Chapter 28 Persuading Shi Meng

  The first person I visited and pulled in was Shi Meng, who came from the second experiment. He is considered to be a figure like Liu Kai. He lives in our dormitory building. I had made an appointment with him in advance. I knocked on the door, and Shi Meng walked out very tacitly.

  We reached the balcony of our dormitory building. At this time, the dormitory was very quiet. Although we walked very lightly, the sound had already been very clear.

  We came to the balcony and sat down. I started talking, "You've already guessed why I'm looking for you."

  "You want to raise the flag, but you're short-handed. Many people in our school already know about this, it's not a secret. Since I've come out and talked to you, it means I'm willing to help you. However, I'd like to know what words you'll use to persuade me." Shi Meng said bluntly.

  "I don't want to beat around the bush, nor do I want to waste words with you. I have a grudge against Gao Tianwei, and I heard that you two also have a grudge. The other day, I saw a short-haired man come looking for you, and it's said that he has an impressive background, even Gao Tianwei would be intimidated. Actually, these past few days, I haven't been happy at all."

  "Haha, what a coincidence! I didn't think you also had a grudge against Gao Tianwei." I laughed, with a hint of schadenfreude.

  "Don't be too pleased with yourself, after all, I used to be the boss. Now you want me to submit to someone else and become their underling? That depends on whether that person has what it takes." Shi Meng heard my selfishness.

  "Haha, as you know, I have a background, three sisters, you've also heard of her, she's so high up in the school because of that flat head relationship, flat head is three sister's brother, and my brother too, he's very famous outside our school, I believe you should have heard something about it."

  I smiled and said "This is my innate advantage, this is what you guys don't have. To be honest, I haven't been in the game for long, I haven't fought many battles either. Maybe I'm not qualified to be your leader, but I didn't treat you like a younger brother either. You come over, we're all brothers, you eat meat, I drink soup, what I say will be done. I just want to be a rope that ties all of you together, and then we can fight against Tianwei together, just like Xu Long and them."

  "We eat meat and you drink soup? Are you really that good, willing to let us take the benefits first?" Shi Meng said with some disbelief.

  "Of course, I'm sure you've heard that Wang Jian, Gao Tianwei's brother, is extremely greedy. Basically, everyone he protects has to give him a protection fee every month. If they don't have money to give him, Wang Jian will immediately turn against them and cut ties, not caring about their relationship as brothers." I said to Shi Meng, "Gao Tianwei isn't much better either. As soon as something happens, he'll let his brother take the fall and pay up. Clearly, it's his own fault that someone got sent to the hospital, clearly it's his own fault that he spent money on girls, but most of the time, he'll ask his younger brothers for the money. I heard that last time Gao Tianwei had a birthday, he spent several thousand yuan, all of which was contributed by his brothers. Tell me, where are we students supposed to get that kind of money?"

  I indignantly said, "If I were the leader, I wouldn't be like him. If it was my fault, I wouldn't ask you for money. If something happened to you, I would be the first one to take the lead in giving you money or helping you solve the problem. You can record this, and if I don't keep my promise, you can let everyone hear the recording, so they all know that Li Jie is an untrustworthy person, and make me lose face and not be able to stay at No. 1 Middle School."

  "I won't say much, because whatever I say is false. Between brothers, everything is understood. Liu Kai was the former big brother of our school, and a few days ago he was beaten by Xu Long's gang. I stepped in to resolve it. As long as I can successfully challenge him, Xu Long will definitely become my partner and good friend. If we work together, taking down Gao Tianwei is not impossible. Think carefully, this is your only chance to turn the tables on Gao Tianwei. Don't miss it." I smiled and said "Take ten minutes to think about it."

  "Ten minutes?"

  "Yes, opportunities are not always available." I smiled and said. I heard Liu Kai say that when Gao Tianwei had just become the boss, Gao Tianwei found you one by one and left a sentence as a warning: If it's a dragon, coil around me; if it's a tiger, lie down for me. This is his territory, and no one should touch it, right? "He did say that." Shi Meng nodded.

