TMH:RID.

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Chapter 581: Mechanical Beast – 2

The group of mechanical beasts could be said to be the blade of the Ouyang Family. They used to be their pride, but now, they had become true double-edged swords.

Everyone knew that this was Ouyang Zhui's way of revenge against the Ouyang Family! It was his revenge for treating him like a tool and taking away all his freedom before he was dead!

He wanted the Ouyang Family to lose everything they had gotten from him. He wanted them to regret what they had put him through, and he wanted them to be filled with the helplessness of being unable to use the great power that was within their reach.

Ouyang Feng opened up the recording from his e-mail. As he watched through the recording, his face turned dark, "Where did this video come from when something happened to all the students who went to the forbidden land? Don't tell me you went to the forbidden land yourself?"

Ouyang Yue nodded hesitantly. Ouyang Zhui flew into a rage and he shouted, "Fool! How foolish of you to go to the forbidden land by yourself? Don't you know how dangerous that place is? You're the current head of the Ouyang Family. Put aside your responsibilities, how should I tell your father if something happens to you?"

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

"Don't tell me that you know what you're doing!" Ouyang Feng snapped. He was fully aware of how stubborn Ouyang Yue was, so he forced himself to calm down.

"It's been three years since the last time those mechanical beasts went out of control. Do you know what causes it this time?"

"About two months ago," Ouyang Yue said, "Look at this. The mechanical beasts have been hibernating inside the forbidden land for the past few years. However, when I was there, I noticed there were scratches here and there on the rocks and walls. I've asked some experts, and they told me that these scratches have been there for more than two months. Therefore, the mechanical beasts should have awakened two months ago."

The Ouyang Family's mechanical beasts operated by absorbing light energy.

When they were kept in the forbidden land where no light could enter, they would convert some of their energy and go into hibernation.

Due to their usability, even though the Ouyang Family was unable to control them, they were not willing to destroy them.

They could only lock them up in the forbidden land, hoping that they could, one day, find a method to control them.

"According to my understanding, those mechanical beasts would not attack their cages in the absence of light. After all, their energy might deplete before they could even get out of the forbidden land. Since they all woke up two months ago, what has happened to the Ouyang Family at that time?"

"I've watched the surveillance video and... Ouyang Ya was there for a training session once."

Ouyang Feng squinted his eyes.

"I heard from the elders that Mr. Ouyang has left some special system on these mechanical beasts. I'm thinking that since Yaya is the most talented junior in the Ouyang Family, could it be that these beasts sensed something, so they all woke up?"

If that was the real case, Ouyang Yue might have to reconsider his attitude towards Ouyang Ya.

After all, those mechanical beasts were very important towards the Ouyang Family. If they could control them, it would allow the members of the Ouyang Family to complete their tasks better and more efficiently.

Ouyang Feng could not tell as well.

Even if those mechanical beasts really chose Ouyang Ya to be their new master, he was not satisfied with her.

After all, not only did he suspect that Ouyang Ya got her design from somewhere else, but more importantly, she did not have a good heart.

She was headstrong, arrogant, and she was the puppet for the elders in the Ouyang Family.

"Have you told Xiao Ya about this?"

"The elders have told her about it, and she's on her way back to the Ouyang Family. The elders intended to sign her up for this Ouyang Family's competition to select an heir. They have rescheduled the competition, and they want her to train with the others at the forbidden land."

However, they still needed to do some investigation during the competition to verify whether or not Ouyang Ya's appearance was related to the strange movement of those mechanical beasts.

Ouyang Yue paused for a moment before continuing, "Oh yeah, I've successfully captured one mechanical beast from the forbidden land."

Although the Ouyang Family had suffered heavy losses this time, they had successfully forced those mechanical beasts back to the forbidden land. Under the circumstances where they did not have enough energy, they would not wake up anymore for the time being.

Fu Zhi was not interested in the matter of the Ouyang Family, so she prepared to leave.

Ouyang Feng stared at her and knocked on the table, "Sit back down. Don't you dare leave my office. I will explain to you the theory behind these parts later."

Fu Zhi did not know what to say.

She always heard people saying that those who knew more than the others would die first.

Ouyang Yue walked to the corner, and pointed the camera at the mechanical beast in the cage.

They could see nothing more than a silhouette since there was not enough light. This mechanical beast was about 1 meter tall. It was considered the smaller type, so it did not have much energy stored in its body.

Ouyang Yue then zoomed into the beast, and it was only then they saw clearly the entirety of the mechanical beast.

It had the head of a tiger but the body of a snake. Its eyes were pure black, and it looked just like an ancient beast.

Since it had run out of energy, it could not attack people anymore. Therefore, Ouyang Yue squatted beside the cage to give Ouyang Feng a chance to study the mechanical beast.

"Did you see anything?"

"Yes."

"What did you see?"

"It has run out of energy."

Ouyang Yue was speechless.

When Ouyang Feng saw the dark expression on Ouyang Yue's face, he did not tease him anymore and went into business, "We can't see anything like this. You have to bring the mechanical beast back, disassemble it, and study its parts one by one. After all, considering the advancement of technology, I'm sure we will be able to get something compared to three years ago. However, I'm not trying to be biased, but there's a good chance that Ouyang Ya has something to do with the awakening of the mechanical beasts. After all, from the mechanical beast that I dissected three years ago, I can see that their sensory system bears a lot of similarity to that of a dog.

"In other words, their sensory system allows them to consider someone as their master or alpha. They treat Ouyang Zhui as their master in the past. After the death of Ouyang Zhui, they are likely to take Ouyang Ya, who also has some characteristics with Ouyang Zhui, as their new master."

"Similar to a dog? But a dog's sensory organ is more accurate than theirs. At least a dog won't recognize its owner wrongly."

"That's why I said it's very similar. So when an error occurred, they mistook Ouyang Ya as Ouyang Zhui. In my opinion, this is not that bad at all. Ouyang Ya could take advantage of this error and make the mechanical beasts work for the Ouyang Family," Ouyang Feng said.

When he turned his head around, he realized that Fu Zhi was getting more and more impatient. Perhaps it was too complicated, so she did not understand a single thing he said. He turned his computer towards her, and said, "Come, you can play some games while waiting for me."

Ouyang Yue was stunned, "Ms. Fu is there too?"

"Yes," Fu Zhi replied, "I'm here, but I'm not listening. You guys can continue."

Ouyang Yue was speechless.

He did not know how he should explain his feelings right now. Since they were talking about the Ouyang Family's secret, he might not be happy about it and there was a good chance he might want to get rid of her if she was another person, but he felt it was fine for Fu Zhi to listen to these secrets.

Fu Zhi took a seat and began playing her games.

Ouyang Feng went to a corner to continue the conversation.

Ouyang Yue had been focusing on Fu Zhi after he knew Fu Zhi was at Ouyang Feng's office, so he did not notice that the mechanical beast had opened up its eyes.

It flailed its tail and cocked its head. It blinked its eyes mechanically and looked towards Ouyang Yue's phone.

However, when it saw Ouyang Feng's face, it was stunned and it nearly tossed some cookies.

'Who the hell is this ugly man?!'

Ouyang Feng wanted to continue the discussion about the mechanical beast with Ouyang Yue, but Ouyang Yue kept bringing the topic back to Fu Zhi.

The young man in front of him became the head of the Ouyang Family at a very young age. He was very confident and decisive, and he always finished his mission without any mistake.

However...

He did not have a girlfriend.

Therefore, when Ouyang Yue asked Ouyang Feng about Fu Zhi's grades in school, Ouyang Feng's eyes lit up as an idea popped up in his head. He asked, "Do you like Fu Zhi? If not, then why do you keep talking about her? If you really like Fu Zhi, you can let me know. I will try my best to match you two up. It's just that you have to pay me some money."

Ouyang Yue was dumbfounded.

"Yes, I like her, but..."

Ouyang Yue did not know how to describe the feelings. He liked her but not in a romantic way. If he had to describe his feelings towards her, it would be like this..

Ouyang Yue said, "I want her to become my family."

"That won't work. She's too young to marry."

"You've misunderstood, uncle. I'm not going to marry her."

"I know, I know," Ouyang Feng said, "I know you're just too shy to admit it, but son, if you really like her, you have to man up, walk out of your comfort zone, and tell her your feelings. If not, then you're going to regret later in your life, and I won't be able to get any money from you."

"Uncle, I just want to be her brother. I don't like her and I don't deserve her. However, if you have a son in the future, you can ask him to marry her."

Ouyang Feng was stunned.

'Do you know what you are talking about? You don't want to marry her, but you want my son to marry her instead?'

Ouyang Feng did not want to talk to him anymore, so he hung up the call.

In the meantime, Fu Zhi received a few messages through QQ and all of them, including Lu Yubai and He Ming, were asking her for lunch.

For a moment, Ouyang Feng had a feeling that if it were not for that he was the principal of No.1 High School, he might not be able to get in touch with Fu Zhi at all.

Just when Ouyang Feng was thinking, something knocked on the door.

"Come in," he said.

A figure pushed the door open and came into the office. His forehead was filled with large beads of sweat as he glanced across the office. When he saw Fu Zhi, he dashed up to her. "Sister Zhi! This is bad! Something happened to Song Fang and the others, so you've got to save them!"

