Chapter 156: Trying to Steal a Chicken and Losing the Rice Instead
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The fat man looked at Shen Chutang, and his eyes gradually filled with greed.
He was a thug. What kind of woman had he not had?
But he had never tried a beautiful, educated woman who taught and shaped young minds.
So when he heard Shen Tingting’s suggestion, he agreed at once.
Not only would he get paid, he would also have some fun. Why would he refuse?
Women like her, intellectuals, would do nothing but cry if they were bullied. They would never dare make a fuss. After all, if word got out, not only would people gossip about her, but her entire career would be ruined.
That was why the fat man felt utterly fearless.
He stared at Shen Chutang with undisguised greed and slowly walked toward her. He could already imagine the pleasure of pinning her beneath him.
With that thought in mind, he reached out to stroke her cheek. His greasy grin made him look like a pig about to feed, and the sight was revolting.
Shen Chutang kicked him squarely in the groin.
The fat man let out a howl, clutched himself, and dropped into a crouch. For a long while, he could not get back up.
The other two men had not expected Shen Chutang to strike so viciously and were both badly startled.
Shen Tingting anxiously urged them from the side, “You’re all grown men! You can’t even handle one woman? Hurry up!”
Emboldened by her words, the remaining two rushed at Shen Chutang. She dodged them with ease.
Shen Tingting stood nearby in a panic. Her eyes landed on a broom, and she snatched it up before swinging it at Shen Chutang’s head.
Shen Chutang sidestepped the blow and seized her arm. Using her momentum, she swung the broom straight into the fat man, knocking him flat on the floor, where he lay unable to rise.
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Shen Tingting angrily tried to yank her arm free, but Shen Chutang released it at just the right moment. Carried forward by her own momentum, Shen Tingting slammed headfirst into the wall.
The two remaining thugs were furious by now. Surely two grown men could not be defeated by one woman?
One of them charged up to Shen Chutang, but before he could make a move, she struck him across the face several times.
The other wrapped his arms around Shen Chutang’s waist, intending to force her to the ground. He never expected her to throw him over her shoulder and send him flying.
Seeing this, Shen Tingting quickly spotted a toilet plunger in the bathroom. Even if she could not beat Shen Chutang, she could at least disgust her.
Shen Chutang naturally saw what she intended. She grabbed Shen Tingting by the head and shoved it into the toilet.
“How dare you—glug, glug!”
Just then, voices finally came from outside the bathroom.
“Who locked the door?”
“Is someone repairing something in there?”
Shen Chutang dusted off her hands, opened the bathroom door, and said with a smile, “Yes, repairs are underway. You’ll have to wait a little before coming in.”
Shen Tingting sat on the floor with water dripping from her hair. Choking back sobs, she pointed at Shen Chutang.
“How dare you treat me like this! You—you… I’m telling Mom and Dad!”
Shen Chutang nodded. “Go ahead. Just remember to describe everything in vivid detail, or they won’t know what happened.”
The three thugs realized that they had been discovered. Naturally, they had no intention of obediently going to the principal’s office to confess. Instead, they hurried away.
Before long, the incident in the bathroom reached the principal’s ears. Three male outsiders had appeared in the girls’ restroom, and they were not even students of the school. For the Affiliated High School, this was a serious matter.
The security guards immediately tightened their scrutiny of students entering and leaving the campus, and several additional surveillance cameras were installed.
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At that moment, inside the principal’s office, Shen Tingting was still sobbing while Shen Chutang stood to one side.
The principal asked sternly, “What exactly happened? Shen Tingting, why are you crying? Were you bullied?”
Shen Tingting was just about to accuse Shen Chutang of hitting her, but if she did, the fact that she had brought three thugs onto campus would also come to light.
She was rendered speechless and had no idea what to say.
Looking at her, Shen Chutang calmly said, “Principal, perhaps Shen Tingting offended some people from outside the school, and they followed her here to get revenge. Otherwise, how could those three outsiders have entered so easily, found their way around, and cornered her in the girls’ restroom?
“I happened to go to the bathroom and saw them holding Shen Tingting’s head in the toilet, so I taught those three thugs a lesson. Isn’t that right, Shen Tingting?”
The teacher from Class A unconsciously frowned. However, with the principal present, he did not cover his nose.
Shen Tingting glared viciously at Shen Chutang. She had tried to steal the chicken, only to lose the rice as well. Yet at this point, she could do nothing but admit it.
“Yes… yes, that’s exactly what happened.”
Shen Chutang looked at her with a faint smile.
“Shen Tingting, you’re a student in Class A and one of the most promising students at the Affiliated High School. You mustn’t become entangled with people from outside the school. Fortunately, I discovered them this time. What if they had come in and bullied another student?”
The principal nodded. If those thugs had not been there before, how could they have found their way around so easily, obtained school uniforms, and known which floor Shen Tingting was on?
The principal’s voice rang out sharply.
“That’s right, Shen Tingting. The school is a place for studying, not somewhere you can bring outsiders to fool around. You need to reflect seriously on this matter. Next Monday, you will deliver a two-thousand-word self-criticism beneath the national flag. Is that clear?”
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