on me first, so I had to take action.”

The counselor was instantly dissatisfied, looking at Chen Yuan and saying rudely, “It’s wrong for you to hit someone. And you still dare to say that? If I hadn’t arrived in time, the brick in your hand would have been smashed onto your classmate’s head.”

“They wanted to remove my clothes to take a video. I resisted, so they hit me. If I don’t resist today, I’ll be naked and on the headlines tomorrow.” Chen Yuan widened her eyes. She looked like she had a fierce temper, but tears fell from her eyes.

Zhou De stood in front of Chen Yuan and glared at the counselor. “Teacher, you didn’t even clarify regarding such a vile matter and directly defined it as a fight. Isn’t that too arbitrary?”

After saying that, Zhou De looked at the students opposite him and said with a cold and stern gaze, “I must have an explanation for this matter. Otherwise, I won’t let this matter rest.”

A burly man opposite him instantly bared his teeth. He stood up and pointed at Chen Yuan as he mocked Zhou De, “Why don’t you ask why everyone is bullying your daughter? Why didn’t they bully others? It’s all because your daughter did some shady things. You still want an explanation? Let me tell you, we still want you to give us an explanation.”

The students who had beaten her up also jeered at her maliciously.

“That’s right. A poor girl with no background suddenly won Professor Lu’s favor and became his student. Who knows what she did in exchange?”

“We just wanted to say a few words to her and learn from her. In the end, she hit us. Perhaps her methods were too despicable, so she became angry out of humiliation and wanted to hit us?”

“Girls from decent families like us don’t have any tricks up our sleeves. We only pushed her a little and she hit us. How can we beat a little gangster like her? I’m hurting from the beating.”

“That’s right. I was forced to retaliate. There was no undressing. Perhaps Chen Yuan is used to taking off her clothes in front of others and blurted out the wrong thing? Chen Yuan, look carefully. We’re female, not those men you suck up to.”

Chen Shu’s eyes were red with anger. She pulled her daughter with one hand and pointed her trembling index finger at those people. “You’re talking nonsense. My daughter isn’t such a person.”

The burly man snorted coldly and said arrogantly, “Whether your daughter is such a person has nothing to do with me. But today, she hit my daughter and tried to hurt someone with a brick. She has to kowtow to my daughter and admit her mistakes. Otherwise, we suggest that the school expel such a bad student.”

The parents of the girls nodded in agreement. “Those who don’t respect themselves and fight and cause trouble, bullying their classmates, should kowtow and admit their mistakes. Otherwise, they should be expelled.”

The counselor immediately went forward and said, “Why don’t you ask the child to quickly admit her mistakes? Otherwise, It’ll be so unfair if she gets expelled when it wasn’t easy getting into university.”

“I’m not apologizing. I used my grades to become Professor Lu’s student in a dignified manner. I used force to fight back against the people who bullied me. I didn’t do anything wrong. You have no right to expel me.” Chen Yuan’s eyes were red. She was unwilling and stubborn, her voice already getting louder.

“It’s not up to you to decide whether or not there’s any right to expel you.” The burly man sneered confidently.