"What? What's going on?" Fu ZHi asked with a frown.

The person who came to look for her was her classmate.

He wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "It's on the same day you went to Myanmar. The people from Hang Yuan came and mocked our basketball team. They wanted to compare results with us. Initially, Song Fang wanted to wait for you to come back together to deal with them, but they kept mocking us."

Chapter 582: Unfair Competition

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Ouyang Feng squinted his eyes. Although he did not know what Fu Zhi was up to again, he had a vague idea of what she was going to do, so he nodded.

Fu Zhi nodded back. Then, she asked the student to lead her to the scene.

At the same time, in the hall of No.1 High School.

It should be He Ming's class right now, but Class 21 asked him to postpone the class.

Therefore, there were only the students from Hang Yuan and Class 21 in the hall right now.

Due to the fact that the third year students had to attend the college entrance examination soon, most of the members in the basketball team were from the second year. However, since it was the third year students that had a basketball match with Hang Yuan last time, this examination was a battle between the third year students of both schools.

The questions on the exam were freshly released exam questions that the professional teachers of the two schools went online and downloaded.

When Fu Zhi was following behind her classmate, they saw a student from Hang Yuan stood up holding a sign that said "I'm stupid".

Fu Zhi remembered that the boy was called Chen Shan.

She swept across the hall. All of the students from Hang Yuan were in the hall, and even Wu Zhiyou was there as well.

There was a smug grin on Chen Shan's face. He waved the sign in his hand at Song Fang and said, "I don't understand how you all have the guts to compare studies with us from Hang Yuan. Even the lousiest students in our school are better than the above average students on your side!"

Then, he waved the sign in his hand again and continued, "Honestly, I really want to see you holding this sign, but I figured that would be too much, so I decided to show you some mercy. As long as you're willing to crawl under my crotch, I'll let you all go. What do you think?"

The students from Class 21 looked at Chen Shan with ugly expressions on their faces.

Whether it's holding up a sign or wraling through his crotch, it's an insulting gesture!

They were no longer kids. They were 16 to 17 years old young men, and it was the age at which their self-esteem was highest.

Although they knew they should carry out their promise, the things they wanted them to do were too insulting.

Just when Song Fang stretched his arm forward and wanted to take the sign away, Chen Shan shouted, "Hey! Hey! Chill, dude."

He then turned his head towards his friends behind him and continued, "Why must you guys ask them to hold a sign and admit that they are a bunch of idiots? Although it's not a secret anymore, it will still make them look bad, so how about this? As long as he's willing to crawl under my crotch, we will let them off this time."

The boys behind Chen Shan felt elated.

The exchange meeting was ending soon, and they were going to leave No.1 High School.

They thought they would leave in disgrace, but who knew there would be such a big turnaround!

They approached Song Fang and the others step by step. One of them even had a cigarette between his lips, and he did not seem like a student from Hang Yuan. He said, "Crawl under your crotch? Are you sure you want to let them off so lightly? You're too nice, Chen Shan. Do you know how I dealt with the d*ckhead who ganged up on me last time, screwing me and making me look bad?

"How?"

The man stubbed his cigarette and continued, "He thought he had someone behind his back and I didn't dare to do anything to him. I found someone to abduct him and showed him who's the boss."

Chen Shan looked at Song Fang and asked, "What did you do to him after you abducted him?"

"I asked my people to spread his leg open and hit him against the tree. I guess we did that for about 30 minutes? I can't remember clearly since we all went our separate ways after we've had enough. We left him there to die alone, but who knew an old lady passed by and she rushed him to the hospital. However, I heard that he's crippled below the waist and he can no longer enjoy his s*x life."

Another student then chimed in happily, "We just paid him some money, and his parents dragged him away. Since you guys think you're better than everyone else, if you don't want to hold the sign, how about we do the same to you just like what we did to the guy?"

Looking at Song Fang's face that was getting darker and darker, Chen Shan sighed, "I'm trying to show them some mercy, but it seems to me that they don't want it."

"Go to hell!" Wang Yu could not help himself anymore and shouted, "Just come at me, you bunch of losers. You are all bark but no bite. I'm not scared of you!"

"Calm down, Wang Yu!" Fatty hurriedly went forward and held Wang Yu back.

Song Fang grabbed the sign from Chen Shan's hand and said, "That's not necessary. A bet is a bet. We lost, and I will do as I promise. I'll go and shout at the field later."

"Alright, then," Chen Shan said, and his friends broke into a mocking laugh. It was as if they were laughing at them for their bad grades, their incompetence, and what Song Fang was about to do later.

It was not that they wanted to look down on Class 21. It was just that without Fu Zhi, they were nothing.

The faces of the students from Class 21 were ugly when they heard those insulting words. Su Xing's eyes were red from anger as she said, "The reason why we lost is that you guys cheated! Had it not been for you colluding with that student from Class 1, there's no way we could've lost!"

"Sun Tzu's Art of War also says that there can never be too much deception in war, so can you call our strategy and tactics shameless? Do you mean to say that the person who wrote the Art of War is also shameless?"

"They're just finding excuses to cover up the fact that they're not good enough."

"Yeah, right. I don't understand why it is so hard for you to admit that you're not good enough. Besides, Song Fang has agreed to do it, so what the hell are you hassling us for? If you really want to stand up for him, you can do it together with him."

"..."

Wu Zhiyou was sitting at the back. There were times she wanted to go up and scold her schoolmates, but the group of girls around her did not allow her to do that. They kept pulling her back as they said, "Chen Shan and the others are just doing what they have been doing to us ever since we came here for the exchange meeting. Besides, don't you think it's kind of embarrassing if we go back without winning a single game?"

"That's right, Zhiyou. We've lost plenty of students, and if you don't let Chen Shan do this, other people might think that we can't even win against a small school from a small town. At that time, nobody is going to join your school."

"We know you like Fu Zhi, but this is more important. We must show them that we're no pushovers and they can't simply mess with us."

However, Wu Zhiyou could not understand at all. This was just a bet, and they only had to do what they were told to do. Wu Zhiyou couldn't understand why they must make things hard for Song Fang.

Chen Shan was now pacing back and forth in front of Song Fang with a smug grin on his face.

Wu Zhiyou pressed her lips thin.

Outside of the door, Fu Zhi let out a cold smirk. Then, she raised her hand and pushed the door open, causing the door to hit the wall with a loud thud.

The hall fell silent for a moment, and Chen Shan's heart skipped a beat. He turned his head slowly, and when he saw Fu Zhi, he had no idea why but his blood turned cold.

"It's Fu Zhi! What's she doing here?"

"To deliver the hammer of justice," Wu Zhiyou said.

A girl standing beside her looked at her as if she was asking if she knew what she was talking about or not.

Wu Zhiyou shrugged and replied, "I don't think anyone would say anything if this is a fair competition, but the thing is it's not. Chen Shan cheated, so he has to bear the consequences."

Fu Zhi entered the hall with a dark expression etched on her face.

Song Fang noticed it, and he took two steps back as he was worried that Fu Zhi might be angry right now. However, Fu Zhi paid him no mind. She walked straight up to Chen Shan, and took the chair in front of him away.

From the moment Chen Shan was discharged from the hospital today, there had been a bad hunch stirring inside of him. He hastily went and hid behind the student holding a cigarette.

The student had two black rings around his eyes and he was reeked of alcohol and tobacco. He had never seen Fu Zhi before.

He pulled a drag on his cigarette and huffed out a ring of smoke at Fu Zhi, "Can I help you, lady? Are you from Class 21 too? You're here to help them?"

As he was talking, he sized Fu Zhi from her head to her toe. "You have a nice body figure. If you can sleep with me for one night, I will let your friends go."

Before Fu Zhi could say anything, Song Fang snapped, "How dare you! A filthy person like you doesn't deserve our Sister Zhi at all!"

Just when he was about to pounce at the student, Fu Zhi stopped him. Then, she looked at the badge in front of the student chest and said, "You're Li Kunpeng, right? Do you have the habit of beating up women?"

"Huh?" Li Kunpeng was stunned. It was only now he realized who the young lady in front of him was. He became even more interested as he said, "Nope. I don't hit women."

Fu Zhi gripped the chair in her hand even tighter and replied, "Then I'm afraid I can't sleep with you."

"Why? Could it be that you're a fan of violence?"

"Nope. My hands are itchy and I like to beat other people up. I can't control myself. I'm just worried that you might not be able to fight back."

"Are you kidding me?"

Before Chen Shan could say anything, Li Kunpeng bowed down and pointed at his head. He took a step up to Fu Zhi and said, "Come, come and hit me. Hit me as hard as you can."

Song Fang and the other students were speechless. All of them were wondering if there was something wrong with his brain.

Chen Shan did not dare to think about the outcome. He stretched his arm forward and grabbed Li Kunpeng back. "Dude, stop that! You'll die. We ask you here to help us. We didn't ask you to die here! Don't forget that you still have to take care of your parents!"

"Let me go!" Li Kunpeng shouted at Chen Shan. After that, he turned back to Fu Zhi and continued, "Hit me hard on my head. I dare you..."

"Bam!"

Wood splinters were sent into the air as the chair smashed on his head.

Chen Shan covered his eyes with his hand and he could see blood was trickling down Li Kunpeng's head through the slit of his fingers.

