MNL Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Outside the Door, You Will Regret Coming to No.1 High School.

Chapter 14: Outside the Door, You Will Regret Coming to No.1 High School.

As soon as the bell rang, Cha Fei’ang jumped up faster than anyone else, not even bothering to tidy up the books on his desk, and turned back, “Let’s go, Jing-ge?”

Xu Jing hummed in agreement.

Shen Yan, behind them, watched their figures disappear side by side at the door. He paused in grabbing his bag, his expression somewhat gloomy.

“Shen Yan.” At this moment, a girl walked over with small steps. Shen Yan frowned. He had a slight face blindness and couldn’t remember who this was for a moment, only recalling that she had submitted the Chinese homework.

Lin Xiyan was as beautiful as her name suggested. She had two faint dimples when she smiled. Holding a test paper in her hand, she looked at Shen Yan and said in a gentle voice, “The knowledge point that Teacher Zhou talked about in class, I still don’t quite understand. Can I take up a little of your time?”

The noise outside gradually subsided. Shen Yan withdrew his gaze and gave a faint hum.

“I found out that the guy’s name is Zhang Dong. His dad seems to be in real estate, anyway, his family is quite rich. He probably didn’t do well on the opening exam and is jealous of Yan-shen. This kid looks like a man, but he’s actually a gossip and so many people dislike him.” Although Cha Fei’ang appeared imposing, he was inevitably a little scared since this was his first fight. So he asked again, “By the way, it’s just the two of us going? He seems to have been calling for people all day.”

“No.”

This implied that he was prepared. As expected of Xu Jing, Cha Fei’ang instantly felt relieved. But the next second, he heard an extremely calm follow-up, “Just me.”

“…Huh??”

Cha Fei’ang stiffly turned his head and looked Xu Jing up and down. Only one thought ran through his mind: This is over.

“Go back to the dormitory,” Xu Jing said, heading towards the back door without looking back.

Cha Fei’ang gritted his teeth and followed anyway.

The area around the back door was the only blind spot on school grounds without surveillance cameras. This relieved Cha Fei’ang, otherwise, with Xu Jing’s direct challenge-like temper, he would definitely get some kind of punishment.

It was shortly after school, and the flow of people and the noisy chatter completely drowned out any unusual sounds here, and no one would notice this secluded corner.

When they arrived, a row of people was already squatting there. If it weren’t for the one on the end still holding a book in his hand, the atmosphere would have been quite imposing.

Cha Fei’ang laughed out loud and pointed at Zhang Dong mockingly, “I heard you called for people all day. Is this all you got?”

Zhang Dong took off his jacket, revealing arms that weren’t very intimidating, but his face still looked fierce. “Enough with the nonsense. You two better behave and admit defeat if you get beaten too badly, don’t go running to the teacher.”

Cha Fei’ang also threw his school uniform aside and gave him a standard middle finger.

Xu Jing calmly placed his backpack on the flower bed and said expressionlessly, “Come at me together. Don’t waste my time.”

Zhang Dong got even angrier after hearing this. “You asked for it, all of you—”

“Xu Jing?”

A questioning voice suddenly appeared out of nowhere, directly interrupting Zhang Dong’s words.

Xu Jing turned around and narrowed his eyes slightly after seeing who it was. “Lin Jiayu.”

“What are you doing here?” Lin Jiayu, who had just come back from the bathroom, stood in the middle and, after looking at the people on both sides, fell into thought. “So, we’re going to fight you today?”

Xu Jing frowned and replied, “Looks like it.”

“You… why are you still talking to him so much! Just go!” Zhang Dong sensed that something was wrong, and his legs couldn’t help but feel a little weak, but he still tried to maintain a facade of being the boss.

“Are you stupid from studying too much? It’s obvious that this friend knows our Jing-ge.” As he spoke, Cha Fei’ang stepped forward and shook Lin Jiayu’s hand, saying politely, “A friend of Jing-ge is a friend of mine. This friend isn’t from our No.1 High School, right? It must have been hard to come this far to fight. Add me as a friend, and I’ll treat you to a meal next time.”

Lin Jiayu smiled. “No need.” Then he turned to Zhang Dong and said, “Sorry, I don’t want the money anymore. You quickly apologize to my friend, and we’ll just let this go.”

Zhang Dong: “??????”

Zhang Dong’s face turned pale and then white upon hearing this, unsure if it was from anger or fear. He clenched his fists, his face flushed red, and couldn’t say a complete sentence for a long time.

Indeed, the thug he had called had turned against him, and this was basically Lin Jiayu’s territory, so he was now all alone.

No, there was still one more person.

Zhang Dong looked back expectantly, only to find that the person holding the book had long disappeared.

“Damn, what do you want?” Zhang Dong gritted his teeth.

Cha Fei’ang sneered at him. “Didn’t you hear what this friend named Lin said? Just apologize.”

“Why should I apologize? What’s wrong with what I said today? What is Shen Yan? Just because he can get first place in the grade? I said he cheated, that’s being nice. Only you guys, you—you!”

Xu Jing didn’t give him a chance to continue. Zhang Dong was forced to retreat by the person who suddenly approached.

