Chasing You Like a Tenacious Falcon

The boy looked innocent and explained, "I brought the voice recorder to calibrate my accent and pronunciation."

After listening to the entire recording, Zhang Li's gaze towards Lu Li turned sharp!

At this moment, Zhuge Ying spoke up, "Teacher, Lu Li previously abused his authority as a student council member to occupy Quan Zhisui's lunch break and trick her into coming to the office. I initially thought it was a minor issue, but now I suspect he might have had ulterior motives towards female classmates. I’ll discuss the details with you later."

As she spoke, her gaze at Lu Li was even sharper than Zhang Li's!

Wei Shixu sneered, "Teacher Zhang, how can a student like this still be in the student council? Expel him!"

Lu Li panicked, "Wait, hold on..."

"Come to the office with me!" Zhang Li scolded sternly.

Lu Li was immediately taken away by Zhang Li, first to the medical room to check his wounds, and then to thoroughly question him about his recent behavior.

Zhuge Ying also went along, intending to explain the details of the previous Tai Chi incident to Zhang Li.

This matter was far from over!

At the dining table.

Quan Zhisui and Wei Shixu exchanged glances, neither saying a word.

Kong Mingze waved his meal card, "You two sit down, I’ll go get more food. Do you want the big chicken leg?"

He had been angry too, but he wasn’t good with words and didn’t know how to express it.

Those words had sounded so harsh, and he couldn’t believe Lu Li had the nerve to say them outright!

Thankfully, Wei Shixu had acted quickly, and Quan Zhisui had been clever enough not to get dragged into it.

After Kong Mingze left.

Quan Zhisui asked, "What’s the deal with the voice recorder?"

Wei Shixu admitted directly, "I asked that student to record it."

Quan Zhisui: "Why?"

Wei Shixu: "My gut told me that guy was trouble. See, I caught him, didn’t I?"

Quan Zhisui was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Yeah."

Wei Shixu frowned, "I’ve been angry for a while, but I didn’t have the right to act on it. If I were your boyfriend, I could openly express my anger and stop him from bothering you every day."

Quan Zhisui rubbed her temples in frustration, "Wei Shixu!!!"

"He also said that about you," Wei Shixu added, still simmering with jealousy.

Quan Zhisui frowned, "He’s asking for trouble."

Wei Shixu: "Exactly."

Quan Zhisui: "You’re asking for trouble too."

Wei Shixu: "How is it the same? He blurts out nonsense to everyone, while I only talk to you in private."

He was still fuming and repeated, "How is it the same?!"

Quan Zhisui didn’t respond, still frowning.

There seemed to be a difference between the two, but she couldn’t quite figure it out yet. She decided to leave it for later.

At that moment, Kong Mingze returned with three plates of lunch, "I’m back!"

Quan Zhisui and Wei Shixu tacitly stopped their conversation and started eating in silence.

Kong Mingze began asking, "Hey, Quan Zhisui, did you really charge 2,000 yuan per person at the martial arts school? That’s a lot of money!"

Quan Zhisui shook her head, "No, I never taught."

Kong Mingze was confused, "Huh?"

Quan ​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‍Zhisui: "I’m underage, I don’t have the qualifications. What were you thinking?"

Kong Mingze was even more baffled, "But earlier..."

Quan Zhisui: "I wasn’t wrong earlier. I don’t have the qualifications to teach, but that doesn’t mean I have to teach for free, right?"

Kong Mingze stared blankly at his plate, still unable to wrap his head around it.

Wei Shixu, on the other hand, chuckled, his eyes sparkling as he looked at Quan Zhisui.

...

Lu Li wasn’t publicly criticized because the school directly handed him a notice of expulsion.

He could either transfer or be expelled.

He left that very day, and it was said his parents rushed to arrange a transfer overnight.

...

After the incident, Zhuge Ying found Quan Zhisui and handed her an envelope.

"What’s this?" Quan Zhisui asked.

