LWDC Chapter 77

Chapter 77: Methods of Dealing With It

Chapter 77: Methods of Dealing With It

Chapter 77: Methods of Dealing With It

Ning Fei said he would deal with Qin Ran and the Qin family, but he didn’t say a word about what method he would use.

As for the outcome of only Lin Shengjia’s guardian choosing to reconcile, the Qin family’s lawyer didn’t care. This case wasn’t even serious enough for a public prosecution; at most, it would be an administrative penalty. Besides, Qin Ran was still a minor. If Ning Fei chose not to reconcile, let him file a civil lawsuit. The lawyer believed that Ning Fei was only acting out of youthful arrogance and a lack of concerns, wanting to fight for a breath of air. When the time came, the court would teach him a lesson with a long trial and a small amount of compensation.

In any case, the mediation finally ended that day. As the group came out of the police station building, Luo Chenghong noticed that Ning Fei didn’t head towards the bicycle shed but directly towards the gate.

“You didn’t ride your bike again?” Luo Chenghong asked, “Want me to give you a ride home?”

“Thanks, but no thanks. I deliberately didn’t ride it. I don’t have a masochistic hobby of being battered by the cold wind,” Ning Fei glanced at him, adjusting his scarf. “Besides, I’m not going home.”

“Then where are you going? On a date? Hasn’t Duan Yunhong been gone for a while?”

Actually, Duan Yunhong had only been gone for a week, but Ning Fei was too lazy to argue, only replying, “Going to get the stitches removed.”

“Oh—” Luo Chenghong sized up his face, teasingly saying, “Looks like you’re destined to ring in the New Year with a disfigured face. He wouldn’t dump you because of your disfigurement, would he?”

Ning Fei ignored his malicious speculation, scoffing, “Then I’ll just go to the Lin family’s New Year’s Eve dinner with my wound exposed. It’s not like they’re looking at me anyway.”

“Trying to scare me?” Luo Chenghong approached, deliberately lowering his voice. “Then I’ll stare at you the whole time; don’t be shy. By the way, since he’s not coming, how about spending New Year’s with me? I also like to keep the lights on in bed; your wound might make me even more excited. Would you get angry if I made your wound even worse?”

If they weren’t still in the police station courtyard, Ning Fei would have kicked him already.

But at this moment, he very restrainedly gave an “international friendly gesture,” then turned and left.

Luo Chenghong laughed loudly behind him, making Luo Xiuping, who came out later, look confused, “What are you laughing at? Where’s Teacher Ning?”

Luo Chenghong replied while laughing, “It’s nothing. He’s going to the hospital to get his stitches removed, said he’ll expose his wound the day after tomorrow and told us not to be scared.”

“What’s there to be afraid of? Let him come; don’t be so cautious,” Luo Xiuping waved her hand. “By the way, are you coming too? Or are you going to hang out with your bunch of cronies?”

“Let’s eat first.” Luo Chenghong looked in the direction of the courtyard gate, as if he could still see that person’s back. “As for where to spend New Year’s… we’ll see.”

*

Ning Fei took action against Qin Ran the next day.

Not by finding a lawyer to prepare a civil lawsuit, not by reporting his misdeeds to the school, but by directly finding Qin Ran—and directly intercepting him on the road.

“Excuse me for a few minutes.” Ning Fei stood in front of Qin Ran, looking at this minor who had already grown as tall as himself. He raised his chin, indicating the direction of the sports field, “Want to chat?”

Qin Ran had, of course, already received the news, knowing that Ning Fei was actually preparing to fight the Qin family to the end. However, neither he, the Qin family, nor the lawyer had expected that Ning Fei would directly confront him face-to-face like this. So, suddenly facing this seemingly calm but actually unfathomable teacher, Qin Ran was still instinctively wary: “Chat about what?”

“You know what we’re going to chat about.” Ning Fei smiled. “What are you afraid of? I’m a teacher; it’s not like I can do anything to you at school.”

This was said with a hint of trying to conceal something. Ning Fei hadn’t bought new glasses after his broke, and now his face only had gauze on it. When he smiled casually, he carried a faint sense of ruthlessness. At this moment, he didn’t look like a gentle and refined teacher who had returned from abroad; he looked more like a ruthless thug.

