Ring, ring.
Soon, Xia Ping received a call from Huo Gang and the others.
"Oh, so it's Senior Huo. What did you call me for? If it's nothing important, I'm hanging up. I'm very busy, after all. I still have to compete and rest. Unlike you, I'm not sitting around with nothing to do."
Xia Ping shouted.
Sitting around with nothing to do, my ass!
Hearing Xia Ping's voice, the Core Students all wanted to rush over and beat the hell out of him. He made them sound like unemployed layabouts who did nothing all day.
If they hadn't needed to put this matter to rest, they wouldn't have called this guy even if their lives depended on it.
But they couldn't afford to say anything too harsh now. After all, they were the ones who'd come to negotiate.
"The reason we called is simple. We can't let this matter keep escalating. Let's settle it privately," Huo Gang said bluntly, without beating around the bush.
"Settle it privately?"
Xia Ping sneered. "You put me through all this and even tried to intimidate me, ruining my chances of winning the championship. You think you can settle everything with a few simple words? Do you really think it's that easy?"
He looked at Huo Gang and the others with utter disdain, thinking they were far too naive...
"What do you want? Whatever your terms are, just name them," Huo Gang said in a low voice.
Before making the call, the Core Students had known they would have to pay a steep price this time, and they'd already prepared themselves for it. So they weren't surprised by Xia Ping's attitude.
"Settling this privately is easy. Just agree to a few conditions."
Xia Ping didn't waste time and immediately laid out three conditions.
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