Chapter 124: Even If You Hit Me, It Won't Hurt

"So you're a straight-A student after all!" Yan Baba suddenly shouted. "To think we all took you for a slacker! You hid that so well! But I have to admit, that was a top-tier performance! You really slapped a lot of faces today! Not that I mind—my skin is thick, so it doesn't even hurt when I get slapped."

Ye Luo: "..."

Ye Wuqi leaned his face toward her, wiggling it. "It doesn't hurt me either!"

Ye Luo: "..."

Lei Xingxing sensed something was off and chimed in earnestly, "But brother Qi, you really need to study hard from now on."

Ye Wuqi clutched his chest dramatically. "Big Gorilla, in such a happy moment, let's not bring up such heartbreaking topics!"

Lei Xingxing nodded obediently. "Alright, we'll talk about it when you start studying hard."

Ye Wuqi: "..."

Ye Luo: "..."

"Haha, brother Qi, I think that just twisted the knife a little deeper," Yan Baba laughed until he could barely breathe.

Ye Wuqi instantly flew into a rage. Pointing at Lei Xingxing’s desk, he roared, "Big Gorilla, I am ordering you right now—immediately, this instant—go back to your seat and study! Do not speak to me!"

"Oh, right." Lei Xingxing turned around and hurried back to his seat, not forgetting to take his breakfast with him.

***

Ye Wuqi ignored Lei Xingxing after that and placed the report card in front of Ye Luo, pointing at it. "Sister Luo, look at these scores of yours. Every single subject is—"

Before he could finish, the dean walked in. He scanned the classroom before asking, "Where is Qin Zhaoyu?"

Ye Wuqi chuckled. "Dean, you're way too slow. He ran off long ago; you aren't catching him today."

"It's all because the principal called me away halfway there! Otherwise, I definitely would have caught him today!" the dean huffed indignantly.

He then turned to Ye Luo with a smile. "You must be Ye Luo, the student who took first place in the science track this time. Not bad, not bad at all. Keep up the good work next time, and stop pretending to be a slacker. Oh, and the principal wants to see you."

Hearing this, Ye Luo stood up, ready to head to the principal's office.

But Ye Wuqi blocked her path. Yan Baba also stepped in front of her. Lei Xingxing, who had just returned to his seat to eat his breakfast, slammed his hands down, rushed over, and stood firmly in front of her as well.

All three of them shouted at the dean, "What’s the deal? Why let her go over there alone? If he’s got the guts, have him come here!"

"Are you all acting like mother hens again?" the dean stomped his feet in frustration. "Every single time! We are teachers—why would we ever want to hurt her?"

***

Ye Wuqi shook his leg and said with a devil-may-care attitude, "That’s not necessarily true. Who knows what you're planning? Explain it clearly, or else... sticking to the old rules, you have him come here!"

"Exactly, the old rules!" Yan Baba and Lei Xingxing echoed.

The dean was so angry he could jump, but after more than two years, he had grown accustomed to this scene. He suppressed his temper and spoke in a conciliatory tone, "It’s just that since she did so well this time, the principal wants to have a word with her."

"What kind of word?" Yan Baba immediately demanded.

The dean hesitated. This class was full of wolf cubs who were fiercely protective of their own. Even if they were tearing each other apart inside the classroom, they wouldn’t allow an outsider to bully anyone in their pack. In terms of external affairs, no one was more united or possessed a stronger sense of collective identity than this group.

Afraid that a single wrong word might set these three wolf cubs off and make the situation uncontrollable, the dean carefully weighed his choice of words.

He said cautiously, "Don't you think her improvement this time was a bit too drastic? Someone reported her for cheating, and the principal is just following protocol by having—" her go over to answer a few questions.