Chapter 255
“We’ve agreed to gather for a fight in the middle of the month to determine who is the king and who is the loser. But when the time comes, it seems that he’s the loser.”
“This doesn’t seem normal. Sun Xiaojie is a very proud person, why would he suddenly stop and not fight anymore?”
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A group of junior highschool bullies from a neighboring Junior Highschool gathered together, whispering with each other, their opinions divided.
As the saying went, there was no room for two tigers on a mountain, unless one was a male and the other one female.
If all the tigers were male, they wouldn’t be able to coexist in harmony.
There was a tyrant in 6th Junior Highschool, and there was a tyrant in the 4th Junior Highschool.
School tyrant versus school tyrant, it was impossible to determine who was number 1 and who was number 2. That was why they came up with a rule; every month there would be a tournament1 held to determine the boss.
But no one from 6th Junior Highschool came for the tournament this month.
Not only did they not come today, but Sun Xiaojie’s group had not been seen around for a while.
This was indeed unusual.
The boss called Brother Xian frowned. He called his little brothers over and asked, “What is that brat Sun Xiaojie doing lately?”
“This… I also don’t know. How about I ask my friends in 6th Junior Highschool to find out?”
Brother Xian nodded, and left since no one came to the appointment.
The little brother asked around, and brought the news back to Brother Xian within two days.
The little brother said, “Brother Xian, I don’t know the specifics, but I heard from my friends that Sun Xiaojie’s group is now different and more disciplined. In the past, they would always do self-reflection under the national flag, but it’s rare now.”
Brother Xian frowned when he heard this, and suddenly said, “Something bad happened!”
There were differences in the teaching style between schools.
Even for school tyrants, the number of self-reflections they did was not the same.
6th Junior Highschool where Sun Xiaojie went to was the best school in the city, with strict discipline. As the school tyrant, he would basically do a self-reflection every week. However, 4th Junior Highschool where Brother Xian went to was not as strict and disciplined.
While Sun Xiaojie and the others did their self-reflection every day, Brother Xian and the others lived freely without pressure and were not afraid of punishment.
Because of this, they even laughed at Sun Xiaojie’s poor life. Now that he heard that Sun Xiaojie didn’t even do self-reflections anymore, his first reaction was not to think that it was because the latter had repented and become a new person. Instead, he felt that something tricky was happening.
A more reliable explanation would be that Sun Xiaojie’s modus operandi had changed. He was much more clever now and wasn’t getting caught!
Brother Xian scratched his head, gritted his teeth and said, “Go and ask around again. See what Sun Xiaojie has been doing recently, if he is hiding something rotten inside.”
The little brother took the order and left, and within two days, the news came back.
The little brother said, “Brother Xian, it’s as you expected! That Sun Xiaojie is indeed doing mysterious and professional training in secret!”
“That damned brat, so sinister and cunning! It must be to deal with me!” Brother Xian grabbed the little brother and asked, “Speak, what the hell is Sun Xiaojie doing!?”
“They are all working in teams recently, moving under a unified command. They go to the school roof every noon. They’re gathering people for an unknown reason, and don’t allow anyone else to go up there. It’s very mysterious. My friend snuck up to take a look and found them speaking one word after another, seemingly like a secret code.”
Unified command? Secret training? Secret codes?
Very good, Sun Xiaojie, you’re really pulling all the stops!
Brother Xian ground his teeth fiercely, “Then what?”
“Then my friend was found out and almost got beaten!”
“Almost? He didn’t actually get beaten?” Brother Xian was surprised.
If you reversed the situation, if he was doing a secret training, then he would definitely not allow others to snoop around.
If he found someone snooping around, he would definitely beat them up.
The little brother said, “Yes! He was going to get beaten up, but then someone spoke to stop Sun Xiaojie, and my friend ran away.”
Someone spoke? Who? Was there anyone above Sun Xiaojie in 6th Junior Highschool?
Brother Xian fell into deep thought, and after thinking about it for a long time, Brother Xian finally realized, “Damn, 6th Junior Highschool’s tyrant has changed! Fuck him up!”
“Yes! Fuck him up!”
“Let the people from 6th Junior Highschool know who’s the boss around here!”
“Brother Xian is the best!!!”
Brother Xian did exactly as he said. He felt that since 6th Junior Highschool’s tyrant had changed, he should at least go and say hello.
For now, let’s make an appointment for a fight first.
Brother Xian continued following the old rules and gave a letter of challenge to the new school tyrant.
But it was a pity that even though he had so many capable people under him, he couldn’t find out who the new school tyrant was. That person was too mysterious.
Since there was no other way, this letter of challenge could only be given to Sun Xiaojie for him to forward.
As someone from jianghu, Sun Xiaojie would know what to do.
After giving the challenge letter, Brother Xian waited.
He had an inexplicable sense of excitement.
This new 6th Middle Highschool tyrant was overbearing and would not let him down.
It was just a pity that the news that Sun Xiaojie brought was not what Brother Xian wanted to see.
Sun Xiaojie said that he now lived in the school dorms and had to do everything according to the school rules and regulations. He was not allowed to enter and exit the school gate at will, and could not leave other than on the weekends. No matter what business they had, they had to wait until the weekend.
Why the hell are you following the school’s rules and regulations??
Brother Xian bit his teeth again and said loudly, “Okay, then I will wait to talk to him on the weekend!”
Dammit, making an appointment for a fight had to wait for the weekends? What kind of school tyrant are you?
Jiang Xiaoman sneezed heavily.
The weather was getting colder and colder, and it was easy to catch a cold when the weather turned cold.
When Jiang Xiumei heard her sneezing, she raised her head and said, “Wear more clothes. Are you going out again today?”
Jiang Xiaoman returned inside, obediently wore more clothes and wrapped herself up tightly. She then said in a raspy voice from the cold, “Yes.”
“Why are you so busy these days? You always go out every day. I have never seen you so diligent before.”
“Eh, I also don’t want to, but I have to help others.”
“Oh, are you going to work as a volunteer to sweep the streets, or help others with something again?”
Jiang Xiaoman put her hands on her hips, saying while acting cool, “What I’m doing is a big deal!”
“Yes, you and your uncle are both amazing, both doing great things.”
Jiang Xiaoman stomped, “I won’t say anything else, I’m almost late.”
After speaking, she ran out the door.
As she passed next door, when she “coincidentally” ran into Yu Qingshi as usual, she invited him again as usual, and he nodded again as usual.
Footnote:
1. The term used here is Huashan Sword Discussion, or Huashan Sword Meet, a reference to the event on Legend of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong. It’s an event where the top masters duel to establish the strongest pugilists.