"What? You have superpowers?"
Bai He cried out in shock. Was the plot starting this soon? He wasn't ready yet!
"Hey! Old Bai, Brother Bai, keep it down!"
Ge Xiaolun cautiously looked around. Only after making sure no one was paying attention to them did he pat his chest in relief.
"You have to be careful about this. Don't go spreading it around. If anyone notices, your Lun Ge might get hauled off and sliced up!"
As if recalling something, Ge Xiaolun's burly body could not help but shudder.
"But... Lun Ge, what exactly is your superpower?"
Bai He asked with an "uncertain" look on his face.
Although he knew that the person before him was Ge Xiaolun, the Galaxy Power, one of the top-tier Super Gene users, Bai He still could not resist messing with him a little.
"My superpower? Um... I can make people be quiet!"
Ge Xiaolun lowered his head to think for a moment, then suddenly looked up and spoke with a solemn expression.
"Be quiet? What kind of superpower is that? Anyone can shout that! Hahaha!"
"Damn it! Old Bai, you actually don't believe me? Fine! I'll prove it to you right now!"
Seeing Bai He laughing heartily with disbelief written all over his face, Ge Xiaolun became anxious and pulled a lighter from his pocket.
"Come on, watch closely."
Ge Xiaolun lit the lighter, drew a deep breath, then suddenly shouted, "Be quiet!"
The weak flame immediately went out.
"Lun Ge, what does that prove? Watch me!"
Bai He could not help snickering as he snatched the lighter from Ge Xiaolun's hand and lit it.
Then, looking at the tiny flame rising before him, he imitated Ge Xiaolun and shouted, "Be quiet!"
At the same time, he did not forget to blow out a breath.
The little flame flickered unsteadily, then went out as well.
"See, Lun Ge? I can do that too."
Bai He patted Ge Xiaolun on the shoulder and chuckled.
"Old Bai, don't you doubt it. Your Lun Ge will definitely prove it to you!"
Ge Xiaolun irritably snatched back the lighter, stuffed it into his pocket, and grumbled.
"Okay, okay. I'll wait."
Bai He replied cheerfully.
"No need to wait. Your Lun Ge will prove it right now. I, Ge Xiaolun, am no liar!"
As he scribbled and drew in a notebook on the desk as though performing some solemn ritual, Ge Xiaolun spoke in a grave, low voice.
Drawing a deep breath, Ge Xiaolun gathered himself internally.
Then he suddenly turned around, pointed at a classmate playing around with his feet on a desk behind him, and shouted, "Be quiet!"
The delinquent boy, who had been swaying on the desk and dancing to diss tracks, suddenly stiffened. His foot slipped, and he crashed face-first onto the desk.
"Be quiet!"
Another sharp rebuke rang out.
At the front of the classroom, the female teacher writing supplementary lesson material on the blackboard suddenly felt her body go numb and slammed into the blackboard.
"Be quiet!"
Another rebuke followed.
Amid a burst of static, the loudspeaker broadcasting across the campus suddenly began smoking, then went dead with a pop.
"Student Ge Xiaolun! This is a classroom, not a place for you to make a racket. If you want to make noise, please go outside."
On the podium, the female teacher wiped chalk marks from her face with a handkerchief while adjusting her glasses, her expression blank and her voice cold.
"Oh..."
Ge Xiaolun immediately wilted, quickly shut his mouth, adjusted his posture, and sat upright.
"Ring, ring, ring..."
It was already five in the afternoon. With a crisp bell, school let out.
Bai He and Ge Xiaolun left the school together, heading for the Snack Street beside the campus to eat some skewers.
Snack Street was located east of Longteng Middle School. Since nearly every restaurant there had a signature dish of spicy crayfish, it was also known as Lobster Street.
"Old Bai, let me tell you, your Lun Ge knows a place where the skewers and crayfish are insanely good. I'll take you there for a taste."
As Ge Xiaolun walked, he bobbed his head around and made all sorts of exaggerated gestures with his hands.
If not for the clear drool occasionally dribbling from the corner of his mouth, Bai He might actually have believed him!
After weaving left and right through the streets, the two finally stopped outside a place called Xi Shi BBQ.
"Come on, let's go in."
Ge Xiaolun waved a hand and led Bai He inside.
"Well, if it isn't Xiao Lun! What brings you to your Sister Lan's place for barbecue today?"
Seeing Ge Xiaolun enter, a charming woman in a purple apron smiled and greeted him.
"Lan Jie, I brought my friend here for skewers. Here, this is my best friend, Bai He!"
Ge Xiaolun scratched his head, suddenly realizing he did not know what to say, so he dragged Bai He out as a shield.
"Hello, Lan Jie! My name is Bai He."
