"Heard about it. A Profound Tier seventh grade became the top freshman in the Eastern District. Isn't it perfectly normal for people to take a few digs at him?
"Tang Yan himself hasn't even said anything. What's Du Shu arguing with them for?" a boy with a winter melon face complained loudly.
"Exactly. With strength that low, how could he win everyone over? Getting mocked was inevitable. If I weren't only at Profound Tier fifth grade, I'd want to challenge Tang Yan myself." His companion nodded in agreement.
"Still, Du Shu got beaten pretty badly... Ah! Who the fuck is grabbing me..." Before he could finish, an icy voice cut him off.
"What happened to Du Shu?"
The boy turned around. Seeing that the person grabbing him looked somewhat familiar, he asked curiously, "Have we met somewhere before?"
"Tang... Tang Yan?" His companion recognized Tang Yan and immediately cried out.
The winter melon-faced boy looked embarrassed. He had been caught red-handed talking behind someone's back. His luck really was something else.
"Tell me what happened." Tang Yan's face was dark.
He had wanted Tang Yan to be more polite, but at the sight of his piercing gaze, the winter melon-faced boy dared not delay and told him the truth. "B-bro, you haven't heard yet? Some people were..."
After hearing the whole story, Tang Yan finally understood.
It turned out that his becoming the Eastern District's top freshman at Profound Tier seventh grade had drawn jeers from the other districts, and rumors had spread throughout the academy.
Today, someone had loudly proclaimed that the Eastern District's top freshman was nothing special. Du Shu had happened to hear it as he passed by.
As Tang Yan's brother, Du Shu naturally argued back. Their quarrel grew so heated that things escalated, and both