Seeing the Security Bureau personnel entering the gold shop from afar, Chen Feng slightly raised his eyebrows.
One of them looked familiar from the side—it was the middle-aged man who handled the supermarket robbery case last night.
Who knows if those two thugs have confessed...
The thought passed, and Chen Feng stood still for a while, feeling regretful that he hadn't exchanged contact information last night for a follow-up.
"Let's go, the Security Bureau is here, there's no show to watch."
Lin Hao said, shaking his head, seemingly in pity.
Hearing this, Chen Feng also didn't linger any longer. His sandboxing class was about to start, and he didn't want to be late.
Then, footsteps echoed.
The two quickly changed their clothes in the Martial Arts Hall locker room and entered the practice area.
"The gold shop was actually robbed, that's unbelievable."
"Those three robbers' backpacks, filled with gold, how much money is that?"
"You can have the money, but you need a life to spend it, I just saw someone seemed to have been shot."
The noise from the gold shop robbery was significant; at the moment, many students were still discussing the incident.
Including Xu Dongtai, who was standing by the floor-to-ceiling window, frowning, his face looking rather unpleasant.
Lin Hao paused his steps, suddenly laughed softly in a low voice.
Confused, Chen Feng soon heard him say with schadenfreude, "I've heard that Xu Dongtai has some connections at home."
"The gold shop downstairs, his family managed to get a share by pulling some strings a while ago..."
Upon hearing this, Chen Feng was first surprised, then it all made sense.
No wonder Xu Dongtai looked so gloomy. His sidekick, Zhou Xin, was also surprisingly quiet, not even daring to breathe heavily.
The loss from the gold shop robbery was obviously not small, a quick calculation showed it was probably at least several million.
Looking at Lin Hao, who appeared casual, Chen Feng felt surprised again.
This guy's sources were really well-informed.
Whether it was the previous matter about the core student or being able to dig up details about Xu Dongtai's family background, it all proved that the other was no simple character.
"Why are you looking at me?" Lin Hao asked curiously, noticing Chen Feng's gaze.
"Your news sources are quite extensive, huh?" Chen Feng probed.
"Just tiny matters, anyone can find out with a little inquiry," Lin Hao said with a smile.
Chen Feng could see he didn't want to talk more, so he just raised his eyebrows and didn't ask further.
Subsequently, the two went to the corner of the practice area and started practicing boxing.
During this, Coach Lu came by, right at the starting time of the sandboxing class.
As usual, he first glanced at Xu Dongtai, seeing his punches violent, making the punching bag thump and tremble; he shook his head.
"The mind is disturbed; the punches are unsteady."
The thought passed by, he probably knew the reason, and didn't say much.
Soon, he successively looked towards Zheng Qiang and Yu Shan.
"Barely Amateur Third Rank... quite lacking."
"The comprehension isn't there either, probably hitting a plateau."
He slightly shook his head and finally looked towards Chen Feng in the corner.
Chong Quan, Slashing Punch, Whip Fist...
The whooshing sound continuously surged, the practice wasn't too loud, but it was carried with a tranquil confidence.
"Why does it feel like he has improved again in sandboxing?"
"And this physique, slightly more robust... could it be he really had a breakthrough?"
Raising his eyebrows, Coach Lu became more certain of his guess.
A spark flashed in his eyes, and without specifically approaching to inquire, he quickly clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention.
"Today's class will mainly focus on practical sparring."
"Now to assign the partners."
As his voice echoed, full of vigour, no one objected.
Sandboxing itself is a combat skill, practicing a lot is not as effective as real combat for rapid improvement.
Thus, routinely, Coach Lu would arrange a sparring session every few days to check everyone's progress.
"Xu Dongtai and Yu Shan."
"Zhang Ping and Fang Yuan."
Soon, Coach Lu called out pairs of names, some people brightened up while others shook their heads and sighed.
"Damn it, I'm getting beaten up again."
A tall young man cursed silently, retracting his gaze from Xu Dongtai.
He had thought Coach Lu would arrange Zheng Qiang, after all, he could take a hit better, and the gap between him and Xu Dongtai was smaller.
Thinking this, he wanted to call out to Zheng Qiang.
"Zheng Qiang, Chen Feng!"
Suddenly, Coach Lu spoke again, interrupting him.
The atmosphere in the training ground quieted down, the tall guy was momentarily shocked, Xu Dongtai squinted from afar.
"Zheng Qiang is sparring with Chen Feng?"
The crowd couldn't believe it, many wore shocked expressions, quickly turning their heads toward the corner where Chen Feng stood.
"Shouldn't it be me?" Lin Hao was full of surprise, looking at his companion next to him.
Wasn't it always him pairing up with Chen Feng?
Just a weakling against another weakling, right?
Confusion quickly filled the crowd, followed by several seconds of chaos.
Eventually, a slightly dissatisfied voice rose softly.
"Coach Lu, did you make a mistake?"
Everyone turned to look.
Zheng Qiang stood in the first row on the left, with short and long hair, wearing a black tank top, muscular build, and Ancient Bronze skin tone.
Unlike his usual calm demeanor, his face clearly didn't look too happy today.
Though slightly inferior to Xu Dongtai, he was at least an Amateur Third Rank.
Compared to him, Chen Feng?
Zheng Qiang glanced sideways at Fang Yuan in the corner.
Although he hadn't paid much attention to him usually, based on his Talent, he was probably just barely Sandboxing Entry-level.
Not only would winning be discreditable, he would also have to constantly hold back his strength to avoid causing injury.
What kind of sparring match would that be?
"No mistake, it's you and Chen Feng."
With a calm tone, Coach Lu glanced at him.
He knew these kids were high-spirited and probably hadn't paid much attention to Chen Feng before.
It's normal not to see that he mastered Sandboxing.
Just right, sparring once would also temper their arrogance and see Chen Feng's real foundations.
Zheng Qiang called out, discontentedly trying to argue once more.
He would rather fight with Xu Dongtai, take a beating if he had to, at least it would be a full-powered real combat, testing himself would be much stronger than bullying the weak.
"Look, you're fighting, and cut the nonsense!"
Coach Lu scolded him, his face stern, an aura of authority seeming to radiate from him.
Immediately, the crowd's gaze contracted, no longer daring to discuss.
Similarly, Zheng Qiang clammed up, not daring to retort any further.
"Fine, if it's me then it's me!"
He walked to one side, occupied a sparring space.
His face unhappy, anger bubbling within and no place to vent, he soon raised his right arm, spreading his hand and curling his fingers, beckoning to Chen Feng from afar.
"Come on, let's try."
"I'll tell you this, I won't hold back. If you get hurt, pay for the hospital yourself, it's nothing to do with me!"
With a provoking tone, Chen Feng didn't speak the entire time, not even responding to Lin Hao.
He just silently stepped forward, under everyone's gaze, stopped, and took his position.
With a calm tone, Chen Feng seemed to be responding to the challenge.
In his Perception Talent, he could sense a trace of malice from Zheng Qiang.
Mostly just discomfort, his eyes filled with disdain and arrogance.
Just make him admit defeat.