Chapter 17
"Students in the back row, cheer up! The sports meet is over, it's time to focus on studying!!"
On Monday morning, everyone in the class seemed to be suffering from jet lag. They had played too much during the sports meet and forgot how to attend class. They couldn't concentrate for a while, and in the third class in the morning, a large group of people in the back row fell asleep.
Wang Yuguang knocked on the podium with a triangle, sighed helplessly, and said helplessly: Why is every session like this?
Jiang Xu was scribbling on paper with a pen in hand, supporting his chin with one hand. Glancing to the side, he found Ji Jing looking pale, with his head lowered. The hand that was supporting the table was holding the pen very tightly, and the other hand was covering his lower abdomen.
Jiang Xu probably guessed what it was about. She leaned over and asked softly, "First day?"
Ji Jing nodded: "Yeah."
Jiang Xu took out a hot pack from the table, opened the package and handed it to her.
"Thank you." Ji Jing's hands were shaking as she took it.
Jiang Xu held her slightly cold hand and said, "It's okay. Have a good rest. I'll get you some hot water later."
At noon, Ji Jing was resting in the class, and Jiang Xu and the others were going to go out and bring back something to eat.
They didn't delay for too long. After buying the medicine, they returned to the school where there were not many people around. As they walked up the stairs, Wu Yunyun suddenly stopped and said, "Oh, I forgot to buy some painkillers for Jingjing. I wonder if she's still in pain."
Qiu Tian pulled her aside and said, "No, you can't take painkillers too often. I'll go make Jingjing some brown sugar water later. I remembered there's still some in the cupboard. I didn't finish it last time."
Wu Yunyun thought it made sense: "Okay."
When they walked back to the classroom, they were about to call Ji Jing when they found a group of people gathered at their seat. Except for Xu Qinqin standing in the middle, no one was wearing a school uniform. Looking at the backs, they looked vaguely familiar. Wu Yunyun and Qiu Tian were stunned for a moment, feeling that something bad was wrong. Just when they were about to turn around and call Jiang Xu, the person walked past them.
They realized that the situation was not right and that a fight was about to break out. Knowing that they could not help much and might even be a hindrance, they rushed out in a hurry to find He Jin and the others.
Ji Jing was holding up the fallen table with a pale face. Books were scattered all over the floor, some of which had been stepped on. She picked up the books one by one with great difficulty.
Jiang Xu's knuckles cracked as he bent down, grabbed Ji Jing's wrist, and lifted her up. His aura was extremely cold, but his voice was quite gentle: "Ji Jing, don't pick it up."
Jiang Xu helped her sit on a stool, opened the bag of noodles, and then pried open the chopsticks and stuffed them into her hand: "You eat first."
Then she turned around, completely blocking the person behind her, looked at Xu Qinqin, raised her chin slightly, and her sharp eyes said it all.
You've endured it for so many years, but today you finally can't pretend anymore?
The girl next to them felt that their momentum was lost, so she spoke first, arrogantly saying, "What are you looking at? Why don't you apologize to our Qinqin?" After all, they were the majority.
"You're still pretending. If you can't hear me, apologize quickly." Seeing that Jiang Xu didn't react at all, he got angry and wanted to push her shoulder.
Jiang Xu grabbed her hand and shook it off. His eyes were as cold as ice, chilling to the bone. "Is it your turn to speak here?"
The girl, who had been acting so arrogant, was startled by the look and took a few steps back without leaving a trace.
Xu Qinqin clenched her fists, with that disdainful look in her eyes again, it had always been like this since she was a child.
The scene was quiet for a few seconds, and the atmosphere was about to reach freezing point.
"Jiang Xu, nice to meet you again." Xu Qinqin didn't say anything, but the girl next to her spoke first.
The girl, with her hair down and her arms crossed, looked at her with a somewhat teasing expression, "Look at you, you really can get into anything. You always try to be the nice guy? Where are you planning to go this time?"
Before Jiang Xu could answer, her clothes were tugged twice. She turned around and saw Ji Jing shaking her head, her eyes were filled with moisture, and her pale cheeks were covered with eye-catching red marks.
Jiang Xu's pupils suddenly shrank, and he almost couldn't control the anger in his heart. He took her hand and patted it twice, signaling her not to worry.
After comforting the good man, he raised his chin towards the door and spoke word by word, his tone leaving no room for doubt: "Go out and tell me, you are not here to see me?"
No one took her seriously. They couldn't do anything wrong anyway. Based on her personality, she would definitely not run away.
A group of people walked to the corridor in front of the toilet. Their gangs were very obvious. Jiang Xu leaned against the wall alone, his expression indifferent. He looked up at them and asked, "Who beat me?"
The girl was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing, "Tsk tsk, Jiang Xu, you're still as self-righteous as ever. But today, you're the one who's in trouble, and you're still meddling in other people's business, without even considering the occasion."
"Today is not a scene where the hero saves the damsel in distress. Stop your drama. You are the one who needs to be rescued the most today."
"Who hit you?" Jiang Xu raised his eyes, already beginning to get impatient.
"I beat him, so what? Who told her to meddle in other people's business last time? She just opened her mouth too much, so unpleasant." Another girl came out, dressed in shabby clothes, smiled at her provocatively, her eyes seemed to say, even if I beat him to a pulp, what can you do to me?
Last time?
Jiang Xu frowned and didn't ask any more questions. Now that she knew who it was, she would take revenge.
