"Are you crazy? The most effective way to crush someone isn't to make them believe the truth, but to let them overturn the truth first, and then suffer a hopeless blow. Don't let her know I'm alive. I trust you can manage that."

When Luo Chao heard Ouyang Zhenhua mention Phoenix, he knew Ouyang Zhenhua's intention. Sometimes, blind emotions from a man aren't a good thing, so it's best to extinguish everything at the budding stage of hope.

Seeing Luo Chao's determination, Ouyang Zhenhua couldn't say anything more. He had to nod and then escorted Luo Chao out.

When Li Dacheng saw Luo Chao unharmed, he was so happy that he tried to hug Luo Chao, only to be kicked aside by Luo Chao. As Li Dacheng got back up, Ouyang Zhenhua blocked Luo Chao's side and said to Li Dacheng, "Are you like gum? Can't you survive without sticking to someone?"

In fact, Li Dacheng was somewhat afraid of Ouyang Zhenhua. Hearing Ouyang Zhenhua's words, he shrunk back and muttered quietly, "We were always together, we're classmates."

"Central High School?" Ouyang Zhenhua wasn't talking to Li Dacheng this time. He turned to ask Luo Chao, his expression reverted to the usual high-cold and overbearing aura.

Luo Chao cooperated by nodding as Ouyang Zhenhua nodded back. Without asking more, he instructed his men to send Luo Chao and Li Dacheng back to school.

"Luo Chao, are you okay?" Li Dacheng clung closely to Luo Chao as soon as they got in the car, bombarding him with questions.

Luo Chao smirked and shook his head, saying, "I'm fine. Anyway, we're innocent."

The subordinate sent by Ouyang Zhenhua diligently drove Luo Chao and Li Dacheng back to Central High School. As Li Dacheng got out of the car, he cheekily saluted the soldier to express his thanks.

The soldier smiled at Luo Chao before driving away.

The gatekeeper was startled to see Luo Chao and Li Dacheng being brought back by a military vehicle. He quickly ran out and asked Luo Chao, "Why did it take so long?"

Luo Chao replied, "Something came up, so it took a bit longer."

The gatekeeper looked behind them, and knowing he was looking for Li Haili and Jin Suo, Luo Chao said, "They had some issues. They probably won't be back this afternoon."

After speaking, he signaled to Li Dacheng and walked into the school.

As they reached the teaching building, they were blocked by Luo Chao's homeroom teacher in the foyer. Gao Xiangyu looked at Luo Chao with a sullen face, asking sternly, "You dare skip class in broad daylight!"

Luo Chao shrugged indifferently and said, "Teacher, it wasn't on purpose. Li Haili forced me to go."

At the mention of Li Haili, Gao Xiangyu's demeanor changed; he lowered his voice and said, "He told you to die and you'd go?"

Before Luo Chao could respond, Li Dacheng piped up on the side, "Teacher, that's not right. You don't know we just danced around the gates of hell and came back alive today. In this school, you don't look after your students and instead blame us. Isn't it also your responsibility as a teacher?"

Gao Xiangyu's heart skipped a beat upon hearing Li Dacheng. Everyone knew what kind of person Li Haili was, and now that Li Dacheng said this, it wasn't just a simple case of cutting classes.

Originally about to lose his temper, Gao Xiangyu changed his tone upon hearing Li Dacheng's words and asked Luo Chao, "Did he threaten you? Where is Li Haili?"

Luo Chao already looked down on Gao Xiangyu as a teacher and now wanted to scare him a bit, so he said, "He was taken into the precinct, probably won't be back anytime soon."

Gao Xiangyu was so frightened by Luo Chao's earnest words that his legs weakened. He grabbed Luo Chao's shoulders and asked, "Did you get into a fight off-campus? Why are you back first?!"

Luo Chao brushed off Gao Xiangyu's hands and said faintly, "Teacher, what does them getting taken in have to do with me? I came back unharmed, which means I'm innocent. Are your prejudiced glasses on way too thick?"

Gao Xiangyu was choked by Luo Chao's words, then nervously said, "No matter what, Li Haili is still a student of our school. Now that this has happened, you need to explain everything clearly to me. Let's go to the teaching director, and you will recount the process."

Luo Chao exchanged a glance with Li Dacheng and followed the resigned Gao Xiangyu towards Zhang Meijuan's teaching building.

Zhang Meijuan was reading documents. Upon hearing a knock at the door, she responded sweetly, "Come in."

Gao Xiangyu then led Luo Chao and Li Dacheng into Zhang Meijuan's office.

Seeing it was Gao Xiangyu again, Zhang Meijuan's expression soured, and she said seriously, "Go ahead, what happened this time?"

Her expression evidently blamed Gao Xiangyu for not handling matters properly. Although she had clearly instructed him not to target Luo Chao, the current circumstances were quite different. He constantly caused troubles for her. What did Gao Xiangyu have growing inside his head?

Noticing Zhang Meijuan's discontented demeanor, Gao Xiangyu wiped the sweat from his brow and cautiously said, "They skipped class around noon today."

"Skipped class? Aren't they back now?" Zhang Meijuan implied they were back, so no more fuss; leave quickly.

But Gao Xiangyu continued, "I heard Li Haili from our school was taken by the police."

Li Dacheng corrected on the side, "It's the special forces."

"The army?!" Zhang Meijuan hadn't expected this matter to escalate so much. She stood up from behind her desk and approached Gao Xiangyu in a hurry, asking, "What exactly is going on? How did it become such a big deal? Do you know how much impact this could have on our school if it gets out? What kind of teacher are you? Not even aware when students skip class?!"

Under Zhang Meijuan's scolding, Gao Xiangyu just nodded repeatedly, thinking, 'Sure, I'm the homeroom teacher, but I can't watch every student every second, can I? Besides, madam, you were the one who told me to turn a blind eye to Luo Chao skipping English class, and I didn't interfere. Now that something happened, you're blaming me. How is everything always my fault?'

He wiped the sweat from his brow and nervously said, "I didn't know Li Haili would take Luo Chao out. I didn't expect..."

"Are you brainless? Didn't you understand what kind of student Li Haili is? I told you to keep an eye on your class, did you do it?"

After another round of scolding by Zhang Meijuan, Gao Xiangyu was too drained to even argue. When everything was fine, he was okay, but once something happened, he was the unluckiest!

Luo Chao and Li Dacheng stood aside watching, as Zhang Meijuan scolded Gao Xiangyu until it was enough. Only then, Luo Chao spoke up, "Director Zhang, actually, you can't really blame our homeroom teacher."

Zhang Meijuan gave Luo Chao a stern look but didn't get angry. She directly asked, "How so?"

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