Chapter 84: Who scared who?
Yang Ming finished his beef curry rice and wiped his mouth. He looked at Jin Gang and Xiao Cao with suspicion. Were they here just to treat him for a meal?
"Xiao Cao, when will your people arrived?" Jin Gang whispered.
"Soon, soon, wait a little longer!" Xiao Cao was also very anxious. He feared that he might fail in such critical moment.
"Dodododo!" The phone rang. Xiao Cao took out his phone and looked at it. Then, he left the room.
"Hey? Brother De? Why aren't you here yet? We are waiting for you at the tea house opposite of the Song Jiang No. 4 High School!" Xiao Cao said anxiously.
"Xiao Cao, I have my hands busy with something else. I can't make it today. My underlings were beaten and they are in the hospital. I need to negotiate with the other parties!" The person on opposite end of the phone replied.
"But, Brother De, I have already brought the person..." Xiao Cao had a long face after he heard the news. What he was most afraid of had just happened.
"Don't worry, I have sent two of my men to come over! They will most likely be there soon!" Brother De said.
"Will that work?" Xiao Cao hesitated.
"Isn't it just teaching a school kid a lesson? Don't worry, he would be scared to death!" Brother De told him.
"Alright, Brother De, so be it!" Xiao Cao helplessly shook his head. He mumbled secretly, If I need to get some underlings, do I still need you? Can't I just do it myself?
These words could only be grumbled in secret. It should never reach the ear of Brother De. Cao Liwa was merely a punk. He was in charge of taking care of a place only. He could only intimidate the others but he would freeze in a life and death fight.
Brother De was still known for being ruthless. Hence, Xiao Cao wanted to get him to teach Yang Ming a lesson. It never occurred to Xiao Cao that he merely sent two of his underlings!
So be it. The matter had reached such a degree. After returning to the room, Cao Liwa lost his confidence.
Yang Ming learned his lesson. He diverted his attention to Cao Liwa's whereabouts. Yang Ming "saw" what Cao Liwa said on the phone at the walkway. Even though Yang Ming couldn't see what the person on the other end of the phone said, he could roughly figure out the conversation based on what Cao Liwa said.
Cao Liwa requested a "Brother De" to teach me a lesson, but he couldn't make it and sent someone else over. After Yang Ming figured out everything, he awaited the underlings of Brother De patiently.
"Why are they not here yet?" Yang Ming was impatient.
"En, soon, soon!" Cao Liwa answered aimlessly. He soon felt something was not right. "How do you know someone is coming?"
"Am I wrong? If we aren't waiting for someone, why are we still staying here?" Yang Ming smirked.
Amidst the conversation, the door of the room was pushed open. Two strangers who didn't look like good people came in. Cao Liwa noticed that the men had arrived and a smile emerged from his face. It seemed like Brother De was still concerned about him. Those who were sent were Brother De's best underlings. One of them was a loan shark, Zhu Biao, and the other was Brother De's best fighter, Fan Jiulong!
"Yang Ming, let me introduce you to two of my friends!" Cao Liwa smiled from ear to ear and said, "This is Zhu Biao, Brother Biao. This is Fan Jiulong, Brother Long!"
"Pleased to meet you!" Yang Ming looked at the people in front of him and nodded his head.
"Little brat, which street are you from? Who's your boss?" Fan Jiulong unbuttoned his shirt and sat in front of Yang Ming to show his "Black Dragon" tattoo.
"My boss is Li Huihua." Yang Ming smiled as he replied. Yang Ming reckoned that of these four people, Fan Jiulong was the only person capable of fighting. However, he was confident that he could beat Fan Jiulong. Zhu Biao, fat Zhu, was obviously obese. He couldn't even walk straight let alone fight. Cao Liwa was merely someone who only looked strong. He could attempt to intimidate others but he would rather step aside during fights. The last was Jin Gang. It was hard to say. Considering that this fellow had been a teacher for a while, he hasn't been in any fights for a long time so he should be easy to handle.
Yang Ming already knew their intention and strength. He was just fooling around with these people.
"Li Huihua?" Fan Jiulong was stunned. He glanced at Zhu Biao. "Do you know him?"
Zhu Biao frowned a little and shook his head. The taboo of gangsters was to fight within its own group. It wouldn't just mean to be the laughing-stock but a loss of status! Before a fight broke out, they would need to know each other's bosses. If both of their bosses were close, the fight won't happen.
"Which district is Li Huihua from?" Fan Jiulong hesitated and asked politely. Since Li Huihua could still be a boss and if he was a ruthless person, Fan Jiulong wouldn't want to make an unnecessary enemy.
