512 Chapter 512: Blackmail (2/2)

”Yes, I saw that Class Vice-president Ji Yan was very busy, so I thought I would offer my help.”

Help? You mean blackmail, you bastard! Not only that, how did he know Ji Yan was going to pull this stunt? I hardly believed that it was a coincidence that he would happen to waltz into the staff room when Ji Yan was changing Zhao Yan's answers. He had no reason to come to the staff room, so what was he doing here in the first place?

Ji Yan clenched her fist tightly, but remained silent, knowing that she couldn't defy the scheming scoundrel. I didn't feel sorry for her, though. She brought this upon herself. Nobody asked her to change her sister's answer.

The teacher, however, was thoroughly convinced by Xu Wu Cheng's display of ”kindness.”

”Good! You can also help us arrange the test papers!”

Fuck. Just my luck. I was hoping that the two of them would leave so that I could finally get out of the cubicle and report what I had witnessed to Teacher Ai. At this rate, I had to continue hiding under the cubicle and wait for the two of them to leave. My legs were getting cramped, but fortunately I wasn't attracting any weird looks from the teachers. As luck would have it, there were no teachers in the vicinity, or they would have witnessed the whole terrible exchange between Ji Yan and Xu Wu Cheng.

It took ten minutes for the three of them to be done, and I could finally emerge from concealment, relieved and my muscles aching. Note to readers, do not crouch under your desk or cubicle. It was not an ideal hiding place.

”Um, Teacher…” I caught sight of her name, which was on a tag on her cubicle. She was named Ai Qing. ”Teacher Ai. I have something to report.”

”Hmm? What is it?”

I showed her the recording in my glasses, and she looked a bit stunned. She frantically flipped to Zhao Yan's papers and checked. Sure enough, Ji Yan had altered her answer with a pen that used a different ink tone. Teacher Ai scowled.

”That Ji Yan…I can't believe she did this. I'll have to scold her tomorrow.” she then turned back to me. ”Thanks for telling me about this.”

”I only did what was expected,” I replied honestly.

”Could you also do me another favor? Teacher Ai asked as she changed Zhao Yan's answer back to normal with a magic spell. Wow, that was convenient. With a wave of her hand, she removed Ji Yan's alterations and got rid of the differently toned ink.

I nodded. ��What is it, Teacher Ai?”

”Don't spread this to other people. Please don't tell everyone. I want to talk to Ji Yan privately and while I intend to punish her, I don't want to do it in front of everyone and embarrass her publicly. At least not in front of Zhao Yan. Is that all right?”

”I understand.” I wasn't the type of person to gossip about other people, anyway, so I agreed easily enough. Of course, that didn't stop me from snitching on Ji Yan. What? She deserved it. What did you want me to do, keep her secret for her and blackmail her like Xu Wu Cheng? Fuck that nonsense, I wasn't an abusive Shoujo manhua male lead who forced the heroines into a toxic relationship.

”Thank you very much.”

I shook my head. There was nothing to thank me over. Even though Ji Yan didn't deserve to have her dignity preserved, that was not my call to make. I was not a teacher of this academy, and I had no right to dish out punishments and judge other students.

Even so…

”Wouldn't she get expelled if this gets out?” I asked. Teacher Ai frowned.

”That's exactly why I don't want this to be made public. I will deal with this quietly. I think expelling Ji Yan over this is excessive.”

Honestly, I thought Ji Yan deserved to be expelled. That would save me a lot of trouble in the coming days, but as they say, hindsight was 20/20. More to the point, I didn't have the authority to decide whether a fellow schoolmate should be expelled or not.

So I nodded and saluted.

”Yes, ma'am.”

Teacher Ai watched me, bemused, and then waved for me to go. I obeyed and left the staff room. There was something about this whole thing that continued to unsettle me for some reason, but I couldn't put my finger on it. I didn't care about Ji Yan, but I had a premonition that it would impact not just her but everyone in the school.

The more I thought about it, the more I realized that the sense of foreboding I had was related closely to Xu Wu Cheng. That man was dangerous, though how dangerous I had no idea just yet. What I did know for sure was that he needed watching.

”I'll have to keep an eye on that fella,” I muttered to myself determinedly as I pushed my glasses up my nose.

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