âReally? Thank you for that! Iâm going now!â Yang Ming finished his sentence and he patted heavily on Wang Zhitaoâs shoulder. It looked like a friendly act but Yang Ming actually had used great force on him.
Wang Zhitao was patted until he gritted his teeth. Under normal circumstances, he would already be pissed off, but now he only wanted Yang Ming to step out of school as soon as possible. He didnât want to make more trouble so he acted like he was very happy, grinned and said, âYouâre welcome!â
Yang Ming laughed as he walked out of class.
As Yang Mingâs front leg stepped out of the classroom, Wang Zhitaoâs phone vibrated.
Wang Zhitao took it out and looked. Then he glanced around, made sure no one could hear him and answered the phone.
Wang Zhitao lowered his voice and spoke, âHello, Ah Biao, are all of you there already?â
Wang Zhitao was confused. He didnât understand why Zhang Biao was apologizing. âWhat do you mean? You canât find anyone for it?â
Zhang Biao complained, âNo, Master. This Yang Ming isnât that simple. Regarding the two punks that I found around here, once they discovered that their opponent was Yang Ming, they didnât dare fight him. Instead, they greeted Yang Ming with a smiley face!â
âHow could it be like this?!â Wang Zhitao was stunned. âEh, wait. Are you really sure you saw Yang Ming?â Wang Zhitao remembered that Yang Ming had just stepped out of the classroom!
âAbsolutely, yes. Oh yeah. Master, Yang Ming had gone back into school. You should be careful!â Zhang Biao didnât know that Wang Zhitao had already met Yang Ming.
âDamn it!â Wang Zhitao hung up the phone. He now realized that Yang Ming obviously knew that he hired those men and toyed with him!
When Wang Zhitao thought about this, he nearly destroyed his phone in anger. Since Wang Zhitao was exposed, he feared nothing. Since you canât be defeated using a direct method, Iâll use a dirty one then. I donât think you can always get away with it!
While Yang Ming was humming a song as he walked back home, he met Li Dagang who was walking out from billiards room.
âBrother, youâre great!â Li Dagangâs sudden greeting stunned Yang Ming.
âWhat was great?â Yang Ming was confused.
Li Dagang said, âDamn. Stop acting. Your test results lately have improved significantly. Young Teacher Zhao praised you several times in our class. Even the poker-faced Lao Li praised your improvements as well!â
Poker-faced Lao Li was Yang Mingâs class teacher who taught Biology. He was famous because he always showed a strict face. Class 7 and Class 8 were counterpart classes; they shared the same teachers.
Ever since his last biology test, Yang Ming had repeated success in cheating on his exams. His results were flying like a helicopter. Thus he became the teachersâ example of the typical hardworking underachiever.
Yang Ming exaggerated and said without shame, âYeah right. Canât you see who I am?!â
Li Dagang asked, âCan you share any tricks with me?â
Yang Ming said perfunctorily, âJust read the textbook⊠There is no other trick for learningâŠâ
Li Dagang said sadly, âEh! Iâm really stupid. I would rather die than study. Itâs ok. Iâll only stay until senior high school graduation, then Iâll find a job!â
Yang Ming looked at Li Dagangâs face. Yang Ming nearly revealed to him about the contact lenses, but thought again, Absolutely not! I canât tell this to anyone. If not, it will bring me too much unnecessary trouble.
These contact lenses were just a cheating tool for Yang Ming. What if it fell into othersâ hands? If one uses it for crime⊠Yang Ming couldnât even imagine it. Fortunately, he didnât let it slip out of his mouth. If not, he would be dead without even knowing why.
As he thought of this, Yang Ming began to sweat.
Yang Ming comforted Li Dagang, âItâs ok. Everyone has their own ambitions; every trade has its master! Look at Xu Peng. Isnât he having a sweet life now? He even earns more than some university graduates!â
âYeah, youâre right!â Li Dagang patted Yang Mingâs shoulder and said, âThank you!â
Yang Ming felt weird. I had only comforted him for a bit but why did he thank me? Li Dagang was enlightened and Yang Mingâs worry was swept away.
Li Dagang asked, âAre you going to meet with Xu Peng in the afternoon?â
Yang Ming said with a smile, âIâm not going. I have to study before the National Higher Education Entrance Examination.â
When he thought about Chan Mengyanâs and Zhao Yingâs expectations on him, Yang Ming tilted his mouth slightly.
âBig Ming, the report card you brought back has improved a lot lately.â Father Yang looked at Yang Ming voraciously eating the meal and said, âEvery night you have mathematics tutoring with Teacher Zhao Ying. Your mom and I are thinking to visit her. Maybe we could buy something for her?â
âThere is no need for that, Dad.â Yang Ming swallowed a mouthful of rice then said, âTeacher Zhao isnât one of those kinds of people!â
Father Yang shook his head and said, âWhy canât we do that? Teacher Zhao contributes a lot in the progression of your results. How could we not thank her for that?!â
âIt is really unnecessary!â Yang Ming was going to say that Zhao Ying had become his sworn sister but he didnât speak about it. He was worried that his father might get the wrong idea so Yang Ming said, âDad, Iâll take her out for a meal one day!â
âThat would work!â Father Yang nodded. He took out a hundred yuan and put on the table. Then he thought for a moment and he took out another hundred yuan. He passed this money to Yang Ming and said, âFind a place thatâs a little higher class.â
That afternoon, Wang Zhitao didnât bother Yang Ming anymore. Wang Zhitao realized that he had underestimated Yang Ming. He wanted to get revenge but he was waiting for a good opportunity.
This time Wang Zhitao couldnât teach Yang Ming a lesson so it brought out Wang Zhitaoâs cruelty. He wonât use thugs anymore. This kind of garbage method wasnât useful against Yang Ming. He prepared a method even more detrimental to Yang Ming so that he could eliminate the thorn in his side forever.
Of course, this fatal approach wonât kill Yang Ming. He didnât have the guts to go that far but he thought of a way to make Yang Ming be completely discredited.
Suddenly Wang Zhitaoâs expression turned from a frown to a grin. It was a cold sneer.
Although Yang Ming knew Wang Zhitao hired those thugs, he didnât have much proof. He didnât really think much more about it but Wang Zhitao did something to surprise him.
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