Chapter 77 (2/2)

After He Nuo heard his detailed explanation, he didn’t want to pursue the matter any further. At first he only thought that it was wrong for his teacher to insult his parents, and didn’t care about anything else anyway. Moreover, he had already talked to Zhao Laoshi just now. As soon as he heard that Shi Yan’s condition was for him to apologise in front of the entire school, he objected to it. He knew that Shi Yan wanted to stand up for him, but all he needed was fairness. He didn’t want to subdue another person with force. How could he not leave some leeway for the other party?

“I don’t need Laoshi’s apology anymore, we’ve already talked it out just now. Han Laoshi, you don’t need to worry about it any longer.”

“Actually those worker-peasant-worker students are quite pitiful. If they had undergone professional training2, then they wouldn’t even need to take the examination before they can change their professional title. This is equivalent to not recognising their academic qualifications. He’s already this old before his qualifications weren’t recognised, and it’s too late for him to re-educate himself. He is quite pitiful, so don’t argue with him too much.”

“Laoshi, everything’s over, there’s nothing to argue about.”

Han Laoshi looked at Shi Yan. He was waiting for his promise before he could be at ease, “Shi Yan, give Laoshi some face and let this incident go, okay?”

Shi Yan leaned on the window to look out at the students on the field who had gym.

“Shi Yan, you’re not allowed to do anything else!” He Nuo walked up to him.

“Laozi will do whatever I want.” He maintained a stern face.

“You can’t do it even if you want to. You even threw knives at their door! All the teachers have been frightened away by you guys, are you trying to be a local hoodlum? I won’t allow you to be a bully.”

He Nuo angrily thought of the knives on the door. When he saw those knives, he was so surprised that his eyes had widened considerably. He really didn’t know how Shi Yan came up with that idea, he’s practically on par with a loan shark who was trying to collect a debt that was owed.

He heard a snigger. Shi Yan laughed with a teasing gaze, “But I like being a bully, and I really like being a Hoodlum Tycoon.”

The meaning behind his last two words was only understood by He Nuo, so a rosy flush immediately appeared on his face.

His goal had been achieved. Shi Yan never wanted to blow this matter up, so of course he didn’t actually want that grandson to apologise to He Nuo in front of the entire school. If he did so, then wouldn’t He Nuo become a mini malefic in his teachers’ eyes?

“Okay, since you won’t let me take care of this, then I’ll go home now okay? Young Master!” He whispered to He Nuo before looking up and said in a loud voice to his teacher, “Since Laoshi has already spoken, how could I not give you face?”

Han Laoshi was very surprised, he didn’t expect Shi Yan to give in so easily, so he repeated, “Good, good, good. That’s right, you’re all grown up now and can even empathise with people. Laoshi’s really happy that you’re doing me this honour.”

1. Worker-Peasant-Soldier students (simplified Chinese: traditional ChinesepinyinCultural RevolutionFive Red Categories2. The raws used a term that can be roughly translated as ‘professional training class/school/institution’, but this term isn’t referring to where someone had graduated from. Rather, it refers to those who had undergone formal training and got to where they are through self-study↩

T/N: Guyssss do y’all still remember the Hoodlum Tycoon joke they shared around chap 30+? Jaklsndfjkns I was dying when I read this chap, the way they bicker is so cute