Chapter 49: Fish and Bear's Paw

  At noon, it was always the most lively moment in the campus. Countless black crowds poured out of each teaching building and flowed towards the canteen. Wen Ze mixed with the crowd, chatting and joking with Ren Yi shoulder to shoulder. When passing by the toilet, he let Ren Yi go first and turned into the toilet himself. It was the peak hour after school, and the toilet was packed with people, even a few were squeezed in sideways, occasionally hearing some rough boys singing loudly: Holding secret files, straddling the Yellow River... In front of us is the stormy rain, behind us are landmines and bombs...

  Wen Qing walked along the way, looking for a position. He saw that in the innermost corner, there were five or six people surrounding him. Liu Zhi and that chubby head shone brightly like a navigation light on the sea. Wen Qing naturally knew what they were doing and didn't want to get involved. As he passed by from behind, he suddenly heard a voice coming from the crowd: "You guys fight, if I make a sound, I'll follow your surname!"

  Wen Cheng stopped in his tracks, this slightly duck-like voice, even when speaking grandly, made people want to laugh, but that's not the point, the point is Wen Cheng knows this person!

  Tan Yu! How did he offend Liu Zhihe?

  "MB, you're still being stubborn! Today, if you don't get beaten and beg for mercy, I'll make you take my surname!"

  Liu Zhi and a tall boy next to him were scolding and cursing, raising his fist as if to hit him in the face. The other boys followed suit, cheering and jeering, making the scene very lively. Wen Ze reached out from behind and patted the tall boy's shoulder, saying in a low voice: "Stop"

  Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Gao Da also put down his fist, smiled: "It's you, Wen Ge..."

  Wen Cheng was a bit worried, and the consequences of his conflicts with Mu Shan were gradually emerging. He could even run into people he knew in the bathroom. He carefully looked at Tan Yu, whose face and body were still clean, so he shouldn't have been bullied yet. Smiling, he nodded at Gao Da Nan. Turning around to look at Liu Zhi An, he exclaimed in surprise: "What's wrong with you? Was it something Tan Yu did?"

  Liu Zhihe's face was a mess of bruises, and his left cheek was slightly swollen. Ah, it had been so busy since the start of school, there was no time to communicate with Tan Yu, how did this kid become so bold, even daring to hit Liu Zhihe?

  Liu Zhihe always had a smile on his face when meeting people, but today he didn't know why, seeing Wen Chen made him cold and expressionless, humming without saying a word. Gao Daman took over the conversation: "Is he worthy? This kid relies on his good looks to dare to flirt with my brother's girlfriend, we're here to teach him a lesson."

  Tan Yu's face turned bright red, and he didn't know whether it was from anger or fright. He stiffened his neck and retorted: "What girlfriend? Bei Mi doesn't even bother with Yuan Shaojie, but he keeps pestering her shamelessly. I couldn't stand it so I helped out."

  Gao Daman glared and raised his hand as if to hit, but Liu Zhihe coughed lightly and stopped him, saying: "Wen Chen, is he your friend?"

  Wen Qing walked past as if no one was there, blocking Tan Yu behind him, and smiled: "He is my brother!" Tan Yu puffed out his chest, standing beside Wen Qing, and didn't feel afraid anymore.

  Liu Zhi furrowed his brow, and Gao Da immediately stopped, sneering: "Wen Ge, you can't control this matter, so don't make things difficult for your brother."

  "You really think you're awesome, don't you? I call you Brother Wen as a courtesy, but if you don't drink the toast, you'll have to drink the penalty."

  "Why bother talking to him, let's just get straight to it. Who dares to mess with us at Ming Hua Middle School?"

  "It's just..."

  Liu Zhihe fell silent for a moment, then suddenly shouted: "Shut up!" Gao Daman and several others opened their mouths, saw that Liu Zhihe was really angry, and sullenly stopped talking.