Seeing that Qin Ran didn’t move, he leisurely opened his mouth again: “You don’t even dare to go? Weren’t you quite lawless when you spent money to beat up a classmate? So, in the end, you’re just a coward who bullies the weak and fears the strong.”

“No need to provoke me.” That’s what he said, but Qin Ran really didn’t want to be seen as weak. He forced himself to calm down and took out his phone, glancing at it to appear composed and at ease: “I’ll only give you ten minutes.”

“It won’t take that long.” Ning Fei took the lead and turned to walk towards the sports field. “Let’s go, Student Qin.”

Qin Ran seemingly calmly put his hands in his pockets, but he clenched his phone tightly, following Ning Fei’s footsteps.

The sports field was actually quite lively, with many students exercising after school. A girl jogged past Ning Fei and Qin Ran. When she had run about ten meters away, Ning Fei suddenly opened his mouth: “Does Ji Xingzhe know you failed?”

“… What?” Qin Ran was obviously caught off guard by this question. He paused for a moment, quickly recovering, “What does it have to do with Xiao Zhe?”

“Don’t pretend, Qin Ran. Wasn’t it Ji Xingzhe who instigated you to take care of Lin Shengjia?” Ning Fei’s tone was firm, as if he had witnessed everything at the “commissioning site.” “You’re considered the most adult-like of that bunch of brats, but that’s all you are—just like it. Now that you’ve failed, Ji Xingzhe must be very disappointed.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Qin Ran, of course, couldn’t admit it. His heart rate uncontrollably accelerated, but he tried his best to maintain his composure. “Teacher Ning, is this your way of fighting back? Spreading rumors about my friend?”

“Spreading rumors? Is there a need?” Ning Fei lowered his eyes and laughed. “What do you say, if I directly tell Ji Xingzhe that you snitched on him, will he also distance himself from you?”

Qin Ran also sneered, “Ning Fei, who do you think you are? You think you can alienate me and Xiao Zhe like this?”

“Simple methods are effective. Kid, don’t think that only complex thoughts are called clever; sometimes, the simpler, the more effective.” Ning Fei glanced at him, scoffing. “However, it’s also possible that Ji Xingzhe was originally planning to distance himself from you anyway? After all, the last person who did things for him, Zhu Yueting, was distanced by him because she didn’t succeed. Now that you haven’t reached your goal either, and he doesn’t want people to know that he was the instigator of ‘buying a murder,’ isn’t it normal for him to distance himself from you?”

“So, what are you doing? Announcing what despicable means you’re going to use to destroy my relationship with Xiao Zhe?” Qin Ran was obviously confused by Ning Fei’s unconventional approach. He didn’t know how to deal with this situation, so he instinctively avoided it. “If it’s just this kind of boring demonstration, then I don’t want to watch; I’m leaving.”

“Haha, Ji Xingzhe has tamed you kids pretty well. If he also distances himself from you, will you also be like Zhu Yueting, constantly thinking about what you did wrong?” Ning Fei didn’t stop him, leisurely “finishing him off.” “How did he instigate you to deal with Lin Shengjia? He wouldn’t dare to tell the truth, so he used the previous ‘reporting cheating’ incident as an excuse. Did he say that Lin Shengjia was using this incident to slander him, spreading unfavorable rumors about him among the students, causing him to be disturbed and leading to a decline in his grades, even to the point of falling and being bedridden? Then, because he couldn’t take the final exams himself, he wanted Lin Shengjia to empathize and also not be able to take the final exams, so that it would be fair.

“Oh, no, Ji Xingzhe’s tone should be like this: ‘I know Lin Shengjia didn’t do it on purpose and felt that he could adjust, so I didn’t tell anyone before. I originally wanted to work hard in the finals and get a good score to prove that I had adjusted well. Who knew that I would be distracted after being called for a talk by the teacher and break my leg, so now I can’t even take the final exams. Lin Shengjia’s final exam results will definitely continue to improve. He’s recovered his previous learning state; that’s great, I’m so envious…'”

He imitated the tone in a strange, affected, and teasy way, but Qin Ran was really dumbfounded this time.

