Chapter 268: Break His Hand!

At this moment.

Beside the parking lot at the entrance of Jiangzhou No. 1 High School.

A few young men had been busy here for quite some time.

They had managed to block nearly half of the originally spacious bike lane.

Many cyclists were forced to detour around them.

“Hey boys, what are you doing here?”

“Don’t you know you’re blocking the road?”

“Where’s your sense of decency?”

Faced with the disdain of passing pedestrians, Liang Minglei could only lower his head and squat on the ground, carefully arranging the flower bouquets.

After a while.

A heart-shaped pattern made of rose bouquets appeared before him.

Then.

He used candles to outline a smaller heart inside the larger one.

Once everything was set.

Liang Minglei clapped his hands and called out to Luo Chengming, who was not far away:

“Brother Luo! What do you think?”

Hearing his voice.

Luo Chengming, who had been chatting with another young man, turned and walked over.

He looked at the arranged petals and nodded.

“Not bad.”

“You’ve got a bit of artistic flair, kid.”

Hearing the compliment.

Liang Minglei scratched his head sheepishly, looking every bit the bashful fool.

By now.

Everything seemed ready.

Luo Chengming began giving instructions:

“I’ve already sent Li Tong to keep watch. As soon as she comes out of the school gate—Wang Cheng.”

He turned to a skinny young man nearby and pointed at the colorful paper tube in his hand.

“When the time comes, you set off the confetti cannon.”

“Make sure it’s loud.”

“Draw as much attention as possible.”

Upon hearing this.

The skinny young man nodded, but then seemed to think of something and asked with a frown:

“What about the security guard?”

“Already taken care of.”

“Oh.”

Then.

Luo Chengming turned his gaze to a short, acne-faced young man nearby.

“Du Wei, your job is to bring her over alone.”

“If there are others around, find a way to get them to leave.”

“Remember.”

“You must get her alone.”

Hearing this.

Liang Minglei blinked in confusion and asked:

“Brother Luo, what if the others don’t want to leave?”

At that, Wang Cheng rolled his eyes and snapped:

“Are you stupid? Just drag them away.”

Though he felt it wasn’t quite right,

Faced with the pressure from so many friends, Liang Minglei ultimately kept his mouth shut.

However.

Just then.

Li Tong suddenly appeared in their line of sight.

He ran toward them, shouting as he came:

“She’s coming, she’s coming!!”

“Huh?”

“Isn’t the sports meet still going on?”

Liang Minglei stared blankly at the empty school gate.

Then turned to look at Luo Chengming.

The others also turned their eyes to him.

“Brother Luo, what do we do now?”

Seeing all eyes on him.

Luo Chengming glanced at the car parked by the roadside, thought for a moment, then smiled.

“Forget the audience. Let’s get her here and confess first!”

—

Meanwhile.

The Sister Group was walking along the school’s Wutong Avenue.

Each of them was laughing and chatting, full of joy.

“Shanshan, I think you should publish your meal plans. You could probably make some money off them.”

Not catching the teasing tone, the silly Shanshan actually asked seriously:

“Really?”

“You actually believed that?”

When she saw Miss Jiang’s exasperated expression,

She immediately got mad, grabbed a handful of fallen leaves from the ground, and threw them at Sun Qian.

“Hey, you can’t hit me!”

“Don’t run if you’ve got the guts!”

The sight made the others burst into laughter.

After a while of fooling around,

Somehow, the conversation drifted back to the earlier sports meet.

“Jiang Jiang, I think you must’ve been a fox spirit in your past life.”

Sun Qian’s words made Miss Jiang raise her eyebrows.

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Deadly charm, obviously~”

Hearing that.

Jiang Ning snorted disdainfully.

“Excuse me.”

“In my past life, I was a double-18 hunk!”

“What’s a double-18?”

Faced with Qi Wen’s confusion, Sun Qian leaned in with a mischievous grin and whispered in her ear.

The next second.

Qi Wen’s face turned as red as an apple.

“You guys are the worst!!”

“So, so, so—”

She stammered “so” for a while, unable to find the right words.

In the end, she could only stomp her foot in frustration and huff:

“I’m not playing with you anymore!”

Then she stomped off toward the school gate.

Her pouty exit sent the girls behind her into fits of laughter.

However.

Just as Qi Wen stepped out of the school gate.

Moments later.

Suddenly.

A loud “bang!”

Startled all the girls.

Even the ones still behind.

“What was that?”

“No idea.”

“What’s going on?”

The girls quickly rushed toward the gate.

And saw two young men blocking Qi Wen’s path.

They were guiding her off to the side.

Combined with the confetti on the ground,

And the heart-shaped arrangement of roses not far away,

Anyone with eyes could tell what was going on.

Seeing this.

The hot-tempered Sun Qian was the first to move.

She took off running.

However.

A figure moved even faster than her.

Like a shadow,

It shot forward.

Within seconds, Sun Qian was left far behind.

The two young men ahead also noticed the figure sprinting toward them.

They exchanged a glance.

“You go.”

Hearing that.

Liang Minglei hesitated for a moment, then steeled himself and walked toward the school celebrity running in their direction.

