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    Chapter 12

    Ye Xing didn’t know how long he had been squatting by the sink. It wasn’t until the door to the men’s restroom was kicked open that he snapped out of it.

    Luckily, his back was to the door, and the hood of his sweatshirt was still pulled up over his head. From behind, he shouldn’t be recognizable.

    Just as Ye Xing was about to stand up, harboring a sliver of hope, Qi Guang’s foot landed heavily on his back. Ye Xing, whose legs were already numb from squatting for so long, was sent spinning by the kick. He fell face-first toward the ground, but his hands reacted in time, bracing him before his face hit the floor.

    Although the solid kick to the ground didn’t hurt too much, Ye Xing, whose emotions were already on the verge of exploding after the phone call, had barely managed to stabilize himself when a kick came flying out of nowhere.

    His anger level reached its peak.

    When a person’s anger reaches its peak, reason is completely extinguished.

    If there were a knife nearby, he would definitely lose control and pick it up.

    Unfortunately, he had no weapon. But, screw it! No matter who was standing behind him, whether it was intentional or unintentional, he was going to fight them.

    But before he could even stand up, Qi Guang was already sitting on his back. Ye Xing’s hands were pinned and he couldn’t move.

    “What the hell!”

    At the same time, a hand grabbed Ye Xing’s throat. He had no chance to fight back, or even curse. His face turned red from being choked, and the tears that hadn’t flowed during the phone call were now being forced out.

    This KTV was a damn black shop!

    Qi Guang used his other hand to pull off the hood of the person beneath him.

    Ye Xing??!!

    Qi Guang’s eyes widened, and he released his grip.

    Ye Xing felt the other person’s momentary lapse and seized the opportunity to turn around, attacking the other’s lower body.

    Qi Guang dodged quickly.

    Only then did Ye Xing see the person he was facing. Shocked, his anger hadn’t lessened in the slightest. “Are you freaking sick?”

    He threw a punch at Qi Guang’s face.

    Qi Guang’s attention wasn’t focused on fighting with Ye Xing. He couldn’t tell if he had attacked the wrong person, or if the glasses girl situation had made him misjudge the situation.

    After all, he couldn’t believe that Ye Xing would be the kind of person who would harass a girl.

    However, distraction means defeat, especially in a fight.

    Qi Guang, who had never lost a fight, took a direct punch from Ye Xing, seeing stars.

    This little bastard, he’s got quite the strength!

    Qi Guang shook his head, recovering his senses. But Ye Xing was clearly blinded by anger, not holding back just because it was Qi Guang he was fighting. He grabbed Qi Guang by the collar and slammed him against the wall, ready to throw another punch.

    “What the hell! Are you crazy?” Qi Guang grabbed Ye Xing’s hand.

    “I am crazy, messing with me is your bad luck!” Ye Xing tightened his grip on Qi Guang’s collar. Qi Guang could barely breathe.

    “Ye Xing, I can’t breathe.” Qi Guang said.

    Ye Xing still didn’t let go.

    Damn it! This guy was really crazy.

    Qi Guang stopped trying to figure out what was going on. He grabbed Ye Xing’s hand and twisted it behind his back. Ye Xing yelped in pain and immediately let go, falling to the ground again.

    Unlike before, this time he landed on his butt.

    Ye Xing wasn’t going to give up. He kicked at Qi Guang’s calf. Qi Guang fell directly on top of Ye Xing.

    “You’re so damn heavy, get off!” Ye Xing pushed him away.

    But Qi Guang didn’t move. He remained in the position he had fallen in, pinning Ye Xing, just like before, but this time face-to-face.

    Qi Guang yelled, “Calm down!”

    Ye Xing felt a little breathless under Qi Guang’s weight. His chest rose and fell, and there were still tears in the corners of his eyes.

    Qi Guang felt the wetness on Ye Xing’s face, and asked, “Were you crying?”

    Ye Xing was infuriated, “Bullshit!”

    He struggled under Qi Guang, trying to fight back, but he had no chance.

    Ha! He couldn’t win a fight, and he wasn’t as strong. Ye Xing gave up the idea of a direct confrontation with Qi Guang, searching his mind for tricks.

    “What the hell is going on with you, what happened just now?” Qi Guang continued to ask.

    “What happened to me? What the hell are you doing?” Ye Xing deliberately shouted in Qi Guang’s ear.

    Qi Guang was startled, but didn’t let go. “Maybe it was a misunderstanding. But your mental state seems…”

    He hesitated, adding, “Not quite right.”