Li Kunpeng moved his hand with an animatronic stiffness to touch the warm liquid on his head. He then took a look at his hand, and his eyes widened in disbelief. In the next second, he fell unconscious because he was afraid of blood.

Fu Zhi put the remainder of the chair down and shrugged, "Well, it's my duty as a student at No.1 High School to respect the requests made by each student at the rival school."

The students from Hang Yuan became speechless.

After that, Fu Zhi grabbed the sign in Song Fang's hand, crumpled it, and threw it on the table.

"Is it fun?" She scoffed, "Just because you're from Hang Yuan means you're superior to other people? If you can't even compete fairly, I can imagine what kind of people you'll be when you get out of school! If you can't even compete fairly, I can imagine what kind of people you'll be when you get out of school! You are now a hero, you're good at studying, but your rules won't work on us. It's none of your business to say what kind of people we are!"

The students from Hang Yuan looked back at Fu Zhi defiantly. They did not think they had done anything wrong. They just wanted to bring glory to their own school.

"So what kind of people are you?"

Fu Zhi did not know she should be laughing or crying right now. "Not only did you guys take a few hard questions that not even you can solve to make things hard for us, but you even colluded with the captain of our cheerleading team and asked her not to perform for our basketball team. Besides, you also cheated in the basketball match, and you showed no respect for the rules at all. You even provoked Song Fang and asked the student from Class 1 to betray him. Can you guys still consider yourself human?

"Yes. No.1 High School is not as good as Hang Yuan, but at least every teacher and students here know what they should do and what they should not do.. They won't get involved in any kind of unfair competition."

Chapter 583: Transfer – 1
"You all are students, so you should do what a student should be doing. This is just a normal exchange meeting, and you guys are the ones who turn it into unhealthy competition. You only see the poor grades of my friends and the poor equipment in my school, but you can't see their advancement and the hard work of the teachers at the school! To be fair, the suppression you received during the week that embarrassed you was entirely because of your own attitude. You guys couldn't accept defeat, and took extreme measures to try to win! You guys should be ashamed of yourself!

"Not only did you not reflect on yourself, but you even have the audacity to blame other people. Let me tell you, the more you walk into a mire, the harder it's for you to come out of it. Even if my classmates lost, I know they've given their best, and that alone is more than sufficient for me to feel proud of them!"

Chen Shan and his group friends were stunned. They all left their mouths open and did not know what to say as well.

Wang Yu's face was filled with tears as he pointed at Fu Zhi and sobbed, "See! Sister Zhi is praising us!"

"Sister Zhi, you're the best!"

"Way to go, Sister Zhi!"

This was one of the few times Fu Zhi said so many things, and this was also the first time she praised their school and them. This was Fu Zhi. Although she looked like a person who was hard to warm up with, whenever they faced trouble, she would step forward regardless of everything and defend them.

Fu Zhi took a look at the few guys from Class 1 that were standing beside the Hang Yuan students and sneered coldly, causing them to lower their heads in embarrassment.

"This exchange meeting will end in another three days. If you guys want to have a happy ending before you leave Yu City, then stop trying anything funny and listen to our teachers obediently. If not..."

She paused for a moment and looked at the bunch from Class 1 before continuing, "I'm talking to you guys as well. Look at the school uniform you are wearing! If you guys dare to do anything stupid with Hang Yuan again, then don't blame me for kicking you guys out of the school with them!

"Don't look at me with that face. Let your ability speak for you. If you can't do it, then you should probably keep your mouth shut!"

After that, Fu Zhi picked Song Fang's test papers up and took a look at it. After she had calculated the total scores they got, she continued, "I don't want to hear that you're messing with my friends again. If not, you'd have to face the consequences."

Ji Feiyuan frowned. Although it was true that they were taking some of the students from Class 1 back to Hang Yuan, it was different when Fu Zhi kicked them out.

Besides, it might be inappropriate for other people to make such a statement, but Fu Zhi was different. Her voice was firm and resolute, and she indeed had the capability of making such a statement given her achievement.

"Ahh!"

A chorus of students' cheers and screams erupted from the hall.

"Sister Zhi is the coolest!"

"It's the student from Class 1 who betrayed us. It's not like we don't admit the result, yet they still want to humiliate us!"

"They said they had to win once before they left. Which time did they compete with us without cheating, and they still have the nerves to call them an elite school?"

Although the students in Class 21 were naughty, they had never once run away from their promise and they had done anything that went back against their principles.

They were willing to accept defeat. What they couldn't accept was that they had to come and humiliate them after winning through a dishonest method.

Wu Zhiyou nodded at Fu Zhi and lamented, "She's truly worthy of my competitor!"

A girl next to her waved her hand as if she was telling her that she was still a student from Hang Yuan.

Wu Zhi touched her nose and fell silent.

Then, the girl nudged Chen Shan and said, "Since we already won, you guys should stop messing around and just let Song Fang carry out his promise."

After all, they just wanted to win.

It was only then Chen Shan came back to his senses. He took a few steps back to put some distance between him and Fu Zhi before saying, "Well... You don't have to know how we won. The thing is that Song Fang has to fulfill his promise since he lost!

Fu Zhi stole a glance at him and asked, "Can you guys repeat to me what you guys say before the competition?"

Chapter 584: Transfer – 2

Director Liu walked up to Ji Feiyuan.

The atmosphere in the hall was tense.

Although they knew Director Liu was on their side, it was just that he could not do anything to the people from Hang Yuan due to his status as the director of No.1 High School.

They all were certain that he was going to apologize to them. After all, Hang Yuan was about to leave.

When the thought appeared in their minds, they all lowered their heads in dejection.

Director Liu did not know what they were talking about. He just looked apathetically at Ji Feiyuan and said, "Mr. Ji, both of us are directors for our schools, and I don't think you have any say in how I should manage my students."

The students in Class 21 were stunned .

This was something out of their expectation. After they thought for a few minutes straight, they all began to shout and scream in joy.

"Way to go, Xiao Liu!"

"Xiao Liu, you're the best!"

The support the students of No.1 High School showed to Director Liu felt like a slap in the cheek for Ji Feiyuan.

His entire body was shaking with rage as he hissed, "I'm just giving you advice. If my student does something so disrespectful, I will punish him severely!"

"Alright, alright, keep that for yourself. Besides, I didn't see you punish your students as well when they cheated in the basketball game, so stop acting so high and mighty in front of me," Director Liu replied.

"Do you have any idea what you're talking about, Director Liu? Do you know that I can bring charges against you for slinging mud at me?"

"Slinging mud at you? You've got a lot of nerves to say that after what you've done to my students. Besides, do you think I don't know that you're trying to poach my students?"

"What do you mean by that, Director Liu?"

"Oh, so now you're playing the dumb game? Do you really think we have no idea what you're doing behind our backs?" Director Liu said, "Let's just be honest to each other, Director Ji. We pick every single student in No.1 High School by ourselves, and we've never failed in doing our job to educate them. If you really like one of our students, you could've told us. Why must you ask Mu Chenxi to help you pouch our students?"

Ji Feiyuan opened his mouth, but he did not know what he should say.

Director Liu had a lot of work to handle, so he did not want to waste his time on Ji Feiyuan. Besides, his students still needed to prepare themselves for the final examination, so he asked some people to bring the people from Hang Yuan away and went back to his office. After that, he asked all his students to go back to their own class.

After all, Hang Yuan was doomed to fail, so they did not have to waste their time on them. Director Liu then waved his hand at Fu Zhi and said, "Come with me. I have something to tell you."

Fu Zhi nodded and she walked past the bunch from Hang Yuan expressionlessly.

—

When Fu Zhi realized they were going towards a grove not far away from the hall, she was stunned.

She stopped in her tracks as she studied Director Liu up and down quizzically.

Director Liu was walking in the front. When he noticed that Fu Zhi had stopped walking, he turned his head around. When he saw her gaze, he soon understood everything. He ran his hand over his head and said, "We need a quiet place to talk! Don't get me wrong. I'm married, and you don't deserve me at all. Besides, even if I'm still single, you're not my type, so you don't have to worry about anything!"

Fu Zhi did not know what to say.

'I'm sorry, but I have a boyfriend too.'

That said, Fu Zhi was not going to tell Director Liu that, for she did not want to get into any trouble.

After they had arrived at the grove, Director Liu said in a stern voice, "The school authorities are having a meeting right now to discuss the thing that's happening to Class 1. I just want to know about your opinion on this incident."

"Class 1?" Fu Zhi then remembered the bet she had with Class 1 and Qian Wenrui.

"Xiao Liu, do you finally realize Class 21's potential, and you want me to cancel the bet with Class 1?"

"No... I'm not talking about that."

Director Liu did not believe that the students in Class 21 could turn into new leaves overnight. He then continued, "Several school board members just came to a meeting on the seventh floor. Principal Ouyang is there as well. The main content of this meeting is to discuss the students in Class 1 and Class 2. Most of them want to transfer to another school, and they have already written their transfer applications."

"So isn't this something you should be dealing with?"

In other words, she did not understand why Xiao Liu wanted to tell her about it.

Director Liu was speechless. He cleared his throat and said, "Yes, and we have to do our best to persuade them to drop the thought. The school authorities are already working on this, but most of them refuse to listen to us. This is because they feel I shouldn't have punished Mu Chenxi."

