Tang San: Oh No! I Became a Pig!

Xiao Wu had only wanted to hurry up and eat her carrot. She had no intention of getting involved in this.

But they had humiliated the Work-Study Students in public, clearly insulting her as well.

She immediately stormed forward and pointed at those students as she cursed them out!

"What's wrong with Work-Study Students? What gives you the right to look down on us?"

Seeing someone stand up for them, Wang Sheng and the others were overjoyed.

As if they had found their backbone, they all gathered behind Xiao Wu and chimed in.

Tang San, meanwhile, had remained in the back.

It was not because he was silently reciting the Tang Sect's rules.

He was simply staring blankly at Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu's appearance was like activating the source code at the bottom of his mind.

The sight of her standing up for others instantly drew all of his attention.

But just then, a figure suddenly stepped in from the side and blocked his entire view.

Tang San's brows furrowed slightly as he stared at that back with displeasure.

"Xiao Wu, look at you. You don't even have any strength when you curse someone."

With one hand in his pocket, Jiang Liang strode toward Xiao Wu with high spirits.

His gaze swept disdainfully over the group of upperclassmen before he suddenly snorted with laughter.

"You're dressed up like proper people, but no matter how human you look, it doesn't change the fact that you aren't human."

The upperclassmen's faces turned red with fury.

"What did you say... Ah!!"

Before he could finish, the student speaking was kicked in the stomach. Clutching his abdomen in pain, he dropped to his knees.

Jiang Liang smiled as he withdrew his right foot. "Can't even understand human speech? I said you're beasts."

"Did the Work-Study Students eat your family's rice? Or spend your money?"

"They can eat wherever they want. Since when is it your turn to bark here?"

Wang Sheng and the others were instantly thrilled, their eyes filled with gratitude as they looked at Jiang Liang.

These Work-Study Students were often bullied by upperclassmen in the academy.

They had thought the newly arrived Tang San could become the Work-Study Students' pillar of support.

Who would have thought he would hide in the back the entire time?

Yet the ones willing to stand up for them were two strangers.

Those upperclassmen were the sort who feared the strong and bullied the weak. Bullying these Work-Study Students was one thing.

But seeing how exquisitely Jiang Liang was dressed, they assumed he was some young nobleman and immediately grew afraid.

Jiang Liang raised a brow slightly and turned to Xiao Wu. "See? Don't waste so much time reasoning with people."

"If you feel offended, just hit them. And if you can't beat them, don't you still have me?"

Xiao Wu's eyes sparkled as she nodded repeatedly. "Got it! I'll just hit them next time!"

As she spoke, she raised her fists at the upperclassmen.

"You... You dare!"

"Do you know who our boss is? He's the city lord's son!"

"If you dare lay a hand on us..."

Before they could finish, Xiao Wu gave the upperclassmen a fierce beating, knocking them all to the ground in pain.

"Haha, that was fun! I feel so much better now!"

Xiao Wu beamed, her eyes curving into crescents as she skipped over to Jiang Liang and proudly sought praise.

"How was that? Did I do the right thing this time?"

"You did very well." Jiang Liang smiled and rubbed the top of her head.

That intimate gesture made Tang San, who had been watching from behind, frown deeply.

For some reason, seeing the two of them like that made him feel miserable.

Especially when he saw Wang Sheng and the others gratefully crowding around Jiang Liang, he was so angry he nearly crushed his teeth.

The fourth rule of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record: never try to play the pig to eat the tiger, or you may easily become a pig for real.

He had kept hiding his abilities and endured without acting. Now all the glory and gratitude had fallen onto Jiang Liang.

He had truly become the joke cowering in the back.

Jiang Liang smiled as he accepted Wang Sheng and the others' gratitude, then waved an arm. "It isn't easy for us to meet like this. Come on, everyone, follow me upstairs to eat."

"Don't stand on ceremony. I'm treating you to this meal."

Wang Sheng and the others were overjoyed and thanked him again and again.

Jiang Liang smiled, then swept his gaze toward Tang San, who was still standing at the very back.

"As for that brother who's been hiding in the back, do you want to come along?"

It would have been fine if he had not said that.

But the moment he did, everyone's attention shifted to Tang San.

Only then did they realize there was another person standing behind them!

Xiao Wu turned to Wang Sheng and the others curiously. "Do you know this person?"

"Uh..." Wang Sheng and the others were extremely awkward.

They really did not want to say that this was the boss they had just acknowledged.

Tang San's expression was extremely ugly. With a gloomy face, he stepped forward.

"My name is Tang San. I am also a Work-Study Student."

"Tang San? Never heard of you." Xiao Wu put her hands on her hips, indignation written all over her face. "But since you're a Work-Study Student, why did you just stand there and watch everyone else get bullied?"

"I..." Tang San was immediately left speechless.

He could not exactly say that the Tang Sect's rules forbade him from casually stirring up trouble, could he?

Seeing him hesitate, Xiao Wu became even angrier. She opened her mouth to continue scolding him, but Jiang Liang stopped her.

Jiang Liang raised a hand to cut off her next words and smiled. "All right, Xiao Wu. Maybe he has some difficulty he can't speak of."

"Let's go eat."

"Hmph!" Xiao Wu huffed indignantly at Tang San.

Then she stepped around the upperclassmen lying on the floor and followed Jiang Liang upstairs.

Watching their retreating backs, Tang San's face shifted between green and purple, making for a particularly vivid sight.

The amused looks from the other students around him made him feel as though he were sitting on pins and needles.

Without even eating, he angrily turned and walked out of the cafeteria.

That damned boy made me utterly humiliate myself in public!

You have chosen the Way of Seeking Death!

Just then, a tall figure suddenly cast a shadow over him.

Tang San looked up and met that zombie-like face.

"Little San? Why are you outside alone? Aren't you going in to eat?"

"Teacher." Seeing the newcomer, Tang San hurriedly suppressed the hostility in his eyes. "It's nothing. Something happened just now, and I have no appetite."

"What happened? Tell your teacher. I'll find a way to uphold justice for you."

"It's just..."

Tang San did not hide anything and recounted everything that had happened.

Meanwhile.

Jiang Liang had already brought Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, and the others to sit on the cafeteria's second floor, and he had ordered a table full of dishes.

When Wang Sheng saw that Jiang Liang had even ordered several dishes made from Soul Beast meat, he was ecstatic. Everyone wanted to acknowledge Jiang Liang as their boss.

Compared to Tang San, a boss who did nothing when trouble arose,

Jiang Liang was clearly much more suited to be their boss!

Jiang Liang did not refuse, smiling as he agreed.

However, amid the laughter and cheer, Jiang Liang's peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of Yu Xiaogang and Tang San appearing at the stairs to the second floor.

Judging by their aggressive manner, they did not look like they had come to eat. They looked more like they had come to cause trouble.

Sure enough.

After Yu Xiaogang and Tang San reached the second floor, they walked straight toward their table.

When Wang Sheng and the others noticed them, their expressions stiffened.

Xiao Wu was still wondering why that shameless guy had come back again.

Then Yu Xiaogang walked up to them and put on a profound, lecturing pose.

"Work-Study Students share honor and disgrace as one. Yet you are feasting here while deliberately excluding Tang San. Do you have even the slightest regard for collective rules?"