Chapter 39 - Protecting Their Shortcomings (2/2)

Jiang Yang sat casually in his seat with his legs spread apart and one of it rested on the step below. He had on hand resting lazily on his knees and the other supported his chin as he watched the other hot-blooded youths running around the court.

Qin Xu walked over and sat down but he didn’t watch the classmates on the court and, instead, he watched Jiang Yang next to him.

The summer wind blew softly over them but, although it wasn’t very cool, it is still better than nothing. They just happened to sit in the shadow casted by the building behind them and it was a good resting spot away from the sun.

Jiang Yang saw him come over and asked: “Why aren’t you playing?”

Qin Xu smiled radiantly while revealing his canines: “Don’t want to anymore.”

Those sparkling eyes of his looked as if there were stars hidden within. It temporarily made Jiang Yang at loss for words. He had a feeling that Qin Xu only said half of his reason the other half being — Because you’re not there. Jiang Yang laughed and shook his head. It looks like after being clung onto so much, he had also started getting crazy thoughts.

Jiang Yang continued to knock onto his knees as he watched the others play.

After a while, when Jiang Yang was distracted, he suddenly heard a small cry of ‘be careful’. He looked over only to see a black shadow rush over and hit Qin Xu directly on his head. With a dull sound, the basketball fell to the ground and rolled to one side.

Qin Xu gritted his teeth and held onto his head. His eyes were red, and tears looked like there were ready to flow out.

With a ball flying over at such a fast speed, it would naturally be very painful. Qin Xu is also someone who is afraid of pain.

Jiang Yang saw that he was crying, and his eyes suddenly turned cold while is expression became very ugly.

From another court, two boys from another class ran over to collect the ball. Clearly, one of them had thrown the ball.

In such a situation if they had manners they would come over to apologise. The method of apologising would also be different. Some would realise that they had injured another person and, feeling bad, they would rush over apologising profusely while asking if they’re ok. Others would just think that it was not unusual for the ball to hit another person and would just casually throw out an apology before picking up the ball and walking off.

They happened to be of the latter group,

One ran over and casually said “my bad” before heading over in the balls’ direction.

Another boy said: “It looks like it hit him pretty hard. That classmate still hasn’t lifted his head. Is he crying?”

The boy shrugged indifferently, “It’s just being hit by a ball. How painful can that be for a man like him?”

They were still a few metres away from the ball when they suddenly saw a figure agilely pass them and pick up the ball. The figure looked up at them expressionlessly with a cold look in his eyes.

The corner of Jiang Yang’s mouth twitched as he repeated his words. It was spoken very lightly but they couldn’t help but feel that it was spoken very coldly: “It’s just being hit by a ball. How painful can that be?”

A smile gradually grew on that cold face of his and it slowly morphed into a sneer: “Why don’t you give it a try?”

He twisted his wrist and the muscles on his arms tightened as he mercilessly threw the ball at the boy.

The boy didn’t expect him to do this and he wasn’t able to dodge in time. The moment his head was hit by the ball, the vision before him turned black and his head felt like it was being smashed. He couldn’t help but yell out in anger: “Are you motherfucking crazy?!”

Jiang Yang who was yelled at just stood on the metal steps and smiled softly. There was a smile on his face but it was clear from his eyes that he was on the verge of exploding in anger. Jiang Yang asked: “Does it hurt?”

Being stared at like that by Jiang Yang, the boy felt the hair on his back stand up. His companion also tugged his arm and coaxed him: “It was originally our fault. And he’s also Jiang Yang….”

The boy gritted his teeth and gave Jiang Yang a death glare. He picked up the ball and just wanted to go back.

But Jiang Yang’s temper isn’t something to joke about. He said in a dark voice: “Did I say you can go? Apologise.”

The boy was angered to the point that his face went red. His head was also still throbbing from the pain. He roared out: “Don’t take it too far!”

The other boys from class five also witnessed this scene and stood on Jiang Yang’s side. They very loyally yelled back: “What is too far? Do you not have any manners? Not apologising after hitting someone and even yelling at them? What happened to your morals? Was it all eaten by the dogs?”

About twenty boys surrounded them and the two suddenly appeared very weak. As their classmates, the other students from the other court also walked over and someone spoke up to try and settle things down: “It’s just a small thing. He has already apologised, and Jiang Yang has already smashed him with the ball. Like this, it should be settled.”

Jiang Yang unfortunately was not someone who could be reasoned like this. If he didn’t like something then he would just let it go and take a step back but to him, when something is wrong, it’s wrong. If they don’t acknowledge their mistake, then he would beat them until they do. His philosophy in life is just this simple and crude.

And so, he said: “Apologised? But why do I feel like he wants to fight? It doesn’t matter. I. am. Happy. To.”

Each word was spoken with emphasis and enveloped with strong anger. Those who heard it felt a chill down their spine.

The faces of the students in the other class turned ugly but, truthfully speaking, they were the ones who were in the wrong.

At this moment, someone suddenly spoke up: “The teacher is coming.”