Zhang Heng was carried to the clinic, while Lin Huai was called to the classroom’s head teacher’s office. Lin Huai found a stool and sat on it while having a cigarette in his mouth.
Hu Zhiqiang’s face turned unsightly. He said in a deep voice, “Lin Huai, that’s enough. I originally thought that you were a decent student, since quite a few subject teachers had praised you.”
Lin Huai smiled and said, “I was originally still decent. However, the class is like a big tank of colour dye [1]. There’s too much colour inside. Since I had already fallen inside, do you still hope that I would be untainted?”
Hu Zhiqiang opened his mouth, and was a little dumbfounded.
Right now, there were two guys and one woman at the scene other than Lin Huai and Hu Zhiqiang. Lin Huai had met the woman teacher before when he came to register. It was her that helped Lin Huai to wake Hu Zhiqiang up from his dream.
Even if there were still people in the office, Lin Huai still did not give him any respect. He glanced at Hu Zhiqian in contempt, and continued, “Teacher Hu, I respected you yesterday. However, from today onwards, I will still respect you in front of others, but you are nothing when nobody is around. I hope you can understand your position.”
Hu Zhiqiang’s facial expression changed. He clenched his teeth and said, Do you want to be like Zhang Chunlei and Zhang Chunyu, and start your own faction in the class? You should know that even if you guys are acting very lawlessly, and I just choose to turn a blind eye to it, I can still let the director expel you if you force me to.”
Lin Huai said with a face filled with disdain, “If you were this tough to anyone, then I would naturally respect you. Teacher Hu, do you know that it’s not me that’s lawless, it’s just that I had lost respect for you. Not only you, I had lost respect for most teachers in the school. You all don’t care if someone is kissing in the school. Fine, since we’re university students and we’re already adults, it’s normal for you all to not care about it. But what about fighting? Have you all cared about it previously? Today, the one being beaten up was Zhang Heng, so you all rushed there to stop it. If I was the one being beaten up, are you all sure that you all would come and intervene it?”
The office was silent, and no one spoke a word.
At this moment, the door of the office was opened. A guy was panting as he ran in. He wiped his sweat and said, “Teacher, Zhang Heng woke up…”
Hu Zhiqiang let out a sigh of relief, and immediately asked, “Does he have any problems?”
“He’s alright. He just keeps shouting about wanting to find Lin Huai for revenge.”
Hu Zhiqiang looked at Lin Huai, and did not say anything. After that, he told the student, “I get it. You go out first.”
“Alright.” That student carefully glanced at Lin Huai. It was apparent that after that fight, Lin Huai also became a ruthless guy that an average student would be afraid of.
After that student left, Lin Huai stretched his waist and stood up. He said, “Classroom’s head teacher, if you don’t give me troubles in the future, I won’t give you any trouble. I’ll go first.”
Hu Zhiqiang stood up and said, “Stop.”
Lin Huai stopped and turned his head to look at Hu Zhiqiang.
Hu Zhiqiang asked, “Do you really think I was protecting Zhang Heng?”
Lin Huai did not say anything, but his face was filled with disdain.
Hu Zhiqiang sighed and said, “I don’t care if you believe it or not, but I was actually protecting you. A pair of fist is hard to go against four hands. Even if you can defeat Zhang Heng, do you think you can defeat those men under Zhang Chunlei? Without taking those men into account, with just Daozi alone, you already can’t handle him. If I did not intervene at that time, then Dalei would already let his men take action.”
Although Lin Huai felt a little contempt, he also did not want to show off his real strength that easily. It would be a problem if he were to be in a group fight.
Hu Zhiqiang said, “Although these students are very savage, we are still the school’s teachers. Since I went and intervene, Zhang Chunlei’s men would not dare to intervene in it. From now onwards, if they come find you for trouble, you can come to my office anytime you want to.”
Lin Huai understood what he meant. Hu Zhiqiang was asking Lin Huai to treat the office as a refuge. Can’t the teachers intervene it earlier? Are they that cowardly?
Hu Zhiqiang said, “I just wanted to say these. You can leave anytime you want to.”
Lin Huai remained silent for a while and said, “Alright, I accept your explanation, but don’t hope that I would respect you. I can only say that you just did what a classroom’s head teacher had to do.”
Lin Huai pushed open the door and left. Hu Zhiqiang sat back on his chair in dejection, and let out a deep sigh. It wasn’t because he felt awkward because there were still other teachers in the office, but because Lin Huai’s words had pierced him in the heart. It was as if something which was hidden in his heart was moved, and it made him feel a sense of guilt that he had not felt for many years.
Lin Huai left the office and walked out of the office building’s door. As he was walking toward the classroom, a hasty voice was heard behind him. The voice was soft and pleasant to hear. “Lin Huai, Lin Huai! Wait for me, wait for me.”
