Pandora’s Box

Then, he also pulled out a chair for him to sit.

I suddenly felt that wherever Lu Feng sat, that was actually the C (center) position.

Lu Feng stretched out his finger and lightly tapped the table, “Is there anyone here who can talk?”

“…..”

“Are you wasting my time?”

After a while, Gao Qi’s rescuers finally arrived.

The other party entered through the door imposingly and before he could show off his influence, he caught sight of Lu Feng.
A huge smile automatically bursted across his face, replacing his haughtiness.
His stature suddenly shrunk by half, almost shorter than the sitting Lu Feng.

“Mr.
Lu? Oh, Mr.
Lu! Why are you here? Who here displeased you?”

Lu Feng smiled and answered, “Ah, you.”

I found out that Lu Feng was certainly scary when he wasn’t smiling.

However, he was actually down right terrifying when he smiled.

“This is our child,” he pointed at me and said, “I heard that his classmate beat him and asked him to compensate with money?”

“…..”

“You also asked him to bring his parents to kowtow and apologize?”

“…..”

“I’m here,” Lu Feng said, “So who wants me to kowtow to him?”

Everyone immediately reverted their eyes to look at Gao Qi.

Gao Qi looked like he was about to pee his pants, and weakly called out to the fat man, “Dad…”

Lu Feng looked at the fat man again, “Oh, your son?”

Without a word, the fat man immediately went to Gao Qi and slapped him in the face, “Dog! What nonsense do you spout with this mouth!”

Poor Gao Qi still had gauze on his head and nose, but still had to be beaten by his own father at this Hongman banquet in front of a group of people.

“Kneel down, kneel down for me!”

“…..”

This is so amazing.
I never imagined that one day Lu Feng would be my escort.
My heart fluttered in elation, feeling as if I was a fox pretending to be a tiger.

The fat man slapped him on the left and right several times with his blue veins popping out as he scolded, “If you don’t learn this time, you’ll make more trouble! Apologize to your classmate!”

Lu Feng reminded him, “Lin Jing.”

“Apologize to your classmate, Lin Jing!”

Gao Qi was filled with pure hatred, pain, fear, and unwillingness.
With tears in his eyes and a blue colored face, I felt a little sympathetic watching him cry.

Even though I knew he was not worth of any sympathy.

It was just that, sometimes, I felt soft-hearted when I saw others being punished because it seemed too tragic.

On the way back, I said to Lu Feng, “Thank you.”

He glanced at me, “No need.”

I knew he did everything for Cheng Yichen.
As long as there was something in this world that could make Cheng Yichen happy, he did not think twice about it and would not hesitate to say anything.

He did not seem to have morals, and Cheng Yichen was his only compass.

When I returned home and opened the door, I saw three people sitting at the table waiting for us.

I craned my neck to take a look.
How great, the food was already served on the table.
The stewed goose was still hot and no one started to eat yet.

Seeing us at the door, Cheng Yichen immediately got up and greeted us.

“Are you all right?”

Lu Feng said, “Of course, we’re okay.
You still can’t trust me.”

The small complaints and tone of voice that was fishing for compliments were shameless.

Cheng Yichen replied, “Hey.”

Then, he grabbed my hand into his palm and looked at me, chattering, “Don’t fight with others in the future, understand? What if you lose money? There is no one who can consistently win in a fight.
What if you suffer? No matter how good you are at fighting, losing even once is not worth it.
When you encounter something like this, you have to call someone first and let the rescuers handle, understand?”

His palm was very, very warm.

I said, “Okay…..”

“Alright, this incident has frightened you enough so I won’t nag anymore,” he pulled away from me and continued, “Come on, let’s eat quickly.
I made stewed goose you mentioned yesterday.”

For a while, I felt that Cheng Yichen was like my father, but now my feelings shifted slightly.
I thought he was more like a mother.
As for Lu Feng, he… Forget it, I don’t want to think about it, I thought.

After taking our time to eat, Ke Luo dragged us all to play games all night to celebrate and happily checked our rankings.

After waiting for everyone to later disperse and rest, Zhuo Wenyang looked at me.

I immediately defended, “It’s really not me looking for a fight! I didn’t take the initiative to provoke trouble! I was just protecting myself!”

He didn’t know whether to cry or laugh and said, “I didn’t mean to scold you.”

I breathed a sigh of relief.
I didn’t know why, but I was very honest in front of Zhuo Wenyang.
This was especially because I was afraid of his anger and being reprimanded by him.

Despite of this, when I was in Nangao, the dean yelled at me for two hours until his blood pressure soured.
While he was taking his medicine in front of me, I didn’t even flinch and kept a neutral expression.

“Actually, you did a good job.
I asked a friend to transfer the surveillance footage so I watched it.
You acted boldly and courageously, responding quickly to protect your friends and yourself,” he praised, “Your vigilance and reaction is very good.
Commendable.”

I blushed in response.

“Like my father, I don’t want you to fight but sometimes, violence may be needed as a last resort to control violence.
It’s just,” he said, “if you can find me when something happens, I’ll feel more relieved.”

My ears were shooting off steam at this point.

How terrible, Zhuo Wenyang always spoke so seriously and genuinely without any intentions of flirting.
Yet, it excited me more than coquettish words.

What kind of talent was this?

The one who benefited most out of this perfectly resolved situation was Yuan Keke.
She was unbelievably happy.

“Gao Qi hasn’t bothered me for a while!”

“Rest assured,” I said, “He won’t bother you anymore.”

This matter was similar to the previous fight between Gao Qi and Li Chao.
There were no discussions on forums as if nothing happened.
Gao Qi suddenly went off grid.

I came out of this incident with achievements and fame tucked away.

“Thank you, Lin Jing.”

“You’re welcome,” I said honestly, “Anyway, it’s not really up to me to settle this matter in the end.”

Yuan Keke said, “I see you now.
You do look a bit handsome.”

Caught off guard, I took a sip of the milk tea in my hand.

She immediately added, “Just a little bit.”

“Well,” I said, “you admitting it is better than nothing.”

It was always nice to get validation.

“It might take some time before I can pay you back the money I borrowed from you last time,” she said, “I’ve been working a little less lately…”

I asked, “Ah, why pay back the money? Why do you have to pay back the money you borrowed yourself?”

“???”

She hit me with a book, “What are you talking about?”

“Well, you don’t have to pay it back.
Anyways, it’s not even my money.” I was very generous to others.

The main reason was that if I specifically approached Lu Feng to ask him for his account number so I could transfer him 3700 yuan, I was sure he would definitely tell me not to waste his time.

I was afraid that he could easily make more than 3000 yuan during those few seconds it took to transfer.

“Of course I have to pay it back.”

“Take your time,” I said, “Our friendship won’t end after a year or two, and our friendship isn’t measured by money.”

She looked at me.

I said, “For example, remember to let me borrow your homework so I can copy.”

“…..
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