Xia Nuannuan noticed something was wrong. She quickened her pace towards Cui Ying and saw her left cheek was noticeably red and swollen.
Rarely angered, she glared fiercely at Xu Ying.
Xu Ying lowered her head, avoiding Xia Nuannuan’s gaze, feeling both anxious and wronged.
Just over a month ago, Xia Nuannuan was a timid pushover in front of her, but now the roles had completely reversed.
She didn't want to admit she was afraid of Xia Nuannuan, but the presence of Qin Tian behind her made it impossible to stand her ground.
“I’m fine, let’s just forget it. Consider it us owing her.”
Cui Ying raised her hand to cover her aching, hot cheek and whispered to Xia Nuannuan.
“No way!”
Xia Nuannuan shook her head and told Xu Ying in an irrefutable tone, “You need to apologize to them.”
Xu Ying looked up at her, lips pursed, and remained silent.
“You can hate me, but why treat them like this?”
Xia Nuannuan questioned indignantly.
Xu Ying gritted her teeth and finally spoke, “Xia Nuannuan, this has nothing to do with you. I just don’t like the two of them.”
“You…”
Anger flared even more on Xia Nuannuan’s pretty face, but being someone who rarely argued, she was momentarily at a loss for words.
Fortunately, Zhang Peng was an expert in this area.
A playful smile appeared on his face as he took over the conversation.
“Then we don’t like you either, okay? Xu Ying, who do you think you are? Acting all high and mighty, aren’t you?”
Ignoring the hateful gaze Xu Ying cast his way, Zhang Peng feigned a look of disgust and continued to mock, “Don’t look at me like that. Looking at you makes me sick. I’m afraid I won’t be able to sleep tonight!”
“Zhang Peng!”
Xu Ying shouted sharply.
“What are you yelling for, calling for your dad? Ptooey, ptooey, no, no, I don’t have a brain-dead daughter like you…”
“Alright.”
Qin Tian patted Zhang Peng’s shoulder, interrupting his barrage of insults, and said to Xu Ying, “Evening study has already started, and I don’t want to waste time here. Give yourself a slap and apologize to Cui Ying and the others. Then we can let this go.”
“Impossible!”
Xu Ying refused without hesitation, her threatening gaze flicking towards Cui Ying and Qiu Man.
Qiu Man lowered her head with a troubled expression, lost in thought.
“Qin Tian, let’s just forget it. It’s not that big of a deal.”
Cui Ying looked at Qin Tian and advised, a hint of pleading in her eyes.
For Qiu Man’s sake, she was willing to suffer this injustice.
“Is there some hidden reason? Is that why you obediently followed her out of school?”
Qin Tian guessed their thoughts and asked directly.
Xia Nuannuan and Zhang Peng were taken aback, then immediately understood, looking at Cui Ying and Qiu Man with questioning eyes.
Qiu Man still kept her head bowed deeply, while Cui Ying’s expression was conflicted, her eyes flickering.
“Trust me, tell us. I can think of a way to help you. You were lucky this time someone saw you leave with her and notified us. If this isn’t resolved, there might be a next time,” Qin Tian said seriously.
“Cui Ying, just say it. We’re all friends, we can help you,” Xia Nuannuan also chimed in anxiously.
Cui Ying looked at the two, wanting to speak but hesitating.
“Think about the consequences. They can only protect the two of you,” Xu Ying suddenly threatened.
She was getting a little anxious now.
“Xu Ying, shut up!”
Xia Nuannuan suddenly yelled at her angrily.
“You…”
Xu Ying was instantly furious.
How dare someone like Xia Nuannuan yell at her?
“Did you hear me? I told you to shut up. Try saying another word?”
Qin Tian’s cold voice rang out.
Xu Ying’s face changed, and she bit her lip, daring not to make a sound.
Seeing this, Cui Ying gritted her teeth and explained the reason for the incident.
After Qin Tian and the other two understood, they were filled with righteous indignation at Xu Ying’s disgusting behavior.
At this moment, Jiang Hang and the other person Qin Tian had knocked down had also stumbled to their feet.
“She’s right, you’re strong, we can’t beat you. But the loss we suffered today, we’ll get back from her younger brother.”
Jiang Hang suppressed his anger and said grimly.
“Why do you have to do this? Xu Ying, if you want to hit someone, hit me! Just don’t trouble my brother.”
Qiu Man’s eyes turned red with urgency, and she shouted loudly at Xu Ying.
Xu Ying’s lips curled into a cold smile, and she didn’t respond.
“Damn it, the three of them are really a pack of bitches!”
Zhang Peng’s face turned ashen with anger, and he cursed, but couldn’t think of a good solution for the moment.
“Are you feeling very smug?”
Qin Tian’s expression was calm and collected as he swept his indifferent gaze across the three of them.
Xu Ying’s heartstrings tightened instantly, and the slight smugness on her face vanished.
Jiang Hang and the other person also felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy, their eyes towards Qin Tian filled with apprehension and fear.
“Xu Ying, since you have no regard for classmate solidarity and resort to such disgusting petty tactics, don’t blame me for being impolite.”
As Qin Tian spoke, he held out his hand to Zhang Peng beside him, “Where’s my phone? Give it to me.”
“Ah? Oh!”
Zhang Peng was stunned for a moment, then quickly took out his phone and returned it to him.
To everyone’s astonishment, Qin Tian directly unlocked his phone, then opened the video recording function, the camera slowly panning around the surroundings.
“It’s now seven forty in the evening. These are our classmates Cui Ying and Qiu Man from our class. They…”
“Qin Tian, what are you doing?”
Xu Ying shouted in panic.
Jiang Hang and the other person also panicked, scrambling to avoid Qin Tian’s phone camera.
Then Qin Tian completely ignored them, continuing to explain the situation. He then focused the camera on Cui Ying’s left cheek, which had been slapped, for a few seconds, and had Qiu Man explain the specifics of how Xu Ying had threatened her.
Qiu Man’s voice was choked with sobs as she cooperated and recounted the events.
Following that were Xia Nuannuan and Zhang Peng, who also described what they saw and heard when they arrived at the scene.
“When I arrived, I saw Xu Ying slap Cui Ying. That’s right, I saw it with my own eyes. She hit really hard. As soon as I saw it, I stepped in and saved them with my intelligence, and then…”
Zhang Peng spoke eloquently to the camera in a righteous tone.
“Enough.”
Before he could finish, Qin Tian clicked to end the recording.
“That’s it? Brother Tian, let me say a bit more. I haven’t finished yet. Let me describe in detail how I heroically saved the damsels.”
Zhang Peng pleaded, still wanting more.
“Get lost!”
Qin Tian gave him a roll of his eyes and cast a playful gaze at Xu Ying, shaking his phone and saying, “Understand now? This is evidence. Got it?”
“Qin Tian, what do you want?”
Xu Ying’s face turned as pale as paper. She never expected Qin Tian to pull off something like this.
Jiang Hang and the other person looked a little better, inwardly thanking their stars they hadn’t hit the girls themselves.
They felt extremely wronged. Logically, they were the ones who had suffered more severe injuries, and the parts Qin Tian had hit still hurt terribly.