Upon hearing the name "Zou Yang," my mind raced. If I let this slide, Zou Yang would definitely escalate his bullying, perhaps even more ruthlessly than in junior high. If life at Chengnan High School was going to be like this, I'd rather not attend this school!

With that thought, I knew what decision I had made.

"Where's Yu Ge?" I looked at Yuan Shao.

"He stayed up late again last night," Yuan Shao shrugged. "He's probably sleeping in the dorm right now. But don't worry, he made it clear that he considers you as one of us."

Upon hearing the word "brother," warmth flooded my heart. For the first time in my life, I heard that word. Did I finally have brothers? I looked at Yuan Shao and Meng Liang, were they my brothers? My eyes welled up with tears, perhaps even turning slightly red. I turned my head away, took a deep breath, and suppressed the overwhelming emotions inside me.

"Hey, are you crying?" Meng Liang leaned in front of me, teasingly looking at my face.

"No, of course not." I hastily wiped away my tears with my sleeve. This feeling, it felt so good.

If I could have a group of brothers like this, even if I went to Chengnan Vocational School, it would still be a very happy thing, right?

"Yuan Shao," I turned back, smiling at him. "I'll leave it to you guys then."

"It's no big deal," Yuan Shao smiled back. "Consider it done. You go back to class first, and tell Zou Yang and Hong Li to come to the internet cafe after class. Tell them it's my request." Yuan Shao pointed to himself.

My heart skipped a beat. "Are we going to fight?"

Yuan Shao burst into laughter. "Fight? Nah, I was just kidding with you. This trivial matter, I'll just talk to Hong Li about it."

"Alright, alright." I rubbed my hands together, excited. "Thank you guys."

"Go on then." Yuan Shao patted my back, still wearing a smile on his face.

"Okay." I was overjoyed, then turned and left. I had just come out of class, and it was probably time for the next class.

But I hurried too much and didn't see the worried expressions on Yuan Shao and Meng Liang's faces after I turned around, nor did I hear Yuan Shao say to Meng Liang, "Go get Yu Ge..."

On the way back, I thought about telling Ye Zhan the truth to prevent him from getting mad at Yuan Shao and the others. When I arrived at school, classes had already started. It wasn't appropriate to call Ye Zhan out now, so I went back to my own class first. This was the last class of the afternoon, usually used for self-study. I pushed open the classroom door, and the class instantly quieted down. My eyes couldn't help but look towards Zou Yang at the back of the class.

Zou Yang was also looking at me, as if he had been waiting for a long time, and immediately stood up, saying, "Wang Hao, you're late for class. As class monitor, I have to discipline you!" He looked at me provocatively.

As I walked back to my seat, I asked, "What do you want?"

He became even more smug, thinking I had surrendered, "You have to write a reflection and read it aloud in front of the whole class!"

I reached my seat and instead of sitting down immediately, I looked at him and said, "Write what?!"

I swear, this was the first time I used foul language.

I was always taught by my parents and school that I must not use foul language. I was considered the good student: studying hard, respecting teachers, respecting classmates, not swearing, not smoking or drinking, not talking back, not fighting, like living in a utopia. After countless setbacks, I slowly began to wake up to something.

At Chengnan High School, I fought, smoked, cursed, and even considered a bunch of vocational school hooligans as brothers.

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Was this corruption?

I didn't know, but it felt damn good.

Especially when I said "Write what?!" to Zou Yang, it felt even more satisfying than slapping him.

Someone in the class couldn't help but laugh, it was the cute girl Xia Xue. Her laughter was like a dam breaking, once there was a crack, it couldn't be controlled, and almost all the students laughed.

Zou Yang's face turned red with embarrassment. I could understand him. To someone like me who had been bullied by him for three years, daring to resist him now, daring to risk my life to fight him, daring to curse him in front of the whole class, he definitely couldn't bear it, he must not be able to bear it.

But he had to bear it.

I looked at him provocatively.

"Do you dare to curse me?!" Zou Yang roared, his cheek muscles trembling.

The class immediately fell silent.

I leisurely walked to the window and picked up the pot of gentleman orchid again.

"What do you want, bro?" I said. "Do you think I didn't hit you hard enough last time?"

Zou Yang's red face turned pale.

"Do you... do you dare?!"

"You know whether I dare or not," I smiled. "If you dare to mention writing a reflection again, I dare to smash this orchid pot on your head."

