Part 2
During the Principal’s impassioned speech, a jarring sound of collision suddenly rang out.
All the media personnel turned in unison toward the source of the noise.
Zhou Xie couldn’t react. His brain was stung by the text, plunging him into a brief, immense shock.
This article is Wen Rong’s real move!
The success of the science app made most students regret ignoring Wen Rong’s needs back then. Zhang Jincheng sticking his neck out and succeeding made all the students jealous. These two events pointed to the same conclusion: Follow Wen Rong, and you can succeed.
So later, when Wen Rong proposed the self-defense gadgets, many people submitted material procurement applications to the Student Council.
Zhou Xie had told Li Ao to reject all of them at the time.
Wen Rong wanted them to be “all rejected”!
Wen Rong wanted to accumulate the anger from those rejections and detonate it on the day of the anniversary celebration through this article.
Simply put, he utilized everyone’s desire for “power and money” to force himself into the eye of the storm.
Initially, this article might not have had enough weight, but now Zhang Jincheng had actually met with disaster.
This incident directly struck a nerve with everyone—don’t expect success; success leads to death, right here in the school.
Now, all the school could do was explain the issues Wen Rong raised.
It turned out Wen Rong didn’t just want the kind of “fairness” where Wang Sichen hurts Zhang Jincheng so he hurts Wang Allen.
He wanted Wang Allen punished, but he also wanted to force the school to aim its spear at Wang Sichen and give Zhang Jincheng justice.
“Cousin?”
“Cousin?”
Zhou Xie raised a hand and pinched the bridge of his nose hard to wake himself up.
Through the pain, he slowly realized he was being supported by Li Ao.
Zhou Xie gritted his teeth and gave a difficult order: “Close the doors. Get all security personnel to the entrance. Take away all the students trying to enter the auditorium.”
“Okay.”
“Wait—” Zhou Xie gripped Li Ao’s arm tightly.
It couldn’t be suppressed.
Furthermore, having agitated students causing a scene here was beneficial to Wen Rong.
Zhou Xie made a swift decision, his fingers digging in, almost locking onto Li Ao’s arm to stop him from moving.
“No, never mind.”
In the next second, a chaotic noise surged in like a tidal wave as a dark mass of people entered the auditorium.
It was impossible to tell who was who; there were too many people, all wearing black uniforms.
The crowd gave them the power to fish in troubled waters, and their voices instantly filled the hall.
“Principal, is it true Zhang Jincheng had his hands chopped off?”
“Why does the school suppress us?”
“This cockroach school holds a broken anniversary celebration, forbids us from doing anything, and can’t even guarantee our safety!”
“Not long after my research was rejected, a company outside went public with it. Is the school stealing our research results and selling them to others?”
“Right! You must give us an explanation today. If we die, we die together. It’s not safe in the school anyway!”
Zhou Xie was dizzy from the noise. He held his breath and, without realizing it, slipped completely into darkness.
Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
Someone was knocking the back of their hand against the table. The crisp sound entered Zhou Xie’s brain along with the darkness.
It was soothing. When he was little, his mother used to tap rhythmically like this to lull him to sleep.
Mom—
Zhou Xie sat up abruptly, gasping for air like a drowning man rescued.
“Do you want some water?”
Zhou Xie nodded. He reached out to take it, but suddenly realized whose voice that was and scrambled off the bed.
A stinging pain shot through his left hand. Zhou Xie realized his entire left arm felt cold. A needle was inserted into the back of his hand, connected to a cool, transparent liquid. Because of his sudden exertion, blood had backed up halfway into the tube.
A hand pressed gently on his shoulder. “Don’t get up. Li Ao said you’ve been staying up late all week. You need to rest properly.”
Only then did Zhou Xie take the water and bring it to his lips.
This was a ward in the Medical Building. The door was closed; it was just his father and him.
Zhou Xie saw that the sky outside was already dim, guessing he had slept straight through to the evening. He quickly said, “I’m fine, you go get busy.”
“I’ll sit with you a bit longer.” Zhou Wendong picked an apple from the fruit basket. “Want to eat? I’ll peel it for you.”
“I’m really fine.”
“You probably don’t like this. What do you want to eat? I’ll have someone get it.”
“No—” The voice stopped abruptly.
Because Zhou Xie suddenly remembered Wen Rong.
That lunatic!
He felt dizzy with anger again. His hands pushed against the bed messily as he tried to jump down, but his father pinned him down again. “What’s the rush?”
“Wen Rong…” Zhou Xie blurted out, then stopped immediately. Instead of continuing, he turned his head looking for his phone.
Zhou Wendong asked, “Want to know what the situation is outside?”
“He caused such a huge incident, the Principal will definitely—”
Zhou Wendong chuckled softly. exerting force with his hand to press Zhou Xie back onto the hospital bed.
A bright red apple was simultaneously held in front of his nose. “Just gnaw on an apple yourself. Find something to do to distract your attention.”
The faint fragrance forced its way into his nose, surprisingly soothing the stress reaction “Wen Rong” had induced in Zhou Xie.
He reached out, took the apple, and took a hard bite.
Zhou Wendong sat down by the bed. “Now the whole world knows a student was harmed on the day of Floriman Academy’s anniversary. If the special recruit, who swore the school had no problems, also meets with an accident, this batch of school leaders at Floriman Academy will all be replaced, including the Principal.”
“So, whether the Principal wants to or not, he must guarantee the safety of the victim and Wen Rong today.”
He understood the logic. It was just that Zhou Xie wasn’t in the mood to trust things deduced by reason. He couldn’t help but ask, “What about Wen Rong? Have you found him?”