—Ning Fei had actually said almost everything correctly!

Even if the specific words were different, Ji Xingzhe did say these things in the messages, which made Qin Ran even more furious. The night Qin Ran finished chatting with Ji Xingzhe, his mind was filled with: Since Lin Shengjia indirectly caused Xiao Zhe to be injured, then he should also pay the corresponding price!

But how did Ning Fei know? Ji Xingzhe couldn’t have shown him the messages between the two of them, right?!

Ning Fei saw the change in Qin Ran’s expression at a glance, knowing that he had guessed correctly. But there was nothing to be proud of; Ji Xingzhe was, after all, a real high school student, not deeply evil. Facing an experienced adult like Ning Fei, he was still far from being a match.

However, Qin Ran, after all, prided himself on being “mature and calm.” He wouldn’t immediately lose his composure. After regaining his senses, he responded, “Very wonderful reasoning, but you have no evidence; everything is your fabrication.”

“No matter how you deny it, you can’t cover up the facts.” Ning Fei suddenly stopped, smiling. “Alright, I was just looking for you to chat to confirm this matter. It seems that my guess was spot-on. I don’t need you anymore; you can leave.”

Qin Ran stopped a step later, turning to stare at him: “Could it be that you’re going to use this unsubstantiated matter to ask the police to continue the investigation?”

“Why bother looking for the police? Why take that extra step?” Ning Fei slowly replied, “Of course, whoever started the matter, I’ll directly retaliate against whoever it is.”

Qin Ran frowned: “What do you want to do to Xiao Zhe? Xiao Zhe isn’t even going to school anymore; are you going to kill him at his house?”

“I can’t.” Ning Fei smiled. “But you should have heard that my relationship with his uncle is pretty good. The younger brother of the Ji family’s head, the Ji family definitely won’t guard against him, right?”

Qin Ran was somewhat incredulous: “You’re talking about Uncle Duan? How could he possibly deal with his own nephew for an outsider?”

Ning Fei only smiled: “Then guess if he will?”

Qin Ran suddenly remembered that both Ji Xingzhe and Zhu Yueting had said that Duan Yunhong had protected Ning Fei in the Ji family. For a moment, an ominous premonition surged into his heart.

*

Two more days passed, New Year’s Eve, but during the day, those who had to go to work still went to work, and those who had to go to school still went to school. Fortunately, the school wasn’t so crazy as to arrange evening self-study tonight. After school in the afternoon, the whole school collectively went on holiday.

Ning Fei returned home and really took off the gauze on his face, preparing to apply some medicine and go to the Lin family across the street for dinner. The uneven, dark brown scar mixed with the color of the medicine, making it really unattractive. Ning Fei tugged at the corner of his mouth in the mirror, amused himself. This appearance would probably scare children on the street.

However, Ning Fei himself didn’t care. If he said he would go like this, he would go like this. Just as he was about to go out, the landline suddenly rang.

Ning Fei walked over, glanced at the number displayed on the screen, and smiled silently.

He answered the phone, leisurely opening his mouth: “Long time no see, good afternoon, CEO Duan.”

Duan Yunhong paused when he heard this opening line. But he couldn’t say, “Didn’t you tell me not to look for you?” so he replied, “…Good afternoon.”

“Your call is very timely; I almost went out. I was already at the door.” Ning Fei turned and leaned against the side cabinet. “What’s the occasion for this visit?”

Duan Yunhong answered with a question: “You’re going out? To spend New Year’s?”

“Ah, going to spend New Year’s with a disfigured face.” Ning Fei lightly replied, then fell silent. At this moment, they fell into a strange atmosphere. It was as if Duan Yunhong had called to ask him out for New Year’s, and Ning Fei also knew that he was going to ask him out for New Year’s. But neither of them said it, not a single word, as if whoever said it first would lose.

A few seconds later, Duan Yunhong was the first to speak again, but what he said was still not related to New Year’s.

What he said was: “What kind of trouble are you causing again? Why would Ji Zhenwei come and ask me if I’m going to harm his son?”

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Ning Fei, a professional debt collector who doesn’t need to communicate with a certain Duan to force him to work.