"Li Huihua is our school teacher. He is a class teacher!" Jin Gang couldn't hold himself and revealed it.
"What? Little brat, you dare to fool with me?" Fan Jiulong was furious. "Do you know what we do?"
"I don't know." Yang Ming shook his head.
'Let me tell you. I am a gangster boss!" Fan Jiulong was afraid that Yang Ming didn't understand the situation. He added, "It is a criminal organization!"
"Oh, I see!" Yang Ming pretended to be innocent and expressed an admiring look. It seems like Fan Jiulong is retarded. Are all fighters like this?
"You can stop your admiration. Let me put this bluntly. I came here under someone's order to teach you a lesson!" Fan Jiulong was a rough fellow. He could fight and brawl but never used intelligence and tricks! Today, Brother De ordered him to scare a student and Fan Jiulong struggled with it. He was impatient with the "polite" usage of words and revealed his true colors without holding it in any further.
Cao Liwa heard Fan Jiulong words and couldn't help but frown. Does this fellow know how to talk? If you told him your intention was to intimidate him, would he be intimidated?
"En, I understand. Brother Long, just tell me anything straight ahead." Yang Ming nodded his head and scolded secretly deep in his heart. Jin Gang, can't you be like Wang Zhitao and be a little smarter? Why are you getting a few dumba**es to face me? Are you looking down on me or are you just a dumba**?
Yang Ming wasn't ready to face off with Wang Zhitao. If it was merely Jin Gang, he wouldn't care so much. He intended to test his capability but sadly his opponent was too weak.
"Cool!" Fan Jiulong was delighted with what Yang Ming said. It seemed the person understood what was happening and there was no need to beat around the bush! Thus, he said it straight away, "I heard you fooled Jin Gang. It is your fault. What do you say?"
"I also don't know. Tell me more?" Yang Ming couldn't care less.
"Great, what a man, a real man. You are really direct!" Fan Jiulong was happy. How could he meet someone so direct! "Let's see, there was fifty thousand plus change? Make it sixty thousand. Pay us sixty thousand, apologize and I will let it go!"
"Oh, nothing else?" Yang Ming asked.
"Nothing else!" Fan Jiulong sensed his attitude and thought to himself, Were my demands too little?
"I don't agree." Yang Ming replied coldly.
"What? F***! Are you fooling with me?" Fan Jiulong was angry as he pointed at Yang Ming and shouted, "There was a pretentious d*** last time and I broke his head. He almost became a vegetable as he stayed in the hospital for half a year!"
"Really? What a coincidence. There was a Ji Shuisheng being pretentious in front of me. A kick of mine destroyed his lung. He kicked the bucket before he reached the hospital." Yang Ming said patiently.
"Ji Shuisheng?!" Fan Jiulong heard the name and suddenly couldn't move…
Silence lingered in the room. Those who were there, aside from Jin Gang, had heard of the well-known Ji Shuisheng - the best fighter of Province S's gangster boss. A fighter like Fan Jiulong was highly familiar with that name!
According to the word on the streets, Ji Shuiseng was a bada**. Unexpectedly, he was killed by a high school kid during his crime.
Motherf*****, who is scaring who? Fan Jiulong was a bada**, but he also knew the reality of a fighter's capability. He wouldn't dare to mess with a person who could kill Ji Shuisheng!
Since the matter was kept confidential, only the principal and Zhao Ying knew about it. There was no one else beside them that knew about the matter between Yang Ming and Ji Shuisheng. Jin Gang naturally didn't know.
"Who is Ji Shuisheng? Is he strong?" Jin Gang was astounded when everyone was quiet.
Cao Liwa pulled Jin Gang's shirt and whispered to him. Jin Gang's face became a sour expression.
"That... let's not talk about it further. Wasn't Brother Yang Ming supposed to treat a meal, but instead Jin Gang paid for it. Brother Yang Ming, don't you see..." Cao Liwa quickly smoothed things over. He was smarter than Fan Jiulong. Even though he had some doubts with what Yang Ming said, Ji Shuisheng was an unfamiliar name for students. If Yang Ming could call out this name, what he said was most probably true!
Chapter 85: Wild Female Teacher
"I don't have any cash." Yang Ming poured himself a cup of tea and said calmly.
"It's fine even though you don't have any cash!" The reason Zhu Biao came here was to offer a usury service to Yang Ming because he may not have any cash with him. "I specialize in giving loans. I can loan you some cash! En, how about a return of eleven for a loan of nine?"
