Chapter 86: The Protagonist Was Beaten Up
Chapter 86: The Protagonist Was Beaten Up
"Why am I being taken to the rooftop?" Yun Wanhe asked as two boys escorted him up the stairwell, occasionally shoving him forward.
Neither of them answered.
Yun Wanhe sighed.
"You do realize it’s lunch break, right? I haven’t eaten in thousands of years... Well, technically I have, but not like this. I’m starving."
"Just shut up and keep walking," one of them barked.
Soon, they reached the rooftop.
Bang!
The metal door was kicked open.
Yun Wanhe looked up.
A group of students had already gathered there.
At the center stood a handsome young man.
One lackey held a lighter, lighting his cigarette.
Another held an umbrella over his head despite the clear weather.
One unlucky student was even on his hands and knees, serving as a human chair.
The rich young master lazily sat on his back.
"Nice of you to join us."
Pan Yu took a slow drag from his cigarette before exhaling a cloud of smoke.
Then, without a hint of guilt, he pressed the burning tip against the hand of the student beneath him.
"AH!"
The student trembled in pain but didn’t dare move.
Pan Yu simply stood up and brushed imaginary dust from his shirt.
"Who are you?" Yun Wanhe asked calmly.
At first, he genuinely couldn’t remember.
Then...
His memories surfaced.
Pan Yu...
The rich young master who had bullied him throughout high school.
The same man who had once tried to drug Chi Lingxi and force her to become his girlfriend.
"So it’s you..."
"Don’t play dumb in front of Young Master Pan!"
One of the lackeys kicked Yun Wanhe squarely in the back.
Thud!
He stumbled forward and caught himself with one hand.
’Damn... That actually hurt.’
’This body is far too weak.’
’Too skinny.’
’I can’t even withstand a simple kick.’
It had been thousands of years since he’d felt this powerless.
He hated it.
But there was nothing he could do.
Not yet.
Pan Yu walked over with a smirk before planting a foot on Yun Wanhe’s shoulder.
"I’ll give you one warning. Stay away from Chi Lingxi. Otherwise..."
He leaned down until their faces were only inches apart.
"I’ll throw you off this rooftop."
Yun Wanhe silently clenched his fists.
Then nodded.
"Alright, I won’t go near her."
At least...
Not until he regained enough strength.
’Just wait... Once I start cultivating again...You’ll regret today.’
Pan Yu laughed.
"Good. At least you know your place."
He took another drag from his cigarette.
"But... My reputation is important. So you’ll still have to take a beating."
He glanced toward his lackeys.
The boys immediately cracked their knuckles before surrounding Yun Wanhe.
Yun Wanhe slowly exhaled.
’I can’t win right now. Not with this body. I’ll just endure it...’
Just as the first punch was about to fly...
"What are you students doing?"
A clear feminine voice echoed across the rooftop.
Everyone froze.
The rooftop door slowly swung open.
Standing there was a beautiful young woman wearing professional attire and a pair of glasses.
Pan Yu frowned.
’How did she get past the guys downstairs?’
Yun Wanhe couldn’t help but stare for a brief moment.
[Who is this beauty?]
He quickly shook his head.
[Focus.]
[The only woman in my heart is Chi Lingxi...]
Then another thought crossed his mind.
[...Though I was an Immortal Emperor.]
[Having a few wives shouldn’t be unreasonable...]
His eyes subconsciously traveled up and down her figure.
Chu Luoshen immediately noticed.
She rolled her eyes.
’So this was the protagonist Shen Tian was talking about...’
Pan Yu quickly coughed awkwardly before stepping forward.
"Miss, you’ve misunderstood. We’re just messing around."
His lackeys hurriedly nodded.
"Yeah!"
"We’re just playing!"
"We’d never actually hurt anybody!"
Yun Wanhe hesitated for a second.
He didn’t want his first impression in front of such a beautiful teacher to be that of someone getting beaten up.
So he forced a smile.
"That’s right. We’re just fooling around. Nobody’s taking it seriously."
[How could I let such a beautiful woman see me getting bullied?]
Chu Luoshen removed her glasses for a moment and rubbed the bridge of her nose.
"You students... Do you really think I was born yesterday?"
She put her glasses back on.
"All of you are coming with me to the teacher’s office. I’ll inform the principal."
Pan Yu’s smile stiffened.
"Wait."
He walked over before casually pulling a thick stack of cash from his pocket.
"How about we pretend none of this happened? You seem new. So maybe you don’t know how things work around here."
