Chapter 2 I Was Beaten Up

  My hand holding the mouse was slightly trembling at this moment. Who is Wu Lilis man? Of course, it was Cai Chen, but as soon as I thought of Cai Chen, I got scared. Cai Chen was notorious for his fierce fighting skills, and yesterday he beat me up so badly that I was in pain all night. Fortunately, Cai Chen also had some scruples at the time, fearing that someone else would come in, so he only kicked me a few times.

  "What should I do?" I muttered anxiously to myself.

  I'm now somewhat regretful for getting too close to Wu Lilian, I don't have the skills to learn from others how to pick up girls. What's even more unfortunate is that I haven't even held Wu Lilian's hand yet and I'm already going to get beaten up, my heart feels even more stifled. At this moment, what I'm worried about is that I don't even have a single brother who can help me out, from the first month of high school onwards, at Kailai Middle School, I only know a few classmates and they're all some softies. If I let them help me, I reckon they wouldn't even be able to cheer me on.

  I have some regrets, others like Cai Chen only used a month to become famous in the industry, with younger brothers following him and women throwing themselves at him, living such a comfortable life. But as for me, except for being slightly better at reading books, I'm useless in everything else.

  I had no choice but to look for my junior high school classmates, and I didn't dare to confirm whether others would be willing to help me or not. Anyway, I'll try, after all, among the people I know, only that kid Yang Li is quite capable.

  "Hey, Yang Li. I have something that I need your help with." I said into the phone after answering it.

  On the other end of the phone was my friend Yang Li, his voice was as loud as thunder, and all I heard him ask was: "Brother, if there's anything I can help with, I'll definitely help."

  I was overjoyed to get Yang Li's response, and immediately I told him the whole thing. As for whether he would help me or not, there was no guarantee, although I had heard that his older cousin was doing well, but as for himself, I wasn't very clear if he was capable or not.

  "That's right, it's Kailai Middle School. Although the people inside have some background, don't worry, I'll bring someone to help you when the time comes. With those three great swordsmen, even the entire upper school doesn't count for anything." Yang Li said with confidence. When I heard this, I naturally thanked him in a hurry.

  Now my heart is much more at ease, although Yang Li often boasts a bit, but he still has some skills. I don't believe him now, and I really don't know who to believe anymore.

  The next day, although I had agreed with Yang Li to let him go to Kailai Middle School with me at 7 o'clock first, and then he would go to Sanzhong for class. However, when it was already half past seven, Yang Li still hadn't arrived at my home. My home is not very far from his, just a ten-minute walk.

  I felt extremely disappointed in my heart, I wanted to call and ask about the situation, but I gave up, I guess others will regret it after sleeping for a while, not coming is just not wanting to go. Helplessly, I had to ride my bike to school alone, Xiaohui usually arrives earlier than me, so she's probably already in class now.

  When I arrived at the school gate, my heart began to tense up, and my hands and feet felt a bit soft. I looked around and didn't see Cai Chen. Then I pushed my bike in, but when I walked more than 20 meters, I saw Cai Chen squatting in a corner, slowly smoking a cigarette. There were six people standing next to him, and just by looking at them, you could tell they were also a group of thugs.

  I had intended to pretend I didn't know and just walk towards the parking lot without looking back. But before I took two steps, Cai Chen's voice came from around the corner of the wall, shouting at me viciously: "Luo Mu, get over here, did you hear that?"

  His voice was loud, and it's really impossible for me to say I didn't hear him. Moreover, the other party even called my name, how dare I not go? Immediately, I abandoned the car by the side of the road, then walked over with my head slightly lowered, and shouted at Cai Chen with a lack of confidence: "Brother Chen".

  "Dare to look at my wife's photo."

  I stood beside Cai Chen, he flicked the cigarette butt away, stared at me with his eyes wide open, and kicked me in the abdomen with one foot. I couldn't dodge it, nor did I dare to dodge. The whole person was kicked by him into a dog-eating-shit posture and fell to the ground.

  "Brother Chen, I didn't do it on purpose. I just accidentally entered Wu Lil's space and looked at a few photos, then praised her a bit." Just as I was about to get up, Cai Chen stepped on my back with one foot. My face stuck to the floor, I said in a wronged tone.

  "Flattery? Appreciation, right? You... are you still thinking of pursuing her or what? The day before yesterday I saw that kid's eyes staring at Wu Lilili." Cai Chen said with wide open eyes, raised eyebrows, and a finger pointing at my head.

  I was trampled by him, and it was a burst of fire. For the first time, I was humiliated like this, especially with students from nearby classes occasionally looking over. My dignity was instantly swept away, and I really wanted to resist. But I didn't have that strength, not to mention my own height wasn't as tall as Cai Chen's. He had a height of nearly 1.8 meters, and his muscles were even more frighteningly large. And I had never fought before, where would I get the strength? Moreover, there were six people standing beside him, and I didn't have any room to resist at all.

