Chapter 148: She Cried Out from the Beating!

Under what circumstances would a man lay hands on another man?

One, loss of emotional control.
Because of words or other reasons, emotions escalate and a fight breaks out.

Two, competition or conflict.
Disputes caused by interests, misunderstandings, or other factors might also turn physical.

Three, games or joking around.
In some particular cases, play-fighting or jokes can lead to physical scuffles.

We’ll set aside other causes for now.

As for the current situation—

Watching Black Tall Guy and Pale-faced Wu wrestle with each other—

Clang clang clatter…
Bang bang thud…

From the table to the mat, from the cabinet to the basketball rack…

With such intensity, we can rule out roughhousing for fun.
Unless the two of them are about to kiss.

There could be competition or conflict, sure—
But both are elective course teachers; it shouldn’t have escalated to full-on brawling just yet.

So then—
Having ruled everything else out, emotional loss of control seems most likely.

As for the cause…

Miss Jiang could vaguely guess a bit.

Just as she was pushing her brain to the limit trying to reason it out—

The other girls around her gradually snapped out of their shock.

“Stop it!”

“Don’t fight anymore!”

“Teachers, please stop!”

Watching the two male teachers fight so fiercely, the girls didn’t dare get close—
They only shouted from the doorway.

At this moment—

Several P.E. teachers in nearby offices heard the noise and curiously came over.

But when they saw it was two fellow teachers fighting, they hurried to break it up.

It took several whole minutes.

With the help of several tall and burly P.E. teachers, they finally managed to separate the two.

In truth, they mostly just restrained Black Tall Guy.
A music teacher couldn’t possibly outfight a physically fit P.E. teacher.

So when the two were finally pulled apart—
Only Wu Xiaobai’s face was covered in bruises,
While Black Tall Guy was just a little dirtied.

However—

Though they were physically separated, their mouths were still going strong.

Each was taking turns viciously cursing the other’s family.

The insults were so flamboyant that even Jiang couldn’t help secretly memorizing a few lines.

Just then—

One of the P.E. teachers came over to the girls.

“You girls got here early—do you know what happened?”

Seeing that Luo Shanshan was about to speak—
Jiang Ning quickly tugged her arm,
Then spoke first:

“We don’t know. They were already fighting when we got here.”

Miss Jiang was no clueless fool like Luo Shanshan, answering every question honestly.

She knew how to frame things to give herself the upper hand.

If they admitted they had come to eavesdrop and happened to overhear some argument,
They’d definitely be pulled aside for questioning.

Who knows if that would bring trouble later. They’d definitely be resented.

“I see.”

The P.E. teacher lost interest in asking further and said in a serious tone:
“You girls should head back now.”

“And don’t talk about what happened here outside.”

Though Jiang Ning and the others were dying to know what led to all this,
It was a matter between teachers, and no way they’d let students know too much.

So the girls exchanged glances—
Nodded—
And slowly retreated from the equipment room.

Just outside—
Breathing in the fresh air, Sun Qian couldn’t help but blurt out:

“They…”

“Their insults were so nasty…”

“Didn’t think Mr. Wu could curse like that…”

Clearly, her idol mask had shattered.

To Jiang Ning, this was a delightful surprise.

But then, Luo Shanshan raised a different question.

“Between Mr. Tang and Mr. Wu…”

“Could it be hate born from love?”

???

Miss Jiang felt that one day she’d end up like a certain someone’s dad—
Whipping her till she howled.

Yep.
Pants-off whipping, that kind.

At that moment—
Jiang Ning suddenly glanced left and right.

After confirming no one was watching—

She tossed out:
“You all go ahead. I’ll catch up.”

Then she quietly moved to the other side of the bleachers.

If she remembered correctly—
There was a window on the side that connected to the equipment room.

And sure enough—

When she got there—

The window above was wide open.

Scattered voices floated out.

“I like… Du…”

“Who the hell… with him…”

Yep—
That was Black Tall Guy’s voice.

With just a bit of thought, Jiang could piece together the context.

Then another sharp voice came through:

“You… spreading what?!”

“I… you… Du…”

No idea what was being said, but soon another round of bang bang clatter came from inside.

That made Jiang a little frustrated as she looked up at the nearly two-meter-high window.

She was seriously tempted to climb up.

But just then—

A male voice came from behind.

“Student Jiang Ning, what are you doing?”

Jiang turned around—

The Disciplinary Director Liu Liang was standing behind her with a stern face. He adjusted his glasses and said calmly:

“Student Jiang Ning—”

“Eavesdropping is not something a good student should do.”

“Hehe… hehe… hehe…”

Jiang Ning forced a couple of awkward laughs, then took off under the director’s gaze.

When she got back to the playground, she was immediately swarmed by the gossip squad.

“Well?!”

“What caused the fight?”

“Money? Power?”

“Why can’t it be love?” Jiang Ning retorted unexpectedly.

But Luo Shanshan waved her hand.

“With how viciously they fought, they can’t be truly in love.”

Hearing this, Jiang was speechless.

Why hadn’t she realized in a past life that her friend Miss Nai Dai Shan was this obsessed with boy love?

Was she lacking affection?

Jiang Ning sighed gloomily.

“Sorry.”

“Got chased off by the Disciplinary Director…”

“Ugh…”

The group of girls instantly lost all interest and dispersed.

That P.E. class ended without a single glimpse of Black Tall Guy.

When Zhang Shuangshu returned from the equipment room to announce dismissal—
The gossip squad swarmed again.

“What happened?”

“Where’s Mr. Tang?”

“Mr. Tang’s not here. Mr. Qian from Grade 11 asked me to come announce class over.”

Zhang’s explanation sent Jiang Ning’s thoughts spinning again.

Normally, adults don’t have huge conflicts.

But if it escalates to a physical fight—

By workplace rules, both would usually be punished equally.

In serious cases, both could even be fired.

If Wu Xiaobai got fired, Jiang Ning would absolutely celebrate.

But Black Tall Guy was innocent.

If he got punished severely, Jiang’s conscience wouldn’t be able to take it.

Still, it probably wasn’t that serious.

Based on her deduction—
The rumors about the two liking each other had reached Wu Xiaobai.

And with rumors—
In this age of word-of-mouth gossip, there’s no way to trace the source.

So Wu could only confront the other party.

But whatever he said must’ve pissed off Black Tall Guy.

And so, they ended up fighting in the equipment room.

Jiang Ning wasn’t sure if her theory was correct.

But if it really was like that, they probably wouldn’t be expelled.

Plus, another key factor—
The incident hadn’t blown up.

Aside from their little gossip group and a few teachers, no one else knew.

So punishment shouldn’t be too harsh.

And as it turned out—Jiang Ning was right.

Mr. Wu, the fair-faced teacher, didn’t show up for music class that afternoon.

Instead, it was Yang Mei’s supervisor who came.

Amid a chorus of groans—

“Alright, everyone turn your Chinese textbooks to page 154…”
(End of this chapter)