"Xingguo, this kid is asking for a beating!"
Someone nearby was so excited they were practically flexing their muscles, wishing they could see their companion beat the other person to the ground.
Duan Xingguo's interest was piqued. This little runt was rather interesting.
He had thought the kid would cry, but it turned out he was a tough one.
"Let's go to the playground and spar. Let me make one thing clear: no crying if you get beaten!"
Su Xiao Ba pouted. The other guy was all height and no substance, clearly a weakling. There was nothing to fear.
"It's a deal. Whoever cries is a dog." Su Xiao Ba said this with absolute confidence.
Wen Yu Fei stared, dumbfounded. He thought he might have misheard.
Why wasn't Su Xiao Tian the one fighting?
Su Xiao Ba?
Fighting?
But after a moment of confusion, he seemed to understand.
Su Xiao Tian was already a master, so her brothers must be even greater masters!
Several people headed towards the playground in a grand procession.
Wen Yu Fei hurried over to Su Xiao Tian.
"What?" Su Xiao Tian asked lazily.
"Aren't you worried?" Wen Yu Fei's observation of Su Xiao Tian's demeanor further convinced him that Su Xiao Ba was also a master.
"What is there to be worried about?" Su Xiao Tian remained lazy, her eyes never leaving her book.
"What are you reading? Is it that good?"
Wen Yu Fei was starting to suspect Su Xiao Tian might be reading forbidden books.
"Su Xiao Tian, I heard that martial arts novels are quite popular lately. Are you secretly reading them?" Wen Yu Fei asked in a lowered voice.
Su Xiao Tian blinked, then remembered that martial arts novels had indeed appeared, but they were still classified as forbidden books.
In big cities, especially coastal ones, they might be available, but probably not in small towns.
"I'm just reading my language textbook," Su Xiao Tian said, lifting the book in her hand.
"You really aren't reading martial arts novels? I heard they're so good you can't put them down!" Wen Yu Fei's eyes held a hint of excitement and longing.
"They are quite good," Su Xiao Tian nodded.
Wen Yu Fei became even more excited, pressing, "Xiao Tian, you really know? Have you read them? Can you lend me one?"
Su Xiao Tian realized she had said the wrong thing.
"I haven't read them, but I've heard people talk about them."
Not wanting Wen Yu Fei to pester her about it, Su Xiao Tian quickly closed her book and stood up, saying, "They've all gone far ahead. Let's go watch!"
Wen Yu Fei, who had intended to press further, saw Su Xiao Tian walking away and hurried to follow.
Principal Guo's forehead felt like it was about to go bald when he knew the Su family children were about to have another fight on the playground.
He rubbed his increasingly sparse forehead, muttered a few curses, and then walked towards the playground with a sigh.
The Su children were all prodigies, excelling in their studies.
It would be even better if academically gifted children didn't fight.
Indeed, no one is perfect.
The entire Su family were thugs.
Why?
Even the delicate little girl fought with such ferocity.
On the playground, Duan Xingguo looked down contemptuously at the short Su Xiao Ba in front of him.
"Kid, I heard you have a few brothers at school. Want to invite them over?"
Duan Xingguo was actually quite cunning.
He understood the principle of "many hands make light work." If the Su brothers ganged up on him, he wouldn't stand a chance, no matter how strong he was.
Su Xiao Ba shook his head slightly. "I can handle my own business. I don't need anyone's help."
If Duan Xingguo had been worried about losing to the Su brothers before, seeing Su Xiao Ba and Su Xiao Jiu, he was completely at ease.
With such shorties, ten or eight more would be no problem.
He could take on several of them by himself.
Wen Yu Fei, watching from the sidelines, was incredibly excited.
Ever since his defeat by Su Xiao Tian last year, he had hoped someone would replace him as Su Xiao Tian's defeated opponent.
However, Su Xiao Tian's fame from her battles, having sent him flying multiple times, was too deeply ingrained.
Even after more than half a year, no one had challenged Su Xiao Tian.
As a result, he remained the sole leader on the leaderboard.
Now, with the appearance of these fools, people would finally forget about him.
"Xiao Tian, can your brother beat this big guy?" Wen Yu Fei asked in a low voice from the side.
"What do you think?" Su Xiao Tian glanced at him askance.
Wen Yu Fei, who had some training, could barely withstand a fight. These guys, who looked like mere show, were even less capable.
