Chapter 254: Wen Leyu: If I don't fight side-by-side with you, what's the point of me practicing bayonet drills?

"I don't know much about poetry, but speaking strictly of upbringing, forcing others to do what they don't want to do is the true lack of upbringing. I don't want to deal with you people right now, do you understand?"

Li Ye finally lost his patience and began shooing away the people in front of him.

The poet was first extremely astonished, then furious.

But Li Ye didn't give a damn about him!

He turned his head to look at Lu Zhizhang, wanting to add another sentence: "Did you understand that?"

However, Li Ye discovered that Lu Zhizhang was staring fixedly at Wen Leyu, his gaze flickering and hazy—it was very wrong.

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Wen Leyu had also furrowed her brows; clearly, she had also sensed something strange.

Because of her experiences in previous years, Wen Leyu was actually very sensitive to the gazes of others, but she was only twenty years old after all; she just felt something was wrong, yet couldn't put it into words.

But Li Ye's face suddenly changed; his gloomy gaze was as murderous as a grim reaper coming to claim a life.

From Lu Zhizhang's eyes, Li Ye saw a desire for "destruction."

It seemed that what this person would do later was deeply related to his temperament.

Li Ye said coldly to Lu Zhizhang: "What are you looking at?"

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The crowd was startled by Li Ye's cold severity, and then they all saw Lu Zhizhang evasively shift his gaze away from Wen Leyu.

But Li Ye didn't intend to let him off; while grabbing Lu Zhizhang, he demanded: "I asked you, what were you looking at just now?"

Wen Leyu was Li Ye's forbidden fruit. Never mind how crazy Lu Zhizhang would become later, killing five people; if Li Ye truly went crazy, ten Lu Zhizhangs wouldn't be enough to deal with.

The poet couldn't stand it anymore. He blocked Li Ye and shouted loudly: "What are you doing, classmate? Not to mention that Lu Zhizhang wasn't looking at anything just now, even if he did look at your partner, what fault is that?

Beauty is meant to be appreciated by people. Lu Zhizhang looking at your partner is simply because he was attracted by the beauty in the human world. You are actually selfish to this degree; no wonder you would spout that 'love is selfish' nonsense—"

"Slap~"

Li Ye delivered a resounding slap, swinging with great force onto the poet's face, sending him stumbling directly before he swayed twice and collapsed to the ground.

【Damn it, no wonder you were so impatient to come and argue with me; so this is how you understand the selfishness of love?

So as long as love is selfish, you people can't just casually appreciate others' "beauty," right?】

Li Ye was truly impressed. He only now believed that some people spend all day fooling others, and in the end, they even fool themselves into believing it.

He hauled the poet up, nose touching nose, eyes locked with eyes, and said gloomily: "Let whoever you want appreciate your own wife, but don't let me see you again."

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"Li Ye, let him go, hurry and let him go."

Many people around were scared stiff by Li Ye's appearance and hurried over to pull Li Ye away.

They were afraid that in the next moment, Li Ye would snap the poet's neck.

And that poet, who had been so refined just a moment ago, was now like a chick in sub-zero temperatures, trembling uncontrollably.

In the end, it was Wen Leyu who pulled Li Ye away.

However, Wen Leyu didn't just stop at pulling Li Ye away.

After pulling Li Ye away, she asked the poet, whose mouth was full of blood: "Which department are you from? Do you need your class advisor called over to handle this?"

The poet's indignation almost blew the top of his head off.

He wasn't even from Jingda; where would he call a class advisor from? Handle what nonsense?

"Since you don't want to call a teacher over, shouldn't you all disperse? Do you still want to have a fight?"

Wen Leyu scolded the crowd sharply, her eyes darting around, searching for a wooden stick of suitable length.

Since Li Ye had made a move, then 'marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog.' Wen Leyu had to be prepared to fight side-by-side with Li Ye if verbal deterrence failed; otherwise, what was the point of her practicing bayonet drills for so many days?

In the end, everyone dispersed. The guy whose mouth Li Ye had beaten full of blood didn't choose to take legal action.

Wen Leyu patted her sweaty palms and said to Li Ye: "Let's go! Are we still having those french fries tonight or not?"

Li Ye was stunned for a moment, then smiled as he pushed his bicycle over, loaded Wen Leyu on, and headed toward Zaojunmiao.

Today, he absolutely had to treat the little girl well!

