“Yu Mo, why are you being punished again?”
Early in the morning, at the entrance of the first-year section of the international middle school, Yu Mo, dressed in his uniform, was once again standing guard with “honor”.
Even though the passing classmates were already running late, they couldn’t help but stop in their tracks when they saw him standing there, eager to get the scoop.
“So, did you not do your homework, talk back to the teacher, or damage public property this time?”
The gossipy look in the classmate’s eyes made Yu Mo’s lips twitch.
“Wanna know the reason?”
“Send me 50 yuan on WeChat, and I’ll tell you.”
The classmate: “…”
The classmate rolled his eyes. “You’re even extorting 50 yuan? Has your family gone bankrupt?”
Despite his words, the classmate still took out his phone, ready to transfer the money.
Just as the classmate finished paying and hadn’t even lifted his head, he heard Yu Mo’s lazy report.
“Director, he brought a phone.”
The international school allowed students to bring phones, but they were not permitted in the teaching building.
The teaching building was a place for learning.
Outside the teaching building, during breaks, phones could be used.
As soon as Yu Mo finished reporting, the classmate who had just transferred the money to him almost cursed his ancestors.
“Ahem, Director, I just forgot to leave my phone outside. I didn’t intentionally bring it over.”
The classmate weakly tried to explain, hoping to get away with it.
But the newly appointed director was in the midst of his “three fires” phase, eager to make a mark.
With a stern face, he directly confiscated the phone.
“Late and bringing a phone? Stand with Yu Mo! Reflect on your actions!”
The director said coldly before moving on to check discipline elsewhere.
As soon as the director left, Yu Mo was angrily scolded by the furious classmate.
“You’re so disloyal! And I actually transferred you money!”
The classmate was indignant, looking as if he was about to pass out from anger. Yu Mo snorted and calmed his rage with one sentence.
“I got into a fight with someone last night. The school found out this morning, and now I’m standing here.”
Yu Mo casually revealed the reason for his punishment.
As soon as he finished speaking, the classmate immediately guessed.
“Did you fight those guys from the high school division?”
Their international school had both a middle school and a high school division.
There were a few arrogant second-generation kids in the high school division who acted like they owned the place!
Those kids had an extremely bad reputation even in the middle school division.
Some people from the middle school division had even approached Yu Mo before, asking him to warn those guys not to hang around their turf.
At the time, Yu Mo clearly hadn’t bothered with it.
“Yeah, I fought them. Bunch of losers.”
Yu Mo’s fearsome reputation was well-known throughout the middle school division.
But despite his fearsomeness, Yu Mo was usually quite easygoing. He would respond to anyone who talked to him.
He never bullied anyone.
Unless someone provoked him first, he would retaliate fiercely.
“As expected of Brother Mo! You’re the best!”
The classmate no longer held a grudge against Yu Mo for tricking him. In the face of such explosive gossip, the classmate leaned in closer.
“Brother Mo, tell me more. Why did you suddenly decide to take them on?”
“They pissed me off.”
Yu Mo said casually, “Why do I need a reason to beat them up?”
His words were domineering and carried a hint of teenage bravado, but the classmate beside him was thrilled.
“Bro, you’re so cool!”
Yu Mo, who had been praised for being cool, stood with his hands in his pockets, looking even cooler.
His cool demeanor lasted until his parent arrived, which finally interrupted it.
The one who came to the school was Yu Yi.
Wu Jin was not at home these past two days, so when the school called for a parent, it had to be Yu Yi who came.
As soon as Yu Yi arrived, his eyes seemed to spit fire as he looked at his son.
His eyelid had been twitching all morning.
He never expected that the twitching would actually lead to trouble.
The several second-generation rich kids Yu Mo had beaten up had all ended up in the hospital the previous night.
It was a miracle that the incident hadn’t blown up until this morning.
Yu Mo was lucky. Before the truth came out, he had managed to get a good night’s sleep.
“Mr. Yu, the parents of the other students are here. Let’s all sit down and discuss this calmly and reasonably.”
The principal brought over the parents of the beaten children.
The parents all saw Yu Mo standing in punishment.
However, Yu Mo merely being punished wasn’t enough to quell their anger.
