After five bigwigs in Beijing's elite circle fell into their trap, I fled.

Chapter 12 Conflict
An hour later, in the office of the senior grade director.

Zhou Houde and Ms. Liu, the homeroom teacher of Class 25, were both called over. Inside the office, three girls from Class 27 stood obediently, while several girls from Class 25 were covered in bruises, their faces swollen like loaves of bread, and they were crying pitifully with their purplish-blue eyes narrowed.

Teacher Liu exclaimed in shock, "What happened? Wang Doudou, who beat you guys up?"

Several girls from Class 25 pointed tremblingly at Jiang Shu.

Zhou Houde's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly stood in front of the girls in his class: "Jiang Shu wouldn't hit someone for no reason. Xu Yan, tell me what exactly happened."

Xu Yan stood behind Jiang Shu, clutching Jiang Shu's sleeve tightly, her eyes red:
“Yesterday, Li Tao and Zhang Kou from our class were browsing live streams when they came across Wang Doudou’s stream. They greeted her by her real name…”

……

When Xu Yan mentioned that Wang Doudou was planning to take photos to humiliate her and even use a knife on her, Zhou Houde's expression turned very ugly.

"Teacher Liu, let's call her parents. This matter cannot be left unresolved. This girl is not studying properly and has such malicious thoughts towards her classmates. We must give her an explanation!"

Wang Doudou was in so much pain that she was sweating profusely. She glared at Jiang Shu and the others with vicious eyes: "I didn't! It's your Class 27 who's slandering me! I just asked them for directions, and who knew they'd pin this crime on me like this! And beat me up like this! I'm calling the police! I'm going to sue you for defamation!"

Teacher Liu was also a bit troubled: "Call the parents first! The injury is so serious, the parents should at least be there..."

"It would be best to call 120 as well," Jiang Shu reminded. "The culprit, Wang Doudou, has a broken leg bone—oh, and it would be best to call a cosmetic surgeon as well, because I distorted her surgically enhanced face."

Zhou Houde lowered his voice, on the verge of tears, and said, "Jiang Shu, please don't say anything."

Upon hearing how serious the beating was, Teacher Liu, regardless of who was right or wrong, turned pale and called both 120 (emergency services) and 110 (police).

Then we notified the parents one by one.

Zhou Houde silently took out his phone, handed it to Jiang Shu, and said in a very low voice, "Call your family and send someone over—try to send someone who is protective of their own."

Jiang Shu: "My home is too far away, I won't be able to get here until tomorrow—it's okay, I can make all the decisions for myself."

The head of the grade looked at it for a long time, his face dark: "If your home is far away, then send a relative who lives nearby."

"I really don't have any relatives, but how about a friend?" Jiang Shu paused for a moment, "For example, Li Yubai?"

Everyone looked over in confusion.

Zhou Houde turned his face away and awkwardly flipped through the parents' contact list for Xu Yan and the others—as for Jiang Shu, well, the principal recruited her himself, so let the principal figure out a solution.

The head of the grade looked at Jiang Shu as if she were crazy, too lazy to even reply, and directly started checking her file: "Jiang Shu, right? I'll personally call your guardian."

Even Wang Doudou, who was lying on the ground crying her heart out, couldn't help but twitch her lips: "You rag doll, you dare to covet Li Yubai? You're a madman!"

Xiao Xiang?

Jiang Shu walked to the side, stopped talking, and looked down at her phone to find the private chat window:

Dear patron: 【Can't I even have designs on you?】

The Queen's loyal dog: [No need to even think about it, I've always belonged to you.]

Jiangcheng International Hotel.

Business hall on the first floor.

The powerful and influential people of Jiangcheng all came out and sat in the hall.

At the head of the table, Li Yubai, who was discussing the acquisition of the Starry Sky Building with the four major families of Jiangcheng, suddenly signaled for the meeting to be suspended.

Then, in the sudden silence, Li Yubai took out his phone.

The cold expression on his face softened instantly upon seeing the message, as if touched by warm sunshine.

With slender fingers, he carefully replied to his sugar daddy, word by word:
"No need to covet, I belong to you from the start."

After a few seconds, with a hint of trepidation and probing, he typed another line: "Welcome, esteemed benefactor, to do whatever you want with me... without any limits."

The patron never responds to such pointless advances. After sending the message, Li Yubai put away his phone and looked again at the group of silent business partners in front of him, his aloof and dignified expression returning.

"The meeting continues."

Old Master Qin of the Qin family in Jiangcheng carefully stood up:

"Mr. Li, I have three small thoughts regarding the businesses moving into the vicinity of Xingchen Building..."

……

The office of the senior grade director.

The head of the grade frowned as his gaze fell on the dialed phone number: "A number from the capital city?"

The phone rang nine times before it was answered.

Before the other end could speak, the director immediately said authoritatively, "Jiang Shu's guardian, right? Come to No. 1 Middle School immediately. Your child hit someone at school, and the other person was seriously injured."

There was a two-second silence on the other end.

Then--

"Beep—" The phone call ended.

The head of the grade said with a dark face, "What kind of attitude is this?!"

Meanwhile, the principal's phone rang as he was on his way. He looked at the caller ID, a bead of cold sweat forming on his forehead. He took a few deep breaths and answered:
"Hello."

"My daughter is unruly, please bear with her, Principal Zhang." A voice as cold and sharp as jade rang out from the other end.

The principal wiped his forehead: "No, no! Jiang Shu is very well-behaved, very well-behaved..."

"It is inconvenient for me to intervene. Principal Zhang, please handle today's matter as appropriate."

"Don't worry! Don't worry!" the principal assured him confidently, "We will absolutely not let Jiang Shu suffer any injustice!"

Over there, the head of the grade was still pointing at Jiang Shu and scolding her: "If you still want to stay in No. 1 High School, contact your guardian right now! I want to see what kind of lawless parents could raise such a ruthless student like you!"

"Shut up!" Principal Zhang walked in with a dark face.

"Principal, you've come at the right time..." The grade head briefly explained what had happened, without deliberately showing favoritism towards anyone. "A classmate from Class 25 was bullying another student outside the school. Jiang Shu from Class 27 tried to intervene but lost her temper and broke the other student's leg. Their parents and the police are on their way, but Jiang Shu's parents—"

“I will temporarily assume guardianship of Jiang Shu.” Principal Zhang glared at him.

Although they didn't know why the principal was openly siding with Jiang, the grade head immediately and wisely shut his mouth.

Beside him, Zhou Houde also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

With the principal protecting her, Jiang Shu is at least able to stay at No. 1 High School.

An hour later, the parents of the parties involved and officers from the police station arrived.

The incident itself is simple and clear, yet some people stubbornly refuse to admit it.

Wang Doudou and her group cried their eyes out: "I didn't bully any classmates! They're slandering me! I'm going to sue them for defamation, and I'll make that little bitch surnamed Jiang pay me a huge amount of medical expenses and lost wages!"

Wang Doudou's parents immediately sprawled on the ground like shrewish women: "My Doudou is a super internet celebrity, she gets hundreds of thousands in tips in one night. These injuries will probably keep her in the hospital for a year. Pay up! Pay up 200 million first, then arrest her and put her in jail for life!"

Jiang Shu said expressionlessly, "Even if you sold me, I wouldn't be worth two hundred million—but if you want to lie down for a year, I can grant your wish right now."

(End of this chapter)