After all, with her, the rest of his life wouldn't be lonely.

The next day was Sunday. Wen Leyu told Li Ye a little lie, saying she wanted to sleep in, but actually, she quietly slipped out of school to find a post office to call home.

"Mom, Li Ye didn't go easy on him yesterday... I don't know if any teeth fell out, but he beat him until there was a lot of blood. It wasn't someone from our school, it was from outside..."

After finishing the call with Teacher Ke, Wen Leyu finally set her mind at ease.

Although Li Ye was reasonable and justified yesterday, it wasn't legal. If it were truly pursued, it could be a big or small matter. Wen Leyu running out so early was just to clean up Li Ye's mess.

However, just as Wen Leyu turned around after paying for the call, she saw Li Ye walking into the post office.

Seeing Wen Leyu, Li Ye only paused for a second before guessing what happened.

He walked over with a light smile and stood in front of Wen Leyu.

Wen Leyu gave a silly grin and said nothing.

Li Ye didn't ask either, just used his hand to vigorously rub Wen Leyu's head, messing up her hair.

"Wait for me to make a call, then I'll take you to eat."

"I want to eat french fries."

"You can't eat that much greasy food anymore. I'll make you some candied apples instead!"

"Mm-hmm, candied apples are fine too."

Wen Leyu didn't have much resistance to sweets either.

Li Ye paid the deposit and entered the phone booth, dialing Jin Peng: "Brother Peng, have that Duoxing do something. Go to the vicinity of 262 Hospital and keep an eye on someone..."

Last night, after only one minute of thinking, Li Ye decided to change Lu Zhizhang's fate.

Lu Zhizhang was originally supposed to go study abroad at the Lighthouse next year with the help of the student exchange program hosted by Li Zhengdao.

But until he finally 'biubiu'd' five people, he hadn't achieved any scientific results, and he had clearly expressed to his family that even if it were government-funded study abroad, he was unwilling to return to the country to work.

However, the mainland doctoral student "Xiaoshan" who was killed by Lu Zhizhang had already published articles in well-known scientific journals and achieved eye-catching results.

And according to the account of Lu Zhizhang's roommate, Lu Zhizhang ultimately concluded that Xiaoshan had stolen his opportunity for a job at the school.

And Lu Zhizhang said in a letter to his sister: "I have been upright and uncorrupted all my life, and I hate sycophantic villains and self-righteous corrupt officials the most... At the very least, I must find a few people to be buried with me."

Was that Xiaoshan a sycophantic villain?

Xiaoshan was a bitter child who walked out of a small mountain village. His starting point was much worse than people from "big cities" like Lu Zhizhang, but he married a very beautiful girl, and this girl's father was a well-known scholar in the mainland.

A 'phoenix man' marrying a 'white, rich, and beautiful' woman might indeed be worthy of contempt and ridicule.

But what if you were that 'phoenix man'?

So, it was better to save that Xiaoshan! At the very least, he could contribute to his hometown in the future.

Lu Zhizhang dragged his exhausted steps, holding a belly full of anger, and returned to his old home located near 262 Hospital.

After his conflict with Li Ye yesterday, he already had a belly full of fire, and this morning he had another argument with his girlfriend, Xiaoxiang.

Because Xiaoxiang asked Lu Zhizhang when he would take her to see his parents.

Seeing parents was a necessary process before marriage. How could Lu Zhizhang, who was single-mindedly wanting to study abroad, be willing?

Perhaps because of Li Ye's remarks yesterday, Xiaoxiang was very agitated today and actually proposed breaking up with Lu Zhizhang.

Lu Zhizhang tried to persuade her for a long time, but Xiaoxiang wouldn't budge. In the end, Lu Zhizhang flew into a rage.

"I'll wait for you at my old home. Come over and we'll talk it out properly."

Lu Zhizhang wasn't afraid that Xiaoxiang wouldn't come, because Xiaoxiang had "sunk costs."

A few decades later, the term 'sunk cost' would make countless men miserable.

Dating a girlfriend, spending several years and hundreds of thousands in wealth, only for things to be a mess within a few days of marriage, and then watching everything go to waste.

What are men to do?

The 'little fairies' are very carefree, frankly stating, "As long as there are no children, there is no difference between a second marriage and a first marriage."

But for a man who has already emptied his family's foundation, is there any difference from a first marriage?

And in the eighties, this "sunk cost" was more on the female side.

