Chapter 5 Such Scoundrels
The scene was in a dim corner downstairs of the dormitory building. In the picture, Liao Dong brought seven or eight people and aggressively surrounded Pei Heng, who was alone.
Pei Heng's figure looked particularly thin and isolated in the encirclement.
The atmosphere in the office became subtle, and several teachers looked at each other with something strange in their eyes.
The video ends abruptly when the other party surrounds them and a conflict is about to break out.
"Why don't you finish it? If you can edit the video, then finish it!"
Liao Dong was anxious and his face turned red. He knew best what happened next.
It was he and his men who were beaten and fled in fear, not Pei Heng!
He pointed at Pei Heng and shouted to Liao Yong, "Uncle! He cut off the back on purpose!"
Pei Heng took back his phone, tapped the frozen image on the screen with his fingertips, and his next words were like a slap in Liao Yong's face.
"Didn't the surveillance footage you retrieve only show the threatening part at the end?"
Pei Heng glanced at Liao Yong, whose face was ashen. "Professor Liao, have you decided who to persuade to withdraw?"
"Pei Heng!" Liao Yong slammed the table, his voice changing in anger. "How dare you threaten the teacher! Do you have any respect for school rules and regulations?"
At this moment, the office door was pushed open forcefully!
A powerful voice broke in.
"Liao Yong, you are so bold!"
Liao Yong: ???
Who is bold?
The other teachers in the office looked out in surprise.
Standing at the door was Professor Yan Ke, who had arrived exhausted.
He is tall, with a serious face, and has an aura of majesty without even being angry.
And the person standing quietly beside him was Shen Shi.
Shen Shi couldn't tolerate anyone else in his eyes. He went to find Pei Heng as soon as he entered the door. Seeing him standing there intact, the dangerous aura around him dissipated slightly.
He walked quickly to Pei Heng, tilted his head slightly, and whispered, "Don't be afraid."
Pei Heng frowned and tilted his head in confusion, "Who's scared?"
Zhou Jingming, who was standing by, shrank his neck and whispered, "...I'm scared."
His calves felt a little weak after this.
Liao Yong saw Yan Ke and stood up hurriedly, "Yan... Old Yan."
Yan Ke didn't even look at him, but looked straight at Pei Heng with an almost loving gaze.
He strode up to Pei Heng, looked him up and down carefully, his eyes complicated, with indescribable excitement and emotion, and blurted out.
"temple……"
"Cough." Shen Shi coughed lightly.
Professor Yan Ke paused and quickly adjusted his expression, but the concern and protectiveness in his eyes did not diminish at all, but became even stronger.
He cleared his throat and turned to Pei Heng and asked, "Student Pei! Tell me... your teacher, what kind of scoundrel dared to bully you?"
Pei Heng felt that Professor Yan's eyes were a little too kind.
Weird.
However, given the current situation, he was too lazy to delve into it.
Pei Heng raised his hand and pointed his slender white fingers at the uncle and nephew opposite him.
"Such a scoundrel."
Liao Yong: “…” Who is the villain!
After waiting for so long, Taifu Yan Ke finally got his long-awaited prince.
...even though His Highness himself is completely unaware of it.
But how could he tolerate anyone bullying Pei Heng under his nose?
Yan Ke: "Associate Professor Liao, I have fully understood what happened. As a teacher, you failed to distinguish right from wrong, only listened to one side of the story, and even threatened to expel the student. Is this acceptable?"
Liao Yong's face turned red and white. Just as he was about to defend himself, Yan Ke looked at him and said, "It was your classmate who teamed up with people from outside the school to surround Pei Heng downstairs of the dormitory shortly after the start of the school term."
Liao Dong was so overwhelmed by this momentum that he couldn't raise his head, and cold sweat ran down his forehead.
Under Yan Ke's stern gaze, he didn't even have the courage to lie. He could only lower his head and said, "...Yes."
Yan Ke was merciless and immediately characterized Liao Dong's behavior as "picking quarrels and provoking trouble, of a bad nature", severely criticized him and announced subsequent punishment.
Liao Dong was both angry and afraid. He pointed at Pei Heng and shouted unwillingly with his neck stiff, "What about him? He also threatened me. Let's put it this way. Pei Heng is not wrong!"
Pei Heng stood there, even with a hint of innocence in his eyes.
"Am I wrong? What's wrong?"
Yan Ke changed the subject and put on a friendly expression, "Pei Heng,"
He even leaned forward, and said with a childish tone, "Next time you encounter such blind... well, if you encounter other students giving you trouble, just come and tell me directly. There's no need to do it yourself, right?"
Zhou Jingming's jaw almost dropped when he heard this blatant favoritism and double standards. He looked at Pei Heng beside him in confusion.
Pei Heng nodded in agreement, his long eyelashes drooping, and responded, "Yeah."
He is just like a good student who has been wronged.
Liao Dong felt a surge of anger stuck in his heart, unable to spit it out or swallow it down.
Liao Yong was horrified watching from the side. Yan Ke's almost indulgent attitude towards Pei Heng was too abnormal.
He vaguely felt that he had hit a wall, and was about to say something to make amends, but it was too late.
"Alright!" Yan Ke waved his hand, not even bothering to look at the uncle and nephew again, and said to Shen Shi: "You three, come with me to the office."
Zhou Jingming was still a little confused. It was only when Pei Heng pulled his sleeve that he reacted and hurried to catch up.
The office door closed softly behind the three of them.
Liao Yong was left with a room full of teachers with different expressions, feeling very awkward.
Seeing that his uncle, who was his backer, had wilted, Liao Dong looked even more pale and ran away in shame.
The old teacher, who usually had a good relationship with Liao Yong, couldn't help himself after seeing him standing there with a grim face.
"Old Liao... you're trying to help your nephew vent his anger, and I understand your feelings, but you can't... be so confused about right and wrong, right?"
Liao Yong had a fire in his heart that he had no place to vent, and he became even more angry and embarrassed when he heard this.
"How can I not distinguish right from wrong? Isn't Pei Heng just an ordinary student? If he really had some extraordinary background, the news would have spread long ago after the start of school."
The old teacher looked at him as if he were a fool, shook his head helplessly, and pointed to a brand new building in the distance outside the window.
Liao Yong looked in the direction he pointed, confused. "That new building? Why? Was it donated by his family?"
The old teacher twitched his lips. "...What are you thinking? How cliché."
"I mean, the school board in that building just changed its water. There's a new atmosphere, and they're cracking down on people like you who abuse your power."
Liao Yong: “…”
Inside the office.
Yan Ke took great care of Pei Heng, asking about his living conditions and studies.
The more Pei Heng listened, the more he felt something was wrong, and... he felt inexplicably drowsy.
Zhou Jingming leaned over and asked Pei Heng quietly, "Is Teacher Yan your relative?"
Pei Heng blinked sleepily, "No."
Seeing this, Shen Shi wanted to laugh a little, and suppressed the curve of his lips. Just like he did to prevent His Highness from falling asleep in the Imperial Academy, he quietly hooked Pei Heng's fingers hanging by his side and pressed them lightly.
Pei Heng immediately regained consciousness and looked up at Yan Ke, saying, "Yes, yes, yes, I heard everything. Sorry for being so long-winded."
Yan Ke: “…”
There was a moment of silence in the office.
Pei Heng even inexplicably saw Yan Ke's trembling white beard, turned his head and laughed suddenly.
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