Wang Zhifeng knew that Lin Yi had been introduced by Chu Pengzhan, so he wanted to use this opportunity to show him some goodwill.
After all, besides Class 5, the key senior year classes also included the specialized Class 6. Moving Lin Yi to Class 6 would help avoid further conflicts with Zhong Pinliang.
Lin Yi couldn't help but chuckle upon hearing Wang Zhifeng's words; it turned out Wang Zhifeng was afraid that Zhong Pinliang and his gang would cause more trouble for him!
However, Lin Yi's true purpose was to accompany Chu Mengyao. If Chu Mengyao didn't transfer classes, how could he just transfer on a whim?
Besides, Lin Yi didn't truly care about clowns like Zhong Pinliang and his group; he assumed they wouldn't dare to act up in front of him again in the future.
"Thank you, Director Wang. I'm doing quite well in this class. I've just gotten used to the environment, so I don't want to change again."
Lin Yi politely declined Wang Zhifeng's kindness.
"I see. Well then, if anything happens in the future, don't be too impulsive. Report it to the school immediately, and the school will handle it."
Seeing Lin Yi's persistence, Wang Zhifeng said no more.
Presumably, after this incident, Zhong Pinliang and the others would behave themselves for a while.
During evening self-study, the results of the English test were released. As expected of a key class in a key high school, even though Kang Xiaobo said the exam was somewhat difficult, there were several students who scored above 130 out of a total of 150!
Kang Xiaobo scored 111, and Lin Yi scored 109.
Of course, Lin Yi had done this on purpose; he wanted his grades to stay in the lower-middle range of the class to avoid drawing unnecessary attention.
However, to Lin Yi's surprise, two of the spots for those scoring above 130 were taken by Chu Mengyao and Chen Yushu.
*It seems these two rich girls aren't just empty vessels,* Lin Yi thought to himself.
"Boss, not bad! You did well on your first exam!"
Kang Xiaobo was secretly surprised to see that Lin Yi was only two points behind him.
"It was a bit of luck, I guess," Lin Yi thought, thinking to himself that if he had known the exam would be this hard, he would have missed a few more questions.
"Want to go grab something to eat tonight? My treat?"
Kang Xiaobo had mentioned this to Lin Yi at noon, but Lin Yi hadn't agreed then, saying they would talk about it in the evening.
"How about the weekend? My house is quite far from school, and if I go back too late, there won't be any buses left."
Lin Yi said to Kang Xiaobo with a hint of apology.
"Oh, I see. True, there are only a few bus routes near the school. Let's talk about it this weekend then."
Kang Xiaobo had clearly misunderstood Lin Yi's meaning.
Lin Yi thought Kang Xiaobo was a good person and didn't want to lie to him, but since the boy had misunderstood, Lin Yi saw no reason to correct him.
Lin Yi's actual intention was that Chu Mengyao's villa was quite far from the school, and Uncle Fu's car wouldn't wait for him indefinitely; if he stayed too late, he'd be stranded...
When school ended, Lin Yi still left the gates with Kang Xiaobo. Out of the corner of his eye, he watched Chu Mengyao and Chen Yushu get into Uncle Fu's Bentley before saying to Kang Xiaobo, "I'm heading off. See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow..."
Kang Xiaobo was in an excited state all day. He had wanted to grab a meal and a few drinks with Lin Yi tonight, but since Lin Yi didn't have time, he could only drop the idea.
"What's the rush? Stand right there!"
The sudden voice startled Kang Xiaobo. When he looked up, he saw Zhong Pinliang, Zhang Naipao, and Gao Xiaofu blocking his path. It was Gao Xiaofu who had spoken.
During the break, Zhong Pinliang had called home and learned that Black Panther had taken the blame for everything, but Zhong Pinliang had still been scolded mercilessly by his father.
Zhong Pinliang was increasingly frustrated. All of this was caused by Lin Yi, yet he couldn't afford to provoke Lin Yi, leaving him with nothing to do but stew in his own anger.
Seeing this, Gao Xiaofu came up with a plan. Since they couldn't beat Lin Yi for now, they could certainly teach his companion, Kang Xiaobo, a lesson!
That kid was pretty tough on the rooftop yesterday, and today he even rushed up and kicked Black Panther right in the crotch. If they didn't teach him a lesson, why keep him around?
Zhong Pinliang's eyes lit up upon hearing this. That's right—they couldn't mess with Lin Yi, but venting their anger by teaching a lesson to a weakling like Kang Xiaobo would be just fine.
"What... what are you guys doing?"
Although Kang Xiaobo had acted tough these past two days, it was only because Lin Yi was around. Now that he was alone, even if he wanted to be brave, he had to actually be able to back it up!
It was obvious that the three of them had ill intentions, and a wave of fear rose in Kang Xiaobo's heart.
"Doing what? Don't you know what you've been doing these past two days?"
Zhong Pinliang sneered and reached out to slap Kang Xiaobo's face hard. "Kang Xiaobo, I really didn't realize before, but you're quite the hidden character, aren't you?"
"What did I do?"
Kang Xiaobo knew that even if he begged for mercy now, it would be useless. Since he had already made an enemy of Zhong Pinliang, he might as well go all the way. At most, he'd get beaten up; it wasn't like they could kill him.
"Hah! Quite the tough talk!"
Zhong Pinliang acted as if he already had Kang Xiaobo cornered. "What? You dare to do it but not admit it? Or is it that your transfer student benefactor isn't around anymore, so you've lost your backbone?"
To be honest, Zhong Pinliang finally felt a sense of relief, though it felt somewhat pathetic to realize he had resorted to bullying an ordinary student just to vent his frustration.
Knowing that he couldn't avoid this beating, Kang Xiaobo decided that since he was going down anyway, he might as well go out with dignity. He squared his shoulders, a surge of bravado rising within him. "Zhong Pinliang, if you touch me today, I will definitely pay you back tenfold or a hundredfold in the future! If you have the guts, then come at me!"
With that, Kang Xiaobo closed his eyes, looking as if he were prepared for a heroic death.
"Holy crap, quite the mouth on him! Interesting! Guys, what are you waiting for? Let's do it!"
Seeing that Kang Xiaobo didn't kneel and beg for mercy, Zhong Pinliang felt it was becoming boring and stopped wasting words.
"Brother Liang..."
Gao Xiaofu suddenly tugged nervously on Zhong Pinliang's sleeve.
"What is it?"
Zhong Pinliang frowned. "What's the matter?"
Gao Xiaofu pointed to a spot not far away and said in a panic, "Brother Liang, look over there..."
"Look at what!"
Impatiently, Zhong Pinliang followed Gao Xiaofu's finger. Upon looking, he was instantly struck with terror: Lin Yi was walking toward them with a smile on his face!
However, in Zhong Pinliang's eyes, that smile looked like the grin of a demon.
Why was he back?
Hadn't he already left?
Zhong Pinliang was terrified. Lin Yi was a madman; once he got here, would Zhong Pinliang even survive?
Despite the immense humiliation and indignation in his heart, even so, Zhong Pinliang did not dare to go head-to-head with Lin Yi.
*Damn it, a gentleman's revenge is never too late. The humiliation I suffer today, I will definitely pay back tenfold or a hundredfold in the future!*
What Zhong Pinliang didn't expect was that Kang Xiaobo's grand declaration would be put to use in an instant.