After Rebirth, I Married the Great Demon King

Chapter 145: Chapter 145: Settling Accounts

The wind howled, and the world was cloaked in a cold, white desolation.

The once lush branches from months ago were now bare, struggling in the frigid wind, carrying a desolate

beauty.

Cheng Lie left the Yun Family's residence and walked forward expressionlessly.

His eyes were colder now, his pupils a deep black, seemingly brewing a storm on the verge of breaking loose.

He couldn't lash out in front of Yun Shifei just now.

At this moment, he was heading back to school to settle the score.

In the office of the Dean of Students.

Song Yang, Su Ni, and a few girls were standing inside.

At this moment, Song Yang felt particularly irritable.

He had just been sent back to class by the dean not long ago, only to be called out again.

When he arrived at the office, he discovered that the dean wanted to question him about Yun Shifei’s situation.

He instinctively lied, "Teacher, I'm a guy, how could | have entered the girls’ restroom?"

"How could you have entered? Someone said it was you!"

"Who? Yun Shifei?"

Recalling how disheveled Yun Shifei looked earlier—they had seen her soaked, curled up behind Cheng Lie,

looking like a pitiful little animal.

In such cold weather, she was bound to catch a cold.

Song Yang felt inexplicably guilty.

Actually, he just wanted to startle Yun Shifei a little, scare her, and had not anticipated Su Ni would go so far.

The dean did not reveal who had accused him. He cleared his throat and said, "In any case, I'm ninety-nine

percent sure it was you who did it, along with those female students you brought in. Will you confess yourself, or

will I have to drag them out one by one?"

"Dean, | don’t know anything," Song Yang retorted stubbornly.

The dean sneered, turned, and walked out.

The number of students at their school wasn’t large, and any student capable of something like this would

almost certainly be connected to Song Yang. A brief investigation easily singled out Su Ni.

Once Su Ni was found, the rest of her accomplices naturally followed suit.

With the dean’s years of experience, a round of "strict interrogations" quickly got Su Ni and her friends to

confess.

Song Yang was harder to pin down, but Su Ni was much easier to handle.

After uncovering the truth, the dean announced, "You're all to stay here and wait while | call your parents."

"Teacher, can we not involve our parents? We know we were wrong," one of them pleaded.

Before they could finish, a loud slap echoed through the room.

The sound startled Su Ni and the others, while Song Yang merely narrowed his eyes with a veteran's calmness.

"You know you’re wrong? | think you don’t understand your mistakes at all. You're just regretting that you didn’t

plan better and got caught by me, aren't you?"

The dean’s words made Su Ni feel as though he had seen right through her, yet she still tried to argue back: "It's

not like I hit her! All | did was lock her in the restroom. Dean, you don’t have to be so harsh."

Like Song Yang, Su Ni had only been able to attend this school because her family was wealthy.

Essentially, she was just idling away her time, planning to either attend a technical college or study abroad after

graduation.

But she hadn't expected to get into trouble after just one semester.

She was already wondering how much money her parents would have to spend to smooth things over this time.

In truth, it didn’t matter how much it cost; her family had money. They didn’t care about expenses like this.

As such, Su Ni hadn't grasped the seriousness of what had happened.

Song Yang stayed silent, his emotions tangled in knots. Now that they were calling his parents in, he dreaded

how his father and mother would react when they found out he had been bullying Yun Shifei. They might even

break his legs.

Why did things always go so terribly for him whenever he tried to target Yun Shifei?

Besides, he felt wronged too. All he had wanted to do was lock Yun Shifei in the restroom to spook her for a few

minutes. How was he supposed to know that Su Ni would take it upon herself to douse Yun Shifei with water?

Song Yang decided that later, he would have to teach Su Ni a lesson.

But first, they had to get through the current situation.

Both Song Yang and Su Ni thought this was just a minor incident that would eventually blow over.

But when their parents arrived, the dean confronted them with a stern expression and said,

"These kids have engaged in collective bullying of a classmate. This behavior is absolutely prohibited by our

school rules. After discussing with the principal, we have decided to expel them."

The room fell into stunned silence. Song Yang and the others were frozen, and the parents were equally

dumbstruck.

"Dean, this matter is negotiable. Whatever donation the school needs, just nthe amount—it’s only money,"

one parent suggested.

Hearing their dismissive attitude, the dean was incensed. "This isn’t about money! These children’s actions this

tare downright unacceptable. They must be expelled!"

He nearly shouted the words.

In the past, there might have been room for compromise.

But this time, they had offended someone they shouldn't have.

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