Chapter 136 Kneel Down for Me!
Elbert hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, ""The mastermind behind all of this is Michael! He has always harbored a grudge against you. This entire scheme was his brainchild; I was merely executing it!"
Upon hearing Elbert's words, the students in the classroom immediately started whispering among themselves, and everyone turned to look at Michael.
No one had expected that the mastermind behind this was actually Michael!
"Elbert, what nonsense are you spouting? I never instructed you to do anything. I'm warning you, don't frame me!" Michael shouted, his eyes wide with agitation.
"This whole thing was your plan from the start. I even have the messages you sent me on Facebook. If you don't admit it, I can show everyone right now!" Elbert quickly retorted.
Michael' heard that, then his face turned pale, and sweat began to form on his forehead. He was at a loss for words.
"James, now that we've found the two people who framed you, what do you plan to do with them?" Arnold walked up to James and asked seriously.
James said slowly, "What they've done should be enough to get them expelled, right?"
"Absolutely!" Arnold quickly replied.
James turned his head and gave Michael a cold look.
Seeing the expression on James's face, Michael instantly panicked.
Michael's dad had spent a lot of money and pulled a lot of strings to get him into the University of Lumina.
If Michael were expelled now, his dad would definitely kill him!
Michael was extremely fearful that James would get him expelled.
"James, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have framed you. I'm begging you, give me a chance. I'll do anything as long as you don't expel me!"
Michael, who had always been a bully in the class, finally lowered his head in front of James, speaking in a very humble tone.
The students in the classroom were stunned to see Michael's submissive behavior; they found it all too unbelievable.
It was beyond anyone's imagination that the wealthiest student in the class would be pleading with a guy who earned a living by delivering food.
"Michael, you don't need to beg him. Who does he think he is?" Jennifer, unable to accept Michael losing to James, shouted at Michael, her expression agitated.
"James, I'm begging you, give me a chance! I'll do anything as long as you don't expel me."
Michael ignored Jennifer. To keep his student status, he had to swallow his pride and beg James.
The students in the classroom were all stunned, their expressions full of shock.
No one had expected such a dramatic turn of events today!
The real thief wasn't James at all; it was Michael and Elbert.
Elbert only exposed Michael for two reasons: he didn't want to betray Ashley, and he only had evidence of Michael instructing him, no one else.
"James, what do you plan to do with these two?"
Arnold knew James's background, so he left the decision to deal with Elbert and Michael to James.
"You two don't want to be expelled, right?"
James hesitated for a moment, then squinted at Michael and Elbert.
"Right, I'll do anything as long as you don't expel me!" Michael quickly replied without thinking.
"Alright, since you said that, I'll let you off this time..."
Hearing James's words, Elbert and Michael both breathed a sigh of relief.
But James's following words made their brows furrow.
"However, I want you two to kneel outside the classroom until 7 PM, and then I'll let you off!" James said expressionlessly.
The students in the classroom gasped upon hearing James's words.
"James, you're going too far! Don't push it!" Jennifer stepped forward, glaring at James with her fox-like eyes.
"If you think I'm going too far, you can choose not to kneel and just get expelled!" James turned to look at Jennifer, his tone icy.
"You..."
Jennifer was at a loss for words, not knowing how to respond to James.
In contrast, Michael stared daggers at James, finding his demand excessive and refusing to accept it.
But if he didn't accept it, he would face expulsion.
"James, we're all classmates. There's no need to go this far."
"Yeah, making Michael kneel outside the classroom is too much."
"James, you're going too far!"
The students in the classroom stood up for Michael and Elbert, feeling it was unfair.
"I'm not going too far."
James couldn't help but sneer at their words, then said expressionlessly, "When they framed me as a thief, none of you said a word. Now you say I'm going too far."
The crowd looked ashamed and, after hesitating for a moment, no one spoke up for Michael and Elbert anymore.
"Kneel or not?"
James walked up to Michael and asked coldly.
"James! I'll kneel!" Michael gritted his teeth and shouted.
Seeing Michael agree to James's demand, Elbert quickly followed, "I'll kneel too, I'll kneel too."
The students in the classroom were stunned, their expressions full of shock.
They couldn't believe that Michael and Elbert had actually agreed to James's seemingly unreasonable demand.
Janet squinted at James but said nothing.
She thought James was being so harsh because he had been bullied by Michael for too long, and Michael had stolen his girlfriend.
With old and new grudges combined, James had acted this way.
So, Janet said nothing more.
Having dealt with Elbert and Michael, James shifted his attention to the remaining students in the classroom.
Those who had previously insulted James looked terrified when they saw his gaze.
They knew that after dealing with Michael and Elbert, James would come for them next.
"Do you remember what I told you before?"
James asked the students in the classroom coldly.