Alright, he seemed to have asked a pointless question.
Su Xiao Tian looked at Wen Yu Fei and said, "Why don't you go try? I think you could beat them all down too."
However, it had to be said that Wen Yu Fei had become timid after his encounter with Su Xiao Tian.
"Let's forget it. I'll just watch!"
It was a joke. He had already failed once. If he failed again, would he still be able to get by at County High School?
"Scared? It's fine, then just watch," Su Xiao Tian said nonchalantly.
At that moment, Wen Yu Fei seemed to see the Su Xiao Tian who had beaten him before.
These Su siblings were all too brutal.
Their studies were brutal, leaving no room for others.
Their fighting was equally brutal, surely causing people to wail.
While Su Xiao Tian and Wen Yu Fei were chatting, the people in the arena had already started fighting.
Initially, everyone thought Su Xiao Ba would be the one getting beaten.
Some even looked towards Su Xiao Tian.
After all, Su Xiao Tian's swiftness in fighting was deeply memorable.
They all believed that if Su Xiao Ba couldn't win, Su Xiao Tian would intervene.
As a result, they saw Su Xiao Ba's movements were also swift, quickly taking down the tall and strong Duan Xingguo.
Although the method wasn't as violent as Su Xiao Tian kicking someone flying, it still looked painful.
Wen Yu Fei couldn't help but rub his arm, as if he were the one being beaten.
Duan Xingguo, lying on the ground, hadn't even realized what had happened, how he had fallen to the ground in just one round.
He felt that the shorty must have used some trick to make him fall.
"You cheated!" Duan Xingguo said fiercely.
Wen Yu Fei watched with excitement. As expected of the Su family, they were all so efficient. He had said the same thing to Duan Xingguo before.
Cowardly, so cowardly!
Duan Xingguo didn't know what Wen Yu Fei was thinking. He immediately tried to get up and continue fighting.
Being at a disadvantage was not his style.
But how could he get up? Su Xiao Ba's foot was firmly planted on his back.
"Cheated? No need!" Su Xiao Ba said coldly.
Being looked down upon made Duan Xingguo feel very uncomfortable.
"Get off!"
"Duan Xingguo, right? Tell me now, what are your thoughts? Will you still lose your books in the future?"
Su Xiao Ba's voice was in the midst of breaking, not pleasant to hear, but the words he spoke now were full of confidence!
Duan Xingguo had been arrogant for several years and had never endured such humiliation.
He glanced around. Although lying on the ground looking cowardly, his surrounding lackeys were merely watching.
He shouted, "Are you all dead? Why aren't you attacking together?"
Duan Xingguo had gathered about a dozen delinquents, but they were all intimidated by Su Xiao Ba's single move that knocked him to the ground.
Duan Xingguo believed that if these dozen or so people attacked, even one punch each could take down Su Xiao Ba.
Su Xiao Ba clearly hadn't expected Duan Xingguo to resist so stubbornly. He couldn't help but apply more force with his foot.
Duan Xingguo felt the pressure on his back and let out a muffled groan.
"I advise you to behave, or my foot might get out of control!" Su Xiao Ba said coldly.
No one noticed that Su Xiao Ba's foot had stomped down hard.
Duan Xingguo was stubborn and refused to believe. He started cursing again, his tone very unpleasant.
Su Xiao Ba, who was actually fierce beneath his gentle appearance, immediately used all his strength on Duan Xingguo.
The person under his foot instantly cried out in pain.
How much strength did this little brat have? This stomp almost crushed his bones.
"Shorty, how dare you torment Brother Duan like this!" Finally, someone reacted, realizing their boss was being tortured.
Saying this, he was about to rush forward.
Su Xiao Ba looked at them coldly and said, "If you want to come, come together. If not, stay aside. You all annoy me!"
Wouldn't they be annoyed? His precious study time was being wasted by these small fry!
Su Xiao Jiu was also very annoyed. These people were too bothersome, like flies.
The two brothers had been studying hard recently.
Being in the same class as their sweet sister, and seeing her academic performance surpass theirs, weren't they ashamed?
The few people exchanged glances and understood each other's intentions.
They intended to do as Duan Xingguo said and surround Su Xiao Ba.
If they all attacked together, they were sure this shorty would suffer.
But to their surprise, after only two steps, Su Xiao Jiu blocked them.
