Volume 1 Chapter 10: Fury Reaching the Heavens

  Pang Guang thought for a moment, but ultimately didn't do it. He silently hung up the receiver and went back. Zhang Xiaoting's reappearance had an impact on him, making him think he should change his hot temper.

  The next day, Pang Guang surprisingly didn't oversleep and arrived at the classroom early to find Lin Junyun already seated. He stuffed his backpack into the drawer and repeated the words he had rehearsed multiple times the night before: "Hey, classmate, just pretend I'm begging you, okay? Return my phone, I need to wait for an important call. Your conditions are all met, 3000 yuan in cash immediately, and I'll help with three things, as long as they're not murder or arson."

  "Ah, finally figured it out? Hurrying to return the phone, won't there be some unspeakable secrets in this phone?" Lin Junyun was smiling like a flower, but Pang Guang looked very unhappy.

  After hesitating for half a day, Pang Guang finally squeezed out another sentence from his teeth: "No, I'm waiting for an important call. Did my phone ring last night?"

  "Yes, it was a girl who called. I said you were very tired and had already gone to sleep." Lin Junyun's eyes lit up as he replied without hesitation.

  "What?" Pang Guang's eyes widened in anger, as if he wanted to strangle her.

  "Hey, who is this girl to you? You seem so tense about her." Lin Junyun looked at the furious Pang Guang and suddenly felt a pang of sympathy, almost wanting to give up. He had been repeatedly adding codes and knocking on bamboo sticks, but he could accept it all; apparently, it wasn't because his phone held some untellable secret, but rather that he was waiting for a girl's call. Who would have thought that this carefree guy was actually so devoted?

  Thinking of this, Lin Junyun couldn't help but take a few more glances at Pang Guang, silently making a decision for himself: This is the last time, who made my useless old mom lose 2000 yuan again last night, I really need 5000 yuan to help my mom pay off her debt now, and when I have money in the future, I will definitely return it to you with interest.

  "Never mind, just return my phone." Pang Guang replied irritably.

  Lin Junyun replied readily: "Alright, now I have to go to class immediately. After school, I'll think about it and let you know if I need your help with those three things."

  "No way, return my phone and think carefully again."

  "Wait until I'm ready to return it, don't take it back yet."

  "You... be careful, old man..." Pang Guang suddenly jumped up and raised his right hand to strike.

  "Is that a threat to slap me to death?" Lin Junyue suddenly burst out laughing with a "heh heh", and the dimples on her face seemed like bottomless whirlpools to Pang Guang: "Come on, I forgot to tell you, I'm the class monitor, and also the class beauty chosen by everyone. If I were to let out a loud shriek right now, wouldn't a swarm of frenzied bees and butterflies rush over and pinch you into minced meat?"

  "You..." Pang Guang felt he had already lost his mind, if not for Lin Junyun's next sentence, this slap might have really been slapped down. Pang Guang, a middle school student in his early teens, had grown to be over 1.8 meters tall, and both his physique and personality were like his father's - straightforward and prone to acting on impulse. At this moment, his father's teachings about not picking fights seemed worthless to him; he might as well give this female scammer a good lesson and then find a stick to apologize to his father with.

  "Oh, right! The girl who called said her name was Zhang Xiaoting." Lin Junyun seized the opportunity and quickly said this as Pang Guang was about to hit him.

  Last night, a girl did call, and at that time Lin Junyun didn't know who she was. He just told her he's a classmate of Pang Guang, borrowing his phone to play for two days, and asked her to call back after seeing Pang Guang at school tomorrow.

  The girl was silent for about a minute before saying softly: "Thank you, tell her that I am Zhang Xiaoting." Then she hung up the phone.

  Lin Junyun didn't think much of it at the time, but today when Pang Guang asked her so urgently, she suddenly remembered the matter and thought that Zhang Xiaoting might be a very important person to Pang Guang. She had an idea and first stalled for a while, then when Pang Guang was about to lose his temper, she threw out three heavy words: "Zhang Xiaoting". She planned to borrow another 2000 yuan from Pang Guang. At the time, she didn't dare confirm whether her guess was right or not, but in desperation, she took a gamble and said it. After speaking, she had already prepared herself to dodge "Pang Guang's slap that could kill him".

  It turned out that her guess was correct, and the three words had a tremendous impact on Pang Guang. He slowly put down his hand, his face turning from green to red as he stared at Lin Junyun with tension: "Then what?"

  "Then? I told her you're tired and already asleep." Lin Junyun raised an eyebrow, turned his head away from Pang Guang: "Use your imagination, why tell you, now the price is 5000 yuan, then help me with three things, think about it and tell me, I'll decide the time and place of the transaction."

  "You... think I'm a garlic vendor who changes prices every day." Pang Guang slammed his fist on the table, biting his teeth until they bled. He stared at Lin Junyun in incredulity: "Swindler, you're deliberately treating me like a monkey. Don't try to cross me, or else..."

  "A slap in the face, is it? Class is about to start, think carefully, no need to rush to answer me, a flat price of 5,000, and agree to do three things for me." Lin Junyun nodded with satisfaction, laughing brightly: "Class is about to start, let's talk about this later, I'm the class monitor, during class I have to set a good example, my mind absolutely cannot wander."

  "Dead cheat, you still know you're the class monitor?" Pang Guang finally burst out in anger, his fury soaring to the sky, and bellowed into Lin Junyun's ears until they rang: "Class monitor my foot, my old man is still the director of the Dongcheng District Public Security Bureau!"