School Beauty's Invincible Martial Expert

Li Dapang's analogy was very vivid and also very fitting.

The Jiang Family's Meida Group was indeed a large enterprise, and even a benchmark company in LJ City, one of the top ten dragon enterprises, with annual profits counted in tens of millions. Xiao Han's Hanmen Technology Company had just been registered and, moreover, only had a single storefront.

Comparatively speaking, Xiao Han's assets were so insignificant compared to those of the members of the Jiang Family that they couldn't even be considered a drop in the bucket.

"That's right!" Xiao Han nodded.

Just as the two were discussing the future of Hanmen Technology, Chen Zihan burst in from outside.

"Xiao Han," Chen Zihan said urgently.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Han curiously looked at Chen Zihan.

"Are you okay?" Chen Zihan hurriedly asked, "I heard… I heard that Jiang Xiaoliang's mother hit you?"

"I'm fine." Xiao Han shook his head and said, "She hit me, but I broke her son's arm. So, in the end, I came out ahead."

"You!" Chen Zihan gave Xiao Han an annoyed glance and said, "Look at you, always causing worry. Jiang Xiaoliang insulted you, but how could you resort to violence?"

Xiao Han revealed a bitter smile. In fact, it wasn't that he wanted to hit Jiang Xiaoliang, but at that moment he simply couldn't control his emotions. He didn't know why, but his emotions suddenly took over his brain, leading to such an impulsive action. Actually, Xiao Han was also annoyed.

If it wasn't for his impulsiveness, perhaps his mother wouldn't have suffered so much, wouldn't have been trampled upon.

Thinking of this, Xiao Han's eyes reddened.

"Alright, alright!" Chen Zihan hurriedly shook her head and said, "Jiang Xiaoliang's family didn't give you a hard time, did they? Are they demanding compensation, and how much?"

As she spoke, Chen Zihan hurriedly pulled out a bank card from her pocket.

"This is the New Year's money I've saved up since I was little." Chen Zihan hurriedly handed it to Xiao Han and said, "There's more than fifty thousand yuan in it. See if that's enough, and if it's not, I'll find another way to help you, okay?"

Xiao Han looked up at Chen Zihan, and tears that he had restrained finally began to trickle down.

At that moment, Xiao Han's icy heart was warmed by Chen Zihan. It was as if a warm breeze had blown away the millennium-old ice in Xiao Han's heart. Suddenly, he hugged Chen Zihan tightly, trying hard to control his tears, and said, "Xiao Han, why are you so good to me?"

"I…" Chen Zihan hesitated for a moment and then said, "Because I like you!"

"But, my situation is totally unworthy of you!" Xiao Han said through clenched teeth.

"No!" Chen Zihan shook her head and said, "Xiao Han, although you are poor now, it doesn't mean you'll be poor forever. I know you are someone who is not content with the status quo, and I know you are someone who dares to dream and act. I know you have your own dreams and aspirations.

I'm helping you not out of pity, but because I don't want such incidents to block your dreams and aspirations, do you understand?"

Chen Zihan was momentarily taken aback, then lowered her head and said, "Do you really have that much faith in me?"

"Yes!" Chen Zihan looked at Xiao Han firmly, holding his face in her hands, and said, "The Xiao Han I know is someone worth believing in, someone worth entrusting my life to. I will always remember what you once said to me, that a person should stick to their ideals, to their convictions."

Xiao Han's heart felt as if it had been brushed by the spring breeze.

In that instant, Xiao Han's expression changed from confusion, from complexity, to an unwavering determination, "Yes!"

"So… how should we handle this situation?" Chen Zihan asked, puzzled.

"I don't know!" Xiao Han shook his head, then said, "It's up to what they want. I guess they want compensation, an apology, and then to have me expelled."

"That's despicable!" Chen Zihan said angrily, "Compensation and apology should suffice, but to have you expelled as well? The Jiang Family is really being unreasonable."

"Who asked them to be rich and powerful?" Xiao Han said with a wry smile, "Who asked us to be poor? We deserve to be bullied!"

"No, I cannot let the school expel you!" Chen Zihan quickly said.

"Xiao Han, you can't help me," Xiao Han looked at Chen Zihan seriously, and then said, "So, let me deal with this matter myself."

"Can you handle it?" Chen Zihan said, teeth clenched, "I know the Jiang family's character, especially Jiang Xiaoliang's mother, she's the worst. Since she's brought it up, she will certainly follow through. So, I can't stand by and do nothing."

Though Chen Zihan's family was well-off, they were by no means wealthy. How could she possibly help Xiao Han?

"Forget it!" Xiao Han smiled and said, "Now that things have come to this, let it be. Anyway, nobody can do anything to me. Even if I am expelled, this world is not limited to just one path like studying. All roads lead to Rome after all."

