Volume 1: Classmate Youth Chapter 17: Dare to Move Su Lin a Little and Try It Out

  The next morning, Su Lin woke up with two panda eyes, stretched her waist, and thought of a scene last night, still tangled in her heart.

  "Su Lin, you... really like her?"

  Facing such a question from Bamboo Sister, Su Lin's heart also jumped suddenly, and she was questioning her own heart at the same time. What kind of feelings did she have for Qin Yanran? Was it blindly following the crowd because Qin Yanran was the school flower and liked her? Or did she really like Qin Yanran?

  Let me think again, why did Zhū Jiě ask herself that? Could it be that Zhū Jiě is jealous? Then... what kind of feelings does Zhū Jiě have towards herself?

  What a mess!

  Su Lin's heart was a mess, facing Ye Xingzhu's questioning, Su Lin did not respond directly, and Ye Xingzhu seemed to dare not continue asking either, wanting to get an answer but also more afraid of getting an answer. They just walked quietly like this, and the usually fierce and wild Eldest Sister Ye actually had such a gentle moment too.

  "Oh no...... I don't want to think about it anymore! Last night, I thought about it all night and couldn't sleep, just like being in a dead end, making my thoughts go around in circles."

  Shaking her head, Su Lin, who was not in the best of spirits, shouldered her backpack and headed out the door. Today she still had two exams to take, and if she were late, it would be a disaster.

  “123……”

  As he walked to Jianan No. 1 Middle School, Su Lin looked at the string of numbers in the upper right corner of his vision and thought that it was indeed as he had expected. Every day, after midnight, when a new day began, he would have an additional 60 seconds of usable pause time. This way, Su Lin wouldn't have to worry about running out of time, at least not for now, and could save up enough to copy everything in one go during the college entrance exams.

  Additionally, Su Lin now knew that anything seen during the pause would form a crystal-clear memory, allowing him to cheat more conveniently and save time on the exam. Just like yesterday's English test paper, Su Lin didn't need to take the draft paper over to Qin Yanran to record the answers; he just needed to glance at it once and he would remember it very firmly.

  Today, because he got up relatively early, he was almost at the school gate. Su Lin looked at his electronic watch and it was only 7:40. However, when he turned a corner and could see the Jian'an No.1 Middle School gate, he found that there were people staring fiercely at the entrance of the school. Among them, one sharp-eyed person saw Su Lin appear and immediately called out to others, all of whom rushed towards Su Lin.

  "What's Xiao Ba Wang Peng doing here? What is he trying to do by rushing towards me?"

  Su Lin also recognized him quickly, and the leader of that group was none other than Peng Shenda, the little tyrant of Jian'an No. 1 Middle School.

  Peng Shendu was notorious in Jian'an No. 1 Middle School, and the school principal had to put on a smiling face when dealing with him, unable to discipline him or even speak harshly to him, only able to persuade him with kind words to restrain himself slightly.

  The reason why Peng Shendu can be so domineering in school is because his father, Peng Yuanhui, is the director of the Education Bureau of Jian'an City. When he took the middle school entrance exam, Peng Shendu didn't even reach the admission score line for Jian'an No. 1 Middle School, but with a stroke of his father's pen, Jian'an No. 1 Middle School had to make an exception and admit him.

  Peng Shendah was in the same grade as Su Lin, and from Su Lin's impression, Peng Shendah had already gathered a group of younger followers in school. Whoever disobeyed him or provoked his anger would be beaten up by him, not even the older students dared to mess with him. Almost everyone who saw Peng Shendah wanted to avoid him, which made his nickname "Little Overlord" even more notorious.

  "This is bad. Peng Shend clearly came for me. I haven't provoked him recently, and we're not even familiar with each other. Why does he want to find trouble with me?"

  Looking at the three or four people surrounding him, they were all third-year high school students. One of them, Su Lin, was familiar to him, a male student in his own class named Ye Qingyun, who was considered one of Peng Shend's loyal followers.

  "Sulin, you little rascal, you're quite bold, seeing so many of us coming and yet you don't run away."

  Su Lin hadn't spoken yet, but Ye Qingyun was the first to speak up, with a smug expression. He then turned his head around and asked Peng Shendu for instructions, "Boss, it's him! Yesterday he ate leopard gallbladder and dared to compete with you for women, Su Lin. What do we do? Boss, just give us one word, and we'll beat him up so badly that even his mother won't recognize him! He dares to compete with our boss for a woman!"

  "What's with you, kid? You're Su Lin, right? I've never heard of you before! What's your background? Do you think you're handsome? Is it because your family has money or power? With a face like yours, you dare to compete with me for women?"

  Putting on a dignified air, Peng Shendu walked forward and stared at Su Lin with a stern expression.

  "You and I competing for women? That's a misunderstanding!"

