I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

The wood fiberboard was covered with crisscrossing scratches and looked terrible. There were also many words written on the table, mostly threatening words such as "kill kill kill," "you're dead," and "be careful on your way home from school."

"Tsk, this handwriting is really ugly."

Li Ge walked over from the side, looked at the words on Xue Jing's desk, and clicked his tongue.

"What's going on?" Xue Jing's expression remained unchanged.

If this kind of bullying happened to you, let alone a high school student, even an adult would feel uneasy.

However, just like his appearance, he was completely unmoved, simply curious to know what had happened.

Just as people who regularly exercise are generally very confident, physical strength naturally leads to inner strength.

At that moment, facing bullying tactics at the high school level, he felt like a lion seeing a kitten baring its teeth at him.

"I don't know, it was like this when I came in this morning." Li Ge leaned against the table next to him and shrugged.

"There were some disgusting things like dead rats and cockroaches stuffed in the drawer, but I cleaned them all out for you. The writing on the table was done with an oil-based pen, and there's nothing I can do about it for now."

Xue Jing patted him on the shoulder and sincerely thanked him, saying, "Thanks."

"No need to thank me, we're all brothers," Li Ge replied, then said:

"The most urgent task now is to find the culprit, otherwise we'll get sick of this every day."

Have you offended anyone recently?

Upon hearing this, Xue Jing thought about it carefully and realized that he had been quite well-behaved and had not offended anyone.

"I don't know, but it doesn't matter. Judging from the words written on the table, this is not a prank by a cowardly person who doesn't dare to show his face, but a threatening warning."

Xue Jing touched the scratched tabletop, his fingertip pausing on the words "Be careful on your way home from school".

"I reckon they'll just pop out on their own during lunch break or after school. We'll just have to wait."

If a person is good enough, even if they do nothing, they will naturally block other people's way and incur their resentment. He has experienced this in both his past and present lives.

There's no need to reflect on what you did wrong; thinking about that is pointless. Just deal with the problem as it arises, and that's all that matters.

Xue Jing sat down in the chair, intending to put his schoolbag in the drawer, but stopped halfway, feeling a bit uncomfortable, since he had previously released dead rats and cockroaches. Instead, he hung the schoolbag on the hook on the side of the desk.

Then, cross your arms over your chest, close your eyes to rest, and prepare for class.

Seeing Xue Jing's nonchalant and composed demeanor, as if nothing had happened, Li Ge couldn't help but exclaim, "How dashing, Master Jing!"

"But why don't we choose to tell the teacher?"

Li Ge was somewhat puzzled.

Xue Jing closed his eyes and casually said, "Just like calling the police isn't a panacea, teachers aren't omnipotent either. Telling a teacher might solve the problem, but the process will definitely be very troublesome, and there will likely be lingering issues."

“I have a simpler solution that doesn’t require me to consult a teacher.”

Li Ge hummed in agreement, remained silent for a moment, then couldn't help but say, "You're so handsome, you have a strange kind of adult demeanor... or perhaps the composure of a strong person? The way you said those words was a bit arrogant..."

The two were chatting when suddenly a shout came from the classroom door: "Xue Jing, someone's looking for you!"

Xue Jing turned his head and saw a pretty female student wearing a school uniform skirt standing at the door.

It was the same female student who brought him the towel during yesterday's physical fitness test.

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Chapter 9 School Spirit

The junior's eyes were red and swollen, as if she had just been crying, giving her a pitiful and fragile appearance.

She waved to Xue Jing from afar, forcing a smile as a greeting.

Seeing her like this, Xue Jing suddenly understood and murmured to himself, "So that's how it is..."

"Huh? What brings this junior here? She's got guts. She didn't even wait for lunch break to end before coming straight to our class to find you." Li Ge was taken aback.

He was a little nearsighted and wasn't wearing his glasses at the moment, so he didn't see the junior's expression clearly. He just smiled at Xue Jing and said, "Be gentle when you reject her, don't hurt her feelings too much. Actually, trying to date is a good thing. These long, white legs aren't an insult to you..."

Xue Jing didn't say much, just grunted and got up to walk out of the classroom.

Many students noticed the pretty junior at the door, and given the earlier announcement, they all knew she was there to see Xue Jing. They all turned to look at Xue Jing as she walked out of the classroom.

After Xue Jing and his junior left together, the fire of gossip was ignited in the class, and a wave of discussion broke out.

……

Xue Jing followed his junior to the stairwell at the end of the corridor. Since it was almost time for class, all the students had gone into their classrooms, and there was no one else in the corridor.