"No!" Chen Zihan shook her head and said, "I must have a way!"

After finishing speaking, Chen Zihan took her leave early.

Watching Chen Zihan's departing figure, Li Dapang said in a gloomy voice, "I never expected Chen Zihan to be such a good girl. Xiao Han, you mustn't fail her."

"I won't!" Xiao Han shook his head and said, "She would only fail me; I would never fail her."

......

At six thirty in the afternoon, Mother Xiao slowly woke up. The moment she saw she was in a hospital, she grew anxious.

"Xiao Han, what... what happened to me?" Mother Xiao asked in a hurry.

"Mom, you're awake?" Xiao Han was elated and asked, "Are you hungry? I've prepared some dumplings for you!"

"Is this a hospital?" Mother Xiao became frantic, "No, no, we must hurry home. Staying here for a day must cost a lot of money."

"Mom, the money has already been paid," Xiao Han hurriedly said. "Please stop worrying about the money. Besides, you've been malnourished for so long, your body is almost at its limit; if you don't rest up properly, I'm afraid… you might collapse."

"Then… let's go home to rest," Mother Xiao hastily replied.

"You should eat some dumplings first," Xiao Han quickly opened the thermos box beside him, revealing twelve steaming hot dumplings with white skins and fresh meat filling.

"Have you eaten?" Mother Xiao asked.

"I ate two boxes," Xiao Han pointed at the fast-food boxes in the trash can beside him.

Only then did Mother Xiao slowly start eating the dumplings. She hadn't eaten all day and was terribly hungry by evening. She finished all twelve dumplings in one go. After eating, Mother Xiao started insisting on being discharged, so Xiao Han had no choice but to proceed with the discharge procedures for her.

Back home, Mother Xiao was constantly in tears.

"Xiao Han, you cannot be expelled, you must not be expelled!" Mother Xiao repeatedly uttered these words, as if Xiao Han's expulsion would signify the end of his life. For people of Mother Xiao's age, education was seen as the only path to success. Only through diligent study could one possibly achieve success.

"Mom, I know!" Xiao Han nodded and said, "But whether I'm expelled or not is not up to us."

Upon hearing this, Mother Xiao lowered her head and hesitated for a long time before she stood up from the sofa and slowly walked into the room.

Xiao Han didn't know what his mother was about to do, but he had a bad feeling. It wasn't long before Mother Xiao walked out of the room, holding an aged makeup box in her hands. The painted wooden box was somewhat speckled with age, and the wood itself appeared very old.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Mother Xiao walked slowly towards Xiao Han and then placed the box on the table. She gently opened the box to reveal quite a bit of gold and silver jewelry and then opened a hidden compartment that contained a bankbook.

Mother Xiao's expression became more solemn, and Xiao Han could also feel the heaviness of his mother's every move.

"Xiao Han, there are sixty-six thousand yuan here," Mother Xiao slowly handed the passbook to Xiao Han and said, "The password is your birthday. Withdraw the money. Go to their home to apologize, and give them all this money in exchange for their forgiveness. If this amount isn't enough, sell the jewelry as well, perhaps it will add up to a hundred thousand yuan. Maybe that will be enough."

All of this was the entirety of Xiao's family's assets. The tens of thousands of yuan that Mother Xiao had scrimped and saved over many years. Most of the gold and silver jewelry were also her early acquisitions, with a large part inherited from her own mother. Everything here was the most valuable possession of the Xiao family. Aside from these, all that was left was their dilapidated house.

"Mom, no, this is your dowry!" Xiao Han shook his head.

"For your future, your education, for you to get into university, it's all worth it!" Mother Xiao said earnestly, "You are the only descendant of our Xiao family, and our last hope. If even you can't make the Xiao family rise, then what use is there for me to keep these things?"

"Mom!" Xiao Han clenched his teeth and said, "I can't be so selfish, so heartless. You've never enjoyed any comforts in life, but you've been constantly giving. Look at you, your hair has turned white, and you have more wrinkles."

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"None of that matters," Mother Xiao said with a smile, appearing very composed, "As long as you succeed, even if I die, I'll have the face to meet our Xiao family ancestors."

Xiao Han lowered his head, realizing that he had been too impulsive this time. Not only had he been slapped, but he had also caused his mother to suffer and had involved many people who cared about him: his homeroom teacher Liu Jinmei, Principal Li Hengzhong, Chen Zihan, Li Dapang…

Xiao Han finally understood that he was not alone; there were many people behind him who cared about him.

......

The third day of Jiang Xiaoliang's hospitalization.

In the People's Hospital of LJ City, Jiang Xiaoliang was admitted into a special care ward, which was clean and tidy, equipped with a television, air conditioning, refrigerator, and a washing machine. It was said that the cost for a day in this ward was not insignificant. Moreover, a female nurse monitored the patient's condition twenty-four hours a day.