Chapter 33: Learning Martial Arts

Zhang Yinuo struggled to push my hand away and said, "You mean it? Anything I want?"

I nodded quickly, indicating that it was fine.

"Fine, then from now on, you aren't allowed to ignore me. Also, you have to make up for all the lessons you’ve missed these past few days!"

I nodded and hurried back to the classroom. If I had stayed at the door any longer, I felt like I would have ended up on the school’s forum headline. After all, Zhang Yinuo’s fame in school was immense, on par with Su Xueya’s. There were many people who wanted to woo them, but most people targeted Su Xueya because Zhang Yinuo had a brother who was involved with the Heishe Society, and others didn't dare to make a move.

After returning to the classroom, Third Brother gave me a thumbs up and praised, "Fourth, you’re something else. You settled that quickly. I thought you’d be sad for a long time. Seeing you’ve recovered, I’m relieved!"

"What nonsense are you spouting? I’m annoyed to death; she’s like a dog-skin plaster that I can’t shake off!" I cursed helplessly, then sighed, "But this is my fault too. If I hadn't done that thing to her back then, it wouldn't be like this."

"Hmm? That thing? What did you two do?" Third Brother Xu Hongzhi looked at me suspiciously, his expression slightly lewd.

"Get lost!"

I gave Third Brother a single word, direct and decisive.

However, this matter really did turn out just as I thought; it became a hit on the school forum and was pinned to the top. The title was: "The Unknown Story Between Famous School Beauty Zhang Yinuo and the Transfer Student."

Below it were some pictures, mostly of me and Zhang Yinuo together in the classroom. It was clear they must have been taken by a classmate. What was even more excessive were the comments.

"Explosive news, I heard that transfer student already kissed Zhang Yinuo."

"That’s right, I was at the scene, I heard it too, and it seems like it was a forced kiss!"

"Damn, this transfer student is a beast. Damn it, kissing my goddess!"

"Who said that? I heard they already slept together, and it was a forced push-down. After pushing her down, that transfer student actually refused to take responsibility!"

"What a beast, damn it. I’m going to challenge him to a duel. This is just too much!"

"Everyone above is an idiot, confirmed. If that were true, the transfer student wouldn't be alive right now; he’d definitely have been sunk into the river by Zhang Yinuo’s brother!"

Seeing these comments, my face turned very ugly. Fortunately, the photo was of my profile, but it was still recognizable as me.

"Big Boss, please accept my knees!" Suddenly, someone rushed in front of me, hugged my thigh, and begged.

I was startled by the movement and quickly shook my leg, "Damn, what are you doing?"

"Big Boss, from now on you are my boss. Please, teach me your girl-wooing techniques. I want to be your apprentice!" The person in front of me was rather fat, not very tall, and wore glasses—a typical fat otaku image.

"Speak properly, get up!" I had a headache.

"Big Boss, if you don't take me in, I won't get up!" The fatty rushed over and hugged my thigh again, begging.

"Fine, whatever you want. I need to study!" I said with an indifferent attitude.

"Then from now on, I’m tied to Big Boss. I’ll grow on Big Boss’s leg!" The fatty remained relentless.

"Damn, are you playing the rogue? Do you believe I’ll hit you?" I pointed at the fatty on the ground and scolded angrily.

Seeing my anger, the fatty quickly let go of my leg and begged bitterly, "Please, Big Boss, you must take me in!"

I looked at the fatty in front of me speechlessly, feeling like he was a lunatic. I was so annoyed by him that I had no choice, "If you really want to learn, don't talk. Just pay attention to my actions whenever you can!"

Hearing my words, the fatty stood up joyfully, "Big Brother, my name is Wang Xiaopang. From now on, you are my Big Brother, and I’ll follow you!"

I ignored his words and read my book calmly. After all, I had missed a lot of lessons these past few days, and it wasn't something I could make up in a short time; it required the accumulation of time.

The next day, I woke up early. Third Brother Xu Hongzhi was still sleeping in, so I couldn't help but kick him and say, "Are you going to see that old beggar or not?"

Third Brother opened his eyes groggily, looked at me in a dilemma, and said, "Fourth, can you lend me ten yuan?"

"Get lost, the last twenty yuan I had I gave to him yesterday. I have no money left!" I scolded him irritably.

"Nonsense, you have ten yuan in your schoolbag!" Xu Hongzhi said with certainty.

I was very confused, took out my schoolbag to check, and threw it at him angrily, "Where is it? See for yourself! If you find it, it’s all yours!"

Third Brother opened the schoolbag, took out the math textbook, flipped through it, and actually found ten yuan. I looked at him in disbelief, "That’s not right. I don't remember hiding money in the book, and I don't have that habit!"

"It was Zhang Yinuo who gave it to you. Yesterday, she saw you didn't eat much at noon, so she put ten yuan in your bag!" Xu Hongzhi put the ten yuan into his pocket without any hesitation.

"What are you doing? That’s someone else’s money, don't take it!" I rushed over to grab the ten yuan from his hand.

"You said it yourself, if I find it, it’s mine. You aren't allowed to go back on your word. I don't care whose it is, I got it from your hand, and since she gave it to you, it’s yours!" Xu Hongzhi said, holding the ten yuan with a joyful expression.

I knew Third Brother’s personality well; once that ten yuan was in his hands, it was definitely not coming back. I could only figure out a way to pay her back myself.

We arrived at the place where the old beggar was yesterday, and sure enough, he was already there, though I didn't know when he had arrived.

The old beggar saw the two of us and nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad, you didn't arrive late. Young people waking up this early still have some perseverance!"

Then the old beggar looked at Third Brother and said, "Where is my ten yuan?"

Third Brother handed the ten yuan to the old beggar reluctantly. The old beggar took the money and quickly put it into his pocket, as if afraid someone would snatch it. He looked at us and said, "First, if you want to learn Wu Gong, you must strengthen your physique. Your current physique is simply terrible, so from now on, run 10,000 meters every morning at five!"

"What? 10,000 meters? Do you want to tire us to death? And you spent the ten yuan just like that? You’re too much of a scammer!" Third Brother said with dissatisfaction.

"If you can't even handle 10,000 meters, don't talk about learning Wu Gong. If you want to give up, you can leave at any time!" The old beggar looked at us with disdain.

Seeing the other party’s disdainful gaze, Third Brother felt even more indignant and said angrily, "Run then, who’s afraid of who!" ===== CHAPTER 34 =====