  Wen Ze was originally too lazy to bother with them, but since Liu Zhi had spoken up and there was a relationship between Liu Tianlai, he had to give him an opportunity to save face. Smiling, he said: "Zhihe, how about this? I'll treat everyone to lunch today, let's go upstairs and have a small gathering?"

  Liu Zhihe burst out laughing and wrapped his arms around Wen Qian's shoulders, saying affectionately: "Alright, today I won't let you go hungry, otherwise my big belly would be for nothing!"

  He's really not a good guy! Wen Jian turned his head and said to Tan Yu, "You go back first, I'll find you when I'm free." Tan Yu nodded as if he understood, but actually didn't. He had always been grateful to this benefactor who saved his sister, especially since he just helped him out of trouble, so whatever he said was what went.

  Liu Zhihe pulled Wen Qian to walk ahead, lowering his voice and saying: "Do you still dare ask what's wrong with my face? Didn't you see my dad yesterday?"

  "Ah?" Wen Jian seemed to understand a bit, "Yes, just chatted with Director Liu for a few sentences..."

  "Damn it, you little brat is too bad! I thought our last collaboration was quite pleasant, but you actually went to my dad and reported me?"

  With a warm and gentle smile, he finally realized that Liu Tianlai had misheard the conversation last night, thinking that he had a past with Liu Zhihe, so he went back and scolded his son severely. This was done on purpose to leave a mark on his face, wasn't it just to make himself see?

  Whoever dares to say Liu Tianlai is a rough man again, I'll be damned if I don't get angry with you!

  "This is really unjust, I just praised you a few words to Director Liu, absolutely didn't say anything bad, it's a misunderstanding, must be a misunderstanding!"

  Wen Qian said it with a firm tone, and Liu Zhihe didn't want to pursue the matter further. Just now, he had intended to press Wen Qian down in the toilet and beat him up, but remembering his father's warning last night and Wen Qian's impressive fighting skills, he decided to let it go and smiled to forgive and forget their grudges.

  Liu Zhihe is not a fool, he can make Liu Tianlai, who has always been lawless, show restraint. Even if he yields, it's nothing to him.

  The cafeteria of No. 1 Middle School is divided into two floors, the lower floor has a large pot of rice, twenty windows lined up in a row, porridge, steamed buns, noodles and rice, which are no different from those of all high schools in this era. Ordinary students usually have meals here, efficient and fast, sufficient quantity, but don't expect too much for the quality of food, slightly better than pig feed. However, there are many children of high-ranking officials and rich families in No. 1 Middle School, and the school implements militarized management, so everyone has lunch at school, which makes many people unaccustomed to it. After repeated discussions and soliciting opinions, the school renovated the second floor this year, using partitions to create more than a dozen storefronts that were contracted out as a pilot project. In just two months, a booming scene emerged, and those who went late had difficulty finding seats. The sales volume soared, making Li, the vice president in charge of logistics, so happy that his mouth couldn't close.

  When they went up to the second floor, Wen Xiang couldn't help but admire Liu Zhi again. No wonder people say he's NB! He personally led someone to block the bathroom and resolve the dispute, and didn't forget to arrange for someone to come to the second floor to occupy a position and order dishes. This kind of coordination and organizational ability is no wonder he hasn't lost once from the start of junior high school until now.

  A group of people squeezed in and sat down, this place didn't sell alcohol, so everyone drank soft drinks, after a while they all became familiar with each other. High school was like that, simple, it took three seconds to get to know someone, and three seconds to become familiar with them, of course, if you wanted to turn against them, maybe it would take less than three seconds.

  It was lively while eating, and I saw Xǔ Yáo coming up the stairs not far away, three steps at a time, bouncing up. Wēn Chén's mouth twitched slightly, and he ate a piece of beef with an indifferent expression. Little sister, you're also a little beauty loved by your classmates, can't you pay attention to your image?

