Several waiters had been prepared to step forward and help, but when they saw Li Xiaoqiang's superhuman strength, they all stopped in their tracks. They definitely didn't want to get hit, never expecting there to be such a badass among the students.
Li Xiaoqiang was even more shocked than others; although he was a kid from the countryside with strength above the average person, he still shouldn't have been able to kick someone weighing over a hundred kilograms ten-plus meters away. Could it be because of the Mysterious Fate Technique?
What exactly is the Mysterious Buddha Sect?
The Mysterious Fate Technique is this freakish just from the little bit he had come to understand, if he were to learn it to a later stage, wouldn't that be...
Thinking about it scared Li Xiaoqiang. He then withdrew his divine sense, as now was not the time to be distracted. He pointed at the waiters and said, "Tell your boss if he keeps this attitude, next time I'll make an even bigger scene."
After that incident, Li Xiaoqiang lost his appetite. Amidst the astonished looks of his classmates, he left the cafeteria, bought a carton of yogurt and a piece of bread from the kiosk, and ate as he walked towards his dorm.
As soon as he entered the dorm, Li Xiaoqiang was hit with a strong scent of rouge. A youth with effeminate features was primping his eyebrows in front of a mirror, his jet-black hair reaching his back, tied up. He wore a plaid shirt on top, drop-crotch harem pants below, and a pair of high-top shoes that he had forcibly scuffed two holes into, revealing the red socks inside.
The effeminate youth, named Ben, was a fashion major student. After Li Xiaoqiang saw Ben, he truly understood what it meant to be an artist; Ben was always sewing and darning his clothes and pants, and believe it or not, after his modifications, they actually looked pretty good.
Li Xiaoqiang was somewhat repulsed by Ben's feminine manner. He was too effeminate in his speech and behavior. If it hadn't been for the sight of his underwear stretched tight every morning, showing his solid strength, Li Xiaoqiang might have mistaken him for a woman.
Li Xiaoqiang plopped down on a stool, lit a cigarette, and asked, "Ben, where are those two?"
Upon hearing Li Xiaoqiang speak, Ben snapped back from doing his makeup, stood up, and sashayed over to Li Xiaoqiang, with a cocked finger and swaying hips, batting his eyes seductively, "Aiyo, my little Li, did you enjoy yourself last night? I was all alone in my room last night, nearly cried my heart out."
As he spoke, Ben reached out with his slender fingers to touch Li Xiaoqiang's cheek. Li Xiaoqiang quickly swatted his hand away, "Scram, you dead flirt, I'm asking you something here."
Ben cocked his hip, pulling his pants tight to reveal two large fatty buttocks, as nauseating as could be. He turned his rear toward Li Xiaoqiang and suddenly slapped it with a sharp smack, "Li, want me to help you pick up the soap?"
Then he turned back with a coquettish smile.
Li Xiaoqiang kicked out, nearly sending Ben tumbling. Li Xiaoqiang sighed and said, "Liu Lulu and I broke up."
At this news, Ben stopped fooling around, sat beside Li Xiaoqiang, patting his shoulder in his effeminate manner, "Ah Li, don't be sad, my man. It's not worth it over a woman, and besides, we should enjoy our youthful debauchery for a few years, otherwise, just like the song by Chun Chun goes, 'If we don't go crazy now, we'll be old', get it?"
Li Xiaoqiang nodded, "Thanks, bro."
Ben smoothed back his hair and said, "You should hurry to your counselor. That bitch is probably on your case. They came for a dorm check this morning, and you got marked down again. It's like they are purposely making things difficult, damn their grandma."
Li Xiaoqiang touched his forehead, "It's his cousin who stole Liu Lulu away from me."
"Fuck, so that's what this is about. I wondered why he suddenly went nuts. Well, you better go sweet-talk him. We can't afford any screw-ups when we are about to graduate."
Li Xiaoqiang hurriedly made his way to the counselor's office.
Li Xiaoqiang's roommates came from all corners of the country. Lu Erben, from Shanghai, took great care in dressing up and loved fashion, earning the label of a "man among women."
The other two were from Shandong (SD) and Shanxi (SX), both students from the Computer Science faculty.
The dorm leader, Chen Jianguo, from Shandong, was tall and sturdy, full of righteousness, and led a disciplined life. He would wake up on time to run morning exercises and eat breakfast, taking charge of the dormitory's cleanliness for four years.
Lin Zhiming, from Shanxi, was handsome with an average build, a second-generation rich kid. When someone in the dorm was short on cash, they went to him. When someone needed a cigarette, they took it from his drawer. He always had a pack of soft Zhonghua cigarettes ready, a free and easy-going guy.
When Li Xiaoqiang arrived at the counselor's office, he knocked on the door. The teachers inside all looked up. Tang Zhengqi looked up, pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, and said coldly, "Come in!"
Li Xiaoqiang walked up to Tang Zhengqi, bowed slightly, and said politely, "Teacher Tang, I had something to deal with last night and forgot to ask for leave. I'm sorry. Is there any way the punishment can be kept out of my record? As you know, for us kids from the countryside, getting a university education is already not easy. If I can't get my diploma and find a job, it would let down my parents' hard work."
Li Xiaoqiang reasoned with logic and appealed with emotion, speaking earnestly.
Tang Zhengqi set down his pen and looked up at Li Xiaoqiang with a look of pride on his face, "You knew the rules and still broke them. I stated in the meeting that the school is strictly enforcing attendance now. If the school leaders caught you, you could have cost me my job. Don't think that just because you're fourth-year students, I can't manage you. Don't blame Teacher Tang for being heartless. I warned you beforehand—if I don't make an example of one, the rest of you will become even more unruly."
Li Xiaoqiang hadn't expected Tang Zhengqi to be so inflexible, clearly influenced by his cousin who was behind the scenes while pretending to uphold the school's strict attendance policy.
Li Xiaoqiang's face turned somewhat unsightly, but he still pleaded, "Teacher Tang, can you make an exception just this once?"
At this moment, the other teachers in the office joined in.
"Teacher Tang, this isn't such a big deal. Let it slide just this once."
"Right, Teacher Tang, Xiaoqiang usually performs well. He never skips class, and his grades are always among the top five in his year. You're cutting off his future prospects by doing this."
"..."
Suddenly, Tang Zhengqi slammed his desk with a 'bang' and stood up sharply, "Am I the counselor, or are you? I've said it before, I judge by the issue, not the person. Even if you take this matter to the Education Bureau, it will be the same. Get out of my office!"
The teachers in the office were startled by Tang Zhengqi's outburst and fell silent. They dared not provoke him, for he had a strong backing.
Li Xiaoqiang clenched his teeth, unable to hold back any longer. Tang Zhengqi was convinced he had no backing and sought to ruin him, to cut off his prospects. Li Xiaoqiang might have been somewhat frightened before, but now that he possessed the Mysterious Fate Technique, his courage had grown significantly.
Li Xiaoqiang clenched his fists tightly and slammed one on the desk with a 'bang,' leaving a dent. He said coldly, "Tang Zhengqi, what exactly do you want to do with me?"