Chapter 012: Beat the Wrong Person

Only one person in the entire grade passed, which meant the second-place score wouldn't exceed 90 points either.

121 points—what kind of concept was that?

The entire class fell silent.

"Bai Yichen, come out for a moment."

Bai Yichen stood up and followed the math teacher outside the classroom.

The math teacher pulled a crumpled test paper from his pocket. Bai Yichen saw it clearly—in the score section, written boldly in red pen was 150 points!

Perfect score!

"This is a perfect answer sheet. The problem-solving approach is extremely clear. The fifth question from the end was even solved directly using middle school math knowledge—truly simplifying the complex, absolutely remarkable. Take a good look at it; you'll definitely benefit from it. Alright, go back to class!"

Bai Yichen was always calm and composed, but at this moment, his expression showed a hint of shock. Instinctively, he looked at where the name should be written on the test paper, only to discover it had been deliberately torn off.

However, this didn't stump Bai Yichen. His keen perception was enough to let him identify the owner of this test paper from the handwriting.

A glimmer of liveliness appeared in Bai Yichen's dark eyes as he murmured softly, "What an interesting person. Just how many secrets are you hiding?"

Thunder Tiger entered the classroom for the afternoon math class with a cold sneer.

Placing a stack of test papers on the podium, Thunder Tiger said with a cold laugh, "Students, this math test was extremely difficult. The highest score in our class was Tian Mengqian with 89 points—one point short of passing. That's already quite good, considering only one student in the entire grade passed."

Hearing that she only scored 89 points, Tian Mengqian's expression dimmed. She knew that with this level of difficulty, Lin Feng didn't have a shred of hope.

"Lin Feng, do you know what you scored?" Thunder Tiger looked disdainfully at Lin Feng in the corner of the classroom.

Lin Feng was dozing off. Hearing Thunder Tiger's words, he raised his head, looking somewhat confused. After a moment, he said in an uncertain tone, "Perfect score?"

The entire class burst into laughter.

To everyone's surprise, Thunder Tiger sneered repeatedly and said, "So you know it's a perfect score? Lin Feng, oh Lin Feng, everyone witnessed the difficulty of this test. No one in the entire class passed, yet you got a perfect score. I never imagined that you'd lost even the most basic integrity of a student—to shamelessly cheat and plagiarize."

It was true that Lin Feng's grades were poor, but he'd never bothered to cheat. Hearing Thunder Tiger say this, he couldn't help but retort, "What evidence do you have that I cheated?"

"Evidence? Do I even need to say it? With a test like this, forget about you—even I might not be able to finish it all in two hours."

"Just because I got a perfect score, you think I plagiarized? Just because you can't finish it in two hours, I can't either? Aren't you being far too subjective? Regardless, I passed. According to our agreement, I won!" After Lin Feng finished speaking, he lazily laid his head back down on his desk.

He didn't want to argue with Thunder Tiger. Knowing the difficulty of the test, Lin Feng realized that a perfect score was far too heaven-defying. A tall tree catches the wind—sometimes being in the spotlight isn't necessarily a good thing. He'd rather let others think he cheated than let them know he did it through actual ability.

Thunder Tiger's face turned iron-blue with anger, yet he was helpless. He could only stammer repeatedly that Lin Feng was beyond redemption.

After school, Lin Feng figured Wang Jun would come looking for trouble, so he made an excuse and had Tian Mengqian go home first.

After waiting about ten minutes at the teaching building, Lin Feng strolled toward the school exit.

Sure enough, just as he walked out the school gate, Lin Feng saw a group of thugs with unfriendly expressions, squatting or standing in a corner by the school entrance smoking, clearly waiting for someone.

Wang Jun stood with the group of thugs—obviously, he was the one who'd called them.

There were about a dozen thugs, many with familiar faces. Li Haidong, who'd been beaten by Lin Feng in the alley last time, was among them.

Not far away, Zhang Kaiwei hid behind some landscaping, staring at Lin Feng with venomous eyes, his face twisted in a gloating sneer.

Lin Feng shrugged his shoulders. His steps didn't pause at all as he walked out of the school with a normal expression. He'd thought he'd have to go through some trouble, but it turned out to be old acquaintances.

Li Haidong was scanning left and right. When he saw Lin Feng walking out the school gate, he was greatly shocked and quickly turned his head away, walking to the side.

At the same time, Li Haidong prayed in his heart, hoping the person Wang Jun wanted to beat up wasn't Lin Feng. Actually, when Wang Jun had said earlier he wanted to teach a male student from the school a lesson, Li Haidong had wanted to ask if it was Lin Feng, but asking would seem like he'd lost face. Thinking that Qinglan Middle School had tens of thousands of students, Li Haidong figured it couldn't be such a coincidence.

"He's here!" Wang Jun's cold snort shattered Li Haidong's fantasy.

Li Haidong still had plasters all over his body. Hearing this, his hair stood on end. He could only pretend he hadn't heard, crossing his arms over his chest and looking left and right with his back to Lin Feng.

"Dongzi, he's here!" Wang Jun said coldly.

Li Haidong's face showed bitterness. How could he forget the pain when his scars hadn't even healed?

Just as he was thinking of how to dodge the situation, he saw a chubby student with dyed yellow hair hiding behind some landscaping not far ahead, looking sneaky.

Li Haidong had a flash of inspiration. His eyes gleamed fiercely as he ran toward Zhang Kaiwei, shouting as he ran, "Waited so long for you—turns out you were hiding here!"

Seeing this, the other thugs also shouted and charged at Zhang Kaiwei.

"Dongzi, Dongzi, you got the wrong guy!" Wang Jun was shocked and quickly tried to stop them.

Li Haidong and the others acted as if they hadn't heard. After surrounding Zhang Kaiwei, they delivered a flurry of punches and kicks.

Only after Lin Feng had walked far away did Li Haidong tell his men to stop.

"Dongzi, what's going on? You beat the wrong person!" Wang Jun's expression was somewhat dark. He wasn't stupid—he could sense that Li Haidong and the others seemed to have done it deliberately.

Li Haidong smiled bitterly and said, "Young Master Jun, the guy you wanted us to beat up was the one who just came out of the school gate, right? To be honest, that guy is the one who gave us these injuries. He's no simple matter—his External Hardening Kung Fu has reached Mastery Perfected. I won't say he's Blade and Bullet Proof, but it's impossible for ordinary people to hurt him with fists and feet!"

"How is that possible? He's just a student." Wang Jun didn't quite believe it.

"Young Master Jun, would I lie to you?"

Seeing that Li Haidong didn't seem to be joking, and with the smell of medicinal plasters in the air, Wang Jun believed him somewhat. After hesitating, Wang Jun pulled Li Haidong aside and lowered his voice, "Even if he has hardening kung fu, I don't believe he's truly blade and bullet proof. Find an opportunity and cripple both his legs."

Li Haidong's expression showed some difficulty. "Young Master Jun, there's a new female cop who doesn't know her place, working hard to give the brothers trouble. Things are really tight lately—shouldn't we ask the boss's opinion?"

Wang Jun's expression darkened. "Can't I even make decisions on something this small?"

"Alright, since Young Master Jun puts it that way, I'll handle it!"