Chapter Fifteen: Mysterious Power

  "A bit too fast, both of us." Panting, Hong Jun said with a rough breath.

  "No, it's been twenty-five years already, it's too long." Rui Xin said slowly.

  "Twenty-five years?"

  "Yes, my past, present, and future all belong to you." Rui Xin's tone and gaze made Hong Jun feel her determination and certainty. So, he once again pulled her into his arms, the puppy's paws moved a few times, but ultimately didn't dare reach out to that plump little bun, the timing wasn't ripe yet. He told himself.

  "We can't believe it, there are actually people like this in the world. It's as if they've never seen the opposite sex before. It's only been a few days and you two have already become inseparable. We're speechless." That night, Hong Jun, Xu Ming, and Fat Chen brought their wives or girlfriends to dinner together. Seeing Hong Jun and Rui Xin completely ignoring the other four people at the table, being lovey-dovey, Xu Ming started grinding his teeth in anger.

  "Hmph, you were the same when you chased me, and now you have the nerve to say others." Xu Ming's wife said, pulling his ear, causing a burst of laughter from everyone.

  Hong Jun accompanied Rui Xin to play and watch movies every day, leaving behind the happy laughter of the two in Bin Hai City.

  Time flies when you're in love, and before we knew it, half a month had passed. During this time, the female ghost and strange things didn't appear again, so everyone slowly forgot about the matter.

  "Maybe Master Xukong found a way to deal with it and took care of that female ghost in the Temple of Gratitude." Occasionally bringing it up, Fat Chen expressed his own opinion. Even though Hong Jun still had a skeptical attitude, he would rather believe it was true. Hoping for good and not bad, no one wants bad things to linger around themselves. Even if it's just covering one's ears, they have to force themselves to think positively, let alone the fact that the female ghost really didn't appear again. So, everyone just threw the female ghost to the back of their minds.

  Hong Jun and Rui Xin are still as sweet as ever, which not only attracted the envy of Xu Ming and Fat Chen, but also the revenge of many "love rivals".

  For half a month, every time Hong Jun walked with Rui Xin on the road, he could feel the hostile gaze around him, as if those hostile gazes wanted to cut his flesh into pieces, grind them into powder, soak them in water and drink them to quench their thirst.

  No wonder, a beauty like Rui Xin has too many admirers. At first, she was cold and aloof, and no one could get close to her. All those who had their eyes on her could only grit their teeth in frustration. But then, suddenly, a man appeared and stuck to her like glue. This sparked the anger of the crowd. Although most people just expressed their jealousy through glances and private whispers, there were still some who thought they could teach Hong Jun a lesson by taking action, especially those self-proclaimed hoodlums.

  That afternoon, facing the scorching sunset, Hong Jun and Rui Xin sat under a willow tree by the river in the park, watching the small fish swimming happily in the water. Suddenly, a small stone on the surface of the water in front of them burst into bloom, splashing water droplets onto the unsuspecting Hong Jun and Rui Xin's faces.

  Hong Jun hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Rui Xin wipe the water droplets on her face, then used his sleeve to dab at his own face. Only after turning around did he see a sleazy fat man, but it wasn't Fat Chen.

  At first, Hong Jun thought the fat man was lying on the ground, but after a closer look, he found the fat man's head and realized that he was standing.

  This fat guy has grown completely sideways.

  His face was round and big, his eyes narrowed into a line, the flesh on his face piled up like "oil balls", the flesh on his face grew full and overflowed down to his neck, the flesh on his neck layered one on top of another, just like stacked waves. He was bare-chested, wearing a pair of large shorts, his belly bulging roundly, his stout thighs resembling two thick concrete pillars.

  Behind him stood four or five people, each with a sly smile on their face.

  "Wang Baozi, what are you going to do?" Rui Xin asked with disgust. She knew this fatty and was aware of his nature, so there was no politeness in her tone.

  "Quack quack!" Fatso blurted out, and Hong Jun's ice cream was dropped to the ground in laughter. This wasn't a person's voice; it sounded just like a duck quacking.

  "Hey, Xinxin, what's wrong? You seem a bit unhappy to see me, Brother Pang?" Pangzi still had a little bit of brains and detected Ruixin's unwelcome tone, but his face was too thick and he continued to try to hit on her.

  Chubby shouted "Xin sister", which almost made Hong Jun spit out the bean juice oil strip he had for breakfast, and got a whole body of goosebumps.

  "Wang Pangzi, hurry up and leave, don't cause trouble everywhere." Rui Xin didn't even glance at him, but instead faced Hong Jun, "He's a rascal in our factory, doesn't work properly, and leads a few hoodlums to wander around every day."

  "Xin Mei Mei, I heard that there's a little brat who has been sticking to you these days. Is it him?" Fatso asked, pointing at Hong Jun.

  "What's with you." Rui Xin replied, pulling Hong Jun's hand, indicating that the two should leave quickly.

  "Hey, what's the hurry? We've still got things to discuss." Fatso waved his hand and the people behind him closed in, blocking their path.

