"What? Are you scared now? You wanted to teach me a lesson, didn't you? What rubbish!" Chuck sneered. They were no match for him.
They had thought that Chuck was an easy victim to bully. They didn't think he would resist or defend himself. If Chuck had minded the bullying, they would have all been expelled by now!
After all, with just a phone call, Chuck could turn everyone into beggars. If they were poor, how would they afford to study here by then?
Lara's eyes were glowing in admiration. Chuck was just so muscular!
She felt herself start to get shy, thinking about how good Chuck's body looked. Her ex-boyfriend, Conrad, had been a skinny fellow. "Compared to him, Chuck really takes the ball!" Lara thought.
Abigail, the teacher, blinked a few times to snap out of her daze. She didn't expect a sophomore to have such an amazing figure.
The other students though, were furious. They felt that Chuck was shamelessly showing off.
"Hey Chuck, don't you think you're being a bit shameless right now? You've learned martial arts, haven't you?" a student asked.
"No wonder I was beaten by you. You really are insidious. We're all classmates here, of course, conflicts would be inevitable! How could you punch us for real? Do you even think of us as your classmates?" a boy spoke up.
"Chuck, go to H*ll!" some other students yelled at Chuck.
"You're going to pay for what you did!" One of the students who had been beaten up yelled out.
His friend also said, "Yeah, pay up! I'll call the police if you don't, I'll send your sorry self to jail! I didn't even plan to hit you, but now you've crossed the line!"
"You'll get what you deserve!" Another student quickly added.
The students who were beaten up stood up from the ground, glaring at Chuck. They had lost all their dignity and they had to do something to gain their reputation back.
"You've all gone too far!" Lara couldn't help but burst out in anger. "You were the ones who started to gang up on Chuck! How can you demand him to pay for defending himself?" she continued.
"Lara, you're such a fool. You've been speaking up for Chuck these days. Could it be that you have slept with Chuck as well? You're really easy to get with, aren't you?" One of the classmates sneered and said.
Lara's face turned red at that. "What are you talking about? It was obviously your fault! You've lost the fight and yet, you want the other party to compensate for your loss? That is just downright shameful!" she refuted.
"Shut up, you fool! Is this how you should treat your classmates? My head is still dizzy from Chuck's punch! I might even have a concussion because of it! Why shouldn't he compensate me for hitting me?" the beaten students complained.
Lara was angry now. She started to head over their direction, planning to fight them.
Chuck pulled her back before she could even start. Lara felt thrown at that. It was so unfair! "Chuck! They..." she started.
Chuck shrugged at her, effectively cutting her off.
"How much do you want?" Chuck asked without an expression.
"Don't be so pretentious. You don't even have the money to pay us. Well, since you've asked, I demand you pay me 1,000 dollars! You punched me, so that would do!" a student said.
"1,000 dollars?" Chuck felt that the amount was a little strange, it was a lot smaller than he had thought.
"Why, do you not have a thousand dollars? Well, I don't care. Give me the money, or I'll call the police!" the classmate threatened while he took his phone out, ready to do the latter.
Chuck had to pay him on this day!
"Yes, you punched me just now too! My face is swollen, so now you owe me two thousand dollars!" another student said.
"Then, you'll have to pay me three thousand! You made me bleed!" another one added.
These students were beaten up and were asking for compensation. The money they demanded had added up to ten thousand dollars by the time they were all done speaking. The other classmates in the class were watching on, anticipating Chuck's move. They were waiting for Chuck to make a fool out of himself.
These people were impatient and they demanded, "Hurry up, do you hear me? Don't pretend to be deaf now. Cough up the money!"
Just then, Chuck took out his mobile phone and made a call, saying, "Betty, get me some cash. Now."
In less than half a minute, Betty came into the classroom with a bag in her hand. She walked towards Chuck, sparing a glance at the students there. She put the bag down and left straight after.
The people in the class frowned at the bag then. "How much is in the large bag? There must be only a few dollars!" they thought.
"Here you go," Chuck said as he took out 10,000 dollars from his bag. He threw the stack of cash at the classmate who had first demanded the money.
The student caught it, feeling a bit suspicious. Was this fake money? He tried to identify any flaws on the money print but did not find any. It was real. How in the world did Chuck get this much money? Did he just find it somehow? Goodness, how could someone be so lucky?
The other students in the class were stunned as well. How could Chuck be so generous? Ten thousand dollars? Didn't this classmate only demand one thousand dollars?
He was trying to show off again, wasn't he?
"Since you gave me this much, I'll have to take it," the student said, stashing the money away hurriedly.
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