Sure enough, Xiaoxiang still came.

Although she came a bit late, she still came.

Lu Zhizhang closed the door, a triumphant smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

But he never expected that all of this had fallen into Li Ye's calculations.

In his previous life, Li Ye had read Lu Zhizhang's suicide note, as well as various comments from compatriots who were familiar with him.

Generally speaking, Lu Zhizhang was extremely narcissistic and always full of fantasies about women, feeling that as long as he was willing, girls should all fall under his charm.

And in the suicide note to his sister, Lu Zhizhang explicitly wrote: "After I arrived at the Lighthouse, I had dealings with mainlanders, overseas people, single people, married people, good women, and prostitutes... perhaps I just didn't meet the right one, or I was too picky."

Lust is human nature, so Li Ye concluded that Lu Zhizhang would definitely go to his old home near 262 Hospital.

Night fell. Duoye walked to the window of a house, preparing to act according to the plan.

This was his first task after joining the sect. Although it was very strange and awkward, he summoned his full attention, determined to carry it out perfectly.

Jin Peng had given Duoye a slip of paper with a name, a general address, and the task requirements and steps.

The first two items were easy; for a street-smart guy like Duoye, they were nothing.

But the task requirements were relatively difficult because he had to "let the innocent girl run away" and only catch the remaining boy.

This had some difficulty.

So Duoye estimated the time, intending to stir up trouble, then shout to alarm the neighbors, and finally block Lu Zhizhang, letting the girl escape.

But before Duoye could even shout, a fierce argument broke out in the house.

Lu Zhizhang and Xiaoxiang had another argument, their voices getting louder and louder. Without Duoye needing to stir things up, the neighbors were all alarmed.

Duoye estimated the time, preparing to kick the door to save the person, but as luck would have it, Xiaoxiang suddenly rushed out from inside, crying and covering her face as she ran away.

【Hiss, who made this plan? Am I just a spectator?】

Duoye was truly astonished. Up until now, he didn't even need to intervene; everything was developing strictly according to the steps on that slip of paper.

Lu Zhizhang also rushed to the doorway, shouting angrily at Xiaoxiang's back: "If you leave now, you better consider the consequences clearly."

"Cough cough~"

Duoye finally entered the scene, grinning at Lu Zhizhang: "I say, brother, don't talk about other people's consequences; haven't you thought about your own?"

Lu Zhizhang glanced at Duoye and said vigilantly: "Who are you? I haven't seen you before."

Duoye gestured around the surroundings and smiled: "Don't worry about who I am. Without that girl, you're fine, but if you really bite that girl out, your charges won't be small."

Lu Zhizhang looked left and right, discovering that the surrounding neighbors were peeking, all watching the fun.

"Hmph~, meddlesome."

"Bang~"

Lu Zhizhang slammed the door shut in anger, even cursing Duoye.

However, after closing the door, he was somewhat relieved, thinking he shouldn't be impulsive, lest Xiaoxiang and he both suffer.

But a minute later, a chaotic sound of footsteps came from outside the house.

Then Lu Zhizhang heard Duoye shout: "It's this house, someone was acting like a hooligan inside just now."

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The door to Lu Zhizhang's house was kicked open directly by the joint defense team.

Lu Zhizhang looked at Duoye, dumbfounded, not understanding when he had provoked this guy.

Was it just because of that "meddlesome" curse just now?

That's not right! How could it be so fast?

"Hey, were you acting like a hooligan just now? Where is that woman?"

Lu Zhizhang sobered up with a start and insisted: "No, there was no woman."

"No? Hmph hmph~"

The old guy from the joint defense team used a chopstick to pick up a "baby-burp plastic bag" that had just been used, shaking it twice at Lu Zhizhang.

"Don't tell me it's your parents', it's still warm! Confess honestly, leniency for confession."

Sweat poured down Lu Zhizhang's forehead. Only now did he understand Duoye's words from just a moment ago.

It was already shameful now, but there was still a way out; but if he bit Xiaoxiang out, he would be completely finished.

"I... I... was playing with myself..."

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The crowd was speechless. Did we run here for nothing?

But the experienced old guy said indifferently: "Have their unit come to take the person. Interrogate them properly; at the very least, they need to be strengthened in their education."

M-yo!

On Monday, Lu Zhizhang's deeds spread throughout the school.

Before the matter was clarified, he wasn't immediately expelled, but forget about studying abroad.

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