Chapter 30: The Super Idol of Bad Kids

Once the report was published, it sparked an extremely intense reaction.

Reader letters flooded the newspaper office like snowflakes, triggering an overflow of discussion.

Overflow means it finally saturated the middle school student group, breaking down class barriers and expanding the scope of discussion to people who were originally unrelated.

The author gained both fame and fortune, and the circulation of Nandu soared, but only Fang Xinghe was hung out to dry, left to be pointed at and criticized by a bunch of moral guardians.

Under such circumstances, teenagers had no room to interject.

However, being unable to speak up did not mean they accepted those criticisms.

Quite the opposite, this report created a wave among middle school students that was even greater and more direct than "Knowing but Not Obeying"—worship began to become the norm.

Girls who already liked him would not stop liking him just because their parents opposed it.

And boys who were originally indifferent to him finally realized how arrogant and cool this guy was.

"Fang Xinghe is truly awesome..."

At Songjiang No. 2 High School, Han Han's roommates changed their attitude completely, sighing with emotion one by one, no longer able to scold.

Xie Jingyuan grinned wickedly at Han Shao: "Old Han, it seems your title of 'Most Awesome Among Middle School Students' is about to be lost!"

Han Han's expression was somewhat uncomfortable, muttering: "That's different... the environment is different..."

Another close buddy, Ma Debao, actively came over; due to excitement, the acne on his cheeks turned bright red.

"He's really fucking fierce, sweeping the whole school in the second year of junior high! Hey, you guys, how exactly do people from the Northeast fight? Is it like in the movies?"

"Definitely!"

A boy in the front row turned around and declared confidently: "With the physique of a first-year junior high student, how could they possibly beat third-year students with bare hands? Fang Xinghe and the others must have relied entirely on ruthlessness, each with a weapon, rushing up and hacking wildly; the other side would have been scared to death just by the sight!"

Han Han also felt it must be so, otherwise it wouldn't make sense, but he didn't want to intervene and was unwilling to participate in such a discussion.

Wang Xing, the weakest among the classmates, refuted this distorted worship for him: "Ew, fighting is so barbaric? We Shanghai people are civilized people..."

Before he could finish speaking, his desk mate girl pushed him back.

"Your parents are both cadres, spoiling you every day; if Fang Xinghe isn't fierce, how can he protect himself? Barbaric? Being barbaric is still better than you, you little sister!"

Wang Xing was furious: "You're the little sister! I'm a pure man!"

The two started arguing for no apparent reason, while those around them, used to it, continued discussing Fang Xinghe's actions with passionate fervor.

"Who isn't under 14 yet? So damn cool!"

"A light-hearted sentence, and the little brothers rush up to fight; damn, that's too awesome!"

"It's like filming a movie; even Chen Haonan wasn't that wild."

"He might be the kind of person born to be a big brother, cold and smart; no wonder he could unify the school."

"In my opinion, the territory of No. 3 Middle School is still too small; it doesn't match Brother Fang's aura."

"Hey, you guys, with this incident coming out, can he unify the territory of the entire county?"

"Definitely! Won't all the little brats in the county be howling to worship the big brother? No fighting needed; Brother Fang will just ascend the throne directly."

"Look at them, then look at those two things from our school's Gao San; what trash!"

"We are Shanghai people, it's different."

"Don't bring up where people are from; I've figured it out, from south to north, only Fang Xinghe dares to be that arrogant; there won't be a second one."

"Actually, it's not that exaggerated; didn't they not start fighting?"

"That's exactly why we praise Brother Fang for being smart; he scared people, but the matter didn't escalate; now everyone knows he's not someone to mess with; will those reporters dare to mess with him again in the future?"

"Hiss... that makes sense..."

They chatted more and more lively, more and more excited, but Han Han felt extremely lonely, feeling inexplicable loss and melancholy over some changes that had quietly occurred.

Having just become the focal point for a few days, he was no longer the only one; anyone would find it hard to adapt.

What was even more terrifying was...