Chu Luoshen looked at the money.
Then back at him.
Her expression became noticeably colder.
As a teacher...
She had principles.
Money wasn’t going to buy them.
"I’ll say this one last time. All of you are coming to the teacher’s office. I’ll go get the principal."
Without another glance, she turned and walked back toward the stairwell.
Pan Yu watched her leave, his face darkening.
"...So money doesn’t work."
He clicked his tongue.
"...Looks like I’ll have to get my father involved."
. . .
After finishing lunch, Chi Lingxi made her way back toward the classroom.
As always, she was surrounded by several of the school’s most popular girls.
Some chatted excitedly.
Some complimented her.
Others tried their best to stay close to her.
Chi Lingxi simply smiled politely.
She wasn’t particularly interested in the conversation, but she also didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings.
As they rounded a corner...
Everyone suddenly stopped.
Coming from the opposite direction was a breathtaking young woman wearing professional attire and glasses.
She was leading a group of male students toward the teacher’s office.
Naturally, they attracted everyone’s attention.
Chi Lingxi was about to walk past without a second thought.
Then...
She spotted someone at the very back of the group.
Yun Wanhe.
Her footsteps paused for just a moment.
’...He’s with them?’
She had assumed he was a quiet, well-behaved student.
Someone who simply kept to himself.
To see him walking alongside Pan Yu and his group...
She couldn’t help feeling disappointed.
’What a shame... I thought he was different. I didn’t expect him to associate with people like them...’
Without realizing it, her opinion of Yun Wanhe quietly slipped below neutral.
The girls around her immediately began whispering.
"Hey, should we follow them and see what’s going on?"
One girl looked tempted.
Another quickly shook her head.
"No way. We’ll get into trouble. Besides, class is about to start."
Then another girl, wearing noticeably heavier makeup than everyone else, crossed her arms proudly.
"Hmph. I don’t care what happened. As long as nobody gets close to my boyfriend."
She smiled smugly.
"Pan Yu is such a bad boy."
Several girls immediately rolled their eyes.
"Your boyfriend?"
"He changes girlfriends every week."
"You’re just this week’s."
The girl huffed.
"You’re all just jealous!"
Chi Lingxi let out a quiet sigh.
She had no interest in listening to another pointless argument.
She calmly continued walking toward the classroom.
"Wait for us!"
The other girls hurried after her, quickly dropping the conversation as they caught up.
. . .
Chu Luoshen sat behind her desk, carefully flipping through a stack of student files, making sure every student’s information matched the school’s records.
As she worked, she couldn’t help drifting off into her own thoughts.
’Shen Tian really worked me to the bone last night... Drilling into my body so hard... Uh, it’s still hard to walk properly... Now he’s having me work here...’
A faint blush crept onto her cheeks.
’I’ll definitely have to get my revenge on him later.’
Despite her embarrassment, she understood why she had been given this assignment.
Among everyone in Shen Tian’s group, she was the only one qualified to work at the school without raising suspicion.
With a few phone calls and the Shen family’s influence, Shen Tian had arranged everything.
Today had become Chu Luoshen’s very first day teaching at one of the city’s most prestigious high schools.
Remembering this morning made her smile to herself.
When she and her sisters had walked into Qin Ruobing’s apartment earlier...
The entire place had been transformed into what looked like a military command center.
Maps covered the walls.
Whiteboards were filled with plans.
The other women in Shen Tian’s harem were all seated at different tables, each handling a different task like they were preparing for war.
The memory was oddly amusing.
Just as she found herself smiling...
Knock. Knock.
The office door opened.
The principal went inside.
He was an overweight man with a receding hairline, trying his best to maintain a professional appearance despite the sweat already forming on his forehead.
"What seems to be the problem?" he asked.
The moment his eyes landed on Pan Yu...
His expression stiffened.
A bead of sweat slowly rolled down his temple.
Chu Luoshen snapped back to reality and stood up.
"These students," she said calmly, pointing toward Pan Yu and his group, "were surrounding and threatening another student on the rooftop."
She then gestured toward Yun Wanhe.
"They were bullying a weaker, more frail classmate."
Yun Wanhe immediately felt as though several invisible arrows had pierced straight through his heart.
"...Ouch..."
He muttered under his breath.
Being called weak and frail by such a beautiful woman dealt more damage to his pride than the kicks he had taken on the rooftop.
Even so...
He couldn’t argue that.
Looking down at his thin arms, he silently admitted to himself...
[She’s... not wrong.]
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(Author Note: IMPORTANT!)
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