After Lin Feng and his group had completely left.
Li Yang, who was kneeling on the ground, shakily stood up.
He steadied himself against the wall and slowly walked out of the alley.
"I remember now..."
"Lin Feng, it was you!"
Li Yang had never paid much attention to school affairs.
He had gotten into the university more or less through some maneuvering.
He had relied entirely on his family’s wealth to get into Yang City University.
That was why he hadn’t recognized Lin Feng at first.
But after taking a beating, and hearing Yang Qiniang call out Lin Feng’s name and Su Ruoxi call the man "Brother Feng," it finally clicked.
"I’ll definitely find someone to cripple you!"
A vicious look appeared on Li Yang’s bruised and swollen face.
When he got home, he didn’t bother hiding the injuries on his face at all.
He didn’t even feel embarrassed.
With a hint of a sob in his voice, he ran straight to his father’s study without a word.
When Li Weimin saw his son burst in, face bruised and swollen, with tears and snot streaming down it, he was startled.
"My son, what happened to you?"
"Who beat you up like this?"
Li Weimin was furious.
He usually doted on his son.
He had never been stingy with money when it came to him.
Li Weimin felt that all those theories about raising sons frugally were nonsense.
A boy should be raised to be magnanimous.
And that kind of magnanimity had to be built with money.
You could say Li Yang’s current arrogance was inextricably linked to his father’s spoiling.
However, having reached his current position, Li Weimin was naturally not someone easily controlled by his emotions.
He asked with some suspicion, "What did you get into a fight with someone over?"
Hearing his father’s question, Li Yang felt a little guilty.
He stammered, unable to give a clear answer.
When pressed, he stuck his neck out and said, "They bullied me because they think I’m short! They called me a shorty!"
Li Weimin flew into a rage upon hearing this.
’Bullying my son just because he isn’t tall? Isn’t that just straight-up bullying?’
Veins popped on Li Weimin’s forehead. "Tell me who it was. I’ll go find him tomorrow!"
This was exactly what Li Yang had been waiting for. He gave his father a very detailed account of Lin Feng.
"How can someone like that even get featured in our university’s publication!"
"He’s absolute scum!"
Li Weimin had originally planned to have the university handle this.
Or perhaps go find this Lin Feng directly.
But when he heard that Lin Feng was someone featured in the Yang City University publication...
...his expression became dark and unreadable.
Li Yang, who had spoken until his mouth was dry, thought he had successfully incited his father.
But when he turned his head, he found that his father wasn’t echoing his anger.
Looking at his son’s bruised and swollen face, Li Weimin felt a pang of heartache, but he hadn’t completely lost his senses.
The Yang City University publication had always been very strictly vetted.
It was held in high regard.
Those who could be featured in it were basically all young, promising talents.
’For this Lin Feng to be featured in the publication...’
’His personal abilities and character definitely wouldn’t be as my son described—someone who attacks people just because he doesn’t like the look of them.’
’My son’s story is contradictory.’
Li Weimin suddenly realized this.
Although he doted on his son, he wasn’t muddle-headed when it came to major issues of right and wrong.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to expand his coal business across the entire Celestial Dynasty.
Li Yang didn’t understand why his father’s attitude had suddenly changed.
He only heard his father say, "You don’t need to worry about this anymore. I will handle it for you."
Li Yang felt like his head was going to explode.
’I talked myself hoarse, so why has Dad’s attitude become so hesitant?’
A simple-minded guy like Li Yang, who’d gotten in through connections, naturally couldn’t grasp these nuances.
However, he could tell from his father’s expression that there was no point in continuing to press the issue now.
He deliberately stuck his face close to Li Weimin’s, playing the victim. "Well, Dad, you have to get revenge for me!"
Li Weimin’s rationality wavered when he saw Li Yang’s pitifully battered face.
But reason still won out. He placated his son, "Don’t worry, I will handle it for you."
Having gotten his father’s promise, Li Yang finally returned to his room and called for a doctor to treat his wounds at home.
Lin Feng didn’t pay any mind to a buffoon like Li Yang.
To Lin Feng, trash like him was seen and instantly forgotten.
Right now, Lin Feng was busy with his gathering.
"Next week’s exams are so worrying. I can’t believe they’re scheduled so close together. I feel like I’ll never finish studying."
Jiang Chao said with some anxiety.
After saying that, he turned to Lin Feng. "Brother Feng, I haven’t seen you studying much. What are you going to do?"
Lin Feng stuffed a barbecue skewer into his mouth. "Stop borrowing trouble. Just worry about yourself."
With Jiang Chao’s mouth plugged, the table instantly became a little less noisy.
"Let’s just let the exams take their course. It’s not like we can defy fate in such a short time!"
Cao Ming was a carefree optimist.
So he wasn’t too worried about it.
He was more focused on his plans for the holiday break.
"Brother Feng, do you have plans for the break?"
Cao Ming asked while munching on a skewer.
Lin Feng nodded naturally. "The holiday is peak season for travel, especially with the New Year approaching. A lot of people will be traveling."
"We need to get a move on with our land project in Cyan Mountain Town. I’m afraid we’ll have to stay in Cyan Mountain Town for a while."
Cao Ming’s eyes lit up when he heard this.
He didn’t want to go home, so he was thrilled to hear that Lin Feng had a business trip planned.
"That’s great! I was thinking it would be so boring to stay home during the break!"
Cao Ming said.
Jiang Chao looked at Lin Feng eagerly. "I want to go on a business trip too!"
Lin Feng smiled at Jiang Chao. "Oh? Are you not happy working under Vice President Wang?"
Jiang Chao shook his head.
He had already learned a lot from working with Vice President Wang.
Jiang Chao was just a bit envious that Cao Ming would get to go have fun somewhere else.
Lin Feng knew exactly what he was thinking.
A mysterious smile spread across his face. "Cao Ming isn’t going there to have fun. During construction, that piece of land is just a construction site."
"If we’re short on people, Old Cao might even have to help carry some bricks!"
Hearing Lin Feng’s words, the smile on Cao Ming’s face vanished.
The grin on Jiang Chao’s face deepened.
"HAHAHA! I never thought, Old Cao, that after all this time, you’d end up as a bricklayer!"
Cao Ming viciously bit off a chunk of lamb.
He said, trying to salvage some dignity, "What’s wrong with being a bricklayer?"
"Bricklayers on a construction site make three or four hundred a day now. I’d be a highly educated intellectual carrying bricks. I wonder if President Lin will give me a raise for that?"
Cao Ming looked at Lin Feng, feigning a pitiful expression.
The others were stunned by his thick skin.
They all burst out laughing.
Lin Feng coughed, suppressing his laughter, and looked at Cao Ming with a pitying expression.
"A raise isn’t out of the question."
At these words, Cao Ming’s eyes lit up. He never thought his casual remark could actually get him more money!
Then, after a dramatic pause, Lin Feng continued, "But if you get a raise, you’ll have to keep working as a bricklayer there permanently."
"So? Do you choose this happy life of carrying bricks?"
The smile on Cao Ming’s face froze.
Everyone could see the bitterness in his heart.
"President Lin, you’re ruthless!"
Cao Ming gave a thumbs-up, then channeled his grief and indignation into his appetite, and went back to war with the lamb skewers.

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