Chapter 19

Tang Yan stood petrified on the spot as he looked at the gate guard, surprised. He didn't once think that he was recognized.

The gate guard had indeed not seen Tang Yan break into the school himself at first, but was alarmed by his shout, which had also alarmed the neighbors. The complaint made by the neighbors was what made him look through the security footage, making him sure that someone had broken into the school at that time.

"Hahaha, I think you are mistaken," Tang Yan said with beads of sweat protruding out of his forehead and skin. "Me? Why would I break into the school? Considering my age and time in the school, what would want to intrigue me to breaking in here? You've definitely got the wrong person."

Tang Yan felt exposed, which was a kind of new feeling for him.

"Nope, I'm sure you are the one," the gate guard said with a smile. "Besides, you've once done it before and honestly confessed to it, so what's up with now?"

"You know the rules here," the gate guard continued. "Breaking in will cost you suspension, but you can always avoid it by having a deal with me."

"Hmm, and what deal would that be?" Tang Yan asked curiously, rubbing his palms together.

"You pay a little change – three hundred thousand yuan, nothing more or less," the gate guard shamelessly demanded, his right palm stretched out as if requesting immediate payment.

"Common, are you trying to rip me off?" Tang Yan asked.

"Nope, but you would pay a lot more than that if words were to get out," the gate guard replied.

"Fine, fine, I'll scan it to you now," Tang Yan said.

It had to be known that the students who attended the school were all from respectable and prominent families, and the least of them had a pocket money of a million yuan monthly. But even with that, giving away three hundred thousand yuan was more of a loss for a regular person. For the gate guard, it was a great harvest.

Tang Yan, on the other hand, didn't really feel anything, since he had a total of 6.5 million yuan, and three hundred thousand yuan less wouldn't make a difference.

He then showed the gate guard the confirmation of his payment.

"Hehe, consider it a bribe. Anyway, you better be careful next time. Also, it's nice doing business with you," the gate guard said, his mood changing after receiving confirmation of the payment.

Walking into the school hallway, Tang Yan's eyes surveyed around in search of the two people he met two nights ago, and it was then his eyes met with two other people's eyes.

"There you are, I was searching for you guys just now," Tang Yan said, walking towards Yan Fan and Fu Chen.

The duo's expression became ugly, since they had been suffering from the hands of Tang Yan lately. As he got close to them, they smiled with all the sincerity they could muster up.

"Tell me you missed me since the last time we met, huh?"

The duo looked at him, not knowing whether to cry or laugh at what he said. It was just a night's difference from their last encounter, so why talk about missing him?

"Hehe, we're not into men, but yeah, we did miss you," Fu Chen replied innocently.

His reply startled Yan Fan, who stood beside him, while Tang Yan had veins trying to pop out of his head.

"Smack!" Tang Yan gave Fu Chen a light smack on the head, then continued on his way towards Class 3A instead of his own Class 3C.

On entering the classroom, his shoulder bumped into Zhao Leng's shoulder, slightly pushing the latter backward. Tang Yan, without even wanting to confirm whose fault it was, glared towards Zhao Leng.

"Do you have a death wish?"

Zhao Leng was at first dazed, then shocked, not knowing what exactly the situation was at the moment. His mind was blank, just like everyone present.

Class 3A consisted of mostly first-class families and their allies, unlike Class B and C. They all looked at Zhao Leng, wanting to know his reaction, after all, he wasn't the one at fault.

"You're sure you're talking to me?" Zhao Leng asked, wanting to be sure if he was just imagining it or if it was reality.

"Yes... who else would it be if not you?"

The whole class gasped. The sudden silence caused other students from other classes to gather towards Class 3A. Although many didn't dare step towards the class entrance, they still did peek through the window. Some were even starting to go live on the special student platform.

Everyone in the school was at the moment watching what would transpire between the two who were having a stare-down.

Meanwhile, in Class C, Lu Ding sat on his seat as he stared towards the distant City floating in the sky. His eyes carried a lofty gaze, just as he was about to rest his head against the table, some students came into the class in great strides and excitement in their voices as they held their phones, watching a live stream.

"Not being able to hold back his curiosity, he decided to pay attention to their conversation, since the name 'Zhao Leng' caught his hearing by chance.

"This is exciting!" said one of the guys.

"Why are you so excited? Is it that some kid is proposing right?" joked one of the female students who sat near the guys conversing.

"No, not that. Why don't you join Butterfly Nana's streaming room? You will see something quite unreal," one of the students replied.

When everyone heard that, they all took out their phones and joined in the live stream room. It wasn't only Butterfly Nana who was having a live stream at the moment; some other popular streamers in the school were also having their live streams, making the present incident available at every angle on different stream platforms.

Lu Ding, at the moment, also joined a stream platform, watching how the incident would turn out.

Zhao Leng was stunned to the extent that he thought he was imagining things. Although the current him was no longer an ordinary mortal man, he was always careful of the people around him, even while acting out of place. But standing before Tang Yan, he was sure this unreasonable person would snap him in half for petty reasons. Even with that thought, he wouldn't back down, since he wasn't the one at fault.

"This is very ridiculous. Do you think you are in a place to want to snap at me when you are at fault?" Zhao Leng asked calmly.

The whole crowd went crazy with even more anticipation for a fight to break out. This was, of course, normal for them, since they were still at the prime of their lives, where fists could be allowed to settle things instead of talking it out like adults.