Ning Shu was at a loss for words as she watched Leng Ao's overly dramatic, chuuni behavior. She glanced at her poor desk, now kicked to the ground, and thought it looked even more pathetic than before.
Leng Ao sneered at her. "Apologize to Ling Xue, or I'll make sure you meet a tragic end. Do you still want to stay at this school? I could get you expelled with just a word."
Ning Shu looked up at him calmly and said, "Pick up the desk."
"What did you just say?" Leng Ao's face twisted in disbelief. "You... you're telling me to pick up the desk? Are you insane?"
"Pick up the desk," Ning Shu repeated, her tone still flat.
"Are you out of your mind from heartbreak or something?" Leng Ao looked at her like she was crazy. "Do you even know who I am?"
Ning Shu had heard that line so many times it practically echoed in her brain. He really thought he was some sort of untouchable deity.
"Pick. Up. The desk."
The students watching the scene unfold couldn't believe what they were hearing. Ning Shu was talking to Prince Leng like that? The girls in the crowd glared daggers at her, silently cursing her for being disrespectful to their beloved prince.
Leng Ao took a deep breath, cracked his knuckles, and rolled his neck dramatically. "I've said before, I don't hit women. But I'll make an exception for you. You should feel honored that I'm breaking my rule for you."
Ning Shu: Could you be any more narcissistic? How long are you going to keep monologuing?
Before he could even finish, Ning Shu stood up, took a few quick strides toward him, and without hesitation, grabbed him and flipped him over her shoulder in one swift motion.
"Whoa…"
"Ah…"
The onlookers gasped in shock as Leng Ao hit the ground, staring up at the ceiling in disbelief. He clutched his lower back, still trying to process what had just happened.
Leng Ao had never experienced anything like this before. His entire life, people had treated him with reverence. Being humiliated like this was a first.
Ling Xue stared at Ning Shu in disbelief, then quickly rushed over to help Leng Ao up.
Leng Ao's humiliation was complete. In front of the girl he liked, he had been thrown to the ground by a girl. His dignity had been shattered, stomped on for everyone to see. The humiliation, anger, and frustration boiled over inside him, and all he could think of was tearing Ning Shu apart.
Ning Shu, meanwhile, remained calm on the outside, but inside, she was cursing. Damn, that almost threw out my back. Throwing a man is definitely harder than throwing a woman.
"You're dead," Leng Ao snarled, charging at her with a punch aimed directly at her face, putting all his strength behind it.
Ning Shu wasn't about to just stand there and take it. She dodged easily and, without missing a beat, kicked him hard in the knee. Leng Ao collapsed to the ground, kneeling in front of everyone.
Fed up with his antics, Ning Shu took the opportunity to kick him square in the rear, sending him sprawling face-first onto the floor, in a perfect "dog-eat-sh*t" position.
Leng Ao: ...