In the mediation room, Yu Mo, who had been called back from the stairwell, faced the parents without a hint of fear.
The principal, on the other hand, was trying to smooth things over with a smile: “It’s definitely wrong for Yu Mo to hit his classmates, but according to my investigation, he didn’t do it without reason. These students have been a bit too lively in their behavior.”
“They often hang around our junior high division.”
“In our junior high division, they bullied some of our scholarship students.”
“Also, Feng Yuan and Bo Rong from the high school division were verbally harassed by these students.”
“Yu Mo witnessed these incidents and heard their remarks, which is why he lost his temper and resorted to violence.”
“Of course, of course, let me emphasize again. Resorting to violence is wrong.”
The principal repeatedly stressed that violence was wrong.
But he also didn’t leave out a single detail about what the beaten students had done.
At first, the parents, who had been full of bluster, didn’t seem to care when they heard their children had bullied scholarship students.
After all, the scholarship students admitted to this international school were all high achievers from less privileged backgrounds.
But when the principal mentioned the names Feng Yuan and Bo Rong, the parents’ expressions changed, and their arrogance finally faded.
After listening to the principal, Yu Yi’s face also turned cold.
He said calmly, “I will fully compensate you for your children’s medical expenses.”
“But they must apologize and make amends to the scholarship students they bullied.”
“If this isn’t resolved, our Yu family will not stand by idly.”
After nearly two class periods in the mediation room, Yu Mo was led out by his dad.
This time, his dad didn’t scold him or hit him.
“Eggy.”
Yu Yi looked at his son, who was already tall for a junior high student, and ruffled his hair, asking, “Are you hurt?”
Yu Mo: “No.”
Yu Mo: “They couldn’t beat me.”
Yu Mo had been in countless fights since he was young.
He had lost very few of them.
“Good, as long as you’re not hurt. I’ll head off now. Bring Rong Rong and Yuan Yuan home for lunch. We’ve prepared something delicious for you.”
“Okay.”
Yu Mo waved goodbye to his dad and watched him leave.
At noon, he waited early at the entrance of the high school division.
His older brother, Feng Yuan, didn’t come with him.
Qin Xun had returned today, so his brother was going to have lunch with Qin Xun.
Thus, Yu Mo only ended up waiting for Rong Rong.
The weather was a bit chilly at the moment. Rong Rong wore a white sweater that looked incredibly soft. As he walked over, his amber eyes held a hint of a smile.
Yu Mo stared at him without blinking. As Rong Rong approached, Eggy directly extended his hand.
Rong Rong handed him the book he was holding.
Yu Mo took the book with one hand and stretched out his other hand again.
Rong Rong: “…”
Rong Rong had no choice but to offer his own hand as well.
Amid the bustling crowd of students, Rong Rong was just like that, led away by Yu Mo.
“Eggy, did you get into another fight?”
“Yeah.”
“Why?”
“Nothing, they were just too annoying.”
After answering briefly, Yu Mo began his usual questioning of Rong Rong.
“Did you receive any love letters today?”
“Ah, no.”
“Did anyone confess to you in person?”
“No, not that either.”
Rong Rong sounded a bit puzzled as he spoke, “I don’t know where the rumor started, but they say I already have a partner, and that we’ve been together for a long time.”
This particular rumor about Rong Rong had been circulating for quite some time.
Even his attempts to clarify it were useless.
Being introverted by nature, he had only tried to clear things up once. When he saw it had no effect, he didn’t bother again.
After all, he hadn’t planned on dating anyone in school anyway, so he figured, let the rumors spread if they must.
As for confessions and love letters, if he didn’t get any, so be it.
Hearing Rong Rong’s response, a slight smile curled at the corner of Yu Mo’s handsome face.
“Having a partner isn’t exactly a rumor, though,” Yu Mo said deliberately. “Rong Rong, have you forgotten? You’ve been my wife since we were little.”
Rong Rong: “…”
Rong Rong was suddenly reminded of the way a certain Eggy used to call him “wifey” when they were kids. He blinked, then, after a moment, replied slowly, “That was just nonsense. It wasn’t real.”
“You were too young back then.”
“And now? Do you still think I’m too young?”
“Young…”
Sam Williams On TYMIMA Chapter 152