Riches in Disguise

After dealing with Remy last night, I asked Mason to check Remy's background. As it turned out, he was the grandson of the Chancellor's second uncle.

This wasn't a secret, but not many knew about it, even amongst the teachers. But judging from Tom's expression, I was sure that he knew.

Tom was stumped for words. After a long while, he stammered in surprise, "H- How did you find out?"

I beamed innocently and brightly. "Would you believe it if I told you that it was my guess?"

Tom was too shocked to say anything as he looked at my smile. About a minute later, he said, "Even if that's true, you can't deny that you whipped out a knife in public.

"That's a controlled item. Why did you bring such a dangerous item with you?"

"If the campus could guarantee my safety, I wouldn't have it with me. But sir, since you know about the incident yesterday, then you should realize just how unsafe the male dorms are," I argued righteously.

When I stepped into the office, I had no plans of being humble.

"Do you think it's okay if I have nothing to defend myself with? What should I do if

I run into the same situation as yesterday? Would I have been able to protect myself with empty fists?

"If you think my opinions aren't objective, let's ask the media to be the judge. Should I bring a tool for self-defense or not?"

As they always said, "The squeaky wheel gets the grease."

This was true everywhere, even on campus. The reward for being a well-behaved student was simply avoiding bullies and graduating peacefully, even after being taken advantage of a few times.

Or, for the less fortunate, the bullies would torment them relentlessly until

graduation, leaving them with no one to turn to for help.

If anyone were unlucky and turned into the latter, I'd advise them to have a weapon to protect themselves. More often than not, justice and legislation weren't fair, so we had to rely on ourselves.

I knew that I was weak on my own, so I mentioned the media's support. I wanted to let Tom know that I was not a pushover.

Just as he wanted to pin me down, I had ways to pin him, and even the school, down as well.

As expected, Tom was startled by my threat. "Are you going to get media attention? William, do you still want to hang around the university?"

"Mr. Parker, what you just said is weird. I'm here to learn. What do you mean by hanging around?noveldrama

"Moreover, if the university acts with integrity, involving the media would bring positive publicity and enhance its reputation. Why are you mad?"

Tom was

livid as he glared at me fiercely. A few seconds later, he hissed through gritted teeth, "Fine Let's assume that you were right in yesterday's situation. Let me ask you. How are you going to explain yourself about Louis' case?

I glanced at Louis from the corner of my eyes and sniggered. Finally, we were

getting to the point.

"This morning, he pushed Liam at

the staircase, and he fell on me. Both of us almost rolled down the stairs. An eye for an eye. So, kicked him back. Is there a problem?"

Tom slammed the table with a loud bang. "What do you mean if there's a problem? What are you thinking, William?

"Louis told me that he pushed Liam, but only gently, and he was kidding with Liam. What about you? Were you kidding? What you did was murder!"

I silently snickered. He didn't bother with excuses and went straight to accusing me of murder.

"Mr. Parker, you can't throw that word around. Even though you're a counselor, what you said was too much, and I can charge you in court for that."

Tom was stunned. Typically, a counselor would hold significant authority over students. No one would dare challenge them unless they were prepared to risk not graduating.

Not only was I going against him, but I even used the media to threaten him and threatened to charge him in court. He probably had never met such a tough student like me.

"Y-You... William White, it doesn't matter if you sue me because you were wrong in this incident. I'm going to write a report criticizing you and publish it to the entire campus. Do you have anything against that?"