"I'm done listening to you cut-sleeves. I think I'm gonna puke."
A man with a bulging stomach wearing a familiar uniform said as he showed up from the shadows. "I knew you Nushen pricks were soft sissies. You just got lucky that day, but now we're ready."
Behind him came a couple more people wearing their school uniforms in the middle of the cold winter. Some had used their motorcycles and cars to block the streets and the view of outsiders. The small bench in the park where Mo Aini and Hu Chuntian were sitting was surrounded.
The soda can managed to graze the top of Hu Chuntian's eyebrows. Small amount of blood trickled at his face. He laughed coldly, very different from his laughter when he and Mo Aini were hanging out.
Anyone would feel the desire to run from that kind of sinister laugh.
"Hahaha! You Shenling thugs never learn." Hu Chuntian said. "Do I really have to beat you all up again and throw you to a frozen lake for you to learn to stop bothering our school?"
The fat man prepared to punch that smug face, and Hu Chuntian is ready to accept it head on.
But instead, the man came spiraling towards the ground as he received a deadly blow on his chubby right cheek!
A black silhouette that moved so quickly it looked like a shadow monster pounced onto the fat guy and pulled his hair to slam his head again and again on the stone pavement!
"You dare cut A-Tian's face with a tin can? We'll what about I cut your face and use all the oil to make some fried spring rolls and feed it to you, huh? Would you like that, you little pig, huh?"
The people were paralyzed by this very violent threat full of wrath. Even Hu Chuntian was dumbfounded.
Mo Aini kept beating up the guy and settled only when there was a similar cut bleeding on from above his eyebrow..... Among everything else bruised and bleeding.
"I'm feeling merciful because I kinda overdid it and made an offensive joke." Mo Aini wiped the thug's blood off his lower lip. "On the count of 10, I want all of you to take this man and back off. Then we'll pretend like nothing happened."
"An offensive joke!? That was a whole threat and insult!" Shenling Thug No. 1 said.
"No way we're going to back out from a bamboo stick like you! You just took the leader by surprise, that all!" Shenling Thug No. 2 said. "How dare you call the leader a pig!?"
"I don't have a problem with people with a large body constitution, but if you are a pig both on the inside and the outside.... I can't help but get pissed off, man." Mo Aini cracked his knuckles. "You would gang up to fight a single person and never learn even if he beats you up again and again.... You're all looking for your own funeral. So I'll go make it quicker for you."
Thug No. 3 attempted to make a hit on Mo Aini but he sidestepped. Another one tried to tackle him but he kicked that man square in the jaw.
He had been training with Hu Chuntian every day, it's not like all they ever did was hang out. His flexibility, agility, strength, and body coordination improved thanks to Hu Chuntian's crazy yet effective training technique.
Mo Aini manage to catch a glimpse at Hu Chuntian, who was still holding a bag of books and watching with a smile on the sidelines. That smile really was too goofy that Mo Aini couldn't take the fight seriously. Still, he held a straight face and acted all calm and cool.
But deep inside his ego is getting bigger than the moon itself.
"A-Tian, good little Di Di, I know you can fight and would want to as well." Mo Aini said while slamming the heads of two of the thugs together. "But one of us has to call the police, this is getting out of hand. Show them that wound of yours and tell them a group of students jumped you, then once they come, I will go hide and pretend to be a witness."
"Alright. Wait just a sec, Da Ge. "
Hu Chuntian really is a violent Tiger Emperor and used his bag of thick books like a mace, swinging it to anyone who comes close to him or blocks his way.
Mo Aini managed to knock all the guys down and they all sprawled on the snow.
He wasn't a Mary Sue character however, he still got messed up pretty badly since he's fighting 13 men. Resting his bruised and bleeding yet still energetic body full of adrenaline beside the cold brick wall of some closed shop, he took out his cracked phone.
"Hello? President Shé Haoran, are you still awake?" Mo Aini said. "Listen, I have a favor to ask you. About that deal with Hu Chuntian....."
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"There it is, officer! A couple of good strong 6-foot adult men helped us! Look at my poor friend over there!" Hu Chuntian acted naturally like he belongs to the stage. "Da Ge! Are you alright?"
"If it weren't for the giant, muscular 6-foot men, I might have gotten worse." Mo Aini joined in, clutching at his stomach weakly. "Please help us, officer. These people have been plaguing our school for months, yet they have been blackmailing and bribing many students and teachers to keep quiet about it."
Mo Aini showed his phone. "Look, our president will explain it to you."
"Good evening, officers." Shé Haoran greeted through the cracked screen and began explaining the issue in a calm and self-assured manner.
