Chapter 79
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Dalit didn't even have time to get up, feeling completely stunned.
Goodness, this guy lying in the hospital bed knew Alastor?
Dalit, trembling, asked, "Boss, who is this?"
Alastor, not in a good mood, pointed at Dalit and said, "Drag him out and beat him until he realizes his mistakes!"
Dalit screamed, "Mr. Lee, Boss, I'm sorry..."
Two underlings dragged Dalit out and started beating him up.
Then Alastor turned to Ethan, "Master, I heard you were incredibly brave, going in and out of the fire several times."
Ethan smiled wryly. "What's the use of being brave? I'm now in the hospital."
Sophia, in an annoyed tone, said, "See if you still act tough. What would July and I do if something happened to you?"
Ethan nodded.
***
A few days later, Ethan, with his strong physique, had almost recovered.
After being discharged from the hospital, when Ethan entered the classroom, he found it completely empty!
Just as Ethan felt puzzled, the door suddenly opened. Zora rushed in with an anxious face. When she saw Ethan, her eyes filled with hope!
Zora's voice was tinged with sobs, "Mr. Lee, you're finally here! Please come with me!"
Seeing Zora's state, Ethan's eyes narrowed. 'Could something have happened to my students?'
Without much hesitation, Ethan followed Zora out of the classroom.
***
There was a secluded grove within Eastern Academy, meant for students to relax. As Ethan approached the grove, he heard a cacophony of insults and shouts!
Entering the grove, Ethan saw two groups of students confronting each other!
One group was led by Zared, and the other group was a bunch of exchange students.
Ethan recognized them as exchange students from Myanmar, each short and stocky, with fierce expressions.
Ethan's students were clearly at a disadvantage, with several boys sporting injuries.
Zared looked the worst, with torn clothes, a bruised eye, and even a trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth!
Ethan's face turned cold. 'Someone dared to hit my students?'
Until then, the students hadn't noticed Ethan's arrival.
One burly exchange student looked at Zared arrogantly, his face full of disdain. "A bunch of useless trash!"
His words provoked angry roars from the local students. "What did you say?!"
The exchange student sneered, "What? Don't you agree with me? I can beat you all with one hand, you useless wimps!"
Ellison, eyes burning with fury, said, "f**k! Even if it costs me my life today, I'm going to take down these bastards!"
Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Ellison was about to charge forward!
Zared stopped him. "Wait!"
Ellison's eyes narrowed. "Zared, are you going to stop me?"
Zared smirked. "Even though I dislike you because of Ethan, I haven't fallen yet. How can I let my buddy charge ahead of me?"
With that, Zared raised his arm and shouted, "Anyone who can still breathe, stand tall! Let them know whose land this is!"
Facing Zared's defiance, the exchange students showed cruel expressions. "Let's show these wimps what real strength is!"
Just as the two sides were about to clash again, Ethan's cold voice rang out, "Stop!"
With a stern expression, Ethan walked over step by step!
Seeing the teacher appear, the exchange students showed no fear, instead crossing their arms and looking at Ethan provocatively.
Ethan walked up to Zared. "Do you know the consequences of fighting in school?"
Zared sneered. "Expulsion, right? What's the big deal?"
Ethan asked indifferently, "So did you organize this fight?"
Zared replied firmly, "That's right! I forced my classmates to come and help me. If anyone's getting expelled, it's me. It has nothing to do with them!"
Ellison, standing by, stepped forward and said, "Mr. Lee, it wasn't like that!"
Zared shouted, "Ellison! Shut up!"
Ellison turned to Ethan and said, "Mr. Lee, you can't blame Zared for this. It was those awful guys on the other side who went too far! One of our female classmates, Fariha Lloyd, was dating one of them. But that guy is just awful. Not only did he get her pregnant, but he also flirts with other female classmates all the time! Zared heard about this and got so mad that he went to confront them!"
Ethan asked, "What did they say?"
Ellison said angrily, "Not only did they not admit they were wrong, but they also said shamelessly... that our country's women are born to be their playthings! That sleeping with them is our honor!"
Listening to Ellison, Ethan raised an eyebrow slightly, then turned to look at the foreign students and said calmly, "Is it all true?"
One of the foreign students wagged his finger and said, "No! No! Fariha and I were in a consensual relationship! In a consensual relationship, you can break up anytime! This... is the true essence of freedom!"
Zared cursed, "Nonsense! You're just toying with women!"
Ethan raised his hand slightly to calm the emotional students, then asked again, "Did you also hit my students?"
The foreign students raised an arrogant smile, "No no no! We are the victims here! Your rude students dared to lay hands on us noble beings. Don't they know that in our country, people like us are to be looked up to?"
He continued arrogantly, "So, dear teacher, you should make your students pay for their violence!"
Ethan laughed, "Oh? So you're saying my students hurt you?"
The foreign student nodded, "Yes! They injured several of us!"
A few foreign students stepped forward, some with slightly torn clothes, others with minor scrapes, the most severe having only a small bruise the size of a fingernail on their face!
In contrast, almost all of Ethan's students had visible injuries, with Zared being the most seriously hurt, already suffering from minor injuries!
Ethan laughed, "So what do you want my students to do?"
The foreign student said confidently, "Bow and apologize to us, and compensate for our injuries!"
Ethan's students shouted, "What?! Apologize to them?!"
"I'd rather drop out than apologize to this trash!"
"Shut up!"
Suddenly, Zared roared, and everyone fell silent!
Zared looked at Ethan and curled his lips slightly, "If I apologize, will it keep my classmates from being punished?"
Ethan tilted his head and looked at him, "What? Are you planning to take all the blame yourself?"
Zared smiled bitterly, "They shouldn't have their futures ruined because of this trash!"
Ethan asked, "Are you willing to apologize?"
Zared smiled slightly, "What if I'm not willing? To you teachers, none of you dare to mess with these foreign trash! We cherish our girls and wouldn't harm them a little, so why should they be bullied by these scums?"
Zared shouted, "You're afraid of the foreign students, but I do not!"
Ellison shouted, "Zared! We're not afraid either!"
The other classmates echoed, "Yeah! We're not afraid either! If we get expelled, we'll all leave together!"
Seeing everyone's emotional state, Ethan smiled, a deep sense of satisfaction in his smile.
Ethan expressed his thoughts aloud, "Everyone, I always thought you were a bunch of spoiled kids, arrogant, unruly, selfish, and violent! But I realized I was wrong! You're not bad at heart! At the very least, you have passion flowing in your veins!"
As he spoke, Ethan patted Zared's shoulder warmly, "However, there's one thing I must criticize you for! You are still students, your studies should be your priority. Didn't I teach you that whenever there's a problem, you should tell me first?"
After speaking, Ethan's figure flashed, moving to stand before the foreign students.
With just one punch, Ethan sent the foreign student flying more than 10 feet away!
Then he said calmly, "Your mistake is that you forgot one thing. I can stand up for you!"
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