XP Farm

Short skirt, seashell earrings, cool... Why does this girl sound so much like the one Shan Kaiquan described?

Ma Shicheng looked toward Shan Kaiquan.

It was not just Ma Shicheng. Guo Kunnan, Hu Jun, and the others who had been listening in all looked over as well.

Shan Kaiquan froze hard, his throat a little dry. Earlier, that girl had asked him for his name and class, and he had thought she was interested in him.

He had thought love had arrived—his spring had come, though late.

He had even been prepared to make the difficult choice between Bai Yuxia and that girl. Who could have expected this to happen instead?

The boy standing before the podium, brimming with murderous hostility, was definitely not here to fool around.

Shan Kaiquan suddenly understood. So she asked for my details to find someone to beat me up!

The other side had brought several people. Shan Kaiquan could no longer stay calm. He was not sure how many classmates would be willing to help him if a fight really broke out, and he instinctively looked toward Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning remained calm. To the rest of the class, this might have been a fright, but to him, they were nothing more than a few noisy ants.

What puzzled him was that this had not happened during his first year of high school in the past. It seemed that, with his intervention, the future had gradually drifted from its original course.

Jiang Ning's immovable calm made Shan Kaiquan's heart sink. He could not tell what Jiang Ning was thinking.

Better rely on himself than beg others. Shan Kaiquan signaled with his eyes to a classmate sitting by the back door.

He wanted him to open the back door so he could make a strategic retreat. Who cared what happened afterward? Running came first.

Unfortunately, the student by the door did not understand his look.

Seeing that the visitors meant trouble, Class Monitor Huang Zhongfei stepped forward and said, "If you have a conflict, settle it outside. Don't affect our class getting out of school."

The Nike-wearing Deng Xiang looked at Huang Zhongfei in surprise, astonished that this boy was so gutsy.

Then Deng Xiang said disdainfully, "Heh, who the hell are you?"

"Do I need you telling me what I can do?"

Deng Xiang was a student from No.4 Middle School. He had paid to get in with extra points, and he usually got along well there. Among the first-year students at No.4 Middle School, who would not give him some face? Today, he had learned that his sworn little sister Gong Xuan had been bullied. How could he let that slide? Without another word, he immediately brought a group of brothers over to block someone.

He was not bragging—among the first-year students, there were not many who could go toe-to-toe with him.

"If Shan Kaiquan doesn't stand up today, none of you are leaving!"

"No one's getting out of school!"

"Let's see who dares move!"

Deng Xiang pointed at two students trying to slip away, his gaze fierce.

Students like him who fought often already carried plenty of intimidation. When he suddenly flared up, the two boys hurriedly stopped moving, unwilling to provoke him.

The class fell silent. They were all ordinary students. Facing seven or eight aggressive boys, most boys would not dare resist so easily, much less the girls.

Huang Zhongfei's expression darkened. He took out his phone and called the Class Teacher.

Deng Xiang took two steps forward and slammed a hand onto a desk. Bang! The loud crash rang out as he glared at Huang Zhongfei and threatened arrogantly, "You dare make that call? Believe it or not, I'll smash your phone!"

The desk shook, and the pink rabbit cup bounced into the air. Xue Yuantong hurriedly reached for it. Fortunately, she was quick enough to catch it at the last second.

The cup was ceramic. If it hit the floor, it would definitely shatter. Xue Yuantong hugged it, still shaken.

Huang Zhongfei put down his phone and did not call again, though the look in his eyes was strange.

Huang Zhongfei knew all too well about the relationship between Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning. Of all things, Deng Xiang had to mess with Xue Yuantong's desk.

After that satisfying smash, Deng Xiang was immediately filled with a sense of being on top. So what if there were more than twenty boys in this class?

Hadn't a single one of them stepped forward?

What was this called? This was fucking intimidation!

"Who's Shan Kaiquan? Quit acting like a coward! If you're a man, get out here!"

"Little sister, point him out!" Deng Xiang said.

Gong Xuan had been searching for her target from the moment she entered. By now, she had found him.

Shan Kaiquan met Gong Xuan's gaze and knew there would be no peaceful end to this today.

Run? He had indeed planned to run at first. A wise man did not fight when the odds were against him. But things had already gotten this big. If he ran now, how could he ever show his face in class again?

Shan Kaiquan gathered his courage, stood up directly, and shouted, "I'm Shan Kaiquan! If you have a problem, come at me!"