  "Well, I'll give you a sentence: it's time for you to soar and be vigorous, let's see if you dare?!""Dare, what's there not to dare about? Anyway, even if I were to risk my life, I wouldn't be able to get into any good university," Shi Meng said nonchalantly. "It's better to go all out and do something big, at least by the time we graduate and grow up, we can look back on our youth and brag about it."

  "Whoever doesn't live wildly in their youth will live a dull life." Shi Meng said frankly.

  "Alright," I patted Sima's shoulder. "I won't disappoint you, one day I'll make you proud of your decision."

  "I wish this day would come sooner"

  "By the way, who's going to operate on us? You have to give me some mental preparation," Shi Meng asked me.

  "Zhang Kun?"

  "Zhang Kun?" Shi Meng furrowed his brow sharply after hearing this.

  "What's wrong?" I said calmly.

  "Zhang Kun's words, aren't they a bit too reckless? The Four Great Heavenly Kings, second only to Xu Long and Wang Jian's existence. We've just started out, why not first raise the flag successfully? Anyway, your reputation is already there, San Jie and Pingtou are supporting you, definitely someone will come to admire your name, wait until our strength is enough, then we'll go deal with Zhang Kun?" Shi Jian suggested.

  "I and Zhang Kun's contradiction, many people in school know about it. If I raise the flag without finding him, others will definitely think I'm afraid of him. Like this, a cowardly old man who has no guts or courage, would anyone follow me?" I retorted to Shi Meng "If I don't find Zhang Kun, others will definitely laugh at me. Once I become a laughing stock, it'll be hard for me to stand up again."

  "Since you've made up your mind, as a brother, I won't hold you back. If we're going to do it, let's do it!" Shi Meng gritted his teeth and said fiercely.

  "It sounds like we're just not strong enough." I patted Shi Meng's shoulder. "Don't worry, we'll definitely win. These few days, get in touch with your old brothers you used to hang out with and see if they're willing to follow you again." "Mmm, no need to tell me, I'll go persuade them myself," Shi Meng smiled. "Alright, it's getting late, we should head back to sleep too."

  "Uh-huh," I nodded.

  Shi Meng was easily persuaded because he had a grudge against Gao Tianwei. What about the others? Would they also be so easy to persuade?

  Actually, I just said that Gao Tianwei is greedy for money, although it's a fact, but also can't be blamed. Gao Tianwei's brothers are basically all running school in the city, originally their family conditions are good, and they naturally have more money in their hands. Like Liu Kai, me, Shi Meng, we came from county middle school, compared to them, indeed one level lower.

  Just like Gao Sheng, this guy lives in a dormitory but has never been able to get used to eating at the cafeteria because it's too bad.

  What I didn't expect was that on the second day, a shocking piece of news exploded, and this news once again made me famous.

  The next day at noon, the news that my brother beat up Gao Tianwei and Wang Jian, the four heavenly kings, spread like wildfire. This was because Lao Pan's barbecue stall is not far from our school, and when my brother fought them, it was during a time when many people were around, so many people saw it, including some students from our school. Although I don't know who specifically spread the news, it has now become a sensational rumor that everyone is talking about in private.

  Everyone was shocked when they heard that Gao Tianyi had been beaten up, just like when everyone saw the 9/11 incident back then.

  And I was once again pushed to the forefront of the storm.

  First it was San Jie, then Qiang Ge, and now another mysterious young man with terrifying fighting power has appeared. My background is being spread around more and more vaguely, to the point where some people are even saying I come from a ** family.

  Lian Pangzi and Liu Shuai both asked me, who is that person?

  I just smiled and pretended to be mysterious, because actually I don't know what my brother specifically does, only knowing that he's very capable and also likes to show off in front of me.

  My brother's humorous saying is: People with skills show off to others, while those without skills watch others show off.

  And I'm showing off in front of Liu Shuai and Pangzi right now.