She rolled up her sleeves slowly, revealing a fair arm, and walked forward. The group of people were caught off guard when they heard a "slap" sound. The girl's face was hit to the side, leaving a slap mark on the same place as Ji Jing. She reacted quickly and grabbed her hand: "Are you sick?"
Jiang Xu stared at her silently with his dark eyes for two seconds before he sneered and broke free from her grasp. He raised his other hand and slapped her again, raising one eyebrow. "You just found out?"
The group of people immediately became angry. A boy who was good friends with the girl immediately stood up for her and waved his hand towards Jiang Xu's face.
Unexpectedly, before he could get close, Jiang Xu grabbed his wrist and he couldn't break free. He felt like his wrist was about to be crushed.
"Fuck!" the boy shouted and tried to pull with his other hand, but was also pinched.
He couldn't understand why a wrist that looked like he could crush it with one blow could contain so much strength.
The boy saw Jiang Xu's cold and deep eyes and felt inexplicably frightened. He wanted to retreat but was held tightly.
The girl had been holding Xu Qinqin's hand, her expression full of disdain. Knowing Jiang Xu was capable, she had specially called a few more people this time. She took out her phone and said lightly like a leader, "You're useless! Everyone else, come on. I'll take a video. There's no camera here. After we take the video, we'll leave."
When the other guys heard what was said, they reached out to pull Jiang Xu's clothes as they had said before. Jiang Xu let go of the boy's hand and kicked him in the knee. He fell to his knees with a "bang" and lay on the ground screaming in pain.
Jiang Xu took a step back, without looking at the person coming, and wanted to kick him directly. Unexpectedly, the person was very strong and agile. He dodged to the side, grabbed her ankle and pulled it hard.
The girl got excited when she saw this. She thought, “He’s a good fighter, isn’t he? Is this all he can do?”
Jiang Xu still didn't look him in the eye. She stood firm and quickly walked towards him, hugged his head, pushed his head down, and hit his forehead with her knee, which made him see stars. He knelt on the ground and howled, covering his head.
Seeing this, the others didn't dare to move forward. The girl who was planning to take a video also panicked. They didn't expect Jiang Xu to be such a good fighter. He could have beaten a few girls from No. 1 Middle School before, but he could even knock this strong man down.
Jiang Xu twisted his wrist effortlessly and said, "Zhen Yu, this is not No. 1 Middle School. No one will spoil you."
Zhen Yu looked at him dismissively: "Do I need someone to pamper me?"
Jiang Xu ignored them and looked at Xu Qinqin standing beside them. These people should have come for Xu Qinqin today. She didn't know what they meant. "Xu Qinqin, you're not calling me cousin today?"
Xu Qinqin's originally cold eyes revealed a somewhat sick smile, "Jiang Xu, you really think you are my cousin. What are you doing here at No. 3 Middle School? Isn't it good to just get along with each other? What gives you the right to fight with me?"
"Who do you think you are? Why do you steal my things? From childhood to adulthood, all the good things have been yours. Why? Is it because you have good parents? I have liked him for so long, but he has never looked me in the eye. Why does he like you? Is it because of your face?"
Jiang Xu watched her finish this one-man show of being a victim, and suddenly became speechless: "Xu Qinqin, are you okay?" She had taken so many things from others when she was a child, and she is still like this now.
He asked with rare concern, "What's the matter? Your uncle doesn't even have the money to treat your illness now?"
Xu Qinqin seemed to be provoked. She suddenly pulled her hand out of Zhen Yu's arm, took out a utility knife from her pocket, and rushed directly towards Jiang Xu, grinning grimly, "If I scratch it, will he not like it?"
Xu Qinqin was very determined and the knife went straight towards Jiang Xu's face. She dodged to the side and grabbed the hand, but she didn't expect that she had a blade in her other hand, which was swung towards her at a very fast speed.
For a moment, Jiang Xu frowned slightly. If she pushed her arm away now, the blade would surely fly out, so she subconsciously grabbed it with her hand, pushed Xu Qinqin out, and fell heavily to the ground.
Xu Qinqin exerted all her strength, and although she controlled the strength, a large cut was still made, and blood flowed down the blade to the ground.
As if he couldn't feel the pain, Jiang Xu walked over and kicked the knife away from her hand. He squatted down and looked down at her, holding her shoulders. His tone was calm: "You have no ability yourself, why are you blaming others?"
The force on her shoulders was so strong that Xu Qinqin couldn't get up and could only stare at her.
"My final piece of advice to you is, if you're sick, get treatment."
Zhen Yu recovered from the scene of Xu Qinqin holding the knife just now. They had never intended to make it so big before.
At this point, there was nothing she could do. She pulled him up from the ground and said with a stern face, "Jiang Xu, what I can't stand the most is your self-righteous and condescending expression. Do you think you're so great? Look, that woman didn't thank you, and she even joined us in slandering you.
You think you're noble, but in the end you're still waiting to transfer schools. Why are you pretending to be a hero and being so self-indulgent?
Jiang Xu then raised his eyes and looked at her: "Ask Xu Qinqin if she thanks you."
Zhen Yu was speechless for a moment: "What does it have to do with you?"
Jiang Xu said indifferently: "Well, what's it to you?"
Zhen said anxiously: "You..."
Jiang Xu really didn't want to waste any more words with these inexplicable people. Since he had helped Ji Jing fight back, the matter was over. No. 3 Middle School was different from No. 1 Middle School and didn't have so many social customs.
Jiang Xu thought that if He Jin saw her wound, it would be a disaster. She sighed and said, "What do you mean, if you're sick, go get it treated?"
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