Probing

Normally, guests would come out to check when they heard fighting, but the guests at this hotel were nowhere to be seen. Zhou En vaguely guessed a possibility.

That this hotel was actually unoccupied.

With that thought, Zhou En didn't hesitate and kicked open the wooden door of a room on the sixth floor. As expected, the doors of small hotels were all shoddy products.

He quickly entered the room and locked the wooden door.

"This wooden door is already broken from you kicking it, so locking it won't do much good," Liu Yu reminded him from the side, while nimbly moving tables and chairs to barricade the wooden door.

After Liu Yu's reminder, Zhou En also began to imitate her actions.

"Right, because of the Li family's influence, the participating teams in the Hundred Schools War are all listening to Li Ming."

"They might deliberately target us during the competition, and this might just be a test run."

Liu Yu remembered something and warned Zhou En.

Zhou En gave a wry smile, "What time is it, and you're still thinking about club competitions?"

He muttered to himself, Women are so strange, always thinking about club matches no matter the time. He guessed Liu Yu might have a boyfriend in the club.

If Liu Yu knew what Zhou En was thinking, she would definitely make him leave on a stretcher.

Thump thump thump.

Just as Liu Yu and Zhou En finished moving the furniture, strong blows began to sound from outside the door. Zhou En and Liu Yu's hearts tightened. Liu Yu couldn't help but ask, "What do we do?"

Zhou En thought for a moment and could only say, "Let's call 110 first and see if the police can get here in time."

Liu Yu nodded and began dialing 110 on her phone. Zhou En, meanwhile, paced back and forth anxiously, unable to think of any way out of this situation.

Zhou En knew that the wooden door outside would soon be smashed down, leaving him and Liu Yu with no retreat.

"Crash." Just as he was pacing back and forth, lost in thought, the wooden door was finally kicked open with a heavy thud.

"Someone's inside," the leader of the thugs said to his subordinates after spotting Zhou En and Liu Yu in the room.

Zhou En had no choice but to block the doorway. Because the owner of the small hotel was extremely stingy, the door was built very narrow, allowing only one person to pass at a time, which significantly reduced the pressure on Zhou En.

However, no matter how strong Zhou En was, he was still just one person. The continuous stream of people rushing in one after another made Zhou En feel overwhelmed. Zhou En also noticed that anyone who had fought him would quickly retreat to the back, and then a new person would take their place. They were trying to wear him down to death!

But Zhou En had no other choice and could only force himself to stay on his feet, not letting himself fall. The physical pain was far from comparable to the mental anguish.

Just as Zhou En thought he couldn't hold on any longer, the piercing sound of police sirens cut through the darkness like a beacon of light. Zhou En's spirits lifted, and he forced himself to stay alert.

"Go, the police are here!" someone shouted, and everyone quickly retreated.

Zhou En let out a long sigh of relief.

Liu Yu poked Zhou En's back and said, "I know who's staying at this hotel." Without waiting for Zhou En's reply, Liu Yu continued, "The students participating in the Hundred Schools War are staying at this hotel."

"For some reason, they were sent away by Li Ming." Zhou En nodded upon hearing this.

Soon, the police found Zhou En and Liu Yu. Since Li Ming had already fled with his thugs by the time the police arrived, there was no need for them to take statements.

After a perfunctory questioning of Zhou En and Liu Yu, they drove away in their police cars, looking quite pleased with themselves.

At the hotel's main entrance, Zhou En watched the police car drive away and thought that Li Ming's influence was considerable, to the point where even reporting a crime could be suppressed.

"Isn't that trash from East District Academy?" Just as Zhou En and Liu Yu were watching the departing police car, an untimely voice rang out.

Zhou En and Liu Yu turned to look and saw a tall, thin young man swaggering over: "East District Academy should know its place in its first competition. Don't be too arrogant."

"Exactly! Don't think that just because you've invested over a hundred thousand in funding for this Hundred Schools War, I'm telling you, no matter how much money your school spends, you won't get a good ranking."

Zhou En turned his head and saw another person who seemed to have popped out of nowhere. The person pointed at Zhou En's nose and began to mock him.

"You." Just as Zhou En was about to lash out, Liu Yu quietly pulled him back, signaling him not to act impulsively.

Zhou En was also startled; he had no strength left at all. If he were to confront them now, he would definitely be at a disadvantage.

Liu Yu smiled slightly, cupped her fists, and said, "May I ask which academy you two are from?"

"Heh, do I need to tell a bottom-ranking academy?" More and more people arrived, all looking at Zhou En and Liu Yu with mocking eyes.

Zhou En vaguely sensed something was wrong. These academy representatives, who should have been out having fun or training, were all back at this critical juncture. It was clear they had planned this.

"Let's go," Zhou En pulled Liu Yu, and they ran out before the crowd could form a circle.

Liu Yu glanced back to see they weren't being chased and quietly said to Zhou En, "That was people from West District Academy. I guess they've figured out the whole situation here."

"What?" Zhou En was a little surprised. "Didn't you say you didn't know the opposing schools?"

Hearing Zhou En's words, Liu Yu became angry and pinched the soft flesh on Zhou En's waist fiercely.

"In any case, be careful during the competition tomorrow afternoon."

"Mhm," Zhou En agreed, enduring the sharp pain.

After leaving the food street, both Zhou En and Liu Yu felt a heavy sense of dread. Even a fool could see now that they, or rather their school, were being targeted.

"Those academy representatives might try to ambush us during the competition," Liu Yu said, her heart feeling heavy. After all, no one liked being ambushed for no reason.

"The representatives who were mocking us just now were from West District Academy and Four Symbols School."

Zhou En, on the other hand, seemed indifferent. Whatever comes, we'll deal with it. This, in turn, greatly annoyed Liu Yu.

At the hotel entrance, Li Ming stood with his arms crossed, asking a subordinate beside him, "Did you figure out his depth?"

If Liu Yu had been there, she would have recognized the subordinate as Yang Lin, the captain of the West District Academy team.

"We did. Zhou En only knows the Sun Character Consecutive Fist."

Upon hearing this, the others couldn't hide their shock.

"He only knows one move? How can someone with just one move be so strong? I don't believe it," some of the subordinates who weren't involved in this matter clamored.

"Zhou En's punches are too fast and too powerful, which is why he can represent the school in battles with just that one move," Yang Lin explained.

"Hiss." Everyone couldn't help but gasp.

"To become an official team member of the club with just the Sun Character Consecutive Fist is truly remarkable," Li Ming said indifferently, his arms still crossed.

"Even my brother couldn't beat you. It seems you do have the qualifications to earn my serious attention."

Since the snack street was already occupied by people from other schools, Zhou En and Liu Yu didn't want to cause further trouble and casually found a restaurant near a school to eat. After they both ordered their dishes