No.1 High School arranged their students into their classes according to their results, and the first two classes were known as the elite classes. That meant the top 100 students in this school were basically in Class 1 and Class 2.

Right now, most of the students from Class 1 and Class 2 wanted to transfer to another school, and it was a great loss to the school.

It was not something that Director Liu could handle, so he contacted the school board members.

"Then, good luck on keeping them," Fu Zhi said flatly.

"But—" Director Liu said, a hint of hesitation in her voice, "If we want to keep them, we have to fulfill their demand, and they demand He Ming to give them extra classes as well."

Fu Zhi looked at Director Liu like she was asking if he was joking with her or not.

Director Liu felt those students were joking with him as well. That said, he still had to try his best to keep those students. "All of the school authorities want to have a meeting with you."

"Have a meeting with me? For what? To force me to do what I don't want to do?"

Director Liu said, "You're really smart, do you know that, Fu Zhi?"

"I'll take that as a compliment," Fu Zhi said. She pulled her phone out to send a message before saying, "Lead the way, then."

—

In the meantime, inside the meeting room on the seventh floor.

Other than the school board members, there were also some parents inside the meeting room right now.

All of the parents had ugly expressions sitting on their faces.

"We won't give up until He Ming and his group decide to give our kids extra classes. When our kids enrolled in your school, you're the one who told us that you would invest all the resources in our kids!"

"Even if Fu Zhi's the one who invited He Ming and the others, why can't my kid attend their extra classes?"

"What's wrong with my daughter refusing to perform? Why should my daughter waste her time doing the opening dance? If He Ming and the others don't give my daughter lessons together, I'll take my daughter to another school!"

"No.1 High School really likes to play favorites, and Fu Zhi, how could she be so vengeful? Her grades are good, yet she still joins Class 21. Not only that, but she also hired a group of professors to give her classmates extra classes! She's really the most vicious girl I've ever seen!"

"I heard that she also forced our kids to have a bet with Class 21? How are our kids supposed to win when students in Class 21 are receiving extra classes from a group of professors?"

"..."

This was the first time something like this happened ever since the establishment of No.1 High School. The school board members could not do anything but try their best to calm the parents down. "We've already contacted Fu Zhi and asked her to give students from Class 1 and Class 2 a chance to receive extra classes from Professor He Ming and his group. We will certainly give you all an appropriate explanation, so please hang on for a moment."

"Alright, then! Let me tell you something. Our kids are the top 100 students in your school, so there are plenty of schools out there that want to receive them. If you guys can't give our kids fair treatment, we're leaving your school today!"

"Don't worry. We'll certainly give you guys a satisfying answer," the school board members said.

—

Right now, Fu Zhi and Director Liu were inside a room next to the meeting room.

She heard their conversation, but there was no expression on her face.

The school board members came out of the meeting room and entered the principal's office.

Each of them took a seat, while Fu Zhi was sitting in front of them.

They all looked at each other, but they did not know what they should say.

In the end, the tallest of them opened his mouth and broke the silence, "Fu Zhi, I believe that you've heard of the entire story. Although this is not fair to you, for the sake of the school... Can you please let the students from Class 1 and Class 2 attend the extra classes with Class 21?"

We still have some seats left in the hall. Even if there aren't any seats left, we can let students from Class 19 and Class 20 leave first."

"Mr. Han is right. Although your class might have some misunderstanding with Class 1 and Class 2, we're willing to be the middleman and help you guys to solve the problems between you. You're a good girl. I'm sure you can understand us, right?"

There was no expression on Fu Zhi's face. She looked apathetically at them, and Director Liu couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat off his head.

She turned to look at Director Liu and said, "Xiao Liu, they want to attend the extra classes, right?"

Director Liu nodded.

"Then go and tell them, I'll not let them attend the extra classes. If they want to transfer to a school in the capital, go ahead. If they want to go to the Wu Family's school, I'll suggest they pick another school. After all, Hang Yuan is going to close soon."

Director Liu's expression changed. "Did you hear something from the Wu Family?"

"Not really, but the Wu Family has wasted a lot of money at the stone gambling festival in Myanmar and they owe my family plenty of money as well. Without sufficient funds, do you think they still can keep their school running?"

"Those parents won't believe in you if you tell them that the Wu Family is going down."

"That's their business. If they don't believe in me, they can leave."

"Leave? Do you have any idea what you're talking about? Do you care what would happen to No.1 High School after those students transfer to another school? Do you care about our school's enrollment rate?

Director Liu kept darting glances at them, but they gave him no mind.

Chapter 585: Transfer – 3
Fu Zhi refused to continue talking with the school board members as she felt they were wasting her time.

Both sides had different standings, and it was impossible for them to reach a consensus.

When the school board members came out of the office, their expressions were dark.

They turned to Director Liu and snarled, "This is all your fault, Xiao Liu. You shouldn't have spoiled her so much. Look at how she talked to us! How could she be so rude and unreasonable?"

"Xiao Liu, you have to talk to her again. I've heard about the things between Class 1 and Class 21. It's all because of their teachers, and it has nothing to do with Fu Zhi. I understand she wants the best for her class, but why must she get things into an impasse?"

"You have to know that most of the students in Class 1 and Class 2 are specially privileged people. It goes without saying that they won't be happy about it when He Ming and his group don't want to give them any extra classes."

It was very apparent that they were not happy with Fu Zhi's attitude, and they kept asking Director Liu to tell Fu Zhi to give Class 1 and Class 2 a chance to join the extra classes."

Director Liu did not know what he should say. One side of him was the school board members, while another side was Fu Zhi. He said, "I'm afraid we have to hold another meeting to discuss this matter. I'm sure you've heard what those parents have said. They're basically threatening Fu Zhi!"

Fu Zhi might listen to them if they talked to her nicely, but they had to threaten her.

"In this case, I guess we have no other choice but to raise this matter when we're meeting the rest of the school board members next time. When the time comes, the school board would definitely have to make a choice between Class 21, Fu Zhi, and Class 1. The benefits and interest brought by a top scorer is no better than a group of elite students. Besides, what would other people think about us if our students transfer to another school at a time like this?"

—

The atmosphere on the rooftop was tense.

"Principal Ouyang, what do you think about this matter?" A board member asked as he wiped sweat off his forehead. "So many parents have come over to the school, saying that the school is biased... This has never happened to our school before, and you have to think of a solution to fix it."

Ouyang Feng pressed his lips thin, as he did not know what he should do as well.

He was pretty certain that those parents must have been planning this for a long time.

"In any case, we'll never let any of the students in Class 1 or 2 leave this school!" One of the board members said in a stern voice.

Ouyang Feng squinted his eyes, but he did not say anything.

The attitude of the school board members was firm. Aside from the Li Family, they were the ones that invested in No.1 High School, so no matter how reluctant he was, he still had to listen to their orders.

At the same time, Director Liu psyched himself up and chimed in, "So you want Fu Zhi to leave our school? Have you forgotten that Fu Zhi's the one who stood up and protected No.1 High School's reputation? Besides, it's also because of her that so many people know our school. If you really want to make things hard for her just because of some unreasonable parents, I'm sorry but I'm not going to agree with you guys."

There was no way capitalists needed the approval of a small director from a school. If they had to make a decision between Fu Zhi and students from Class 1 and Class 2, it went without saying that they would pick the latter.

The school board members had more say than the principal of the school. They had the power to overwrite the decision made by the principal of a school.

At the same time, Ouyang Feng's phone rang.

He pulled his phone out, but it was an unknown caller. He answered the call, and Liu Mi's voice wafted into his ear. "Am I speaking to Principal Ouyang? President Li has just returned to Yu City. He heard that you guys are facing some problems, so he's heading to the school right now to see if he can do anything about it. He'll be arriving shortly, so please get everything ready."

"President Li? Okay, I'll make the arrangement."

Then, Ouyang Feng hung up the call.

The school board members' eyes widened in shock when they heard that Li Nanli was coming.

"See! We have to solve this problem today! President Li is coming, and I'm certain that he won't let students from Class 1 and Class 2 go either!"

Director Liu lowered his head and mumbled, "I don't think President Li would care about that at all."

A school board member squinted his eyes and glared at Director Liu, "What are you mumbling about?"

"Nope. I was possessed by Fu Zhi just now. Don't worry, I'll try my best to kick her out of the school," Director Liu replied.

Very soon, Li Nanli arrived at No.1 High School.

Fu Zhi was sitting inside the office at the center, while the group of parents and students were sitting in another office.

After they came down from the rooftop, they called Fu Zhi, and together they went to the gate to welcome Li Nanli.

When they saw Li Nanli, their faces broke into smiles as they said, "We're working on the problem, and we promise that the reputation of the Li Corporation will not be affected.

Chapter 586: Transfer – 4

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The reason the parents admitted their kids into No.1 High School was that they believed in the teachers of No.1 High School. However, it now seemed to them that Hang Yuan's teachers were much better.

They just did not want to leave because they were afraid that changing the area and environment would influence their children's studies.

As long as Professor He and the others were willing to give them extra classes, they were going to stay in No.1 High School.

When they saw Li Nanli, their hearts skipped a beat as a bad hunch began to rise from their stomach pits.

It occurred to them that today was not the best day to come to No.1 High School.

