In the classroom, Fujiang sat at her desk with her chin propped in her hand, gazing out the window as she contemplated herself and all matters concerning Yu Duojiaye.
“Holy crap, really? Someone actually went that far against girls?!”
“Why would I lie? The teacher hasn’t arrived yet—if we go now we can still get a good look. It’ll be too late if we wait any longer!”
The desire to watch drama unfold is one of the few universal human traits that transcends nationality, ethnicity, and gender.
The sudden commotion interrupted Fujiang’s thoughts. Watching her classmates rush out of the classroom to join the spectacle, she slightly frowned.
“What’s going on?”
“I heard there’s a guy beating up several girls in the restroom area.”
“Yeah! And he’s going pretty hard. Fujiang, do you want to go see?”
Hearing this, Fujiang first froze momentarily, then readily agreed.
Since she had nothing better to do anyway, and Yu Duojiaye had forbidden her from stirring up trouble for entertainment, this free show was too good to pass up.
Besides, college students fighting—shouldn’t there be some bloodshed?
Then—
“Is that… Yu Duojiaye?”
“Fujiang, that looks like—”
Before her classmate could finish speaking, Fujiang, realizing something was wrong, rushed forward and grabbed Yu Duojiaye, who had been slapping several delinquent girls until they were sobbing uncontrollably.
Seeing the delinquent girls on the floor with blood streaming from their noses and mouths, Fujiang stopped Yu Duojiaye from continuing. She took his hand, pulled a tissue from her pocket, and wiped away the blood he had accidentally gotten on himself.
“Why are you hitting people here? Couldn’t you have picked a different time?”
Fujiang didn’t care why Yu Duojiaye was beating them—after all, she herself had once beaten these same girls up. As someone who had witnessed Yu Duojiaye kill before, she knew perfectly well that he was already restraining himself despite his overwhelming rage. Using slaps instead of punches or kicks was already being gentle.
What concerned her was that Yu Duojiaye’s actions here would cause trouble at school. Although most teachers in Japan tended to turn a blind eye to school violence, someone like Yu Duojiaye who openly attacked others would definitely face consequences.
During their conversation, a teacher who had rushed over after hearing the news arrived, looking at Yu Duojiaye and Fujiang standing there and the delinquent girls sobbing on the floor.
“You two, come with me now!”
In the teachers’ office, an expressionless Yu Duojiaye stood to one side, while Fujiang—who was visibly upset upon learning that Yu Duojiaye had acted to defend Jiayezi—stood beside him.
Knock knock.
“Enter!”
Amid the furious voice of the academic director, Jiayezi—who had been taken aside by a teacher to change into clean clothes but still had damp hair—walked in.
Before any of the teachers or the academic director could speak, Jiayezi immediately trembled and spoke up.
“Teacher, it was Mamiko and the others who bullied me first. Kanade-kun only—”
“Enough, shut up. You’re all college students. If you weren’t the problem, why would they only bully you and not—”
Before Jiayezi could finish, the academic director cut her off with a disgusted tone.
“Then why do they only hit Jiayezi and dare not touch anyone else? Who exactly has the problem here?”
In the office, Yu Duojiaye’s sudden question made everyone freeze for a moment.
Jiayezi tilted her head to look at Yu Duojiaye, who had spoken up for her, feeling a surge of warmth in her heart. But then she remembered that in Japanese society, challenging authority was highly taboo.
Kanade-kun speaking up to refute the teacher for her sake would bring him trouble!
What if Kanade-kun got expelled from school because of her? No, I can’t let Kanade-kun be expelled because of me!
“Teacher, Kanade-kun didn’t mean to—”
“Yu Duojiaye, get out and stand in the hallway!”
Facing the furious, red-faced dean of academics, Yu Duojiaye said nothing and simply turned to walk out of the office.
As Yu Duojiaye left, several delinquent girls began wailing in complaint.
“Teacher, look at what Yu Duojiaye did to us—”
Before they could finish, Fujiang suddenly spoke coldly.
“You’re as noisy as pigs. Shut up.”
Under the influence of Fujiang’s ability, the delinquent girls immediately fell silent. Only then did the dean turn his attention to Fujiang.
“Fujiang, are you involved in this matter?”
Fujiang nodded calmly.
“Yes, because I hit them too.”
“Uh…”
Fujiang’s statement left the dean and other teachers stunned. Fujiang’s homeroom teacher, looking at her charming and delicate appearance, quickly laughed and interjected.
“Fujiang, you must be joking. You wouldn’t hit anyone.”
“That’s right, I’m not lying. Last time, they were bullying Jiayezi, and when I saw it, they tried to lay hands on me, so I hit them back.”
Hearing this, the homeroom teacher breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Fujiang’s indifferent expression, for some reason, as her homeroom teacher, he was very reluctant to involve her in this matter.
Driven by this thought, the homeroom teacher spoke up to explain on her behalf.
“Dean, as you can see, Fujiang was acting in self-defense. She wasn’t intentionally bullying her classmates.”
The dean, gazing at Fujiang’s beautiful face, felt his anger subside somewhat and nodded firmly.
“Even as the dean, I know Fujiang. She entered our university with one of the top 500 scores in the Kinki region. A good student like her must have had a reason for acting this way.”
“Yes, yes.”
Watching the teachers subconsciously defend her under the influence of her ability, Fujiang felt a cold sneer in her heart, but on her face, she wore a pitiful, worried expression.
“Then Yu Duojiaye was also helping someone else, right, teachers? That doesn’t count as doing something bad, does it?”
Under the influence of Fujiang’s ability, all the teachers in the office unconsciously followed her lead in their thinking.
“That’s right. After all, Mamiko and the others started it first. Yu Duojiaye, he—”
“What do you mean, ‘that’s right’? Didn’t you see how Yu Duojiaye dared to talk ba—!”
Before the dean could regain his composure in anger, Fujiang spoke again in a soft, delicate voice.
“Dean, Yu Duojiaye wasn’t wrong. Mamiko and the others started it first, just like when they tried to bully me. I was so scared at the time too…”
The spread of Fujiang’s ability instantly robbed the dean and the other teachers of their rational thinking, causing them to follow her line of reasoning.
Soon, the matter was concluded by the dean and the teachers as Mamiko and the others having provoked the incident, with Yu Duojiaye stepping in to defend others out of righteous indignation.
“Well then, I’ll thank the dean and all the teachers on behalf of Yu Duojiaye~ Arigatou~”
Watching the obediently bowing Fujiang, the dean of academic affairs and all the teachers present showed warm smiles.
“Hahaha, if only all students were like Fujiang, we teachers would have much less to worry about~”
“Hey~ Thank you, teachers. We’ll be going out now.”
Without giving Jiayezi time to react, Fujiang raised her hand and pulled her out of the office.
Back in the office, with Fujiang’s departure, rationality regained its dominance. The dean and the teachers turned their gaze toward Mamiko and the others, who stood there with terrified and confused expressions.
“Tomorrow, if you don’t want to face disciplinary action or expulsion, give me your parents’ phone numbers!”