"Are you handing over the person?" Brick took a step forward, holding the brick.

"Damn it, what if I don't?" Maize finally lost his temper, pointing his stick at Brick, cursing, "What are you gonna do, huh? Just because you dare to come here alone, you think I'm afraid of you?"

As their exchange continued, footsteps were heard from the nearby grove again. Although the figure was indistinct, the glow of his cigarette stood out. Seeing the familiar silhouette, I couldn't help but shout, "Yucheng!"

Yucheng Fei slowly approached, first glancing at me on the ground, then asking, "How are you, Haozi, dead yet?"

"Not yet!" I replied sarcastically, "But it's close; I'm about to be mashed into a pile of shit."

"Hey hey, good thing you're not." Yucheng Fei grinned at Maize.

"Okay, Yucheng Fei, bringing reinforcements now?" Maize gritted his teeth, squinting at Yucheng Fei.

"Hey, what are you talking about, who brought reinforcements?" Yucheng Fei yawned, as if just waking up, "To deal with you guys, do I really need reinforcements? I can handle it by myself." As he spoke, he toyed with the brick in his hand, then oddly remarked, "But speaking of which, it's strange. I just saw Hongli and the others lying on the ground outside. Maize, what kind of trick are you playing?"

"Hey, you're pretending, you're still pretending!" Maize snorted, "Do you dare to say that Brick wasn't brought by you?"

"Brick?" Yucheng Fei turned to Brick. The grove was dark without lights, and it took Yucheng Fei a while to realize, "Oh, it's the Brick from Chenggao. What are you doing here?"

"I'm here for someone." Brick pointed at me on the ground, then asked Yucheng Fei, "Who are you?"

"I'm Yucheng Fei." Yucheng Fei grinned, "I've heard that Chenggao's Brick keeps to himself and doesn't associate with others. It's normal not to know me. I'm from Zhiyuan College, the same school as Nie Yuanlong and Qiu Feng."

"Who are Nie Yuanlong and Qiu Feng?" Brick asked. "Sorry, I only know our Chenggao's Lao Gou and Maize, these two troublemakers."

Maize's face turned ugly. "Brick, who are you calling a troublemaker? If you don't agree, let's have a one-on-one another day?"

"If you don't hand over Wang Hao to me, we can have a one-on-one right here and now," Brick said earnestly.

I was puzzled. According to Yucheng Fei, Brick didn't seem to be the one he brought. So why did Brick come to rescue me?

"Ha ha, so you're here to rescue Wang Hao too!" Yucheng Fei said cheerfully. "So you're the one protecting Wang Hao at Chenggao. Then I don't need to have him transfer schools. Haozi, why didn't you tell me you knew Brick?"

"I don't know Brick..." I said helplessly.

Brick also quickly added, "I'm not here to rescue Wang Hao; I just have some private business with him."

"Private business?" Yucheng Fei scratched his head. "Anyway, you're here for the same reason as me—to rescue Wang Hao from Maize's hands. From this perspective, we're on the same side. So, were Hongli and the others defeated by you?"

Yucheng Fei glanced at the brick in Brick's hand and chuckled, "In front of a brick expert like you, my brick looks like a joke." He casually tossed the brick aside into the bushes. Then he walked over to Ye Zhan and bent down to check something.

"I don't share the same side with anyone," Brick said firmly. "Regardless of your intentions, I must take Wang Hao with me."

"Ah, whatever." Yucheng Fei waved his hand, as if seeing that Ye Zhan wasn't seriously hurt, then stood up and said, "Now Wang Hao is being stepped on by Maize. What do you suggest we do? This guy seems to want to use Wang Hao to threaten us."

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In just a few words, he put himself and Brick together again.

"Maize, move your feet," Brick said, "or I won't be polite with you."

Maize still kept his foot on my back, holding the stick against the back of my head, and said darkly, "You better not come any closer, or I'll knock Wang Hao's head like a watermelon."

I imagined what it would be like for a watermelon to be hit with a stick, with red juice splattering everywhere... It would definitely hurt. So I looked eagerly at Yucheng Fei, hoping he would come up with a good idea.

"After all, one hit from you won't kill him," Brick said as he walked over.

"After all, one hit from you won't kill him," Yucheng Fei echoed, also approaching.

These two were saying the exact same thing and doing the exact same thing. I started to doubt whether Brick was really brought by Yucheng Fei!

But even if one hit wouldn't kill me, it would still hurt a lot, yet these two seemed completely unconcerned and continued to approach.

