Chapter 44
"This is Class 1401." The person who came was not wearing a school uniform, and his clothes were crooked and messy, making him look like a good-for-nothing hoodlum.
The students who were engrossed in their studies looked up and stared at them when they heard the noise.
Guan Nan was no exception; she took off her headphones.
Jiang Li pulled off his headphones, his expression blank, giving off an arrogant vibe: "Yes, what do you want?"
"Isn't there someone named Jiang Li in your class?" the hooligan asked.
Jiang Li repeated, "Is there something you need?"
"Just answer my question, it's none of your business whether I'm involved or not." After the hooligan finished speaking, the others with him laughed, exuding the air of thugs.
Yu Yang came in through the back door, saw the situation, and grinned, "He really is in charge."
The hoodlum looked at him with disdain: "You're the boss here?"
“We don’t have any big shots here,” Yu Shu said, putting his Sprite on the table in front of him and texting someone on his phone, still smiling. “The only ones at the provincial key schools are the top students.”
"I'm too lazy to waste words with you. Hurry up and call Jiang Li out here."
"What do you want with Jiang Li, brother? How can I call him if you don't tell me?"
The hoodlum kicked the door again, swore, and said unhappily, "He stole my girlfriend!"
"Huh?" Guan Nan looked astonished.
Yu Yang looked astonished: "??"
Those sitting in the classroom who witnessed this scene were also stunned.
Even Jiang Li himself wasn't spared; he frowned and asked, "What did you say?"
"He stole my girlfriend, do you understand?"
Yu Shu couldn't hold back any longer: "Are you out of your mind? Who's your girlfriend? It's illegal for juvenile delinquents to cause trouble on campus. I advise you to leave now, and we'll pretend nothing happened."
"Pah!" The hooligan kicked the first row of desks out of the way, and said arrogantly and disdainfully, "I just got out of juvenile detention. Who do you think you are, daring to play the threatening game with me?"
Upon hearing this, the faces of several people sitting in the class instantly tensed up.
While Yu Shu was arguing with the people, Jiang Li remained remarkably calm, turning his head to give those people a look, signaling them to leave.
Seeing this, the boys, driven by loyalty and class honor, refused Jiang Li's idea of not wanting to involve unrelated people or drag down their classmates.
Guan Nan caught a glimpse of them out of the corner of her eye as they slowly got up and moved closer to her.
"..." Jiang Li's eyelids twitched, his face remained expressionless and he nudged her with his hand.
She knew that Jiang Li meant for her to leave.
But for a long time, as if he hadn't felt anything, he stood still next to Jiang Li without saying a word.
After chatting for a long time, Yu Shu finally asked a serious question, "Bro, who's your girlfriend?"
"Chen Aimei." In a short period of time, Yu Shu's terrifying social skills made the hooligan get along very well with him, almost to the point of becoming sworn brothers and feeling like they had known each other for a long time. He did not hide this fact.
"What is that?"
Who are you talking about?
"Chen Aimei, my girlfriend." The hoodlum looked at the two guys with a surprised expression. "Isn't this Class 1401? Don't you have a girl named Chen Aimei in your class?"
Immediately, the students in the class looked at each other in disbelief.
Although they didn't like Chen Aimei, they were classmates after all, and they couldn't stand seeing a good student at the age of 18 associating with these hooligans and having her reputation ruined.
Yu Shu, in particular, is a typical person who loves to help those in need.
Jiang Li: "Who said she's your girlfriend?"
"Stop wasting your breath on me, just bring that idiot Jiang Li here first." The hooligans were too lazy to argue with them; they were here to do serious business.
"No, you must have made a mistake. How could Chen Aimei—" Yu Shu hadn't finished speaking.
Jiang Li said directly, "I am Jiang Li. Tell me what you need."
"Damn it, you two are in cahoots?" The hooligan's face changed, and he pointed at Yu Shu: "Fuck your mother, you fucking tricked me!"
"Tsk," Yu Shu's face darkened, she shook off his hand, and said in a stiff voice, "I hate it when people talk about my mother, even if you say something else."
Jiang Li, expressionless and somewhat impatient, said, "What do you want? Hurry up."
"You idiot who hasn't even grown his hair yet, trying to steal my girlfriend?" Seeing his impatience, the hooligan got even more excited, curling his lips and tapping Jiang Li's chest with his hand, "Take a piss and look in the mirror to see if you're qualified first."
He has absolutely no respect for people.
Guan Nan felt aggrieved, her hands clenched into fists, her dark eyes staring straight at him.
"Heh." Jiang Li dusted off his chest, a disgusted gesture that made the hooligan opposite him widen his eyes, staring at him fiercely, and grabbing at the front of his clothes in anger.
Thug: "What the hell do you think you are, trash like you? What the hell are you pretending to be for!"
Unable to stand it any longer, Guan Nan forcefully shoved him aside, stood in front of Jiang Li, and surprisingly lost her temper, grabbing a book and throwing it at the man.
Jiang Li paused, looking down at the small figure in front of him, his eyes dark and unfathomable.
Her sudden outburst shocked many people. Yu Shu, who was about to roll up his sleeves and take action, stopped and watched her helplessly.
She usually seems like a gentle and delicate girl, but I never expected that she would have the courage to stand in front of others and protect them at such a critical moment, without any fear.
Guan Nan's eyes were red with anger as she said, enunciating each word clearly: "He's not trash!"
"Jiang Li is not trash." Guan Nan declared to everyone, her arms trembling as if protecting her chicks, her voice quivering, yet her words were firm and resolute: "You are the ones who are utterly useless trash!"
Jiang Li stood behind her, gazing at her quietly, lost in thought.
