Chapter 176: Settlement

Panting heavily, Yang Xiao finally stopped his assault. He couldn't kill Xia Xiuyan; even more, he realized he had been impulsive just before. Xia Xiuyan was now injured, a fact that Sun Shengnan would certainly exploit, accusing Yang Xiao of extorting a confession through torture.

Yang Xiao yanked Xia Xiuyan up from the ground, his voice fierce and threatening, "I'm asking you, if anyone asks where you got your injuries, what will you say?"

"It was my own carelessness, it was dark and slippery, and I fell down the slope," Xia Xiuyan replied, a lot more sensible after Yang Xiao's moral education.

Yang Xiao smirked ominously, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, "Miss Xia, I remain skeptical about your character. You won't retract your statement, will you?"

"I won't, absolutely not. I am guilty, and I need to atone for my sins!" Yang Xiao didn't believe that someone like Xia Xiuyan could truly reform; she was simply afraid of Teacher Wang who had become a ghost, that's all.