Chapter 632 - 628: Closer Than a Biological Brother
"The principal can’t just keep paying out of his own pocket forever. Hasn’t anyone thought of another way?"
Gu Jiaojiao had no intention of stopping Leng Yuan, but she didn’t understand. The school’s needs were urgent, so why wasn’t anyone handling it?
Zhao Zhengfei’s tone grew heavy.
"It’s not for a lack of trying. We’ve wracked our brains, but it’s useless. Rumor has it that the person in charge of this is from the Zhu family, and a daughter from the Zhu family married Zhang Tianming. You must know who Zhang Tianming is, right?"
He was the biggest figure around here. Who would dare to offend him?
Gu Jiaojiao hadn’t expected such a coincidence—that this matter was also related to Zhu Wanqi.
"Teacher Gu, you’ve seen the school’s situation for yourself. We’re poor and have no money. The only way for these children to leave the mountains and escape the countryside is through education."
Gu Jiaojiao pursed her lips and gave Zhao Zhengfei a reassuring promise. "Don’t worry! I won’t stop Mr. Leng."
At school, she called Leng Yuan "Mr. Leng." After all, she had to keep her personal and professional life separate.
Zhao Zhengfei was relieved.
Just then, a little girl ran over. She was in Gu Jiaojiao’s class.
Gu Jiaojiao was a bit puzzled. School had been out for a while now, so why hadn’t this child gone home yet?
Zhao Zhengfei glanced over, not at all surprised.
"Her family has three daughters, which is why she even got the chance to go to school. But when it was time for junior high, her family didn’t want her to continue. So she made a deal with them. Every day after school, she goes home to cut pig feed, do the laundry, and cook. On Saturdays and Sundays, she has to work in the fields to earn work points. As for her homework, she always finishes it at school before she leaves."
Because she had no way to do her homework once she got home.
Gu Jiaojiao’s lips tightened. The little girl was thin and dark-skinned, and her clothes were dirty. She hurried over, looking a little surprised to see Teacher Gu and Teacher Zhao, but she still gave them a sweet greeting before leaving.
Watching the girl’s retreating back as she hurried away, Gu Jiaojiao thought, ’Maybe I can ask Zhu Wanqi for help.’
Thinking of Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang still waiting in the office, and realizing she’d been out for a while, she said goodbye to Zhao Zhengfei and started to head back.
Gu Jiaojiao had just turned around when she saw Leng Yuan walking toward them. When Zhao Zhengfei saw him approaching, his expression grew grim. He couldn’t help but whisper, "T-Teacher Gu, you have to help me explain later. I only asked you out here to talk about serious business."
Gu Jiaojiao was speechless.
’If you were talking about serious business, what do you have to be so guilty about?’
Zhao Zhengfei stood timidly behind Gu Jiaojiao, not daring to move forward even an inch.
This wasn’t guilt; it was fear.
Even though he was quite a bit older than Leng Yuan, he admitted that Leng Yuan was his "big brother."
He had no choice but to admit it—he was afraid of getting beaten up. He had personally witnessed Leng Yuan send a 1.8-meter-tall burly man flying with a single kick.
Yes, the kind where he was kicked into the air and then came crashing down hard. Just hearing the sound was painful.
The incident happened because that parent had taken a liking to Teacher Hu Xiuqiao. He deliberately brought people to cause trouble, falsely accusing Teacher Hu of hitting his child. This "parent" was actually the student’s second uncle, a big, brawny guy who looked like trouble.
At the time, Hu Xiuqiao explained that she hadn’t hit the child, but the man refused to believe her. As he argued, he started getting handsy with her.
The other male teachers were blocked by the dozen or so men he’d brought with him and couldn’t get through. Teacher Hu was so scared she burst into tears.
That’s when Leng Yuan came out. When the men the uncle had brought tried to block him, two of the burly guys were knocked down by Leng Yuan with just two punches, unable to even get back up.
When the others saw things were going south, they all charged at Leng Yuan.
All eleven of them were taken down by Leng Yuan and left on the ground.
The man who had just been harassing the female teacher dropped to his knees and groveled, crying and repenting.
It turned out the man had deliberately used this excuse to get his hands on Hu Xiuqiao. He had planned to ruin her reputation with this trick and then force her to marry him.
But he ended up running into someone as capable a fighter as Leng Yuan. That man never came back again.
From that day on, Leng Yuan became the "big bro" to all the male teachers at the school—the kind who was closer than a real brother.