Chapter 214: Chapter 163: You Do the First, I’ll Do the Fifteenth! Retaliation
In the end, he left with a harsh threat: "You just wait. We’ll meet again."
"Senior, we’re top students at the Jinling Institute of Technology. Why are you acting like some street punk? If you have a problem, say it to my face. Don’t go pulling stunts behind my back. Besides, I’m the type of person who won’t bother anyone who doesn’t bother me. But if you start scheming, I’ll stab you in the back twice over," Jiang Sifan warned him in advance.
Xu Junjie just snorted coldly and left.
After he was gone, Gao Lao asked worriedly, "Sifan, how did you manage to piss off a third-year senior?"
"When I went to submit my startup application, that guy threw it straight into the trash," Jiang Sifan explained.
Hearing this, Qiu Zai flew into a rage. "Damn it, why didn’t you say so earlier? I thought you’d stolen someone’s girlfriend, so I didn’t dare to speak up."
"Am I that much of a degenerate? Stealing someone’s girlfriend?" Jiang Sifan joked.
"You punk, you’re so damn handsome. Isn’t it perfectly normal for you to steal someone’s girlfriend?" Gao Lao retorted. "If you’d just killed a few more people in-game just now, you probably would’ve stolen the girl I’ve got my eye on from the badminton club."
"It’s not that serious, not at all," Jiang Sifan chuckled.
Brother Ming asked curiously, "You think he’ll try to get revenge on you later?"
"It’s fine. Let him try. It’s not like he has much to retaliate against. If he really pisses me off, I’ll just bite back a few times." After the incident with Lin Qiang, Jiang Sifan had become much calmer about these things.
He understood the principle of trying courtesy before resorting to force.
As long as the other party crossed a line, he could retaliate under the pretext of self-defense.
Just then, Gao Lao shouted, "FUCK! They’re about to take down our tower! Defend, defend!"
And just like that, the three of them went back to their game.
Back in his dorm, the more Xu Junjie thought about it, the angrier he got.
One of his roommates asked, "Jun Jie, why is that freshman so arrogant? Does he have some kind of background?"
"He’s got jack shit," Xu Junjie said angrily. "If he had connections, he wouldn’t be trying to start a business part-time. It’s exhausting work for so little money."
"Yeah, everyone knows Young Master Jie’s parents work at the courthouse. Who would dare mess with our Young Master Jie? I think that kid doesn’t know his place," another roommate replied.
"So, Young Master Jie, are you going to get revenge?"
Xu Junjie nodded. "Of course. Damn it, that prick deliberately embarrassed me in front of a girl. You have no idea. That day, when I sat down, the chair was covered in chewing gum. It got all over my pants. I was so pissed!"
He then grabbed his electric scooter keys and left immediately.
In the afternoon, Jiang Sifan went to the entrance of the women’s dormitory to wait for Wen Wan.
When he saw her, he immediately waved. "Wen Wan, I’m over here."
Wen Wan saw him and walked over.
Jiang Sifan noticed her eyes were a little red and swollen, so he asked with concern, "Wen Wan, what happened to your eyes?"
"It’s... it’s nothing." Wen Wan seemed to be hiding something and shook her head.
Seeing that Wen Wan apparently didn’t want him to know, Jiang Sifan didn’t press the issue. Instead, he took her toward the campus gate on his scooter.
They started by following their plan, beginning with pitching their business to shops farther away from the school.
At first, the shop owners were a bit impatient and didn’t have much time to listen to Jiang Sifan and Wen Wan’s explanation.
But there were also some who were interested.
In the space of one afternoon, they successfully signed contracts with three shops.
Having learned his lesson from before, Jiang Sifan refused to lower his standards just to retain clients.
Everything came down to service and quality.
So now, a total of eight shops had genuinely recognized Jiang Sifan and Wen Wan’s abilities and entrusted their bookkeeping to them.
After getting this done, Jiang Sifan gave Wen Wan a ride back to the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Building.
Jiang Sifan explained, "Of these three new shops, you do the books for one, and I’ll do two. You should get more rest."
But Wen Wan shook her head. "No, I’ll do two."
"You just lent me money yesterday. I have to contribute more, or I’ll feel bad."
Hearing this, Jiang Sifan finally agreed. "Alright then, if you insist. You take two. Just let me know if it’s too much for you to handle."
"Hehe, it won’t be. I’m very capable," Wen Wan said with a smile.
