Hitting is Pain, Scolding is Love

Chapter 29: Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child

"Su Ke, Su Ke!" Wang Xiaogang started shouting and waving the moment he saw Su Ke walk into the classroom.

"What is it?" Once Su Ke walked over, Wang Xiaogang wore an expression as if he were waiting for a reward. "Well? Did you watch the video when you got home?"

Su Ke nodded. It was true; he had nearly suffered from insomnia last night because of that video. He had watched it over a dozen times, flipping back and forth, summarizing the lessons learned so he could try to look cooler in the next shoot.

"Let me tell you, you're about to become a celebrity at No. 17 High School!" Wang Xiaogang looked at Su Ke with a lecherous grin, winked, and whispered, "I uploaded your video to our school's forum yesterday!"

"Oh, man!" Su Ke's heart immediately began to race. A bad premonition surfaced, as if something terrible were about to happen, and he broke into a cold sweat before he even realized it.

Seeing Su Ke's face turn pale, Wang Xiaogang was confused. "What's wrong with you? You'll be famous once I post it on the forum. Think of all the girls who will be chasing after you! You have no idea how handsome you looked in that video; if I were a girl, you would've already lost your virtue to me!"

"Sigh, I'm just afraid of someone coming to find me," Su Ke sighed helplessly.

"Su Ke!"

Suddenly, a crisp, pleasant voice rang out from the classroom doorway.

Following the sound, Su Ke was instantly dumbfounded. A girl was standing at the door, waving at him with an unreadable expression on her face.

"Look, look, didn't I tell you you'd be famous? This is all my doing!" Wang Xiaogang turned his head to look. The girl standing at the door had long hair draped over her shoulders; her appearance and figure felt very familiar, and he was certain she was a beauty.

Su Ke dragged his heavy feet as if walking toward the execution grounds. His face was ghastly, and his heart was filled with trepidation, but the girl simply stood there, waiting patiently, staring straight at him.

As he walked out, he adjusted his breathing. Since things had reached this point, there was no way to escape. As the saying went, you can run from the monk, but you can't run from the temple. Su Ke finally shuffled over to the girl. "You're here."

The girl didn't answer. She moved toward the corridor outside the door, avoiding the gazes of the people in the classroom. Only then did Wang Xiaogang suddenly let out a roar: "Oh my god, isn't that the school beauty, Li Feifei?"

That was right!

This girl was Li Feifei, one of the ten school beauties of No. 17 High School. She was the victim of the two times Su Ke had groped her backside. Now, she had finally tracked down the culprit and come straight to his door.

Su Ke looked at Li Feifei. Her jet-black hair hung down like a silk ribbon, parted into several strands over her shoulders. She wore a white chiffon short-sleeved blouse with a light, airy texture that even revealed the white camisole underneath. Below, she wore ocean-blue canvas harem pants. Her entire outfit looked pure and vibrant.

However, Li Feifei's expression was sour. She pursed her lips and stared into Su Ke's eyes, remaining silent for a long time.

Su Ke felt incredibly awkward. He didn't even need to think to know his face was as red as a monkey's butt. His heart was pounding, and his palms were already damp with sweat.

Ever since he heard Wang Xiaogang say he had uploaded the video to the forum, he knew a day like this would come. The video had mentioned that he was a student in Class 3-8 at No. 17 High School. The only reason he hadn't run into Li Feifei before was that their classes were on different floors, but now? Hmph, was it really that hard to walk downstairs?

Li Feifei didn't say a word, just kept watching Su Ke. With morning self-study about to begin, students kept passing by them, casting scrutinizing glances that only made Su Ke more nervous.

"Uh!" Su Ke took a deep breath, trying his best to calm down. If they kept standing there like idiots, they would soon attract a crowd. "Heh, are you doing well?"

Li Feifei had been suppressing her anger since she saw Su Ke. If it weren't for the many students around, she would have already exploded. Hearing Su Ke speak with such an innocent look on his face made her even angrier. Her chest heaved violently, her two exquisite peaks rising and falling.

Su Ke's gaze inadvertently swept across Li Feifei's chest, and he couldn't help but take another look, then another.

"Is it good to look at?"

Su Ke completely ignored the murderous intent in Li Feifei's voice and nodded reflexively. "It's pretty good."

The moment the words left his mouth, he realized something was wrong. Sure enough, Li Feifei, who had been suppressing her rage, suddenly lashed out with a kick. If it had been the old Su Ke, he would have definitely taken that hit, but ever since he gained the Military Boxing Mastery reward, his reflexes were sharp. He stepped back, narrowly dodging the blow.

Li Feifei missed, which only made her angrier, and she pressed forward. Su Ke couldn't care about anything else now; he retreated continuously, his voice low. "Don't, don't do this, watch your image! Hey, stop kicking, the teacher is coming!"

The "teacher is coming" trick worked better than anything else. Li Feifei stopped and looked around, but there was no sign of a teacher. Furious, she prepared to pounce on Su Ke, claws and all.

"Don't, Li Feifei, let's talk this out!" Su Ke stayed at a safe distance, watching Li Feifei panting. Her willow-leaf eyebrows were slightly furrowed, her face flushed, and she looked as if she wanted to eat him alive.

"Talk about what!" It wasn't that Li Feifei didn't want to argue with Su Ke, but how could she possibly admit in public that she had been groped by him? She gritted her teeth and said fiercely.

"Calm down first. There are so many people watching, and self-study is about to start. Let's have lunch together!" Su Ke had calmed down quite a bit after the dodging; he wasn't as nervous anymore, thinking he would just try to muddle through it for now.

Li Feifei caught a glimpse of Wang Xiaogang craning his neck in the classroom to peek at them. She turned and glared at him, causing Wang Xiaogang to immediately shrink back. Looking back at Su Ke's serious expression, she finally nodded. "Fine!"

After saying that, Li Feifei turned around and stormed off without looking back.

"Phew!" Su Ke wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and finally let out a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to head back, Wang Xiaogang popped out. "Not bad, buddy! I didn't know you had a thing with the school beauty, Li!"

"Go away, get lost. Didn't you see that 'thing' almost cost me my life?" Su Ke waved him off as if shooing a fly and walked back inside.

"Heh heh, spare the rod and spoil the child, and the one you love most is the one you kick. Don't try to fool me, tell me how you hooked up with the school beauty!" Wang Xiaogang stuck to him like a piece of dog-skin plaster, slinging an arm around Su Ke's shoulder as they entered the classroom together.

Su Ke was in no mood to joke with him, but as soon as he walked into the classroom, he felt a gaze fixed on him. He looked up and saw Wei Lan pouting, staring at him with hostility, as if he had committed some heinous crime against her.

He forced a smile, but was met with a roll of Wei Lan's eyes. Su Ke felt even more depressed. What was going on? Before he could dwell on it, a mechanical prompt sounded in his mind.

He quickly entered the Flower Picking System's space, where a new mission appeared on the electronic screen.

"Mission: Accept Li Feifei's request; Reward: High School Science Comprehensive (Intermediate)."