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Zhou En almost laughed. Never mind that East District School was only entering a combat competition for the first time—other schools had been developing their combat programs for far longer than East District School could compare with.

The principal waved his hand, signaling that Zhou En could leave.

Zhou En had wanted to yell a few curses at the principal, asking why he did not just die. Chubby forcibly dragged him away.

School infirmary.

The suburban school's infirmary was extremely well equipped. Setting everything else aside, it had far more than one or two wards alone.

Li Hui slowly opened his eyes, staring blankly at the ceiling in a daze.

He had lost. He had actually lost a match that he had thought was a sure victory. That meant he would no longer be an official team member.

Ever since becoming an official team member, he had never imagined that he would lose one day. Looking at his hands, Li Hui's expression darkened as he took his phone from his pocket.

"Beep, beep, beep, beep."

With every beep, Li Hui's heart grew more unsettled.

"Hello." A vigorous, forceful voice came from the other end of the call.

"Brother, I'm sorry." Li Hui immediately admitted his fault, his heart filled with guilt.

A sigh came from the other end, as though the person had suddenly aged many years.

"Li Hui, come back. You don't need to worry about things here anymore." After a long silence, the other end finally gave an answer.

"Brother, can you give me another chance? I want to bring honor to the family. I don't want my younger sister to suffer." Li Hui practically cried as he spoke.

"A chance? How am I supposed to give you a chance? Can you still represent the school in competition? There's no way left!" The voice on the other end was almost roaring.

"Brother, don't worry. I'll definitely represent the school in competition." After saying that, Li Hui hung up before the other side could speak again.

Li Hui knew that the club's official team members had already been finalized. No matter how talented he was, it was useless now.

But heaven never sealed off every path. There would always be a way. Li Hui clenched his fists, got out of bed, and left.

"Student, remember to pay today's medical expenses." Seeing Li Hui wake from his coma, the doctor could not help reminding him.

Li Hui ignored the doctor completely and walked straight out of the school infirmary.

"Hey, hey, hey, student, you haven't paid yet!" The doctor hurried after him, but how could a frail doctor match Li Hui's speed? Li Hui vanished from sight in an instant.

The doctor stomped his feet in anger before returning to his office. He was going to find out who was so arrogant. He had already secretly decided to make a big issue out of this and have the school properly deal with that ignorant brat.

Dormitory Building Twelve. Li Hui made his way familiarly to the door of a room on the third floor.

"Bang, bang, bang."

"Who is it?" An annoyed voice sounded from inside the dorm, clearly displeased with roommates who always forgot their keys.

"Shu Qi, I want to talk to you. Is now convenient?" Upon seeing the person who opened the door, Li Hui immediately asked.

Shu Qi was one of the club's official team members. She ranked third among them in strength, placing her at a middling level.

Shu Qi answered casually, "There's no one in the dorm. Come in if you have something to say."

After Li Hui entered, Shu Qi casually shut the door.

"Shu Qi, I know you aren't particularly interested in representing the school in the Hundred Schools War. The only reason you remain in the club is because a good result in the Hundred Schools War would earn you a sizable bonus."

"How about this? I'll give you fifty thousand yuan. Give your official team member position to me." Li Hui stared intently at Shu Qi and spoke in a low voice.

Although the club's five official team members had supposedly already been decided, private substitutions were not prohibited. The school had never even considered such a situation. Who the hell would willingly hand their spot over to someone else?

Shu Qi gave a dry laugh and looked at Li Hui as if he were an idiot. "Do you think I'd agree?"

Although Shu Qi was not particularly interested in combat, and had only learned it under pressure from her parents, representing the school in the Hundred Schools War would add a significant entry to her résumé.

That was not something a mere few tens of thousands of yuan could measure.

Her gaze toward Li Hui was thick with mockery, as if saying that she would be a pig to agree to him.

But what happened next nearly made Shu Qi's eyes pop out.

Li Hui actually slowly knelt down right in front of her.

"Shu Qi, please help me. As long as you give me the official team member position, name any condition you want." Li Hui lowered his head as he spoke.

"Get up, quickly." Shu Qi hurried over to help Li Hui up. This was no joke—if a roommate happened to return and see this scene, she would definitely make tomorrow's campus headlines.

But Li Hui's knees seemed nailed to the floor. No matter how hard Shu Qi pulled, she could not drag him up.

After trying for a long time without pulling Li Hui off the floor, Shu Qi began to hesitate. To be honest, instead of spending her free time happily playing a few rounds of PUBG, she was very unwilling to represent the school in competition.

After struggling internally for a long time, Shu Qi asked, "Why? You at least need to give me a reason."

Li Hui was silent for a while before slowly saying, "I can't tell you the reason for now. You only need to know that this is a private matter of the Li family."

"The Li family?" Shu Qi was somewhat surprised. She was naturally not some clueless novice like Zhou En. Of course she knew that the Li family had once been the Iron Blood Gang.

Shu Qi hesitated. She did not want to get involved in the Li family's internal struggle, but neither did she want to give up her official spot so easily.

"Thirty thousand isn't enough." Shu Qi wanted to bargain. She had already guessed that even if Li Hui was not a member of the Li family, he had to be related to them. Would a Li family descendant lack money?

Li Hui gritted his teeth. "Fifty thousand. That's all the money I have. Even if you sold me, I couldn't come up with any more."

Shu Qi could not help feeling tempted upon hearing that. Fifty thousand yuan—enough to buy an Alto. Even if she only put it into a fixed deposit, it would earn more than a hundred yuan in interest a year.

If she invested it, she might even make a thousand yuan in pure profit every year.

But human greed had no end. Shu Qi looked at Li Hui kneeling on the floor and said coolly, "You're a Li family descendant, aren't you? I don't believe a Li family descendant could be that poor."

Li Hui gritted his teeth and said, "Not every Li family descendant is rich. There are plenty of poor bastards like me. These fifty thousand yuan are what I painstakingly saved over the past few years."

Seeing Li Hui like this, Shu Qi believed him somewhat more. She then nodded. "Fine. As long as you give me fifty thousand yuan, I'll give you my official team member position."

Li Hui was overjoyed upon hearing this and repeatedly thanked her.

A week passed in the blink of an eye.

Zhou En still trained at the club every day. Since he had been called back to school, he still had to attend his classes properly.

"Zhou En, are you free at noon today?" Liu Yu walked up to Zhou En and asked.

She was still wearing a tight, semi-transparent red tank top on her upper body and tiny pink shorts below. Every time Zhou En saw Liu Yu, he had the urge to get a nosebleed.