Chapter 48: Threat

"My son insulted him? My son spread rumors?"

When Liu Qin finished telling the story, Li Fengying stared wide-eyed in excitement, looking at Liu Qin in disbelief.

"Liu Laoshi, you are not so partial to Li Pengfei, are you? My son never says dirty words and has always studied seriously. How could he insult this... Lu what student!"

"Lu Yan He."

Lu Yan He said: "Auntie, whether Luo Zicheng said those words, you just ask Luo Zicheng."

Li Fengying immediately glared at

"Hah! I thought my brat was acting up again, but I didn't expect it was your son who acted up and got hit by mine!" Li Luzhi suddenly perked up, completely changing his previous apologetic stance. "At such a young age, he looks down on other classmates, calls them 'phoenix men,' and spreads rumors. If you have such a character, what will you be like when you grow up!"

He looked at Luo Zicheng with a serious gaze.

At this moment, Li Luzhi's aura frightened Luo Zicheng. Luo Zicheng dared not look Li Luzhi in the eye and lowered his head to look at the floor.

"It was your son who struck first! Hitting people is a violent act!" Li Fengying immediately blocked Luo Zicheng like a mother hen protecting her chicks. "That is an unchangeable fact!"

"It is also a fact that your son insulted his classmate with his words!" Li Luzhi retorted without showing any weakness.

Li Pengfei stood behind Lu Yan He and whispered in surprise, "Damn, when did he actually start standing on my side to talk!"

Lu Yan He: "Is now the time for you to be surprised by this?"

He sighed and said, "Uncle, Auntie, could you two stop arguing? Shall I tell you both my thoughts?"

Li Fengying was currently in a state of biting anyone she could get her hands on.

"What do you have to say? You're just birds of a feather with him! You came here on purpose to frame my son!"

Lu Yan He smiled faintly and said, "Auntie, I am very moved to see you defending your son so indiscriminately, because my mother passed away when I was very young."

Li Fengying's ferocious face twisted for a moment.

Li Luzhi was also stunned for a moment.

Lu Yan He's one sentence left the adults present not knowing how to respond.

"Luo Zicheng was punched once, just that one punch, and he is indeed injured. Li Pengfei was wrong, but he hit him for me. If Li Pengfei hadn't hit him, I would have," Lu Yanhe continued. "If you and Luo Zicheng insist on harping on this and want Li Pengfei to receive a disciplinary record, I don't know how the school will handle it in the end, but I think the probability is low. After all, it only resulted in a black eye. But if you insist on doing so, then I have my own way of doing things."

Li Fengying frowned and looked defensively at the boy in front of her who had such a handsome face. For some reason, she felt a trace of chill from his last sentence.

Lu Yan He said, "If you insist on harping on this, I will too. When Luo Zicheng applies for independent admissions, goes to university, looks for internships, or looks for a job—at every key node in his life—I will tell everyone around him what he said to me in the classroom today."

At this moment, Li Fengying felt as if someone had smashed her head hard with a hammer, leaving her dizzy.

Luo Zicheng also looked at Lu Yan He in disbelief.

Lu Yan He smiled again: "I guess it must be very difficult for you to realize how annoying Luo Zicheng really is, after all, you are his mother. But I guarantee you, with his personality, there are definitely more people around him who dislike him than like him. Do you want me to add insult to injury for his already unlikable life?"

A look of terror appeared on Luo Zicheng's face.

"Lu Yan He, you, you are threatening me!" Luo Zicheng took a deep breath. "You're crazy. You're threatening me. You are an artist yourself. Do you believe that if something like this happens, once it's exposed—"

"Exposed? Sure, go ahead. Then let's see if people scold you or me after this is exposed," Lu Yan He looked at him. "Even your mom said you were speaking without thinking. Haven't you realized how nasty the things you said were?"

Luo Zicheng's face turned pale.

Lu Yan He's words were like a sharp sword, invincible, piercing directly into his heart, and he was completely unable to resist.

At this point, even if Li Fengying wanted to lash out, she couldn't.

She could only sit down unwillingly and haggle with Li Luzhi and Liu Qin over how much medical expenses Li Luzhi should pay.

The three of them were kicked out of the office, and Liu Qin told them to return to the classroom for class immediately.

The bell for the afternoon class had already rung.

Luo Zicheng didn't go; he just stood at the office door waiting for his mother.

Lu Yan He and Li Pengfei walked toward the classroom.

"You were pretty fierce in Liu Laoshi's office just now. I never knew you were so ruthless. A fatal blow, too awesome!" Li Pengfei's eyes were practically writing the word 'worship' in his pupils. "Did you see Luo Zicheng's face? Damn, that was so satisfying. Lu Yan He, you are really freaking awesome. No wonder you were so calm, and you said Chu Saiying reminded you. Was it Chu Saiying who said fighting would affect my schooling, which made you think of those threats you made to them just now?"

Lu Yan He nodded.

"I also beg you, can you be a bit calmer? Don't keep squawking like a plucked rooster."

Li Pengfei: "... For the sake of you being my brother, I won't hold it against you. You're the damn show-off!"

Saying he wouldn't hold it against him, he still cursed back.

Lu Yan He didn't counterattack; after a while, he curled the corner of his mouth.

He felt comfortable after winning today's battle. Since coming to this world, Lu Yan He had been carefully observing everything. He wouldn't say he was overly cautious, but he had definitely been enduring. Today was the first time he used his own wisdom to resolve a difficult problem, even though even without him, with Li Pengfei's wealthy father, the record wouldn't have been pinned on Li Pengfei anyway.

Lu Yan He felt great inside.

But he couldn't show it too obviously.

He couldn't learn from Li Pengfei, that plucked show-off who couldn't keep things to himself.

"Seriously, Lu Yan He, damn, you're a real one, brother!" Li Pengfei enthusiastically stretched out his arm and hooked it around Lu Yan He's neck, looking like a close buddy. "From today on, you are my brother, a real brother. If you have anything in the future, come to me! Your Brother Fei will definitely help you to the end."

Lu Yan He silently pushed Li Pengfei away.

"Stay away from me. I don't want people to suspect I'm gay."

"Gay your sister!" Li Pengfei couldn't help but glare at Lu Yan He's back and curse.