You said you hated men, why are your eyes now full of love?-Chapter 59 - I Don’t Care

The office returned to silence.

Golden light filtered through the window panes, casting shifting shadows across the white-tiled floor. Ji Mu stood straight, sunlight wrapping around him like a soft veil.

The thermos on the table had long stopped steaming. In the corner, the lone potted plant had quietly bloomed.

He walked forward step by step. Ruan Qingqing stood there foolishly, listening to the sound of her own heart pounding in her ears.

"Let's go, silly goose."

Ji Mu waved his hand. "Spaced out?"

Ruan Qingqing blinked, the haze in her eyes fading. She lowered her head and tugged softly at his sleeve. "...No."

Ji Mu held back a laugh. Standing there like a statue and still denying it?

He didn't press her on her obvious lie. "Then let's go."

"Ji Mu, wait a moment."

The vice principal obviously couldn't let the girl leave so easily.

"I know you like to help others, but Ruan Qingqing is about to be transferred to another class." He adopted an official tone and flashed a seemingly sincere but actually hypocritical friendly smile. "Why not save your kindness for other students who need help? After all, a class is a collective."

Ji Mu paused. "Ah, right. I almost forgot."

The vice principal’s smile deepened. It seemed he wasn't as protective as the rumors said. Maybe he really was reasonable...

Slap.

A crisp slap cracked through the air. The vice principal's head snapped to the side.

His cheek burned, and he staggered, momentarily unable to stay upright. His expression was both confused and pained, and it took him a while to regain his senses and glare angrily.

"What are you doing?!"

Ji Mu flexed his wrist. "That slap was for the silly goose."

He'd shown up late, but the red mark on her cheek and the scattered books on the ground said enough.

Clutching his face, the vice principal ground his teeth.

Damn it. I was careless. This guy is still the same unpredictable lunatic!

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"Ji Mu, you can't hit a teacher no matter the reason."

The homeroom teacher was also shocked by the sudden slap and rushed to mediate. "Hurry up and apologize to Mr. Zhang."

Earlier, she had heard the vice principal describe the boy's strange and erratic behavior, but she thought he was exaggerating. Now, it seemed he had been understating.

"That's right! As vice principal, don't I have the right to discipline the students under my care?"

Seeing someone backing him up, the old man felt emboldened again, spouting some grand principles with a hypocritical tone.

"If you don't correct your attitude in school, you will definitely suffer in society. I'm being strict now for their own good!"

He was about to begin a speech, but he met Ji Mu's cold gaze and immediately lost his momentum, his demeanor shrinking. Still, he forced out one more line.

"...Besides, everyone goes through this. What's wrong with enduring a little hardship?"

Ji Mu remained expressionless. "Then you should endure more."

If enduring hardship really built character, where do all the idiots come from?

"Ji Mu, Mr. Zhang's actions were a bit extreme, but they were for the long-term development of the school," the homeroom teacher said, stepping forward with a slightly reproachful tone. "You were in the wrong to hit someone impulsively this time."

"Oh," Ji Mu replied flatly. "Since the class teacher said so, my actions just now were a bit extreme. I hope you don't mind."

He completely copied the formula, making a parody of an apology.

The teacher faltered, tasting the sharpness of the boy's words for the first time. For a moment, she couldn't find a reasonable and justified way to refute his words.

Mimicking her speech, Ji Mu slowly continued. "Every wrong has a wrongdoer; every debt, a debtor. Victim blaming has long become outdated. Why keep dragging innocent people into this?"

It was unimaginative, low, and malicious. Only in old Qiong Yao dramas would such abstract nonsense be concocted.

"Ji Mu, we have no intention of blaming Little Ruan," the teacher explained, knowing she was in the wrong. "We just want her to change classes to avoid the recent trouble. Recently, some incidents in the school were indeed caused by Little Ruan. We had no choice but to take this action."

She softened her tone, trying to appeal to reason and emotion. "You understand the importance of the exposure event in a month. If there is any blemish on our reputation during that time..."

"It's very simple," Ji Mu cut in. "Pick a more well-behaved student to give the speech."

About school spirit… what nonsense.

He no longer believed in collective anything. In his last life, he'd worked himself half to death just to survive. That illusion had long since shattered.

If his 25 million was being wronged, everything else was off the table.

The teacher's mouth twitched slightly when she heard the boy's answer. The whole event was designed for him. If the speaker wouldn't show, what was the point? How can others play if the board is turned over every time?

"Ji Mu!"

The vice principal, who had been watching silently for a long time, finally couldn't sit still.

"How can you be so irresponsible? When it comes to your own interests, even if you're intimidated, you must rise to the challenge. As the saying goes, the school is my home, and you should share its honor and shame. Yulan High School is now facing a great challenge. Yet instead of thinking about how to solve the problem, you choose to watch indifferently. As a part of this school and a representative of the freshmen, aren't you ashamed of your behavior?"

"No," Ji Mu said. "Because I have no morals."

"You—"

"Not only do I have no morals, I also have no manners," Ji Mu continued calmly. "Even if a stray dog barks at me on the street, I'll kick it. So what?"

"You— you..."

The vice principal pointed at him with a trembling finger, unable to think of a retort. After all, who can argue with someone who is ruthless enough to insult himself?

"If there is nothing else, we will leave now."

Ji Mu bowed politely.

"Of course, if the teacher insists on kicking the silly goose out, then I have no reason to stay either."

It was courtesy, laced with warning.

He pulled Ruan Qingqing, who had been silent for a long time, toward the office door.

They had barely taken a few steps when, after a long silence, the homeroom teacher called after him.

"Ji Mu. The prize for the exposure event has gone up. The principal said that the freshman representative will get at least 200,000 yuan more than before."

With no other options, she had to use her last trump card.

"Are you sure you want to give that up?"

She thought that, given the boy's money-oriented nature, this statement would more or less hit his weak spot.

But the answer she received in the next second was completely unexpected.

"It doesn't matter. I don't care."

The class teacher looked astonished.

"If all the mistakes of the school have to be borne by the victims…"

Ji Mu turned slightly, voice like wind brushing the branches.

"Then let someone else be the representative."

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