Chapter 87: Confrontation

As soon as Liu Yan finished speaking, the school administrator arrived.

The students quickly scattered, none daring to linger.

Jing Xi initially wanted Liu Yan and Liu Chun to leave, but she realized that too many people had witnessed Liu Chun hitting Kong Yu. Leaving now would only make things worse.

Moments later, a middle-aged man in his late 30s or early 40s, wearing glasses, arrived. His facial features bore a resemblance to Kong Yu—clearly, they were related.

As soon as Director Kong arrived and saw Kong Yu sprawled on the ground, he immediately started looking for the “culprit.”

“What’s going on? What happened here?” he demanded.

Kong Yu, instead of explaining, simply rolled around on the ground like a worm, mumbling incoherent words.

Just as the situation threatened to fall into silence, a male student suddenly rushed to Director Kong’s side, playing the role of a righteous informant.

“Director! I saw everything! It was Liu Chun from Class 3, Grade 11 who hit Kong Yu! That’s why he’s like this—it’s all because of her!”

It seemed that snitches existed in every era.

Director Kong immediately turned to Liu Chun. “You! Explain! What happened?”

Under the director’s sharp gaze, Liu Chun felt her legs go weak. Even her voice trembled as she spoke.

“H-He tried to steal my bun! I just… I just couldn’t hold back my anger!”

Before she could finish her sentence, Director Kong’s eyes widened in fury.

“Anger? Anger over what?”

The snitch boy quickly jumped in again. “Director, Liu Chun hit Kong Yu once, and that wasn’t enough for her—she was about to hit him a second time!”

Director Kong was livid. “You! Come here and take Kong Yu to my office! And you two, follow me! I swear, you students have gotten out of control—how dare you resort to violence?”

Liu Yan and Liu Chun were about to follow him when Jing Xi quickly grabbed their arms.

“Can I go in with them?” she asked.

Liu Yan shook her head. “It’s fine, don’t worry. At worst, they’ll just slap us a couple of times. It’s nothing.”

Liu Chun was frightened, but since she was the one who had struck Kong Yu, she had already made up her mind to take full responsibility. No matter what happened, she would not let it affect her sister’s chances of getting into university.

Jing Xi was frantic, wanting to go into the school with them, but the security guard stopped her.

She hadn’t even delivered the supplies and money to them—what was she supposed to do now?

After thinking for a long time, she finally decided to find Xiao Jie and Liang Chen.

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Inside Director Kong’s Office

Liu Chun clutched her right hand, which was now swollen and covered in red welts, even showing traces of broken skin. Tears streamed down her face.

Without asking a single question, Director Kong had immediately taken a bamboo stick and struck her hands, and he had deliberately targeted her right hand. The pain was unbearable.

Liu Yan stood on the other side of the room. She had already received two hard slaps across the face, and her cheeks were still red from the impact.

Meanwhile, Kong Yu, the one who had caused all the trouble, was now sitting comfortably in a chair, sipping tea from Director Kong’s cup, thoroughly enjoying the show.

“All this… just over a single meat bun? Who gave you the audacity to hit someone, Liu Chun?”

“And you, Liu Yan! Just because you get good grades, you think you can bully your classmates? There are plenty of top students in this school, but none act like you!”

Hearing this, Liu Yan lowered her head and rolled her eyes in exasperation. Unfortunately, Kong Yu caught the expression.

“Uncle! She just rolled her eyes at you!”

Director Kong immediately stormed over, jabbing a finger at Liu Yan.

“Rolling your eyes at me? Rolling your eyes? You really have no respect! I guess I need to teach you a lesson!”

“Look up!” he ordered.

Liu Yan lifted her head, only to see Director Kong raising his hand. Before she could react, a sharp slap landed across her face, making her stumble backward.

Kong Yu clapped his hands gleefully at the sight.

Seeing her sister get hit again, Liu Chun could no longer hold back. She rushed forward, supporting Liu Yan, and snapped at Director Kong.

“Director Kong! What an incredibly fair and just educator you are! Kong Yu steals my meat bun, and you say nothing about it—but when it comes to punishing us, you don’t hesitate to slap and beat us! Truly, you are a remarkable teacher!”

Director Kong gritted his teeth. “You still dare to talk back? Do I need you to decide whether I’m a good teacher or not!?”

Liu Chun was furious. “Of course! Why can’t I say something? If you’re punishing me for hitting Kong Yu, fine, I’ll accept it! But my sister did nothing—why did you hit her? Huh? Why did you hit my sister!?”

“Why? Collective punishment! Do you understand that? If the younger sibling misbehaves, the older sibling bears responsibility too!”

Liu Chun let out a furious laugh. “Then Kong Yu is your nephew, isn’t he? Does that mean his constant troublemaking at school is your responsibility too? ‘A father who fails to teach his child is at fault’—so, does Kong Yu not have a father? No wonder he has such terrible manners!”

Something in Liu Chun’s words seemed to hit a nerve. Director Kong stormed up to her and slapped her again.

This time, he used his full strength. The blow was so hard that blood trickled out of Liu Chun’s ear, and a loud ringing filled her head.

Liu Yan panicked. “You’re bleeding! Chun’er, your ear is bleeding!”

Liu Chun looked at her sister in a daze. Her head felt light, her legs weak—and then she collapsed.

“Oh shit! She passed out! She passed out!” Kong Yu shouted.

Liu Yan quickly caught Liu Chun. “Director Kong, I’m begging you—call a doctor now! Look at Liu Chun! If something happens to her, can you take responsibility!?”

Director Kong thought Liu Chun was faking it. He grabbed her by the arm and yanked her up, but the moment he did, he realized something was wrong. Why was she so heavy? He couldn’t hold her up with one hand, and she slipped right out of his grip.

She crashed to the ground, her head hitting the corner of the table with a loud thud. Blood immediately started oozing from her forehead.

Liu Yan shoved Kong Zhigang away in a rage. “Kong Zhigang, if anything happens to my sister, I’ll drag you down with her—even if I have to die for it!”

Only then did Kong Zhigang start to feel a little scared. But as long as she didn’t die, it would be fine. “Kong Yu, go—go call the school doctor!”

Kong Yu didn’t take it seriously at first and strolled lazily toward the door. But when he saw blood streaming down Liu Chun’s head, soaking Liu Yan’s hands, he finally sped up, flung the door open, and dashed out.

The students who had been secretly watching from outside scattered like startled birds as soon as Kong Zhigang looked out.

Kong Zhigang quickly shut the door and pointed at Liu Yan. “I’m warning you—don’t spread rumors! You’re not allowed to tell your parents either. If you do, I’ll make sure you get punished or even expelled. If you can’t get into college because of this, don’t blame me!”

Liu Yan bit her lip, staring at Kong Zhigang with pure hatred. He looked human, but he spoke like a beast—no, worse than a beast!

She pressed her clothes against Liu Chun’s bleeding forehead. “If anything happens to my sister, I swear I’ll drag you off that chair of yours—even if it’s the last thing I do. You have no business ruining students’ lives!”

Kong Zhigang saw that threats weren’t working, so he grabbed a bamboo stick. He had already beaten one—what was one more?

“Shut up!”

He turned and swung the stick at Liu Yan.

Liu Yan closed her eyes, bracing herself for the blow.

But all she heard was the sound of the door being kicked open.

The expected pain never came.

She opened her eyes and saw Xiao Jie gripping the bamboo stick with one hand—before flinging Kong Zhigang aside.

“Well, well! A school director who beats students without even knowing the full story? Looks like you don’t want this job anymore!”