by Dragon King
Hao Ren felt the pressure as he realized that he had crushed those freshmen’s spirit. He slightly waved and said, “Don’t play around too much; the class is starting.”
Lu Linlin and Lu Lili became quiet, and they sat beside Hao Ren, pouting.
The class was about to start, and the students gradually arrived.
“Oh, there is a freshman in our program named Xu Ke. Do you know him?” Hao Ren asked Xie Yujia.
“Xu Ke?” Xie Yujia thought for a bit. “I don’t remember.”
“He’s the guy who called me to the office last time,” Hao Ren added.
“Oh, him!” Xie Yujia nodded. “I didn’t know his name, but when Ma Lina dragged me to watch the campus military training, he came over and asked me for the directions to the supermarket.”
Xie Yujia looked at Hao Ren. “What’s wrong with him?”
“Nothing much. You have more connections in the Student Council. Please see what information you can find on him,” Hao Ren said.
Hao Ren noticed the surprised look on Xie Yujia’s face when Xu Ke came to see him last time, so he knew that she must have met him before. Now that he thought about it, Xue Ke must have approached Xie Yujia on purpose last time when she went to see the campus military training with Ma Lina.
“Oh, ok!” Xie Yujia didn’t ask any more questions. Hao Ren must have his reason for looking this person up.
At this moment, Huang Xujie pushed open the door and entered the Rock-Climbing Club’s office. He asked the guy who was sitting in front of the computer, “How is Lu Qi’s post going?”
Today was an important day for club recruiting. The first day of school was usually for first-year students to adapt to the new environment, and the clubs would usually start their promotional campaigns on the second day of school in order to snatch resources.
Therefore, although Huang Xujie was already a fourth-year student, he got up early in the morning to check on the recruiting status at the Rock-Climbing Club.
The more club members he had, the higher the status he would have at school. The Rock-Climbing Club was the No.1 Club of East Ocean University. However, since Lu Linlin and Lu Lili joined the Taekwondo Club and the Swimming Club, their memberships had been increasing rapidly to a point where it was threatening the Rock-Climbing Club’s position; Huang Xujie got into some arguments with the other two club presidents because of this.
It was that time of the year again, and Huang Xujie paid extra attention to each club’s movements since he knew that Hao Ren was also a part of this.
“That post is pin to the top by the forum administrator, but few people have responded,” that member answered as he opened the webpage.
Huang Xujie took a look. Sure enough, only three or four students responded under the post, and they were just random responses since none of them actually intended to join the club.
“Humph, Calligraphy Club? I have no idea what he was thinking. Who would join a club like that?” Huang Xujie squinted his eyes with disdain.
Usually, the larger the club was, the more money it could bring. Members had to pay a registration fee as well as for the equipment fees and activities fees. A club like the Rock-Climbing Club could make quite a lot of money every year just with the rock-climbing equipment and outdoor activities.
“Hao Ren must have started his Calligraphy Club to show off or out of his own interest,” Huang Xujie thought and was curious how many dummies would join a boring club like that.
The courses were taking place as usual, so were the classes at LingZhao Middle School on the other side of the street.
Zhao Yanzi was sitting in the classroom as she played with a ballpen in her palm. She was listening to her English teacher in boredom.
That was the first day of her Grade Nine year, yet the class atmosphere was very depressing. This so-called expert teacher didn’t seem to be as good as Hao Ren in explaining English grammar.
Ring… The class dismissal bell rang, and Zhao Yanzi hopped out of her seat all of a sudden. She patted Ling who sat behind her and said, “Hey! Let’s go eat at Hongji Square!”
Although LingZhao Middle School had very strict rules on students, it allowed them to go outside of the school for lunch. After being ‘locked up’ for an entire morning, Zhao Yanzi finally got released.
“Alright, I know. I was going to go with Liu Yuntao. I guess we can go together,” Ling glimpsed at Zhao Yanzi and shrugged.
“Hehe…” Zhao Yanzi dragged Ling out of the classroom. They went next door to look for Liu Yuntao, Ling’s boyfriend.
Liu Yuntao played well on the basketball team. Although he was not one of the main forces, he was tall, came from a well-off family, and was nice to Ling. Unlike Zhao Yanzi, Ling had a different taste for boyfriends. She liked taller guys who could give her a sense of security.
Ling and Liu Yuntao got along pretty well during this summer. Therefore, Zhao Yanzi got familiar with him after school started.
LingZhao High School and Middle School were now in different locations, and some of the Middle School Department’s staffs hadn’t arrived yet. Therefore, the school cafeteria was still closed; most of the students left from the front gate and headed toward Hongji Square for lunch.
“Hey! Are you Zhao Yanzi?”
A gangster-looking man who sat on a motorcycle walked up to her after she left the campus.In all Chinese school except university, the students would be gathered in the morning and do 30 min to one hour of morning exercise routines.
543 Tiger’s Anger
“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 fro
nt 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.
544 Watch a Good Show!
Ling looked at Hao Ren in shock. She did not expect how tough this ‘uncle’ who Zhao Yanzi always mentioned happily was when fighting with hooligans.
Middle school girls didn’t care about family background or grades. Instead, they liked boys who were manlier; that was why they tended to like boys who were good at basketball.
Now that Hao Ren fought off three people just by himself, especially when he fought so well that the three hooligans were begging on the floor, the girls were now full of curiosity.
The hooligans had cut a small wound on Hao Ren’s arm with a knife, but this did not affect how attractive Hao Ren appeared to them. On the contrary, the injury made him appear even more manly.
All the girls’ eyes lit up brightly like stars; they thought Hao Ren was their Prince Charming.
The boys who had a secret crush on Zhao Yanzi and wrote her love letters were all backing up and giving up now.
