Chapter 20 (1/2)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“What are you doing? Why are you beating him?”
Ling Xueru, who had finally gotten rid of the beggar, saw that Shen Zhe pressed Ling Xueru to the ground and exclaimed in rage.
Why were they fighting again?
“I’m not beating anyone. Lu Zihan said that he couldn’t bend, and I gave him a hand!”
Not expecting that the monitor had followed him, Shen Zhe stepped back and said, “I’m doing a good thing!”
“A hand? A good thing?”
Lu Zihan wept.
“How could any hand be given this way?”
“Was this a good thing at all?”
“When I said that I couldn’t bend, I meant that you could pick up the herbs yourself and lower your head before me…”
“But you pressed me to the ground. Was it help and a good thing?”
Lu Zihan felt a heartache and had trouble breathing.
The physical discomfort was incomparable to the pain of knowing that Ling Xueru had seen everything…
He wished that there were a hole on the ground that he could hide in.
“Good things?”
Ling Xueru frowned. “Whatever you’re doing, beating is not a good thing!”
“Okay!” Shen Zhe opened his hands and did not explain.
Pressing Lu Zihan down was just a spur-of-the-moment thing because he hated Lu Zihan’s look. It was certainly not a good thing, so he didn’t intend to explain.
“Are you alright?”
Ling Xueru approached and helped Lu Zihan back to his feet.
Lu Zihan turned his head in embarrassment and replied hoarsely, “I’m fine! I’m fine! I can’t stand up just yet because of the knee injuries…”
“You’re hurt that badly?”
Ling Xueru glared at Shen Zhe and demanded, “How can he go to school with such heavy wounds?”
“Well…”
Shen Zhe chuckled and replied, “Rest assured. I’ll be responsible for what I did. Starting from today, I’ll carry him to school!”
His cheeks shivering, Lu Zihan struggled to stand up. “No… I’m fine. See? I can stand up now…”
He would rather die than let Shen Zhe carry him to school…
“You’re fine?”
Lu Zihan secretly wept, but he nodded his head crazily, fearing that Ling Xueru would notice his discomfort…
Ling Xueru was not entirely convinced, but she didn’t pursue the matter any further.
…
While Shen Zhe was doing good things, Ms. Bai Yu reached the mountain where purple iron-toothed wolves lived after an arduous trip.
It was impossible to go there on foot in three days, even without any gear. For the verification, Bai Yu rode the best horses and reached the mountain after only one day.
She knew that her answer was correct, but the answer on the guidance book couldn’t be disproved without verification.
“This isn’t far away from the school in a straight line, but with Mount Thorn in between, I have to cross three mountains and one river, which will take a day and a night even on horseback. Taking an unconscious iron-toothed wolf back in four hours… It must be wrong!”
It was certainly impossible to return to the school in four hours with a wolf more than two meters long!
The answer couldn’t be true!
Releasing the horse, Bai Yu took a deep breath and sneaked to the habitat of the purple iron-toothed wolves.
Such wolves were regular beasts that weren’t too strong nor dangerous. She could take care of them easily.
Besides, as a teacher, she had many last resorts, and she had been there many times. She was not scared although she was alone.
Hu!
Soon, after a howl, a purple iron-toothed wolf emerged from the bushes and pranced at her.
Prepared for that, Bai Yu dodged the attack and stabbed her longsword at the beast.
Sensing the pressure of the sword, the iron-toothed wolf turned around and fled.
Bai Yu chased it quickly.
Wu! Wu! Wu!
Her sword hit an acupuncture point at the center of the wolf’s brow.
Putong!
The iron-toothed wolf fell and passed out.
“Forty-one seconds!”
Bai Yu secretly nodded as she checked the clock.
It was exactly Ling Xueru’s answer in class the day before.