Translator: Noodletown Translated Editor: Noodletown Translated
“Gongzi, you have to take us to barbeque for lunch… yeah…”
Near the end of the fourth class, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili reminded Hao Ren happily.
Last night, due to the fact that Hao Ren got the scholarship, he took all his friends, including Xie Yujia and Ma Lina, to Hongji Square for dinner.
However, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili didn’t like to have dinner with Hao Ren’s buddies who were loud, so they asked Hao Ren to take them out for lunch instead.
“Okay, got it!” Hao Ren’s stomach was about to explode as he had had barbequed food for two days straight.
“Um, um!” Since Hao Ren did not go back on his words, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili were filled with joy.
Buzz… Buzz…
Hao Ren’s phone that was on the desk started vibrating, and the screen showed Zhao Yanzi’s name.
“This girl finished her classes already…” Hao Ren was ready for Zhao Yanzi to come and find him at any moment. He saw Zhao Yanzi’s name appear on his phone and knew that her lunch break had started.
The first class at LingZhao Middle School was earlier than East Ocean University. Therefore, their lunch break started before the fourth class of East Ocean University ended.
Hao Ren picked up the phone, lowered his voice, and whispered, “I’m still in class; I can’t take you to lunch.”
“Brother! Come to the front entrance of my school! Quickly!” Zhao Yanzi yelled on the phone before she hung up.
“Brother…” Hao Ren was speechless at first, but then he felt that something was wrong.
“Yujia, give me the key to your bike,” Hao Ren turned around and said to Xie Yujia.
“Oh…” Xie Yujia gave the key to Hao Ren. Since she saw Hao Ren’s worried expression, she couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, I will be back shortly.” Hao Ren, who was very relaxed, suddenly became serious. He walked out the back door of the classroom directly.
They were half-way through the class. The instructor was shocked to see Hao Ren suddenly leave, but the instructor did not stop him.
On the other hand, Hao Ren walked out of the classroom and went down the stairs. Then, he unlocked Xie Yujia’s bicycle and started rushing toward the front entrance of East Ocean University.
Since Zhao Yanzi called him, brother, it proved that she wasn’t in such big trouble, but she was indeed asking for help.
With Hao Ren’s speed, it would take him around 20 seconds to reach the front entrance of the university from his academic building. Hao Ren rode across the road and arrived at the entrance of LingZhao Middle School, and he saw Zhao Yanzi, Ling, and a boy surrounded by a few hooligans.
There were also some other middle school students watching from a distance at the school entrance.
These hooligans had always been wandering around the school entrance, trying to get some of the girls’ attention. Back in the days when LingZhao’s Middle School Department was still with the High School Department, these hooligans didn’t dare to wander around the entrance of the school since there were strong high school students.
Ever since the Middle School Department had moved away from the original campus to a place that was further away from downtown, the security forces had not been fully allocated, and these hooligans took the chance to came over and cause trouble.
“Are you Zhao Yanzi? Our boss likes you a lot. Come have lunch with him.” A hooligan, who had dyed blond hair and dressed in a leather jacket, said to Zhao Yanzi as he waved around a small bat.
Normally, new campuses were built in rural areas where the land was cheaper. A good example was the new campus of East Ocean University, which had a huge area. With the newly built school campuses, the development of the nearby areas was doing quite well. However, it was quite remote compared to the city, and hooligans were still around.
Zhao Yanzi looked at the three hooligans with a straight face, but Ling stood beside Zhao Yanzi and held Liu Yuntao’s arm in fear.
Liu Yuntao, who was nearly 1.8 meters tall, looked at the three fierce-looking hooligans and didn’t dare to do anything. Although he was good at playing basketball, he was still a middle school student, not to mention that he grew up in a wealthy family and was the pearl of his parents. How would he dare to fight against these hooligans?
Those students who were standing around did not dare to say anything as well; even those who liked Zhao Yanzi didn’t dare to go near them. Some of them weren’t brave enough, and some of them were scared that they would get hurt and thus delayed their exams and practices.
Aside from Grade Nine students, those Grade Eight and Seven students were even more scared.
Since the hooligans saw that no teachers were around to help Zhao Yanzi, they got closer to her and got even more arrogant.
The one who was leading these hooligans liked Zhao Yanzi, and he heard that Zhao Yanzi was in Class Two and had no money nor power in school.
Back then, there were a few guys, such as Xie Xiaofeng, who liked Zhao Yanzi and were ballsy and had influential family backgrounds. Therefore, he did not dare to act recklessly.
Now that the school moved, he felt like his opportunity came.
“F**king stop!” Hao Ren rode the bike to the entrance of LingZhao Middle School and saw these hooligans were about to touch Zhao Yanzi.
Thus, he yelled and drifted the bike to the side of the curb.
Bam! The bike slammed onto the curb, and Hao Ren borrowed this force and rushed toward the hooligan who was closest to Zhao Yanzi, punching him right in his face.
Pow!