Lin Huai halted, and saw the female teacher who was in the classroom’s head teacher’s office running towards him. She was panting, and her face was blushing red. Her whole body was filled with sweat that was very sweet and fragrant.
Lin Huai smiled and said, “This teacher, what do you need from me?”
The female teacher wiped her sweat, and smiled, “My name is Piao Yingxue. You can call me Teacher Piao…”
Lin Huai’s eyes widened, “You cannot simply say these words. I’m a good student that respects teachers. How can I solicit [2] with a teacher? … Even if teacher is such a beauty, I also dare not solicit from you…”
Before Piao Yingxue understood what Lin Huai said, Lin Huai immediately said, “Let me just call you Sister Ying Xue.”
Piao Yingxue smiled and said, “It’s fine if you call me Sister Ying Xue. After all, I’m not that much older compared to you. I just reached twenty four this year.”
Lin Huai pretended to praise her with a little truth inside it, “Woah, Ying Xue, you’re so capable. You became a teacher at such a young age.”
He immediately changed from calling her Sister Ying Xue to Ying Xue. Lin Huai’s boldness was very shameless.
Piao Yingxue smiled bitterly, “Last time, the qualification to become a teacher in this school was very solid. No matter what, they wouldn’t have hired such a young and new teacher like me with no experience. However, because of the deterioration of the reputation of this school, they just let it be.”
Lin Huai said seriously, “Ying Xue, how could you say that? The first time I saw you, I already knew that you would become the most outstanding teacher for the people. Since Yulan College could hire you so early on, it meant that they were very far-sighted.”
Piao Yingxue blurted out a laugh, and said in a soft and coquettish tone, “Who determines a person’s capability based on their looks? You really know how to talk nonsense.”
Lin Huai laughed, “This is what I use to judge someone’s capability. Yingxue, you didn’t come here purely to have a chat with me, right?”
Piao Yingxue was stupefied for a moment, and suddenly stuck out her tongue. She pat on her huge rack, and said with a cute face, “Luckily you reminded me. Otherwise, I would really have forgotten about it. Actually, I hope that you don’t hold such a big grudge against Teacher Hu. He also couldn’t help it.”
Lin Huai sneered, “Is this an excuse for all the teachers?”
Piao Yingxue remained silent. She was at a loss of words. It could be seen that Piao Yingxue’s personality was actually very soft. He had no idea why she came to this kind of school with such a personality.
Lin Huai’s tone eased up. He said, “I’m not lecturing you but what can a female teacher like you do?”
Piao Yingxue shook her head vigorously, “It doesn’t matter if it’s a man or woman. I am a teacher for the people. You’re right, we actually have the responsibility to do so. Madam Wei created this school because she hoped to give the students a comfortable studying environment. However, it turned out to become like this. We had disappointed our school’s founder.”
Lin Huai asked, “Do you have anything else?”
“I …” Piao Yingxue sighed, “No more.”
Lin Huai turned around and left. Piao Yingxue was indeed pretty enough, and her personality was very soft. If it were usual, then Lin Huai would have definitely flirted with her. However, thinking about how Madam Wei’s efforts had became like this, Lin Huai’s mood was a little bad. He had no interest in continuing the conversation.
Up until he walked to the classroom door, Lin Huai’s mood had eased up. I’m just a student, why am I thinking about these? It was such a good chance just now. That belle was so cute, and so soft-hearted. God, why did I not grasp such a good chance? Maybe we could have had a bombastic student teacher relationship. It’s so exciting by just thinking about it.
Lin Huai was regretting while he knocked the classroom’s door. The chinese teacher was teaching in front, and there were too many students talking at the back of the class. He did not even hear the knocking sound.
A feeling of rage surged again inside him. After giving it a thought, Lin Huai walked straight to Zhang Chunlei who was smoking while both of his legs were on the table. Everyone’s shocked gaze were fixated on him. He gave Zhang Chunlei’s body a heavy kick, and scolded, “F*ck you! What did I say? I gave you face already!”
With a loud thump, Zhang Chunyu immediately fell to the ground with his body facing upwards. After that, Lin Huai kicked him to a corner of the classroom, and continued kicking him rapidly. At first, Zhang Chunyu could still hold it in. However, he started to beg for forgiveness after his forehead had been kicked until it bled, his nose was distorted, and his face was filled with blood.
Everyone’s mouth was shut, and their faces were dumbstruck. The guy that looked like he was very nice to talk to had beaten up the class’s faction leader.
[1] Big tank of colour dye: A Chinese idiom describing a situation having a negative environment. In this case, it described the class being chaotic and it had influence Lin Huai due to the existing negative surroundings.
[2] The teacher’s surname has the same pronunciation with the word ‘嫖’ which meant solicit for prostitution.