Chapter 45 - Chapter 45: This Wheelchair is Too Much of a Hindrance!
Chapter 45: This Wheelchair is Too Much of a Hindrance!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Jiang Jingchen was on a video call with his headphones on in his study.
Halfway through the meeting, Song Zhou suddenly showed him a message on his phone.
Something had happened to his wife.
He removed his headphones and asked, “What happened?”
Song Zhou typed on his phone, “Young Madam got into a fight with someone at school, and a teacher has caught them.”
Jiang Jingchen was no longer able to concentrate on his meeting. He looked at the screen and ordered coldly, “Let’s postpone the meeting. I hope that the next time you submit your plans, they would be more practical!”
Without waiting for the others to react, he closed his laptop and asked Song Zhou, “Is she hurt?”
“She’s fine. She was the one who hit someone else. The teacher has brought all of them to the office. It seems that they want to deduct their academic credits and give them demerit points. Young Madam cares very much about her academic credits. If she gets demerit points, she might lose her scholarship.” Song Zhou replied.
Jiang Jingchen got up and was about to leave. Song Zhou quickly pushed the wheelchair over and reminded him, “Young Master, you still need a wheelchair when you go out, right?”
The young master mustn’t forget his disguise as a cripple even if he was worried about the young madam!
Jiang Jingchen stared at the wheelchair impatiently. He had pretended to be a cripple for ten years and was used to being in a wheelchair every day. However, he despised the wheelchair now. It was too much of a hindrance.
Crying could be heard from inside the staffroom.
Ruan Qi put her fingers in her ears to block out the crying sounds. She felt very annoyed and nudged Tang Beibei with her elbow and asked with her eyes if Tang Beibei also felt annoyed.
Tang Beibei also felt very annoyed now. It was lunchtime and she was brought here by the teacher during and forced to watch Yuan Jiaojiao’s acting on an empty stomach. Fortunately, she hadn’t eaten, or she would be throwing up.
However, Yuan Jiaojiao was acting dramatically. She cried miserably and said to the teacher, “I just wanted to tell them something but the two of them rushed up and hit me. Teacher, I know that I’m not a super well-liked person but their actions really scared me.”
Although she didn’t ask the teacher to seek justice for her, her dramatic crying clearly hinted at the teacher to punish Ruan Qi and Tang Beibei.
Ruan Qi couldn’t take it anymore. She said while pointing at her own face, “Yuan Jiaojiao, you are twisting the truth. You were the one who slapped me first and said that you wanted to kill me. That’s why we fought back!”
Yuan Jiaojiao felt wronged and retorted, “No, I didn’t. Ruan Qi, don’t slander me. You did that to your own face.”
“I…” Ruan Qi was so angry that she wanted to slap Yuan Jiaojiao again, but Tang Beibei stopped her. “Slapping her will just dirty your hands.”
Ruan Qi took a deep breath to calm herself down. She glared at Yuan Jiaojiao and said, “Don’t think that you can do whatever you want just because the teacher is here. Let me tell you, even if you want to settle this score with me, I won’t let you off easily!”
Yuan Jiaojiao immediately walked over to the teacher and said pitifully, “Teacher, she’s threatening me. I’m so scared.”
When the male teacher saw Yuan Jiaojiao crying so sadly that she was almost leaning on him, he immediately wanted to be a hero to the damsel in distress. He berated Ruan Qi, “What attitude is this? You hit someone and you still dare to threaten them? This is school, Ruan Qi. Hurry up and apologize to Yuan Jiaojiao!”
“Why should I apologize? She was the one who attacked first. I was just defending myself!” Ruan Qi roared.
The teacher was furious. “Ruan Qi, how can you talk to your teacher so disrespectfully? And you dare to bring up self-defense? I saw you and Tang Beibei bullying Yuan Jiaojiao with my own eyes. Stop quibbling or I’ll put a serious disciplinary violation on your records and make you fail your course. Believe me, I’ll do it.”
