Chapter 38: Liu Ergou

  "Run!" Lu Xiangsheng pulled Chen Zhiquan back.

  "Halt, you two!" Shen Kai shouted.

  "Hah! I wasn't ready to look for you yet, but you came first!" Lu Xian Sheng walked towards Shen Kai with a slight smile and raised eyebrows.

  "The teachers are all here, be more reserved, restrain yourself, monster!" Chen Zhiquan whispered beside him.

  Looking at half-naked Lu Xiansheng, the school leaders were so angry that they gritted their teeth, it was simply unseemly.

  "This dress is yours, isn't it?" The principal asked.

  "Yes!"

  "Get dressed! Follow me to the office!" The principal stormed down the stairs with his hands behind his back, "Wang Yan, Shen Kai, you two come with me too!"

  Class teacher Wang Yan looked at Lu Xiansheng with a face full of resentment and gently patted his shoulder.

  "Let's go, this is really special treatment, having met all the school leaders in less than a week after entering school! And still being received directly by the principal!" Chen Zhiquan smiled wryly.

  "When water comes, earth covers; when soldiers come, we resist!" Lu Xiansheng exerted his strength and shook off the lining of his garment, then put on his jacket.

  Not yet in the principal's office, he felt a heavy atmosphere that made people suffocate. "This mood is more sorrowful than visiting a grave!" Lu Xiansheng muttered to himself.

  "Haha, of course! When you go to the grave to worship the dead, the dead will help you share and keep secrets. But if you come to worship the living, that's just miserable!" Zhiquan's laughter was a bit desolate.

  "You can still laugh! Prepare to die!" Lu Xiangsheng adjusted his pants and walked into the principal's office first.

  The principal's office is not generally spacious, and it should be about twice the size of Class 7's classroom. A pure black executive desk is placed in the center, and a pot of lucky bamboo on the desk is the only greenery in this room.

  "Do you know why I called you here?" The principal's face was stern.

  "I don't know," said Lu Xiansheng.

  "I know!" Chen Zhiquan was surprised and pulled at Xuan Sheng's hem.

  "What's your name?" The principal looked at Chen Zhiquan and asked.

  "My name is Chen Zhiquan, I'm a transfer student in Class 7 of Senior Three!" Chen Zhiquan said with a respectful face.

  "And you?"

  Lu Xuan Sheng's face was filled with disdain as he replied slowly and calmly: "Lu Xuan Sheng, in the same class as him!"

  "Come tell me, why the glass in the activity room was shattered, and why your clothes were left in the activity room! Why you would run around half-naked in school, hugging a girl and damaging the school's reputation!" The principal was furious. "Wang Yan, are these the kind of students in your class?"

  "Yes, Principal Bai, it's because I didn't manage properly. After I investigate and ask clearly, I will personally come to explain to the principal!" said Class Teacher Wang Yan.

  "That's enough! This matter is seriously damaging the school's image! I'll handle it personally! Call those two parties in! I want to hear them out myself!"

  "What does it have to do with me? You should ask the student union president next to you?" Lu Xiangsheng's eyes stared straight at Shen Kai, as if he wanted to strangle him to death immediately.

  "You still don't know what's wrong?! Don't you understand what you did wrong?!" The principal was furious, slamming his hand on the desk, causing the water bamboo to shake a few times before calming down.

  Chen Zhiquan sniffed the smell of gunpowder in the room and hastily interjected: "Principal, we know we were wrong! Don't be angry, it's bad for your health... It's not worth it for us..."

  "Come, you tell that arrogant classmate next to you, what did you guys do wrong! Say it well! Right! Let him reflect and understand, then you can go back to class!"

  "Hmm..." Chen Zhiquan looked at Lu Xiansheng, then at the principal, and began to explain: "We were wrong to break the glass in the activity room, but we did it to save people. We were afraid that two young lives would be lost, and the school would bear the pressure of public opinion and the false reports from the newspaper! What's even more wrong is that Lu Xiansheng was half-naked and hugging a classmate while running in the teaching building, scaring his classmates and having a bad influence on them! But we couldn't find the infirmary! If there's anything else wrong, it's those two innocent girls who fainted from heatstroke. Why couldn't they hold on for a little longer, after persisting in that sweltering environment for 6 hours..."

  "That's enough! Are you stating a mistake or accusing the school of being wrong!" The principal couldn't bear it anymore and didn't want to continue listening to Chen Zhiquan. "Shen Kai, tell me what's going on! Wang Yan, go call the infirmary to verify the situation!"

  Shen Kai finally understood that it wasn't Lu Xiangsheng who threw the glass in and hurt Lian'er and Xiao Xuan, but rather he was saving people...

  "I went to the activity room with Li Luoye and Shen Xiaoxuan during the third period of eye exercises this morning, so I locked the door from the inside when we left. During the fourth period, I found Liu Hongfu in our class to open the door for them. After that, I went to do my homework with the instructor. But just now before class, Liu Hongfu came to me and said that the key I gave him was snatched by Lu Xiansheng and Chen Zhiquan during dismissal because he couldn't contact me, so it dragged on until now... When I arrived at the activity room, it was already in disarray, with bloodstains and scratch marks on the floor, so I came to inform the instructor..."

