Chapter 168 – Dead End
Of course, the class leader would not commit a crime with me, but no matter what I said, she would also not return home. The reason being, she did not do anything wrong. If she just ran away with her tail between her legs, would that not be fostering the arrogance of the bad guys?
I never said foster! You return home first, then I will stay here and cripple them. Is that not upholding virtue, condemning evil, and happily ever after? Even though it was such a great proposal, the class leader did not agree.
It was getting darker, I was afraid these scums were already hiding in the dark nearby. Once we split up, they would carry out their plans. Of course, the people who come for me will not end in a good state, but the class leader’s side will also be bad.
Although the class leader usually nags, annoying, and often wrongly accuses me, I still loved to eat her food. I don’t want her food to taste worse after being bullied by these guys.
Thus I made the wisest decision: First send the dog back to the Love Pet Hospital, then I’ll go into battle and protect the class leader to her home.
Xiao Ding, who was currently on shift at the hospital, showed a slightly shocked expression when I came to return the dog with the class leader. In front of a young girl, Xiao Ding had a red face the whole time and was not sure where to look. He only spoke to me in a loud voice after the class leader went to look at the pets in the back.
Other than the little black dog, I also left Obama in Xiao Ding’s care, and I also gave him Peng TouSi’s contact information.
“Xiao Ding, help me out. Give the owner a call and tell him to pick up the dog. I have some stuff to take care of, so can you also help me apologize to the person who comes… You’re a true friend, I won’t treat you badly if I become successful in the future!”
Xiao Ding looked at me with disdain, it meant ‘you think you’ll be successful with how you look’? But, he showed an interested expression when he saw the pure-breed, Obama.
“Sure! I’ll take care of it! But Xiao Ye, you’re putting hoes before bros! Taking care of something? What are you taking Shu Sha to do?”
I rolled my eyes at him, “I’m planning… to take Shu Sha to a net cafe and play LOL overnight!”
“You dare!” Xiao Ding was furious, “Even if you play overnight, you can only play Dota! If you guys become LOL fans, don’t even think about stepping through the doors of this hospital in the future!”
The class leader was playing with a chinchilla through his cage with a long stick of grass, but she scrunched her brows a bit when she hear we were discussing about something ‘overnight’.
Obama was a bit reluctant to part with me at the beginning, but he started wagging his tail and completely forgot about me after Xiao Ding brought out various dog treats.
“Let’s not stay here too long, otherwise those guys might cause trouble for the hospital.”
The class leader nodded after she heard my reminder, then she waved goodbye towards Xiao Ding and all the pets.
Xiao Ding had a red face and did not respond. On the other hand, the pets all had a vile face as if to say ‘She’s finally leaving’.
Before we even walked one block after leaving the hospital, the class leader said there were people following us.
“How many?” I had complete confidence in the class leader’s super vision.
“Three.” The class leader bit her lips, it seemed like there was something she did not want to tell me. After a moment of pause, she said Rhonin was also among them.
So, that Rhonin found two helpers, eh? Who knew this son of a bitch had such a high efficiency! But it seems your out of luck, today I will teach you why there are some people you just don’t mess with! I will beat up both of the people you brought!
We walked alongside some office buildings where it was brighter, but they did not follow. It seems they wanted to find a secluded place before they attacked.
I noticed an alleyway that looked like a shortcut near the corner of an office building.
“This way!” I called out to the class leader, “If we cut through this alley, we might be able to shake them off if we’re fast enough!”
The class leader hesitated: “Why are we not taking the main road?”
“Why do you ask so many questions!”
I grabbed the class leader’s hand and started to run —— her hand was ice-cold.
“Wait! Ye Lin, wait! Are you sure this is a shortcut?” Although the class leader could catch up to my pace if she forced herself, her breathing still became rapid quickly, “Why are you so familiar with the roads near my house?”
Who’s familiar with the roads near your house? The only ones who research things like that are stalkers! I saw the reflection of a car’s headlights on the white wall! If we go this way, there’s another turn so it will be harder for the people following us to find us.
As I reached the end of the alley with the class leader, I widened my eyes and blamed my stupidity.
