Luo Chao's words left everyone speechless, even Yan Hongyun seemed a bit overwhelmed by his statements, and he coughed a few times to interrupt him, "Alright, I already know how this started."

He then asked Li Qiang, "Isn't what he said correct?"

Li Qiang opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. Ignoring Luo Chao's stream of nonsense, it seemed Luo Chao wasn't actually wrong about anything.

It just felt like something was off, as if the story had been twisted when told by Luo Chao, making him the victim instead.

"Is the matter as he described?" Yan Hongyun asked again.

This time Li Qiang snapped back to reality and quickly replied, "Principal, please don't listen to his nonsense, things... aren't like that."

"Then what are they like?"

"It's just... he hit me for no reason. I didn't even fight back." Li Qiang vigorously defended himself.

Luo Chao shrugged and stayed silent. He knew the old man would handle the rest.

As expected, the old man immediately deemed Li Qiang guilty, "You little brat, full of lies. I clearly heard that you got beaten because you foolishly tried to hit on someone else's girlfriend, only for it to be turned into an unprovoked attack here! This is truly a failure of our school's education."

Everyone was stunned. This level of partiality was too blatant. Was this really the same upright, knowledgeable old principal they knew before?

"It's not really like that, I... I didn't even know she was his girlfriend at first." Li Qiang was about to cry, wondering why he was being bullied like this.

"Alright! It's already wrong to date someone as a student, and you wanted to be a third party, which is even more shameful. Lying constantly, you're in your fourth year, right? You don't need to finish your studies. If your dad has any objections, tell him to come see me." Yan Hongyun immediately sentenced Li Qiang.

After all that effort, Luo Chao wasn't expelled, but instead, he was. This joke had sure gotten out of hand!!?

Li Qiang sat there dumbfounded, unable to comprehend or accept the outcome.

"And you, Chen Juncai, tell me what you've been up to. You can stop being the Director of Academic Affairs too. I'll find someone else in the coming days." After Li Qiang, Yan Hongyun also sentenced Chen Jun, dealing a double blow.

With a "clang," the sound came from Chen Juncai's heavy back hitting the chair, then a "swish" as the chair legs scraped the floor when he stood up.

"Principal, please give me another chance!" Panic covered Chen Juncai's large face. He had struggled for over twenty years to earn this position, how could it just disappear like that?

"You're not fit to be a teacher." Yan Hongyun, however, showed no mercy, bluntly stripping him of his position. Then he glanced around the room, "Don't think you can hide your shady dealings from me. I just chose not to pursue it, so take care of yourselves."

Everyone was shocked into silence, not daring to speak out, for fear of provoking the angry old man.

The meeting concluded with this bizarre ending. No one understood the relationship between Luo Chao and Yan Hongyun, they could only speculate in private. But one thing was certain, from now on, no one at the school would dare mess with Luo Chao, because he was protected by the influential old principal.

...

In Yan Hongyun's home, his wife was preparing a lavish dinner to entertain a guest. This guest, of course, was Luo Chao, who had stunned everyone today with his presence.

"Grandpa, today you were truly impressive. When you unleashed, look at those people, each one scared like a startled rabbit." Luo Chao relaxed comfortably on the sofa, as if he'd come to his own home.

"You brat, ever since you came to Huaxia University, you've never even visited us, not to mention you're always causing trouble." Yan Hongyun was so angry that he was blowing his beard and staring with wide eyes.

"Now, my reputation is ruined because of you, you little brat." He sighed long and deeply, sighing over how he ended up with such a troublesome god-grandson.

"What nonsense are you spouting? Little Tian's finally come to see us, and all you do is scold him. You're getting stranger as you age." Yan Hongyun's wife brought over the dishes, "Can't you two just have a nice chat?"

Luo Chao quickly took the plate, smiling, "Grandma, Grandpa's right to scold me, don't be mad at him."

"You brat, I protect you, yet you speak up for this old man." Grandma Yan wasn't happy, poking a finger at Luo Chao's head, "You really are grandfather and grandson, both so annoying."

"Enough, let's eat, let's eat."

The three of them started their meal. Yan Hongyun was a rather traditional person, adhering to the old ways of not speaking while eating or sleeping. He was very stubborn about this, everything had to wait until after dinner.

All that could be heard in the room was the sound of chewing, and the lunch ended in this quiet atmosphere.

Grandma Yan went to wash the dishes, and Luo Chao was about to help when Yan Hongyun called him to go to the study.

The study was very simple, with just a yellow wood desk and several rows of bookshelves, packed with various ancient books, including some rare fragments and unique copies. The old man loved to browse and study ancient history in his free time.

"Sit." Yan Hongyun sat down on the redwood chair and motioned Luo Chao to sit.

Luo Chao obediently sat there without speaking, knowing the old man surely had questions for him.

"How did the task your Uncle Chen gave you go? You're always off doing nothing seriously. Although I don't often visit the school, I'm well aware of your behavior, hardly attending classes, and never to be seen." The old man spoke with a tone of frustration, like iron that couldn't be turned into steel.

Luo Chao quickly put on a smiling face, "Grandpa, I'm not staying at school just to complete the task Uncle Chen assigned me. See, I got it done just a few days ago."

"Now that it's done, settle down and focus on your studies. Hanging around with those big-headed soldiers from a young age, you don't even have a bit of knowledge, how can that go on?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Luo Chao hurriedly agreed. He dared not oppose on this matter. The old man had spent his entire life in education, Uncle Chen had also been taught by him, and he hated idle and disorderly students the most.

Luo Chao was able to get to know Yan Hongyun and become like grandfather and grandson, partly because of his connection to Chen Yuquan.

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