Chapter 45: Meddling in Other People's Business

  The next day, when he arrived at school, Cen Yanqiu indeed saw Tan Shizhe, who was still diligently doing his homework with his head down, just like usual.

  Cen Yanqiu walked over and only then discovered that Tan Shizhe was copying notes, but he didn't know whose notes they were. The handwriting was neat and pleasing to the eye. Cen Yanqiu smiled slightly, "Shizhe, are you feeling better?"

  "Being able to come to school means nothing's wrong." Tan Shizhe lifted his head, with a silly smile on his face.

  "Cough, cough... Did I hear that wrong? What's going on here?" Curious Yang Chengyu leaned in, looking at Cen Yanqiu's awkward face, and said, "So it turns out that the ball is not only concerned about female classmates, but also male classmates!"

  "Who cares about him?" Qin Yanqiu couldn't help but give Yang Chengyu a white eye.

  Yang Chengyu intentionally put on a very sad expression and said: "Look at you, caring about too many people, you've even forgotten who you cared about!"

  "Haha, this is a good thing that doesn't leave a name! A living Lei Feng of the new era!" Cen Yanqiu didn't know what Yang Chengyu was talking about, but still accompanied him in his chatter.

  Tan Shi Zhe lifted his head and looked at Cen Yan Qiu and Yang Cheng Yu, but he didn't show any expression. He then lowered his head again and continued to copy notes by himself.

  Today was just like any other day, passing by in a daze. When school let out, Xun Yanqiu and Yang Chengyu, along with Ji Ningning, walked together, and somehow they naturally ended up walking home together. Before, it had always been Xun Yanqiu and Yang Chengyu walking together, but now Ji Ningning had unknowingly joined them.

  Just as the three of them had just walked out of the school gate, they saw a group of students gathered together in front of them. At a glance, it was clear that it was a student fight, and such things were nothing new to Cen Yanqiu, who slowly closed his eyes, pretending not to have seen anything, and didn't take a single step back in surprise.

  Ji Ningning looked ahead, then hastily turned to Cen Yanqiu and asked: "What's going on? I'll go back and call the teacher!"

  "Ji Ningning, that's enough!" Cen Yanqiu looked at Ji Ningning coldly, "Things like this happen every day in school, how many can you handle? And if things go wrong, you might even get beaten up by a crowd when you go out!"

  "Cen Yanqiu, I never thought you'd be such an apathetic person!" Ji Ningning said, also glaring at Cen Yanqiu before turning back to school without looking back. Actually, they hadn't left the school very far, and were just walking along that long campus path.

  Cen Yanqiu watched as Ji Ningning ran quickly away, and couldn't help but shake his head. "This Ji Ningning is too reckless! Is she going to be the female knight of the new century? Who would dare want a girl who loves finding trouble like this?"

  But at this time, Yang Chengyu, who had been silent all along, looked at the crowd with a serious face and didn't listen to Cen Yanqiu's words. He seemed to have seen a familiar figure in the crowd and hurriedly said: "Hey, ball, it seems wrong! Isn't that Ah Zhe?"

  When he heard this, Cen Yanqiu was also shocked and quickly turned his head. Indeed, the boy surrounded by those classmates was none other than Tan Shizhe. Cen Yanqiu's eyes widened in surprise, without any hesitation, he grasped the school bag in his hand and took a step forward, slowly turning into a sprint.

  At this time, Tan Shizhe had already been beaten half to death by the crowd. Cen Yanqiu and Huo Ran rushed into the crowd, with a face full of anger, "You have to give a reason for beating someone! What did he do to offend you?"

  Chim Yam Chau really couldn't think of what to say in this kind of fight, so he just said that, or maybe he should have said something like they do on TV, "Who dares to hit my brother? I'll take down whoever!" But Chim Yam Chau really couldn't think of anything more elegant, so he could only yell out what he just did.

  "Hmph! You ask me, where did he offend us? Why don't you ask him yourself!" At this time, a male student said loudly and proudly, looking at Xun Yanqiu with disdain. Is this the legendary villain character? Xun Yanqiu just felt that it wasn't right, who can be categorized as a bad person?

  "Mind your own business! This is my own affair, go away!" Tan Shizhe stumbled and got up from the ground, his hands and face were all bruised, and there was a little blood at the corner of his mouth.

  Cen Yanqiu finally knew the reason for the scars on Tan Shizhe's hands yesterday, it turned out that he was beaten by someone. Thinking about it, Tan Shizhe should not be fighting with others for the first time. How could a student like him who is so diligent and studious fight with others after class? Cen Yanqiu still couldn't figure it out, he turned his head and looked at Tan Shizhe who was blocked behind him, saying: "What are you talking about?"

  At this time, the boy standing opposite to Cen Yanqiu said disdainfully: "See? People say you're meddling in other people's business! Scram!"

  "I'm not a nosy person, I just want to know what my friend did to make all of you bully him!" Cen Yanqiu stood his ground, unwavering.

  "What did you do? Ask him yourself! This little bastard with no father!" The boy sneered, his mouth curling up into a mocking smile.

  Upon hearing this, Cen Yanqiu was so angry that he couldn't help but swing the school bag in his hand forward without warning, catching people off guard. With a loud "slap", the school bag landed squarely on the boy's body.

  At this time, the people around also rushed over to Shen Yanqiu, of course, their fists and feet followed. Shen Yanqiu naturally fought back as well, but he felt that his body was aching from being hit for the second time. The first time he was hit was when he saved Bai Yaya that day, at the time he really didn't feel any pain, it wasn't until later that he slowly started to feel it. But this time, every punch that came over made him feel extremely painful. So he also went crazy and swung his fists wildly at the people around him.

  Of course, Yang Chengyu, who had been standing not far away, saw his best friend being beaten by someone. He also grasped his school bag tightly and rushed over, without saying a word. His school bag "slapped" heavily onto the group of people several times.

  Tan Shizhe stared at the person in front of him, unable to utter a word. His throat moved slightly, and he was about to cry out loud. He gritted his teeth and stood still on the spot.

  "Stop right there!" A stern shout, at this moment, the school security guard ran over, and Ji Ningning also followed behind.

  That group of people saw that it was the school's security guard and hastily ran away, but Cen Yanqiu and Yang Chengyu fell to the ground.

  Ji Ningning rushed to Cen Yanqiu's side and helped him up, looking at him with some concern, saying: "Qiu, are you okay?"

  "Do I look like nothing's wrong?" Cen Yanqiu was helped up by Ji Ningning, but he didn't forget to say a cold phrase. However, his gaze fell on Tan Shizhe, and it was unclear what emotions flowed out of his eyes. He raised his right hand and fiercely wiped away the bloodstains at the corner of his mouth.

  Yang Chengyu was also helped up by the guard, he felt that his elegant image had instantly collapsed and became disheveled. However, for the sake of his sworn brother, he didn't complain at all. Xi Yanqiu himself just said it, whoever is with someone like Ji Ningning who likes to interfere in other people's business will definitely have endless trouble, but isn't he the same? Yang Chengyu smiled slightly and didn't say anything else.