Chapter 60: Trick
After hearing the student's question, Xiao Yanci's face showed bitterness and unwillingness.

"My brothers, you may not know this, but my family was once quite wealthy, but we ran into a tyrannical bully who not only seized our property but also threatened to sell us into slavery. My parents died by banging their heads against the pillars in prison. I'm hanging on not because I'm afraid of death, but because I carry a blood feud, and I can't face my own death without revenge."

"Who is that bully? How can he be so lawless and disregard the law?" Several students shared a common hatred for the enemy.

"I haven't told anyone about what happened today. I ask you all to forget what you've heard and not tell anyone else. That bully has someone behind him who ordinary people like us can't afford to offend. If these words reach their ears, I'm afraid they'll bring disaster upon you all."

Several students' faces changed drastically and they didn't dare to continue the topic.

Su Yaoguang had good hearing and heard their conversation clearly.

As his first wife in his previous life, Su Yaoguang had no idea that Xiao Yanci had a blood feud. Whether it was true or just a lie, she had no way of knowing.

Zhang Zhaodi gave the two chicken legs to Su Yaoguang and Zhou Wangshu, and gave the duck leg to Jiang Jing.

Jiang Jing immediately passed the other duck leg to Zhang Zhaodi and said sweetly, "Godmother, if you don't want to eat it, we won't eat it either."

Zhang Zhaodi said loudly: "Eat, everyone, there is so much meat, let's eat more."

The students listened to the noise here with disdain in their eyes.

"This First Restaurant really caters to everyone now."

From their perspective, Zhou Wangshu was blocked, so they could not see his figure.

Xiao Yanci had seen him the moment he entered the room. However, when the students turned the conversation to Zhou Wangshu, he did not stop them.

"That Zhou guy is from the same village as you. I heard he even sold himself to a village girl to be her live-in son-in-law. Tsk, tsk, he's really a disgrace to us men. How dare such a person come to the academy and become our classmate? I feel ashamed to be associated with such a person. Brother Xiao, there's a world of difference between you and him. You are the cloud, and he is the mud."

"I heard it's only worth ten coins. Haha... Is that village girl too poor, or is he too worthless? Ten coins can't even buy a pound of meat, but she bought a living person."

"I was away a few days ago, and when I returned to the academy, I heard that the village girl had come. Have you seen her?" Seeing the others shaking their heads, the man asked Xiao Yanci, "Brother Xiao, you are from the same village as her, so you must have seen the village girl. What does she look like?"

"I haven't paid attention to it." Xiao Yanci said indifferently.

"How many good-looking country women are there? Needless to say, they are definitely ugly as Wuyan. That Zhou guy only has a decent face, and he relies on that face to coax women into spending money on him."

Zhang Zhaodi slammed the table and stood up.

Zhou Wangshu held Zhang Zhaodi and said gently, "Mom, don't be angry. It's not worth it."

As soon as Zhou Wangshu's voice came out, the students were stunned.

However, when they heard his advice to calm things down, their eyes became even more contemptuous and they no longer took him seriously.

"Some people feel guilty!" said the tall and thin student with a horse face in a sarcastic tone.

Jiang Jing said angrily, "How can these people be considered educated? They are a disgrace to society. Who do they think they are? They keep saying things that look down on country folk, but in the end they are worse than those gossipy women."

At that moment, a tall, burly man passed by. As he passed Xiao Yanci's desk, his knees ached, and he threw himself onto the table. With a single swipe, the food on the table was swept aside, spilling all over Xiao Yanci and the other students.

The incident happened so suddenly that the few people had no time to react. The dishes were freshly cooked and served, and the soup spilled on them, scalding them and making them scream.

The shopkeeper and his clerk heard the noise and rushed over.

"Dear guests, are you all right?" The shopkeeper and the waiter helped Xiao Yanci and others up.

The burly man got up, grabbed one of the students by the collar, and roared with a pair of fierce eyes: "You tripped me?"

"I didn't. It was you who overturned our table. How can you be so unreasonable?" the student said angrily.

"I was walking perfectly fine. If you hadn't tripped me, I would have fallen." The burly man insisted, "What's the matter? Are you trying to blackmail me?"

"I didn't, I...Brother Xiao, you can prove that I didn't trip him." The student looked at Xiao Yanci.

Xiao Yanci was in a bad mood because his newly changed clothes were in such a mess. In addition, the soup was too hot, and he had burn marks on several parts of his body.

At this moment, of course he would share the same hatred with the students. Even if he didn't know whether the student had tripped the strong man or not, at this time he could only say that he hadn't.

"Brother, we're sitting here peacefully, with our feet under the table. How could we possibly trip you?" Xiao Yanci said sternly, "You overturned our table, and we haven't even touched the food, so you have to pay for this. Also, we all have burns, so we have to pay for the consultation and medicine as well."

"You're still saying you're not blackmailing me?" The burly man put down the student's clothes and threw a fist at Xiao Yanci. "You dare to blackmail me? I'm going to teach you a lesson today."

The shopkeeper and the clerk hurried to dissuade him.

"Master Li, calm down. Master Li, calm down. Let's talk it over nicely. How about this: this meal is free. Please don't bother with it."

"Why should he be exempted?" Su Yaoguang pointed in the direction of the student and said, "I saw it with my own eyes. It was him who tripped."

The student glared at her and cursed, "You're talking nonsense. I didn't trip him. You're such a vicious woman, actually accusing someone wrongly."

Seeing someone testifying for him, the burly man surnamed Li raised his voice even louder: "I knew it was you, kid. What? You ate and can't pay, so you want to blame me?"

"I didn't trip you. That woman was just talking nonsense. She has a grudge against us and is deliberately trying to take advantage of our misfortune. Shopkeeper, you have to take charge of this for us!"

The shopkeeper couldn't afford to offend the strong man, but he still didn't take the poor students seriously.

He said unhappily, "Xuezi Zhang, if you eat, you have to pay. You can't use this method to blackmail others just because you don't want to pay! Boss Li is a well-known figure here. You wronged him and didn't even ask the dozens of people under him if they agreed."

"I didn't, I didn't..." The student was furious and looked at Xiao Yanci, "Brother Xiao, I'm really wronged!"

People gathered around to watch the excitement. Xiao Yanci saw that the shopkeeper and the man surnamed Li were holding them captive, and there was also a cunning and sinister woman deliberately slandering them. Even if they took the case to the government, they would not get any advantage today, so they had to accept the defeat.

"How much? I'll pay for it." Xiao Yanci said with a cold face.

(End of this chapter)

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