Transmigrating Into a Book, the Villain Becomes the White Moonlight!

19: Chapter 19 CollisionHe casually took his phone out of his pocket and, as if to prove his words, quickly composed and sent a message.

Coincidentally, there was an unread message sitting on the screen; the sender was Mu Xue.

He clicked it open to find a photo. The background was the prep counter of the rice noodle shop at the school gate, complete with a real-time timestamp watermark.

Over the past two months, Su Bai had never replied to these routine reports from Mu Xue. Yet, she seemed to be following some silent contract, punctually sending a photo with the time and location every day when she went to school, left school, or switched between different part-time jobs, proving that her itinerary was transparent.

Su Bai’s fingers slid across the screen as he skillfully operated his mobile banking app, transferring a thousand yuan to the card linked to Mu Xue.

Then he opened the chat box and typed a few words:

”Lunch is on me, have some rice noodles.”

The message was sent successfully, and the reply was almost instantaneous.

Mu Xue immediately sent a new photo.

Unlike the previous photo of the empty counter, several students in school uniforms were now seated in the rice noodle shop, and the background looked a bit noisy.

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Inside the Principal’s office, the atmosphere was so heavy it felt like it could be wrung out like water.

Kamii Ta-no, whose face was still swollen with clearly imprinted finger marks, sat dejectedly in a chair, his eyes a mix of humiliation and rage.

On either side of him were his parents, their faces ashen and their chests heaving violently.

On the school’s side, the Principal sat in the main seat, while several relevant Grade Directors, the Class Teacher, and teachers from the Student Affairs Office stood solemnly to the side, exerting a silent pressure.

The track and field coach also stood in the corner, his expression complicated.

”We have already clearly understood the course of events.” The Principal pushed the glasses up the bridge of his nose, his gaze behind the lenses very calm as he spoke first, setting the tone.

”This... wager was made voluntarily between the two students. Although our school has never encouraged, and even explicitly prohibits, students from engaging in such insulting betting matches, however—”

He changed his tone, his gaze sweeping toward Kamii Ta-no.

”Student Kamii, as a professionally trained member of the Track and Field Team, you took the initiative to provoke and compete against a regular academic student in your main event, the five-thousand-meter long-distance run. This behavior itself does not conform to the spirit of sportsmanship and is even suspected of bullying! Where is the decorum?”

”But our child was beaten! Look at his face!” Kamii Ta-no’s mother’s voice was shrill as she pointed at her son’s swollen cheek, her emotions agitated. ”For such a vicious violent incident to happen in school, you must give us an explanation! Severely punish the one who hit him!”

The Principal raised his hand directly, interrupting her accusation, his tone brooks no doubt: ”Regarding this matter, the school has already made a preliminary decision on how to handle it.”

He paused and said clearly: ”According to school regulations, and to maintain the reputation and discipline of the campus Track and Field Team, it has been decided that starting today, Student Kamii Ta-no’s membership in the school Track and Field Team is revoked, and he is to be dismissed from the team.”

”What?!”

”How can it be like this?!”

Kamii Ta-no and his parents cried out almost simultaneously.

Kamii Ta-no suddenly sprang up from his chair, his eyes wide, and shouted in disbelief: ”On what grounds am I being kicked off the team?! I am the victim!”

The track and field coach on the side sighed, stepped forward, and lightly patted Kamii Ta-no on the shoulder, his tone tinged with regret: ”Ta-no, listen to the school’s arrangement. Let’s... part on good terms. In the future, if you have time, you can still come back to visit the team.”

”Coach! I swear! I really didn’t initiate the provocation! It was him...” Kamii Ta-no desperately wanted to defend himself, trying to grasp at the last straw.

The coach shook his head and interrupted him, his voice low: ”Whether you provoked him or not, saying these things now doesn’t have much meaning.”

He gave Kamii Ta-no a meaningful look: ”This result might be the best choice for you and for the team.”

”I don’t want to leave in such a cowardly way! I’m one of the top athletes in the school!” Kamii Ta-no almost roared, his pride clashing violently with reality.

The coach was silent for a moment and finally replied calmly: ”It’s okay. The Track and Field Team... won’t stop running just because it’s missing you.”

These words were like the final straw, completely igniting the fury of Kamii Ta-no’s father.

”Baka! You’ve gone too far!” He stood up abruptly, his burly frame carrying a sense of oppression. He rushed to the desk in a few steps and slammed a palm hard onto the solid wood tabletop with a loud ’thud’!

He glared at the Principal and threatened word by word: ”If this matter isn’t resolved to our satisfaction, we will immediately contact the Embassy! We will accuse your school of being rife with campus bullying and seriously endangering the personal safety of international students! Furthermore, we will immediately apply for our child’s transfer!”

Facing this fierce and severe threat, the Principal’s face didn’t show the slightest panic. Instead, as if he had heard something interesting, the corners of his mouth curled into a very faint, almost mocking arc.

He leaned back slightly against the wide back of his chair, crossed his hands in front of the desk, and said slowly in an understated tone: ”It’s a deal.”

Kamii Ta-no practically rushed out of the Principal’s office, his steps hurried and heavy.

Behind him, his parents were still anxiously chasing and shouting:

”Ta-no! Wait! We’ll go to the Embassy to complain right now, and handle the transfer procedures while we’re at it! I don’t believe no one can handle them!”

”I’m not transferring!” Kamii Ta-no stopped abruptly and turned around, his eyes flashing with unwillingness and a nearly paranoid, fierce light.

It was at this moment that he collided head-on with a girl who had just walked in through the school gate.

”Ah—!”

A short cry of surprise rang out, accompanied by the crisp and heartbreaking sound of a phone hitting the floor tiles.

The person who was hit was Mu Xue.

She had just walked into the school gate and was habitually preparing to take out her phone to snap a photo with a timestamp at the school entrance to complete her daily report.

The sudden impact made her stumble a few steps, nearly falling over.

”Get lost!” In his rage, Kamii Ta-no didn’t even look. He roughly pushed Mu Xue out of his way like shooing an annoying fly, then rushed out of the school gate without looking back, quickly disappearing into the crowd.

Mu Xue steadied herself and, ignoring her aching shoulder from the push, her first reaction was to hurriedly squat down and pick up her phone.

She saw that the cheap phone screen was already covered in dense, spiderweb-like cracks.

She anxiously pressed the power button repeatedly, but the screen only flickered with difficulty a few times, lighting up with a few meaningless red and green lines before falling completely dark and unresponsive.

She looked up blankly toward the school gate; where was there any sign of Kamii Ta-no?

She couldn’t even find anyone to argue with or claim compensation from.

However, what made her more panicked than the damaged phone was that today’s photo report had not yet been completed!