As Zhu Biao said this sentence, he felt that his vibe was really low. He walked in with radiating confidence, thinking of really threatening this student and letting him know that he was a ruthless person who shouldn't be trifled with. If you didn't want to pay back with cash, I would have forced you to take my loan! But in this situation, even Fan Jiulong lost his ground. How would he dare to put up a scene? He quickly said what Brother De told him to say, and let Yang Ming decide whether or not to take up the loan.
"Why would I need a loan? I was fooling him on purpose the other day!" Yang Ming sneered.
These few people were stunned and looked at each other in shock as they heard Yang Ming's words. Wasn't this a bit too bada**? Is he pretending to be a dumba** here or did he really have the rights to be a bada**?
Fan Jiulong's fingers slightly twitched, but he didn't dare take any major action. If Yang Ming was really the person who had killed Ji Shuisheng, then Fan Jiulong didn't have the confidence to defeat this student. Even though on his side there were four people, Fan Jiulong is an expert in this aspect. Zhu Biao can be directly ignored as he lived high on the hog. With a glance at Cao Liwa, Fan Jiulong could tell that he had too much alcohol. Cao Liwa was shaking even when he walked, so him fighting was not a consideration. Regarding Jin Gang, Fan Jiulong don't really know his strength. However, seeing how clean and neatly pressed he was, Fan Jiulong estimated that Jin Gang had not fought in about N years. He looked back at Yang Ming. Even though Yang Ming had a lazy look, he had a tough-looking body with a muscular figure from his arms to his finger joints. After one look at him, Fan Jiulong could tell that he was a person who had always been involved in fights, therefore, Fan Jiulong didn't dare to go full-out against Yang Ming for now.
"If there's nothing else then I am leaving!" Yang Ming stood up and started to walk toward the door. Then he thought of something, so he turned around and pointed at Jin Gang. "Damn, this time, I did not mind so much about my bicycle because you bought me a meal. However, I'll give you only three days to buy me another bicycle of the same type, or else you will be sent somewhere."
"Ah?" Jin Gang's face turned pale after he heard these words. However, he didn't dare to do anything in the present situation. He signaled Cao Liwa to take some action through his gaze, but all Cao Liwa could do was just shake his head helplessly.
"Let me tell you. Even though I am a ruthless person, I have a lot of patience. It's fine if you were just using my bicycle to show off your drunbility, but if you were to bulls*** again in front of me [1], I can guarantee you that you will become my bicycle!" Once Yang Ming finished his sentence, he walked away without turning his head.
Once Yang Ming reached the lobby, he let out a sigh. Initially, he thought that he would have to fight his way out. He never thought that these people would be afraid of him from just mentioning the name "Ji Shuisheng"! Hehe, it seems like Ji Shuisheng has become my "lucky charm"!
Yang Ming wasn't afraid to fight but he was afraid of an endless fight! When he was younger in junior high school, Yang Ming would often fight with the gangsters in society. However, these gangsters would usually find helpers to avenge their lost matches and that caused a lot of trouble and annoyance to Yang Ming. Like today, anything that passed over with a few words and no conflict was an ideal case. He thought that Fan Jiulong would never want to take part in matters that pertained to Jin Gang anymore.
In the restaurant's private room, Fan Jiulong gave the situation some thought and said, "Xiao Cao, sorry for today. I didn't have confidence that I would be able to nail this Yang Ming down. I will explain this to Brother De myself."
As Fan Jiulong finished his sentence, he left the private room with Zhu Biao. Fan Jiulong came here to get justice for Jin Gang, and he didn't have any direct relationship with Yang Ming. Therefore, he thought it wasn't worth having a conflict with Yang Ming because of Jin Gang!
"F***!" Jin Gang smashed the table with his knuckle, "What is this? Xiao Cao, you said that this was an elder brother in the society? A few words by a small brat and he was stunned!"
"This... " Xiao Cao didn't really look good either. Nevertheless, he invited the person over and thoroughly embarrassed himself today. "Why don't I go back and discuss this with Brother De?"
"Ok!" Jin Gang nodded his head. "For the twenty thousand yuan that I owe you, you gotta wait for a while. Let me think of something!"
"Alright, no hurry..." Yesterday, Jin Gang had already returned thirty thousand yuan, so now there was twenty thousand yuan remaining. Initially, he thought he would be able to get the money from Yang Ming, but now they had this kind of outcome! Xiao Cao didn't want to rush Jin Gang, so all that he could do was nod his head.
Jin Gang's frustration was about to hit its peak! He never thought that he would have to pay for this meal himself! One hundred eighty yuan! That's damn expensive! If he knew that, he wouldn't have ordered the high-quality Longjing tea!
