"If I really had to choose someone, I might choose her..."
The noise of the crowd awoke Chu Feng.
Looking at Qin Xueqing's clear, expectant eyes and her blushing face, he found himself somewhat unable to speak.
"Damn, just reject her?
"Isn't that too cruel? Won't it leave her with a lasting heartache?"
But he then made up his mind, as indecision only leads to chaos!
Neither rejecting nor accepting, just keeping the girl hanging is something that would bring karma!
Sooner or later it would backfire spectacularly!
Chu Feng straightened his waist solemnly, his face wearing a gentle smile.
He was about to dismiss the people around to have a private talk with Qin Xueqing.
Suddenly, a familiar, resentful gaze appeared again, staring fiercely at him!
Chu Feng's heart shuddered; this familiar feeling was unmistakable.
It must be the observing gaze that had been on him before Jia Ren approached him!
Jia Ren's words suggested someone at school had been relaying his information!
Who could it be?
Chu Feng remained composed as if nothing had happened, only smiling and loudly saying to the crowd:
"Scatter, scatter, stop making a fuss!
"Look how shy the girl is getting!
"Can you give us some space to be alone?"
He winked at a few of Qin Xueqing's girlfriends.
The girls caught on and began dispersing the reluctant crowd.
Then Chu Feng smiled at Qin Xueqing, "It's too crowded here, not a good place to talk.
"Let's go over there to chat!"
With that, he parted the crowd and strode towards the direction from which the resentful gaze had come!
The leader, pale-faced, watched Chu Feng's retreating back, dispirited.
Clutching his teeth, he was about to step forward to demand compensation.
His companion suddenly grabbed him, whispering urgently:
"Let's go, Wang Erbao, that maniac is coming!"
The leader's face changed drastically, and he turned his head to look.
Wang Erbao, wiping the blood from his neck, was glaring at them, twirling a knife in his hand and striding over with a sinister smile.
"Damn, this maniac took a huge loss from Chu Feng, he's definitely going to vent on us, run!"
"Once you're out of the Martial Arts Hall, he can't touch you!"
The group ran as fast as they could, and seeing this, Wang Erbao's face twisted in anger, and he bellowed:
"Stop, you cowardly thieves, don't run!"
Howling, he chased after them.
...
Qin Xueqing was somewhat shocked, standing still, watching Chu Feng's swiftly departing figure.
Her friends, infuriated, pushed her:
"He wants to be alone with you, not to be made a spectacle of. Look how considerate he is!
"Hurry up, if you don't, I'll go in your place!"
"Oh, oh!"
Qin Xueqing's face turned red, and she quickly followed him, head bowed and lips tightly sealed.
Her heart thumped like a mischievous deer, almost leaping out of her throat.
Her shy demeanor made the surrounding boys' hearts thrum with impulse.
And then they stared even more jealously at Chu Feng's back, as if they could stare him to death!
But Chu Feng was oblivious to what was happening behind him, and after stepping away from the crowd, he suddenly sprinted a few steps.
His eyes, sharp as lightning, traced the path of the resentful gaze!
The gaze vanished suddenly as if frightened, but in that brief moment, Chu Feng had already seen its source.
A male student's back as he slipped through the crowd and out the door of the Martial Arts Hall, not fast but slightly panicked.
Chu Feng frowned, about to chase when Qin Xueqing hurriedly caught up to him.
She slightly opened her mouth, panting, "Um... where are we going?"
Chu Feng could only smile and reply, "There's a lounge ahead, let's talk there in detail!"
In his mind, he forcefully recalled: "This figure... looks somewhat familiar! Who is it?"
...
...
"I'm... sorry... for the trouble... wah wah wah..."
Tears swelled up in Qin Xueqing's large eyes and rolled down her pale cheeks like little beans.
She pitifully wiped her tears with her sleeve and sniffled with her little red nose.
She bowed gently to Chu Feng, then covered her face and ran out of the resting room in a collapse.
Chu Feng suddenly collapsed onto the soft seat in the resting room, his eyes dull, as if he had been hollowed out.
Adolescent girls were more fragile than he had thought.
Even though he had tried to be tactful in expressing his thoughts and done his best to paint pictures like:
——"I hope we can enter the same university and grow together!"
——"Let's give each other more time to understand one another!"
——"I hope that one day in the future, we can fight side by side!"
These seemingly achievable big promises.
But still, the attitude of rejection had broken Qin Xueqing down, making her cry on the spot into a tearful mess.
He consoled her for a long while until she finally calmed down, but then Qin Xueqing started crying collapse when she opened her mouth again.
The young girl ran out crying with her face covered, and now, whether he liked it or not, he'd become the bad guy.
Who knows how many people would ridicule him behind his back, and how many admirers of Qin Xueqing would curse him.
But none of that mattered!
Chu Feng grunted as he sat up, holding his head, forcefully recalling that familiar figure.
That silhouette was too familiar, it must be someone he had seen recently!
Chu Feng began recalling from the day he crossed over, whom he had offended.
Soon, a figure emerged before his eyes.
His mouth spread into a wide grin, emitting a joyful laugh, which echoed non-stop in the empty resting room:
"I... found you!"
...
All along the way, he was met with looks meant for a scoundrel, and even had girls blocking his path, pointing at his nose and scolding him, which annoyed Chu Feng immensely.
Gossip about relationships spread even faster in the school than he had anticipated.
How long had it been, and the whole school already knew—he'd heartlessly dumped Qin Xueqing?!
If it weren't for the female protagonist of the rumors constantly denying it, saying nothing had happened between them,
protective suitors would have already come knocking on his door!
Do students these days secrete so much hormones, and always have this much free time?!
It seems the school has been too lenient on them!
He must tell Uncle Wang Er that the students are too energetic and need more training intensity!
It wasn't until he stood before Wang Weiguo's office that he finally let out a deep sigh of relief and knocked:
"Uncle, I have something to tell you!"
Wang Weiguo's voice, filled with a smile, came from inside the room, "Come in, 'School Beauty Bully' Mr. Chu Feng."
Chu Feng rolled his eyes and pushed the door open, voicing his complaints, "Uncle, why are you joining in on this frenzy too?"
"Haha, have a seat, have a seat."
Wang Weiguo watched with a smile as the son of an old friend regained his liveliness.
Mumbling complaints about how idle the students were, he was secretly pleased but also sighed inwardly.
He had seen Chu Feng's depression over the recent period.
He guessed that the death of Chu Feng's parents had been tough for him to accept, causing him to become much more somber.
Suddenly having lost both parents and becoming an orphan, a more fragile person might have sought death by now.
Until today, he didn't know what had happened, but it had made Chu Feng pull himself together.
A youthful cheerful smile had reappeared on his face.
That was wonderful.
Wang Weiguo picked up his tea cup, blew on it leisurely, and began to sip, teasingly saying:
"All right, don't think I'm going to help you get back at someone out of personal spite,
"That said, what brought you here?"
Chu Feng quietly watched Wang Weiguo sip his tea and then slowly smiled:
"Last night, I killed Jia Ren!"
"Puh—"!