Maize frowned tightly, staring at the two getting closer and suddenly said, "Wait. I agree to hand Wang Hao over. But I want to know, who am I handing him over to, the two of you?"

"Me!" both Brick and Yucheng Fei said simultaneously.

"Hehe." Maize smirked, "This is tricky. How about you two discuss it among yourselves?"

What a move to sow discord! I looked up at the cunning Maize. This guy could become one of the big shots in Chenggao, so naturally, he had some brains.

Brick then looked fiercely at Yucheng Fei. "I'm taking Wang Hao with me. Any objections?"

Brick kept insisting he would take me with him, saying he had some private matters to attend to with me. I was puzzled. I didn't know him at all, so what private matters could he have with me? At first, I thought he was brought by Yucheng Fei, but now it seemed that wasn't the case at all.

Yucheng Fei yawned again, rubbed his sleepy eyes, still looking lazy, and casually said, "I have no objections. But I want to know, where are you taking Wang Hao, and what's the matter you have with him?"

"That's none of your concern," Brick said. "I'm taking Wang Hao with me, that's all."

Maize laughed again. "You two hurry up and come to a decision, so I know who to hand Wang Hao over to."

"Me." Brick took a step forward, asserting his claim.

"You idiot," Yucheng Fei finally couldn't help it. "Maize is trying to sow discord between us. Can't you see that? Can't we rescue Wang Hao first and then figure out your private matters?"

"You dare to call me an idiot?" Brick glared at Yucheng Fei, completely ignoring everything else Yucheng Fei said.

"Ah, damn it." Yucheng Fei slapped his forehead. "I just can't communicate with this guy at all. Can't you use your brain? If we really start fighting, won't we both lose? Then Maize will benefit, and neither of us will be able to rescue Wang Hao!"

"I'm not here to rescue Wang Hao, I just have some business with him," Brick reiterated.

"Damn," Yucheng Fei sat down on the ground, lit a cigarette, looking equally speechless about the situation.

Maize chuckled sinisterly, clearly enjoying the scene.

"Hand Wang Hao over to me," Brick said to Maize again.

"What do you say, Yucheng Fei?" Maize grinned at Yucheng Fei. "Do you want to hand Wang Hao over to him?"

Yucheng Fei puffed on his cigarette, saying nothing, seemingly lost in thought.

"Hey, don't fall asleep now," Maize quickly interjected. "You better speak up, or I'll hand Wang Hao over to Brick."

Yucheng Fei's penchant for napping seemed to be common knowledge.

"Fine, give him to Brick," Yucheng Fei waved his hand, then glared fiercely at Brick. "I warn you, don't do anything to Wang Hao, or even if I have to flatten Chenggao, I won't let you off!"

"What does it have to do with me if you flatten Chenggao? That school, I've been wanting to burn it down for a long time," Brick said, walking up to Maize.

Maize looked at Yucheng Fei in amazement, incredulously asking, "You're just going to hand Wang Hao over like that? Don't you know what Brick's intentions are in taking Wang Hao away? What if he takes Wang Hao back and chops him up for dumplings?"

"Forget it," Yucheng Fei said. "Wang Hao will be much safer in anyone else's hands than yours."

At the same time, Yucheng Fei turned to Brick and said, "Hurry up. Before I change my mind, take Wang Hao away. I'm afraid I'll lose my patience and challenge you to a fight to see your brick skills."

Brick looked at Yucheng Fei and suddenly smiled. "You're good, very interesting. Yucheng Fei from the Vocational School, I'll remember that!" As if being remembered by him was a great honor.

Brick bent down, and Maize reluctantly moved his feet aside. Despite Brick not being tall, he was very strong and effortlessly lifted me onto his shoulder. Of course, it was also because I was so weak.

I still had no strength, and I didn't know if being taken away by Brick was a blessing or a curse, but my eyes were always on Ye Zhan. I couldn't help but say, "Yucheng Fei, you have to rescue Ye Zhan, and my other classmates too. You have to make sure they're all safe..."

"Don't worry," Yucheng Fei waved his hand. "Maize can't threaten me anymore. We'll take care of the rest of the matter."

Brick didn't care whether I had finished talking to Yucheng Fei or not. He carried me away briskly towards the edge of the small forest, looking effortless.

I vaguely heard Yucheng Fei saying, "What do you say, Maize? How about we settle this with a one-on-one fight?"

I was about to shout "Yucheng Fei is mighty," when suddenly, there was a "bang" in my head. Brick had hit me with the brick he had in his hand. He seemed to be quite adept at finding the right spot. Everything went black, and I knew nothing more.