86 Taught a lesson
An Xiulan was returning with Mona, Song Ci and Qiao Wei after filling her water bottle with hot water while talking with the girls about a certain new student in their class. She was so lost in the conversation that she failed to notice how the cap of the water bottle was still loose.
Before she could take another step, a teenager appeared out of nowhere, squatting before her as he had jumped over the wall.
The cap of the bottle fell and the water out of the bottle splashed on the squatting teenager’s lower back and butt.
That day Jingyuan High heard the loudest shriek boss Lu was capable of producing.
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“I should apologise, “An Xiulan whispered.
“No!” Three voices said at the same time.
“Why?” An Xiulan couldn’t understand why her three friends brought her out of the accident spot. She was the main culprit there. She should accept her wrongdoings but her friends kinda kidnapped her there. She didn’t understand why they were not letting her meet the boy she had injured.
“Because the boy you accidentally spilt water on is nobody else but Boss Lu,” Mona whispered as she looked here and there to find out if anyone was listening to their conversation.
“He is a school tyrant,” Song Ci whispered next.
“Even greater than Big Boss Han,” Qiao Wei added.
“There is no school tyrant greater than Cheat Prince,” An Xiulan said with a huff. What boss Lu? Was he as handsome as Cheat Prince who might be a liar, violent or unreliable, but at least he had looks?
“Baby Xiuxiu, you can’t go to Boss Lu and accept your mistake,” Qiao Wei said as she held her hand. “He will punish you severely.”
“But I have to apologise for my mistake,” An Xiulan said as a matter of fact.
“I will apologise on your behalf,” Qiao Wei agreed to be a scapegoat. “Boss Lu and I were classmates. He will forgive me. If you don’t agree, I will protest!”
An Xiulan heaved out a sigh but agreed in the end. Never mind, if that boy didn’t forgive Qiao Wei, she would ask for forgiveness personally.
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Lu Xuan was lying in the school infirmary with his ass in the air and his stomach touching the pillow. He could not believe his fate! How could his butt get burned?!
“How is he?” Wang Yuxi, Lu Xuan’s buddy, asked the school’s doctor.
“He is fine. The burn is not major. Thankfully the temperature of the water was just a little higher than lukewarm,” The doctor informed the other student. “I don’t understand why he still looks as if his burn is painting when it will be found after applying ointment. His skin is only red, not even a blister is formed.”
“You don’t understand, doctor,” Wang Yuxi sighed as he glanced at the boy lying on the bed. “It’s not the pain of water burn that he is facing but the pain of his burning reputation.” He stifled a laugh and added, “His hard-earned macho image is gone just like that.”
Lu Xuan’s phone was ringing and he grabbed his phone from the pant that was lying next to him and said, “Hello–”
“Student Lu, if you were afraid of losing, you should have just accepted. Why do you have to go MIA on me?” Gu Shangyan’s voice was heard.
“F*ck! I, Boss Lu, am never afraid of losing,” Lu Xuan growled.
“Then, where are you?” Gu Shangyan asked.
“At the school infirmary,” Lu Xuan said through gritted teeth.
Fifteen minutes later, Gu Shangyan reached the infirmary room and found Lu Xuan lying there, a cloth covering his lower body. For a minute, he was stunned as to what kind of problem this boy fell into.
“This looks bad,” It was hard for someone like Gu Shangyan to show his care on a face that was suffering from facial paralysis. ρꪖꪕᦔꪖꪕꪫꪣꫀꪶ
“This is bad,” Lu Xuan glared at him. “I swear to god if I find out who threw hot water on me, I am going to throw that person into a hot water pool and let that person go through what I’m going through.”
“I will support you,” Wang Yuxi said as soon as he heard his buddy. Pointing at Gu Shangyan, he added, “Also, weren’t we supposed to hate this guy?”
Lu Xuan gave him a look and Wang Yuxi quietly zipped his mouth.
Wang Yuxi: Seems like boss Lu is befriending a top student of Class A. He had also improved his rank in the last monthly exams.
A loud gasp was heard in the room after that.
Did it mean Boss Lu was going to shift camps?
Noooo!!
“What’s wrong with him?” Gu Shangyan asked, pointing his finger at Wang Yuxi who was lost in his own world.
“Everything is wrong with him,” Lu Xuan commented.
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“Mom, I did something bad today,” An Xiulan said as soon as she saw her mother. She wasn’t able to come to terms with the fact that Qiao Wei would apologise to that boy on her behalf. She had committed the mistake and she should bear the consequences.
“What happened?” An Qinyan asked. She could see that her daughter was down.
An Xiulan explained the entire situation to her mother and waited for her answer.
An Qinyan was thinking about the matter in her head. All she could think at this moment was what if it was her daughter at the place of that you. Surely she wouldn’t like if someone tried to speak the lie instead of coming clean. Of course, it was easy to forgive a person who would rather speak the truth than avoiding punishment.
“You should sincerely apologise to him,” An Qinyan said. “A sincere apology is necessary not only for you but for that boy too. If you let your friend apologise on your behalf, you will regret and feel guilty about this. This will be like carrying the burden of a heavy stone on your heart.”
It was true that lies would always act like a heavy burden on the heart but the truth is like a balm on a burn wound, it might sting in the beginning but in the end, it would be soothing.
“Also, no matter how bad his reputation might be, he is still someone you have unintentionally hurt,” An Qinyan further said. “I think you should apologise to him. And show your sincerity while apologising.”
An Xiulan nodded her head. Actually, she had expected this from his mother. She knew that even if the whole world showed him the wrong way, her mother would never show her the wrong way. She was so lucky to have a mother who was willing to show her the right path to life.
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The school forum was discussing with great enthusiasm the scene of Boss Lu shrieking in the hallway like a madman. Students were making memes and funny videos about this incident under anonymous names. Yes, they still were not brave enough to post those memes and funny videos with their original account.
Zhou Liling, who was scrolling through the school forum, scowled when she saw that no one was discussing her or her bitchy fatty sister anymore. How could she let it happen? She had spent a lot of time and effort of promoting herself on the school forum, there was no way in hell she was going to let another student be more famous than her.
Yes, a student was gaining popularity at a frightening speed. All those memes and funny videos made by the students were using the girl as a lady tiger who made Lu Xuan taste his own medicine. When no one could raise a voice against the school tyrant, a girl who appeared out of nowhere taught the tyrant a lesson, thus earning a special place in the heart of the students.
What these students didn’t know was that they were unintentionally fabricating an entire story! An Xiulan the lady tiger they were talking about adding intentionally threw water only Xuan and she ahd no intention of teaching the school tyrant a lesson. After all, she had more important stuff to do than play the role of heroine.
Zhou Liling tried to search for the girl who was getting famous with each passing like, comment or share but in the end, she found nothing. There was not even a picture of that girl attached in all the threads. Not just a picture, there was not even the mention of a name.
What could be more painful than looking for a nameless and headless enemy?
As for how An Xiulan had become Zhou Liling’s enemy? It was simple. Anyone who would try to threaten Zhou Liling’s fame and reputation would simply be her enemy.
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