The man standing at the front of the group shrunk back a little. "Transferring schools is not our ultimate goal either... Principal Ouyang, we hope that you can understand that we're all doing this for our children."

Nope. Ouyang Feng could not understand them at all. He did not want to waste time with them anymore, so he said, "Ever since the establishment of No.1 High School, this is the first time that parents have taken the lead and made a nonsensical and unreasonable demand. You want us to understand you, but who'll understand us, huh?"

The man looked at Ouyang Feng before turning to Li Nanli and gulped nervously.

He wanted to leave right now, but his feet were cemented on the ground.

If he had known that Li Nanli was here, he would definitely come to No.1 High School today.

The group of parents stayed behind the man's back, and they did not know what to do either.

Just when both sides were locked in an impasse, Qian Wenrui showed up.

She pushed the door open and walked up to Ouyang Feng, "Mr. Ouyang, there is another group of parents outside of the gate. What should we do now?"

As she was talking, she kept darting glances at Fu Zhi with a smug playing on her lips.

If Class 1 and Class 2 could not attend He Ming's extra classes, she was not going to let Class 21 hogged He Ming's extra classes as well.

Then, all of them heard the commotion from the gate as the group of parents marched into the school compound.

Ouyang Feng looked at them with a frown.

Fu Zhi, who was playing her games beside him, raised her head and swept her glance across the group of people in front of her.

"Since you guys are here, I'll say this again. He Ming and the others will not give your kids any extra classes."

Her eyes were filled with ice as she emphasized on every syllable that escaped from her lips. "Besides, the school is the place to teach and educate people, everyone pays the same amount of tuition each year. Why should the resources of students with good grades be better than the resources of students with poor learning? Did you guys pay the school more money? Or did you guys have some under-the-table deals with the teachers?"

The expressions of the parents changed when they heard what Fu Zhi had said.

"Don't you dare make things up! We didn't bribe the teachers!"

"My son and daughter deserve a good education if they do well in school!"

Ouyang Feng then added, reminding them for the one last time, "There's some financial problem with Hang Yuan High School, and I'm not sure are you guys aware of this or not, but our school is the one that emerged victorious from the exchange meeting this time. I hope that you all can reconsider your decision and don't get swayed by your emotions. It's better to choose the right teaching style and environment for your child and never make any decision that you will regret for the rest of your life."

"Cut the crap. We want a solution, not some useless lip service."

"I think we shouldn't waste our time here," Mu Chenxi's assistant said, "All No.1 High School cares about is Fu Zhi. They don't care about other students at all. In order to improve Fu Zhi's performance, they will only invest more in Class 21. Since the school doesn't have the intention of keeping our kids, let's just change to a better place."

Li Nanli sat beside Fu Zhi and there was a calm expression on his face.

When he heard what the assistant of Mu Chenxi had said, he let out a scoff and took a photo of the crowd with his phone.

Mu Chenxi's assistant's face changed and he hissed, "What are you doing?!"

"Just taking down evidence. Don't worry, I'll delete the photo after everything is done. I have all of your faces in my phone, so what we're going to do next is that we'll check through every single one of you and make sure that your kids don't stay in our school."

Everyone was stunned.

"You're expelling our kids?"

"Nope. We're just agreeing to your transfer," Liu Mi answered, "However, we'll make it very clear for you guys. Ms. Fu has told you about Hang Yuan's situation. Once your kids step out of No.1 High School, we won't accept them anymore if anything happens in the future."

For a moment, everyone fell silent. Honestly, nobody seemed to have expected that Li Nanli would actually give up on those good students.

The school board members' faces changed.

Once those good students left No.1 High School, it would greatly affect their enrollment rate, and if that happened, they might not be able to get as much bonus from No.1 High School as they used to have before.

When that thought appeared in their minds, they all looked resentfully at Li Nanli.

The parents were not happy as well.

They were filled with a sense of achievement when those school board members and teachers tried to persuade them to stay. However, they all felt something was missing when Li Nanli asked them to leave.

Besides, after knowing that the students from Hang Yuan failed to emerge victorious in the exchange meeting, they needed to reconsider their decision. They had to think about whether the education style of a good school and their own environment didn't quite match the education style their children needed.

They only came here and demanded an explanation from No.1 High School because they were incited by someone.

"How can No.1 High School do this to us?" A parent expressed his anger at No.1 High School for refusing to put aside their pride to keep him.

Liu Mi paid him no mind. He made a call to the security room and said, "All parents, please exit the office in an orderly manner. We'll stamp your transfer requests one at a time. Don't worry, we won't leave anyone behind."

The group of parents was stunned.

Honestly, they did not want to leave No.1 High School that much. They all thought that as long as they gave No.1 High School some pressure, they would give in and agree to their demand.

Very soon, the security guards arrived.

After the group of parents left, the school board members turned their heads and looked at Li Nanli and Fu Zhi.

They could not question Li Nanli, so they could only direct their anger at Fu Zhi.

"It seems to me that you're calm, Ms. Fu. Did you not realize what's happening to No.1 High School?" A school board member sneered.

Li Nanli lifted his head and looked at him, "As a school board member, not only do you fail to come up with an emergency plan to solve the problem, but you're putting blame on a student? I think you should quit your job."

The school board member was stunned. The rest of the members kept giving him signals with their eyes. After all, Li Nanli's expression was dark, and nothing would end up well for them to speak up right now.

In the meantime, Liu Mi was helping the group of parents to finalize the transfer procedure. Although they did not want this to happen, there was nothing they could do right now.

One of them took a deep breath and said to FuZhi, "Ms. Fu, although you said that the Wu Family is facing a financial crisis right now, the province needs to evaluate the average score of each school for this final examination. Once our school's overall performance declined and fell out of the top three in the province, we might lose the title of being the key school in our province."

"That's right. Ms. Fu, your grades are good and we understand that you're helping the students in Class 21 with their studies right now. In the past, we still had the students from Class 1 and Class 2 to bump up the average grade of No.1 High School. However, right now... Can Ms. Fu gives us an accurate answer as to what kind of results the Class 21 students can achieve in this exam?"

"Don't worry," Fu Zhi replied calmly, "I already said that the average grade of Class 21 will be higher than that of Class 1 in this examination. At the same time, Class 1 will have to keep their promise and apologize to our classmates and teachers when the final result comes out."

Although she sounded confident, none of the school board members believed in her.

It was indeed a pipe dream to have Class 21 beat Class 1. The final examination was just a few days away, and the school could not afford the slightest slip-up.

"Don't worry. The Li Corporation will make it up to any economic losses suffered by the school,' Li Nanli chimed in.

The expressions of the school board members turned better after they heard what Li Nanli had said.

They were not educators. They were businessmen, and as businessmen, they only cared about profit.

Fu Zhi got up from the chair, and she was not in a good mood after everything that happened this morning.

Li Nanli noticed her bad mood. However, since a lot of people were watching them right now, he just patted his head. Then, he asked, "Where are you going tonight?"

"About that..."

Initially, Fu Zhi wanted to go home to play her games, but after listening to Li Nanli's promise to the school board members, she felt that she had to do something to make it up for him as well. After all, he was her boyfriend, and she did not want him to waste his money. Therefore, she said, "I think I'll be giving my friends a tutorial session."

—

There were too many students leaving No.1 High School. The office was flooded with people, and all the teachers were helping the parents to go through the documents.

There were a lot of discussions going on in Class 21.

"I heard that those parents and students keep pressing on and putting pressure on our school board members. However, President Li paid them no mind and kicked all of them out of the school!"

"Honestly, I didn't expect President Li to come here at all. After all, he should be very busy, right?"

"What was the reason for his last visit?"

"To come to see Sister Zhi?"

"Why? Are they a couple?"

"I don't think so. I'm guessing that President Li just doesn't want to lose an excellent student like Sister Zhi."

In the meantime, Wang Yu and Fatty were standing on the podium, filling everyone in on what happened today.

Wang Yu threw himself into Fatty's embrace and touched his face. Then, he looked at him affectionately and said, "President Li..."

"Woman, you've managed to get my attention," Fatty said as he lifted Wang Yu's chin, "I'll give you three minutes. Tell me your name!"

"I'm Fu Zhi."

"Alright, then! From today onward, you'll be my wife!"

The students below the podium did not know what to say. One of them then raised his hand and asked, "So for the final examination, we not only have to compete with the students of Class 1 but also with the good students of other schools?"

"I think so, but don't worry about that. I'm sure we'll be fine," Song Fang chimed in, "Sister Zhi told me to tell you guys to stay back after the school ends."

"Why?"

"She said there will be a tutorial session."

"Who will be teaching, then? Mr. Ma?"

"Nope," Song Fang said, "Sister Zhi said she's going to teach us this time."

Chapter 587: A King Versus A Bunch Of Losers – 1

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Song Fang went out of the class to take a breather after the class ended.

Wang Yu took a seat beside Fu Zhi and asked, his voice thick with worry, "Sister Zhi, in case you don't know about it, our school's academic performance is not as good as Gu Yuan and Qi Heng in Yu City. In particular, Class 21 has been the black sheep of the school, so how are we supposed to win against those elite schools?

"Besides, I heard that some students from Class 1 and Class 2 are joining those two schools as well, which is going to put all of us in an even more difficult position."

