Chapter 25 (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Shen Zhe had sensed something wrong when the other students eavesdropped them, but he didn’t know that the rumor would escalate to such a point!

“You’ve got to be kidding me…”

“I’m a man as straight as iron. Why would I be interested in another man?”

He thought that the students were only into books, but they were obviously fond of gossip, too!

“Who told you that?”

Shen Zhe frowned.

“Me!” Cui Xiao went closer and said in despise, “Shen Zhe, you seem to be a normal guy, I didn’t know that you had such a quirk. You’ve embarrassed Class Three!”

He had always liked Ling Xueru but never confessed his love because his family was too common.

He had been studying hard to make a name for himself so that he could later tell Ling Xueru he liked her.

Seeing that Ling Xueru had been talking to and even following Shen Zhe in the past days, Cui Xiao was infuriated.

Not knowing any of that, Shen Zhe frowned and asked, “Why did you slander me?”

“Slander?” Cui Xiao sneered, “I heard and saw you enter Zhao Chen’s room. Then, he screamed and ran out half naked! Quite a few people from our class witnessed it. Why? You dare not admit it?”

“I saw it!”

“I was there. It was most intimidating…”

“Zhao Chen’s clothes were torn when he fled. He was panicking…”

…

Another few students stood up.

Shen Zhe remembered they were outside of Zhao Chen’s dormitory, but he was too angry to talk to them back then.

“I was only helping Zhao Chen to improve his strength! He tore his own clothes apart…” Shen Zhe shook his head.

“Is that so? Haha! You’re at the last place in school, and you were helping other people to improve their strength? You’d better improve yours first!” Cui Xiao sniffed.

The other people burst into laughter.

They could believe that Shen Zhe helped someone else skip a class, but certainly not that he helped someone improve their strength.

Did he even know what strength was?

“What’s the evidence for your statement?” Shen Zhe shook his head and asked, not enraged, “Do you have any images taken by crystal recorder? Do you have Zhao Chen’s confession?”

“Well…” Everyone was stunned.

It was just a rumor, and rumors didn’t require any evidence!

Shen Zhe chuckled, “You’re accusing me without any evidence? Cui Xiao, you are so strict when you solve questions. I didn’t know that you were so bad at slandering. If an indictment can be made so easily, can I claim that you hit on a lot of girls?”

“I do not!” Cui Xiao, relieved to see that Ling Xueru didn’t take what Shen Zhe said for real, gnashed back, saying, “I don’t have any evidence, but I’m told that the patriarch of the Zhao family burst into fury and sent bodyguards to execute Zhao Chen last night. Why would a father do that if his son hadn’t humiliated the family?”

The Zhao family was not far away from the school. The dog barks and the battle noises could be heard very clearly.

What could a son possibly have done to make his father that determined to kill him?

“Dogs? Bodyguards?” Shen Zhe was stunned.

He fell asleep too fast the night before and didn’t know the fuss that Zhao Chen had caused.

“What do you have to say for yourself?”

Cui Xiao sneered and went on, “I suggest you admit it now! Otherwise, after Zhao Chen returns and confirms it, you will be expelled for disrespecting the school rules!”

“Will I?”

“The school rules must be respected…” Cui Xiao was about to continue, when another student came and whispered something to him. His eyes glowed as he declared, “Haha, Shen Zhe, you’re screwed! Mr. Zhao Fan has come to see Ms. Bai Yu with Zhao Chen. They will be here soon!”

“Ms. Bai Yu… is back?”

Shen Zhe’s heart palpitated.

Her return meant that the field trip was over. So, she then knew that he had secretly changed the guidance book. It was possible that he would be punished more badly!

It was true that misfortunes didn’t arrive alone!

Shen Zhe rubbed his eyes, clueless about what to say.

Was that day going to be the end of his new life in that world?

However… Wasn’t Bai Yu on a field trip?

How could she have returned so quickly?

“She returned last night!” said an informed student, “She only needed to prove that it was impossible to carry an iron-toothed wolf back to the school in four hours. It was unnecessary for her to carry it back in four days!”

Patting his forehead, Shen Zhe was enlightened.

It was much easier to prove that his answer was incorrect than to prove that it was correct.

“Shen Zhe, is what happened between you and Zhao Chen true?”

While he was upset, Wang Xiaofeng and Liu Pengyue had gone to Shen Zhe’s class at some point and were looking at him weirdly.