Chapter 54: The Madness Before Graduation
Chapter 54: The Madness Before Graduation
“See, Teacher Xiao misunderstood us, right? Just making friends, why be scared?”
“We’re good guys, you know… but if you don’t give face, we’ll turn into fierce big bad wolves real quick, hahaha…”
Two young men who were clearly the leaders swaggered forward, joking and teasing Xiao Qian with laughs.
Zuo Hongbin, who was tall and sturdy, instinctively raised his left arm to block the young men from approaching, while his right arm wrapped protectively behind Xiao Qian. His voice trembled a little as he said, “What do you want? I’m warning you! You’d better leave quickly. This is a school! What you’re doing is illegal, you know?”
“Hey, who the hell are you? Get lost!”
“Trying to be a hero saving a beauty? Screw you!”
“Illegal?” One of the young men, who was clutching an iron chain and pulling it with a clattering sound in his hands, strode up to Zuo Hongbin. Tossing his head up arrogantly, he said, “This old man has been to the police station several times. Who are you trying to scare? Get lost now! Otherwise, I’ll leave you lying here today, believe it or not?”
“You…”
“Get lost for me!” the young man with the chain said without letting him finish. “I’ll count to three. One… two…”
The village thugs gathered in a circle rubbed their hands and clenched their fists, each grinning ferociously, ready to fight.
Zuo Hongbin was scared!
He quickly withdrew his right arm that was protecting Xiao Qian and shifted a step to the side, making as if to leave but hesitating.
Seeing this, the young man with the chain was satisfied and stopped counting. Tipping his face up with a fierce expression, he sneered mockingly, “Hey, that’s more like it. If it doesn’t concern you, just stay out of it. Be obedient, and you won’t get beaten today… Go on, leave! Damn it, did you hear me? Get lost!”
“Go!”
“Get lost, quick!”
The whole group of young men started to laugh and jeer. One of them even kicked Zuo Hongbin in the backside… They were enjoying this.
At this moment, the fear and panic on Xiao Qian’s face slowly faded away, leaving only despair and helplessness. She looked at Zuo Hongbin, who seemed hesitant but had clearly already made up his mind, his head bowed in shame. Then she lightly pushed Zuo Hongbin and said flatly, “Teacher Zuo, go…”
“Teacher Xiao, I’m… I’m sorry. Be careful.” Zuo Hongbin’s voice was as faint as a mosquito’s, and he started to walk away.
At this moment, Zuo Hongbin wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into!
Just as he lowered his head and had just walked out of the circle formed by the thugs, overwhelmed with shame and wondering if he should hurry to call the police, a thin figure suddenly strode past him from the corner of his eye. He quickly stopped and turned to look. Under the dim light, he saw a student in a school uniform, thin and of small stature, about 1.65 meters tall, push through two thugs and squeeze into the circle.
Then, Su Chunfeng’s cold voice came from the circle: “A bunch of grown men bullying a weak woman? Are your balls made of dough? Pah!”
“Damn it, are you looking for a beating?”
“One scaredy-cat just left, and now another comes looking for death… Hey, this is interesting!”
“Little brat, is she your sister? I’ll be your brother-in-law, haha!”
Clearly, these village thugs in their twenties, though angered, did not take Su Chunfeng, a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old male student in uniform, seriously at all. They looked down on him with contempt, mocking him for fun as if teasing a monkey.
But it was easy to imagine that once they lost interest in mocking, they would use violence to vent their anger!
Su Chunfeng grabbed Xiao Qian’s arm with his left hand and pulled her behind him. He raised his right hand and pointed at the village thugs one by one around the circle. Without any fear, he sneered contemptuously and said, “Worthless trash who only knows how to run their mouths! If you’re real men, step up and fight me one-on-one! If you’re cowards, get lost right now…”
This sentence completely provoked these ruthless and fierce village thugs!
“Damn it!” The young man with the chain immediately stepped forward to beat up Su Chunfeng, but he was pulled back by another young man beside him, who whispered, “Fourth Brother, this kid is Zhao Shangang’s brother!”
“Huh?” The one called Fourth Brother was stunned.
This person was Hou Gang, ranked fourth among the Ten Brothers. Hearing his companion mention the name “Zhao Shangang,” he instinctively took a step back as if with lingering fear. Then he snapped out of it, glaring angrily, “So what if he’s Zhao Shangang’s brother? Is Zhao Shangang so great?”
“Exactly, if Zhao Shangang dared show up now, old me would beat him up too. Who’s afraid of whom?”
“Let’s beat up this little brat first today!”
The group yelled and shouted arrogantly, but they were all waiting for one of their own to strike first before joining in. After all, the name Zhao Shangang had caused them too much psychological pressure!
Su Chunfeng took the opportunity to give Xiao Qian’s arm a firm squeeze with his left hand and pulled her aside, whispering, “Leave quickly!”
Xiao Qian had not yet snapped out of her shock.
She never expected that Su Chunfeng would bravely force his way into the circle surrounded by these young village thugs, pull her behind him, use his small frame to shield and protect her! Then, with an extremely arrogant and forceful attitude, he fearlessly sneered at and provoked these fierce village thugs!
With Su Chunfeng’s pinch and pull, Xiao Qian, in a daze, obediently turned and started to leave.
