"Let me go, let me go!" The girl’s hand was grasped by Ye Qiu, who held onto it with all his might, unable to break free, growing desperate, "What are you all spacing out for? Have you forgotten the purpose of today?"
Hearing the girl’s words, the several people behind her all moved at once, their faces grimacing fiercely.
Just as Liu Tong was nervously rolling up his sleeves to protect the teacher, an eagle suddenly flew in through the window behind them. It started attacking the group, scratching and pecking, leaving some with hair in disarray and others with blood marks on their arms. Whenever they approached Ye Qiu and Liu Tong, the eagle relentlessly launched its attacks.
"Damn feathered beast!" Various boys and girls screamed as they retreated, not knowing they were further infuriating Little Golden Crow. The curse seemed to strike a nerve in it, causing it to peck at them like mad, pulling clumps of red and yellow feathers from its legs.
Ye Qiu raised his eyebrows but did not stop Little Golden Crow’s actions.
If in his previous life Liu Tong had been ostracized due to Xuanyuan Junrui’s disdain, then this group of people was the direct reason for the deaths of Liu Tong and his mother. Most of the time, they were the ones truly bullying Liu Tong.
"Get away, get away, ah, my face!" The girl who had just tried to hit Ye Qiu was pecked most fiercely, her face scratched deeply with blood marks, breaking down nearly to the point of collapse.
"It’s you, isn’t it? The beast is yours, right?" A boy pointed at Ye Qiu and accused.
Ye Qiu spread his hands innocently: "This eagle flew in from outside. How could it be mine? Do eagles even listen to humans?"
"Then why doesn’t it peck at you?" Official source is novel~fire~net
"Perhaps because we are good teachers and good students, and you are bad students!" Ye Qiu chuckled lightly, then pretended to swing a textbook to shoo it away a couple of times.
Ten minutes later, Little Golden Crow had vented its anger, and this group of students was exhausted, covered in wounds, completely devoid of their earlier aggressive demeanor.
"Any other questions, students?" Ye Qiu asked with a beaming smile, holding a math textbook.
The group of students shrank back, then glared bitterly at him and Liu Tong. Witnessing this, Little Golden Crow, disguised as an eagle, screeched, making them cower again like quails.
"You wait, raising an eagle to harm students, the school won’t let you off," they spat vindictively at Ye Qiu as they were leaving.
"Mr. Ye, you won’t get into trouble, will you?" Liu Tong looked worriedly at Ye Qiu.
"No worries, they can’t touch me." Perhaps it was Ye Qiu’s confidence that made Liu Tong readily believe him.
Soon, Ye Qiu was summoned by Principal Fang again, and a horde of parents had stormed the school. Nowadays, with most families having only one child, each one is treasured by their parents, especially those from wealthy families, pampered beyond measure. Seeing their children return from school with injuries, they were instantly furious.
"Principal Fang, you have to give us an explanation today. We pay so much in tuition fees every year to send our children to study at your school, and this is how you treat them? If things are not handled properly, I will definitely take you to court," one parent declared.
"It’s a misunderstanding, this is all a misunderstanding!" Principal Fang’s round, chubby cheeks were sweating profusely.
"What misunderstanding, where is the misunderstanding? All I know is my son came back from school with injuries!"
"The school’s teacher dares to openly keep birds that harm people? He must be fired, and I will press criminal charges!"
"Mom, it’s him!" Just as Ye Qiu walked out into the corridor, a student pointed at him vengefully.
The group of parents immediately glared at Ye Qiu fiercely: "Was it you who raised the bird that pecked my child? Who gave you the audacity to do this? I’m going to sue you until you end up in jail."
"Look at my child’s face, can you afford to compensate?"
"Ah! Do you know how high my expectations are for my child? How is she going to get married if she’s disfigured?"
Ye Qiu took two steps back and quietly watched the group of parents and students explode in anger.
"It’s you again!" Principal Fang glared fiercely at Ye Qiu, "This time I must expel you, I’ll see who can protect you now."
Ye Qiu smiled lightly, a soft voice that everyone could hear: "Who said I let a bird hurt people? Is there any evidence?"
"You dare talk about evidence? There’s surveillance in the office that clearly recorded how that eagle harmed people, and you still want to argue?" Principal Fang was so angry that his face turned red, and he roared.
"Since you’ve all seen the surveillance, then you should know that the eagle flew in on its own, what does that have to do with me?" Ye Qiu shrugged innocently.
"That bird is one you are raising, otherwise why wouldn’t it peck you? I think you orchestrated this."
"How would I know? I live and eat at the school, where do I have the time and place to raise an eagle? And since when does an eagle obey humans? Isn’t that a joke? As for why it didn’t peck me, maybe it saw me being bullied and decided to act on behalf of justice?"
"You still dare to argue? I will definitely call the police to arrest you."
"Calling the police is fine, but who gets arrested is yet to be determined." Ye Qiu grinned at them fearlessly, "The surveillance clearly shows that these students started the trouble first. I neither laid a hand on anyone nor called for help, who can arrest me?"
"You..." Principal Fang pointed at Ye Qiu, his hand trembling, too angry to speak.
Seeing this, the group of parents turned livid, then they pressured Principal Fang: "Principal Fang, is this the kind of high-level teacher your school hires? Is this the attitude your school takes in handling matters? If you don’t give us a satisfactory explanation today, I will sue the school. Yes, we don’t have evidence that Mr. Ye raised the eagle, but our children being hurt at school is irrefutable evidence, and you cannot shirk responsibility no matter what!"
"Yes, yes, it is all our fault, everyone please calm down, I will definitely give everyone an explanation," Principal Fang appeased them.
The parents lifted their heads proudly, scoffing disdainfully, seemingly enjoying the flavor of being flattered.
"Ye Qiu, you are fired. Leave now, immediately, right this instant!" Sure enough, Ye Qiu had anticipated that the principal would do this, fortunately, she had prepared beforehand.
"Principal Fang, it seems you don’t have the authority to fire me." Ye Qiu smiled fearlessly.
"What do you mean? Pure arrogance." Principal Fang became angry, the sparse pair of hairs on his head seemed to be smoking.
"As the principal of this school, can you really be so negligent? Not even knowing that the school’s shareholders have changed? Hmm, with such negligence from a principal like you, I think it may be necessary to hold a shareholder meeting to discuss who should be the principal."
"What do you mean?" Principal Fang’s hair quivered.
Ye Qiu smiled towards him and the students and their parents: "What I mean is, I now own twenty percent of the school’s shares, you have no right to fire me, but I have the power to fire you."