The officers blinked, not expecting such a huge ploy to happen in the humble streets of their district. They took the thugs and promised Shé Haoran and his 'witnesses' that these kids will go to juvenile prison. Those who were at the right age may even be arrested and get a real record to serve a sentence if they would push through to file a case against them.
Mo Aini left all the matters to Shé Haoran, he would know what to do. He couldn't care less about the result, all that matters is that he and Hu Chuntian can go home now.
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"Ow! Fuck! Easy on the alcohol, A-Tian." Mo Aini said as Hu Chuntian patted cotton with rubbing alcohol to his whole upper body.
Hu Chuntian could not help but to smile. "So you really are calling me A-Tian from now on, Da Ge?"
"What? Oh. That just came out without me thinking." Mo Aini said. "Do you mind?"
"Of course not. I like anything you call me. Di Di, A-Tian, brat..... When it comes out of Da Ge's mouth, I can't get mad for some reason." Hu Chuntian smiled. "I don't know why.... It's always been this way from the start. It's almost like...."
Mo Aini could guess where this is going, and he went into quick defense mode. "Like we were kindred spirits, aren't we? Soul brothers! Yeah, that's the term! We were always meant to be good friends!"
"Yeah.... I guess that's it." Hu Chuntian shrugged, and continued nursing him.
(Thank god, he may have not realized it yet or it's not too late to stop the development.) Mo Aini sighed in relief in his head.
[But what if Hu Chuntian 3.0 also falls in love with y—]
( La la la! I can't hear you, I've grown deaf for systems specifically!) Mo Aini mocked and covered his ears.
The system: [ ..... ]
"What are you doing, Da Ge?" Hu Chuntian chuckled. "Put your hands down, I'm not done treating it yet."
Mo Aini turned to Hu Chuntian and noticed the wound made by the can on his eyebrows had scabbed. "What about you? You're also hurt."
"This is nothing compared to yours, Da Ge. You should worry about yourself." Hu Chuntian went on to put a band-aid on Mo Aini's cheek, but Mo Aini gripped his hand midway.
"Hu Chuntian." Mo Aini looked at him sincerely. "If fighting is your addiction, if you can't stop yourself from brawling or feel happiness from it..... Then find good outlets for it. Like sparring with me or in Shengxiao where there are rules and people who watch over your safety. Don't get into fights like earlier anymore."
He continued: "Look at what happened to me. Imagining this happen to you makes me want to punch myself a hundred times. Because I still don't want you to get hurt even when I know you can handle yourself."
Mo Aini sighed, and rested his head on Hu Chuntian's shoulder. "I don't know why..... I might just have a natural protective brotherly instinct for you. But I get so worried that I took matters into my own hands without asking."
"Mr. President on the phone earlier...." Hu Chuntian recalled. "What did you tell him?"
"I told him to fix this problem about the two schools properly and stop relying on you as some kind of meatshield. " Mo Aini said. "I know he is careful with his reputation and shit like that, but he shouldn't rely this kind of thing on you just because he won a single match with you for Mo Jiagei. He gets to be with his girl anyway, so it's best to end this contract delinquent thing now."
"Da Ge... I don't know what to say. I don't like it that you pried on my matters without my permission."
He looked really upset with that. Mo Aini understands if he's mad, though he doesn't like Hu Chuntian being mad at him either.
He was about to give Hu Chuntian some space when....
Hu Chuntian sighed. "But I know that you did it for good intentions as well. Let's not talk about this for now. As much as I don't like the school, it feels great to beat up people and defend the innocents at the same time. But now there's no one to beat up."
"Hey, I'm still here." Mo Aini pointed to himself. "You're not the only one who can handle a dozen or so men. I'm more of an even match than any of those thugs."
Hu Chuntian lightened up at this. "We're not really 'even', you still need to match my stamina and energy."
"Hey, my stamina has improved over these last few days!" Mo Aini protested, motioning at his growing muscles. "I can go do it with you all day and all night!"
"D-Do what, Da Ge?" Hu Chuntian pretended to ask shyly.
"Stupid brat, I meant fighting, of course! Get your mind out of the gutter!" Mo Aini ruffled his hair.
They fooled around for quite a while, going into separate bedrooms.
Before going to sleep, however, Hu Chuntian took his stuffed tiger Hu-Hu and embraced it while reading his first BL novel.
It was a short.... explicit one called 'Crossing out all the Kinks with My Bestfriend: For Experiment Purposes Only, I Swear!'
He learned so many things from that book that night.
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