Fu Zhi was typing something on the keyboard and she was wearing headphones. It seemed that she was talking to someone as she said, "Nope. I can't get it. Sorry, I can't accept the mission."

A sigh could be heard from the other side of the line. "The Ouyang Family is going down the hill. They could've spent their effort in other matters, yet they chose to investigate Ouyang Zhui's child. How is there any possibility that Ouyang Zhui would have a child? He died before he could even get married. Anyway, thank you for your time. You can take some rest now."

After that, Fu Zhi took off the headphones and turned to Wang Yu. "Why? You don't believe in me?"

Wang Yu shook his head. "No. It's just that our opponents are too strong, and unless pigs can fly, there's no way I can pass my exams."

Who did not want to get good grades? He also hoped that he could perform well in his studies, but considering his level of intelligence, it would be a pipe dream. He said, "It goes without saying that I want to get good grades as well, but the problem is that I can't do it."

"Yes, you can," Fu Zhi replied, "Don't look down on yourself, Wang Yu. Everyone in this class, including you, has a lot of potential."

Wang Yu was lost at words.

Truth be told, Fu Zhi had a basic grasp of the situation in Class 21. The reason they could not catch up to the other classes was that they did not have a good foundation. Therefore, all she needed to do was to strengthen their foundation, and they would be good to go.

Besides, not all of the students in Class 21 did badly in their studies. Students such as Zhou Zihuai and Zhou Tingting had outstanding grades.

Fu Zhi then continued, "Besides, have you forgotten about Zhou Zihuai? He's pretty good as well, so don't count your chickens before they hatch. You guys are not as bad as you think."

"That's because..." Wang Yu shouted. However, he came to a sudden stop when he realized that everyone was looking at them. He cleared his throat, pitched his voice low, and continued, "That's because he's not from Class 21. He's originally a Class 1 student, and he only came to Class 21 because the boys in Class 1 bullied him. Zhou Zihuai's family is poor. Every time when we have a parent meeting, the parents of those rich kids would compare them to Zhou Zihui, saying that they couldn't even perform better than a kid from a poor family. Then, those kids would pull Zhou Zihuai into the restroom and give him a good beating...

"Of course, you'd ask why Zhou Zihuai doesn't want to report to the teachers. He did, but Qian Wenrui sided with those rich kids and asked him to stay quiet. Not only that, but she also told his parents that he has bipolar. Zhou Zihuai couldn't stand it anymore, so he deliberately failed all his exams during his junior year and got kicked to Class 21. Also, I heard that Zhou Zihuai's father died a long time ago, and his mother has remarried."

This was also the reason why he went to great lengths to help Fu Zhi during the English public speaking competition when she first arrived at No.1 High School. To put it bluntly, he thought Fu Zhi was like him. She had lost her father, and she had no other choice but to live below the Lu Family's fence.

Other people might think that Zhou Zihuai had a thing on Fu Zhi, but none of the students in Class 21 suspected that he liked her. This was because they knew Zhou Zihuai's past.

After all, as a boy who grew up in a broken family, he knew very well that he could not give anyone a good future. Therefore, he chose not to fall in love with anyone and decided to spend the rest of his life alone.

Wang Yu rested his arm on Fu Zhi's table and continued, "Although Zhou Zihuai looks normal, Song Fang told me that his stepfather is an alcoholic and he would beat him up every time he finished drinking. All in all, Zhou Zihuai's family conditions can't be compared with yours."

Fu Zhi squinted her eyes.

"Alright, enough talking. I'm going to fill my stomach," Wang Yu said, "Don't tell Zhou Zihuai everything that I told you today. He has a strong sense of pride, and he doesn't want other people to know about his condition."

...

At night, He Ming and his group had already left No.1 High School.

Fu Zhi walked up to the podium and inserted a hard drive into the computer.

There was an essential difference between the education system in China and that in foreign countries, whether it was elementary school, high school, or university.

In the past, whenever Fu Zhi was giving lectures for those professors or lecturers, she would prepare lesson plans and show them specific examples corresponding to each field of specialization. The most important thing for Class 21 now was the final exams, but the first thing she needed to do was strengthen their basics.

Honestly, they had one trump card that would guarantee them victory—Ye Jiu.

However, the final exam was not Fu Zhi's goal. She wanted to prepare them for the college entrance examination. Therefore, unlike He Ming and the others' classes, she focused on junior high school coursework.

Then, after she had finished her lesson, she would split the whole class into several groups. She would ask several good students such as Zhou Zihuai to lead the other students for a group discussion.

Fu Zhi's plan was pretty complete. After all, she had heard that this was how the adults managed their children at home.

Therefore, the entire class fell silent after they saw her on the podium.

"I hope everyone can put the results aside first and focus on your studies. I've ordered a batch of books for you all, so now we're going to start from the basics."

The students all sat upright, and just when Fu Zhi was about to start, Song Fang came into the class with a pancake in his hand.

Fu Zhi threw him a glance and said, "Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards, so I'm going to set a few rules. Starting from tomorrow, everyone has to come to school at 6:00 am sharp for morning classes. I'll give you all a 30-minutes rest after school ends at 5:30 pm. Then, we'll meet at the sports field, do some sports for 30 minutes before continuing our evening lesson.

"Next time, please be on time. You all are not allowed to leave the class early, come in late, eat in the class, or play with your phones. Once I catch any of you not following the rules, you'll be punished by running for five laps. I won't give you all too much homework, so you'll have to finish it before the class ends every day. If you can't finish it, go to the sports field and run for a few laps. However, if you can finish it, you can..."

"Do whatever we want?" Wang Yu chimed in.

Fu Zhi lifted her head to look at him and continued, "You'll be rewarded by running around the sports field for five laps and then continue the next mission."

Wang Yu did not know what to say.

'And you call this reward?'

After he came around to his senses, he said, "This is too hard, Sister Zhi. I've never been up so early or up so late studying since I was a kid!"

"This is the life of a senior year student. When you're tired, think about your family assets that you can't inherit. Think about the rich girl you like who doesn't like you back because you're poor. If you can't get good grades, you won't get a good job. When you can't get a good job, you won't have enough money to hire someone to beat Song Fang up."

Song Fang was stunned. He looked at Wang Yu in disbelief as he said, "You want to hire someone to beat me up?"

"Do you want to listen to my explanation first?" Wang Yu said.

Fu Zhi asked both of them to stay quiet so that she could finish her rules. Truth be told, although she sounded harsh, there was nothing she could do as well if her classmates refused to cooperate with her.

Ma Mingquan and Director Liu were standing outside the class. Ma Mingquan couldn't help himself and tears began to form in his eyes.

"My girl has finally grown up," he said.

However, Director Liu looked at Fu Zhi with a mixed expression on his face. He couldn't fathom why a good student like Fu Zhi would choose to become Li Nanli's girlfriend. Well, it was not that Li Nanli did not deserve Fu Zhi, it was just that he was so much older than her! She could have picked someone of her age!

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Just when he was trapped in his thoughts, he heard a loud thud.

He raised his head up and looked towards the source of the sound.

It's Fu Zhi.

When she was teaching, there was a stern expression on her face. Director Liu had no idea why but it reminded him of the scene where she killed Anmisu in one punch.

Right now, she was holding a chalk and a pointer in her hand. She was smacking the blackboard, and white powder could be seen fluttering down from the blackboard.

"What are you guys looking at? Is there a question on the table? Look at the blackboard!" She hissed.

Everyone lifted their heads and sat as straight as a ramrod.

She then turned around and began writing down several formulas and questions on the blackboard.

All of the students in Class 21 widened their eyes and focused on the blackboard.

After roughly one minute, Fu Zhi scrunched the test paper and smacked her hand on the table hard. She took a deep breath, and just when everyone watched her in confusion, she said, "Did you hear everything I said? Who told you to look at the blackboard? What are you all looking at the blackboard for? Look at me!"

Director Liu and Ma Mingquan looked towards the blackboard instinctively.

"The answer for this question is... Do you guys understand? Why are you looking at me? Look at the test paper!

"Stop staring at the test paper! There's nothing you could achieve by looking at the test paper! Take your notebook out and start taking notes!"

Ma Mingquan and Director Liu did not know what to say.

Well, they were pretty sure that the students in Class 21 would never forget this for the rest of their life.

She took about five minutes to explain one question. When she finished about ten questions, one hour had passed.

"Who's going to answer the next question?" She asked as she swept a glance across the class.

After realizing that no one was going to volunteer him or herself, she continued, "No one wants to volunteer? I'll simply pick one, then."

She then looked at Wang Yu and Song Fang. "You two. Come to the front and answer the question. As for the rest, write your answer down on a piece of paper. After you've finished answering the question, hand in your answer starting from the students at the back."

They did not know what they should say right now.

They really missed when Ma Mingquan was teaching them. His voice and gaze was gentle, unlike Fu Zhi...

Wang Yu and Song Fang looked at each other, and both of them could see the despair in their eyes.

They walked up to the podium and stood in front of the blackboard. They could only manage to write two steps, and they had stopped writing.

Sitting in front of the table, Fu Zhi took a sip from her tea and said, "I'll give you guys another three minutes. I've explained this kind of question to you guys before, so stop wasting our time."

Three minutes soon arrived. She got up from her chair and said, "Alright, time's up. Hand in your answer. Five minutes are more than sufficient for you all to answer the question. If you don't understand the question, you won't be able to answer it. Hurry up, hand in your answer."

