105 Big Tree's Fear

Eventually, lunch ended, and Zhou Lei needed to go back to his seat. He recalled that the next subject was history, which he dreaded.

However, the girls looked strangely pumped up. They exchanged gazes with each other as if they were going to war.

Zhou Lei couldn't comprehend what the girls were thinking, so he buried his head under his hands.

Meanwhile, Lin Guiying also didn't understand what her classmates were planning at first. However, when she saw them looking at Zhou Lei, she immediately knew that it had something to do with him.

'Come to think of it, with his abnormally perfect appearance, it wouldn't be weird if he had a large number of pursuers in this school.

Well, after befriending him, I know that he isn't that kind of guy...' Lin Guiying felt relieved. 'Wait, why did I feel relieved?!'

.....

Zhang Liu walked up the stairs with his laptop on his left side and papers and records on his right.

As he arrived in front of the door, Zhang Liu reached out his hand a little and turned the knob. He then pushed the door with his body.

"Good morning class..." He entered the classroom. Everyone who stood around or wasn't on their seat rushed to go back.

They sat properly and composed themselves. Other than Sir Chen, this new teacher really was intimidating!

In any case, Zhou Lei didn't notice what had happened since he fell asleep again.

Zhang Liu placed everything he brought along on the wooden desk. He scanned the room and saw that, yet again, this student beside the window was sleeping!

"You. Wake him up." He couldn't be bothered to care about him more than he did now. After all, it was his decision to fall asleep and not listen to him.

Even though this had an effect on his own grade as a teacher, it was minimal.

The student beside Zhou Lei poked his side. The latter instantly raised his head and looked around at a rapid pace.

He saw the intimidating teacher and froze up.

Placing his hands on his desk like a decent student, Zhou Lei had a weird smile on his face.

Satisfied with his student's behavior, Zhang Liu started the lecture. All of a sudden, the timid-looking students perked their ears up and carefully analyzed his every word.

The teacher was pleased. He never expected these students of his to be so enthusiastic!

His newly developed technique, 'Point Out the Mistake', not only made the students motivated to listen to him, it even required that they do an advanced reading. It was two birds in one stone!

As his lecture proceeded, he noticed that the majority of the boys didn't have the same enthusiasm as the girls. 'So girls are more diligent than boys, eh?'

Eventually, the lesson finished.

Suddenly, every girl in the classroom raised their hands. Some even glanced at the other's hands before they raised theirs higher!

Most of the boys didn't raise their hands, although the few who did were raising their arm in a coquettish way...

"Eh..." Zhang Liu had no idea which hand to choose. However, he found one that wore a black glove behind the classroom. "You, over there, at the very back!"

Everyone put their hands down, letting Zhang Liu take a good look at who he picked. All of the students also turned to look at who their teacher picked.

It was someone in a gimp suit.

.....

Big Tree opened his eyes slowly, regaining his consciousness.

Remembering what happened, a tear flowed out his eye. 'My future...'

As he just woke up, his first instinct was to stretch his hand out. However, before he could stretch it far, he hit something that hindered his hand from extending further.

"This... it's wood?" Only then did he realize how small the space around him was. "What the hell?"

He groped around the space until he found a handle and pulled it, opening the small cabinet he was stuffed in earlier.

"Ah, it's light!" After staying in that dark place for long, the sight of brightness made his pupils constrict. He hurriedly raised his hand to block the source of light - the bulb on the roof!

"You, over there, at the very back!"

As this voice reached his ears, his eyes adjusted to the brightness and saw countless hands raised up just like his, only to see them all go down.

Zhang Liu's eyes widened as he saw who raised his hand that high...

Big Tree panicked and hurriedly put his hand down. "Ah..."

'Wait, why am I panicking? They're just a bunch of kids! Moreover, they ruined my future!' His brows furrowed as he thought about getting revenge.

Well, this action was completely irrelevant since no one could see his expression through the black rubber suit on his face anyway...

"Student, what is that?!" Zhang Liu, of course, had knowledge of what the supposed student was wearing while hiding behind everyone. "Remove it, right now! Let me see your face!"

Hearing the teacher shouting at him, Big Tree got more indignant.

Meanwhile, the students, specifically the ones that fended off the kidnappers earlier, looked at the man behind them dumbfoundedly.

Their gazes pointed towards the three who told them that they would take care of the unconscious man.

These three were Lu Xi, Ye Muqi, and Fan Xinyue. Feeling everyone's gazes on them, the three felt cold sweat drip on their backs. Then, they recalled their conversation earlier.

"Uh... what will we do with this guy?" Ye Muqi poked the body with the tip of her foot.

