Sun Renyao's face was an ashen iron blue, but he kept his head bowed, a flicker of resentment and venom passing between his brows.
"I know you're angry and furious right now, but there's no helping it, you're destined to be trampled under my feet forever,"
Hao Jian sneered, stepping on Sun Renyao's head: "But remember, all of this is the result of your own actions."
Immediately, Hao Jian turned his head to Ma Zifeng and said, "Throw this kid into the station, give him a beating, and lock him up for five or six days! No problem, right?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, wasn't this too cruel?
Sun Renyao's face turned to the color of death, and he began to shout in horror.
But Ma Zifeng didn't dare to hesitate and quickly nodded in agreement, then signaled his men with a glance to seize Sun Renyao.
Ma Zifeng arrived in haste and left just as quickly, taking Sun Renyao away with him.
With Sun Renyao gone, Xiao Meimei was still awkwardly standing there.
"Old classmate, you don't need me to ask you to leave, do you?" Hao Jian said with a smile, looking at Xiao Meimei.
"Hao Jian, why must you treat me this way? In what way am I inferior to Chen Zhiyan?" Xiao Meimei became aggravated the moment she heard this, thinking it unfair.
"Why? Because you would steal someone's husband, she wouldn't, because you're mean and spiteful, while she isn't," Hao Jian said indifferently.
"Why would I steal her husband, don't you know why?" Xiao Meimei yelled angrily, her pretty face flushed with rage.
Hao Jian was taken aback, suddenly speechless. Why should I know about you stealing someone else's husband?
"That's because I did it all for you!" Xiao Meimei finally mustered the courage and blurted it out loudly.
"..." Hao Jian was immediately stunned.
But Xiao Meimei had already run out of the jewelry store in tears, disappearing at the end of the street.
"The ties of a romantic debt are hard to cut," Yu Ou said with a strange laugh.
"Shut your crow's mouth! Why are you everywhere?" Hao Jian chided him ungraciously.
Yu Ou shrank his neck and fell silent.
"Xiao Meimei has had a crush on you since middle school," Chen Zhiyan added.
"I know, but I don't like her," Hao Jian said flatly, then sat down again and began to change the subject.
"How's your grandfather doing?" Hao Jian asked Yu Ou.
He held great respect for Yu Ou's grandfather, who was a venerable old leader in the military, an imposing figure who had been very kind to him in the past, often inviting him over for meals.
Upon mentioning his grandfather, Yu Ou sighed and said:
"Over the years, his health has been declining. Just a while ago, he was barely revived from a coma. The doctors say he may not live past this year."
"Really? His health seemed pretty robust a few years ago, felt like he could kill a bull with his bare hands."
Hao Jian couldn't help feeling a bit anxious; Yu Ou's grandfather had always treated him as if he were his own grandson, and naturally, Hao Jian didn't want anything to happen to him.
Yu Ou said with a bitter smile: "That was years ago. His health deteriorates year by year. Now he doesn't even have the strength to kill a chicken, let alone a bull."
Yu Ou's expression grew even more troubled: "You know about our family. The only reason we have a certain say in the Military Department is that my grandfather is the old leader. His students and subordinates respect him and give face to the Yu Family.
Once my grandfather passes, they will no longer continue to , and our Yu Family may soon lose our status as one of Hua City's prominent families."
"During this time, my uncles and such also realized this, but they weren't thinking about curing my grandfather. Instead, they were thinking about how to fight for more power and influence before my grandfather dies. Now, home doesn't feel like home, relatives don't seem like relatives, the smell of gunpowder is strong, and even I've gotten tired of it. If I had known, I wouldn't have come back."
Hao Jian remained silent, yet he hadn't expected that such a huge change had occurred in Yu Ou's family after not seeing them for several years.
Then he said, "Actually, I know a bit about medicine, and perhaps I could help your grandfather."
"You know medicine? Really?" Yu Ou looked at Hao Jian in surprise. "But my grandfather has already seen the best of both Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hua City, and they all said it was no use. You sure you can do it?"
"I don't know, but we must at least try, right? Do you have any other options now?"
Hao Jian didn't dare to boast that he could definitely save the old man; he could only do his best.
"Alright, I'll arrange it immediately."
Yu Ou was thrilled; he knew well that Hao Jian's word was as good as gold. If he said he knew medicine, then it was undoubtedly true. Without wasting a moment, he stood up and ran outside.
Hao Jian could only laugh and cry at the sight; Yu Ou was still the same as ever, always acting impulsively.
"Hao Jian, thank you for today. If not for you, I might have been humiliated to death by Sun Renyao and Xiao Meimei." Chen Zhiyan said with a smile.
"Why thank me? We're classmates; of course, we should help each other," Hao Jian said with a laugh.
"Do you really see me just as a classmate?" Chen Zhiyan looked at Hao Jian with a touch of melancholy.
But Hao Jian was startled and quickly lowered his head to drink his tea. "Not classmates, then what else could we be?"
Chen Zhiyan's cheeks flushed as she glanced at Hao Jian and said in a voice only they could hear:
"You heard what Sun Renyao said earlier: I haven't shared a room with him all these years. I mainly wanted to save the most precious part of myself for the person I like the most, so I'm still a virgin."
Hao Jian spat out a mouthful of tea, unfortunately, spraying it all over Chen Zhiyan's face.
Hao Jian truly wanted to cry now, entangled in these inextricable romantic debts!
"Xiaoxiao, you haven't been to our school for several days. You don't know, our class has gotten a super cool teacher with a lot of personalities," a slightly chubby girl told Che Xiaoxiao during a class at the Chinese Medicine Hospital.
"How cool is he? Cooler than me?" Che Xiaoxiao said unhappily, convinced that she was the coolest.
"Way cooler than you. He knows Acupoint Pressing! It's like what you see in martial arts dramas. I saw him incapacitate a few people with it," the girl said with admiration.
"What's so great about Acupoint Pressing? I can drift race cars!" Che Xiaoxiao, upon hearing that the teacher was cooler than her, felt somewhat discontented.
Che Xiaoxiao loved all things "cool"; her passion for race cars stemmed from their cool, thrilling allure.
"Drifting race cars isn't as cool as Acupoint Pressing. Oh well, you wouldn't understand. I'm going to talk to someone else about it," the girl left Che Xiaoxiao to chat with other girls.
Che Xiaoxiao immediately seethed with anger. Who was this guy anyway, and what gave him the right to steal her limelight? She decided that when she saw him, she would put him in his place!
Before Hao Jian arrived, Che Xiaoxiao was considered the coolest person in her class. Everyone knew she was a race car driver, and a girl being one was quite unusual.
Especially since she was a pretty girl, so when they looked at Che Xiaoxiao, they couldn't help but bestow her with a halo.