Luckily, Gu Yang happened to be passing by at that time and bailed her out.
Still... he was just a bit too violent!
Thinking of how Gu Yang had been called to the teachers' office and definitely had his parents summoned, Wang Chenxi felt a pang of guilt in her heart.
"Gu Yang, thank you so much for today. Let me treat you to lunch!"
Gu Yang raised his head to glance at the lecturing teacher and shook his head: "No need!"
His tone was a bit impatient and resolute.
Wang Chenxi froze for a moment. This was... the first time she had ever been rejected by anyone.
A sudden ache pierced her heart.
Yet immediately, she bit down hard on her lower lip with her pearly white teeth.
"No, I insist on treating you to lunch!"
Gu Yang looked in surprise at Wang Chenxi, whose tone and expression were unwavering.
After thinking for a moment, he nodded: "Fine, now stop talking!"
"Hmph~~~" Wang Chenxi puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction and made an adorably fierce clawing gesture at Gu Yang.
Catching the doubtful look Gu Yang shot her way, she immediately gave an awkward chuckle and silently pointed a finger at the lecturing teacher.
Gu Yang thought nothing of it and went back to listening attentively to the lecture.
There were only a few days left until the college entrance examination, and after school this afternoon, he would finally be able to go home.
Then, in a few days, the exams would arrive, and he had to pour all his energy into his books.
Even though he possessed a photographic memory, subjects like math, physics, and chemistry couldn't be mastered just by rote memorization.
He had to thoroughly understand those formulas and applications.
At noon, when classes ended.
Gu Yang packed up his schoolbag and prepared to leave, but Wang Chenxi reached out and blocked the doorway.
Looking at the pretty and thoroughly displeased Wang Chenxi, Gu Yang finally remembered what he had promised her.
However... he had only been brushing her off and hadn't actually planned to go.
"We agreed I'd treat you to lunch, why are you leaving by yourself?!"
Gu Yang frowned: "Just one meal, and then we're even!"
Wang Chenxi froze, looking at Gu Yang's impatient expression and his eager desire to draw a clear line between them.
Deeply dissatisfied, she muttered: "As if anyone's dying to have anything to do with you."
Gu Yang shook his head, stepped past Wang Chenxi's body, and walked out the door.
Brushing past each other at such close quarters instantly made Wang Chenxi's face turn crimson.
Gu Yang was also unbearably awkward. Standing outside the door, he said, "Weren't we going to eat? Let's go!"
Wang Chenxi lowered her little head, her face flushed as she nodded.
She followed right behind Gu Yang all the way out of the school gates.
However, the moment they reached the school entrance, their path was blocked by a group of people.
There was Zhang Xiang, cigarette dangling from his mouth, looking at the two of them walking out with an immensely arrogant and cocky swagger.
"Damn it, fucking hell, that's him! Whoever breaks one of his legs for me today gets ten thousand from me!"
The dozen or so punks surrounding them all experienced a jolt.
Then, with wildly excited grins, they stared at Gu Yang as he came out.
"Young Master Zhang has spoken! We've gotta break one of his legs today!"
"Yeah, absolutely!"
"Daring to mess with Young Master Zhang, you've got a death wish, damn it!"
"..."
Seeing a group of hooligans close in, Wang Chenxi hid fearfully behind Gu Yang, clutching the hem of his shirt.
Gu Yang's face turned ice-cold, and he was just about to make a move when he spotted a man by the side of the street, straddling a wildly flashy Harley-Davidson motorcycle parked right there.
The man then sauntered over, pushing his way through the group of punks, and came to a stop right in front of Gu Yang.
The moment Zhang Xiang saw him, his legs trembled.
As for the other thugs, they were so terrified by the burly man's full-body tattoos and fierce visage that they hurriedly backed away.
"Fucking hell, a bunch of little punks, got a death wish? Huh?Gu Defender of the Country's shout left the group utterly dumbfounded.