In front of us was a dead end. The car light that I saw was shone from an overhead highway.
The wall in front of us was uneven, there was also a single student’s shoe at the foot of the wall. Its size was small, so I was pretty sure it belonged to a female. I was not sure why it was left here, there was also suspicious white stuff that was congealed on the shoe.
If that was not enough of a sign, the class leader also stepped on a bra that was torn in half.
Fuck, isn’t this the place where hoodlums commit crimes? They seize a single female into the depths of an alleyway where they tyrannize them… This alley is a perfect fit based on its length and complex structure! If I was a sex offender in a parallel universe, then I would probably commit the crime here.
The class leader quickly realized that this was not a good place. She pulled out her hands that became even colder from my grasps, and her long hair started to tremble.
“Did-… Didn’t you say this was a shortcut? Why is there a wall here?”
I was unable to respond. I didn’t have an explanation other than admitting I was an idiot.
The class leader suddenly turned around and wanted to run, but I grabbed her by her wrists.
“Come back! You can’t run away anymore!”
What I meant was that the three of them already entered the alley and you would collide with them if you ran out. It would be better to stay behind me and see how I take care of them.
I never expected the class leader to misunderstand. She turned half of her body around and looked at me with hate in her eyes.
“So it turns out… you guys are in this together!”
Eh? What do you mean?
It was late at night and it was dark. There were many cars passing by on the highway bridge over top, and from time to time the high beam lights would illuminate our faces. Her face was whiter than the moon and her lips were redder than blood.
“Am I wrong? You… You purposely laid this trap, then you tricked me here… What do you want?”
The footsteps of those three came closer and the class leader started to tremble even harder.
“You… Don’t think that you’ll be able to escape from the punishment of the law!”
Like an eagle who had an injured wing and was falling to the ground, the class leader’s eyes flickered with sadness, doubt, anger, and unyielding willpower. She grinded her teeth and stared at me, it was like blood was going to come out of her eyes.
But there was no blood, nor was there tears. As if tears would be a display of weakness.
I sighed, but I did not let go of her wrist. I was afraid she would do something irrational if I let go.
“Shu Sha.” I intentionally did not call her the class leader, it signified that it was after school hours and she was under my protection, “I brought you to a dead end due to a lapse of judgment, but I’m definitely not with those three. If you don’t believe me, watch me beat all of them to the ground.”
Those three bastards were laughing and talking among each other when they caught up and they saw me twisting the class leader’s wrist.
I was flabbergasted when I realized that I recognized both of two people in front.
The left one was called Li Lao’Er. He had messy beard stubble on his chin and he looked evil when he laughed. There was also something wrong with the color of his eyes, his sclera and pupils were covered with varying degrees of a tannish color. If people didn’t know beforehand, they would think he was blind. He calls himself “Xia Ye” (TN: Blind Gramps), but people all call him “Xia B” behind his back. He is vicious, merciless, and extremely lecherous.
The one on the right was Zhao GuangTou (TN: guang tou = bald), and just like his name, he had a big bald head that reflected both sunlight and moonlight. Since he likes to eat a lot of meat, he always lacks vitamins. That’s why he always gets boils on the corners of his mouth. When he gets boils he would always burst it by biting it and it would form scabs. After it forms scabs, he would eat, then it repeats. This person was always greedy and lecherous, he was a complete villain.
These two monsters both pulled out a steel pipe from their sleeves. They gripped the pipe and watched me like a tiger eyeing its pray.
I did not say anything because there was something I did not understand.
Although both Xia B and Zhao GuangTou were greedy and lecherous, they used to be enemies! There was a time when they both said they slept with each other’s girl, and they brought their underlings and had a giant brawl on the empty construction plot! The porcelain teeth in Zhao GuangTou’s mouth was something he embedded himself after Li Lao’Er punched out his teeth!
Why would two enemies band together? Among the people I have fought before, these two were like tenacious weeds. If I had a fighting power of 1000, these two would each have a fighting power of 800, united it would be 1600, and they even brought weapons!
I sweated a bit for me and the class leader.