Xia Lin returned home dejectedly. Fortunately, Xiao Jinyu was out for work. But to prevent the servants from reporting his situation to Xiao Jinyu, Xia Lin still holed up in his room, drowning in depression.
However, after a while of wallowing, Xia Lin managed to pull himself together through self - consolation. He thought he couldn't just give in like this. The scholarship was lost, but he couldn't let Zhang Haike gloat. Maybe explaining the situation to the teachers would work?
The next day, Xia Lin found that the video of him punching Zhang Haike had been uploaded everywhere on the school forum, Tieba, and Weibo.
This was when the drawback of Xia Lin's high popularity became apparent. If he were just an ordinary student among the twenty thousand in the school, this video would have caused little stir. But thanks to his good looks, excellent grades, and various talents, Xia Lin was quite well - known in the whole school. A title like "Good Student Gets into a Fight" naturally attracted many students to click and find out more!
Before Xia Lin could go to the teachers, the teachers had already come to call for him.
"Tell us, what on earth happened? Did you really fight with Zhang Haike over the scholarship?" Xia Lin didn't hold back and told the teachers the real story of that afternoon.
Four teachers surrounded Xia Lin. Since Zhang Haike was rather high - profile and a bit arrogant in dealing with others, these teachers preferred the humble and polite Xia Lin. But now that this had happened... "Xia Lin, you may lose the national scholarship, but you can still get a first - class school - level scholarship."
"I'm sorry, Xia Lin. Although we believe you because you've always been a good kid." The teacher patted Xia Lin on the shoulder consolingly. "If you can maintain your grades, the national scholarship will surely be yours next year."
When Xia Lin returned to the classroom, the chattering students fell silent immediately upon seeing him and sheepishly returned to their seats. Seeing Xia Lin, Zhang Haike gave a provocative smile and sneered, "Loser!"
Rage welled up in Xia Lin's heart. He really wanted to vent his anger wildly. He clenched his fists and trembled for a while, but finally managed to force himself to calm down.
Although he had decided to give up the national scholarship, he wasn't going to let it go so easily. A gentleman always gets even. Zhang Haike, just you wait! I'm not a pushover!
After getting home, Xia Lin couldn't control his emotions anymore and kept a gloomy face. Naturally, Xiao Jinyu noticed and asked, "Xia Lin, why do you look so down?"
Xia Lin hesitated for a moment. Seeing Xiao Jinyu's serious expression, he finally told the truth. "Anyway, I don't really care about this thing that much. But what was supposed to be mine has now gone to someone else. And he got it in such a despicable way. That Zhang Haike has been targeting me and setting me up time and time again. I must teach him a good lesson."
Xiao Jinyu put down his chopsticks and tapped the table with his index finger. "Xia Lin, leave this to me. I'll avenge you!"
Xiao Jinyu to help? Thinking of Xiao Jinyu's methods, Xia Lin's face changed. It was true that he hated Zhang Haike, but he didn't want things to go too far. What if Xiao Jinyu really threw Zhang Haike into the sea?
"No, no. I'll handle it myself."
Xiao Jinyu frowned. "According to what you said, Zhang Haike has a family background and a bunch of cronies. You can't deal with him alone. Just leave it to me. I'll make sure he gets a profound lesson."