Just as they reached the third floor, they found the hallway littered with papers.
One of them happened to drift to Jiang Sifan’s feet.
Jiang Sifan picked it up and was instantly shocked.
This was clearly data from the ledgers they kept in their workspace.
He immediately ran to Workspace 303.
Sure enough, the door to Workspace 303 was wide open, and so were the windows.
Papers were scattered all over the room.
Wen Wan was also baffled by the scene. She explained in a low voice, "That’s not right. I’m sure I closed the windows and door before I left."
Jiang Sifan’s expression turned ugly.
’I know who’s behind this.’
’It must have been Xu Junjie. He must have used his key to the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Building to open the door on purpose.’
He turned and marched toward the first floor, intending to settle the score with Xu Junjie.
Seeing this, Wen Wan quickly followed, afraid he would get into trouble.
But the door to the Dual Innovation Department was shut tight, and no one was inside.
Jiang Sifan wanted an explanation. He got on his electric scooter, intending to find Teacher Zhu and ask for justice.
He looked at Wen Wan and said, "Wen Wan, take pictures of everything upstairs and send them to me. I’m going to find Teacher Zhu right now."
Wen Wan said worriedly, "Be careful. Don’t be rash, and don’t lose your cool."
"Don’t worry, I know." After nodding, Jiang Sifan rode his scooter to the administration building.
As it happened, Teacher Zhu from the Dual Innovation Department was in her office.
When she saw Jiang Sifan approaching, she immediately smiled. "Jiang Tongxue, what’s the matter? Are you here to report on your startup’s progress?"
Jiang Sifan walked up to her, opened WeChat on his phone, and showed her the photos. "Teacher Zhu, you said you’d make Minister Xu apologize to me, but it’s been days and he hasn’t. I could let that slide, and even the sarcastic remarks he makes whenever he sees me. But today, he opened the door to my workspace and let the wind blow all my data sheets everywhere."
Teacher Zhu was shocked. "What? Something like that happened?"
Looking at the pictures, she immediately called Xu Junjie.
To show she was being fair and impartial, she even put the call on speakerphone.
"Hello! Jun Jie."
On the other end, Xu Junjie answered, "Hello, Teacher Zhu. What’s up?"
"Did you go to the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Building today? Did you open the door to Room 303?" Teacher Zhu asked, getting straight to the point.
Jiang Sifan was speechless when he heard this.
’Is this Teacher Zhu an idiot?’
’Who asks a question like that?’
Sure enough, Xu Junjie replied innocently from the other end, "I didn’t go to the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Building. I’ve been at the internet cafe with my roommates all afternoon, gaming together."
As he spoke, he sent over a photo.
The photo showed that his computer had been logged on for over four hours.
"Oh, okay." Teacher Zhu then hung up.
She looked at the photo carefully, then explained to Jiang Sifan, "Jiang Tongxue, I’m sure you heard. Jun Jie didn’t go to the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Building. See, this is proof that he was at the internet cafe playing games."
Jiang Sifan said, exasperated, "Teacher Zhu, how is that proof? He could have easily left his computer on and come back to trash the place."
"Jiang Tongxue, I think you’re mistaken. Jun Jie isn’t that petty. Besides, didn’t I already help you two clear the air last time?" Teacher Zhu was clearly getting annoyed with Jiang Sifan’s attitude.
She felt that he was deliberately trying to stir up trouble and pick on her student.
Teacher Zhu knew that this Jiang Sifan might have some connection to the school’s Principal Luo.
’But he can’t just go around unreasonably accusing people, can he?’
However, she still said tactfully, "Could it be that you forgot to close the door? Or maybe the wind was so strong it blew the door open. That’s also possible."
Seeing that Teacher Zhu was clearly favoring her own student, Jiang Sifan didn’t say anything more. He just nodded and said, "Fine. I probably forgot. My apologies, Teacher."
"It’s alright, it’s alright. It’s good that we’ve cleared the air," Teacher Zhu said cheerfully.
Without looking back, Jiang Sifan left.
After leaving the administration building, he decided to get revenge in his own way.
The next morning, Xu Junjie and his friends arrived at the Second Education Building for class.
They had just sat down when Jiang Sifan walked up to the lecturer’s podium and said calmly, "Hello everyone. I’m a first-year student, Jiang Sifan. I’m here today to apologize to a student in your class, Xu Junjie!"
The moment he said this, Xu Junjie had a bad feeling. ’This kid is here to cause trouble!’
