"Yes, yes whatever you want." Xie Yang replied in a defeated tone while mentally rolling his eyes.
Zhou was immediately delighted despite the rather perfunctory reply.
Being given this opportunity, he would make sure to never break his trust again.
'Who are we?? Where are we?? What are we doing here??'
The above was the current reaction of the rest of the extras people who had been forgotten by the two.
'Is this still the same Zhou Kai who once insulted a respected elder who tried to demand respect from him?'
Said elder was a self proclaimed "respected" individual who had become so by stealing other people's achievements.
Everyone was aware but his family was pretty well connected in the circle hence why people were reluctant to call him out.
Everyone except Zhou Kai, of course. He had none of his shit and outright questioned him on the knowledge he would of had if he had actually been the one who achieved the things.
Anyway it went about as you could imagine with the elder not being able to answer a single question and his face changing colours from red to green.
'What was with the double standards when dealing with Pres??'
'Was Zhou Kai begging Pres to...lecture him??'
'...'
The others had received a year's worth of shocks in just one day however they still didn't dare to let their thoughts go in a certain direction despite the weird development of circumstances.
They had a sneaking suspicion that they should forget whatever they saw today for their own safety and sanity.
Xie Yang's eyes finally landed on the single dogs who were being force fed dog food. His eyes widened slightly, he had very clearly forgotten about them.
"Finally remembered where you are?" Leo inquired in a sarcastic tone.
Xie Yang snorted in his mind and said with his signature gentle smile, "Since it seems like you guys are done here, why not leave?" And give us some privacy.
He didn't say the last part but anyone with half a brain could understand his implication.
'...'
'???'
How come the words said by the Pres separately were correct but when put together made no sense?
Did he really just ask them to leave? Was he not going to take them to teacher to report school violence? Was he not even going to ask why they were beaten?
'.....'
'Is this still the same Pres? Did he get possessed by a ghost?'
One brave (stupid) student on the ground asked hesitantly, "Pres, are you not going to report to the teacher about us being bullied?"
Xie Yang's gentle smile became even more gentle as he looked at the student who asked this stupid question.
But the harsh words that spilled from his mouth created a (beautiful) contrast (according to Zhou Kai).
"What do you mean by bullying? Didn't you pick a fight and lost fair and square?"
The student who had asked the question choked on his words and shut up.
The others on the ground also avoided the Pres's eyes due to guilt.
The Pres was right. They had indeed been the ones who had picked a fight first.
BUT!
That didn't mean Zhou Kai should have beaten them to this extent! Even standing up was painful for them, let alone walking.
"But Pres! Zhou Kai still hit us to the point that even standing up is painful! Shouldn't he get punished for that?"
Another brave (stupid) student remarked setting the stage for the others on the ground to chime in as well about how unfair it was or that Zhou Kai was being too much.
'Do these brats have no shame? They picked a fight, lost, had their ass handed to them and now they're going around turning this into the other party's fault for defending themselves and not showing them mercy?'
Xie Yang felt extremely disgusted by these weaklings who acted weak in front of the strong and strong in front of the weak.
"Well, they are brats aren't they? But they sure do lack pride." Leo commented in a disdainful tone.
Xie Yang fixed his expression and once again looked at the bunch on the ground with an even gentler smile yet his were cold.
He was about to give them a piece of his mind but he noticed that their faces were starting to turn pale as they stared at something behind him.
Xie Yang immediately calmed down, his previous bad mood vanishing as if he'd never been angry to begin with.
Zhou Kai was glaring at the little pests because of whom he almost lost his sweetheart. He had been so happy at being able coax his sweetheart but these vermin just had to try and make him look bad in front of his sweetheart.
He wouldn't have been this mad if he had actually been the one who picked the fight but these bastards were the ones who started it.
He must've underestimated them and hadn't been beaten enough as they still had the daring and strength to try and frame him.
"Do you think it was unfair for Zhou Kai to beat you when you were the ones to pick a fight?" Xie Yang asked smiling. No one except Leo noticed the hidden schadenfreude in his voice.
Leo shot him a mischievous smile and leaned back on the wall to watch the show.
The bunch on the ground who were previously all clamouring around about the unfairness and what not were now as quiet as quails.
They had been bold before only because they thought that the Pres would take their side. They had momentarily forgotten Zhou Kai's might because he was acting so meek in front of the pres.
Now that Zhou Kai was giving them a death glare, they couldn't help but curse at the idiot who started the blaming game.
Zhou Kai already beat them to this extent just for picking a fight. How far will he go now that they tried to ruin his relationship with the Pres after he had just made up with him?
They didn't know the answer to this question and neither wanted to find out but unfortunately because of their stupidity they will probably personally experience the answer.