  "Why did two female students faint? Go and call that Liu Hongfu for me!" The principal was also confused.

  "Principal Bai, I just called to ask and it's true that two students from our class are in the infirmary. Li Lu'er has mild heatstroke, but Shen Xiaoxuan is more serious and hasn't woken up yet!"

  "The...," the principal began to ponder.

  At this time, Wang Yan led Liu Erdou into the room.

  Liu Ergou looked at the principal, trembling with fear, stuttering a bit.

  Lu Xuan Sheng seemed to understand something and sneered: "Is this interesting?"

  Liu Ergou let out a long sigh: "I'm not in control of myself!"

  The principal turned his chair around, staring at the four boys in front of him: "There may be too many stories between you, although I'd love to know, but you absolutely won't tell me! Come on, one person, one version, I'm looking forward to it..."

  Liu Ergou pulled Shen Kai: "You speak first!"

  "What did I say? Shouldn't it be you who said something? Why would my sister get heatstroke? Where's the key I gave you?" Shen Kai's face was full of resentment.

  "I......" Liu Ergou hesitated and stuttered, unsure of where to begin.

  "Let me ask you, is it Liu Hongfu? Why did Shen Kai give the key to you, but you didn't open the door and instead accused these two classmates in the afternoon. If you can't explain clearly, I'll go call your class teacher and invite your parents over right now, so you can think carefully about what happened. What's going on?"

  "In the fourth period of morning classes, Shen Kai gave me the key to open the activity room door. However, I went to the bathroom and forgot about it. At noon, without going home, I dozed off in the classroom for a while. Later, when Lu Xiansheng and Chen Zhiquan came to our class looking for Shen Kai, I suddenly remembered that I had forgotten to open the door. When I went to open the door again, I saw Chen Zhiquan standing at the entrance letting out air. I thought Lu Xiansheng had gone in and done something, so I was afraid of trouble and quickly went to inform Shen Kai..."

  "So your meaning now is that you didn't actually see Lu Xiangsheng physically bully the two girls?"

  "No, I just heard Chen Zhiquan say that they unbuttoned their clothes, so there was a misunderstanding. It turned out they were suffering from heatstroke and needed emergency treatment!"

  "Alright, kids are always like this, rushing and not thinking about the consequences. You and Shen Kai go back first! As for Lu Xiansheng and Chen Zhiquan, although they damaged school facilities, they also had no choice but to do so. Remember, if there's a next time, go inform the teacher first, don't act rashly and get misunderstood! All of you go back to class now, half a period has already been wasted..."

  "Alright, Principal, I'll take the kids back to class now!" Wang Yan felt a weight lift off her shoulders.

  After sending Shen Kai and Liu Hongfu back to Class 8, Wang Yan stopped Lu Xiansheng and Chen Zhiquan, "Hehe ~ do you think what Liu Hongfu said is true?"

  "I don't know, fifty-fifty!" Lu Xiangsheng said.

  "It sounds like it's true because in the end no one told us about the infirmary or the road he took, maybe with a guilty conscience!"

  "Hmm, I'm afraid it might not be a misunderstanding towards you all, but a real frame-up. As for the reason, I think you'll be more curious than me, but remember not to use violence! I don't want to be your class teacher for just a few days." Wang Yan patted Lu Xiansheng's shoulder and walked back to her office.

  "Ginger is still spicy when it's old, looks like Xing Zhong has a deep understanding of the situation~" Chen Zhiquan had a tragic expression.

  "After school, follow Liu Hongfu. If what he said is true, make friends with him! If there's anything fishy, I'll really beat him up to a pulp..." Lu Xiangsheng's sly smile was so chilling.

  Lu Xiansheng, Chen Zhiquan, Shen Kai and Liu Hongfu all had their own thoughts in these last two lessons, but they didn't know where the problem lay. Maybe... only one person knew.

  With a crisp tinkle of the copper bell, students rushed out in a flurry.

  "Go!" Lu Xiangsheng closed the book and threw it into the drawer.

  “ok~”

  Lu Xiansheng stood at the side of the stairs on the first floor, his eyes constantly searching.

  After waiting for about 5 minutes, Liu Ergou's figure finally appeared. He hastily pulled Shen Kai and walked towards the playground...

  "Keep up!" Lu Xian Sheng's gaze remained fixed on Liu Er Gou Zi.

  "It seems this time I'm not just a fighter, but rather like Yuan Fang~" Chen Zhiquan said happily.

  "Stop talking nonsense, be careful, don't be so careless in a serious place!"

  "Where are they going? There's no one on the playground ahead!"

  "Dining hall!"

  "How is it possible for two grown men to go out and eat together? And yet they're in such a hurry! But still so careful!"

  "Look, all the students who really went to eat walked through the main entrance, but they entered from the side hall!"

  "What place is that?"

  "I heard that Baishi's dad eats at this place, but the principal rarely has meals in school, all the resources are being enjoyed by his beloved daughter!"

  They tiptoed into the side hall, fortunately, there was no one, and it was very quiet. Walking along the corridor all the way to the end, they finally saw the legendary school leaders' dining area.

  Lu Xuan Sheng gently opened the door a crack, and as expected, it was just as he had thought.

  "What's going on inside?" Zhi Quan asked anxiously.

  "Let's just watch the show for now..."