  Su Lin was a bit bewildered, as Peng Shenda had quite a few romantic conquests in school, and almost every girl in his grade had some kind of relationship with him. But Su Lin himself was very proper and decent, and throughout his three years of high school, he didn't have any rumors or scandals. Now, suddenly someone came to his doorstep, claiming that he had stolen his woman, which was just a bit too ridiculous.

  Moreover, for a rascal like Peng Shendu, Su Lin couldn't be bothered to pay attention. His own family was just ordinary civilians, and they tried not to provoke such people whenever possible.

  "How dare you! Don't you have the guts to admit it?"

  It seems that Su Lin had expected this, and Ye Qingyun, Peng Shenda's lackey, chimed in from the side, "It's our elder sister, school flower Qin Yanran. Su Lin, what did you mean yesterday? You actually dared to block our elder sister's path and even confessed your love in public? Isn't that slapping our elder brother's face? You're not thinking of staying at Jian'an Middle School anymore, are you?"

  "So it's Qin Yanran? When did she become your woman, Peng Shend?"

  Su Lin smiled to herself, thinking that's how it was. Peng Shendah's pursuit of Qin Yanran was a well-known fact within Jian'an No. 1 Middle School, but Qin Yanran wouldn't pay attention to someone like him, and had even warned him several times before. However, Peng Shendah didn't think so, he already considered Qin Yanran as his own woman and forbidden fruit, whoever dared to confess to Qin Yanran or get close to her would immediately face Peng Shendah's counterattack.

  However, what's strange about Su Lin is that Peng Shenda often "takes a hard line" when dealing with other girls. He had heard of such things before, some girls wouldn't give in to Peng Shenda, and he would use all sorts of tactics to make them submit, even if the girl's parents were called in, it was useless, after all, Peng Shenda's father is the head of the Education Bureau.

  As for Qin Yanran, Peng Shendada would always only be able to smile and put on a polite face, not daring to overstep his bounds in the slightest, even if Qin Yanran scolded him, he wouldn't dare do anything out of line.

  "Qin Yanran was originally my woman, this is what I said, what I say goes."

  It seems that Su Lin has touched a sore spot, and Peng Shendu, who was originally calm and pretending to be cool, suddenly burst into anger. "Brothers, I think this kid is asking for a beating. Give him a good thrashing and let him know who's in charge at Jian'an Middle School."

  "Alright, how dare he be so disrespectful to our boss, beat him up!"

  "If I don't take down this kid, how can I still show my face in front of the boss?"

  ……

  Suddenly, several younger brothers following Peng Shenda rushed up to Su Lin, waving their fists.

  They're fighting!

  Everyone around was students rushing to school, and they were all startled by this scene. Looking again, it was Xiao Bawang Peng Shendu who was present, so it wasn't strange anymore. Su Lin was also there, which further explained the situation. Yesterday, Su Lin had confessed to Qin Yanran, but Peng Shendu found out.

  Rumors spread again, and Su Lin and Peng Shenda started to fight for Qin Yanran. Peng Shenda brought people to block Su Lin at the school gate, wanting to teach him a lesson.

  "You want to hit me? Is it that easy?"

  Su Lin had also long expected that no matter what he said, Peng Shend would not let him off the hook. So in the instant when several people rushed up to him, he silently muttered to himself: "Time pause."

  Tick-tock! Tick-tock!

  After the pause, the number in the top right corner of Su Lin's screen was decreasing second by second. This was precious time that couldn't be wasted. Su Lin quickly kicked one foot at each of the three people who had been paused.

  "Time restored."

  Just as they were about to pounce on Su Lin, their eyes wide with anger, the next second they almost simultaneously felt a sharp pain in their legs, like a severe cramp, and couldn't support their bodies. With a loud "ah", they fell to the ground, as if kneeling down in front of Su Lin.

  "My leg!"

  "It hurts so much!"

  "I'm so dead..."

  Three people were wailing in pain on the ground, but Su Lin was squatting down with a relaxed and intentionally strange expression, smiling at them: "It's still early for New Year's! You three are so eager to give me New Year's greetings? But let me tell you first, I'm not giving out red envelopes!"

  "You three bastards, didn't you eat breakfast this morning? I told you to go beat someone up, but instead you knelt down with weak legs. You've really disgraced our family's name. What am I even keeping you for? Get up quickly!"

  His own men rushed up, not only did they not hurt Su Lin's hair, but instead knelt down in front of him. What a humiliating thing this was! When had Peng Shendu ever been so humiliated?

  Seeing several subordinates struggling to get up, Peng Shenda's anger erupted, and he led the charge, rushing forward and punching Su Lin in the face.

  "Let you have a taste of your own medicine and see how it feels."

  Peng Shenda was secretly pleased with himself when he suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him.

  "Peng Shendda, you dare to move Su Lin a little and try."

  This voice was Qin Yanran's, and Su Lin also looked towards the direction of the school gate with surprise, only to find that Qin Yanran had actually run over in a hurry, panting.