"My underlings can dispose of his body. There's a lake not far from here-" A glint flashed on Lu Xi's eye.

"Erm, there's no need to go that far! Anyway, I made the first strike against this guy, I'll take care of it!" Fan Xinyue pointed to herself with her thumb.

Fully remembering the contents, Fan Xinyue felt a shiver go down her spine. Lu Xi and Ye Muqi now targeted her.

Seeing as two of the three looked at Fan Xinyue, everyone else followed their leads and stared at Fan Xinyue as well.

Zhang Liu was unaware of the battle his students were undergoing right now. He was blinded by anger as he walked closer and closer to the man in the gimp suit.

In spite of the fact that Big Tree wasn't scared of the teacher walking up to him, he hesitated to remove the mask off his face, as it would raise the possibility of him getting identified. That would put the entire group at risk. There was also this sense of danger that told his instincts to stay away...

"Oh, acting stubborn, aren't you?" Zhang Liu stared at the lanky student and got more and more irritated.

Seeing as the student was unwilling to share their identity, Zhang Liu decided to deduce his identity himself.

Naturally, as he accepted the favor from his friend Fang Jinlian, he memorized everyone's names and faces already. Him making the students introduce themselves was just a formality. For him, it wasn't required.

He browsed through everything that his friend told him.

'Don't bother Ma Xiaoli...' ' There are two new students, but I don't know where one came from...' 'There are two Zhou Leis in the class. One is very handsome and thin, while one is healthy and plump. I don't know what happened to the plump one, he hasn't attended school for a week already.'

Zhang Liu analyzed that third one. 'This fat Zhou Lei hasn't shown up in my class yesterday or today. Maybe he has been trying to get thin since last week? And this is him now...'

"So you are Zhou Lei, huh?" He stated his deduction.

The man in the gimp suit froze up. His name was indeed Zhou Lei! 'But how did he find out? Did my friends sell me out?'

Zhou Lei, who didn't pay attention to what was happening, froze up as well. He turned his head slowly as he looked at his teacher. "Uh... teacher, I am Zhou Lei."

The teacher responded, "I know you are Zhou Lei! I am saying that this man's name is Zhou Lei as well."

Big Tree, who shared names with Zhou Lei, finally spoke. "You are right! My name is Zhou Lei... but how did you know?"

He grabbed Zhang Liu by his necktie, pulling him closer and closer. "Answer me!"

Now, Zhou Lei (gimp suit version) expected the teacher to be trembling in fear.

The students embroiled in their little trifle snapped out as they saw that their teacher was getting into dire straits! They all readied themselves for combat.

Zhang Liu went against his expectations, however. He simply adjusted his glasses before clutching the hand that held his necktie. "I'll only say this once: let go."

Despite the teacher's unexpected reaction, Zhou Lei (gimp suit version) smirked as he said, "Or what?"

Without an answer, Zhang Liu looked silently at the other party as his grip tightened.

"Only this?" Big Tree scoffed. His thoughts were quite different. 'He's quite strong. Well, not strong enough.'

A second passed. The grip tightened more.

Two seconds passed. Big Tree started panicking.

Three seconds passed. "Fuck! Fuck! Let me go!"

Big Tree used his free hand to punch Zhang Liu's face, but the latter effortlessly blocked it with his other hand as well. His grip tightened even more.

"I- I'll let go! I'll let go, okay?!" Big Tree felt his hand being crushed under the strength of his opponent's grasp.

Crack, crunch.

"Ah!!! Fuck! Let go!" Tears started flowing out of Big Tree's eyes.

Zhang Liu still had the same expression as before, astonishing the students who knew nothing.

Zhou Lei, who was disinterested previously, now felt that his eyes were about to pop out.

'This was probably what he was going to do yesterday...'

Lin Guiying didn't understand anything that was happening!

First, there was a man in a gimp suit at the back of the classroom. Then, this man had the same name as her best friend. Finally, their teacher was now crushing his hand?! What the heck happened?

It was only natural that she was ignorant about the matter. After all, her only friend in the class just so happened to be oblivious as well.

Finally, after a long and excruciating ten seconds, Zhang Liu let go of the hand. "Ah, shit. I'll probably get fired now that I attacked a student..."

His hand had blood on it. Obviously, this wasn't his own blood.

Big Tree fell to his knees as he held his crushed hand up. He looked at his fingers, which were all distorted and twisted the wrong way. "Ah, ah, ah!!!"

He looked up to the teacher and only now did he remember why he felt that this guy in front of him was dangerous.

He was the most infamous thug of the past decade - the Iron Grip!