HCB Chapter 204 Delinquents
Chapter 204 Delinquents
Xia Lan's expression clearly turned sour when she received the call from the head of the teaching department.
Lu He, who had just gotten up and was still washing up, poked her head out of the bathroom with a toothbrush in her mouth: "What happened?"
"The school says the public opinion has blown up, that I bullied Zhao Rongrong, and now they want me to drop out..." Xia Lan helplessly shrugged, although she didn't really care about the future of Lin Yingxin's identity.
"Why should I!" Lu He was indeed angry about this.
"I don't mind..."
"So you can just let her, an NPC, bully you?" Lu He had always felt that Zhao Rongrong was narrow-minded and not a good person.
"Besides, haven't you been helping her ever since you transmigrated? What is she doing? Stirring up public opinion and repaying kindness with enmity? Moreover, she bullies the weak and fears the strong. Why doesn't she dare to stand up to me?" The weak wield their knives against the even weaker. Such people are both pitiful and hateful.
Lu He would not sympathize with such a person, especially since Zhao Rongrong was not a heroic rebel, but merely a narrow-minded person filled with jealousy.
"Since you're so amazing, how do you plan to handle this?" Xia Lan tilted her head and looked at Lu He with admiring eyes.
Lu He was so flattered that he was practically wagging his tail, and his smile was even harder to suppress than AK's: "Hehe, needless to say, of course we'll use Han Xi's family's influence to put pressure on them. The school didn't dare to touch Han Xi because they were afraid of power."
Since they bully the weak and fear the strong, let's just confront them head-on.
"Don't forget your stepmother has people watching you. If you cause trouble and get expelled from school, she'll probably stir things up at home." Xia Lan had noticed early on that someone was observing their every move. Although the two were indulging in pleasure, they didn't forget to keep a clear head.
They bought this villa and moved in last night, only to find that their neighbors in the villa across the street were also moving out.
"It's probably the person who's been spying on you, renting a place across the street."
Hearing Xia Lan's analysis, Lu He nodded: "Yes, you're right. But since I'm going to investigate her conspiracy, I naturally need her to slip up."
"Besides, this kind of school comic isn't a mystery. It usually presents the conflict directly, without any beating around the bush. We just need to deal with it as it comes."
Lu He understood this kind of plot formula; it wouldn't be particularly complicated, like a political drama where you unravel the mystery step by step. It was usually more like youth-oriented, melodramatic literature, straightforward and simple.
Xia Lan nodded, not forgetting to praise her as the smartest person in the world, making Lu He feel completely overwhelmed.
The two of them arrived at school leisurely after class had started, but the school gates were already closed.
Lu He called out at the gate for a long time, but the security guard ignored her. She turned around and said, "How about we climb over the wall through the back door?"
"Wow, I've never done this before, it feels so exciting~" Xia Lan's eyes sparkled with excitement. After being a good girl for over twenty years, she could finally try being rebellious.
Seeing her so happy, Lu He felt relieved and took her hand, running towards the back door.
As the two walked hand in hand into the alley, they saw about a dozen delinquent teenagers with hip-hop style and non-mainstream hairstyles, along with a few older-looking thugs, smoking.
Upon closer inspection, several school uniforms lay on the ground, but they did not bear the school badge of Lu Hexia Lan's school.
The group of delinquents had clearly noticed them, and they all turned to look at them, their eyes filled with hostility.
"It seems to be from the school next door..." Xia Lan had been in this comic for longer than Lu He, so she had a general understanding of the school's influence in this area.
There's a group of people from the neighboring school who have a long-standing feud with the delinquents at our school. That blond-haired Guo Xuanqi has been in countless group fights with them.
"Hey, it really is Miss Han Xi!" One of the boys, wearing a black jacket, a punk style, and with a lip piercing, recognized Han Xi and stubbed out his cigarette on the wall.
He walked towards the two of them.
"Han Xi, we're a bit short on cash lately, how about we borrow some from you?" The boy reached out to grab Lu He with ill intent, but Xia Lan slapped his hand away.
"Tsk, and who are you?" The punk guy winced and shook his hand, staring at Xia Lan's face for a moment. "Wow, this is a real steal! Isn't this Lin Yingxin? The top student and school beauty from Tiansheng High School~"
As he spoke, the other hip-hop guys behind him also revealed lewd expressions and made lewd gestures at the two of them.
