Chapter 436: 410: Fierce Academic Tyrant (Thanks to Su Youyou's Minor Account and Mr. Bi+ for the update)
Yes, as a “family member,” that’s the kind of courage you need!
Xiao Qian got on the bus, still wondering who had betrayed her, not knowing that Zheng Xu had the same idea about her safety as Yu Minglang.
The bus was crowded during this lunch break hour, with Xiao Qian standing with many others. Suddenly, a commotion in the front caught her attention.
A young man in skateboard clothing was fighting with a middle-aged man, who turned out to be none other than her mentor’s son, Liu Li.
At that moment, he was violently beating the middle-aged man.
“I dare you to touch her again!” Liu Li lifted his knee and forcefully struck the man’s stomach.
“Let go of me!” The middle-aged man struggled, but Liu Li held him in a vice-like grip.
Right in front of the middle-aged man was a girl, looking panicked and at a loss regarding Liu Li.
“Damn, I saw you touch her several times! You like it, huh? We don’t have scum like you here, you need a beating!”
The ticket seller squeezed over and asked, “What’s going on?”
“This piece of trash is harassing a girl, touching her several times, I saw it all! Get the driver to take us to the police station!” Liu Li said loudly.
“Is that true, miss?” The ticket seller asked the girl, who blushed but neither confirmed nor denied the accusation. At the same time, the driver parked the bus on the side of the road, and the girl quickly got off, disappearing from the crowd.
With no more witnesses, the middle-aged man counterattacked.
“You’re slandering me, I didn’t touch her at all! If I had harassed her, why wouldn’t she testify for you?”
“Nonsense! So many people saw it! Auntie, you saw it just now, didn’t you? Be a witness for me, and let’s take this bastard to the police station!” Liu Li asked an older woman nearby.
The woman turned her head away and stammered, “I…I was just looking out the window, I didn’t see it very clearly.”
“Sister, you saw it too, right?” Liu Li asked another girl.
“I’m nearsighted, I didn’t see it clearly…”
Many people didn’t want to get involved, preferring to mind their own business.
If they went along, it would waste a lot of their time, and what if they were retaliated against later?
“Damn it!” Liu Li looked as if he had seen a ghost.
It’s not easy to be a good person and do good deeds these days.
“I demand compensation for being hit, you hit me, you have to pay me, oh, my waist hurts, maybe it’s broken…” The middle-aged man slumped to the ground and refused to get up.
“Damn, I am going to beat you, you disrespectful old man!” Liu Li was furious, trying to pull the man up. But the man just sat on the ground groaning, causing chaos at the scene.
The driver couldn’t take it anymore and intervened.
“You two take your fight off the bus, don’t hold up other passengers! I have to hurry back to hand in the bus, or my bonus will be deducted.”
This statement sparked a series of reactions from the passengers. While no one had dared to speak up for Liu Li when the girl was being harassed, they all chimed in now.
“That’s right, please solve your disputes off the bus and don’t delay us.”
“Exactly!”
“Don’t you all have sisters? Huh? You’re indifferent like this today, but what if it happens to your sisters tomorrow? Could you still be so indifferent?” Liu Li’s passionate speech received no response, and the middle-aged man on the ground seized the opportunity to speak.
“You’re dressed like a hooligan, you don’t look like a good person at all! It was you who wanted to touch the girl just now. I’m much older and work for a state-owned enterprise, how could I do such a thing?”
Those in the front row didn’t want to correct the statement, and those in the back row thought Liu Li didn’t look like a good person, with his messy dyed hair and loose fashion clothes.
Whispers began to circulate among the passengers.
Xiao Qian stood up upon seeing this.
“I saw it. That middle-aged man touched the girl. I’ll go with you to testify.”
“You’re talking nonsense! From your angle, how could you see me touch her?” The middle-aged man argued defiantly.
Xiao Qian hadn’t actually seen it, but that didn’t stop her from making up a story.
“You lingered around that girl for at least 30 seconds and reached out your hand like you were kneading dough, pinching her left and right. After pulling back your hand, you even held it to your nose and sniffed repeatedly.”
As expected of a top student, with just a few words Xiao Qian painted the middle-aged man as an incredibly shameless and sleazy man.
The middle-aged man turned red with anger, “I didn’t even sniff her!”
“Oh, so you just touched her then.”
Xiao Qian’s words left the man with no way to defend himself, and Liu Li triumphantly pulled him up, “You’ve brought this on yourself, let’s go to the police station! And you, the sister who spoke out for justice, please come with me too – hey, have I seen you somewhere before?”
Liu Li felt that Xiao Qian looked familiar.
He was too busy staring at Xiao Qian to notice the middle-aged man scrambling towards the door, jumping off just as the driver closed the door and started the bus, leaving Liu Li unable to chase after him.
“Are you with the bad guy?” Liu Li roared at the driver.
“Nothing major happened, why are you making a fuss? If my bus is late, will you pay for the deducted money?” The driver didn’t care about Liu Li and quickly drove the bus to the next stop.
Liu Li was still angry and wanted to curse more, but Xiao Qian came over and shook her head, pressing down on his arm.
“Call to complain about him when we get back. Don’t argue anymore.”
“Every single one of them, none of them has any backbone! Today, they turn a blind eye to injustice, and tomorrow, when they need help, maybe others will be indifferent to them!” Liu Li yelled at the people around him, his fury still boiling.
Two people in the back row were whispering, and their words reached Xiao Qian’s ears.
“Going to school made him an idiot, full of unrealistic ideas…”
Liu Li wanted to explode with anger. As the bus arrived at the next stop, he stormed off, with Xiao Qian following closely behind.
There was still a distance to the school, but Xiao Qian had gotten off the bus early because she was worried about him.
“I need to thank you,” Liu Li said to Xiao Qian, “Why do I feel like I’ve seen you before?”
“I’m your mother’s student, and we’ve met at your house.”
Upon mentioning this, Liu Li remembered that when he was practicing street dance shirtless, Xiao Qian had come in.
With that thought, his face turned a little red, feeling embarrassed.
The big boy was interesting, fashionable and trendy on one hand, but somewhat shy on the other. Yet, when faced with an issue, he was passionate and hot-headed. Although a little impulsive, he was adorable. Xiao Qian looked at him, thinking that he must have good family upbringing.
After all, how bad could the child of a teacher and Uncle Liu be?