  Xu Yao stood at the staircase entrance, scanning around before rushing over to Wen Chen with a surprised look on her face. Wen Chen put down his chopsticks, knowing that something important must have happened. He and Xu Yao had an unspoken understanding not to interact much in school, although he didn't care, but after all, Xu Yao's identity was well-known there, the school leaders knew she was Xu Fu Yan's daughter, if any rumors spread to Old Xu's ears, Wen Chen didn't want to test a father's patience.

  "Alright, I've found you, let's hurry up and go, Ji Su has been dragged by Mu Shan to the playground..."

  Xu Yao was cut off mid-sentence, gasping for air, when Wen Ze had already stood up, holding his own water cup and handing it over to her. He chuckled lightly and said, "Don't rush, have a drink of water first. Everything will be fine with me here, don't worry!"

  Xu Yao took the water cup from him without thinking, tilted her head and drank it all in one gulp. Her elegant posture attracted everyone's attention. Wen Chen walked out while saying to Liu Zhihe: "I have something to do, I'll leave first. This meal will be on my account, I'll invite you all to a good dinner again tomorrow."

  Liu Zhihe stood up and smiled: "How can I be absent from this kind of thing? Let's go take a look together. Zhang Song, Jiang Tao, you two follow me."

  Two tall and sturdy-looking boys stood up, Wen Qiang knew that this was Liu Zhihe showing off. Anyway, Liu Tianlai already knew the general idea of what happened, there's no need to hide it from Liu Zhihe, so he said: "Zhang Ge, Jiang Ge doesn't have to go, we're not fighting, we're all cultured people, mainly focusing on reasoning!"

  Everyone burst into laughter, and the people eating around them frequently nodded in approval. Liu Zhihe nodded and said in a low voice, "Just listen to it and consider it settled. Don't spread this outside, keep your mouths tight."

  Wen Cheng gave him a warm and approving look, then followed Xu Yao downstairs. After the three of them disappeared from view at the stairwell, Gao Daman, also known as Zhang Song, suddenly clapped his hands and exclaimed: "A true hero is indeed a hero! Only our boss and Wen Cheng would dare to do something like this to Mu Shanshan. It's really impressive!"

  Jiang Tao's face was filled with envy, "What is this, the most NB thing is that they got Ning Xiao Ning and Xu Yao to play basketball with Mu Shan Mountain for Ji Su, Ning Xiao Ning and Xu Yao! Now Xu Yao is also so eager for Ji Su, what kind of state is this? Not only can she get along with the three beauties, but also make them not fight each other, this is simply a god-like state! If I say, Liu Lao Da is also no match."

  "Not bad, not bad..."

  If Liu Zhihe knew that this group of people had seen Xu Yao at close range once, he would immediately scold him as the boss and might even get angry to lose ten pounds.

  "How did you see Ji Su on the playground?"

  Last night, Ji Zheng was just settled, and today he didn't have time to tell Xu Yao, Wen Cheng was very surprised, how did she know about Ji Su's movements.

  "Hmm, I haven't received your letter for the past two days, don't know how things have been resolved? I'm a bit worried about her, just went to the girls' dorm after school to look for her, ran into Meng Ke from your class, heard that Mu Shan and a few others took Ji Su to the playground on their way back. As soon as I heard this, I rushed over, ran to the cafeteria where you usually sit, Ren Yi said he saw you go upstairs..."

  Looking at this kind-hearted girl with a worried face, Wen Jie's heart was filled with warmth. She was beautiful and came from a good family, but she never thought she was any different from other girls. When she smiled, she would laugh with abandon; when she got angry, she would throw punches and kicks; when she was happy, she would jump up and down; and when she was sad, she would cry her heart out. She may not be perfect, but she was a genuine person, unpretentious and straightforward. Whether as a lover or a friend, Xu Ya was always the most desirable choice in every boy's heart!

  Wen Cheng stretched out his hand and gently patted her head, softly saying: "It's okay, don't worry."

  Liu Zhi, who was following behind, twitched his mouth and two words floated up in his mind: Awesome!

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