?46: Chapter 46: Cold and Ruthless 46: Chapter 46: Cold and Ruthless The headteacher’s office completely descended into chaos, as several female teachers quickly dialed the emergency number and even reported the matter to the principal of Tianlan Academy.

    Meanwhile, a few bodyguards, looking aggressive, had already approached Ye Xuan.

    Clearly, they were about to start hitting Ye Xuan the next moment.

    “Stop!”

    Suddenly, a gentle voice came from outside the door, and Yun Mengyao, holding textbooks, quickly entered the office.

    Her beautiful face looked very displeased.

    “Sun Wanxiang, what are you doing?”

    Yun Mengyao’s appearance took Sun Wanxiang by surprise.

    He quickly dismissed the bodyguards and, with a flattering smile, approached Yun Mengyao, saying, “Miss Yun, it’s really nothing serious.

    This kid was being unreasonable, and I just wanted to teach him a lesson.”

    “Sun Wanxiang, I’m warning you, this is Tianlan Academy, not a place where you can do whatever you want,” Yun Mengyao scolded with a disgust-filled face.

    “Yes, yes, you’re right, I’ll leave right now.”

    In front of Yun Mengyao, Sun Wanxiang shrank back, repeatedly apologizing.

    Then, he turned to look at Ye Xuan and said, “Kid, today I’ll let you off for Miss Yun’s sake.

    I hope you behave yourself.”

    “Let’s go.”

    Sun Wanxiang signaled to the bodyguards and was about to leave the place, but before he could take a few steps, a tremendous force suddenly exerted upon him, forcing him to kneel down abruptly.

    Bang!

    The floor thudded as his knees broke, and a sharp scream suddenly came from Sun Wanxiang’s mouth.

    Before they knew it, Ye Xuan had also appeared in front of him.

    “Did I allow you to leave?” Ye Xuan’s voice was cold.

    The sudden turn of events made Yun Mengyao startle, and she quickly looked at Ye Xuan.

    When she saw Ye Xuan’s face, she was even more shocked.

    “Is it you?”

    Yun Mengyao distinctly remembered Ye Xuan’s face; on that day at Tianlan Academy, this man had completely ignored her presence and severely punished her students.

    Unfortunately, Ye Xuan directly ignored Yun Mengyao.

    His expression was icy as he grabbed Sun Wanxiang by the hair and lifted him up.

    “Ah!”

    The intense pain from his scalp made Sun Wanxiang scream in agony as he struggled futilely in Ye Xuan’s grip.

    “Ten billion Xia Country Coins, not a penny less.

    If you can’t produce it, then prepare to leave your life here,” Ye Xuan said casually, yet the listeners around felt a chill, sensing that Ye Xuan wasn’t merely talking but was seriously intent on taking Sun Wanxiang’s life.

    “You bastards, save me!”

    Sun Wanxiang cursed loudly, snapping the bodyguards to action, who then ferociously lunged at Ye Xuan.

    Bang, bang, bang!

    After images whirled, and bones were completely shattered.

    Before the crowd could see what happened, several bodyguards were sent flying out, spewing large amounts of blood.

    Their chest ribs, broken in several places, rendered them completely unconscious on the floor.

    “Ah!”

    The scene caused shrieks from many female teachers, throwing the entire office into chaos.

    Bang!

    Ye Xuan casually lifted Sun Wanxiang and pressed half of his body onto the desk, picking up a fruit knife from the desk and stabbing it into the desktop.

    “I’m a reasonable person; if you’re out of money, there’s an easy solution—each finger for one million.

    Along with various other parts of your body, that should fairly compensate the ten billion,” Ye Xuan said softly.

    “You scum, if you dare, just kill me.” Sun Wanxiang roared, though scared inside, he didn’t believe Ye Xuan would actually take his life.

    Hearing Sun Wanxiang’s words, Ye Xuan’s lips curled into a cruel smile.

    A cold glint flashed across his eyes as he opened and closed them, and the next moment completely silenced the people in the office.

    Schlick.

    The knife rose and fell, severing a finger and staining the entire tabletop with blood as Ye Xuan pulled out the fruit knife from the table and chopped off Sun Wanxiang’s little finger.

    “Ah!”

    “My hand, my hand!”

    Fingers connected to the heart, and having one chopped off by Ye Xuan, Sun Wanxiang was drenched in cold sweat, screaming incessantly like a slaughtered pig.

    “Dad!”

    Sun Wanxiang’s daughter cried out and ran toward Ye Xuan, but before the young girl could reach him, Ye Xuan gave her a cold glance, halting her in her tracks with a look of extreme fear.

    “Classmate, please remember this principle; even if you’re powerful and rich, everyone must be accountable for their actions.”

    Ye Xuan, sounding like an elder imparting wisdom, schooled Sun Wanxiang’s daughter, yet in the girl’s eyes, Ye Xuan appeared as a terrifying demon.

    Ye Xuan took no further notice of the girl, picked up the fruit knife again, and placed it on top of Sun Wanxiang’s hand as his chilling voice rang out once more.

    “That finger just cost one million, and you still owe me nine hundred ninety-nine million from the billion you owe me.”

    “I... I don’t have that much money... please...”

    Pfft!

    “Ah!”

    As the blade flashed and another finger, the index, dropped, Sun Wanxiang didn’t even have a chance to beg before Ye Xuan chopped off another finger, rendering him speechless from pain.

    “Stop, just stop.”

    Yun Mengyao finally snapped to her senses, fearlessly stepping in front of Ye Xuan, desperate to snatch the fruit knife from his hand.

    “You maniac, how can you be so cruel?” Yun Mengyao’s eyes were reddened, seemingly on the brink of tears, as she grasped Ye Xuan’s hand tightly and rebuked him.

    Yun Mengyao, who had been gentle and exceptionally beautiful since childhood and was inherently kind, had never witnessed such cruelty, which she found utterly incomprehensible.

    At that moment,

    Seeing Yun Mengyao grabbing his knife-holding hand, Ye Xuan frowned slightly and loosened his grip on the fruit knife, allowing Yun Mengyao to snatch it from him.

    “I’m sorry, I forgot, this fruit knife belongs to the school,” said Ye Xuan, expressing his regret.

    But before Yun Mengyao could react, what happened next left her stunned in place, tears of either grievance or anger spilling from her eyes.

    Snap!

    “Ah!”

    Ye Xuan, acting on his own, snapped Sun Wanxiang’s middle finger, causing him to scream in agony, the disfigured finger attesting to the depth of Sun Wanxiang’s pain.

    Bang!

    All of a sudden.

    Sun Wanxiang’s daughter, her face streaked with tears, rushed to Ye Ling’er, kneeled in front of her, and cried out, “Ling’er...

    I was wrong... please, ask your brother to stop hurting my dad.”

    “You... get up.” Ye Ling’er, initially stunned, snapped to action when the young girl knelt in front of her, hurriedly helping her up.

    “Brother, let’s...

    let it be,” Ye Ling’er pleaded with Ye Xuan in a trembling voice.

    Seeing the crying face of the young girl, devoid now of previous arrogance, Ye Xuan slowly nodded, turned Sun Wanxiang loose, and said, “This time, it was just a lesson.

    Don’t think that having money means you can do whatever you want.

    The world is very big, and today you met me.

    If it were someone else, they might have taken your life.”

    With that, Ye Xuan didn’t give Sun Wanxiang and his daughter another glance and promptly walked toward the office door with Ye Ling’er.

    “You bastard, stop right there.”

    A choked rebuke came as Yun Mengyao, her face tear-streaked, quickly ran to Ye Xuan and blocked him with her outstretched arms.