Chapter 11 (1/2)

NPT C10No Protection TonightChapter 10: The Bitter Taste of Being Lovesick

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One night, while I was preparing to go home, the student on janitorial duty* asked me to carry the garbage with him. I didn't refuse him, since helping out in the cla.s.sroom was something everyone should do.

*In China, it's very common for cla.s.srooms to a.s.sign different duties to people, similar to a student council except, within a cla.s.s. The cla.s.sroom janitorial duty is a role that switches randomly or by the order of cla.s.smates throughout the year. It mainly involves sweeping and mopping the room's floor, throwing away the trash, cleaning the blackboard, wiping down desks, etc.

I hefted the trash can with Liu Sanmao and started trudging towards the dumpsters. When we pa.s.sed the bulletin boards, I heard the sounds of a loud argument.

”Liu Jie, don't act innocent with me. Don't a.s.sume that I don't know about you and Li Zhiyuan. F**k, at least give me your pantyhose to remember you by!”

”Guo Tao, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d, what the h.e.l.l are you talking about? You're so irritating! Let me go, or else I'm going to scream for help.”

Listening to their conversation, I stopped in my tracks. Liu Jie was our cla.s.s queen, with a face like a gentle blossom. Plenty of boys had a crush on her, and Guo Tao was the tyrant from the neighboring cla.s.s. He always manages to make trouble; not only to cla.s.smates but teachers, too.

At this moment, Liu Jie had started to panic, but then she noticed our presence. ”Sanmao, Zhuang Feng, come help me!”

Liu Sanmao ignored her, and whispered to me, ”Go, go. Don't meddle with matters like these, or else you'll get caught up in the mess.”

Because it was very quiet, Liu Jie heard his words. Anxious tears streamed down her cheeks. ”Liu Sanmao, are you a man?! Are you just going to leave me here to suffer?”

His face reddened at her words. Guo Tao laughed maliciously and started to grope her thigh. I couldn't watch any longer. I set down the garbage can and hastened over.

”Guo Tao, how could you bully a girl?” I curled my lips in contempt.

He got angrier and spat back, ”Get out of my way and mind your own f**king business, or else don't blame me when I beat you to death!”

As someone from the countryside, I've always kept a low profile at school. Even though it's been two months, there were still a few people who didn't know me.

People like Guo Tao only liked to scare their fellow students. If it really did come to a fight, I wasn't scared at all.

He swung his fist at me with a naive smile on his face. I sidestepped his punch and launched a kick to his stomach. Saliva shot out of his mouth like bullets.

”F**k, just you wait!” Guo Tao was turning green with pain. He wasn't stupid though and didn't press on another attack.

He stumbled away and Liu Jie exhaled in relief. Her small face turned pink as she said, ”Zhuang Feng, thank you, I would've been a goner if you hadn't been here.”

”Mm, it's fine. We're cla.s.smates, so of course I'd help out. You should hurry home.” I realized that Liu Jie's black stockings gave off a lovely feeling along with her school uniform.

”That Guo Tao is really horrible. I was jogging on the track when he came up and said the teacher was calling for me. I can't believe he dragged me out here just to mess with me. Here, could you walk me back to the dorms? I'm afraid he'll come back,” Liu Jie asked expectantly.