Seeing that the distance between them had closed to just a few meters—

Liang Minglei opened his mouth.

He had only just said the word “Jiang” when—

In the next instant, that graceful figure broke into a sprint and leapt high into the air.

Then—

Right in front of everyone—

She raised her leg and kicked Liang Minglei square in the chest.

The force of the impact, combined with her momentum, was so great that even though Liang Minglei was built solidly, he couldn’t withstand it.

He staggered back two steps and fell flat to the ground.

That scene—

Not only startled Wang Cheng, who had been holding Qi Wen back—

It also frightened Sun Qian behind them—

Even the onlookers nearby were left gaping in shock.

In that moment—

All eyes turned to the long-haired girl.

They watched her land.

Watched her straighten up.

Watched her walk, expressionless, past the boy she had just knocked down, and stop in front of another boy.

She took the girl’s hand.

Turned her head.

Said something no one else could hear.

And in the next second—

That girl collapsed into her arms, sobbing with a muffled “wu wu wu.”

As Little Qi cried into her shoulder—

Miss Jiang comforted her while feeling a twinge of guilt.

When Ge Hanwen had passed her the message earlier, she’d assumed it was just some random hormonal guy—

Planning a cheesy public confession.

She hadn’t even considered Luo Chengming.

But this little bastard had actually pulled something like this behind her back.

“Luo Chengming!”

“Are you fucking insane?!”

Miss Jiang’s temper flared. She pointed at the well-dressed man not far away and shouted.

However—

Luo Chengming didn’t respond.

Instead, the young man standing in front of him spoke up.

“Jiang Ning, our Brother Luo just wanted to—”

“Wanted your fucking mother!”

Jiang the Cannon was in full flame mode now.

Whoever opened their mouth got blasted.

A barrage of colorful insults left the young man in front of her too ashamed to even lift his head.

Just then—

The girls who had been behind caught up.

They surrounded Qi Wen—

And began scolding the young man in front of them one after another.

But—

What surprised Miss Jiang was—

Even with things escalating like this—

Not only did no security guards show up—

Even Luo Chengming, standing just a short distance away, didn’t step forward.

Something felt off.

Miss Jiang frowned slightly, sweeping her gaze around.

All around—

Aside from a few curious bystanders, there didn’t seem to be anything unusual.

But that strange sense of unease lingered.

After a moment’s thought—

Miss Jiang said in a low voice, “Let’s head back to school.”

But what she didn’t expect—

Was that the school gate had somehow been closed.

And during the sports festival—

The school kept the gates open by default to facilitate the event.

Students could come and go freely, with barely any questions asked.

So—

Miss Jiang immediately looked up at the security office.

As expected—

It was completely empty.

This discovery made Zhu Hui anxious.

“I just saw Old Sun in there!”

“How could—”

Beside her, Luo Shanshan tried pushing the iron gate.

But the gate had been firmly shut, and there was no way a small girl like her could budge it.

Just then—

Jiang Ning sensed something.

She turned around—

And saw an older man in a black suit, who had somehow appeared in front of them without anyone noticing.

He stopped just over a meter away.

With a polite smile, he looked at Qi Wen, who was hiding behind Jiang Ning, and said:

“Miss Qi.”

“My young master would like to invite you over.”

As he spoke, he made a courteous gesture of invitation.

Seeing this—

Sun Qian, who hadn’t finished venting her anger, immediately pointed at the man, ready to let loose.

But before she could even stretch out her hand—

A sharp slap came down and knocked it aside.

In the next second—

Sun Qian’s left hand turned red before their eyes.

The pain made her clutch her hand, face flushed—

She nearly burst into tears.

“Are you okay, Qianqian?!”

Luo Shanshan leaned down in concern—

And saw that two of Sun Qian’s fingers were already swelling up.

It scared her half to death.

She pulled the other girls back with her.

At this point—

Miss Jiang stepped in front of the girls.

Facing the man who appeared so gentlemanly.

“You realize this is right in front of a school?”

“I do.”

“You realize what you just did is considered a crime?”

To this—

The man merely smiled and changed the subject.

“You must be Miss Jiang Ning?”

“I’ve heard there’s been a misunderstanding between you and the young master.”

“He’s not the kind of person you think he is.”

In response—

Miss Jiang gave a cold, mocking smile.

“What kind of person?”

“He’s a person?”

“Something ruled entirely by his lower half counts as a person?”

Hearing Jiang Ning’s unyielding words—

The man’s brow twitched slightly.

He fell silent for a moment—

Then sighed and took a step forward.

Seeing this—

Luo Shanshan and the others instinctively stepped back.

Only Jiang Ning remained where she was.

Like a mother hen guarding her chicks, she didn’t move an inch.

“You can’t protect her.”

“I can.”

“How?”

As he spoke—

He took another step forward, as if to intimidate her.

He was now just two steps away from Miss Jiang.

But just then—

A playful voice suddenly rang out behind the man.

“Boss!”

“What should we do with him?”

Hearing that—

Miss Jiang narrowed her eyes—

And calmly exhaled a single word.

“Break his hand.”

(End of this chapter)