Act 9

"Excuse me?"

"As I said, help me in building my company, Xiao Chen."

"Don't call me that."

"Sure, Small Chen."

"..."

The principle or now known as Xiao Chen stood up from where he sat and walked closer towards Yue XiFeng. He felt insecure regarding his heights as he compared his to the girl afront him, his hand moving back between their heads.

A deep frown embedded him as he looked upwards, directing his gaze to meet hers. Yue XiFeng teasingly smiled with a mocking grin as she gazed upwards triumphantly. Indeed, she was nearly 10 centimeters taller than the middle-aged man in front of her.

Xiao Chen grimaced as he cursed at the genetics that caused him to be short. Since he was young, he had attempted numerous ways to grow taller, and yet not a single one helped. The reality made him cover his face with one hand while putting the other inside the pocket of his black jeans.

But soon after, he quickly regained his composure as he professionally adjusted his suit. Taking out a lighter and cigarette from his pocket, gazing imposingly towards Yue XiFeng. He may have the face of a gangster, but his short stature caused people to think otherwise.

This made him greatly self-conscious of his appearance as the mere mention of it could make him go in a fit of rage.

He would hit anyone at the mere mention of his height. Well, everyone except Yue XiFeng, that is. She was far too heartless for him to mess with, as he didn't want to repeat the same mistakes he made.

If he knew about this seemingly frail girl's callousness, he wouldn't have shamelessly picked a fight with her. Even the memory of the incident made him choke with shame, as he got beaten and threatened by his student. To add it up, the student was even a whole decade younger than him!

Though he was indignant, he couldn't deny the fact that he is afraid of Yue XiFeng. The grin she revealed when hitting him with a stick coupled with that sweet tone of voice caused shivers to run down his spine.

A combination of looks, smarts, and violence... what a perfect combination for an ideal woman... just not his.

But in actuality, Yue XiFeng was still a high school freshman at that point and didn't even know that the person she beat up was the principal. She seriously thought he was a random gangster from somewhere that was stuck in the body of a child.

His face spelled threatening whilst his body spelled adorable.

So she was understandably startled when she got called into the principal's office though it was her first day.

But upon arriving, when she met with the intimidating gaze of the principal, instead of cowering in fear, she revealed a smile.

As no-one was accompanying the principal, she brazenly sat on the couch without paying mind to the irritated man in front of her.

Beaming a demonic grin, she playfully greeted the principal with one hand up, "Yo, Xiao Chen, remember that lovely selfie we took?"

Speechless, the principal's brain malfunctioned for a moment before his expression was painted grey.

"What do you mean?" He asked with a low growl, clearly revealing his displeasure towards the current situation.

Yue XiFeng raised an eyebrow up as she took her phone outside her pocket. Clicking on the bright screen, she specifically chose a specific photo amidst the numerous images in her gallery.

She presented her phone in a position that the principal could see, revealing an image of a disheveled man and a girl smiling as she placed her foot on his little brother.

Yue XiFeng glared at the man who turned slightly pale as she continued with a smile.

"If this doesn't recall some pleasant memories, how about this?"

A black screen popped up, revealing what seemed to be a video. Pressing the play button, the sound of both of their voices echoed through the room.

A pitch-black screen played, revealing two voices in it.

"Hey little girl, move it!"

"...What if I don't want to?"

"Then I'll beat you up!"

"But I need to quickly buy medicine for my sick father..."

"So what? Move it you little b*tch!"

The pitch-black screen then abruptly changed into a video of a short and gangster-like man hitting a delicate high school girl with a wooden stick. Situated in a dark alleyway, the frail highschool girl realistically wept as tears spilled from her eyes, bruises starting to form.

"I'm sorry..! I'm sorry..! I was wrong! The girl sobbed as she covered her head with her two delicate hands. Soon after, the video ends with the offender

licking his lips with an ogling gaze.

Silence filled the room for a few moments before Yue XiFeng broke it as she taunted, "How do you think would the board chairman react if he were to caught wind of this video?"

With a diabolical grin on her face, she gazed expectantly at his response.

The principal felt his spine tingle upon watching the strange video.

"Is that... me?" He asked in a bewildered manner.

"Indeed it is." Yue XiFeng indifferent replied, still expectant of another reaction, one that is more entertaining.

He felt aggravated upon the recording as all of it seemed to real to but not. But he was more unrelenting as he was the victim, not her! He still even had a cast on his leg for god's sake!

"What is this blasphemy?! I didn't do any of this! If anything, you were the one who beat me up!" With his mouth agape and face red with rage, he pointed at Yue XiFeng who still had a bored look on her face.

"But you did tell me to back off, and I didn't enjoy the way you glared at me. So I figured that it would be better if I made some necessary arrangements to deal with you. But it seems that there isn't a need to come find you as you came to me instead."

Indeed, the logic behind the words was incomprehensible as he peered at her with a strange gaze. Quickly assessing the situation, he breathed a sigh of relief before regaining his composure.

"What do you want?" With an indignant expression, he reluctantly played along with the student in front of him. As he painfully understood the reality that some people are just not meant to be messed with.

Yue XiFeng's lips curled up playfully as she saw the menacing look the man behind the desk gave her. 'That's more like it.' She slowly nodded in approval.

"Give me your support and backing, I know you are more than just a mere principle." She said in a steady grin, his reaction further confirming her suspicions.

The short man dressed far too lavishly, causing her to raise her eyebrows in suspicion. Everything her wore was decked in brand-named items that seemed legit. According to Lian Ji, that is.

Indeed, the harsh reality was the fact that she chose to blackmail him seeing that he was a nouveau riche who looked easy to bully.

This meant that Chen Xiao was extremely unlucky to throw hands with such a unique and unpredictable person that was willing to search all over for him on an impulse.

Yue XiFeng got Lian Ji to search for his identity but she didn't immediately find results on him, only uncovering that he worked on the black market dealings.

In short, his current name was merely an alias.

"Isn't that right, Chen XiaoDi, former mafia gang leader?"