Chapter 1054: Fancy Ways to Pick a Fight 2

After Shi Ran finished speaking, the corners of her mouth curled up in a smug smile, and then she walked toward the classroom with light, brisk steps.

Mother was right; employing people is indeed a technical skill.

People cannot be simply divided into good people or bad people; putting a bad person in the right position and letting her deal with other bad people is far more effective than using a good person.

Good people often cannot think of so many wicked tricks, so the results are poor, hahahaha.

The classroom.

The teacher was lecturing with great passion on the podium, while Chen Ran was listening in his seat, feeling drowsy.

His eyelids felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, and unable to hold on any longer, he simply slumped onto the desk to sleep!

Even if he didn't listen to the lecture, he already knew all the content the teacher was teaching.

"Knock, knock, knock."

Someone was knocking on the door outside.

The teacher saw an elderly woman who was dressed quite luxuriously.

"Who are you looking for?"

She pointed at Chen Ran, who was sleeping on the desk: "I'm looking for him."

The teacher assumed she was a family elder of Chen Ran's, because looking at her attire, she didn't look like a servant.

So, the teacher had someone wake Chen Ran up: "Wake up, your family member is here to see you."

Chen Ran had just fallen asleep and was even having a dream; he dreamed he had reunited with his older brother, and the two brothers were living a happy life on the Island where they had lived as children.

Just at this moment, his sweet dream was interrupted, and he was pushed awake.

"What are you doing?" Chen Ran asked, displeased.

"Your family member is looking for you."

"Oh."

Returning to reality, his first reaction was that Wang Yingzhi had caused some kind of trouble at home again.

But he never expected that when he went out to the hallway to look—the person looking for him was actually Wang Yingzhi herself!

"What are you here for?"

Wang Yingzhi held out her hand: "Give me the key; I left mine in the room."

Chen Ran:...

"What about the people at home? There are so many people at home, how could you not be able to get in? And how could I possibly have a key? I don't even need to open the door myself." He had never felt so broken down before.

It was intentional; this woman was absolutely doing this on purpose!

Wang Yingzhi: "There was no one at home. They thought I was noisy, so I kindly gave them all the day off, but then I left my key in the room. Why are you yelling at me? No good deed goes unpunished; if I weren't soft-hearted, would I be unable to get into my own home?"

"Sob sob sob, a kind-hearted person like me is actually being misunderstood as having a malicious heart. Chen Ran, you are too much..."

Chen Ran was dumbfounded, completely dumbfounded.

He had never seen a person like Wang Yingzhi; not only was she being unreasonable, but she also didn't play by the rules at all.

She was shouting quite loudly, and those who didn't know the truth would think Chen Ran was being unfilial to his elder.

A Country is a land of etiquette and has always valued filial piety; many people use whether one is filial as the initial standard for judging a person.

In the classroom, as well as in several neighboring classes, people were startled by Wang Yingzhi's crying.

Everyone began to discuss it.

"What's going on? Is that grandmother Chen Ran's grandmother?"

"Unlikely, his father is already quite old; it doesn't look like a grandmother, probably a maternal grandmother."

"Regardless of what relative she is, he shouldn't treat an elder like that; it's too much."

"Exactly, it's too much. I really couldn't tell he was this kind of person. He usually looks easygoing and polite; it turns out he's just a hypocrite."

"It's truly a case of knowing a person's face but not their heart. I won't hang out with him anymore."

"Me too. He doesn't even understand the basic principles of being a person. Someone who isn't filial to their own elders won't be any better to others..."

Unfortunately, Chen Ran did not yet know about the students' discussion.

He was currently so angry at Wang Yingzhi that his brain ached; how did she muddle things up to become the innocent one?

And yet he had become the heinous villain?

No, this matter must be cleared up.

Chen Ran took a deep breath, calmed his mood, and was just preparing to reason properly with Wang Yingzhi.

But without any warning, she turned around and ran away crying!

The white-haired old woman sprinted away.

At a time like this, no one would think she was in good health and exercised properly.

Everyone would only think that Chen Ran was too much, bullying an old woman until she had no way to live!

Now, it wasn't just the students; even the teacher couldn't stand it anymore.

The bell for the end of class rang, and the teacher, with a lesson plan tucked under his arm, walked up to Chen Ran with an expressionless face: "No sleeping in my class from now on. If you aren't going to study properly, then get out!"

"Clap—"

There was a round of applause from everyone.

The teacher had such integrity, not fearing power and not fawning over the wealthy; such qualities were the model for A Country!

Chen Ran stood where he was for a full minute before he reacted.

He was so angry that he immediately prepared to go find Shi Ran to settle the score.

Shi Ran was in the classroom with Li Wei and Tao Qingyao, talking about something and laughing very happily.

Her relative had come to cause him trouble, yet she acted as if nothing had happened, chatting and laughing as usual, which made Chen Ran feel extremely unbalanced.

No, this matter must be made clear. He had depth of character, but that didn't mean he had to swallow his pride and suffer in silence; he could not take this humiliation.

"Shi Ran, what do you mean by this? Having your relative come to school to cause me trouble, and even pretending to be my elder—you really are insidious enough."

She turned her head, stunned: "What are you talking about? What do you mean by my relative coming to school to cause you trouble? Why would she come to school to find you? Do you dare tell the classmates?"

The two most promising star classmates in the class to be paired up as a couple were arguing, and this matter quickly attracted many classmates to watch.

Seeing the classmates gathering around, Chen Ran thought the time had come for him to wash away his previous shame.

"You answer my question first, is she your relative or not?"

Chen Ran was not stupid enough to follow Shi Ran's lead; that sentence was a trap set for him. If he admitted that Wang Yingzhi was currently living with him, then anything he said afterward would not be easy to clear up.

"She is not!"

Shi Ran was categorical and denied it flatly: "Of course she is not my relative. We all heard what she said just now; she came to school to ask you for a key. If it has nothing to do with you, why would she ask you for a key? If she were my relative, why wouldn't she come to ask me for the key?"

Shi Ran usually didn't talk much, but today her speaking speed was like a machine gun; once she started, she couldn't stop.

"Chen Ran, you can't be like this. If you do something wrong, you have to admit it. We are still young and have plenty of opportunities to correct ourselves, but you have to realize you were wrong. Is admitting a mistake really that hard?"

"You don't correct your mistakes, and you even want to shift the blame onto other classmates? I seriously suspect there is a problem with your character. That's right, your family and my family had a very unpleasant time in L Country because of business matters, but I think adults' affairs don't need to involve us students. Classmate Chen Ran, what do you think?"

What kind of thoughts could he possibly have now?

The thing he wanted to do most right now was to throw Shi Ran out of the window.

It would be best if that damned old woman hadn't gone far either, so he could crush her to death!

"Good, very good. Shi Ran, since I came to this school, the one who has taught me the most knowledge is not the teacher, but you!"

He laughed out of extreme anger: "Classmate Shi, we have a long road ahead, just you wait and see."

Shi Ran: "Classmate Chen, are you threatening me? How interesting. You get bullied by someone, so you vent your anger on other classmates, and when you don't succeed, you resort to threats? Is this the family upbringing of your Chen family? Are you used to bullying others by relying on your status or not..."

This round, Shi Ran wins.