Chapter 18 (2/2)
“How dare you, Ren Jie! Men, get ready…” Gao Zhanyuan immediately jumped into action as he ordered his men to charge forward, but even though he was also in the Divine Power Realm, he also knew that no matter how many men he had, there was no way they could break through the fortress of Ren Jie’s personal guards anytime soon. Moreover, Gao Peng was held by Tong Qiang.
This fellow was too damn arrogant. Everything from good to bad and happiness to sadness was measured in comparison, and in that instant, the Second Prince could not help but think that Ren Jie had been pretty good to him. Well, at least in comparison to now.
It was the first time that the prince realized that somebody else could be more arrogant than him in the Jade Capital.
“Ren family head, please spare him, or else don’t blame me for fighting you.” Fang Yan knew that he absolutely had to do something now. At least he had to say something. And even if he could not find a way out of this later, he could always just let himself be injured even if he could not really strike.
There were all kinds of reactions from those at the side, but Gao Peng, who was held by Tong Qiang and at the tip of Ren Jie’s knife, felt his confidence start to waver.
He could not help but retrace his thoughts. This fellow used to only fool around with people who were much worse than him, and in the eyes of the spoilt wealthy children, he was not even considered a spoilt wealthy child yet. Yet, he had everyone shocked now that he was not just a spoilt rich child, he was somewhat crazy too.
“Two…” At that moment, Ren Jie’s knife was raised to the highest point.
What was he to do?
Gao Peng started to waver, then as he realized that this fellow was truly crazy. Gao Fei could really have been killed then too. Did this guy lose his mind after he was beaten up by Gao Fei?
If that wa truly the case, then he might die in vain. In vain, how could that be? How could he have been forced to this by such a fellow? What about his dreams? He had something great planned that was bound to shake the world, how could he be killed by a fool like that?
No, he could not die by a Death Exemption jade tablet.
“Plop!” Gao Peng knelt down finally, and as he did, tears trickled down his face. These were tears of humiliation, of unjustness, the fiery anger in his heart on the verge of consuming him.
“Oh, you knelt. Now let me see if there are tears.” Ren Jie lowered his head to take a look and commented happily. “Not bad, you knelt and cried.
“Look at you, why are you crying? I’m just playing with you. As a family head, why would I make things difficult for a child like you?” Ren Jie picked up the Death Exemption jade tablet as he said so and patted Gao Peng’s cheek. “Even if you’re willing to die, I won’t be willing to part with this Death Exemption jade tablet. To put it simply, you’re not worth it. I only used it to scare you because it irks me to see your arrogant smile.”
He had to stay alive to get back. Hence, when Ren Jie used the Death Exemption jade tablet to threaten Gao Peng, he put aside his pride and knelt down. However, Gao Peng was already consumed by his anger, anger greater even than the one he felt when Lan Tian took away his title of Academic Scholar and much angrier than he felt towards Fang Yan and Fang Qi.
He was going to plan his revenge right now, an elaborate plan. He was not concerned with a moment’s loss or gain because it gave him the opportunity to get even closer to him so that he could hatch his plan.
It was only that he was set to graduate from the Jade Imperial Academy in another month’s time and he had thought about all kinds of accidents that may disrupt his plans for the next five years. Yet, he had never thought this would happen today.
His spontaneous decision to test for a reaction resulted in him being humiliated by a spoilt rich child who was a crazy puppet-family head.
He could not take it lying down. There was nothing Gao Peng wanted more than to tear Ren Jie apart to quench his anger.
But he had to endure it. He had always thought that he would be able to endure humiliation like the ancient kings and triumph in the end, but only after experiencing it for himself did he realize that it was something so difficult to do.
If he had the intention to kill Ren Jie when he calmly looked at him, then now his intention to kill had extended to all those around them too. The Death Exemption jade tablet, huh? I’m going to make sure that I wipe the Rens out. Completely… wipe… them… out!
“Crack…” Tears of suppressed anger trickled down his face, but the anger in his heart continued to rage. The arrogant Gao Peng almost broke down, but then finally composed himself. However, when Ren Jie said that he was just toying with him using the jade tablet and talked down to him like he was speaking to a child and that he was not worth the jade tablet, he clenched his jaws so tightly that he actually bit off a few of his teeth. Such was his anger.