“Then what are you?” After saying this, Xu Jing grabbed Zhang Dong’s collar. His eyebrows were arrogant, and his expression was indifferent and impatient. “I’m giving you a chance today. If I hear any more bad things about him from your mouth, I guarantee you’ll regret coming to No.1 High School.”

Zhang Dong’s lips trembled, and his face was contorted. He felt a sense of humiliation and hatred in his heart. He had been pampered by his parents since he was a child, and no matter what he did, someone would always clean up the mess in the end. When had he ever suffered such grievances?

Xu Jing didn’t bother to look at the person on the ground again, picked up his backpack, and left.

Cha Fei’ang only took a few steps before hurrying off on the excuse of wanting to go to the bathroom. In fact, not only Zhang Dong, but even he had never seen Xu Jing like this. He was completely different from his usual self and the opposite of his appearance. This Xu Jing made him a little scared.

The surroundings returned to silence. At the same time, another slender figure lingered in place for a while before finally disappearing into the darkness.

Lin Jiayu and Yan Zhe were childhood friends, having grown up wearing the same pants. Of course, they also went to the same high school. He knew Xu Jing because of Yan Zhe. Although he had a good impression of this awesome and handsome fighter, Xu Jing had always been indifferent, so the two basically didn’t interact much.

Lin Jiayu simply and neatly climbed over the school wall and separated from his brothers to go find Xu Jing.

“How was it? Wasn’t I loyal? It cost me a thousand yuan.” Lin Jiayu handed the other bottle of cola over, saying to Xu Jing as if taking credit.

Xu Jing took the drink, frowning slightly after hearing this. “Does Yan Zhe also do this?”

Knowing that he was asking about taking money for doing favors, Lin Jiayu leisurely replied after taking two sips of cola, “How could he? With his cat-like skills, who would dare hire him? But he seems to be doing e-sports recently.”

“E-sports?”

“Yeah, although this guy has a short attention span, he’s definitely talented when it comes to games. He might actually make it.”

Seeing that Xu Jing didn’t say anything, Lin Jiayu asked with a curious expression, “By the way, who is this Shen Yan you guys were talking about? Are you and him very close? You actually fought for him?”

What kind of relationship?

Xu Jing thought about it and realized that he didn’t know either. If he said they were neighbors, it didn’t seem like it was just that. If he said they were friends, Xu Jing sneered inwardly and quickly banished the thought.

But he should admit that when he heard Zhang Dong slander Shen Yan on the playground, he really wanted to pick him up and beat him on the spot.

At the fork in the road, Xu Jing didn’t answer the question but just waved to Lin Jiayu. “Thanks for today.”

Lin Jiayu, who didn’t get an answer, was a little depressed. He took out his phone to send a message to Yan Zhe, briefly explaining the situation and adding a sentence to remember to treat him to a meal.

[Zhe-shen]: Why should I treat you to a meal???

[Social Lin-ge]: Nonsense, you don’t expect your Jing-ge to treat me, do you?

[Zhe-shen]: …Alright. [Smiling.jpg]

[Social Lin-ge]: By the way, do you know who Shen Yan is?

Lin Jiayu, who regarded Xu Jing as half an idol, really wanted to know this person’s identity.

He didn’t get a response for a long time, and after five minutes, he received a long string of ellipses, followed by a reply: Jing-ge’s nemesis.

Lin Jiayu: ?

Is it now popular to fight for your nemesis?

Before entering the apartment, Xu Jing deliberately looked up and found that the rooms on the top floor were all dark.

This person actually hasn’t come back either.

Xu Jing immediately thought of the scene he had encountered at the door that morning. He had thought that Shen Yan was quite self-disciplined, able to neither date nor mess around with such a face, and rarely interacted with girls.

But now it seemed that he probably wasn’t anything good either.

A few days ago, the landlord came to notify them that the sensor light on the sixth floor was broken, and the property management would not be able to fix it until next week. Xu Jing used his phone for light as he took the key out of his pocket. He suddenly looked up and saw a person standing by the door.

Xu Jing, who already had a phobia of the dark, was startled and thought it was some kind of bad guy. He almost attacked, but the person in front of him turned around unhurriedly after hearing the noise.

Xu Jing was stunned, then looked up at the door number again. After confirming that it was 601, he said in an unhappy tone, “What are you doing at my door?”

Shen Yan said calmly, “Wrong door.”

Xu Jing: “…”

Could he not see such a big door number?

Was he blind?

Xu Jing didn’t bother to care what he was doing and shook the key in his hand, signaling Shen Yan not to block the door.

Shen Yan bent down and picked up his bag from the side, quietly walked past him, without doing or saying anything. It seemed like he was just waiting for him to come back, which Xu Jing found baffling.

It wasn’t until he closed the door that the person changing shoes realized something was wrong.

Could it be that Shen Yan thought he was afraid of the dark and deliberately stood there waiting?

But after seeing the large bruise on his arm, Xu Jing instantly dismissed the thought. If this person was really so kind, how come he hadn’t even apologized yet?

What a pretender.