People at the practical education center only want to drop out.

"If I could incur the chairman's hatred and be personally targeted, it might actually help my plan to drop out."

However, Horikita Manabu was unaware of these things.

Seeing Bai Lan's "tough on the weak, fearless of power, and righteous indignation," Horikita Manabu couldn't help but nod slightly, feeling very gratified and even more convinced of his previous guess.

"Unfortunately, Nagumo is too cunning! And he seems to have great ambitions... He is very dangerous!" Horikita Manabu was dissatisfied with Nagumo's refusal to "cooperate" earlier and secretly became more vigilant about the "dangerous" Nagumo.

Meanwhile, in his office, watching the surveillance footage, Sakayanagi Shigemori was also blaming Nagumo for being "insensible".

Just then, Nan Yun, who had just arrived at or rather run to the stairwell and was going down the stairs, suddenly couldn't help but sneeze.

When he sneezed, the pain aggravated the injury on his face, stimulating his tear ducts and causing his eyes to water, making his vision blur suddenly.

A sudden dizziness caused Nan Yun to misstep, her foot twisted, and she tumbled down the stairs.

The henchmen who followed quickly rushed over to help Nan Yun up and hurriedly took him to the infirmary.

After a doctor's diagnosis, it was found that Nan Yun had sprained his ankle, fractured his right elbow, and had several open contusions and abrasions.

Bai Lan had been fighting Nan Yun for so long but hadn't managed to inflict even a "minor injury," yet Nan Yun had taken care of it all himself.

Bai Lan had been "promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis" for Nan Yun for so long, just so that he could recover from his injuries as soon as possible and get beaten up sooner.

However, as the saying goes, "It takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone."

Although Nagumo only suffered a fracture, which is considered a relatively minor "bone injury," and Nagumo is in good physical condition and is still young, he has a strong ability to recover.

However, after this fall, it will take at least a month for Nagumo to recover to the point where he can move normally again and his bones can heal without the injury affecting his recovery.

When Bai Lan learned of this news, she felt extremely regretful, realizing that she shouldn't have scared him, which prevented her from beating up Nan Yun for a long time.

Of course, that's all for later.

Bai Lan's most pressing matter right now is to meet with the chairman and find a way to obtain more strong "policy support" for her withdrawal plan through this meeting, which means "being targeted."

166. Meeting with Chairman Sakayanagi

Horikita Manabu announced the arbitration results and left the task of quelling the students' voices to Tachibana Akane. Then he took Shirai to the chairman's office.

As Bai Lan was going down the stairs, she noticed some red liquid on the floor of the stairwell.

If he remembered correctly, these shouldn't have been there when he arrived.

Bai Lan's professional instincts kicked in for a moment.

As he passed by, he curiously took a closer look and even smelled it.

It's confirmed, it's blood.

Although the quantity was very small, it might have already dried out by now.

However, based on her experience, Bai Lan judged from its color and smell that the blood was very fresh. If the blood had not been preserved, it must have been drawn from a human body not long ago.

There was most likely a bloody injury incident that occurred here not long ago.

"Speaking of which, it's the weekend, so not many people come to this teaching building to begin with, and even fewer people go up to this floor. The person who would come to the teaching building at this time, and who passed by this staircase before me... could the one bleeding and injured be one of Nan Yun's group?"

Thinking of this, Bai Lan couldn't help but pray in her heart: "I hope Nan Yun is alright, otherwise my plan won't be able to proceed!"

Bai Lan was lost in thought the whole way.

Shortly after.

Bai Lan and her companion finally arrived at the door of the chairman's office.

Horikita Manabu stepped forward and knocked on the door. The sound and rhythm of his knock were just right, very ceremonial, and showed great politeness.

Soon, a gentle, deep male voice came from behind the door.

"Please come in."

Horikita Manabu opened the door and led the way in, his eyes fixed straight ahead, his gait steady and composed, yet exuding a sense of decisive efficiency.

Bai Lan followed behind at a leisurely pace, her hands in her pockets, swaying her upper body as she walked, her eyes scanning the layout of the office.

In short, he didn't show any of the "trepidation" one would expect when meeting a leader; instead, he acted as if he were visiting an amusement park.

Meanwhile, Bai Lan was thinking about where in the room the "axemen" could be hidden, where to plant explosives to cover the entire room with the least amount of explosives and effort, ensuring no one survived, and how to subdue the people in the office in the shortest possible time...

Because he was thinking about these dangerous things, a dangerous glint appeared in his eyes.

Moreover, he made no attempt to hide his thoughts and emotions, practically writing "I have a problem" on his forehead.

This was obviously done on Bai Lan's part.

