Chapter 32: Can You Recite “Rainy Alley”?

To be honest.

Jiang Ning really didn’t expect it.

These girls were so weak.

They had absolutely no fighting skills.

When she entered the restroom and saw Sun Qian and the others cornered against the wall, she had already prepared herself for injury.

But then—

The skinny girl guarding the door took a kick to the stomach and collapsed to her knees.

The girl with acne got her hair yanked and was thrown to the ground.

The round-faced girl got slapped across the face and cowered in the corner, not daring to move.

That left only a girl named Xu Li, who, trying to sound fierce, pointed at Jiang Ning and threatened her.

She claimed she knew some big shots from the underground.

If Jiang Ning didn’t apologize right now, she’d have someone slash her face.

What a joke.

Jiang Ning had lived two lifetimes—what did this little threat mean to her?

Without hesitation, she stepped forward and kicked Xu Li in the stomach.

With a bang, Xu Li clutched her stomach, crashed backward into a stall door, and even knocked the lock loose.

Only then did Jiang Ning turn her attention to Sun Qian and Tian Yawen.

The two of them were leaning against the wall, staring at her in shock.

As if they still hadn’t processed her one-against-four feat.

But really, this wasn’t much of a one-against-four.

She just struck where it hurt the most.

After all, she still had the fighting experience from her previous life.

Taking down a few girls who only knew how to slap and pull hair was easy.

Besides, they had given her one-on-one opportunities.

If they had been even a little smarter and attacked together, she wouldn’t have won so effortlessly.

To be honest—

There was no sense of accomplishment.

Even her initial anger had faded.

“How are you?”

Jiang Ning looked at Sun Qian, whose face was half swollen, and asked kindly.

“I’m fine, not a big deal.” Sun Qian rubbed her face.

“Just need to go back and rub a boiled egg on it, should be okay.”

Tian Yawen was in a similar situation.

She had taken a slap but wasn’t otherwise hurt.

“Remember who hit you and return the favor later.”

As soon as Jiang Ning said that, the sound of someone unlocking the door suddenly reached her ears.

The next second, she snorted coldly.

“Who dares to leave?”

Her words made the skinny girl at the door freeze.

Then, she whined, almost crying.

“I—I don’t want to play anymore, okay?”

“No.”

Jiang Ning pointed to the corner of the restroom with a blank expression.

“Go stand there. I have some questions for you later.”

At first, no one listened.

But when Jiang Ning started walking toward them—

They bolted like scared cats and huddled in the corner.

Watching these girls, who were now whimpering, Jiang Ning suddenly felt like some kind of villain boss.

Just then—

Sun Qian leaned in and whispered.

“Jiang Jiang, beating them up is enough…”

“Don’t go too far…”

Even after getting slapped, she was still this timid?

Jiang Ning rolled her eyes at Sun Qian, then pointed at Xu Li, who was trying to stand while holding onto the door frame.

“You think if we don’t go hard on her, she’ll let us go?”

Hearing this, Sun Qian followed her gaze and met Xu Li’s hateful stare.

She shivered instantly, dropping her head without another word.

Of course, Jiang Ning had also noticed Xu Li’s gaze.

Frowning slightly, she turned to Tian Yawen.

“Yawen, lock the door.”

“No one leaves until I’m done here.”

“O-okay…”

At that moment, Tian Yawen was unusually obedient, completely different from her usual tomboyish self.

Once the door was locked, Jiang Ning walked over to the girls.

“I’m Jiang Ning, from Third High. People used to call me ‘Gangster Girl.’”

“We never had any issues before, but today, you slapped my deskmate over a guy. That’s like slapping me. Would you agree?”

The girls from Class One remained silent.

Jiang Ning just smiled.

“Whoever hit them, step forward, take a slap, and apologize. Then we’ll be even.”

“Otherwise…”

She pointed at the half-open stall door.

“Take a sip.”

Her tone was calm, but no one doubted her seriousness.

To her surprise—

The three other girls all looked at Xu Li.

The meaning was obvious.

Jiang Ning glanced at Tian Yawen by the door.

When she saw Yawen give a subtle nod, she understood.

She stepped forward and swung a slap across Xu Li’s face.

Smack!

The sound was loud, making the other girls jump.

“That was for Sun Qian.”

Then she slapped her again.

“And that was for Tian Yawen.”

Xu Li didn’t dare fight back. She clutched her stinging face, eyes red with fury as she glared at Jiang Ning.

In those bloodshot eyes, Jiang Ning saw something—

A wounded wolf.

Everyone knew—when dealing with a wounded wolf, you either kill it in one strike or beat it so badly it never dares to bite back.

Otherwise, it would always keep an eye on you.

Jiang Ning wasn’t afraid of a wolf attacking her.

But she didn’t want it lurking in the shadows.

Just as she was about to make a move—

Suddenly, rapid footsteps echoed outside, followed by loud knocking and the school disciplinarian’s voice.

“Students inside, open the door immediately!”

“I’m the school disciplinarian! Someone reported a group fight in the restroom!”

“Open the door at once!”

Bang bang bang!

As the pounding on the door continued—

The girls inside started to panic.

Even Tian Yawen instinctively moved to unlock the door.

Seeing this, Jiang Ning immediately shouted.

“Yawen, wait!”

Then she swept her gaze across the girls from Class One and spoke.

“Do you know what will happen if we open the door now?”

Silence.

Jiang Ning continued.

“If we open the door now, no matter what really happened, they’ll treat it as a gang fight. Whether you fought or not, everyone here will at least get a disciplinary record.”

“Who cares about a disciplinary record?”

Maybe it was the teachers outside that gave her courage, but Xu Li actually spoke up.

Jiang Ning’s face instantly darkened.

“If you wanna get in trouble, don’t drag us with you!”

She grabbed Xu Li’s hair and dragged her toward the nearest stall.

Forcing her head down.

Xu Li struggled like crazy.

“AH!! Let me go!!”

“Jiang Ning!! You’re insane!!”

“Let me go!!”

But Jiang Ning didn’t stop.

As Xu Li’s face neared the toilet, she could see the stains left unflushed.

She could smell the mix of detergent and urine.

She broke.

Xu Li started sobbing.

Jiang Ning let go slightly, then whispered by her ear.

“Can you recite ‘Rainy Alley’?”

The other girls, terrified by Jiang Ning’s dominance, were already trembling.

Especially after seeing their so-called leader being forced into submission.

“Y-yes! We can!”

The three girls immediately replied.

“Then stand by the window and recite it.”

And so they did.

As the poem echoed in the restroom, Jiang Ning lifted Xu Li’s head and murmured—

“Keep your mouth shut this time, and we’re even.”

“But if there’s a next time, I swear, I’ll use your face to clean every stall in this restroom.”

“For now, go recite.”

So—

Two minutes later—

When the restroom door was finally opened, the seven girls inside were standing in unison, reciting Rainy Alley.

Even the disciplinarian, with twenty years of teaching experience, stood there in stunned silence…