Chapter 58: The Challenge Letter

After finishing the meal, I naturally took my leave.

Seeing me leave, Su Xueya couldn't help but say to her mother, "Mom, what are you doing? This matter clearly isn't Yang Yun's fault. Aren't you just putting pressure on him?"

"Xueya, you lost your innocence. What's wrong with putting pressure on him? This is something he should be doing. Mom is doing this for your own good. I can tell you like him; if I don't get a commitment from him now, it'll be too late later!"

"But you didn't have to do that, did you? And all that stuff about engagement contracts—you were really making things up!"

"You don't understand. In short, Mom is doing this for your own good. There are some things you don't know; this guy Yang Yun doesn't have a simple background!"

After hearing Zhang Fengnan's words, Su Xueya didn't speak again. It was true that her mother was looking out for her, so what right did she have to criticize her?

At this moment, I was still worrying about the situation with Wang Li. I had intended to go find trouble with Wang Li over the past two days, but instead, I ended up being the one targeted. Li Hong is truly a difficult character; he actually used Su Xueya to threaten me. However, this also raised my vigilance. It seems I need to protect Su Xueya more, but since I am only one person, it made me realize how important strength and influence are.

I had originally wanted to find Zhuge Yue to inquire about some information regarding Wang Li, but after thinking about it, I already owed Zhuge Yue so much that I felt embarrassed to ask for another favor.

I found Third Brother and discussed it with him. We decided to start with Wang Lin. After all, there was currently no news about Wang Li, so we could only try to get results from Wang Lin. Third Brother and I decided to stake out the places Wang Lin usually frequented. Furthermore, taking action against Wang Lin would also cut off some of Li Hong's strength—a win-win situation.

Because of the various events that had occurred, the trend in school had been leaning toward Li Hong. Everyone felt that Li Hong was sure to win and didn't think much of us.

"Boss, we can't go on like this. A few more people left these past few days. We have less than ten people left now. If this continues, we're finished!" Fatty Wang looked at me and Third Brother anxiously.

"Damn it, a bunch of disloyal cowards. They're useless even if they stay; who knows if they'd stab you in the back later!" Third Brother cursed in anger.

"But we have too few people now. People in school don't think highly of us. If this continues, we'll definitely be swallowed up by Li Hong! We have to find a way!"

"Send a challenge letter to Li Hong!" I thought for a moment and finally said.

"A challenge letter? What do you mean?"

"Send a challenge letter to Li Hong to force him to accept our fight. Since most people are paying attention to this, if Li Hong doesn't accept, we can use that to spread the word and make him lose face, forcing him to fight. If he does accept, it's simple: we just fight them. Although they have more people, they are mostly unorganized individuals without unity. Plus, if a really big scene happens, the school won't just sit by and watch. We just need to avoid taking too much of a loss; after all, it's quite easy for the few of us to run!"

Hearing my words, Fatty Wang clapped his hands happily and said, "Boss, that's brilliant! This method is great. I'll go prepare the challenge letter right now!"

"Remember to set some conditions in the letter. I'll tell you what conditions to set in a moment!"

This challenge letter definitely needed conditions. After all, I wouldn't be stupid enough to fight the other side head-on. If Li Hong brought those four great warriors of Zhang Longtao and found some thugs from the Heishe Society, we would definitely be done for. So, I had to add conditions: only students from the school could come.

Not long after, Fatty Wang told me the challenge letter had been sent out. We would wait at the basketball court behind the school after classes ended today.

This matter was known to most of the students in school; not just the boys, but even the girls knew about it.

Chen Ling came over to dissuade me: "Yang Yun, is it true that you are going to face off against Li Hong?"

I nodded. Chen Ling said to me anxiously, "They have so many people, and there are only a few of you. Isn't this just going to your deaths? What are you thinking? Are you crazy? And with a fight this big, you might even get expelled from school!"

"It's fine, Class Monitor. Don't worry, I have it under control!"

"You have nothing under control! I won't allow you to go!"

"Class Monitor, don't be like this. I'm the one who sent the challenge letter. It would be so embarrassing if I didn't show up!"

"No, in any case, you are not allowed to go!"

I simply ignored Chen Ling. I would just run away when school ended; I wasn't going to listen to her.

However, Chen Ling clearly didn't intend to let me go. Seeing me not speak, she glared at me and said angrily, "Are you even listening to me? I said you aren't allowed to go!"

"I say, Class Monitor, you're overstepping your bounds. You aren't anyone to Yang Yun. Zhang Yinuo and Su Xueya haven't even said anything yet, so why are you so anxious? You say he can't go, so he doesn't go? What is your relationship with him?" Seeing the stalemate, Third Brother spoke up impatiently to Chen Ling.

"I... I am Yang Yun's classmate and Class Monitor. I naturally have the right to manage this!" Chen Ling stammered, suddenly thinking of an excuse, and said angrily.

"The Class Monitor only manages schoolwork and school affairs. Once school is over, can you still manage him? You're so eager to manage Yang Yun—could it be that you have feelings for our Fourth Brother?"

"Xu Hongzhi, you're talking nonsense!" Chen Ling was so angry at Xu Hongzhi that she couldn't speak. She glared at him; if looks could kill, Xu Hongzhi would have died many times over by now.

However, Third Brother's thick skin wasn't a one-day thing. He simply ignored Chen Ling's gaze and went about his business as if nothing had happened.

Because of Third Brother's words, many people were looking at Chen Ling. Out of concern for her reputation and the eyes of others, Chen Ling stopped lecturing me.

When school ended, Chen Ling saw me wanting to leave and followed right beside me. I looked at her speechlessly and said, "Class Monitor, what exactly do you want?"

"In any case, you are not allowed to go!" Chen Ling glared at me.

"Class Monitor, I think you like Fourth Brother and are especially afraid that something will happen to him, right?" Third Brother poked his head out from the side, looking at Chen Ling with a wicked grin.

Chen Ling simply ignored Third Brother's words because she realized that this person had skin thicker than a wall, and saying anything was useless. She just chose to ignore him.

We arrived at the basketball court. Although Chen Ling wanted to stop me, she couldn't change my mind whether through force or words. After all, Third Brother and I had already decided on this matter.

There were quite a few people at the basketball court, and Li Hong had arrived early. Li Hong brought Wang Lin and the others. I took a rough look and there were at least fifty people. Furthermore, among the onlookers, one couldn't rule out that there were more of Li Hong's people. It looked like Li Hong was very well prepared.