Xiao Qian’s movement immediately provoked the village thugs who were already on the verge of exploding. Two thugs reached out to push and shove her with nasty grins: “Don’t go! Stay and chat with us…”
“Ah!” Startled, Xiao Qian hurriedly stepped back, crossing her arms and raising them to protect her chest.
Su Chunfeng reached out to pull Xiao Qian back and kicked the young man grinning nastily who was walking in front. He kicked the young man right in the stomach, sending him stumbling backward and falling to sit on the ground.
“Damn it!”
Seeing Su Chunfeng strike first, several young men surged forward.
“Kill him!”
“Hit him!”
Things got out of hand!
After kicking one person down, Su Chunfeng knew a brawl was unavoidable. Thinking it was better to strike first than suffer later, he steeled himself and charged straight at one of the young men. He raised his hand to block the other’s arm, grabbed it, and shoved it aside. Then his shoulder slammed hard into the other’s chest.
Thud!
A dull thud!
The young man was sent flying, his toes leaving the ground as he fell backward.
“Damn it!”
Crack!
Su Chunfeng only felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. Instinctively, he reached back and grabbed the chain that had been swung onto his shoulder. At the same time, he executed a high spinning back kick, striking another young man who was charging from the side. Because his force wasn’t fully applied, the recoil caused him to stagger unsteadily backward and bump right into the arms of another young man.
Staying calm and not panicking, Su Chunfeng immediately jerked his head back, bashing it directly into the young man’s chin. At the same time, he bent his right arm and drove his elbow hard backward into the other’s chest. Thud!
The young man cried out in pain, shoved Su Chunfeng away, and someone next to him grabbed Su Chunfeng’s clothes and pulled.
As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands; even a hero can’t withstand many attackers!
Su Chunfeng was surrounded and attacked by several people. Pushed and pulled, he was brought to the ground. Then the group crowded around and started kicking him. Lying on the ground, Su Chunfeng covered his head with both hands, using his back and twisting continuously, while his legs kicked wildly. Although he couldn’t avoid getting hit in the chaos, by covering his head and kicking with his legs, he protected his vital spots and managed to kick his attackers, preventing himself from being completely overwhelmed.
“Damn it!”
“Kill him!”
“Dare to fight back…”
The group kicked fiercely and savagely, their arrogance extreme. Hou Gang even swung the iron chain in his hand and whipped it at Su Chunfeng. Unexpectedly, because there were too many people, he missed Su Chunfeng and hit one of his own in the leg. Angrily, he had to pull back the chain and instead fiercely kicked, cursing as he did, “Damn little punk, I’m gonna finish you off today!”
Pushed to the outside, Xiao Qian was terrified. She rushed forward recklessly to pull at the village thugs, crying and screaming, “Stop! Don’t hit him! Please, don’t hit…”
But what strength could a woman like her have?
She was soon roughly shoved to the ground by the savage village thugs. Two thugs even charged at her fiercely and raised their hands to hit her. At this moment, Zuo Hongbin, who had not gone far and was hesitantly watching the situation, finally found his courage. He rushed up and blocked the hand slapping at Xiao Qian. At the same time, he threw punches and kicks, fighting with the two fierce village thugs.
Actually, the reason Zuo Hongbin suddenly got brave was…
“Damn it, let’s go, brothers!”
“Who’s afraid of whom tonight? Damn cowards!”
“Let’s finish off these bastards!”
“Kill them!”
The sound of chaotic footsteps mixed with furious shouts that almost pierced the sky. A group of junior high school students, fifteen or sixteen years old or even thirteen or fourteen, surged out from the night and poured toward the playground. Some carried stool legs, some wielded shovels, some had bricks, some held brooms…
These boarding students who had studied at Dongwangzhuang Township Middle School for two or three years, almost all of whom had been bullied by local students or outside thugs, had their pent-up frustration ignited tonight!
Fury poured out onto the so-called Ten Brothers and their gang.
Bang! Crash! Thud!
In the chaotic fight, shrill screams and loud curses mingled together, echoing under the dark night sky over Dongwangzhuang Township Middle School.
It was pure mayhem!
Xiao Qian, who had never witnessed such a brutal group fight scene, was terrified and dazed. She sat on the playground in a stupor, watching the figures fighting madly under the night sky, feeling lost and fearful.
“Teacher Xiao, are you okay?”
“Ah?” Xiao Qian shuddered, only feeling her arm being pulled, and she found herself being helped up. Then she saw clearly that it was Su Chunfeng supporting her, looking at her with a concerned smile.
Xiao Qian shook her head blankly. “N-no, I’m okay.”
“Let’s go, I’ll walk you back to the office…”
“Okay.” Xiao Qian nodded, turned obediently, and with Su Chunfeng supporting her, walked away into the distance.
Behind them, on the playground, the shouts and curses thundered. Eight or nine young toughs from outside were being chased and beaten by over forty junior high school students erupting with Malefic Energy. Some could still flee in panic, while others were already beaten down, bleeding from their faces.
Li Zhichao, who was at the very front, got whipped on the forehead by Hou Gang’s chain, immediately making his face bloody!
Then, in a rage, Li Zhichao pulled out a sharp dagger with a blade less than half a foot long from his pants pocket and viciously, without hesitation, stabbed it into Hou Gang’s stomach.
“Screw your mother!”
“Ah…”