As we all know, first impressions are very important.

Bai Lan planned to leave a bad impression on the chairman, so that if he made a mistake in the future, the chairman might push him towards expulsion because he disliked him and didn't want to see him getting in his way at school.

To prepare for the role, Bai Lan constantly recalled the performances of ruthless criminals in classic crime films when "scouting" locations, and then imitated them.

However, Bai Lan was also worried that the chairman might mistake him for some kind of ruthless bandit and call the police to arrest him frequently, so he restrained himself a little.

In short, you just need to make the other person feel that you are not easy to get along with and that you are not a good student.

While looking around the office, Bai Lan also saw the chairman of the board who had invited him to talk.

As she approached, Bai Lan, with her sharp eyes, noticed a document on his desk from a great distance, with some ink still wet in the lower right corner of the document.

The chairman was also holding a pen without a cap.

Generally speaking, unless it is signed on behalf of someone else, the bottom right corner of the blank area of ​​a document is usually where you sign your name.

In other words, the penmanship in that location should be a name.

And the beginning of that name seems to be...

Bai Lan continued walking.

"Chitanda"

"Sakata"?

"Sakaki"?

Is it still "土木卯"?

However, before Bai Lan could see clearly...

At this moment, the chairman looked up and saw Bai Lan and the other person entering the office. He immediately smiled gently and said, "You've arrived. Please sit here."

As he spoke, the chairman capped his pen, closed the documents on the table, and then gestured toward the sofa and coffee table beside him.

"Thank you!" Horikita Manabu said with a very polite bow.

When Horikita was learning to speak and bow, he simply opened his mouth and swayed his body, pretending that he had already "synchronized" with Horikita.

At this moment, Bai Lan was still wondering what the chairman's surname was.

At this moment, Bai Lan suddenly remembered the white-haired girl who had challenged him to a war yesterday.

Bai Lan recalled the girl's surname.

Sakayanagi! ?

In addition, the other party is suspected of "running a school at home".

Then, the more Bai Lan looked at those words, the more they seemed to resemble "Sakayanagi".

In other words, "Sakayanagi" is very likely the chairman's surname.

With this in mind, Bai Lan, curious, decided to confirm it.

At this moment, the chairman started looking for tea leaves under the coffee table, apparently intending to brew tea to entertain them.

This also shows that the things the chairman intends to discuss with Bai Lan will not be finished anytime soon.

After all, the tea was already brewed.

You can't just leave without even having tea, can you?

It also takes time for the tea to cool down.

During this waiting period, since we can't leave, we have to chat.

While the chairman was still selecting tea leaves.

At this moment, Bai Lan suddenly spoke up and greeted, "Good morning, Mr. Sakayanagi."

The chairman, whose mind was still on tea, subconsciously smiled and replied to Bai Lan's greeting, "Good morning? Haha, it's not early, it's already past eleven o'clock, it's practically noon."

Well, the other party only denied "morning", but did not deny "Sakayanagi".

"It's confirmed! The school really is owned by Sakayanagi's family, and her father is even the chairman of the board!" Bai Lan shouted in her heart.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Lan suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

"Why do I feel like this chairman's attitude towards me is a bit off? Is he being a little too friendly?"

In Bai Lan's view, her recent actions had caused such a commotion at the school, and the school must have spent a lot of effort to quell the incident she had caused in a short period of time.

As the school's chairman, one would not like, and might even dislike, a student like Bai Lan who causes so much trouble for the school.

As for the initial gentle smile, Bai Lan could understand it as the chairman deliberately putting on a friendly facade to maintain appearances, something like a "professional smile," and didn't take it seriously.

But when Bai Lan, without the other party being prepared, suddenly said "Good morning" to them at noon, which seemed like a joke, it was unexpected.

When faced with a joke from someone you dislike, most people would instinctively reveal some of their true feelings and show some dissatisfaction.

Jokes are a great way to gauge someone's first impression of you.

If the other person doesn't have a good impression of you, making inappropriate jokes can be offensive.

You'll feel offended if someone you don't like makes a joke about you.

Conversely, if you're thinking of getting closer to someone and suddenly find that person is willing to joke with you, you'll feel happy and feel that the relationship has become closer.

Of course, shrewd people don't easily reveal their true thoughts.

It's only effective to probe when the other party is off guard, just like Bai Lan did just now.

However, the chairman did not show any "disgust" in that situation just now. He laughed very naturally, seemingly pleased with Bai Lan's way of expressing closeness through jokes.

This means that the chairman likely had a good impression of Bai Lan from the beginning and was trying to get closer to her.

This puzzled Bai Lan greatly.