Ying Xuan looked back to see Wei Jingyu holding her wrist. She tried to free her hand out of his grip, but he only tightened it.
The more Xuan tried to free herself, the more tighter Wei Jingyu's grip became.
Finally, it was so much for Ying Xuan to bear that tears began to form in the corner of her eyes and she stopped squirming.
Wei Jingyu was surprised to see Xuan give up and thought that he must have hurt her by holding her hand too tight. But nothing could have prepared him for what came next.
By now, most of the students, if not all, had piled out of the cafeteria and into the hallway.
Some had come following Ying Xuan and Lu Zuan to watch the drama, and others had rushed when Wei Jingyu's voice had sounded.
So, as all these students stood there looking at the pair as Ying Xuan stopped squirming and trying to free herself. She stared into Wei Jingyu's light brown eyes for about two seconds before punching him full in the face.
Wei Jingyu thought that he was hurting Ying Xuan and was about to let go, when Xuan's fist made contact with his face.
Wei Jingyu was dumbstruck for a minute before his grip tightened further on Xuan's wrist and his knuckles turned white.
Jingyu's lower lip began to bleed from the punch and his nails dug into Xuan's wrist.
Tears threatened to fall out of Ying Xuan's eyes when another voice came from the door of the cafeteria, "What the hell are you doing? Let go of her right now."
Ying Xuan turned her head and looked at Su Shaoyan, who had pushed his way among the crowd of students and was now heading for the two.
Wei Jingyu spoke, his voice still very angry, "What business do you have here?"
Su Shaoyan walked upto them and began trying to free Ying Xuan's wrist. He said, "The person you are hurting happens to be my friend. Let go of her this second."
Encouraged by this, Ying Xuan also began to pull herself with all her might. But Su Shaoyan was lanky and Ying Xuan was after all a girl.
Just when it seemed hopeless, Wei Jingyu suddenly released Xuan's hand which led her to fall back on the floor as she had been pulling with all her might, and Su Shaoyan to stumble back.
Wei Jingyu turned around and walked away without another word, as Shi Weiwei came running towards Ying Xuan.
"Oh Xuan, are you all right? I'm so sorry I couldn't do anything." She also had tears in her eyes.
Ying Xuan shook her head and wiped her tears, 'You don't have to be sorry. We have to go after Zuan right now.'
Su Shaoyan took hold of her wrist and said, "We need to get this cleaned."
It was then that Ying Xuan saw her own wrist and her eyes widened with horror.
The skin had turned purple where Wei Jingyu had been holding it and there were even little cuts where his nails had dug in.
Ying Xuan tried to object, but Shi Weiwei and Su Shaoyan took her to the infirmary despite all her protests.