Chapter 43: Concerning Father

  The man with a cold and frosty face opposite me actually replied, "Looking for something." Looking for one thing, about the information of the person behind the seven major families... The legendary man like the wind... Ruò Jiǎo.

  "So, what you're looking for will harm this school, harm the students of this school, and harm every inch of land and every life in it?!" I should be furious... but the words that came out of my mouth were still so calm, calm to the point where even I couldn't believe it.

  The man opposite slightly furrowed his brow and replied: "No."

  "Well, then, please go in now and find what you're looking for. If you've already found what you were searching for, then leave our academy right away! My friends and I will forget everything we saw today. And before you go, take the lapdog from the school infirmary...and him with you. Also, return those guards to me." As I said this, I raised my hand and pointed at the young man who had not spoken a word...

  The young man suddenly shook, and then raised his pale face to look at me... uh, it should not be pale, but already pale, I don't know if it's because of my provocation that he is angry or for other reasons.

  His lips trembled slightly, his bright eyes stared at me tightly, and his face was pale. His chest heaved greatly, he must be suppressing himself... not wanting to show his emotions too clearly.

  The slight upturn of his mouth showed the man's strong interest in me at that moment, but when he saw my serious expression, he finally didn't continue the situation and only faintly hooked a cold smile: "I've got the thing. Your request, I accept."

  Having said that, he turned around and left with a group of killers.

  Except for the boy still standing in the same place, with the same shocked gaze and pale face. Although I knew that being expelled from the academy was a high possibility, but... hearing those words of "leave" from him who is also from the academy, my heart hurts so much... it hurts so much...

  I don't dislike this school... When I was sent to this school as a spy for the Shadow Master, I thought it would be like before, being bullied and humiliated. But no... not once did anyone do that. Although they were all rich kids, eating their parents' food and living in luxury, they never truly bullied me or humiliated me. Even when I was beaten up, even when I was hit until I bled, it was always stopped at the last minute, and then they would tell me that I'm too weak, that I need to work harder... that I need to try my best... Friends like this, classmates like this, a school like this... how can I dislike it?

  "Yasser, can you stand up? I'll help you back to the dorm. What's the warden's phone number, I'll call him and ask them to come back quickly. Don't look for me again." I said as I gently lifted Yasser's head and helped him up.

  His long eyelashes fluttered slightly, then he lifted his eyelids and glanced at the boy standing motionless behind me: "Leave him..."

  My eyebrows furrowed...

  I know what Yasser wants to say. I also know that the young man may not be a bad person for this college. But if I see my friends fall into a pool of blood because of him, I really... can't bear it anymore. What tolerance, what forgiveness, what a prime minister's belly can hold... those things, I just can't do!

  So I ignored Yasser's words and slowly supported him as he walked into the student council dormitory... As I passed by that young man, I lightly muttered a sentence that even I couldn't hear myself...

  "Get out."

  Get out of our school, get out of our dormitory, get out of our sight... I said, what I hate the most is betrayal. Although you were originally not related to me and cannot betray me in any way. But what you betrayed is this school.

  I can tolerate others' teasing, I can tolerate others' over-the-top jokes, and I can even tolerate others' bullying. But there is one thing that I absolutely will not permit: betrayal. Betrayal of friends, betrayal of loved ones... I will not allow them to suffer, I will not allow them to be hurt... At the very least, although I don't have much power to protect them... but, you know... I am willing to do my best to protect them within my ability. Before graduation, before leaving this school, I want to protect them well.

  After helping Jasper to his room, I fetched some essential medical supplies for students as he instructed. As I bandaged him, he scrunched up his face and gradually fell asleep... Hehe, it's really Jasper, his habit of being a sleepyhead hasn't changed at all, hehe...

  After dressing his wound, I gently covered him with a quilt and closed the door and went out.

  Because I forgot to ask them for their phone number (Author: Actually, it should be said that Yasser forgot to tell her...), I had to run down to the large hall downstairs to flip through the phone book. Who knows where those idiots put the phone book? The bookshelf of such a noble student union hall is actually so dusty, it's suffocating! Ahhh, where did they put the phone book?!

  When I was flipping through with great force, I accidentally bumped into the bookshelf too hard and a thick book fell from above and hit my head...

  Ouch... it really hurts!

  One hand was rubbing my head, the other picked up the book and blew off the dust, intending to put it back... At this moment... I saw a photo that was half exposed slipping out from between the pages of the book and falling to the ground.

  Yes, yes, I admit that I'm curious, but who isn't, right? Besides, I just picked it up to take a look, shouldn't be a big deal.

  While thinking about it, he had already picked up the photo.

  The faintly yellowed pages, and the faintly curled corners... Some places on it have been peeled off a lot of color because they were pressed too long. But the scene above is still very clear. It's a man, a domineering yet smiling brilliant man, surrounded by a group of milk-scented and unripe kids who are even crawling or can't crawl, in the distance a large lawn, don't know what people are sitting on it.

  There's something written under the photo, but it's blurry because of a layer of stuck book paper. I only found a line of dates on the back of the photo... But there's one thing that makes me curious... The man in the photo looks so familiar! I feel like I've seen him somewhere before... Ahhh!!! This person looks just like Dad from his old photos!!!! Could it be... could it be Dad's twin brother?! Ahhh, this is a huge revelation! Looking at the date on top, it should have been taken over a decade ago. Calculating the time, it's indeed very close!! Oh, what an era...

  Handily tucked the photo into the book and continued looking for my phone book.

  Actually... at that time, if I could have been a bit more careful, if I could have been a bit more curious, and torn open the stuck page... I would have seen... under the photo... written was my father's name - Ruo Jin.

  What a pity... I don't have it.