The students in the last row got up from their chairs and began collecting the answers. As for Song Fang and Wang Yu, both of them were still standing in front of the blackboard, looking like two statues.

Fu Zhi turned her head around and looked at their answers.. Aside from a few simple formulas, she couldn't see any specific algorithms or answers.

Chapter 588: A King And A Bunch Of Losers – 2
Fu Zhi did not know what she should say.

"When you go out, don't tell others that I taught you, I can't afford to lose that face. Say that He Ming taught you two, alright?"

Song Fang and Wang Yu did not know what to say.

'If you guys pay attention in my class, there's no way you can't answer the question. Or could it be that you guys have taken the memory loss pills, and you have forgotten everything that I said? I don't want to criticize you two in the class because I don't want to waste other students' time. If I spend one minute criticizing both of you, I'll be wasting one minute each of the other 33 students in the class, and 33 minutes is about the time for one lesson."

"Pfft! What kind of excuse is that?"

The rest of the students broke into a great fit of laughter.

"Don't you feel she sounds like Lao Fan?"

"I still remember his classic quote: Class monitor, go and switch off the light. People like you guys don't deserve to waste the country's resources!"

"And this one: Do you guys think I don't know what you guys are talking about behind me?"

"So are we the lousiest bunch of students Sister Zhi has ever taught?"

Fu Zhi threw a glance at them, and they all fell silent.

After she had collected all of their answers, she then began to explain the question on the blackboard. Towards the end of her explanation, she said, "Song Fang and Wang Yu are going to copy the answer for this question 100 times. In case you guys didn't get it just now, I'll make myself clear again. The school is not going to pay me for this. It's up to you whether you want to pay attention in my lesson or not, I don't care. Just don't come and cry in front of me when you can't do well in your later life."

Fu Zhi continued her lesson for several minutes straight before splitting them into several small groups. They were going to discuss amongst themselves, and they would only come to her if they could not solve a certain question.

She sat on the chair and she felt extremely thirsty after finishing the lesson.

In the meantime, Director Liu approached her with a bottle of water in his hand. "Drink some water, FU Zhi. How do you feel about these students? Do you think they can perform well in the exams?"

Fu Zhi took a sip from the water and glanced at Director Liu. "Of course, they are going to score well in the upcoming exams, but the main point of me having a tutorial session with them is to prepare them for the college entrance examination. If they can't do well on that exam, they'll be ruined for the rest of their life."

Director Liu scratched his head and replied, "Alright, then. Please take care of them. I know they're good students. It's just that they're too lazy and they need someone to push them. I hope you can tell them that the school will never give up on them if they really try their best, and we want them to perform well in their exams as well."

Fu Zhi looked at the four groups. All of them were working on the questions, and some of them were asking their group leaders about the things that they did not understand.

She let out a chuckle and took out two documents for Director Liu, "This is a summary compiled by He Ming. Distribute to the rest of the students in the school. I think it'll be very helpful in the upcoming examination."

Director Liu's eyes lit up. He took over the documents and went away with Ma Mingquan.

The schooling session for No.1 High School ended at 6:30 pm. Therefore, the students in Class 21 had to inform their parents about the tutorial session.

If they were students from Class 1 or Class 2, their parents might not let them attend the tutorial session as they were worried that it would be too tiring, but the situation was different when it came to the parents of the students in Class 21. Right now, all of them just wanted to bring them to the hospital and check if there was something wrong with their kids or not.

"Fu Zhi, I... I need to tell you something," Zhou Zihuai said as he walked up to Fu Zhi.

"Yes? Go ahead," Fu Zhi nodded.

She had no idea why but she had a feeling that Zhou Zihuai was afraid of her.

'I'm not a monster, why does he look like he's so afraid of talking to me?'

"I..." Zhou Zihuai stammered, "I might not be able to attend all of the tutorial sessions. I can attend on Saturday and Sunday, but not the other days. Also, since the school didn't issue the relevant instructions, if possible, can you... can you help me to talk to my mother?"

"Ah? Sure, that's not a problem," Fu Zhi replied readily.

It was just that the apprehension on Zhou Zihuai's face did not go away. He pressed his lips thin and said, "She's outside right now. Can you come with me to see her now? You don't have to tell her much, just let her know that we're having a tutorial session."

"Sure."

Fu Zhi packed up her stuff and exited the classroom with Zhou Zihuai.

The security room was not far away from Class 21, and Fu Zhi could see a woman inside the security room from afar.

The woman was wearing a yellow down jacket. Her hair was long, and she looked like a gentle woman to her.

When they opened the door, the woman turned her head. When she saw her son and Fu Zhi, the smile on her face froze. In the next second, she pulled Zhou Zihuai away from Fu Zhi and measured her warily.

Zhou Zihuai did not expect his mother to have such a big reaction. Just when he was about to say something, his mother shouted, "Did I not tell you that you have to focus on your studies and to stay away from other girls?"

"No, mom. Didn't you see my text message? She's..."

Zhou Zihuai tried to explain to his mother, but his mother did not give him the chance to do it.

"Don't interrupt me when I'm speaking," the woman interrupted forcefully as her expression turned ugly, "Zihuai, you're now in your senior year. It's not that I want to interfere in your life, but you have to know what you should do and what you shouldn't do. I don't like you to mingle with some nondescript girls. If you don't listen to me, I'm going to—"

"Mom!" Zhou Zihuai shouted, cutting his mother short, "She's Fu Zhi. She's one of the best students in No.1 High School, and she also transferred from Class 1 to Class 21. We would only discuss our homework together!"

Fu Zhi was now standing outside of the security room. She was pretty surprised to see that Zhou Zihuai's mother would have such a sharp gaze that did not go very well with her gentle appearance. She scratched her nose and greeted her, "Nice to meet you, madam."

Zhou Zihuai's mother did not say anything in return. She ignored Fu Zhi and took a look at her watch. Then, she asked, "If she's from Class 1, then why have I never heard of her before?"

Zhou Zihuai's mother was a traditional housewife, and she rarely paid attention to various things on the Internet. Besides, she did not attend the last parent meeting, so she did not know about Fu Zhi as well.

Fu Zhi said, "I was transferred from another school in the countryside not long ago."

'Countryside?'

Zhou Zihuai's mother's expression changed.

"Mom, Fu Zhi's really a good student. Do you still remember the International Physics Competition? She's our leader."

The guard also chimed in, "That's right, Mrs. Zhou. Fu Zhi is the best student in our school, and every teacher adores her very much. Hold on a second. I think I have their results somewhere around here. Let me get it for you."

Although Zhou Zihuai's mother was still skeptical about it, the tense expression on her face relaxed a little bit. "Really? Well, it's good to see a girl that's so outstanding."

Chapter 589: A Dysfunctional Family – 1
All of them then bid Xu Wei farewell and walked away. Then, when they saw Zhou Zihuai's mother, who was standing not far away, they came to a sudden stop. Song Fang and Wang Yu shared a glance, and both of them could sense a storm was coming. That said, they still bit the bullet and greeted her, "Good evening, Mrs. Zhou."

However, Mrs. Zhou did not say anything in return. She held tightly to her bag and stared fixedly at Zhou Zihuai, who was walking beside Song Fang.

This was something that Wang Yu and Song Fang had expected. They waved at Zhou Zihuai and said, "We'll go first. See you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow," Zhou Zihuai replied.

The Lu Family's car slowly drove away from the crowd. However, they could still vaguely hear Xu Wei's voice from the car.

"Yumo's friend... that boy that I likes a lot. What's his name again? Song Fang? Or Song Fangfang? Anyway, that's not important. Didn't his family also prefer girls to boys? I heard that his parents have always wanted to have a daughter. You can always invite your classmates to our house. You shouldn't always play with your games. It's not good..."

As the car slowly drove away, Xu Wei's voice gradually dissipated into the air.

"Is Fu Zhi rich?" Mrs. Zhou asked as she handed a cup to Zhou Zihuai.

"Yeah," Zhou Zihuai replied as he looked at the car that was getting further and further away in his vision.

Mrs. Zhou then said, "Well, it's rare to see a rich kid who likes to study nowadays. But isn't her surname Fu? How come she goes into the same car with Yubai? If my memories serve me well, isn't Yubai one of the Fu Family?"

She waited for a long while, yet she did not receive any response from her son. She frowned and moved on to the next topic, "By the way, did she do as I told her to and guide you on your studies? Did she share her study skills with you? You're 16 years old this year, and you're going to participate in the college entrance examination. The most important thing for you to do right now is study, and you should mingle with an outstanding student like Fu Zhi more often. After all, it's only by following them that you can broaden your horizon."

"Yeah, she did," Zhou Zihuai replied, his voice low.

Mrs. Zhou heaved out a sigh of relief after she heard what Zhou Zihuai had said. However, her relief was short-lived. She soon became worried again as she said, "Zihuai, it's good that she's willing to teach you. After all, you guys are friends, and friends should be helping each other. However, I have a feeling that she's calculative. I can see that from her eyes. I'm sure she doesn't teach you everything, so you have to be wary of her."

"Mom! Can you stop saying my friend like this?" Zhou Zihuai couldn't help himself and shouted, "Fu Zhi isn't that kind of person. She's a nice girl and she doesn't really pay attention inside the class. Also, she won't secretly scheme against other people!"

