Chapter 31 I never expected to be beaten like this...

When Shen Jiawan got home, she saw a bottle of pink water on the table. Her mother said it was for her, and she drank it without hesitation.

The water was sweet, and it even tasted like strawberries.

After drinking it, she felt her mind becoming clearer and clearer, and she even felt that the pace of the teacher's lectures could no longer satisfy her absorption.

The tutor obviously noticed her progress. After seeing her improvement, the tutor started teaching faster and expanded the scope of knowledge. Shen Jiawan was even dreaming about studying.

Even previously difficult problems, after research, can be solved by finding that one can even have a solution in mind.

She felt she had become addicted to learning.

Walking, showering, eating—my mind is filled with questions, and my pockets are full of flashcards with English words written on them.

Shen Jiawan found that she was able to concentrate more on listening to the teacher explain the problems and was able to think about how to solve them on her own.

Mom is right. What you learn from her is what you truly own. You should take advantage of your improved concentration and work hard to memorize that knowledge.

With the second monthly exam approaching, she changed her original goal again, now aiming to move from the bottom class to a regular class.

She didn't want to be a bad student anymore; she, Shen Jiawan, was determined to work hard and strive for excellence.

The day before the exam, Shen Jiawan finished her chores and prepared to go home.

Today was also Yu Xin's turn to be on duty. Although the two were not in the same class, they still left the school together.

Yu Xin's parents would take turns picking her up. As soon as Yu Xin sat on her father's electric scooter, she waved to Shen Jiawan, "Jiawan, goodbye. The exam is tomorrow. I'll try my best to catch up with you. We'll still be in the same class."

Shen Jiawan waved goodbye and watched her leave.

After Yu Xin left, he took out his vocabulary book from his pocket and started memorizing words while running.

After crossing two intersections, Shen Jiawan was stopped by someone.

To be precise, a group of people on motorcycles blocked her way.

The leader lifted his helmet and grinned at her in a sly manner.

Some people even whistled at her.

"Little sister, what a good student! Studying on the way home!"

"What's so fun about studying? Come on, get in the car, your brothers will take you to a fun place."

After they finished speaking, they burst into laughter.

Shen Jiawan sensed that the other party had ill intentions, so she put away the vocabulary book and stuffed it into her pocket.

She took a deep breath and said to the group of thugs in front of her, "Get lost, or I'll call the police to arrest you."

Those people didn't care at all about Shen Jiawan's threats, and even treated them as a joke.

Someone got out of the car and walked towards Shen Jiawan, reaching out to touch her hand, but Shen Jiawan pressed her wrist down.

He didn't take it seriously and tried to pull back, but he found that the girl was very strong and held him so tightly that he couldn't move.

Shen Jiawan kicked him in the groin before releasing his hand.

The man collapsed to the ground, clutching his groin and screaming.

Seeing this, the others got out of the car and took out their tools, some with bricks and others with steel bars, and surrounded Shen Jiayuan.

"You brat, I've heard you know kung fu. I happened to have trained at Shaolin Temple, so I'll have a go at it with you today," the leader said, looking at Shen Jiawan.

"I heard? Who told you that?" Shen Jiawan is now very good at grasping the key points.

"Don't worry about that. Just come with us brothers today, and I guarantee you'll come back. If you don't listen, don't blame me..."

As the leader of the thugs approached, Shen Jiawan punched him in the nose.

The man's nose gushed blood instantly.

He felt as if the bridge of his nose had been shattered.

The man covered his nose and looked at Shen Jiayuan with murderous intent. "Go, kill her for me."

The thugs immediately surrounded her, throwing steel bars and bricks at her, displaying an intent to kill Shen Jiawan.

Especially when the brick came down, Shen Jiawan actually used her fist to catch it. Before the thug could even smile, Shen Jiawan's fist shattered the brick into pieces.

The thug's face immediately showed a look of terror.

Shen Jiawan kicked the person away impatiently.

These people are such a nuisance, they're interfering with her studies.

The time wasted could have been used to memorize many more words.

Shen Jiawan just wanted to get rid of these people as soon as possible. She grabbed the steel bar from the hands of the thugs next to her, grabbed the thug leader who was closest to her, held him down, bent the steel bar, and wrapped it around his neck.

This scared all the thugs so much that they didn't dare to move.

This woman must be incredibly skilled to be able to break steel bars with her bare hands.

Shen Jiawan lashed out at the gang leader from both sides, demanding, "Tell me, who sent you to cause me trouble?"

She was a complete stranger to these thugs and had never crossed paths with them before, yet they managed to find her precisely.

I also heard that she knows kung fu, which means there's someone behind it all.

The gang leader instinctively looked in one direction, and Shen Jiawan also looked over, only to see a figure flash by in a corner about ten meters away.

She abandoned the gang leader and ran over quickly, grabbing the person before realizing it was Sun Han.

"It's you?"

Before Sun Han could speak, Shen Jiawan slapped her twice.

When she heard the siren, Sun Han's eyes lit up; she thought her savior had arrived.

Just as she was about to shout for help, Shen Jiawan grabbed her by the collar and led her toward the direction the police were coming from.

Who called the police?

It was a thug who called the police because he was afraid that Shen Jiayuan would beat him to death. The girl looked weak and frail, but when she kicked him, it felt like her ribs were about to break.

"It's me, officer! Help!" The thug scrambled towards the police.