"You want to fight too?"
"No fighting, no fighting. I'm a civilized person!" Su Xiao Jiu said with a smile.
"Then don't block us!"
"My eighth brother is having a friendly exchange with classmate Duan Xingguo. You shouldn't disturb them."
The other side was stunned. This was called a friendly exchange? It was clearly a one-sided beating!
"Move aside!"
"I can move aside, but how about a few rounds with me?" Su Xiao Jiu said as if it were natural.
Everyone clearly hadn't expected Su Xiao Ba to be able to fight, and now Su Xiao Jiu dared to step forward.
Could it be that Su Xiao Jiu could also fight?
The people led by Duan Xingguo were immediately scared.
Having witnessed Su Xiao Ba's skills, they dared not underestimate Su Xiao Jiu.
They were all raised by the same family; who knew what kind of violent person this was!
What kind of people were the Su family? Not only were they good at studying, but why could they also fight?
"We... we won't fight..." The speaker's voice trembled.
Duan Xingguo didn't expect his men to be afraid of a little brat. It was truly humiliating.
At this moment, he had completely forgotten that he, being stepped on, was the most humiliated.
Wen Yu Fei stood beside Su Xiao Tian, watching with great excitement.
This was more like it! The two Su brothers were indeed masters!
He looked thoughtfully at Su Xiao Tian, wondering who among the Su siblings would be more formidable if they were to fight.
"Classmate Duan Xingguo, no one is coming over now. Can we have our friendly exchange?" Su Xiao Ba said with a smile, seeing Su Xiao Jiu blocking everyone.
Su Xiao Tian, however, was getting impatient. What were they doing? If you have a grievance, fight. Why drag it out?
"Brother, just hit him. Why so much talk!"
Why waste time dawdling here? Wouldn't it be better to finish fighting quickly and return to the classroom to read?
Why talk about reason? Just fight.
If one round wasn't enough, then two rounds. The point was to fight until they submitted.
Duan Xingguo hadn't expected another little girl to appear before he could even settle things with Su Xiao Ba.
And she was even more violent, not even allowing any talking before fighting.
Just as he was about to curse, he keenly felt a gaze like death staring at him.
Feeling the malice in Su Xiao Ba's eyes, he no longer dared to speak.
If he said a few more words, this shorty on his back might break his back.
Principal Guo arrived and saw this scene.
To his surprise, Duan Xingguo, who had turned the school upside down, was lying, no, he was prostrate under Su Xiao Ba's foot?
And he was behaving so obediently, not daring to say an extra word.
He really wanted to hide and let Duan Xingguo suffer a little more.
But as the principal, if he saw something like this and didn't say anything, it seemed wrong.
If outsiders found out, it might bring other repercussions to the school.
"Oh my, what are the students doing? Practicing wrestling?"
Principal Guo put on a show of watching with great interest, his smile clearly that of an old fox.
A few students nearby actually chimed in, saying they were practicing wrestling.
The others didn't know what to say. This was clearly speaking nonsense with eyes wide open. One dared to ask, and one dared to answer.
"Our school should have more of this physical training. We can't just focus on studies; cultivating physical fitness is also very important." Principal Guo said this as if it were the most natural and righteous thing in the world.
The people around them almost twitched their eyes.
They began to doubt if the Principal Guo before them was truly the same Principal Guo as before.
Which eye had he used to see that they were friendly practicing wrestling here?
This was clearly a brawl.
But did anyone dare to state it explicitly?
No one dared!
The students just watched, not saying a word.
It was a joke. Duan Xingguo was not to be trifled with, and the Su siblings were even more so. Didn't Duan Xingguo's subordinates look scared?
Su Xiao Jiu seized the opportunity and said directly, "Principal, we've been busy studying all along, and our physical fitness is deteriorating. We need to loosen our bones!"
Loosen their bones?
The principal suspected he had misheard.
Besides, who loosens their bones by lying under someone's foot?
Duan Xingguo, not one to accept being at a disadvantage, thought about complaining to the principal to get him released from the demonic foot. However, despite signaling several times, Principal Guo acted as if he hadn't seen anything.
Finally, this friendly wrestling match concluded successfully. Principal Guo gave the winning student, Su Xiao Ba, a verbal reprimand, suggesting that such exchanges should be limited and not cause embarrassment to others.