He thought for a moment and said, "He must have been traumatized. I heard that whenever someone yells 'CPR' in front of him, he curls up and goes crazy."
"It's so pitiful." Dan Kaiquan no longer hated Shen Xinli, he only felt pity.
Dan Kaiquan exclaimed, "Of all the people he could have challenged, he had to pick my Brother Ning. Look, he got his karma."
After talking about Shen Xinli, he glanced towards Zhang Chi's spot to make sure he wasn't there yet, then he approached closer and lowered his voice:
"Last night, there was a fight in the boys' dormitory."
Hearing about the fight, Bai Yuxia became interested and asked,
"Someone from our class?"
"Yes, our class' Zhang Chi and Class 2's Qi Tianheng got into it, and they broke a basin in the dormitory." Dan Kaiquan gestured with his hands as he explained.
Originally sitting steadily and having breakfast in front, Dan Xiao heard the name Qi Tianheng and hurried over with his soy milk:
Chen Siqing asked, "Who won?"
Dan Kaiquan said, "It was a lose-lose."
"I was with Brother Nan, Brother Jun, and others standing in the corridor, watching and eating pancakes."
Dan Kaiquan quickly shared what grudges the two had with each other to those present, then continued,
"Qi Tianheng confronted Zhang Chi, called to make sure it was really Zhang Chi's number, exchanged a few insults, and then started fighting."
"You didn't see it, but that kid Qi Tianheng definitely had training. His punches were really clean and his body was hopping side to side, just like sanda on TV."
"Too bad it did no good. Zhang Chi landed a barrage of sucker punches; he nearly knocked him out. They ended up grappling."
"We brothers were laughing so hard at the sight, Brother Nan even choked on his pancake."
Dan Kaiquan knew Zhang Chi was at fault, so they didn't intervene to break it up.
Because there was no one in Zhang Chi's dormitory to break up the fight and Qi Tianheng was no easy opponent.
Dan Kaiquan was about to continue when he suddenly spotted, through the back door, Zhang Chi entering with a bruised face.
The classmates turned to look at him, surprised.
Wu Xiaoqi entered holding a basketball: "What happened to you, did you fall while playing basketball?"
Zhang Chi was somewhat of a basketball pal to Wu Xiaoqi, who didn't skimp on his concern.
Zhang Chi didn't say a word and went back to his seat. Wu Xiaoqi felt a bit awkward and took the chance to sit down while Pang Jiao hadn't arrived yet.
Until the first class, a math class with Mr. Gao Heshuai.
Class leader Huang Zhongfei called out for everyone to stand, and they all stood up to greet him. Gao Heshuai looked around, highly pleased, thinking back to when he first came to Class 8, how disrespectful everyone was compared to their polite greetings now, a change entirely his doing.
A muscle twitched across Gao Heshuai's face then suddenly, he caught sight of a student who hadn't stood up.
Gao Heshuai's smile vanished, asked the other students to sit down, and after checking the seating chart, he began his act.
"Most of our school's students are good, especially our Class 8, very diligent and eager to learn."
This flattery made everyone somewhat embarrassed.
Gao Heshuai raised his voice: "Yet, there are some students who come to class bruised and swollen!"
The student who hadn't stood up to greet him was Zhang Chi.
Gao Heshuai feigned a smile:
"What happened here, were you studying hard last night? Or did you get into a fight and end up ? You must be tough, surely you won, right?"
With basketball in arms, Wu Xiaoqi interjected, "It might not have been a fight. Could've been basketball."
Gao Heshuai sternly rebuked, "Hold your basketball and go stand at the back!"
Commanding, Wu Xiaoqi made room with pride and trotted to the back.
Gao Heshuai continued sarcastically, "Some of you, when you go out into society, please don't say you were my students. It's embarrassing."
Standing at the podium, he taunted, and the cornered Zhang Chi couldn't bear it anymore. Having been beaten up the night before and now endured these odd looks, and this ridicule from Gao Heshuai.
Zhang Chi spoke up loudly:
"From now on don't say you were my teacher. A person without professional ethics like you doesn't deserve it."
Hearing this, Gao Heshuai, fuming and furious—it had been long since anyone had dared to rebut him!
He pointed at Zhang Chi and roared: "You ingrate, get out!"
Zhang Chi ignored him entirely.
Gao Heshuai, furious, twitched in the face.
The students below, anxious and tense, knew very well that Gao Heshuai and another teacher, 'Brother Qiang,' were known as a formidable duo in Fourth Middle School, an esteem not undeserved.
Watching Gao Heshuai stride furiously, preparing to confront Zhang Chi physically.
Class leader Huang Zhongfei quickly ran into the aisle, trying to stop him, pleading:
"Mr. Gao, please calm down, don't stoop to his level!"