"This is it."

Xue Jing spoke up.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

As soon as the junior heard Xue Jing speak, tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

"I'm sorry, senior, it's all my fault..."

She began to recount what had happened. Because she was crying so hard, her words were broken and intermittent. In her emotional state, her words were also difficult to understand. However, Xue Jing did not urge her. He simply listened patiently to her finish speaking, only asking her questions when there were parts that he really couldn't understand.

After the other party recounted the entire incident, Xue Jing finally understood what had happened.

In short, this pretty second-year student has a classmate who is pursuing her, named Pei Youguang.

This name was very famous in the affiliated high school. Xue Jing remembered that he was the kind of school bully who 'had a lot of influence' in the school.

The problem still stems from yesterday's physical fitness test, when the female student brought him a towel.

Yesterday, someone told Pei Youguang about him taking the towel, and this morning Pei Youguang loudly declared in class that he would teach Xue Jing a lesson.

"..."

Although Xue Jing had a premonition that something was wrong when he saw his junior coming to him with tears in her eyes, he still found it a bit ridiculous after it was actually confirmed.

"Senior, I'm so sorry. I begged him for so long not to bother you, but he wouldn't listen..." The junior sobbed, wiping away her tears.

Xue Jing: "..."

Are you sure this isn't adding fuel to the fire?

He was speechless.

If he didn't know that these teenagers often don't think things through, he would have suspected that this junior was deliberately stirring up trouble.

A young man who thinks of using force to compete is obviously extremely impulsive. Hearing someone he likes plead for someone else will only ignite his anger. He might even subconsciously feel that he did the right thing and found the 'weak point,' otherwise the junior wouldn't be so afraid.

However, Xue Jing did not blame her.

He nodded and said, "I understand. You can go back now."

He paused again, then said, "...This is not your fault, don't worry about it, I will handle it."

Is there something wrong with the junior? Probably a little.

But to say that the problem is that big is an understatement.

Even if Bao Si, Da Ji, and Yang Guifei made mistakes, the biggest blame should never fall on them.

"Senior..."

The junior was very touched.

"I've always..."

She wanted to take this opportunity to say something, but found that Xue Jing turned around and walked straight back to his class, clearly not intending to listen to what she was going to say next.

"..."

The junior understood what he meant. It was a seemingly cold but actually gentle rejection. She was silent for a while, gave a self-deprecating smile, and left dejectedly.

……

"So the person who's causing you trouble is Pei Youguang?"

Li Ge stroked his chin, his brows furrowing as he listened to Xue Jing recount the events.

"This is not good, Master Jing."

Xue Jing pulled out the Chinese textbook for the first class from his schoolbag, placed it on the table, and casually replied, "How so?"

“You don’t get much access to this kind of news, so you might not know, but Pei Youguang is a very troublesome person.”

Li Ge explained.

"Let me put it this way, if our high school had a Sorting Hat, he could have gone straight to Azkaban."

"This guy is from the martial arts club. He bullies his classmates all the time because he knows a little martial arts. You can hear news about him beating up someone every few days. I also heard that he often harasses girls."

Li Ge moved his chair closer to Xue Jing and lowered his voice: "These are not the key points. I also heard that this person has killed people and raped female classmates."

"As far as I remember, it was last semester when a girl in Class 7 of the second grade suddenly transferred schools. It was said that she transferred because he bullied her."

Xue Jing frowned: "Is this for real? If he really did something like that, how could he still stay at school?"

Li Ge: "That's what I thought too, but then I found out that the students who were bullied by him didn't dare to tell their teachers or parents, and the school seemed to be turning a blind eye."

"So I asked the second-year students and found out that Pei Youguang's father works for a ruling member of parliament and has a very strong background."

"Actually, it's obvious when you think about it. If these bullies didn't have strong backgrounds, how could they get into our affiliated high school?"

The ruling councilors are theoretically the highest level in the power pyramid of a city. There are about thirty of them in the entire city of Qingcheng, including one chief and three deputy chiefs.

Being able to work under a member of parliament certainly indicates having extremely powerful connections.

Xue Jing thought for a moment and asked, "He's killed someone before?"

Li Ge shook his head: "There is no specific answer to this, but many people have seen Pei Youguang carrying a knife. If he dares to do something like that, it's not surprising that he has killed people."

"Should we tell the teacher? What if someone like Pei Youguang really tries to kill you?"

Li Ge was extremely worried.

Xue Jing smiled.