“So what if I failed? I…” Ruan Qi retorted angrily. She wanted to say more but was stopped by Tang Beibei.
Failing a course was not a serious matter. After all, they could just retake the course. However, if there was a serious disciplinary violation on file, it would be a lifetime matter.
And it would be too disgusting to let Yuan Jiaojiao stain their records.
“Qiqi, we can’t get a serious disciplinary violation on our records. It’s just an apology.” Tang Beibei then whispered to Ruan Qi. “We’ve already beaten her up. Just give her lip service. I’ll treat you to a bubble tea in the afternoon.”
Ruan Qi calmed down after hearing that. She did not mind, but Tang Beibei needed her scholarship for school fees and living expenses. If she had a serious disciplinary violation on her file, she would lose her scholarship.
“Yuan Jiaojiao, we apologize to you. We’re sorry.”
Tang Beibei followed suit and apologized perfunctorily. “Teacher, can we go now?”
When Yuan Jiaojiao heard their apologies, although she felt a little better, she was still indignant when she thought about how they had humiliated her.
“You admitted that you were in the wrong. You should pay me medical compensation. Tang Beibei, you are married to a rich second-generation heir. You should be able to afford this, right?”
The teacher looked at the scratches on Yuan Jiaojiao’s face and nodded. “Tang Beibei, you hit someone. You should pay compensation.”
Tang Beibei’s face stiffened. She had already compromised by apologizing. This woman didn’t know how to stop when she was ahead; she was even asking for medical compensation!
“Yuan Jiaojiao, you’ve gone too far!”
Yuan Jiaojiao covered her face. She blinked and tears rolled down her face. “You hit me. You should pay me medical compensation even after you apologized. I’m not asking much, just 5,000 yuan.”
Recently, Yuan Jiaojiao had been financially tight. She wanted to take this opportunity to extort a sum of money.
With the teacher having her back, Yuan Jiaojiao was very calm.
“Ha, Yuan Jiaojiao, is there a hole in your brain?” Ruan Qi laughed in anger.
She actually had the gall to ask for 5,000 yuan in compensation. Did she even hear herself?
Yuan Jiaojiao said, “It’s not just Tang Beibei giving me 5,000 yuan. It’s 5,000 yuan each. Ruan Qi, I’m doing this to teach you a lesson. Don’t hit people for no reason in the future. It’s wrong to hit people.”
Ruan Qi was so angry that her head was on fire. She turned around and said to Tang Beibei, “What should we do? I want to kill this shameless woman!”
Tang Beibei nodded. She also wanted to that but she couldn’t. Murder was against the law!
Yuan Jiaojiao started crying again. “Teacher, what should I do? Will they wait for me to leave the staffroom and then attack me again? I’m so scared. I’m really afraid that I’ll have nightmares every night. I’ll need to find a psychiatrist to treat me.”
The teacher glared at Tang Beibei and Ruan Qi. “You two hit her first, and now you are threatening Yuan Jiaojiao? How dare you! Tang Beibei, Ruan Qi, give Yuan Jiaojiao 5,000 yuan each. Otherwise, it won’t be just a serious disciplinary violation, it’ll be expulsion!”
Yuan Jiaojiao had the teacher’s support, so she raised her eyebrows at Tang Beibei smugly as she added fuel to the fire, “Teacher, there’s no need for expulsion. It’s too serious. If they were expelled from school, what would happen to their future? They might not even be able to find a job. Wouldn’t their lives be ruined?”
The teacher lectured with a straight face, “Yuan Jiaojiao, don’t be too kind. It’s important that they know how serious the situation is so that they’ll give you money for your treatment and won’t bully you in future.”
“If she’s so kind, why is she demanding money from my wife?”
At this moment, a male voice sounded from outside the door. The man’s voice was not loud, but it was very powerful.
Everyone looked over in surprise and saw a man sitting in a wheelchair. He was wearing a mask, but his sharp eyes could not be ignored.
His powerful aura made it seem as if he was not sitting in a wheelchair but on a throne..