Having been pulled out, Bai He smiled politely and introduced himself to Lan Jie.
"Since you're Xiao Lun's friend, this meal is on me! I still have to thank Xiao Lun for chasing those hooligans away back then. Otherwise, a weak woman like me might have suffered terribly!
As she spoke, Lan Jie patted her chest with lingering fear, completely unaware that the surging curves there were practically making someone's eyes pop out.
"Hey! Wake up! Your eyeballs are about to fall out..."
Seeing the guy beside him staring so hard his eyes were nearly bulging out, Bai He elbowed him and quietly reminded him.
"No, no! Standing up to injustice and helping the weak is what men like us should do. There's no need for thanks!"
"That little hooligan refuses to do anything decent. If I catch him doing bad things again, I'll beat the crap out of him!"
Brought back to his senses by Bai He's elbow, Ge Xiaolun hurriedly wiped the drool about to spill from the corner of his mouth.
While throwing out those pretentious threats, he repeatedly waved his hands in refusal.
"Oh, you two, stop refusing already. I'm treating you this time, and that's final!"
"Yang Zi! Bring two big bottles of Water Drop Beer, a basin of spicy crayfish, and two plates of skewers."
With a firm expression, Lan Jie rejected Ge Xiaolun and Bai He's protests. She put her hands on her hips and loudly called for the waiter to bring the food, looking every bit the heroic woman!
After calling out the order, Lan Jie also smiled sweetly at them. "If it's not enough, you can order more!"
Looking at the food and drinks already brought to the table, Bai He and Ge Xiaolun could only sit down helplessly.
Seeing them take their seats, Lan Jie nodded in satisfaction, then swayed away on her slender waist to attend to other matters, leaving only a lingering fragrant breeze behind.
"Come on, eat up."
Once seated, the two began eating skewers, drinking beer, and chatting nonsense.
After downing half a bottle of Water Drop Beer, Bai He felt fine. It was about the same as Snow Beer. But Ge Xiaolun across from him was already flushed red, and his tongue was starting to knot.
As he ate, Ge Xiaolun began bragging about his glorious feat of saving a beauty.
"A few days ago, your Lun Ge suddenly discovered he had superpowers. I thought, with great power comes great responsibility, so I resolutely decided to go out and fight for justice."
"After wandering around for a while, I saw several little hooligans trying to harass Lan Jie in an alley. Tell me, as a real man, could your Lun Ge stand for that? Burp..."
Ge Xiaolun let out a drunken burp.
"So your Lun Ge walked right over and gave them a mighty shout: 'Be quiet!' Hehe! That bastard leading them nearly couldn't catch his breath from just that one shout from your Lun Ge."
"I quickly ran over and rescued Lan Jie, but that bastard leader got angry from embarrassment and had his lackeys corner me in the alley."
"But could your Lun Ge just kneel and admit defeat? No! Your Lun Ge charged right at them to fight for his life."
"Who knew that bastard was so underhanded? He actually used a hidden weapon. He picked up a brick off the ground and smashed it into your Lun Ge's face. Your Lun Ge's handsome face got beaten into a pig's head, you know?"
"But your Lun Ge isn't an ordinary man! I have superpowers! I immediately channeled my energy into my Dantian and shouted, and those bastards started staggering all over the place."
"I rushed in and took the chance to knock them all down. If the police hadn't come, hmph! I would've beaten those bastards to death! Burp..."
Ge Xiaolun drunkenly rambled on between burps, repeatedly slamming the table as he spoke.
The table swayed and creaked under the strain, and Bai He secretly broke out in a cold sweat for it.
"Hehe, impressive, impressive!"
Bai He smiled and clapped on the surface, but inwardly he was cursing. I can never drink with Ge Xiaolun again.
He looked so sturdy, so why was his alcohol tolerance worse than Bai He's? He even got crazy when drunk. Just thinking about it was terrifying.
But if Bai He had guessed right, the "bastard" Ge Xiaolun had called so smoothly must have been Liu Chuang.
Still, Bai He did not believe a single word about Ge Xiaolun knocking Liu Chuang down and beating him to death if the police had not arrived.
"Burp! Old Bai, don't you doubt it. When your Lun Ge runs into that bastard again, just watch me beat him to death. Then you'll know whether I was telling the truth or not. Burp..."
Listening to Ge Xiaolun's loud boasting at the table, making it sound as though it were all true, Bai He felt cold sweat, torrents of cold sweat, waterfall-like cold sweat.
He did believe Ge Xiaolun would roar when he saw injustice, but who would beat up whom was hard to say...
"But why do I keep having this bad feeling?"
Bai He could not help furrowing his brow.
Just as Bai He was searching for the source of that unease, a woman's scream suddenly came from an alley across from the restaurant.
"Help!!"
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