I heard that Shen Jiawan knows a little bit of kung fu, but it's far more than just a little bit.

Seeing the police officers approaching, Shen Jiawan walked over and said, "Hello, police officers."

"It's you, little girl." A police officer recognized Shen Jiawan.

They rushed over after receiving the report; those thugs were all acquaintances of the police station.

I never expected to be beaten up like this.

The police officer's gaze fell on Sun Han, whose face was swollen from being slapped, and then on Shen Jiawan. "Did you hit her face?"

"Yes, she is the mastermind. She instructed these people to come and cause me trouble. They tried to escape but I caught them."

The police took everyone back to the police station and notified Shen Jiawan and Sun Han's parents.

Knowing that Shen Jiawan had no parents, they notified her homeroom teacher.

Today was another tutoring session with her English teacher. Since Shen Jiawan couldn't go back for a while, she called her English teacher.

She originally wanted the teacher to go home first and have a make-up lesson later, but unexpectedly, the English teacher went directly to the police station.

“Wanwan, don’t be afraid. These bad students are simply lawless. They even dare to team up with thugs from outside the school to bully people. I want to see who dares to bully you.”

Feeling warm inside, Shen Jiawan was protected by her English teacher.

"Thank you, teacher. I'm fine."

The police officer looked at Shen Jiawan with a complicated expression. "Li Cheng said that the collar around his neck... the steel bar was put there by you, and that you punched the brick into powder. Is that true?"

Faced with the shocked gazes of her homeroom teacher and English teacher who rushed over, Shen Jiawan smiled awkwardly, "I'm just a little stronger. There were so many of them surrounding me, I was scared, but I couldn't really kill them, so I just scared them a little."

The English teacher quickly said, "Yes, yes, this child is just a little stronger, but that's not the point. With so many thugs surrounding a weak, pitiful, and helpless girl, it's normal for a girl to be stronger."

The homeroom teacher nodded, "Yes, officer. I can testify that Shen Jiawan is an exceptionally diligent and ambitious student. She doesn't usually have any contact with hooligans outside of school, so it's definitely not her fault."

The police officers who had been interrogating him came out quickly.

The thugs accused Sun Han of giving them money to cause trouble for Shen Jiayuan.

What they meant by "just playing around" was actually a plan to lure Shen Jiayuan to their gathering place so they could assault her.

"But Sun Han said that she was also acting under someone else's orders."

The person who instructed Sun Han is named Xu Miaoyan, who is Sun Han's cousin and is currently studying at a university in another city.

Moreover, Xu Miaoyan was Shen Jiawan's classmate before.

The police in the north of the city contacted the police in the south of the city and retrieved Shen Jiawan's previous case.

When Shen Jiawan accused Zhao Qing of intentional injury, Zhao Qing identified Xu Miaoyan as the mastermind. Unexpectedly, this case has also implicated Xu Miaoyan.

The money Sun Han gave to those thugs came from Xu Miaoyan, and she even said she could call Xu Miaoyan.

But Xu Miaoyan was very clever. She gave her younger cousin pocket money as the older cousin, and even when the police called to inquire, they could hear the surprise in her tone.

She said she didn't know Sun Han would use the pocket money she gave her to harm others, and she felt very sorry about it. Knowing that Shen Jiawan was right next to her, she even apologized to her on Sun Han's behalf.

"You're lying! You're the one who instructed me to do this! Did you think that just noting 'pocket money' on the money would be enough? Xu Miaoyan, I recorded our phone call. You're the one who led me astray!" Sun Han shouted hysterically.

That day, she called Xu Miaoyan and told her about Shen Jiawan. Xu Miaoyan sighed and said that Shen Jiawan was like a persistent ghost. If she were unlucky enough to run into some thugs, she might never be able to come to school again, which would stop Sun Han from having any more trouble.

After hanging up the phone, Sun Han realized that she had unknowingly pressed the record button and recorded her conversation with Xu Miaoyan.

Xu Miaoyan's voice on the phone was choked with sobs, "Hanhan, I'm so sorry. I was just going along with what you said, trying to comfort you. I never expected you to be so extreme. I'm so sorry. Shen Jiawan, I didn't realize that just a casual remark would cause you so much harm. Please forgive me?"

"It's not your fault, Yan Yan, don't cry, it hurts me to see you like this." A male voice came from the phone.

Shen Jiawan recognized Fu Shi'an's voice.

Fu Shi'an took Xu Miaoyan's phone, his tone impatient, "Shen Jiawan, what are you up to now? Is it fun to target Yan Yan like this? Don't harass Yan Yan anymore, or I won't let you off the hook."

The phone call was suddenly disconnected, and the police officers looked at each other in bewilderment. So, the man had threatened someone right in front of them?

The police officers were so angry they laughed.

But Xu Miaoyan is indeed cunning. She always gives a reason for doing things, such as giving pocket money, or saying that she is standing up for her cousin. She doesn't know if her cousin will really do something like that.

Sun Han was the one who actually carried out this. Even if Xu Miaoyan was involved, the police could not pin the crime on Xu Miaoyan unless she herself admitted that she did it on purpose.

Sun Han panicked immediately. She had hired someone to commit assault, and Shen Jiayuan was determined to sue her, so she couldn't escape it.

"It's Xu Miaoyan, it really is her!" Sun Han exclaimed anxiously.

She hadn't expected that Xu Miaoyan would be completely unharmed even after all that.