In his previous life, Gu Chen had been engaged to Zhou Xue'er of the Zhou Family, one of Zhou City's wealthy and powerful families. On the night of the class reunion, he had been dead drunk.
The next day, Xu Mo had brought people to catch him in the act, and the Zhou Family had used it as an excuse to break off the engagement. Gu Chen and his father had fallen into a nightmarish life.
"What do we do?" Su Qingqing asked, her voice thick with tears.
A man and a woman alone together in a room-even if she jumped into the Yellow River, she couldn't wash herself clean of suspicion. If Xu Mo and the others caught them red-handed, her reputation at school would be ruined!
Gu Chen put on his coat and said evenly, "Don't worry. I'm here."
"Huh?" Su Qingqing looked at Gu Chen. There wasn't a trace of panic on his face; instead, he was perfectly composed, and that helped her calm down a little.
"Open the door! Open the door!"
Outside, Xu Mo taunted him. "Gu Chen, Zhou Xue'er sent us. Are you going to be a turtle hiding in its shell? Are you a man or not? Come out!"
Remembering his previous life, Gu Chen recalled how Zhou Xue'er had bewitched him into losing his reason. Afraid she would misunderstand, he had foolishly jumped from the hotel's fourth floor and broken his leg. Looking back, he had been utterly foolish! How could he have known
that it had all been a carefully laid trap?
"I'll go out and talk to them," Su Qingqing said. The moment she heard Zhou Xue'er's name, she became a little flustered. She knew Zhou Xue'er's place in Gu Chen's heart.
"No need." Gu Chen clenched his fists and sneered.
In this life, I have returned as the Divine Emperor! I will never be so foolish again!
He looked at Su Qingqing, his gaze resolute. "Stay in the room. Don't move. Leave what's outside to me."
Su Qingqing stared at him blankly, sensing Gu Chen's unfamiliar, powerful aura. After speaking, Gu Chen turned and opened the door, his expression resolute.
Four young men stood at the door. At their head was Xu Mo, dressed in designer casual clothes. Tall and handsome, he was the school's most handsome boy and a young master of the Xu Family. He and Zhou Xue'er were childhood sweethearts.
The door suddenly opened, and Xu Mo froze, his raised hands involuntarily stiffening in midair. Then he sneered. "Gu Chen, you really were in there."
"Oh, Young Master Xu, knocking so early? Can't you let people sleep?" Gu Chen replied lazily.
"That depends on who's sleeping with you!" Xu Mo said disdainfully.
"Move aside. Let us in."
"Why should I?" Gu Chen looked at him coldly.
As they spoke, a bullying voice came from the side. "Young Master Xu told you to move. What the fuck are you asking for?!" Gu Chen glanced at him. It was this guy. Memories of his previous life flooded back again. The man was called Li Nan, one of Xu Mo's lackeys. He had a fleshy, brutish face and was on the school's sanda team.
Bang! Before he could finish, Gu Chen slammed the door shut.
Li Nan flew into a rage and started forward to push the door open. "Gu Chen, are you fucking asking for a beating?!"
"Shut up!" Gu Chen looked at Li Nan, his gaze icy.
"I'm talking to your master. What are you butting in for? Back when your master was wagging his tail in front of me, who knows where you were eating shit!"
Back when Gu Chen had just transferred to the school, which of Zhou City's wealthy young masters hadn't treated him with the utmost respect? His engagement to Zhou Xue'er had been arranged then, too. Now, as soon as news of his father's expulsion reached Zhou City, Gu Chen had gone from a hot commodity to a rotten egg.
As Gu Chen recalled it, a rush of complicated emotions rose in his heart. Such was the fickleness of the world.
"Why bring that up? If you were still a dragon, I wouldn't mind wagging my tail for you again," Xu Mo said shamelessly. "Too bad you're a worm now. Anyone can step on you!"
Gu Chen's face darkened at once, but he soon smiled again.
"What are you laughing at?" Xu Mo froze.
The next second, he found out. Gu Chen raised his hand and landed a resounding smack across Xu Mo's face!
The sudden slap left Xu Mo dizzy. He clutched his face and roared, "Get him! Don't beat him to death! Go into the room and take pictures!"
Li Nan and the other two grinned viciously and advanced on Gu Chen like fiends.
Gu Chen took a deep breath, looked at them coldly, and dropped into a horse stance.
"Emperor Fist, first form!"
Gu Chen let out a mighty shout, his fist seemingly wrapped in a layer of surging air. The next second, he thrust his fist out! A powerful current of air surged toward Gu Chen's fist.
Bang! Li Nan and the other two flew back like leaves caught in a gale. They crashed to the ground and howled without end.
Xu Mo stood rooted to the spot, staring at the scene in shock. Taken out with one punch? Li Nan and the others were on the sanda team!
Xu Mo was too frightened to make a sound. He had no idea when Gu Chen had become so formidable!
"Young Master Xu, let me leave you with a saying." Gu Chen withdrew his fist and stood still, looking at Xu Mo as he spoke each word deliberately. "A dragon in shallow water is mocked by shrimp; a tiger stranded on the plains is bullied by dogs. But now, the dragon will rise again, and the tiger will return to the mountains!"
"You're next!!"