"You should never judge a book by its cover, Zihuai. Tsinghua University would only accept a few students from your school, so as one of your competitors, how do you know if she doesn't have an ace up her sleeve. You're too young and too trusting. She just shows you some kindness, and you trust her wholeheartedly. Can't you see that she's actually making a cat's paw of you?"

She paused for a moment before continuing, "I know you don't like me nagging around, but I still have to say this. When you're in Class 1, you're better than anyone, and even those rich kids can't do anything to you, but look at you now. Ever since you went to Class 21, your grades plummeted from third in the school to fifth."

"You said that Fu Zhi doesn't pay attention in class, but how do you know that she doesn't study after she goes home? Look at her eyes. I'm sure she's lying to you guys when she said she plays games through the night. I've seen more people than you do, so I can see right through a cunning person like her. Zihuai, you're my only hope. I've spent so much money on you since you're young. Didn't you say you're going to take me to live in a big villa? How can you repay your mother this way?"

"I'll keep my promise, mom."

Mrs. Zhou opened up the door to their house. It was a building that would sway along with the wind during a severe storm, and it seemed so dilapidated that even the slightest push could bring the entire building down.

The light in the kitchen was blinking sporadically.

Mrs. Zhou walked into the kitchen and cleaned out the table. "I don't think you're going to learn anything from your tutorial class, so I've talked to Mr. Wang. He told me that you can go to his class every night for free."

Chapter 590: A Dysfunctional Family – 2
"I can participate in a work-study program. Let's go, mom. Let's get away from him!"

"Where would we go, Zihuai? I'm his wife and I can't simply get a divorce!"

After all, Mrs. Zhou was a traditional woman. Her mother had always told her that divorce was the most humiliating thing to do.

Besides...

She took a first-aid kit and began attending to Zhou Zihuai's wound. "You surely have to help your family out once you start to earn money. Although your father has a bad temper, he's still legally your father and you are responsible for taking care of him."

Zhou Zihuai pushed his mother away, his face pale and blood lining the corner of his lips. "We're not living in the old days anymore, mom. Domestic violence is against the law! Besides, where are you supposed to get 5,000 yuan for him?"

"It's none of your business. All you have to do is work harder on your studies so that you can earn money for your father. Then, your father will be very happy with you and won't beat you anymore!"

A strong surge of helplessness swarmed over Zhou Zihuai. He felt suffocated by his mother's backward way of thinking. "It's not my obligation or yours to give him money! The reason we're having a hard time is that he spent all of my father's pension on gambling! My father signed up for insurance because he wanted to protect us in case something happened to him, but you had to marry a man who likes to smoke, gamble, and drink. What else do you want to do for him?"

"Zihuai, are you saying that this is all my fault?" Mrs. Zhou said, her voice thick with disbelief. "The reason I married your father is that I wanted you to have the perfect family! I don't want your peers to look down on you. I've given you so much, and you blame me for spending the money your dad left behind! Zihuai, you are so disappointing!"

Mrs. Zhou could not understand at all. Everything she did was for this family, but why couldn't her son understand her? Why did her son only see what she did wrong but could not see her struggle to earn money for this family?

Besides, she remembered that her father had cheated and constantly beaten her mother up. Her grandmother had treated her mother badly as well, but her mother had still managed to pull through.

Everyone in the village praised her mother for her filial piety and capabilities. Her mother had proved herself able to earn her reputation through suffering and hardships. All in all, Mrs. Zhou felt that reputation was more important than anything in this world, and she did not want to get laughed at for being unable to handle her family issues.

She had spent her whole life trying to become like her mother, whom everyone praised. Wealth and name were not what she wanted. She only wanted her son to be successful and refrain from annoying her husband.

After all, Zhao Wu had never attended school before and had no ambition. However, Zhou Zihuai was different. He had been receiving an education since he was a kid, so shouldn't he be more mature and know how to solve a problem calmly? Why did her son become more and more aggressive as he grew up? It was as if all the education he had received had been for nothing!

Mrs. Zhou felt suffocated and did not want to stay there for another second.

"Zihuai, I know you've suffered a lot, but as a boy, you should always know when to take a step back and forgive others. I attended to the wound on your forehead, so you should go back to your room. I need some time alone."

Mrs. Zhou covered her head and left the room. She took her phone from the table and began calling her neighbors to try to borrow money.

Zhou Zihuai lay sprawled out on the floor, staring blankly at the fluorescent light.

There were two voices inside his head.

Honestly, it was not that he did not want to back down. He was a boy, so it was fine for him to receive a beating from Zhao Wu, but his mother was different.

She was a woman. He would turn a blind eye to Zhao Wu for splurging with his mother's money, but he was harming his mother right now.

He had turned 17 years old this year. He was at an age when he could protect his mother and support his family. He did not need to stay behind his mother's back anymore, as he could defend his family based on the law.

—

In the meantime, Wang Yu and his group had just arrived at a cybercafe.

There were a lot of people in the cyber cafe right now. All of them were wearing headphones, and the air was filled with clicking sounds as their fingers danced nimbly on the keyboard.

They all put on their headphones and entered the game "Glory". Then, they realized they were two people short, so they called Fu Zhi.

"Sister Zhi, come here. Let's play together!" Song Fang said. "We've made a bet with a group of third-graders from the school next to No.1 High School. The losing party has to treat the other party to a barbecue. We're only waiting for you and Zhou Zihuai now."

Fu Zhi did not know what to say.

'Third-graders?'

She thought for a moment and said, "I don't want to take advantage of a group of elementary school students."

However, this was more than a competition between elementary school students and high school students.

Wang Yu smacked the table and shouted, "One of them stole my girlfriend!"

Fu Zhi then replied, her voice filled with surprise, "You had a girlfriend?"

Wang Yu was dumbfounded for a moment. After he came back to his senses, he jumped onto a stool and shouted, "I met a girl online, and she cheated me out of 1,888 yuan!"

Fu Zhi thought of the 200,000 yuan given to her by Li Nanli and said apathetically, "You guys have never seen each other before, so you shouldn't have invested so much in the relationship. Besides, you might have lost your money, but there's a probability that she lost her job."

"Hold on a second. Something is wrong with you, Sister Zhi," Wang Yu said. He had no idea why but he had a feeling that Fu Zhi was one of the online scammers that preyed on innocent young men like him.

Song Fang then continued. "You don't understand, Sister Zhi. The girl is 13 years old, and Wang Yu is not the only guy she's seeing. Those elementary school kids are her boyfriends too, so today, we're going to have a showdown with them. In any case, you're our boss, so you've got to be here!"

Fu Zhi did not know what she should say. However, there was one thing that she felt curious about.

"Won't they fight against each other? Since they're dating the same girl?"

"Nope. There are seven days in a week, and she has only six boyfriends, including Wang Yu. Each of them will spend a day with her, and she will take a short break on the remaining day. However, Wang Yu decided to quit and she began crying, so they're going to make him pay for making her sad."

"..."

Wang Yu then continued. "I'll never share my girlfriend with other people. I'm not here to join and destroy this family. I'm here to get out of this!"

After saying that, he cried, "Sister Zhi, you have to come and help me. They are all so good at this game. I can't beat them alone!"

"I don't have a beginner's account," Fu Zhi replied.

"That's easy." Wang Yu waved his arm and said, "I have plenty of beginner's accounts. You just need to come. Don't forget to call Zhou Zihuai as well."

"I can't get through to Zhou Zihuai. Maybe his mother has confiscated his phone," Fatty chimed in.

"How about Ye Jiu or Lu Yumo?"

"Ye Jiu is drinking milk. As for my brother, he accidentally stepped on my mother's duck and he's eating it with tears in his eyes right now," Fu Zhi said.

"Why is he crying?"

"Because it's too tasty."

Song Fang thought for a while and suggested, "Do you have any other friends that could join us?"

Fu Zhi sent a message to her group.

One minute passed, but no one replied.

Two minutes passed, and still, no one replied.

Three minutes later...

Just as Fu Zhi was about to send another message, a notification popped up.

[You've been removed from the group.]

Fu Zhi was speechless.

As she was wondering who she should call, her phone rang.

It was Li Nanli.

Her eyes lit up, and she said, "Do you want to play a game? I'll protect you."

*

It took only a minute for Li Nanli to download the game.

When Wang Yu gave Li Nanli his accounts, Li Nanli froze.

Both of his accounts were swordsmen.

One of them was called [My Love], while the other was called [Your Love].

Both Li Nanli and Fu Zhi fell silent when they saw the names.

"Wait a while. I'm going to buy a renaming card."

"Why do you want to change the name, Sister Zhi? Don't you like it?" Wang Yu asked.

Song Fang then added, "It's just a name. You don't have to pay attention to it."

Then, Fu Zhi turned to look at Song Fang's character and was stunned when she saw the name "Fallen Angel" on top of his character.

In the end, Fu Zhi bought two renaming cards for herself and Li Nanli. Then, before their opponent arrived, she asked, "Do you know how to use the renaming card? Open your bag, double-click on it, and fill in the name you want."

"How are you going to name your character? Should we fill in the same name?"

A deep male voice suddenly erupted, and Song Fang was so shocked that he nearly fell from the chair.