At this moment, a red-haired girl who had been watching the show with a lollipop in her mouth got angry and threw the lollipop at the punk guy's head.
"Hey, Chen Ziyao, are you crazy!" The punk guy, feeling a bit embarrassed, angrily cursed at the girl who threw him the lollipop.
"She is Chen Ziyao..." Xia Lan murmured to herself, Chen Zeyu's sister, a rebellious girl. Her brother is a top student, and her sister is a delinquent. It's quite ironic.
"Lin Yingxin is my brother's woman, open your eyes wide and stop flirting with her!" Chen Ziyao said, hands on her hips, looking quite intimidating.
The punk guy only hesitated for a moment before changing his tune: "Hey, Yao Yao, I was just kidding. You're the only one in my heart. I don't even see any other school beauties..."
"Pfft." Lu He couldn't help but laugh.
"What are you laughing at!" The punk guy immediately looked annoyed.
"Don't you pee normally? Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror? And you're still picking on me, hahaha." Lu He mocked mercilessly, and the punk guy's face turned red and white in turns.
"And another thing!" Lu He turned his attention to Chen Ziyao: "What do you mean 'your brother's woman'? This is my woman!" As he spoke, he raised his hand, which was intertwined with Xia Lan's.
"Hahahaha, Yao Yao, your brother has been cheated on~ Hahaha..." The punk guy always disliked Chen Zeyu's good student attitude, so he was naturally gloating.
Now it was Chen Ziyao's turn to blush and turn pale.
"Lin Yingxin, how dare you betray my brother?" Chen Ziyao walked over and stood next to the punk man.
"Watch your mouth! She's not your brother's possession!" Lu He showed no mercy to Chen Ziyao and started tearing her apart.
"Get them!" Chen Ziyao was furious. She waved her hand, signaling the thugs behind her to go forward and beat the man up.
The group of delinquents pulled out batons or baseball bats from their backpacks and swaggered over.
Chen Ziyao pointed at Lu He: "Break her legs!"
"How dare you!" Xia Lan stepped forward to block Lu He: "Since you know she is Han Xi, you still dare to touch her. Aren't you afraid of the Han family's retaliation?"
"Hahaha, revenge?" The punk guy slapped his thigh and laughed wildly. "Let me tell you the truth, it was your family who asked us to ambush you. They said you're neglecting your studies and wanted us to teach you a lesson. The underworld isn't so easy to navigate!"
As he spoke, he swung a wooden stick at Xia Lan, who swiftly kicked it in half.
"Lin Yingxin, I advise you not to meddle in other people's business." The punk man was taken aback, not expecting that there was someone who could fight.
"Looks like this was someone the stepmother hired... They really have no skills whatsoever..." Lu He couldn't help but mutter to Xia Lan.
“I can beat these people, it’s okay. I’m the protagonist, I have a halo. You step back a bit~” Xia Lan winked playfully at Lu He and then struck a professional boxer’s pose.
Sure enough, the thugs who rushed up were quickly taken down by Xia Lan and lay on the ground groaning.
The punk guy was also beaten and trampled under Xia Lan's feet. This punk guy was probably the leader of this group, along with Chen Ziyao. As long as these two were subdued, everything should be fine.
"Lin Yingxin, you touched someone you shouldn't have! You touched my man, you're asking for death!" Chen Ziyao spat on the ground fiercely, uttering a childish and stupid line.
It seems this punk guy is her boyfriend.
"Ah Shen!" Chen Ziyao called out to a crew-cut man who was sitting on the ground eating a hamburger in the crowd of thugs.
This crew-cut man looked to be at least eighteen years old. He took off his black jacket, revealing only a black vest underneath. His muscles were taut, indicating that he was a trained fighter.
Ashen didn't say anything. He stood up, picked at his ear, and stared coldly at Lin Yingxin with his dead fish eyes, as if asking Chen Ziyao, "Should I cripple you?"
Based on Xia Lan's experience with the previous comic, she could tell that this Ashen was a formidable character, at least not an ordinary thug. His solid lower body and well-developed arms suggested he was a professional fighter...
This is getting a bit tough... Xia Lan felt uneasy. Lin Yingxin's physical abilities were not as good as the body she used before. She wondered if she could defeat this Ashen.