Chapter 96: Zhang Jie remained silent, just wielding the stool over and over

Comparing who can piss farther, this seemingly childish competition is just everyday fare for boys; even some men, after growing up, occasionally compare with their close brothers, and no one knows how great the allure is for a boy to achieve the mighty feat of pissing three zhang against the wind in front of his brothers.

Your words were originally a normal competition invitation, but for some reason the other party blushed, kicked your butt hard, then turned and ran.

You grimaced in pain, relentlessly chasing after her, shouting curses, heartily disliking this guy who always opposes you, but since this is not the Dream Realm's world, you simply can't catch up to her and can only give up.

After that, this guy didn't show up for several days straight, your mood was very pleasant, thinking he probably lacked the potential to become a player and was too embarrassed to come back.

Without that guy who constantly opposed you, you felt your life had become a bit more fulfilling, but your good days didn't last long; soon the day of elementary school enrollment arrived, and you were sent into elementary school unprepared.

And this isn't even the worst part; you never expected, after all your calculations, that your long‑missing arch‑rival would actually be your desk‑mate!

At that moment, you even felt like wanting to die....

Through the teacher's roll call you learned that the annoying guy who had been opposing you for a long time is named Yu Xiaomo, and she is actually a girl!

While feeling incredulous, you finally understood why she didn't dare compete with you on who could piss farther...

Age eight: Since becoming desk‑mates with your arch‑rival, your life has become even more dire, not only because of your arch‑rival but also because many of your classmates join in.

Unlike the little companions you previously encountered, children's malice always comes for no apparent reason, and your frail body inexplicably became the target that those kids rushed to bully.

This time, unlike in some previous spacetime where a childhood sweetheart protected you, tearing up textbooks, smearing snot on seats, and doing various excessive pranks, these have all become your daily routine.

Compared to those, the harm caused by your arch‑rival Yu Xiaomo is already trivial—just some painless mental one‑upmanship and some not‑excessive roughhousing.

When you go home, she pesters you to provoke you; when you listen in class, she disrupts from the side; even when you eat spicy strips, she also tries to snatch one.

For Yu Xiaomo, opposing you has become part of her daily routine; whether she simply wants to bully you or draw your attention, you have already placed her among those who have bullied you.

You are very strong‑willed, your inner self is tenacious, you haven't told your parents about the bullying you've suffered, and you want to rely on yourself to resolve these ill intentions.

What happened next had no arch‑rival stepping up for you, nor any plot where only she could bully you; instead, there were only stories of the weak banding together for warmth against the cold wind.

That was another oddball, likewise suffering bullying, who had a head of brown short hair and a face completely unlike those around him; although he looked foreign, he spoke a fluent dialect.

Such a person naturally became the second target of bullying, aside from you...

What the hell are you looking at!

What's up with you?

What's up!!

A little fat kid jumped up without hesitation, his face full of bulging muscles, raised his fists and swung at the figure before him.

The brown‑haired boy showed no fear, rushing in to fight!

Their figures became entangled in combat; the brown‑haired boy was no match, being pressed underneath and beaten.

Even with both fists restrained, his mouth remained a weapon, biting at the opponent's shoulder.

The nauseating taste of grease and sweat lingered in his mouth; the attack didn't make the little fat kid back off, instead provoking an even fiercer counterattack.

One punch down, nose blood flowed.

Second punch down, blood spattered.

The battle was fierce; no one dared to separate the two, instead they all watched with keen interest.

However, the commotion here did not affect Yu Xiaomo's teasing of Zhang Jie on the other side; she paid no heed to the nearby dispute, her eyes fixed only on how to tease Zhang Jie.

Hey!

Yu Xiaomo reached out and pinched the skin on Zhang Jie's hand back; it looked painful but actually wasn't.

Usually when she pinches Zhang Jie's hand back, he would impatiently swat her away, but today he didn't.

Yu Xiaomo looked at Zhang Jie with some puzzlement, only to see him staring fixedly at the two fighting in the crowd, his gaze grim and terrifying.

"Little weak... hey, what are you doing?"

Only saw Zhang Jie rise from beside Yu Xiaomo, casually picking up the steel‑edged stool he was sitting on...

"Still biting or not! Still biting or not!"

Xiao Pangzi still refused to yield, raining fierce elbows onto the brown‑haired boy's head, but even with his face covered in blood the boy showed no sign of yielding.

"I... fuck... you... Feng!!!"

"Damn!"

Just as Xiao Pangzi straightened up to deliver a fierce elbow to the brown‑haired boy beneath him, a sudden sharp pain shot through his head.

Bang!!!

A crisp impact sound rang out, and around them came gasps of inhaled cold air.

Zhang Jie said nothing, merely swinging the stool repeatedly.

The metal‑edged stool's edge kept striking the fat boy's head violently; after just the second blow he lost consciousness.

Blow after blow, Zhang Jie showed no intention of stopping, as if he wanted to vent all the grievances he had suffered these days.

The brown‑haired boy beside him stared dumbfounded; to him, Zhang Jie seemed like a hero who had descended from the heavens.

"Don't smash anymore! If you smash again someone will die!"

A child screamed, the substitute teacher rushed to the scene, and upon seeing this almost fainted.

In the end, the farce concluded when the teacher intervened to stop it; because the matter was serious, your parents were also summoned to the school.

You thought Xiao Pangzi's parents might be the shrewish, troublesome type from novel plots, but you never expected them to be civilized; upon learning of Xiao Pangzi's actions they demanded no compensation and even personally apologized to the brown‑haired boy, which surprised you.

After the parents discussed it, ultimately your parents covered the medical expenses, the brown‑haired boy received compensation for mental distress from Xiao Pangzi's parents, and Xiao Pangzi was transferred to another school, bringing the matter to a close.

From that day on, your fierce appearance was firmly etched in others' minds; they all thought you had beaten Xiao Pangzi to death yet came to school unscathed, and each one felt fear toward you.

You also got to know that brown‑haired youth; his name is Liu Delie, hailing from a fighting nation of the northern snowy plains, though he grew up in the north and speaks a fluent northern dialect.

He gradually blended into your surroundings, going to and from school with you, entering dreams together to play, and you quickly became inseparable brothers who could talk about anything.

But your friendship with Liu Delie seems to have dissatisfied that little pest Yu Xiaomo; before, she would always cling to you on the way home and tease you after class, now there's also Liu Delie with whom you can talk about anything, which seems to have stirred her competitive spirit once again.

As for you, you disdain her childish pranks, mostly choosing to ignore this boring fellow, but the more you do so, the more she intensifies her efforts to draw your attention.

Finally one day you could no longer endure...

Yu Xiaomo! Are you done or not!

「Do you know you're really annoying! 」

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