Rightful Compensation

"I didn't attack you," Niu Caijie insisted, falling back into her performance of sniveling vulnerability. "You're the ones who bullied me unreasonably. Professor, please… I'm so scared."

"Don't be afraid," the professor assured her. "I won't let them get away with hurting you." He leveled a withering glare at Tang Qiu. "Bargaining is useless. Refuse to compensate her again, and I'll have you expelled–I promise."

"I'm looking for Professor Zhao Guohao." A deep, masculine voice traveled into the office from outside the door, followed by its owner.

The principal.

"Principal Pang," Zhao Guohao greeted, startled. "What can I do for you?"

"I'm not here for you," the principal replied, his bespectacled gaze tinged with the barest hint of dry contempt. "I'm here to witness how exactly you dispense justice–if you can call it that."