Zhang Xiang gritted his teeth, glanced at the dozen or so hooligans around him, and said defiantly, "Damn it, get him!"
The dozen punks froze for a second, but remembering the sum Zhang Xiang had promised, they let out a unified battle cry and rushed forward.
This caught Gu Weiguo completely off guard. Sure enough... the fierce are afraid of the daring, and the daring are afraid of the suicidal.
These eighteen- or nineteen-year-old kids were at their most reckless stage.
Yet the very next second, Zhang Xiang was dumbstruck.
In less than a minute, all dozen-odd punks were sprawled on the ground, wailing miserably.
Gu Weiguo glanced at Gu Yang, whose brow was slightly furrowed.
Then he leaned forward with a beaming smile to look at Wang Chenxi, who was cowering behind Gu Yang.
With his ugly face, he gave Gu Yang a knowing wink.
"Looks like you've got somewhere to eat for lunch. Off you go, I'll handle the rest!"
Gu Yang didn't speak; he reached out to pull the terrified Wang Chenxi along and turned to leave.
"You little brat, where are your manners? Don't you know how to say goodbye to your old man?"
The voice coming from behind made Wang Chenxi bravely steal a glance at the fierce-looking big man.
But she immediately turned away in a hurry, grabbed Gu Yang's arm, and quickened her pace.
Hearing Gu Weiguo's words, Gu Yang didn't break his stride for a single second as he walked straight ahead.
Inside a private dining room at a restaurant, Wang Chenxi watched curiously as Gu Yang ate.
"That person just now... was?"
Gu Yang's chopsticks paused mid-air. He hesitated and said, "My dad!"
"Huh?"
Wang Chenxi stared at Gu Yang in utter shock, then looked him up and down.
Sunny, handsome, with a cool and aloof aura.
Sword-like eyebrows, starry eyes, and a sharp, finely chiseled handsome face.
How on earth could he have any connection to that bald, ugly, triangular-eyed man covered in tattoos?
"I take after my mom!"
Feeling slightly uneasy under Wang Chenxi's bizarre gaze, Gu Yang offered an explanation.
Yet, far from clarifying things, this explanation only made Wang Chenxi cover her little mouth in even greater astonishment.
"Your mom must be very pretty, but... your mom..."
"Hmph~~~" Gu Yang shot Wang Chenxi a dissatisfied look.
Only then did Wang Chenxi realize she was being rather impolite.
Yet she was simply too curious; judging by Gu Yang's looks, his mother must undoubtedly be breathtaking.
How on earth could such a gorgeous woman ever fall for such an ugly man?
She hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I... didn't mean it like that, it's just... it's just..."
Gu Yang shook his head: "It's fine, eat your food!"
"Oh, oh!" Wang Chenxi carefully took small bites of her food.
Gu Yang's dad certainly looked like a mobster.
No wonder Gu Yang was so good at fighting, and no wonder he was only now in his third year of high school at age twenty-three.
"Gu Yang, you... you must never end up like your dad. The college entrance exams are right around the corner, so you have to study hard.
That way, you can get into a good university and find a decent job afterward.
Whatever you do, don't get mixed up in the underworld like your dad."
After a few bites, Wang Chenxi still couldn't resist offering advice.
She really didn't want such an attractive, handsome boy like Gu Yang...
to go down that path because of his father!
Gu Yang looked at Wang Chenxi in surprise: "Mixed up in the underworld? Who told you my dad is in the underworld?"
Wang Chenxi looked at him blankly: "He.... he looks like that, how is he not in the underworld?"
Gu Yang gave an amused shake of his head: "Who says good people aren't allowed to have tattoos?
Who says good people have to look conventionally handsome?
He was just born looking that way, and his language is a bit rough, that's all.
But he is not a mobster, I can guarantee you that!"
Wang Chenxi still looked at him with disbelief.
"But he's so incredible at fighting. If he didn't fight all the time, how could he possibly be that good?"