Chapter 337: Campus Academic System (9)

"Desk-mate?"

Jiang Diwu, who had been watching his cousin get beaten up with a mocking sneer, turned his head to see Xie Yang. He was stunned for a moment, then scoffed:

"I say, cousin, if you're going to find a helper, at least find someone decent. You bring a frail girl over—aren't you afraid of dragging her down with you? Or is this your girlfriend? I couldn't tell that you liked girls who are indistinguishable from boys..."

"Bang!"

"Ah—"

Following a scream, the lunchbox in Xie Yang's hand accurately smashed into Jiang Diwu's face, directly snapping off one of his front teeth.

"Frail?"

Xie Yang rolled up the sleeves of her silk shirt—the blue-trimmed, white-based uniform of Deya High School—tilted her head, and let out a cold laugh:

"When this lady was wreaking havoc in Xinrong District, where were you lot hanging out? Oh, were you still a bunch of primary school brats back then? No wonder you're so weak!"

The group of academic underachievers from City No. 5 Vocational High School: "..."

Jiang Yinian: "..."

Jiang Diwu was so angry his face turned the color of a pig's liver.

He spat viciously, ejecting a mouthful of blood along with half a broken tooth, and said to the people he had brought:

"Brothers, don't listen to her nonsense. She's definitely just trying to save Jiang Yinian and is deliberately putting on a show."

"Is that so? Then let's try it out."

Xie Yang put down her schoolbag and loosened her neck and wrists:

"This lady hasn't fought in a long time. If I don't know my own strength and hurt you, please bear with it!"

After speaking, before Jiang Diwu's side could react, she had already moved, lunged forward, and delivered a kick to Jiang Diwu, sending him flying straight into the trash can at the end of the alley.

Then, with a spin, she unleashed a series of kicks that sent two more people flying to keep Jiang Diwu company.

In the blink of an eye, she had taken care of three people.

They had run into a tough nut to crack!

The other vocational high school students didn't dare to fight back and quickly retreated a few steps.

Seeing this, Xie Yang scoffed and brushed off her pant leg: "Looking at the formation you started with, I thought you were so impressive! Turns out you're nothing special!"

The vocational high school students led by Jiang Diwu were so angry their faces were red, yet they didn't dare to say a single word, fearing they would be kicked away the next second.

This woman's combat power was freakishly strong; she might even be a martial arts specialist from First High School. It was obvious they couldn't beat her, so why bother acting tough?

Just as they were exchanging glances and preparing to slip away, Jiang Diwu was grabbed by the back of his collar by Xie Yang:

"Want to leave? Pick up the lunchbox on the ground for me first!"

"Lu-lunchbox?"

Jiang Diwu took a closer look, and it really was a lunchbox.

So, he had just been smashed in the face and had his tooth knocked out by this thing? What a humiliating disgrace!

"Oh! It's broken?"

Xie Yang seemed to have just noticed and clicked her tongue:

"The yogurt bottle is broken too? My breakfast is gone! Do you know how much this breakfast cost?"

Seeing her staring at him with a half-smile, Jiang Diwu had to bite the bullet and ask: "Ho-how much?"

"This sandwich of mine contains bacon from the Black Pearl Restaurant, natural artisanal Parmesan cheese, and free-range eggs that cost 20 yuan each and are hard to come by—the cost alone is over a hundred. Plus the yogurt and the apple pie... forget it, since you're students too, I'll just charge you 100. Or you can just compensate me with an identical breakfast. Make it quick, I'm starving!"

"..."

"..."

Jiang Diwu and his gang of brothers looked at each other in dismay.

One breakfast for one hundred yuan? And that was after rounding down and waiving the yogurt and two apple pies?

What the hell, that's robbery!

But they couldn't provide an identical breakfast, so what were they supposed to do?

This lady's combat power was too high; they couldn't beat her, couldn't argue with her, calling the police would put them in the wrong, and telling their parents would only end up embarrassing themselves.

They had no choice but to pool their money with bitter faces.

There weren't many among this group of vocational students who had money.

Their living expenses had been spent recklessly at the beginning of the month, and their pockets were empty as the end of the month approached.

It was precisely because they were short on cash that they had followed Jiang Diwu to block his cousin, hoping to scrape together some money to spend. They hadn't expected that the hunter would become the prey.

Not only did they not get any money, but they were kicked and beaten, and then extorted for a hundred yuan in breakfast compensation.

Besides, it wasn't even them who broke the lunchbox—it was clearly her own doing—how could she blame that on them?

Their hearts were bitter, but they didn't dare to say it.

You chip in five, I chip in ten, and they finally scraped together a hundred, handing it to Xie Yang unwillingly: "Can we go now?"

Xie Yang ignored them and looked at Jiang Yinian: "Desk-mate, have they extorted you before?"

"!!!"

What!

She wanted to settle old scores too?

Jiang Diwu spoke up gruffly before Jiang Yinian could open his mouth: "Cousin, the previous times you gave me money to buy drinks of your own accord; I didn't force you."

Jiang Yinian lowered his eyelids and wiped his split lip: "Yes, because I was in a hurry to go to the hospital to accompany my grandmother and didn't have time to bicker with you."

"..."

Jiang Diwu was somewhat dumbfounded. Since when did his bookworm cousin become such a 'green tea' bitch?

Xie Yang looked at Jiang Diwu speechlessly: "Even if he gave it voluntarily, do you have the nerve to take it? Do you have no father or mother? Do you need to rely on your cousin for support?"

"..."

Jiang Diwu, being held by the back of his collar by Xie Yang, had no choice but to aggrievedly state: "I'll pay it back once my family sends my living expenses."

"Fine, then take off your watch as collateral; you'll get it back when you pay the money," Xie Yang said, pointing to the watch on his wrist.

Jiang Diwu nearly jumped: he had just bought this watch, and it cost a whole month's living expenses! Why should he give it to Jiang Yinian as collateral?

"Wait, I remembered I still have a little money on my phone, let me pay my cousin first."

In order to keep his new watch, Jiang Diwu had to endure the heartache and transferred the remaining five hundred yuan in his WeChat to Jiang Yinian.

When making the transfer, the look he shot at Jiang Yinian was practically spitting fire.

He was so unlucky this time! Next time, he would definitely make Jiang Yinian cough it all up with interest!

"Let's go!"

After Jiang Diwu and his group left, Xie Yang picked up her schoolbag, brushed off the dust, and turned to look at Jiang Yinian:

"Let's go too! Have you thought about how to explain being late to the teacher? It doesn't matter to me, but it's mainly for your sake."

Jiang Yinian glanced at her: "Just tell the truth."

He paused, then added: "Thank you!"

Without her, he had planned to put himself in harm's way today, taking a beating first, and then letting Jiang Diwu and his group snatch his schoolbag to search for the six hundred yuan inside.

In that way, Jiang Diwu would have extorted a total of 1100 from him, exceeding 1000 yuan, which would meet the filing standard for the crime of extortion even for a minor.

Even if, in the end, through the maneuvering of his uncle and aunt, Jiang Diwu was given a suspended sentence and didn't have to go inside to work at Sewing, a suspended sentence still had conditions, and he reckoned Jiang Diwu wouldn't dare come to trouble him again during that period. This way, he could focus on his studies and part-time work without distraction before the College Entrance Examination.

However, he had calculated everything, except for one thing—the appearance of Xie Yang.

His new deskmate not only appeared but also brilliantly helped him stage a desperate counterattack, not only beating those unscrupulous vocational high school students until they cried for their parents, but also helping him recover the five hundred yuan that had been extorted earlier.