The "Devil Principal" first made Fang Yi stand at the entrance of his classroom for the entire afternoon. As evening approached, he brought Fang Yi into his own office and made him continue standing in punishment.
The principal's office was dead silent, save for the steady ticking of a grandfather clock: "Tick, tock..."
The clock was clean and shiny, adorned with a golden, galloping pegasus. Fang Yi stared at it in a daze; he had seen wristwatches on other people and small, quaint alarm clocks in other people's homes, but he had never seen such a huge clock in his life.
Chapter 22