  "Morning brother, I was wrong. I shouldn't have looked at Wu Lilili's photo. I didn't have any other thoughts about her, really." My head was pressed firmly to the ground by his fingers, and even speaking was a bit unclear. Now I had no choice but to say this submissively.

  I glanced at the six onlookers beside me with a hint of amusement still on my face. I felt like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, begging for mercy from the other party.

  "Give me a punch? Damn it, you dare to touch my woman." Cai Chen said with a glance at the six people beside him.

  At this point, I had no idea how many kicks I had been kicked by the other party. I only felt that every part of my body was trampled on, and each kick was like a big stone hitting me.

  "Stop it"

  At this time, I vaguely seemed to hear someone say so. Immediately after that, I only felt my body relax, and their feet finally stopped. And I finally took a breath, raised my head to see who it was, but my eyes were a bit gray and blurry, and I could only vaguely see the pair of things that made people's blood vessels burst instantly.

  At this time, I heard Cai Chen seemingly saying: "You stinky biaozi, you're showing off to outsiders, huh? Have you taken a liking to that coward? Then go be with him."

  "Husband, what are you talking about? This matter started because of me, so I have to stand up and say something. The beating is enough, don't make a big deal out of it. He's just a good-for-nothing, I couldn't possibly like him anyway. Let's go, class is starting soon. If we get caught by that cold-faced Shiro, we're done for." Wu Lilili hugged Cai Chen's arm and intentionally twisted her body, her voice taking on a flirtatious tone.

  As expected, Cai Chen put his foot down after hearing Wu Lil's words and looked at me with disdain, saying: "With your cowardly appearance, you still want to compete with me for a woman? You're just a poor loser, even if I let you play with Wu Lil, I estimate you don't even have the money to rent a room."

  As I heard this, my hands clenched into fists. I don't know what expression Wu Lilai had on her face at that time, but it was absolutely humiliating and contemptuous for me. Although I used to be timid too, I had never been bullied or insulted like this before. I really wanted to jump up and slap her in the face, but in the end, I endured it, still lacking the courage. I'm not their match, and now I've managed to avoid a few kicks thanks to a woman's persuasion. I scold myself for being useless, and I hate these rascals who only know how to bully people like me.

  I don't even know when I got up, and I didn't even know how many people were watching me in this embarrassing state. I struggled to get up, with a faint bloodstain still at the corner of my mouth, and countless bruises all over my body, although most of them were superficial wounds, but my current appearance was simply unbearable to be seen by others.

  I didn't go to the classroom, but quietly pushed my bicycle and walked back home with a limp. At this time, there was only an indifferent nanny at home, and no one else. My dad had been away from home for more than a month and hadn't come back yet. As for Xiaohui, I didn't dare hope that she would care about me.

  I washed myself and put on a clean set of clothes. At the same time, I applied some foundation to my face, which made me look barely presentable.

  Just as I was resting in bed, Yang Li called and asked me: "Did you go to school today?"

  I said I went, he said why didn't you call him, he overslept and missed today's appointment. I don't know if this is Yang Li's true words or just an excuse to avoid helping me out and not wanting to have a bad relationship with me. Anyway, I said forget it, next time then.

  In the end he agreed, as long as next time I call him, he will definitely go.

  I don't know if he was being sincere, but I remembered it in my heart. If something happens, I will definitely let him take action. If he is playing with me, I will never recognize this friend again.

  Maybe I was too tired, and I fell asleep unknowingly. At this time, my mobile QQ rang. It turned out to be Wu Lilili's message, she said that what she said today should not be taken to heart, it was all for the sake of saving me.

  Then she asked me how my injury was. I said it was just a superficial wound, but my whole body looked quite bad, so I didn't go to school.

  She then sent me a message that shocked and excited me even more: "Sorry about this, it's all because of me. Nobody knew you'd send that kind of message at that time. This beating is my fault, otherwise next time I'll invite you to my home to play, and you can do whatever you want."

  I read this message and suddenly felt invigorated. Even the drowsiness I had earlier was completely gone, and what's more, the distress caused by that sentence also disappeared, as did my previous regret over contacting her.

  I kept comforting myself, although this beating made me lose face and left me with injuries all over my body. However, if I didn't even get a little revenge, wouldn't that be an even greater loss? In any case, playing a trick on Wu Lilian would make up for some of the losses.

  I immediately replied with a message saying: Alright, I've taken note of that. As a result, she replied with a message: Others are waiting for you, just worried that you won't be able to play when the time comes.

  Looking at such a provocative message, I immediately replied: You'll know when you're done playing around.