"You little bastard are Shan Kaiquan, right?"

Seeing Shan Kaiquan show himself, Deng Xiang finally had somewhere to vent his anger. He walked straight toward Shan Kaiquan alone, while the boys behind him did not follow.

Deng Xiang neither hurried nor slowed, walking at an ordinary pace, yet the atmosphere in the classroom grew increasingly frozen.

Deng Xiang had been in many fights. He knew this was what put the most psychological pressure on people.

He finally reached Shan Kaiquan and stared at him, intending to slap him a few times first, then drag him outside for a beating.

Shan Kaiquan had made his own plans as well. If Deng Xiang made a move, he would not just sit there and take it.

He could not escape today anyway. If he could grab one person and beat him half to death, that would be enough. He was a country kid who had worked in the fields since childhood, so he had some strength.

He could not match a fat guy like Song Sheng, but he was not afraid of ordinary people.

Besides, if a fight really started, Guo Kunnan and the others might not just stand by. He was not alone.

"You're Shan Kaiquan, right? You messed with my sister. Do you have a death wish?"

Deng Xiang was about to make his move.

Seeing that a fight was about to break out, Hu Jun, the brave Class Committee Member, could not just watch a classmate get bullied. Though he was all bark and no bite, he said, "What are you doing? What are you doing?!"

Deng Xiang whipped his head around and barked, "Shut up!"

Hu Jun fell silent. Still, he thought to himself, The Class Monitor Huang Zhongfei stepped up just now, and as a class officer, I stepped up too and tried to stop them. That counts as contributing to the class. Worth it.

When Wang Longlong saw this, he thought, I'm a man who plans to run for Class Monitor someday. Seeing Hu Jun set an example, he immediately jumped out to win some favor.

He sternly rebuked them, "You're not allowed to hit our classmates!"

Wang Longlong was closer. Deng Xiang slapped him on the head. "Got a death wish?"

Wang Longlong did not say another word. I contributed to the class too. Everyone knows I'm a brave man.

"Whoever else steps forward, I'll beat you directly!" Deng Xiang warned.

With those two examples, the other students stopped talking.

Guo Kunnan, Ma Shicheng, and the others, however, thought that no one had actually started fighting yet. This was not the right time to step up.

Once the fight truly started, they could strike back then. Even if it ended up at the Academic Affairs Office, they would not be in trouble. After all, the others had barged into their classroom to cause trouble first.

After dealing with the two people who had stepped forward, Deng Xiang had no one else coming to bother him. He had already grown impatient after wasting so much time. At last, he could make his move.

At that moment, Jiang Ning suddenly stood up and said, "Why don't you apologize first?"

For a moment, everyone in the class felt that the line sounded strangely familiar.

"Huh?" Deng Xiang was almost amused. He really did laugh twice. He had not expected anyone to dare provoke him at a time like this.

"Apologize? Who the hell do you think you are?"

Ever since entering Grade One, Class Eight, Deng Xiang had been swaggering around without restraint. Yet now, someone still dared to stick their head out.

And he was telling Deng Xiang to apologize. Ridiculous. Ridiculous. Too fucking ridiculous!

Deng Xiang looked at his little sister Gong Xuan and asked, "Why does Class Eight have so many freaks?"

Gong Xuan burst out laughing. For some reason, seeing that boy demand her big brother apologize struck her as hilarious. What ignorant recklessness.

Deng Xiang had once been at Iron Middle School. Back in the middle school division, he had been a notorious troublemaker who often fought with others. Once, he had even beaten someone badly enough to send them to the hospital.

After paying some compensation and receiving forgiveness, the matter had been settled just like that.

In her eyes, Deng Xiang's prestige was unmatched. Wherever he went, he was a big-brother figure.

Normally in class, if he did not like someone, he would shove them, and they would not even dare make a sound.

Ever since she had acknowledged Deng Xiang as her sworn big brother, Gong Xuan had strutted around Iron Middle School with no girls daring to bully her.

Yet this person actually dared to tell Deng Xiang to apologize. It was simply too funny.

Gong Xuan laughed twice, then suddenly sensed that something was wrong. The way these people looked at her sworn big brother Deng Xiang seemed somewhat strange.

There was even the faintest hint of something eerie.

Deng Xiang glared at Jiang Ning and said angrily, "If I don't teach you a lesson today, are you using me to farm XP?"

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