"You... you..." Zou Yang pointed at me, but couldn't say the rest.

"What, what are you saying?" I held the orchid in one hand and touched my ear with the other. "Class monitor, I'm late, what are you going to do?"

"You... you write..." Zou Yang's voice was trembling with anger, but he couldn't continue.

"Write what? Write my ass?" I found that swearing was addictive, just like smoking, drinking, and fighting.

"Wang Hao." Li Jie suddenly stood up and said, "It's time for class, don't disturb everyone's learning."

I thought I misheard, Li Jie actually said such words, apparently he was trying to help Zou Yang out, but it didn't matter to me, I continued to look at Zou Yang leisurely.

"Class is starting!" Zou Yang said, not knowing who he was saying it to, but he himself sat down.

I put the orchid on the windowsill and sat back in my seat.

"Hao Ge, you're so cool." Liu Zihong looked at me admiringly. This was the first time someone called me Hao Ge.

It was really strange. I used to study hard, respect my teachers... no one called me Hao Ge, now I fight, curse, use foul language, and someone actually called me Hao Ge. What's wrong with this world? I shook my head and smiled bitterly.

"Oh, by the way." I turned around again and looked at Zou Yang.

This sentence caused quite a stir, and everyone in the class looked at the two of us again.

Everyone knew the situation between us two, every move we made could trigger a big fight, and almost everyone's nerves were tense.

I noticed out of the corner of my eye that even Li Jie couldn't help but stand up.

With a shout from me, I clearly felt Zou Yang's body tremble.

Could it be that he was a little afraid of me now?

I was very pleased with my discovery.

"What are you doing?" Zou Yang frowned, still pretending to be indifferent.

I suddenly wanted to scare him, so I stood up and walked towards his seat.

Zou Yang exaggeratedly stood up, and the chair under his butt made an unpleasant sound as it moved.

"What do you want to do?!" Zou Yang roared at me, fists clenched.

I wasn't stupid enough to fight him. If we really fought, my small frame wouldn't be his match.

"Wang Hao, what are you doing?!" Li Jie almost ran over.

"Hey, hey..." I looked at Li Jie. "Don't be nervous, bros, I just want to talk to Zou Yang."

Li Jie stopped halfway, looking at me puzzled.

"It's like this." I continued to look at Zou Yang. "Tell Hong Li to inform him that Yuan Shao wants you two to come to the internet cafe after class."

"What for?" Zou Yang asked suspiciously.

"Nothing much." I said. "Just talk about our business."

"Oh." Zou Yang nodded.

I sat back down, feeling amused that Zou Yang was now afraid of me, something I never dared to think about before.

Upon hearing Yuan Shao's name, Zou Yang didn't show much surprise, indicating that Hong Li had already explained everything to him in detail.

Li Jie also returned to his seat, and the class once again fell into a kind of... not quiet, but not noisy atmosphere.

Xia Xue and Liu Zihong changed seats.

"Is your face still hurting?" Xia Xue looked at me with concern.

Being slapped twice by Hong Li, it was much better now. I smiled and shook my head.

"Pretty good, didn't expect you to be so tough," Xia Xue said with a smile.

"That goes without saying," I joked. "I've always been tough."

Xia Xue spoke to me while flipping through her book. I looked at her tender jade-like hands, wanting to touch them to see how they felt.

"By the way, you not only know Meng Liang but also Yuan Shao?" Xia Xue blinked. "You're from Dongguan Town, how do you know so many people?"

"I actually don't know Meng Liang or Yuan Shao." I confessed honestly.

"Huh?" Xia Xue looked at me incredulously. "Then why are they helping you?" Suddenly she seemed to realize something, "You didn't pay them, did you?"

"Where would I get the money?" I touched my head. "I don't have money to hire people."

"What's going on then?" Xia Xue looked at me puzzled.

"I don't know if you know them or not," I said. "Yu Chengfei is my neighbor."

"Yu Chengfei?!" Xia Xue was obviously shocked. "The Yu Chengfei from the vocational school?"

"You know him too?" I felt a little proud inside.

"I know him, and I know what he looks like, but he doesn't know me." Xia Xue smiled and said, "Yu Chengfei is quite a legendary figure."

Xia Xue was a local student from Beiyuan, so she seemed to know a lot about these things.

"Why is that?" I was even more curious now. In my impression, Yu Chengfei was just a lethargic figure, always seeming to be asleep.