Jiang Wan sneered, "So Master Zhong is so spineless? It was just two slaps, and you immediately admitted your mistake? I thought Master Zhong was a man of noble character and unyielding integrity. Someone with no principles like you, how dare you be a teacher and educate students? Are you even worthy?"
Master Zhong's face turned pale, then flushed red, but he dared not retort a single word.
Seeing his cowardly demeanor, Jiang Wan felt utterly disgusted, but she wasn't done with him yet.
"Yesterday, you spanked my little brother's bottom, and today you still want to inflict corporal punishment on him. How do you plan to resolve this, Master?"
Master Zhong remained silent, unsure of how to satisfy Jiang Wan.
Jiang Wan kicked him, sending him sprawling in front of Sanlang. "Apologize to me! Otherwise, this young lady will send you to meet your ancestors today and tear down this filthy place!"
Master Zhong was naturally unwilling. He considered himself a scholar and had been a master for so many years. Admitting his misjudgment after being beaten was already his limit. If he were to apologize to a student, how could he ever show his face again?
"Young lady, don't act rashly. If you go too far, your whole family won't be able to live in this Yao County."
Jiang Wan let out a cold laugh. "Even now, you dare to threaten me?"
Jiang Wan delivered a kick to Master Zhong's chest, causing him to vomit blood instantly.
Before he could even get up from the ground, Jiang Wan's small hands tightly gripped his throat.
Though Jiang Wan's hands were small, they were incredibly strong. Master Zhong felt as though his neck was being pierced, and he cried out in agony.
"I apologize, I apologize..."
Compared to his life, what was a little bit of pride?
Master Zhong knelt before Sanlang without any dignity, his voice low and subservient, "Jiang Cheng, I was wrong, Master. I shouldn't have wrongly accused you. I was confused. Please forgive me."
"Master?"
Jiang Wan let out a cold laugh. "You, a dog's spawn, dare to be my little brother's master? Are you worthy?"
Master Zhong, terrified, quickly said, "I am not worthy, I am not worthy, I am not worthy!"
Jiang Wan nodded. "Good. Your responsibility has been accounted for. Get out of here!"
Master Zhong felt as if he had heard celestial music. He scrambled away, fearing that if he was a moment slower, he would lose his life on the spot.
Jiang Wan turned her head and looked at Zheng Xiaoshan, who was already stunned into silence.
Zheng Xiaoshan met Jiang Wan's eyes, trembled, and wet himself.
Jiang Wan stepped forward and grabbed him by the collar. "Even a dog that eats someone else's food knows to wag its tail. Your Zheng family is truly worse than pigs and dogs!"
"We didn't bother with you before, and instead of showing gratitude, you insisted on causing trouble. Since that's the case, I, Jiang Wan, will see this through to the end! I want to see just how powerful your shameless brother-in-law really is!"
With that, Jiang Wan tossed Zheng Xiaoshan away like a sack of rags.
Zheng Xiaoshan hit the ground, rolled several times, and then fainted, whether from fear or the fall, it was unclear.
Jiang Wan turned to the other students. "You, whoever else has bullied my little brother, step forward yourselves!"
The students were so scared they burst into tears and fell to their knees, begging for mercy.
Sanlang, fearing that Jiang Wan would hit these children as well, quickly stepped forward to stop her. "Wan Wan, they didn't lay a hand on me. Let's just drop it. Don't pursue it further."
Seeing the pleading in Sanlang's eyes, Jiang Wan could only stop.
Not pursuing it now did not mean she wouldn't pursue it later.
A gentleman's revenge is never too late, even after ten years. As a young girl, she usually got her revenge on the spot. If not on the spot, then the next day!
So Jiang Wan withdrew her murderous aura and said to the students in the courtyard, "You all be careful, or I'll kill your entire families!"
The students burst into wails of fear.
They did not doubt Jiang Wan's words for a moment.
Jiang Wan turned to the room where Master Zhong had hidden and said, "Old scoundrel, if you want revenge, bring it on. This young lady is ready to play anytime!"
Sanlang, fearing she would rush in and beat Master Zhong again, quickly pulled her away.
The siblings left the private school. Sanlang went to collect his schoolbox and the scattered belongings.
Jiang Wan called for Xiao Hei, summoned Xiao Mazai, and together with Sanlang, headed towards the outskirts of the city.
Sanlang said worriedly, "Wan Wan, Master Zhong is good friends with Master Wan. This whole affair started because of Zheng Xiaoshan, and Master Zhong will definitely go to Master Wan. Wan Wan, we might have caused a great disaster."
Jiang Wan narrowed her eyes. "Then we'll eliminate the source of the disaster early!"
Sanlang's eyelids twitched. He quickly blocked her path. "Wan Wan, what... what are you planning to do? Little ancestor, please don't act recklessly again. Are you really going to break the heavens?"
Jiang Wan looked up at him. "Little brother, actually, I've never quite understood our family's way of dealing with things. When people have already bullied us to our faces, why must we always endure?"
"All the previous matters concerning the Jiang family were life-threatening, yet the family always tolerated them. We clearly have the ability to make them afraid to reach out for us!"
Most people in this world, including Jiang Pan and Chen Yueshi, adhered to the principle of leaving a sliver of room for future encounters.
She had tried to accept this concept before, but now she believed it was unnecessary for certain people.
Like this Master Zhong, if she showed him leniency today, tomorrow, their Jiang family might be harmed by Master Wan.
So, why keep the source of danger alive?
Being lenient to enemies is cruelty to oneself.
Sanlang found Jiang Wan's thoughts dangerous. He pulled her to the side of the road and patiently explained, "Mother and Father endure because they fear the world's opinions and criticism will affect us. Wan Wan, Daliang has laws. If parents accuse their children of filial impiety, the children will be sentenced to exile."
"Mother and Father's repeated forbearance is simply because they are afraid we will be implicated."
Jiang Wan grudgingly accepted this explanation, but... "What about Master Zhong and that damned Master Wan? Why not deal with them?"
Sanlang sighed helplessly. "Wan Wan, the law is not a joke. If we injure them, they don't even need to act against us personally. They just need to report us to the yamen, and we'll be in deep trouble."
Jiang Wan said faintly, "Then we'll do it carefully, so no one can find any fault."
Sanlang felt his scalp tingle. Why did his little sister have such dangerous thoughts, completely disregarding the law?
"Wan Wan, don't have these dangerous thoughts. Although you are young, the law does not distinguish by age. You must not act rashly."
"Regarding today's incident, after we get home, tell Father that I did it. Father has entered the yamen now. We'll tell him about this, and he can ask Lord Cheng to think of a solution and see how to smooth things over."
Jiang Wan thought for a moment. "Alright then, you go tell Father. I'll take Xiao Hei home first."
Sanlang considered it and nodded. "Then you go back first. Don't wander off."
Actually, he was worried about letting his little sister go home alone, but it was more important to go tell Father about Master Zhong. And he was worried that Father might see something amiss and hit his little sister, so he had no choice but to let her go back alone.