"Yes, to the best of our abilities!" the crowd cheered on, filling their gaze toward Su Yang with disdain.
At last night’s gathering, most of these people had already switched allegiance to the new boss, who were all the big shots from the advanced class. So now, nobody feared Su Yang anymore; on the contrary, so even regarded him with hostility.
After all, Su Yang was very likely to take one of the spots to enter the advanced class.
Moreover, at least one-third of the mbers specially admitted to the advanced class were from the prominent families of Capital City. These spoiled scions from Capital City held considerable influence within Qinghe Academy and had a large number of followers at the school.
Many of the onlookers were underlings of these spoiled scions from Capital City. Now that these scions considered Su Yang an enemy, their attitude towards him naturally beca the sa.
And with what Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang had said, it further aroused the crowd’s sympathy, causing everyone’s attitude towards Su Yang to change rapidly.
You, a person so wealthy, still so stingy? Unwilling to fund poor students yourself, you even treated these two anonymous do-gooder teachers like this—are you even human? The rich are indeed heartless; moneyed people are never any good!
The crowd’s quiet criticisms were incessant. Though they didn’t speak out loud, Su Yang could already feel the anger and contempt from the looks they gave him.
Su Yang was even more speechless. Were these students really so naive and foolish to believe the words of these two old farts?
However, Su Yang himself couldn’t retort, as everyone was siding with Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang. Whatever he said now, these people wouldn’t believe it.
But that didn’t an Su Yang would just let Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang get the better of him. Maintaining a faint smile on his face, he calmly said, "So, you two teachers have used the money you took to help fund poor students?"
"Ah, it’s not worth ntioning!" Wu Daozi sighed, "These are trifles, things we ought to do. There’s no need to publicize them. If it weren’t for the deep misunderstandings everyone has about us, I would not wish to bring this matter up at all!"
Yuan Tiangang also shook his head repeatedly, showing the deanor of soone who did good deeds without seeking recognition, which made the surrounding crowd look at them with even greater admiration.
"I never expected that the two teachers would have such awareness!" Su Yang nodded with a faint smile, then suddenly asked, "So, in saying that, do the two teachers not know Zhao Biao across from the school?"
The surrounding crowd was astonished; why did Su Yang suddenly bring up Zhao Biao?
Zhao Biao was well known to the students of Qinghe Academy. He ran a video arcade opposite the school, which was essentially a mini-casino. The arcade gas were rely a façade—the key attractions were the slot machines, and there was an underground gambling den below, a murky and smoky place. However, it was often frequented by many.
The students of Qinghe Academy were not the sort to bring peace of mind to others; many had visited Zhao Biao’s place, becoming very familiar with the man.
But why bring up Zhao Biao at this ti?
Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang involuntarily shuddered, their faces turning pale in an instant, heads bowed, too scared to speak.
"Do you recognize him or not? Say sothing, will you?" Su Yang said with a smile.
"Su Yang, what do you an by questioning the two teachers like this?" A student couldn’t help but raise his voice, "The two teachers are respected and have done many good deeds anonymously; they are role models for us all. How could they possibly know soone like Zhao Biao?"
"Right, Su Yang, are you trying to fra the two teachers?"
"That’s too much. Do you really think you can do whatever you want just because you’re rich?"
A group of students clamored, all speaking up for Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang.
Su Yang remained indifferent. He looked at the two teachers with a faint smile, "Are you two teachers not daring to answer for yourselves?"
The two exchanged looks, clearly embarrassed. Wu Daozi cleared his throat softly, "I... I don’t know who you’re talking about..."
"Oh, so you’re saying you don’t know Zhao Biao?" Su Yang asked again.
"No... we don’t know him..." Yuan Tiangang replied.
Just as he finished speaking, an angry voice ca from behind, "Go to hell, Old Yuan, say one more ti you don’t know ! You still owe over thirty-five thousand yuan, and I’m still holding the IOU, now you say you don’t know ?"
Everyone turned to look, and saw a man striding over with a few people, quite brashly. This man was Zhao Biao, the owner of the gambling den across from the school.
The crowd was taken aback. What was going on? From what Zhao Biao said, Yuan Tiangang owed him money?
Upon seeing Zhao Biao, Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang reacted as if they had seen a ghost and imdiately turned to flee. But Zhao Biao was well aware of these two and had his n promptly block them, not allowing them to leave.
"Hey, Zhao Biao, don’t go too far!" a student shouted, "This is a teacher from our school, two respected teachers..."
"Respect my ass!" Zhao Biao cursed outright, "Respected? Would respected figures co to my place to gamble, lose, write IOUs, and then run away, too afraid to face ?"
"What?" The crowd was shocked, and a student incredulously said, "Don’t talk nonsense, how could the two teachers go gambling at your place..."
"Damn it, I’ve been running this arcade for seven or eight years opposite the school, they visit my place four or five tis a month. Am I not aware if they gamble or not?" Zhao Biao cursed loudly, "You bunch of students don’t know shit about anything, preaching to about being respected? Piss off, I’d believe a dog being respected than these two!"
Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang could no longer save face. Wu Daozi said, "Hey, Zhao Biao, there’s a limit to everything, you can’t insult people like this!"
"Man, you owe so much money, why can’t I curse you?" Zhao Biao raised his voice, "I ca here today to collect my debt. So tell , how will you repay it?"
The two fell silent; where would they find the money to pay off their debts?
The surrounding students were still in a daze. What in the world was going on? These two teachers, they really went to Zhao Biao’s to gamble?
"This... this can’t be true, can it?" a student said cautiously, "The two teachers funded many children out of school. How could they possibly gamble at your place..."
"Supporting out-of-school children again?" Zhao Biao burst into laughter, "Hey, Elder Wu, Elder Yuan, you’ve used this excuse every year when there are new students, can’t you co up with sothing more original? How much did you scam this ti?"
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