It seemed like Xiao Cao wouldn't be able to lend me a hand but I won't stop here! I must find a way to teach Yang Ming a lesson! Jin Gang thought about it with hatred. He was fooled by a student. If this story got spread around, where would his face be! As he thought about this, a trace of a cold smile surfaced on Jin Gang's face. Aren't you going to take your National Higher Education Entrance Examination? Hehe, let me destroy your future.
Yang Ming gave out a loud burp as he walked on the road. This curry rice was really delicious. It would be nice if Jin Gang could find me for a meal every day!
The next few days were relatively quiet and peaceful. Jin Gang had stopped messing around with Yang Ming and neither was there any news from Fan Jiulong. Yang Ming's was still in a "cold war" with Zhao Ying, but his relationship with Chen Mengyan was progressing at a tremendous pace.
On the weekend, Yang Ming had nothing better to do. He went to the computer and booted up his QQ chat. As he took out the paper strip with Chen Mengyan's QQ ID, he added this QQ as his friend.
"Add me!" Yang Ming sent a message.
In a while, Yang Ming received his confirmation. The other party had approved his friend request.
"Ga? Looking at Chen Mengyan's web name, his contact lenses almost fell out! Of course, that was assuming that his contact lenses were still able to come off! [2]
"Wild Female Teacher"? Isn't this name a bit too much? He looked at the message from the other party, Chen Mengyan was playing "QQ Landlord in XX channel XX room". Damn, I thought that all good students wouldn't play computer games. Yang Ming had an evil thought, Let's threaten her!
There's No True Love in this World: "Good students don't play computer games!"
A long time passed before Chen Mengyan replied.
Wild Female Teacher: "Excuse me! Can't you read my web name? I am a teacher please!"
Yang Ming felt entertained. Chen Mengyan knew how to lie too! You are a teacher? Hehe...
There's No True Love in this World: "Oh really? Then which school are you from? What do you teach?"
Wild Female Teacher: "Why would I want to tell you? Who are you?"
There's No True Love in this World: "I am your pursuer!"
Yang Ming cracked a joke. He wanted to test if he was in Chen Mengyan's heart.
"... Teacher has an endless number of pursuers. Which one are you? "
En? This manner of speaking. Is it really Chen Mengyan? Yang Ming was baffled. Could a person behave so differently when she was on the internet vs. reality?
Feeling confused, Yang Ming looked at the QQ number of "Wild Female Teacher". Damn! I was too excited before that I keyed in an extra '2'. Chen Mengyan's QQ was xxxxxx2. Yang Ming entered xxxxxx22. It was obviously a case where he added the wrong person and recognized the wrong person.
There's No True Love in this World: "Sorry, I added the wrong person. Her number was just a digit away from your number."
Wild Female Teacher: "Oh, no wonder your words were so strange. I thought you were that annoying colleague."
There's No True Love in this World: "Your pursuer?"
Yang Ming thought that this Wild Female Teacher should also be a pretty girl. Since it was by fate and mistake that he was able to know her, this could actually be a destiny that had been arranged for him. Therefore, Yang Ming didn't remove the number right away. Since he had nothing much to do anyway and Zhang Bing and I'm a Superstar weren't around, Yang Ming started to chat with this Wild Female Teacher casually.
Wild Female Teacher: "Hehe, you can say so. The person you wanted to add earlier was your girlfriend?"
There's No True Love in this World: "You could say too. Hehe. Chasing after her."
Wild Female Teacher: "Do you know how to play Landlord?"
There's No True Love in this World: "Yup, why?"
Wild Female Teacher: "I am not in a good mood because I just broke up. Feed me some points?"
Feed was a term that is used in internet games. It referred to when a few people worked together to help one person win some points. It was commonly used in Lian Zhong [3] and QQ's chess based games or card games.
There's No True Love in this World: Broke up? Don't you have any other pursuers?
Wild Female Teacher: They weren't who I liked!
There's No True Love in this World: Oh, I knew it. The person you like doesn't like you?
Wild Female Teacher was silent for a while. Then she replied: I think he likes me too...
There's No True Love in this World: Alright, got it. Parents disagreed.
Wild Female Teacher: … My parents don't have that type of traditional feudal thinking. Ai, it's just that there were some reasons that we couldn't be together. Stop asking so much! Were you going to feed me points?
There's No True Love in this World: "I can but feeding points is pretty boring. How about we both team up together, and get points from others?
Wild Female Teacher: Ah? That's fine too. You are quite a bad person...
There's No True Love in this World: Gimme a moment to download the client's software. It's a new computer so nothing much is installed inside.
Wild Female Teacher: Ok. Once you are done, come to XX channel XX room XX table.
There's No True Love in this World: Sure, right away.