"Are you two a couple? Why are you protecting him like this—" Caught off guard, the hooligan bumped into the desk in front of him, causing the desk to wobble and textbooks to fall to the ground.
The thugs rushed over quickly. He gave a seemingly wicked smile and said leniently, "I see you're a woman, so I won't bother with you. I don't hit women. Get out of my way. I'll teach him a lesson first and then settle accounts with you."
Guan Nan remained motionless, showing no sign of backing down: "Try touching him again!"
"You, with your skinny arms and legs, what if I touch him again? You think you're going to hit me, you good student? Good students fighting? I'm so scared." The group of hooligans looked down on her, but they were also amused by her actions and burst into laughter.
The scoundrel said in a cocky tone, "What, you're going to hit me if I mess with him? You believe I'll beat you to a pulp."
"Try it." Jiang Li grabbed her wrist and pulled her aside, his tall figure blocking her way.
Guan Nan tried to step forward, but he pressed her down behind her, preventing her from getting out.
"I didn't realize you were a diner, eating what's in your bowl—" Before the hooligan could finish speaking, he was slapped across the face. The hand wasn't very strong, but it stunned him for two seconds.
The term "diner" is synonymous with "flower thief," implying someone who juggles multiple relationships, and is also known as an HPV carrier.
In Fuling, this is a very offensive insult.
These words were forced upon Jiang Li, and Guan Nan was so angry that her hands trembled. She couldn't accept that Jiang Li had been insulted like this. She pushed the person away forcefully, rushed forward two steps, and slapped the other person across the face.
Guan Nan was not affected by fear and said in a choked voice, "Watch your mouth when you speak."
The hooligans turned their heads away, and several people rushed up and shoved her back, cursing a few dirty words. Just as they were about to fight, Jiang Li punched one of them.
A fight broke out on the spot. Jiang Li and Yu Shu were both trained, but the others were just putting on a brave front.
Only Guan Nan and a few other girls stood aside, at a loss.
They couldn't break up the fight, and they were just anxiously waiting.
At that moment, Lin Rui arrived with his class monitor, English teacher, and grade director Lao Jiang.
Following behind were Liu Yang and his group.
They burst into the classroom in an instant.
"What are you doing! What are you doing!" Upon seeing the situation, Lin Rui rushed over immediately after receiving the message. He rushed forward to break up the fight and didn't forget to beat up the other party. Only Lao Jiang was roaring angrily.
But on the spot, they couldn't stop him, and they couldn't stop him even if they yelled at him.
The security guard followed the English teacher for a few minutes and then came over from behind.
The security guards, armed with forks and shields, forcibly separated the people. Old Jiang pointed at them and glared, saying, "This is Fuzhong High School. Which school are you from? Why are you causing trouble here? Who is your grade head? I'm calling him!"
Upon questioning, it turned out that the group were not juvenile delinquents at all, and their story about the juvenile detention center was a complete fabrication. They were vocational high school students who had skipped classes during the New Year's Day holiday and came to settle scores with Jiang Li.
A group of people were huddled in the office. Old Jiang was scolding a few of them and, incidentally, contacting their grade director.
Over here, the English teacher, holding a book, forcefully slapped Jiang Li and Yu Shu a few times, coldly reprimanding them.
"What are you doing? Huh? I told you to keep an eye on things in the classroom, and as soon as the teacher's not around, you start causing trouble for me? Tomorrow's a holiday, don't you want to have a good time?"
"And you too, what did I say to you about bringing your phone to school? You were told to message me if you needed anything, or remind the teacher. But instead, you went and got into a fight. What are you trying to do?!"
"If that's how it is, then all your cell phones will be handed in from now on. Why would you bring a cell phone to class?"
Everyone remained silent.
When Chiang Kai-shek came over to ask what was going on, the people he met exchanged glances and remained silent.
Seeing this, Lao Jiang came over and asked the girls again. The girls all gave the same answer, after all, they were girls and knew that kind of mentality. They didn't want to embarrass Chen Aimei, who wasn't there: "We don't know why, but he started swearing as soon as he came up. He even tried to hit people while he was swearing, like he was having an epileptic seizure."
"Then where's the handprint on his face?" Old Jiang looked like he'd seen a ghost, never expecting them to be so united, as if they'd planned it all along.
The girl paused for two seconds, then said seriously, "He hit him himself."
"He hit himself?" Old Jiang stared at the group of women, silently exerting pressure.
"Yes." The girl said without changing her expression, "He also asked us if we were scared."
Old Jiang didn't believe it, so he turned to look at Guan Nan, who was standing in the corner with a pale face, and gestured for her to speak.
But Guan Nan's face was blank; she couldn't understand what he meant at all.
"Go on," Old Jiang said, softening his tone slightly as he saw her startled expression. "Were you frightened?"
At this moment, Guan Nan, who had been numb and dazed, seemed to come back to her senses and shook her head blankly.
Then he lowered his head again.
She clenched her fists, staring at the hand that had struck her, too afraid to speak.
She didn't know where she got the courage at that moment, but she couldn't care less about anything else.
Now that I've calmed down, I'm still a little dazed and can't believe I hit someone.
There was even a belated sense of lingering fear.
"Look at yourselves! Look how scared you've made them!" Old Jiang was furious. Pointing at them, he said, "Apologize to them right now!"
The group of hooligans didn't speak up because they felt ashamed to have laid a hand on her. But they never expected that they would be the ones to apologize to this girl after she hit them.
"I'm sorry," the hooligan said, feeling very aggrieved.
Guan Nan's subconscious step back silently angered Lao Jiang again, angry that they had frightened people quite a bit, and he ordered them to stand in the corridor.
Only Jiang Li had a faint smile playing on his lips.
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