章 21: There Was No Blood Relation

編集者: EndlessFantasy Translation

Frankly, Qiao Hongye was feeling more relieved than panicked.

She had known the leader of those gangsters for years; she was certain he would never sell her out considering how well they had been getting along and how many times he had helped her.

Qiao Hongye heaved a sigh of relief.

"I am very sorry for getting you involved in this, teachers, but I still have to trouble you and the school because I can't bear to suffer any more grievances," Jing Yunzhao said solemnly as she entered the office.

"What grievances did you suffer? Looks like you've become impertinent after not being beaten for so long!" Qiao Weimin bellowed, raising his hand to hit her instinctively. This time though, Jing Yunzhao swiftly grabbed his hand before it could touch her.

She had been training herself in her secret space for the past week, mostly to absorb the medical knowledge of the Naling Jade but also to practice martial arts. While she had not really mastered everything after only one week, she had undoubtedly become stronger.

"You have the audacity to dodge? You're asking for it, you little bastard!" Qiao Weimin yelled furiously and jerked his hand back. He was about to lunge at her but a few of the male teachers quickly grabbed Qiao Weimin before he could. All of them were bitterly disappointed by Qiao Weimin's behaviour.

Jing Yunzhao might have fared better as an orphan if this was what her father was like.

"You called me a bastard, Qiao Weimin, does that mean I am not your daughter then? If I am not your daughter, who are you to tell me to quit school? Understand that me not saying it doesn't mean I don't know the truth!" Jing Yunzhao said clearly, staring at Qiao Weimin coldly.

"You might have heard that I am a child from my mother's previous marriage, teachers, but the truth is that Ye Qin was not even my real mother," said Jing Yunzhao, turning to the teachers. "Ye Qin found me as a baby when she was pregnant. She was going to ignore me, but decided to adopt me when a fortune teller told her that I could ward away evil for her children. I always wondered why my parents treated me so coldly, and understood why only after I found out the truth."

"It's undeniable that Ye Qin had raised me for more than ten years, and I am grateful for that. Sadly, she passed away recently and I mourn for her. However, while I am grateful for her, I cannot say the same for Qiao Weimin. He scolds and beats me often, and he would rather believe rumours than hear what I say. The reason he is making me quit school today is not because of what I allegedly did but because he needs someone to take care of the household chores!" Jing Yunzhao cried out unhappily.

Everyone was shocked, especially Qiao Weimin and Qiao Hongye when they realized that Jing Yunzhao had known about her past.

"Are you saying that you have no blood relation to Qiao Hongye and Qiao Zizhou?" Ms. Kim gasped.

If Jing Yunzhao really was Ye Qin's daughter, they could at least expect Qiao Weimin to take care of Jing Yunzhao for the sake of his late wife, however...

Now that the cat was out of the bag and Qiao Weimin had actually called Jing Yunzhao a 'bastard' in front of everyone, it was clear that Qiao Weimin would not treat Jing Yunzhao kindly, let alone take good care of her.

The teachers started to worry when they realized it.

They had treated Qiao Weimin nicely earlier because they thought that he was the father of their student, but now…

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章 22: Shameful Things

編集者: EndlessFantasy Translation

The people around started giving Qiao Weimin unfriendly looks, and Ms. Kim bluntly said that she needed to talk to him about Jing Yunzhao.

"What is there to talk about? What can you do about it if I insist that she quit school?" Qiao Weimin demanded angrily.

"There is nothing we can do if you insist, provided that you are a suitable guardian for Jing Yunzhao. However, Jing Yunzhao is the top student of our school; I am sure you never had to pay for her tuition fees, so what right do you have to make her quit school when she attended on her own abilities?" Ms. Kim asked sternly.

"What is wrong with all of you? So what if I never had to pay for her tuition fees? Didn't I raise her for over ten years? Look at how she behaved and humiliated the name of the Qiao Family!" Not expecting the withdrawal procedure to be so troublesome, Qiao Weimin was on the verge of losing his temper.

The teachers did not normally interfere with family affairs. Usually, they would have just sympathized with Jing Yunzhao and done nothing further, but Qiao Weimin had gone overboard.

He had criticized the teachers' ethics the moment he stepped into the school, and it made the teachers determined to fix the situation to shut Qiao Weimin up.

By right, one could approach the town council and petition to terminate Qiao Weimin's guardianship of Jing Yunzhao if they had sufficient evidence that Qiao Weimin was not suitable. It was actually not a complicated procedure, now that they thought about it.

"You think I misbehaved? Fine, I believe one of the teachers mentioned that those gangsters have been arrested and I'm sure the interrogations would have been settled by now. Let's go find out what the truth really is since I have to drop by the police station to identify those gangsters anyway," said Jing Yunzhao coldly.

"Let's go then, you shameless child. I swear I will teach you a lesson when we get home!" Qiao Weimin threatened viciously.

Jing Yunzhao was not bothered at all. Home? Who said she was going back to the place he called 'home'?

Jing Yunzhao's situation quickly became a big deal when the gossip about the top student in school spread like wildfire. Knowing that not handling it properly could damage the school's reputation, the school principal decided to go to the police station with Ms. Kim, Jing Yunzhao, and Qiao Weimin.

Having been informed about their coming beforehand, a police officer handed the documents to the principal and the others the moment they arrived at the police station.

"Are they the ones, Jing Yunzhao?" A police officer asked gently.

Jing Yunzhao frowned as she tried to recall the episode that happened in her previous life. It took her a while but she eventually realized that one of the gangsters was missing.

"There were six of them before this but there are only five of them here now. The missing guy should be their leader since all of them listened to him," Jing Yunzhao explained to the police officer and her school principal.

"Are you sure?" The police officer asked, surprised.

"Yes, it was a young man who seemed to be in his early twenties. He was wearing stud earrings and looked quite average," said Jing Yunzhao slowly.

The man was an average-looking guy, so that would make the search difficult. Who knew if he had fled to another place after the rest of his gang was arrested?

Although the gangsters' offences were mostly minor and a few of them were actually underage, there were policemen who pointed out that they had seen them attempting to rape before. It was a stain that would forever be on their record if they really were convicted for attempted rape.

"That's bad. These gangsters are not quite known in this area, so I am sure all they had done was petty theft. They probably would never have ended up in a police station if they were lucky. God knows why they did what they did this time but rest assured, we will try our best to arrest the one that is missing. Don't get your hopes high up though; it's been a while and he might be far away by now."

It was a pity that one of them had gotten away with it, but Jing Yunzhao knew that what the police officer said was true.

"Fled? Play dumb all you want, Jing Yunzhao, but you left home at 7am this morning and got to the school only in the afternoon. What did you do during that time? Did you spend those few hours with that missing gangster to do shameful things?" Qiao Weimin asked suddenly.

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