Chapter 200: Wangcai, Don’t Die!

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Earlier, I was glad I didn’t share an exam room with Xia Qingyue, feeling pretty smug about it.

But then reality hit me like a brick to the face.

Gu Chen genuinely felt like dying right now—this was just cruel!

Did she put some kind of curse on that desk?

Anyone who sat there was basically doomed!

“Damn it!”

Gu Chen cursed in frustration.

No wonder someone had been staring at her earlier—it was because of this.

She was both furious and terrified now.

Too bad she didn’t know who belonged to this class, otherwise, not warning her about something this important deserved a beating.

If he was the school bully everyone feared, then Xia Qingyue was basically a campus taboo legend.

After all, her abilities had already transcended ordinary humans, heading straight for cultivator territory…

Even though Li Yanqiu had said she wasn’t actually as terrifying as the rumors suggested, once a stereotype stuck, it was hard to change.

Just like himself—he basically only taught lessons to those asking for death, yet he was still infamous as some irredeemable villain.

The proctor collected the exam papers and left the classroom.

“Alright, class dismissed.”

Gu Chen practically leaped out of his seat, afraid that staying even one more second would spell disaster.

No, he had to find someone to switch seats with—there was no way he was going back there.

Why not have Guo Ming do it?

That kid had thick fat layers, so his resistance to the BUFF should be better.

Feeling gloomy, he arrived at the cafeteria, found a random spot, and sat down, lost in thought.

Before long, Guo Ming came over with a tray, saying excitedly, “The cafeteria was pretty generous today—they even had free chicken soup.”

“I scooped up quite a few chicken pieces from the bottom.”

“Boss, hurry up and eat.”

“Ahaha, the chicken soup is here!”

Gu Chen couldn’t help but tease him, “Man, you really don’t care about your image at all.”

He almost wanted to smack him with a spoon.

He could already imagine the look the cafeteria staff were giving this guy.

Sure enough, in this day and age, as long as you had thick enough skin, you could score any deal.

Guo Ming noticed there was still one person missing at the table, and his enthusiasm for eating dropped significantly.

He took a sip of soup—the flavor was just right, neither too salty nor too bland.

It was indeed good.

Of course, aside from that, improving their meal was pretty nice too.

“Hey, why hasn’t junior sister come yet? Her meal’s already prepared.”

“Guo Ming, I don’t know. Maybe she has something going on. Let’s wait a bit more.”

Gu Chen wasn’t sure either.

Anyway, there was no need to wait for Chu Xiaomeng—he just started eating directly.

His stomach felt warm, and the chill throughout his body seemed to dissipate quite a bit.

It was comfortable.

By the time lunch was almost finished, Chu Xiaomeng still hadn’t shown up.

Only then did he sense something was off.

Just as he was about to speak, Guo Ming was even more anxious.

“Strange, why hasn’t junior sister come yet? The food’s getting cold.”

“I don’t know. Let me call and ask.”

Gu Chen had the same intention.

He picked up his phone and dialed, wanting to see what was going on.

If she was skipping a meal, there had to be a reason.

The phone rang several times before being picked up.

Besides Chu Xiaomeng’s voice, the surroundings seemed quite noisy.

-Hello, boss?

“Why haven’t you come to eat yet? It’s getting cold. What are you doing?”

“Um… I’m over by the wall in front of the cafeteria. Something happened.”

-The vice principal is surrounded by students right now, and he’s about to punish that senior girl.

Chu Xiaomeng seemed to genuinely have encountered trouble, but she was speaking vaguely, and he couldn’t tell exactly what was happening.

“Alright, I’ll come over.”

Gu Chen was confused by what he heard, so he decided to just go check it out in person.

Face-to-face conversation was easier than over the phone.

So he told Guo Ming to watch over the food and not let the cafeteria auntie take it away—at least they’d still have lunch when they got back.

The wall wasn’t far from here, and he arrived quickly.

Sure enough, he saw quite a few students gathered here.

He found it strange and also spotted Chu Xiaomeng over there.

“What’s going on? So many people?”

Gu Chen patted her shoulder.

“Boss?”

Chu Xiaomeng turned around and pointed ahead.

“Oh no, that senior girl might actually get punished.”

“She didn’t do anything wrong. The vice principal is way too much.”

Gu Chen followed her gaze.

He didn’t expect the “senior girl” she mentioned to be Tang Ziya!

What was going on?

At that moment, she was holding something in her arms.

The vice principal stood across from her, the two locked in a standoff.

“Vice principal, this cat can still be saved if we treat it now.”

“Please let me leave the school.”

On that side, Tang Ziya was almost crying from anxiety.

At this point, she couldn’t care about anything else and could only soften her attitude.

“Today is the monthly exam day!”

“You want to leave school to save this beast?”

“This thing is just a stray cat—who knows how many bacteria it’s carrying.”

“If it gets into the school, who knows how serious the consequences would be!”

“Get rid of it immediately, or you can forget about taking the exam today.”

The vice principal remained completely unmoved.

It turned out that just moments ago, Tang Ziya saw a stray cat run into the school, seemingly looking for food.

She wanted to catch it and feed it, but the cat was a bit wary of people.

Coincidentally, the vice principal passed by and was startled by the cat darting out.

He actually kicked it flying with one swift motion.

This stirred up public outrage, and Tang Ziya was even angrier.

After asking around, Gu Chen learned what had happened.

“Nothing to be done—an animal can only do animal-like things.”

Upon learning the full story, Gu Chen couldn’t help but sigh.

Although what that baldy said wasn’t entirely without merit, it was just being used as an excuse.

If he truly cared, he could have someone catch it and send it away.

Kicking with the force to kill it outright was just a lack of basic decency.

The other students feared the vice principal, but they still stepped forward to plead.

The stray cat didn’t have to stay in school, but it was still a life.

They could send it for treatment or hand it over to a shelter.

Besides, the kitten wasn’t dead yet—treating it like garbage to be disposed of was truly infuriating.

Everyone was just a student.

They couldn’t bring themselves to be that cruel.

“I’ve said this before—stray cats and dogs must be strictly guarded against.”

“What if they carry infectious diseases?”

“You’re all like this now, and when something happens, you’ll blame me again.”

“All of you, scatter.”

“What are you staring at? Don’t you have anything to do?”

Seeing his authority challenged, the vice principal’s expression turned even uglier.

He directly issued a final warning:

“Throw this beast into the trash can, or you can expect disciplinary action today.”

“I…”

Tang Ziya bit her lip, her eyes turning red.

Wangcai looked at the dying stray cat in her arms, her voice choked with sobs.

Just as the two sides were at a standstill, Gu Chen made his move.

“Ah!!“

“Wangcai!!”

“Wangcai, what happened to you? Don’t scare me!”

Gu Chen cried out while running over.

Then, looking at the stray cat in Tang Ziya’s arms, he let out a tone that rivaled fake crying:

“How could this be?”

“Oh heavens, I’ve depended on you for years, and now I’m burying the young before the old!”

“Gu Chen?”

Tang Ziya stood there frozen, completely at a loss.