Chapter 333: Brawl (2/2)

I appeared in front of Life of Luxury before he could reach and pushed Xue Lu away with my left hand. Then, I grabbed his arm in an iron grip and kicked his exposed groin with everything I got!

Bang!

Life of Luxury screamed on top of his lungs, but I wasn’t done yet. I punished his carelessness and repeated the motion again and again. It was to the point where his friends actually forgot to help him, opting to close their eyes instead and shut the horrible sight out of their minds.

By now, Life of Luxury had fainted for sheer pain. A couple extra kicks later, I pushed him away and watched him collapse to the ground like a log.

The hooligans were completely stunned by this unexpected turn of events. Even the smoker sitting on Gui Guzi’s body had risen to his feet shakily. “Is… is he dead?”

Another hooligan replied, “Nonsense, he can’t be…”

……

It was at this moment we heard a siren sound. Finally, the police had arrived, and they were too fucking late, as usual.

A group of policemen rushed down their vehicles and surrounded us immediately. I raised my arms like I had done this a hundred times before pointing at Du Thirteen. “He’s badly injured, please help him immediately…”

One of the policemen frowned deeply before yelling, “Save this one first… and that one too!”

Du Thirteen wasn’t the only one who was being rescued. Gui Guzi was smiling as he was being carried up a police car, almost as if he was having a nice dream.

Xu Yang’s arms were covered in blood. When he saw me staring at him, he licked his lips and smiled. “This ain’t my blood.”

He stared at my forehead, and I nodded. “This totally is my blood…”

“Fuck…”

A couple of medical personnel were busy treating Du Thirteen’s wounds not far away from us. I had no idea what was happening at Life of Luxury’s side though.

Xue Lu was still crying, but she went into the police car after Du Thirteen.

……

A young policeman finally walked up to us with some iodine and bandages. He stared at me and asked, “Did a fight break out?”

I replied, “That should be obvious.”

He smiled. “Too bad you fought the wrong person. That guy with his pants down has a powerful friend in the public security bureau. I’m sorry, but I don’t think you’re walking away from this.”

I smiled back. “It’s fine.”

He nodded. “Whether or not this fight is classified as self-defense, my advice for you is to gather your money and pull as many connections as you have. With luck, you may be able to shave a few years off your jail time…”

I stared at my battered brother for a moment before replying, “Got it.”

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That night, we all gave our statements after our wounds were treated and bandaged. Something funny happened during this time though. When a policeman had pinched Gui Guzi to wakefulness, he was treated to a slap to the face and some incoherent shouting until Gui Guzi finally realized where he was. The poor policeman was white with fright as a result.

“That idiot…” Xu Yang couldn’t help but smile. I smiled as well.

It was at this moment Du Thirteen was pushed into the room on a wheelchair. It looked like his treatment was finally over. He looked absolutely terrible, and red-eyed Xue Lu was behind him.

“Brother, I think it’s time we talk to you about a couple of things…” Du Thirteen started.

I nodded and sat down on a chair. “Talk to me!”

Du Thirteen swallowed once before pulling Xue Lu to the front. Then, he asked, “Lu Chen, do you really not remember her? Not one bit?”

I stared at Xue Lu’s face for a couple of seconds, but I still couldn’t remember her. I shook my head and replied, “Not at all.”

“She’s… she’s our old classmate, Qiu Xiaohan…”

I trembled. “Wait what? Qiu… Qiu Xiaohan?”

It was a name I had almost forgotten. Qiu Xiaohan was our high school classmate, and she was none other than Du Thirteen’s first love and girlfriend! But that was so many years ago, not to mention that the girl in front of me still looked nothing like Qiu Xiaohan at all. This can’t be right!

“No…” I shook my head. “This can’t be right. She looks nothing like Qiu Xiaohan…”

Du Thirteen fell silent for a moment. “That’s because she had gone through a lot of things after she dropped out from school. The guy who took her away was taken in by the police, and she had to join a model packaging company after she was left alone in Beijing with nowhere to stay. Her looks changed after she underwent plastic surgery, and some time later she finally returned to Jiangsu. She had suffered a lot during this time…”

Staring at me with reddened eyes, Xue Lu suddenly walked up to me and grabbed my hand. She said, “Do you still remember my friend, Li Fang? She liked you a lot at the time and wrote you a couple of love letters. But you folded them all into paper planes and threw it to the campus belle on the opposite block…”

I shivered. “Xue Lu… You’re really Qiu Xiaohan?”

“Of course!”

Things finally made sense now.

My eyes suddenly turned colder. “In that case, what’s your deal with that man at the parking lot earlier?”

Xue Lu didn’t say anything. It was Du Thirteen who answered my question. “That man was her sugar daddy. His name is Tang Chuan. But they haven’t been in that kind of relationship for a year already.”

“...”

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