“After leaving the auditorium, he has been guarding the victim at the operating room entrance the whole time.”
His fluctuating emotions finally calmed completely.
Gnawing on an apple really did work; it distracted him.
“That child has a limitless future.”
Zhou Xie was stunned. “Who?”
“Wen Rong.”
Zhou Xie knew his father’s character. Sitting in that high position, he almost never expressed opinions on non-official matters. But now, hearing him give Wen Rong such high praise made Zhou Xie feel uncomfortable. “He’ll get himself killed sooner or later.”
“He won’t die.”
“He’s just the bird that sticks its neck out, being used by others.”
“How can he be the bird that sticks its neck out? He is a natural leader.”
Zhou Xie frowned. “Isn’t your evaluation of him a bit too high?”
“A so-called natural leader isn’t someone who compromises between various forces, but someone who says ‘I insist on doing it this way,’ and no one can stop them.”
Zhou Wendong smiled and continued, “Look, now everyone has no choice but to follow his rhythm.”
“His rhythm…”
Zhou Xie suddenly realized.
Yes.
Whether good or bad, Wen Rong had a habit of turning things around, forcing everyone to think according to his logic and march to his beat. It was completely unreasonable.
“Justice Ernst just told me he saw this kid when school started. He wasn’t like this back then.”
“When did Chief Justice Ernst arrive?”
“He had some matters to handle, but when he heard a student was harmed on campus, he flew over directly by helicopter. He’s currently waiting for the prosecutors to interrogate Wang Sichen.”
Hearing the name “Wang Sichen,” Zhou Xie was instinctively cautious. “We probably can’t topple him this time.”
“Mn, it’s just a small matter. It won’t affect anything much.”
Precisely because Wang Sichen’s position was unshakable, he could be so arrogant.
Zhou Xie frowned. “Then what will he do to Wen Rong in the future?”
“The way Wang Sichen looks at him isn’t right.”
Zhou Xie was only surprised for a moment. He quickly realized that if he could see it, his father certainly could too.
A 38-year-old man coveting an 18-year-old boy. It sounded unreasonable, yet it was all too common.
Moreover, coveting Wen Rong was the most normal thing in the world.
Wen Rong had always been in danger; now, it was just even more dangerous.
“Don’t frown. Your eyebrows are knitting together. Look up, let me see.”
Zhou Xie obediently looked up.
Zhou Wendong reached out and smoothed Zhou Xie’s brow. “Wang Sichen has set his sights on him. What are you anxious about?”
“I—”
“However, you could build a good relationship with him now. This kind of kid is worth knowing deeply.”
“I…” Zhou Xie hesitated.
“I have matters to attend to. I’m leaving first.”
“Are you this busy today too?”
“Mn.” Zhou Wendong nodded, then admonished, “Don’t stay up late. Watch your health.”
“Mn.”
“Finish the apple.”
“Mn.”
“Remember to eat dinner tonight.”
“I know.”
The busy President had selfishly waited in the ward for his son to wake up before getting in his car to leave Floriman Academy.
Left undisturbed in the ward, Zhou Xie finished the apple and stared at the ceiling with satisfaction, carefully sorting through the current situation of all parties.
Wang Allen would definitely be expelled. Wang Sichen would be held for a day at most; the bodyguard who did the deed would likely commit suicide in prison tonight.
The Principal was angry at Wen Rong, but since Wen Rong was currently the only pillar supporting Floriman Academy’s reputation, the Principal could only endure it.
Then there was a problem that had to be solved—the students’ applications being rejected without reason by the Student Council.
Even if the deepest reason was that the Principal didn’t allow it, this blame still had to be carried by him.
The incident was so huge that it seemed impossible to quell everyone’s anger without stepping down from the Student Council President position.
So who would be safe to take over as President?
Zhou Xie first thought of Li Ao. Li Ao was only a third-year; starting now, he could be President for four years, which would help his future entry into government work.
No.
Zhou Xie immediately rejected this idea.
Everyone knew he and Li Ao were relatives. Putting Li Ao up there now would be equivalent to letting Li Ao draw all the fire.
Zhou Xie fell into worry. Just as he hit a dead end, he remembered that many people must be looking for him after such a big event. He propped himself up with one hand and found his phone by the bedside.
As soon as the screen unlocked, messages popped up ping-ping-ping as expected.
Li Ao: [Now everyone is applying to change the Student Council President.]
Li Ao: [Cousin, just say I was the one who rejected them and you didn’t know about it.]
Others in the Student Council were also probing, their words revealing designs on the President’s position.
Amidst the multitude of messages, one suddenly appeared that shook Zhou Xie to his core.
Shi Ye: [I can do what you all can do. Wen Rong has use for me.]
Black Dove Forum.
Poster: Shi Ye
[Replacing the Student Council President solves nothing; the root cause is unequal resource allocation. To show my stance, my villa and tennis courts will be vacated for everyone to use.]
He’s crazy!
Every cell in Zhou Xie’s body began to tremble.
Shi Ye had fallen out with Shi Changyuan, so all his belongings could only be stored in that villa. If he gave up the villa now, where would the people he brought and his things go? How would he prepare for the tennis open?
Zhou Xie jumped out of bed without thinking. The needle in his left arm tore free from the back of his hand, blood dripping onto the white sheets, staining them a shocking red.
A dull pain forced every cell to quiet down.
—What can you do?
—Wen Rong has no use for you.
Shi Ye was answering these two sentences.
What terrifying love. Even at a time like this, he had to compete for supremacy.
Translator’s note: Enjoy reading and have fun! This part stressed me out. LOL.
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