  "What are you going to do?" Hong Jun pulled Rui Xin behind him, his hands slightly stretched back, shielding Rui Xin, and asked the fat man. The people strolling in the park saw that something was happening and gathered around.

  "We're not doing anything, just want to make you understand," the fatty took a step forward, raised his head and looked up at Hong Jun, pointing at his nose with his hand, "From now on, stay away from Rui Xin." The tone implied that Rui Xin was his girlfriend.

  As he spoke, Pongzi's hands didn't idle either. He reached out to push Hong Jun aside, wanting to move this obstacle away. However, he used 70% of his strength, expecting Hong Jun to stumble and lose face. But unexpectedly, the tall and slender rival in front of him seemed weak but couldn't be budged by his 70% strength. Pongzi was taken aback for a moment, then simply ignored Hong Jun in front of him and stretched out his chubby pig-like hand towards Rui Xin: "Xin sister, come with brother, I'll take you to KTV."

  "Let her go." Seeing so many people watching, Hong Jun suppressed his anger. Such a ridiculous person actually dared to eat swan meat? Hong Jun felt extremely amused in his heart. It seemed that there were too many people in this world who lacked self-awareness. He waved his hand and opened the fatty's hand.

  "Huh?" Fatso didn't expect Hong Jun to hit his hand, he nodded at a few of his brothers, and two people immediately came up to grab Hong Jun's arm.

  "Let go of her." Hong Jun said coldly, he had originally wanted to calm things down, but instead saw Pángzi's hand reaching out towards Rui Xin again. In his eyes, it was like a dog's paw covered in feces, trying to tarnish the pure and untainted clothes of the goddess.

  He cannot tolerate it.

  Then, the anger in his heart suddenly burst out. He was not a boy with a gentle temper, on the contrary, he was prone to anger, and once angry, he often didn't care about the consequences.

  At this moment, his anger surged up. Forgetting that he was in the park, forgetting the crowds of people around him, the only thing he could think of was to teach a lesson to this fat guy who didn't know what's good for him.

  In Rui Xin's shout, he swung his arms and the two men holding his arms fell out four or five meters away. With a kick of his right foot, Wang Baozi, who weighed nearly 200 kilograms, rolled out like a ball for five or six meters. The surrounding crowd hastily made way, afraid that Wang would bump into them, fearing the consequences of colliding with someone of such weight.

  The fatty fell to the ground, groaning and unable to get up. The few hoodlums hid far away, not daring to come forward again. Who had ever seen someone who could kick a 200-pound person out five or six meters with one foot?

  Hong Jun turned around, pulled Rui Xin's hand and was about to leave when someone in the crowd suddenly shouted "Be careful!" At that moment, he felt a strong gust of wind hitting the back of his head.

  He slightly tilted his head, and the strong gust of wind swept past his right ear. He quickly raised his hand, and just as the iron rod was about to hit his shoulder, his left hand had already grabbed it. With a single pull, the person holding the iron rod behind him couldn't hold on, and the iron rod was forcibly snatched away by Hong Jun.

  He still didn't turn around, his right elbow thrust backward, and with a splash, the person behind him fell into the river water not far away.

  Hong Jun held one end of the iron rod in each hand, and with a slight exertion, the iron rod as thick as a rolling pin bent into a ring, causing an astonished murmur from the onlookers.

  "From now on, you all must keep a distance of at least 50 meters from Rui Xin. Otherwise, I'll beat you up every time I see you." Hong Jun gritted his teeth, and Wang Baozi nodded repeatedly with a broken heart.

  Hong Jun looked around at the crowd, but couldn't find the person who had just reminded him. He nodded towards the crowd: "Thanks for reminding me." Without paying attention to the fat guy and his gang behind him, he quickly led Rui Xin out of the park. He was afraid that if they walked slowly, the police would arrive at the scene, and if they were taken to the police station for processing, it would take at least two or three hours, wouldn't that delay his romantic encounter with Rui Xin?

  "How did you have so much strength?" Walking out of the park, Rui Xin finally couldn't help but ask her boyfriend, who had just shown superhuman strength.

  "I don't know either." Hong Jun scratched his head, ever since he was seven years old and saw someone bullying his father, in a fit of rage he threw the village director onto the top of an old locust tree, causing his parents, who had been honest and obedient all their lives, to stand up straight from then on. He discovered that he had a magical ability, which was that when he got angry, his strength would suddenly increase to an unimaginable extent, things that seemed impossible in normal times became easy as pie. It was as if he had become another person.

  He was unclear where his superpower came from, and even his parents who gave birth to him couldn't understand how he had this ability. However, he was very grateful for having this ability, as it allowed him to protect the people around him, protect his parents from being bullied, and protect his beloved girl from harassment.

  He suddenly remembered something, in his own dream, there was another self that was exactly the same as himself. Could it be that he had turned into that other self after getting angry? Who was that other self? And who was he himself? For the first time, he felt a strong sense of strangeness towards himself.