Hao Ren fist made a clear smacking sound as the hooligan covered his nose. When he looked up again, his face was already covered in blood.
This blood came from this hooligan’s nose and mouth.
The middle school students around gasped since they did not expect a real fight to break out this quickly. Many of these students had just graduated from elementary school and had never seen anything like this before.
Those students from Grade Seven and Eight had never seen a fierce fight like this before as well. That was because LingZhao Middle School was one of the best schools in the city, unlike those chaotic middle schools where fights were frequent.
Liu Yuntao, who was standing right next to Ling, was overwhelmed with fear. When he played basketball, he got hurt sometimes. However, he had never seen a fight with so much blood before in his life.
The other two hooligans did not expect that Hao Ren’s punch would be so fierce. They hesitated for a second before they picked up their bats and threw them toward Hao Ren.
To these so-called hooligans, street fights were routine for them. Even though Hao Ren’s punch was very fierce, it wouldn’t scare them away. Since they had motorcycles, they could run away after the fight, and no one could catch up with them.
The police wouldn’t bother to investigate small fights like this. Therefore, these hooligans would be fine after they hide for a while. In the worst case, if they got caught, they would only be locked up for a few days.
In comparison, the students had no place to hide. Once these hooligans were released, the students were doomed.
Therefore, the students started screaming again when they saw the two hooligans smash their metal bats toward Hao Ren’s head and neck.
“F**k you!” Hao Ren kicked one of the hooligans in the chest and punched the other in his stomach.
The hooligan who got punched in the face by Hao Ren pulled out a pocket knife.
Hao Ren grabbed this hooligan’s collar and pressed him directly onto the ground. Then, Hao Ren pressed his knee against the hooligan’s arm, making him drop his knife immediately as that arm went numb.
Pow! Pow!
Hao Ren punched this leading hooligan’s eyes and wished to choke him to death.
Hao Ren hated these hooligans the most. Back in high school, one of his classmates, who he didn’t know much about, had to transfer to another school because of hooligans. Some other students from a different class were being bullied, humiliated, and blackmailed by these hooligans…
Only after the strengthening of the security forces near the school in the north side of the city plus a newly built police station did these hooligans disappear.
Yet, Hao Ren did not expect that after LingZhao Middle School moved to this area, these hooligans would reappear again!
“Brother! Brother!” The hooligan, who was pressed against the floor by Hao Ren, surrendered immediately.
Both of his eyes were red and swollen; his nose and his teeth were bleeding continuously; the corner of his eyes was ruptured and was green in color; his brow bone turned black and was swollen. His fierce look was as if it was covered in paint.
Hao Ren raised his fist and wanted to punch him again until his face was completely unrecognizable.
However, because there were many students around, it wasn’t good for them if the scene was too cruel. Therefore, Hao Ren held back his fist and slapped the hooligan’s face crazily.
“Brother, Brother, Brother…”
This hooligan did not expect to encounter a ruthless guy like Hao Ren. He waved his hands helplessly as he almost started crying. However, his eyebrows were so swollen that he couldn’t shed a tear.
These hooligans bullied the weak and feared the strong. How could they know all of Hao Ren’s old and new grudges against them?
Although Hao Ren seemed very kind and gentle, he wouldn’t let himself to be bullied. Back when he was still in high school, he hid a knife in his backpack and was ready to fight the hooligans at any moment.
However, he was quite lucky. He had never gotten into trouble with the hooligans. Ever since the neighborhood around the school was rectified, there were no more hooligans near the school, and Hao Ren’s knife became useless.
The two hooligans who were kicked and punched by Hao Ren tried to stand up. However, they were feeling very dizzy, and they felt like their organs changed locations.
“How come this short and weak looking guy is so powerful?!” they thought.
Even their leader, who was known as the fiercest man on the street, was being pressed against the floor and was beaten so bad! That was too horrifying for tears!
“Madam, Madam…” the leading hooligan begged Zhao Yanzi for mercy since Hao Ren had no intention to stop beating him.
Both of his eyes were blurry, and he could see three Zhao Yanzi. He was afraid that if Hao Ren continued beating him, he would either die or turned into an idiot.
“Brother, stop; let them go,” Zhao Yanzi yelled.
The reason why she called Hao Ren, Brother, was to cover-up their relationship. However, every Grade Eight and Grade Nine student knew that Hao Ren was her boyfriend.
Hao Ren pulled the hooligan’s collar and made him stand up. Then, he turned him around and yelled loudly, “Leave!”
The hooligan, who was extremely dizzy, heard Hao Ren and tottered toward his motorcycle. He didn’t even care if he was able to ride the motorcycle or not. He got on it and immediately drove off.
The other two hooligans limped to their motorcycles and fled the entrance of LingZhao Middle School immediately as well.
Hao Ren patted his clothes and looked at Zhao Yanzi worryingly. “Are you okay?”
Zhao Yanzi pouted her lips and did not reply. However, the students around them were stunned by what had happened.