Chapter 8 A Groundless Punishment

At twelve o'clock at noon

At Glouland University, the sound of the final bell ringing was heard in Room 601.

The sun was shining brightly. Although Patrick rushed to his class, he was still late.

By the time he arrived, the teacher had left, and many students were packing up to leave.

The class representative was cleaning the blackboard when she saw Patrick standing by the door.

"Patrick, how dare you skip classes? You were not like this before." The class representative, Zenia Astley, was petite, and always wore her hair in a high ponytail.

She was excellent in studies, and was very kind-hearted, so all the boys in the class were fond of her.

"Sorry, I had something urgent to deal with." Since Patrick knew that he was in the wrong, he could not help but smile sheepishly.

"These lessons are very important. Find me in the library later in the afternoon and I'll help you."

Patrick didn't have much interaction with Zenia. They were both equally good at studies, and they were like competitors in class. He was a little surprised when she said that she would help him learn.

"No, thanks. I'll study them on my own. Thanks, rep."

Upon hearing Patrick's blunt reply, Santos Glyn frowned.

As a member of the student union, he was responsible for disciplining the students. He was just as brilliant as Patrick and Zenia, and he believed that he was handsome.

In fact, he had confessed his feelings to Zenia several times, but she had turned him down.

Hence, seeing Patrick, who was a poor guy studying with the help of scholarships, refusing the class rep's kindness, he was annoyed.

Santos didn't like the fact that Zenia offered to help Patrick. "Patrick, skipping classes is against the rules. I will report it to the student union and deduct your credits."

"I had something to deal with this morning. It's not like I meant to skip classes, okay?" Patrick replied honestly.

"Since I did not get any leave application from you, or any kind of notice from the teacher, you must be punished for your absence." Santos was quite pleased with himself, thinking that he had something on Patrick now.

"Okay, whatever. I don't care." Patrick was obviously not interested in talking to him and wasting his time.

The credits that he had accumulated until now were a lot, and even if he deducted credits for months, he would still have enough.

"As far as I know, you are supported by scholarships from the school, and if that's cut-off, then how will you live?" Santos didn't want to be nice to Patrick at all. He picked up his backpack, intending to leave.

"The distribution of scholarships is decided by the student union's assessment. Do you really think that you're the deciding authority in the matter?" Zenia asked with a frown.

"Of course! It is because I'm the one responsible for disciplining the students! I can deduct his credits over and over again, until they reach zero points. It won't just be his scholarship that gets affected, he won't even be able to graduate!"

"How can you do such a thing?" Zenia was so furious that she clenched her fists, trembling.

However, the more she tried to help Patrick, the more Santos despised him.

Santos was actually under the impression that he was a powerful member of the student union, and that a poor guy who lived off scholarships would not be able to change his decisions.

Zenia was at a loss when she saw him walk out of the classroom resolutely. "Patrick, you are in trouble! Although skipping classes is not a big deal, your credits will be deducted and now it will affect your scholarships." Zenia stomped her feet. "You are from a poor family and the scholarships are very important to you. Why don't you go talk to Santos? He is easy-going."

Patrick found her rather cute when he saw her being so anxious for his sake. It was the first time that he was with someone who cared about him and he was grateful for that.

However, he knew that Santos was not easy-going like she said.

Santos had been targeting poor students who were studying with help of scholarships, and bullying them for a long time now.

He had always used his authority to threaten other students. He even managed to bully some pretty girls.

In other words, Santos was a scum, and Patrick had been fed up of his condescending attitude for a long time now.

"Don't worry, it's just a small issue. I'll make him pay for what he did!" His face turned livid with rage and a devilish grin appeared on his lips.

Patrick had always followed the rules, so Santos had not been able to do anything to him until now. If Patrick had been like the other students, then he would have been forced to surrender his money, and that would not have been easy for him.

Fortunately, Patrick was nothing like the other students.

As the future successor of Nelson Group, how could he bring himself to plead with a guy like Santos? He believed that he should make Santos kneel before him!

Before Santos walked too far, Patrick followed him.

Just when they were about to reach the exit of the building, Patrick called out to Santos. "You haven't solved the problem of me skipping classes yet. Why are you running away?"

An evil smile appeared on Santos' lips. He guessed that Patrick could not afford to lose his credits and was ready to give him his money.

"Do you know my rules?" Santos turned around and rubbed his hands.

"One hundred or two hundred?" Patrick laughed. "I don't have money to pay you, but I do have a hell lot of money that I can burn!"