He Bofan was sixteen years old when he encountered campus bullying in high school.

Because of his good temper and being easy to talk to, a group of hooligans identified him as a soft target.

They followed He Bofan, blocking him at the alley he had to pass through on his way home from school, extorting money from him as protection fees.

Of course, these little punks didn't succeed.

Since being bullied as a child, He Bofan has been using his spare time to learn martial arts, sanda, and taekwondo.

These hooligans practically ruled the school, causing much suffering to many students who had no way to resist and could only accept being exploited over and over again.

This time, they messed with the wrong person.

He Bofan fought against five of them, sweeping them off their feet.

In less than ten minutes, he unilaterally resolved the fight.

When he told me about it at home, I was lying on the couch laughing uncontrollably:

"And then? Did they come looking for trouble again?"

He was shoveling food into his mouth and said, "No, they chased after me, calling me big brother and wanting to be my little brothers, but I didn't agree."

He Bofan disdained to join forces with that group of people and continued to focus on his studies.

Occasionally, when he encountered gangs bullying other students, he would step in to help, invisibly saving many students on the verge of collapse.

With a perfect three years of high school, He Bofan achieved the tenth-highest score in the whole school and got accepted into the finance and economics university he had always dreamed of.

During the celebratory banquet, my long-lost ex-husband showed up with his former mother-in-law.

Taking advantage of the guests being present, he opened his mouth and said that He Bofan now had prospects and demanded to be taken care of in his old age:

"I am the child's father. Half of his blood flows from me, and his bones are connected to his tendons."

The former mother-in-law was even more shameless, sitting on the ground in front of everyone and wailing, "He Le, this heartless woman, hides my grandson from me. I haven't seen my grandson in over ten years. I even dream about him at night."

"He is the seed of our Wang family. Now that the child is so successful, it's all thanks to our Wang family's blessings. I demand that the child recognize his ancestral roots."

Seeing the gazes of the crowd pointing at them, they felt embarrassed.

Unexpectedly, He Bofan directly grabbed a stick and broom from the hotel kitchen and drove the embarrassing mother and son out, declaring that he would never go back.

I hid among the crowd, unable to contain the smile on my lips.

If there weren't so many people, I would have been cheering and praising my son nearby, telling him he did a great job.

This little episode didn't affect He Bofan's celebratory banquet at all. Instead, it completely severed ties between me and my ex-husband's family, and we made up our minds to never have any contact again in this lifetime.