Zhuge Ying smiled, "I applied for funding for you, but it’s only 2,000 yuan, not 10,000."

Quan Zhisui was pleasantly surprised, "I was just joking, but there’s really money?"

Zhuge Ying replied, "You deserved it. You taught them well, and you shouldn’t have wasted three weeks of lunch breaks for nothing."

Quan Zhisui looked at her with admiration, "Class monitor! You’re amazing!"

Opening the envelope, she found twenty 100-yuan bills inside.

She had earned some money!

...

With her lunch breaks freed up, Quan Zhisui had more time to focus on her studies, diligently working through practice problems every day.

One evening after dinner, Wei Shixu stopped walking after leaving the cafeteria.

Quan Zhisui asked, "What about the herbal medicine?"

"I’m too angry to drink it," Wei Shixu said.

Rumors were still circulating in the school, and there was no way to stop the gossip.

Quan Zhisui urged, "You should drink it. Is it in the dorm fridge?"

Wei Shixu: "Come with me to get it, or I won’t drink it."

Quan Zhisui: "..."

The two walked side by side through the quiet campus, enjoying the early summer sunset.

Wei Shixu said, "There’s a rumor going around that your mother left you an inheritance, which you’ll inherit when you turn eighteen."

Quan Zhisui was stunned for a moment, then realized, "So that’s what Zuo Zhiyu is after."

Wei Shixu: "Do you think the rumor is true?"

Quan Zhisui shook her head, "I don’t know. I know nothing about my mother."

Wei Shixu stopped walking and smiled, "Zuo Zhiyu is the one spreading the rumor."

Quan Zhisui was momentarily stunned, then reacted, "He’s capable of that?"

Wei Shixu raised an eyebrow, "You think someone’s advising him?"

Quan Zhisui: "It’s pretty obvious."

Wei Shixu: "Want to know who it is?"

Quan Zhisui was surprised, "You know?"

"I can guess," Wei Shixu said slowly. "After you stirred the pot and stepped out of the game, Zuo Zhiyu has been traveling frequently between Liangxi Town and Gusu. He’s been meeting with people from the Yan Family."

Quan Zhisui: "The Yan Family?"

Wei Shixu smiled, "The people who kidnapped me back then were from the Yan Family."

Quan Zhisui’s pupils contracted slightly! This was the first time she had heard this detail!

Wei Shixu continued, "There’s also an old story. The current head of the Yan Family, Yan Guanghua, was tricked by your mother twenty years ago."

Quan Zhisui found it hard to believe, "How?"

Wei Shixu: "In a venture capital deal. Your mother was already known as the ‘Venture Capital Genius’ back then. She once spread false information, causing a frenzy of buying. Then she invested in something else and made a fortune while everyone else lost heavily."

Quan Zhisui couldn’t help but laugh, "Haha!"

Wei Shixu was also laughing, "My grandfather lost money too, but he invested less and didn’t lose as much as the Yan Family. He still grumbles about it sometimes."

Quan Zhisui: "Oh..."

Wei Shixu: "My grandfather knew your mother."

Quan Zhisui was stunned.

Wei Shixu smiled, "He spoke very highly of her. Your mother was truly remarkable back then."

Quan Zhisui fell silent, feeling a sense of unreality, as if it were all too distant from her.

Wei Shixu: "Once the rumor spreads, many people will try to get close to you."

Quan Zhisui: "I know."

Wei Shixu: "I’ll help you investigate. With so many people involved, it’ll actually be easier to trace the clues. Wait for my updates."

By this point, they had reached the boys’ dormitory.

Wei Shixu didn’t want to go up.

Quan Zhisui: "Hurry up, go get the medicine."

Wei Shixu: "Come with me."

Quan Zhisui was exasperated, "How can I go into the boys’ dorm with you?"

Wei Shixu: "Climb through the window. I live on the first floor."

Quan Zhisui: "..."