    “You’re the one who has mental problems!” Ye Xing said, and before Qi Guang could react, he bit down on his shoulder.

    “What the hell!”

    Qi Guang wasn’t wearing much, and the pain from his shoulder was intense.

    Ye Xing was biting down with a death grip, as if he wouldn’t stop until he had torn through Qi Guang’s clothes.

    This guy was really crazy.

    Qi Guang grabbed his face and pulled it away. Ye Xing finally released his grip. Taking advantage of Qi Guang’s pain, he pushed him down.

    The two of them were rolling around like elementary school students.

    When the glasses girl came in, she witnessed the scene of the two of them fighting like there was no tomorrow.

    “It wasn’t him! That person already ran away!”

    Qi Guang had already expected this, but Ye Xing was like a wild beast who had lost his mind, constantly attacking, while he mostly just defended himself, not hitting hard.

    He had no idea what this guy was on, even though he’d accidentally hurt him earlier, he had already punched him.

    And now he’d bitten a tooth mark into his shoulder!

    Was he really so vengeful?

    “Stop fighting, you guys stop!” The glasses girl shouted loudly.

    But the two of them didn’t stop.

    The glasses girl was afraid to approach them, so she called Shuai Xiaoyun instead.

    Shuai Xiaoyun arrived on the battlefield twenty seconds later. She saw the disheveled glasses girl. Before she could ask any questions, she saw the two of them wrestling with each other.

    Qi Guang?

    She didn’t recognize the other one, but he looked familiar.

    Shuai Xiaoyun turned to look at the glasses girl. The glasses girl was about to cry, saying in a panic, “I told them to stop, but they wouldn’t listen.”

    Shuai Xiaoyun turned around, and like a gust of wind, she ran into the closest room, 302.

    The room was very lively, filled with students from Chen Town Middle School. Zhou Tian was singing into a microphone. He was surprised to see Shuai Xiaoyun burst in. He hadn’t even put the microphone down when he started calling out, “Sister Xiaoyun?!”

    Shuai Xiaoyun didn’t have time to pay attention to him. She picked up a bucket that was used for ice and left like a gust of wind.

    “Hey hey! What happened?!” Zhou Tian put down the microphone and followed her out.

    The ice in the bucket had already melted into very cold water. Shuai Xiaoyun did not hesitate and splashed it on the two men fighting in the bathroom.

    “What the hell!”

    “Damn it! Who is it?!”

    The two of them immediately jumped to the side.

    Ye Xing’s neck was red, and the strings of his hoodie were pulled out. He was hunched over, shaking the water off his clothes. But unfortunately, water can’t be shaken off. He could only pull at the edges of his clothes to stop them from sticking to his skin.

    In comparison, Qi Guang looked worse. The left side of his face was already swollen, and his clothes were disheveled. You could clearly see a set of neat teeth marks in the middle of his neck and shoulder.

    “Ye Xing? Qi Guang? What’s going on here?!” Zhou Tian looked at the two of them in shock. The two people who should have been in the room having fun, why were they here, and looking like this?

    “Aren’t you supposed to be good at fighting? How did you get beat up like a pig!” Shuai Xiaoyun said with her hands on her hips.

    Qi Guang was breathing heavily, not saying anything.

    At this time, the glasses girl started crying, “It’s all my fault… It’s all my fault…”

    Shuai Xiaoyun turned her head and looked at the glasses girl. Only then did she realize that not only was she disheveled, the single button on her thin shirt was also undone. She was tightly clutching the collar with her hand.

    She looked at the four people in front of her, unable to say that she was harassed, stammering to Qi Guang, “That person… that person ran away, he was hiding in the women’s restroom…”

    Fifteen minutes ago, she had left Shuai Xiaoyun’s room to go to the bathroom. She found the closest stall and went in, not expecting there to be someone already inside. She thought he’d forgotten to lock the door. She was about to apologize and close the door when she was pulled inside.

    Only then did she realize that it was a man, and a drunk one at that.

    After the man dragged the glasses girl in, he immediately started groping her against the wall. The glasses girl was too frightened to make a sound. She struggled, but unfortunately, the other person was too strong, she had no chance to fight back.

    When she was finally able to scream, the good soundproofing in the restroom made her even more hopeless.

    The glasses girl had always been a good girl, always focused on studying. She’d never been in a relationship and would blush even when speaking to a boy, let alone have physical contact with a member of the opposite sex.

    She felt humiliated like never before.

