The younger brother swaggered forward aggressively.
Ji Liangchen didn't stop him, watching with a smirk.
One remark, calling her a tomboy, instantly enraged Shen Qiong. Her gender-neutral attire annoyed her parents to no end at home, and now this trash dared to spout off!
She kicked out at the approaching younger brother, "Damn it, I hate you barking dogs the most!"
The younger brother hadn't expected her to lash out, and before he could react, he was kicked to the ground.
Shen Qiong stomped on his face, grinding her heel into it. "Come on, bark a few more times for me!"
"You damned tomboy! I'll kill you today!"
The younger brother grabbed Shen Qiong's foot, trying to dislodge it from his face.
Shen Qiong remained unmoved, looking at Ji Liangchen mockingly. "You brought this kind of trash out? Don't you feel ashamed?"
Chapter Thirty-Eight: One Punch! KO!
Ji Liangchen's expression changed. He walked over, kicked the younger brother away, and stood before Shen Qiong, confronting her.
"I didn't lay a hand on you myself because I was afraid people would say I bullied a woman. I wouldn't even give you the chance to stand here and talk to me!"
He adopted a condescending tone. "You two girls, I won't make things difficult for you. As long as you kneel down and apologize to Xiao Yan, we'll let this matter go."
Shen Qiong burst into laughter. "Ji Liangchen, did you fling your brain away while dancing?"
"Since you're ungrateful, don't blame me for laying hands on women!"
Ji Liangchen cracked his neck, his fingers popping as he flexed them.
The younger brothers outside cheered him on, "Brother Chen! Show them what you've got!"
Just as Shen Qiong was about to make a move, Mu Xing suddenly popped out from behind her. "Qiong Bao, didn't we agree I'd protect you? Small matters like fighting are my domain!"
Ji Liangchen stood at over 1.8 meters. Mu Xing, at 1.65 meters, looked tiny standing before him, no match at all.
He scoffed. "You? You want to fight me?"
He could send her to the ICU with one punch!
"I'm not fighting *you*, I'm fighting *you*!"
Mu Xing tilted her head, meeting Ji Liangchen's gaze, and smiled nonchalantly. "But I'm also afraid people will say I'm bullying you, so why don't you call them to come at me all at once, too?"
Ji Liangchen let out a hearty laugh, as if he'd heard the funniest joke.
He'd been in Beihua for three years and hadn't met a worthy opponent. This little thing was truly audacious!
"I'll let you have one hand, so I don't accidentally kill you."
He put one hand behind his back and provocatively beckoned Mu Xing with a finger. "Come on, little one."
"Then I'll let you have two legs. I won't kick you."
With that, Mu Xing clenched her fist and swung it hard at Ji Liangchen.
Ji Liangchen didn't take Mu Xing seriously at all. How much force could a little girl possibly have? He stood firm, reaching out to block.
The fist, accompanied by a sharp gust of wind, came hurtling towards him!
As it made contact with his palm, Ji Liangchen suddenly realized the immense power behind it. He might not be able to block it!
His expression tightened as he tried to steady himself, but it was useless.
At the moment the immense force hit, he was sent flying through the air!
"Crack!"
Ji Liangchen landed at the classroom doorway, dizzy, feeling as though all his bones were broken.
Students who had been secretly watching the commotion outside the classroom were startled, looking in disbelief at Ji Liangchen, who lay on the ground like a puddle of mud.
They began to whisper amongst themselves.
"The legendary Ji Liangchen, isn't he supposed to be a good fighter? He doesn't seem like much!"
"Yeah, he got KO'd by a girl with one punch!"
"And they call him the God of War? Self-proclaimed, probably!"
"……"
Shen Qiong was also stunned. She had witnessed Mu Xing's swift and decisive moves at noon.
Her brother had also told her that Mu Xing was a capable fighter, but she hadn't expected Mu Xing to be *this* good, to send Ji Liangchen flying with a single punch!
Ji Liangchen was over 1.8 meters tall and quite well-built!
She stared intently at Mu Xing, so slender with such thin arms, how had she done it?
It was truly perplexing.
Mu Xing looked at the dumbfounded younger brothers and smiled faintly. "Do you guys want to go one by one? Or come at me all at once?"
This wasn't a question of how they should attack; they simply couldn't win!
The younger brothers exchanged glances. Their Brother Chen was already down; they shouldn't rush in to be defeated.
They quickly reached a consensus and dashed to the classroom doorway, asking with feigned concern, "Brother Chen, are you okay?"
Unable to bear the mocking gazes, Ji Liangchen forced himself up from the ground. He tried to stand straight and nonchalantly snorted, "What could be wrong with me!"
"Right, Senior Ji is our Beihua God of War. He can take ten more punches without breaking a sweat!"
Shen Qiong and Mu Xing also arrived at the classroom doorway.
After Shen Qiong spoke, Mu Xing flashed Ji Liangchen a pure, innocent smile. "Senior Ji, let's finish this quickly. I'm in a hurry to get home, and if I'm late, my Uncle will worry."
From the blow he just received, Ji Liangchen felt like his whole body was falling apart. Another one like that, and he'd be occupying a bed in the ICU.
He really hadn't expected this little thing to be so formidable!
Fighting was out of the question today, but out of male pride, he couldn't just surrender.
"I, Ji Liangchen, am a reasonable person. Since you're in a hurry to get home, we'll stop here for today. But this isn't over. You wait, I'll be back to find you!"
Ji Liangchen pointed at Mu Xing. "Next time, I won't hold back!"
"Let's go!"
Ji Liangchen left with his entourage, their demeanor full of bravado.
Mu Xing linked arms with Shen Qiong. "Let's go too!"
At the school gate, before they parted ways, Shen Qiong reminded her, "Little Xing Xing, you have to be careful until this is resolved."
Mu Xing chuckled. "Don't worry, he can't beat me."
"I'm worried he *can't* beat you, so he'll play dirty behind your back," Shen Qiong said, her voice laced with concern. "We've embarrassed him so badly today; he definitely won't let this go. Plus, that annoying Yun Xiao Yan, we