Chapter 76: Coercion Round Two (1/2)

Chapter 76: Coercion Round Two

Translator: OneshotwonderEditor: Tehrn

Wang Tong heard the school bell chimed like an ominous alarm, alerting him of an impending doom. Lo and behold, Ma Xiaoru greeted him with a knowing smile and told him that his presence was required at the principal's office.

Wang Tong furrowed his brows and heaved a sigh.

Ma Xiaoru laughed at him after seeing Wang Tong's distressed look, ”It will be all right, she won't bite. She asked you to have a fight with Wang Ben, so you did. It was as simple as that.”

Wang Tong forced a wry smile, ”I am afraid that it is not as simple as that, not for our principal.”

”Perhaps you are right... Samantha is pretty good at playing tricks on people after all. Just be careful, do whatever she says.”

”I never broke any rules, and although I am not the model student, I worked my ass off for the honor of our school!”

Ma Xiaoru pouted her lips and said, ”Bullsh*t, I might have believed you, but for your own sake, don't even think about bringing those words in front of Samantha.”

Wang Tong smiled knowingly. He found it strange that the Tactics of the Enchantress didn't change Ma Xiaoru's gullible personality. He marveled at the combination of her prestige family background and the meek and lovely personality, and he thought that Ma Xiaoru would give him so much joy should he decided to stay with her.

However, Wang Tong was born with rebellious blood in his vein. His heart told him that it was impossible between him and Samantha, but his body pulled him closer and closer to the danger zone.

He remembered that the Old Fart had always said that man's brain is in his crotch. ”Maybe he does, but I don't.” Wang Tong found it disgusting to be grouped into the same category with the uncouth Old Fart. He remembered that when Wang Tong was younger, he had often heard the strange moaning coming out from Old Fart's room. What Wang Tong had also remembered but had refused to acknowledge then was the fact that he had always been compelled by the sound to stand outside of Old Fart's room and to listen attentively while keeping his hand busy in his pants.

He cracked open the door to the principal's office and saw Wang Ben was already there. His puffy jacket seemed to suggest that there were still bandages underneath. Feeling ashamed, Wang Tong avoided Wang Ben's eyes and smiled awkwardly. ”Welcome aboard, Wang Ben.”

”Come in Wang Tong, don't stand by the door,” the cold aloofness in Samantha's voice made it sound utterly different than her soft voice on the weekend.

Wang Tong hurried to close the door and moved aside. He stood timidly, not wanting to walk any further away from the door. Ma Xiaoru watched as she waited for a show to unfold.

”I am sorry. It was an accident yesterday, I didn't mean to—”

”I understand… it was a sparring. Here, take a look at this.” Wang Ben handed him a bill that listed all the medical expenses.

”You knew that our school forbids unprotected fights, to that end, we can't pay the entire medical bill, only forty percent, and you two, as the main instigators, have to share the remaining sixty percent. In addition, you have to pay for the damage done to the training room. So at the end of the day, it would be six grand for each of you. Here is the bill,” Samantha spoke with a bright smile on her face as if she was celebrating a certain victory.

Wang Tong looked around him. ”They are all richer than me; it was a set-up!” He bit down his lips and conceded his fate.

”I don't have money, and you know it, Principal. I will have to pay with labor.” Wang Tong was adamant in holding onto his earnings.

”Atta boy! I want you to fight two matches in the tournament with Bernabeu. If you do so, you can consider your debts paid.”