Morning, at Tianshui City No. 95 Middle School.
Students gathered on a huge sports field, lined up in their respective classes and packed together so tightly that the school had at least ten thousand students.
The Fighting Tournament was an annual school event, much like the sports meets on Earth in his previous life—only even more lively, with students even more enthusiastic about taking part.
So before the tournament began, the entire student body gathered to listen to the school leaders' speeches. Then the match order was assigned, and the tournament got underway.
Since not many people could participate—only students in Grade 12—the entire Fighting Tournament would wrap up in a single day without taking up too much time.
Xia Ping entered the school and headed to the sports field. He soon found his class's lineup, where he ran into Gao Wan and Yang Wei, whom he hadn't seen in ages.
"Hey, guys. Long time no see." Xia Ping went right over to greet them.
Gao Wan and Yang Wei were happily chatting when they heard a voice like a demon's right beside them. They shuddered, then quickly spotted Xia Ping—the man they wanted to beat up more than anything.
Damn it, even after a whole week, Xia Ping was still just as punchable. Both of them glared at him through gritted teeth.
Xia Ping didn't mind in the slightest. Instead, he cheerfully patted them on the shoulders and asked, "I didn't expect you to get out so soon. Weren't you supposed to be detained for seven days?"
Get out? Get out of your sister! What the hell were you talking about? Did this guy not have a zipper on his mouth? Why couldn't someone just shut him up? Half of Gao Wan and Yang Wei's faces darkened as they glared at the shameless bastard.
He really knew how to bring up the one thing they didn't want to talk about. Who greeted someone by asking if they'd just gotten out of jail? They were students, not criminals. Saying that was obviously going to draw the other students' attention.
They'd planned to keep the whole thing under wraps, lie low, and get through the next few months in peace and safety. Now that this bastard had brought it up, the whole plan had gone up in smoke.
Sure enough, as soon as the students nearby heard the words "got out," they turned to look over curiously.
"Got out? What happened? Did someone from our school go to prison?" asked a student from the neighboring class, instantly roused by Xia Ping's words.
"You seriously don't know? Those two are Gao Wan and Yang Wei, from Class 16 of Grade 12. A few days ago, they ran naked around the school. More than a dozen police officers took them away, and they were detained for seven days."
"Holy crap, they actually dared to run naked around school? What legends. How could they do something like that?"
"I heard they're perverts. They'd been planning this for years and waited until right before graduation to do it, hoping to make school history."
"Well, they certainly made school history. There's hardly anyone who doesn't know them now."
"Impressive. I bet they're as perverted as their names. Truly living up to them."
The students whispered among themselves, giving Yang Wei and Gao Wan some very strange looks.
They should've known that nothing good ever came from running into this bastard. Hearing the students' gossip all around them, Gao Wan and Yang Wei were on the verge of tears. Their reputations at school were ruined for good.
"By the way, did anything happen to you in the holding cells? I heard there are lots of beasts in there, and plenty of gay guys too," Xia Ping asked curiously. "You were there for seven days. Did you really make it out all right? Nothing happen in the showers?"
Gay guys?!
At the words, the students lit up with excitement. Holy crap, there was gossip here! Xia Ping's reminder made them remember that a holding cell was no place to be.
It was full of criminals, all of them vicious, burly men. Some of them were gay, too. Two fresh little flowers sent into a holding cell—weren't they lambs walking straight into a tiger's den?
"Nothing happened, you sister! We're perfectly fine! Xia Ping, you bastard, stop spreading rumors!" Gao Wan cried indignantly, his face turning green. He wanted nothing more than to tear that big mouth of Xia Ping's right off.
No one had thought of that before. This loudmouth had deliberately brought it up and got all the students around them imagining things. If that rumor spread, how could they ever show their faces at school again?
Yang Wei glared angrily at Xia Ping too. If he hadn't been sure he couldn't beat the bastard, he would've charged over and beaten the shameless guy to a pulp long ago.
Damn it, after being detained by the police for seven days, they'd spent what felt like an eternity in the holding cell. Surrounded by a bunch of hulking men, they'd nearly lost their virginity. They'd never experienced anything like it in their lives.
And that was how Yang Wei and Gao Wan had gone from having a bit of a grudge between them to becoming buddies.
"Oh, oh, my mistake. I shouldn't have asked about such painful memories. Nothing happened to you at all." Xia Ping put on a look that said he understood everything and gave them a reassuring glance, as if to say he would never let their secret slip.
You understood? You didn't understand a damn thing! You knew nothing, so why were you pretending you did? Nothing had happened to them!
It should've been a nonissue, but with Xia Ping denying it like that, wouldn't everyone be even more suspicious? Gao Wan and Yang Wei were furious.
"Painful memories? So something really did happen."
"Of course it did. It was a holding cell, and they were detained for seven days, surrounded by a bunch of gay guys. How could nothing happen?"
"Those students really have it rough. They even wanted to keep it a secret for the two of them, without realizing there's no way to keep this under wraps."
"Everyone knows those two were locked up for seven days. Seven whole days!"
"Holy crap, that leaves a lot to the imagination."
"I think this could easily become a novel, or even a movie that makes over a hundred million at the box office."
"No wonder they looked so drained when I saw them just now. They must be exhausted."
"Serves them right. That's what happens when you're a pervert. Let's see who dares to run naked around school now."
"You have to pay a price to make school history. Those two upperclassmen are a warning to the rest of us."
The students sighed with emotion as they looked at Gao Wan and Yang Wei. They thought the two looked as if they'd been brutalized by someone, so those seven days must have been full of one horrifying story after another.
Xia Ping, I'm not done with you!
Gao Wan and Yang Wei sighed at the sky, their faces turning almost entirely green. They'd made up their minds: if they didn't beat the hell out of that bastard, then those seven days in jail would've been for nothing.
"Hey, isn't that Xiong Batian? You got out of the hospital so soon? Are you completely healed?"
Xia Ping ignored Gao Wan and Yang Wei and soon spotted Xiong Batian trying to hurry past. He greeted him just as warmly.
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