    She began to regret why she wore a mini-skirt, why she wore such a thin shirt.

    If she had worn her school uniform, this wouldn’t have happened!

    She was crying and almost lost her voice, but nobody came in.

    If nobody came in, was she just going to let everything continue? She didn’t dare to think about it.

    Finally, she realized that the other person’s only advantage was his strength, and that his mind wasn’t clear. He must have been drunk.

    The glasses girl had an idea. She moved her right leg, wondering how to kick, aiming for the most accurate and effective spot.

    She couldn’t waste any more time. If she didn’t act, the consequences would be unimaginable.

    She put all of her strength into her right leg and quickly kicked upwards.

    “Ah!!!!”

    The man immediately let go, covering his lower body as he fell onto the toilet seat. The glasses girl grabbed the trash can next to her and, without any hesitation, smashed it on his head. All sorts of dirty, messy bits of toilet paper fell all over him.

    Although it wasn’t enough to relieve her anger, before the other person could react…

    She had to run!

    At this moment, Qi Guang looked more like the one who was harassed. He simply took off his shirt, wrung it out and put it on the glasses girl.

    Even though the shirt was still wet, it was still better than how she looked before.

    “Thank you…” The glasses girl was crying so hard that she could barely breathe.

    Ye Xing also understood what happened.

    Indeed, when a person has bad luck, the bad luck will continue. He had just been unable to pull himself out of the sadness of possibly being abandoned by his parents, then he’d taken a kick for the pervert, inexplicably fought with Qi Guang, and then been turned into a drowned rat with a bucket of ice water.

    But strangely, after fighting with Qi Guang, he felt a lot more comfortable.

    Besides, he had been dominating the whole time, how could he not feel great?

    He even wanted to find the pervert and fight him now.

    “What the hell happened?” Zhou Tian’s reaction time was unbelievably slow. He seemed to be outside of the picture, not understanding what had happened.

    “Do you remember what the person looked like?” Shuai Xiaoyun took out some tissues and helped the glasses girl wipe her tears.

    The glasses girl shook her head. “I didn’t look closely. I just know that I scratched his back so much that it was bleeding…”

    Qi Guang was shirtless, the tooth marks on his shoulder were especially clear. Ye Xing walked to the corner and picked up a paper bag, putting it in front of Qi Guang. “Put this on.”

    Qi Guang didn’t say anything, nor did he look at Ye Xing. He took the clothes out and put them on.

    Shuai Xiaoyun took out her phone and said, “I’ll call the police.”

    “No, don’t call the police…” The glasses girl quickly stopped her and lowered her head, “Don’t tell anyone, okay…”

    She had rarely gone out to have fun with her friends and had rarely worn the dress she always hesitated to wear. Her aunt had bought her the dress in the city. Her parents always complained that the dress was too short and wouldn’t let her wear it.

    If her family knew about this, especially about what happened, she would definitely get scolded.

    Being scolded was still tolerable, but if her classmates found out, and everyone talked about it, the entire town of Chen would know that she was a girl who had been harassed. The consequences would be unimaginable.

    She just wanted to study hard and get into a good university.

    If at this time, she became the center of gossip, with everyone discussing behind her back that she wasn’t a clean girl, she definitely wouldn’t be able to stay here anymore.

    The glasses girl raised her head, tears blurring her vision, and bowed slightly to Qi Guang and Ye Xing. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry! It’s all my fault, I won’t ever dress like this to go out again…”

    Ye Xing said, “There’s no need to apologize. And… it’s not your fault at all.”

    After all, girls are naturally weaker than boys, all boys who use their natural advantage to bully girls are trash.

    However, in this era that he believed to be highly civilized, in an era where the internet was full of talk about women’s rights, he was surprised at the degree of the humility in the mind of the girl in front of him.

    He continued, “Even if you wore even less than you are now, even if you went out wearing a bikini, nobody can touch you without your permission, understand?”

    Qi Guang turned his head to look at Ye Xing.

    Ye Xing had a rare look of seriousness on his face.

    The glasses girl was silent, not saying anything. Ye Xing added, “You have the freedom to choose what you wear. If someone offends you because you’re dressed lightly, it’s their problem. No one should blame it on you. If anyone thinks it’s your fault, then they’re going to be the first to be eliminated by society.”

    The glasses girl lowered her head, still not speaking. She understood what Ye Xing meant, but with the family she had, with the environment she was in, it wasn’t enough for her to understand all by herself.

    After a while, she said quietly, “But… don’t call the police, okay?”

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