He didn't think there was anything wrong with this; deep inside, he even felt some indescribable envy.

Fang Xinghe lived in another world; Fang Xinghe's rebellion was on another level; it was a kind of excitement he had never felt, and even more so, a kind of recklessness he dared not even imagine.

The little pride in Han Han's heart was struck hard once again; his mindset was half-collapsed, and his arrogance was teetering on the brink of collapse.

The pain of puberty had started surging again, damn it.

But even though it was already so brutal, the world still didn't let him off—suddenly, a reporter came knocking, ostensibly to give him an exclusive interview, but in reality, every sentence was about Fang Xinghe.

Han Han, realizing what was happening, was so angry his lips trembled.

Are you still human?

Do you really treat me like a soft persimmon to squeeze? Go to hell!

Han Shao put on a stern face and staged a "break the pot and let it fall" act.

Question: "Are you familiar with Fang Xinghe?"

Answer: "Not familiar."

Question: "What is your personal opinion on Fang Xinghe and his 'Knowing but Not Obeying'?"

Answer: "Started watching while standing, later watched while sitting."

Question: "Uh, I didn't understand; could you please explain?"

Answer: "I was standing when I saw Fang Xinghe, and I was sitting when I saw 'Knowing but Not Obeying'; how did you become a reporter?"

The reporter put on a mask of pain: "Student Han, I'm asking for your opinion..."

"I don't care what you're asking!"

The interview ended in discord; at this moment, Han Shao was very temperamental, and with his bad mood, he fed the reporter a very big and hard nail, resulting in not a single truly key question being asked.

But this did not prevent Nandu from continuing to stir up trouble and spread rumors; the pit he avoided, someone else fell into immediately after.

The April issue of "Sprout" introduced the situations of a total of 7 contestants, among whom three were found by Nandu reporters.

I have to admit, those damn people from Nan Du are truly sharp, bold, and deep in their schemes, and they are extremely active in stirring up trouble.

Among them, Liu Jiajun behaved the most cautiously.

He replied: "I only have a one-time acquaintance with Fang Xinghe and do not know him well; what I see now is all told by you (the media), so what exactly is the truth? Best to leave it to time."

Then, after being questioned repeatedly several times, he only agreed to respond to part of it.

"Anyway, just looking at the articles, I admire him; he possesses a unique sharpness at a high level. 'Knowing but Not Complying' inspired me greatly, and my classmates all feel his articles are better; as for fighting... our school has no such phenomenon, there is no being led astray."

Xu Renjie, who had just entered high school, was not very smart and was tricked into saying quite a few things.

"I saw the matter of threatening reporters; how to say it? It feels quite normal for it to happen to him."

"He is quite proud; during the semi-finals, he was alone, ignoring anyone."

"His temper is not very good either; he is quite solitary, quite closed off; his appearance is glaring, his temperament is also glaring; the feeling he gives people is a bit like a hedgehog."

"His articles are certainly very impressive, but from his writing, I see a strong anger; hmm, he is definitely the type of person who easily uses extreme measures."

"The influence should be quite bad, right?"

"Anyway, my personal feeling is this: quite a few boys in our school admire him, cut the same hairstyle, organize something like the Thirteen Taibao and Twelve Jin Gang, and walk around crashing into things."

"My thought? Don't imitate him, really; doing this will get you into the juvenile detention center sooner or later."

"I will not make friends with him; I definitely want to study hard and enter university, to become a person useful to society in the future."

"I am not saying Fang Xinghe is useless to society, but the fact I have witnessed with my own eyes is that he has caused great negative influence; junior high students take pride in imitating him; this is absolutely not a good phenomenon, is it?"

The reporter's face lit up with joy, nodding vigorously.

No one knows what Xu Renjie was thinking; anyway, the final result was that Liu Jiajun's interview was sealed away, while his interview was published in the newspaper the next day, joining many letters from middle-aged people to form a fierce manifesto.

The title was—The Super Idol of Bad Children, Fang Xinghe, Leading Them to High-Speed Fall.