"You... you..." Tang San lay sprawled on the ground, glaring fiercely at Shi Hao and Huo Ling'er. His voice trembled, filled with humiliation and resentment. Deep hatred showed in his eyes, as though he wanted to carve their figures into his bones. His face twisted with rage, veins bulging, making him look especially ferocious. Yet his body lay powerless on the ground, the contrast making his misery and pathetic state all the more apparent.
Tang San's hair was disheveled, his clothes torn, and his body covered in dust and wounds. A trace of blood hung at the corner of his mouth, left behind from his fierce battle with Shi Hao. His former pride and self-respect had been brutally trampled underfoot, reduced to nothing.
However, Tang San's eyes suddenly shifted. He looked toward Yu Xiaogang, who was also sitting on the ground nearby, trembling uncontrollably.
Yu Xiaogang's once-neat clothes had also become tattered and ruined. His face was full of terror and helplessness. His crew cut was a mess, and those once-shrewd eyes now held nothing but confusion and panic. The old cloth shoes on his feet had worn through, exposing his ugly toes and making him look especially bedraggled.
Yu Xiaogang met Tang San's gaze and could not help asking in confusion, "Xiao San, you..." Before he could finish, Tang San interrupted him with a deeply aggrieved expression.
"Teacher," Tang San gritted his teeth, as though it took all his strength to force out those words. "Could you call Shi Hao and Huo Ling'er Dad a hundred times for me?" His voice was filled with humiliation and helplessness, as though he were begging for his last lifeline.
Yu Xiaogang's dog-like eyes widened. He could hardly believe his ears. An incredulous expression appeared on his ugly face, as though time itself