Chapter 41: Punishment, this must be punished!

Mo Yidong personally bandaged Xia Yu’s wounds, knowing that the words spoken were the truth.

But he couldn’t understand why this person before him never took care of himself.

Looking at the scratches on his arm and nose, not even a single whimper of pain, and deliberately soaking in cold water—it was rare to see someone treat themselves so harshly.

Mo Yidong sighed, not responding to Xia Yu, only asking,

“Can you move your body?”

Hearing the slight tension in Mo Yidong’s tone, Xia Yu looked up to see the other’s furrowed brows, dark eyes dimmed with worry and anxiety.

He moved his lips as if wanting to say something but swallowed the words back.

Xia Yu wiggled his fingers and sat up from the bed, dizziness still lingering as he shook his head.

His body was somewhat mobile.

“Yeah.”

“If you can move, go change your clothes.”

“Okay.”

Mu Yiqiu stood silently beside them, not daring to make a sound throughout the conversation.

Seeing Xia Yu quietly rummaging through his backpack and holding clothes, about to change on the spot, feeling the two pairs of eyes on him, he awkwardly hurried to the bathroom.

The rabbit’s instincts told him that Mo Yidong was very angry right now—angry enough that even Xia Yu dared not say another word.

Seeing Xia Yu was okay, Mu Yiqiu just wanted to escape the uncomfortable atmosphere.

Glancing at the time, he suddenly had an idea.

“Yu-ge hasn’t eaten yet, right? I’ll go bring some food back for you. What do you want?”

“I have instant noodles in my bag…”

Before Xia Yu finished, Mo Yidong quickly cut in.

“Just bring some porridge and xiaolongbao. Patients should eat something light.”

After Mu Yiqiu left, Xia Yu changed clothes and was alone with Mo Yidong in the room.

Xia Yu sat silently beside the bed, his gaze following Mo Yidong’s footsteps as the latter poured a glass of water and placed it in front of him.

“Tell me. Who was it before you fell down the stairs?”

Since Xia Yu learned to fight, he had never been this defeated—unable to hold his head up.

Mentioning this matter was like stabbing a knife into his heart.

He didn’t want to tell Mo Yidong about it, but he had promised to be honest.

“I fought the class monitor from their class.”

“Did Mo Yaofei ask the monitor to help?”

“No. It was the class monitor himself who said he wanted a fight.”

Normally, Xia Yu would keep fighting if he wasn’t convinced, but this fight only got worse and more uncomfortable, and he just wanted to leave quickly.

“Couldn’t win?”

Xia Yu shook his head.

“No.”

It was hard to describe that feeling.

Xia Yu frowned slightly, staring at his bandaged palm.

“Every time I got close to him, I felt uneasy.”

Mo Yidong raised his right hand to his chin, thoughtful for a moment.

“Did the class monitor wear any metal objects or anything like that?”

“Yes.”

Xia Yu’s impression was deep.

“That person had a cross hanging on his chest.”

The next moment, Mo Yidong suddenly realized something instantly without thinking. Looking down at the idiot by the bed, he thought, this guy had no racial awareness at all.

“Next time, remember to take off that person’s cross and throw it far away before you fight. Then you’ll win.”

“Really?”

Xia Yu blinked.

“Is it that simple?”

“Uh-huh.”

Mo Yidong really wanted to tie Xia Yu to the sofa and make him watch movies and TV shows about the Blood Clan in front of the TV for three days and nights—to properly educate him on their racial habits.

“The stuff I bought is back.”

“Thanks, that’s a lot of trouble.”

Mu Yiqiu felt much more at ease seeing the atmosphere return to normal.

While Xia Yu ate porridge and xiaolongbao, Mu Yiqiu mentioned that the reason the teachers hadn’t come out earlier was that something had happened near the Female Dormitory.

Apparently, after dinner last night, ten girls decided to play the Wilderness Courage Test, wandered into the mountains at night, and the next day, they were found unconscious in the dormitory.

The medical staff on the training ground conducted a series of examinations on the ten girls.

They all had breathing but no consciousness.

“Could it be they encountered something unclean?”

Xia Yu said casually, seeing Mu Yiqiu’s expression become very tense.

“Don’t know…”

Suddenly, a crisp knock on the door startled both Xia Yu and Mu Yiqiu.

This scene was just seen by Mo Yidong, who casually asked,

“You scared of ghosts?”

Mo Yidong noticed Xia Yu’s feigned calmness and wide eyes, which indeed looked like he was somewhat frightened.

“No, how could I be scared of ghosts? Ghosts should be a kind of race anyway, just look a bit spooky.”

The long explanation was nothing more than self-reassurance, but the other person beside him seemed even less calm than Xia Yu.

“Yu-ge, I’m scared…”

Seeing Mu Yiqiu’s panicked expression, holding a xiaolongbao in one hand while walking and eating, and looking at Mu Yiqiu with disdain, Xia Yu got up to open the door.

“You’re a guy, what’s there to be scared of?”

When the door opened, Xia Yu was startled, almost dropping his bun.

“Wha—how did you get here?”

Xiao Teacher Qiu looked pale and serious.

It seemed the situation at the girls’ dormitory hadn’t been resolved, and news from the boys’ dorm had reached her ears.

“Come with me.”

Mo Yidong, seeing Teacher Qiu call Xia Yu away without hesitation, immediately stood by the door, his expression grave.

“Mu Yiqiu, follow them. I’ll be there soon.”

News of Xia Yu beating Mo Yaofei had eventually reached the tigress’s ears.

As soon as she entered, her roar could be heard.

“Look at what you did to our student!”

Mo Yaofei lay flat on the bed, legs and feet bandaged, showing a pained expression.

“Punishment, there has to be punishment!”

Xia Yu only found the tigress noisy; he hadn’t even seen the class monitor of Class Three.

Suddenly he realized that not telling the tigress about the ‘fight a couple of rounds’ incident was a separate matter from the Mo Yaofei situation.

This person was interesting.

“Was it you who hit him?”

Teacher Qiu’s expression was serious.

She turned to look at Xia Yu, who seemed indifferent and showed no remorse at all, truly worrying her.

“Yes, I hit him.”

“Why did you hit him?”

“He asked me to.”

“Really?”

Mo Yaofei quickly shook his head, anxious and innocent.

“I didn’t!”

Seeing that Xia Yu had many bandaged parts as well, Teacher Qiu figured the injuries were serious.

“In any case, fighting is wrong. Both of you must write a 3,000-character self-criticism.”

“My student won’t be able to walk on his own for quite a while, and you want them to write 3,000 characters?”

The tigress was very dissatisfied with Teacher Qiu’s punishment decision. Looking at Xia Yu’s fearless demeanor, she hated such students the most—those who didn’t like to study and disrupted others.

Punishment?

There must be punishment!

The tigress refused to let this go with just a 3,000-character self-criticism.

“We’ll let Director Mu handle this.”

Teacher Qiu’s expression suddenly tightened.

If it went to Director Mu, things would become really hard to explain.

“Mu Laoshi…”

A knock at the door interrupted their conversation.

Teacher Qiu opened it and looked at the few figures outside, curiously and kindly asking,

“What brings you here?”