Chapter 21: Accumulation of Hatred

  Xu Shaowen took Hu Min'er and Xiao Lan away from the VIP compartment, while German Major Phyllis kept smiling at Hu Min'er and even waved goodbye to her with a pretentious gesture.

  After this incident, Xu Shaowen's mood was not pleasant. In the past six months, he had been doing well at the Army University, but today he encountered Japanese devils and couldn't help but think of the painful national resistance war twenty years later. In fact, it didn't take twenty years, just next year at this time, the Japanese would force Yuan Shikai to sign the Twenty-One Demands, which was already a national humiliation and ethnic hatred.

  Xu Shaowen walked back to his own carriage in a gloomy mood, not saying a word. He still had some regrets now, earlier in the VIP carriage he didn't take action to teach that Miyazaki Banzaburou a lesson, and in his heart he also transferred his anger to the Beiyang government, how could they invite such a despicable person to be the referee for this match?

  "Xu Shao Wen, thank you so much just now. You're really brave." After passing through a train carriage, Hu Min'er finally broke free from the tense atmosphere earlier and pulled at Xu Shao Wen's sleeve, saying sincerely.

  Xu Shaowen recovered from his inner anger, looked at Hu Min'er, then looked at Xiaolan who was still shaking slightly, and said in a somewhat unpleasant tone: "In the future, you girls should pay more attention to safety. Miss Hu, you are the eldest miss, and Xiaolan is your maid, you should have the responsibility to protect her personal safety."

  When Hu Min'er heard Xu Shao Wen's tone, she felt he was blaming her and immediately looked unhappy. She threw a tantrum, saying: "Why are you blaming me now? I didn't want this to happen either."

  Xu Shaowen knew he was still a bit agitated, after all, that little Japanese guy's arrogant attitude really made him angry. He calmed himself down and looked at Hu Min'er saying: "Actually, I just hope you and Xiao Lan are careful with your safety, no other meaning, I hope Miss Hu won't mind."

  "Is that what you really think?" Hu Min'er heard Xu Shao Wen's explanation and suddenly felt a little excited in her heart. She had grown up to this age, always under the care of her father and family members, never encountering any setbacks or difficulties. Today, she encountered such a big thing, if it wasn't for Xu Shao Wen standing out, she really didn't know what to do.

  "But your face doesn't look too good, are you still angry about that Japanese person? Hmph, when I get back to Beijing, I'll definitely tell my father about this matter. My father will definitely scold the Japanese person."

  Xu Shaowen wanted to laugh, Hu Min'er took things too lightly, or maybe she thought her father was too perfect. But he couldn't laugh, after a brief silence, he said: "I'm just a bit worried, because this time the Army University is going to compete with Baoding Military Academy, and that Japanese man is the referee of the competition. A despicable person like him will definitely take revenge."

  Xu Shao originally just casually found an excuse to fool Hu Min'er, but since he mentioned the competition, he couldn't help but have a little more thought. Of course, he wasn't afraid that the Japanese player Miyazaki Motoichirō would intentionally target himself during the competition, but rather worried that because of his impulsive actions this time, the entire Army University representative team would be at a disadvantage.

  "Oh, right! I wouldn't have remembered if you hadn't mentioned it. So you're going to Baoding for the competition?" Hu Min'er suddenly exclaimed excitedly.

  "Is that so? Did you know about this competition too, Miss Hu?" Xu Shaowen asked with some curiosity upon seeing Hu Min'er's expression.

  "This time I sneaked out of the house, just to go to Baoding to watch this game," Hu Min'er said with a very proud look, as if sneaking out of the house was an extraordinary thing. "Of course, actually, I didn't know at first that you were students from the Army University, and I also didn't know that this match was between the Baoding Military School and the Army University. Because my cousin is a student officer at the Baoding Military School, he wrote to me a few days ago explaining the situation of this match, so I specially rushed over today to cheer him on."

  "So that's how it is," Xu Shaowen smiled slightly. For a rich girl like Hu Min'er, knowing there was a competition but not knowing which two parties were participating was normal. However, he wasn't interested in whether Hu Min'er had come to watch the competition or not; his current worries already made him unable to focus.

  Xu Shaowen walked back several carriages with Hu Min'er and Xiao Lan, arriving in front of his seat. Guo Songling was getting impatient, but when he saw that Hu Min'er and Xiao Lan were following Xu Shaowen back, he suddenly looked even more puzzled and confused.

  Kuo Sung-ling made a exaggerated expression, pointing at Hsu Shao-wen and then at Hu Min-er, finally opening his mouth with a smile: "Wen-yuan, no wonder you were sent to buy a pack of cigarettes for so long, it turned out that you went to meet the beauty? Wow, this is really a big deal, after going back, we must post a big-character poster on the dormitory door."

  "Don't talk nonsense." Xu Shaowen knew that Guo Songling was joking with him, but after the conflict with the Japanese just now, he had no mood at all. His expression was somewhat serious, and he said, "Brother Maochen, why don't you show some gentlemanly demeanor and give up your seat to these two ladies?"

  Kuo Sung-ling glanced at Hu Min-er, who still had the airs of a young lady, and couldn't help but say in a somewhat sarcastic tone: "Wen Yuan, my brother, have you gone crazy? This madwoman has already caused trouble once at the train station. Now this seat is absolutely mine, Kuo Sung-ling's, I won't give it to her!"

  "Hmph, who wants your seat? You're already over 30 years old and still acting like a spoiled brat. I'm not going to bother with you." Hu Min'er heard Guo Songling's words, pouted her small mouth in anger, turned her face away, and refused to look at Guo Songling.

  Kuo Sung-ling originally just joked with the girl, he looked at Hsu Shao-wen, hoping that Hsu Shao-wen could explain what had just happened between him and Hu Min-er. But Hsu Shao-wen's face didn't look good either, and he didn't have the heart to explain, only smiling faintly. Kuo Sung-ling also had more than 30 years of worldly experience, so naturally, he was still able to see some clues, and he laughed loudly twice by himself before standing up from his seat.

  "Alright, alright. Considering this young lady's beauty, I'll give up my seat to you two." Guo Songling said as he got up from his seat and walked out into the corridor, where he made a sweeping "please" gesture, inviting Hu Min'er and Xiao Lan to take their seats.