Chapter 1253: Chapter 1242: Xu Ruolan Gets Jealous
Crack, bang, pop…
The brawl began.
Though there were many of them, the thugs led by the crew-cut practiced only some common tricks, such as Monkey Steals Peach and Gathering Moon from the Sea, all sneaky moves.
Zhou Wei was not a match for Ning Fan, but he too was in the Object-Manipulating Realm, putting up a desperate resistance.
For a moment, the conflict reached a stalemate where neither side could prevail over the other.
Seeing this, Ning Fan flicked his cigarette butt towards Zhou Wei’s direction.
Whoosh…
Zhou Wei was in the midst of battling the thugs when he suddenly sensed a sound slicing through the air.
He turned to look and immediately turned ashen-faced.
Though it was only a cigarette butt, in Ning Fan’s hands, it flew like an arrow directly towards Zhou Wei’s face.
Zhou Wei was terrified and wanted to evade it, but found all around him were flying fists and kicks, leaving him with no room to retreat.
Quickly, he performed an Iron Plank Bridge, bracing for a kick from the crew-cut, thinking he had eluded the cigarette butt.
However, before he could steady himself, another thug landed a punch and pushed him back.
Smack.
The cigarette butt scratched over his eyelid.
In an instant, the hot sensation spread around Zhou Wei’s eye, making him feel as though he was about to lose his sight.
Tears streamed down Zhou Wei’s face as he rubbed his eyes, feeling his vision blur, seeing everything in double.
The forms of the thugs appeared to him like three-headed, six-armed Nezha, charging at him again.
Relying on his superior martial skills, Zhou Wei threw a punch but hit only a mirage.
Thud…
A gang member’s fist struck his face, causing him to stagger and fall to the ground.
“Take advantage of his weakness, brothers, quick!”
The crew-cut shouted loudly and they all rushed in, punching and kicking Zhou Wei.
“I’ll show you, I’ll show you who’s tough!”
Crack, bang, pop…
In an instant, Zhou Wei was beaten into a pulp, his head battered and bloody, his hair turned into a bird’s nest, clothes torn all over, looking like a beggar.
“Stop!”
Ning Fan raised his hand at the right moment, stopping them.
The scene fell silent, and you could hear a pin drop.
The crew-cut and others immediately withdrew to the side, faces full of respect.
Ning Fan walked to Zhou Wei, stepped on his chest and sneered, “Kid, do you admit defeat?”
“Uh…”
Zhou Wei’s mouth was beaten into a bloody mess, making his words indistinct.
Ning Fan pretended not to hear, gave him a kick, and said nonchalantly, “Damn it, since you don’t admit defeat, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
Bang.
Ning Fan kicked his lower body.
“Ow…”
Zhou Wei screamed miserably, holding his lower part, trembling like a lobster.
“Ning Fan, what exactly do you want? Killing someone is one thing, you are really going too far. Have you ever thought, if I tell my father and mother about this, what will become of you?”
“You mean the Zhou Family of Jiangcheng?”
Ning Fan questioned back.
“That’s right. Our Jiangcheng Zhou Family is also a top-tier family in Huaxia, powerful and wealthy beyond measure. Aren’t you afraid of bringing trouble upon yourself?”
As soon as Zhou Wei mentioned his Zhou Family, he immediately became spirited, disregarding his bloody mouth, and spoke endlessly.
“Zhou Family is worth shit!”
Ning Fan sneered, showing no regard for the Jiangcheng Zhou Family.
Wow!
Not afraid?
Zhou Wei was dumbfounded, taken aback completely.
He didn’t expect there would be someone in this world who didn’t concern themselves with the Jiangcheng Zhou Family.
In the past, as long as he mentioned the name of the Zhou Family, others would immediately smile wryly and apologize.
But with Ning Fan, it didn’t work at all.
Could this guy have some big background?
How could he be so arrogant?
“You’re not afraid of our Zhou Family?”
“I’ll tell you something, and I reckon you might not like to hear it. Zhou Family may be a leading presence in Jiangcheng, but in all of Huaxia, it’s not worth shit. Don’t think that dominating a place makes you number one under heaven,
there are always others beyond, bigger worlds outside, beyond the mountains are mountains, do you understand?”
Ning Fan trod on Zhou Wei’s chest as if lecturing his own grandson, looking impatient.
“Yes, yes, Mr. Ning is right.”
Zhou Wei couldn’t fathom Ning Fan’s depth and background, so he wisely chose self-preservation.
If he refuted, he would only get beaten worse, gaining nothing.
“That’s more like it!”
Ning Fan lit another cigarette and withdrew his foot, turned to leave, his demeanor easy and voice echoing ethereally.
“I’m telling you, in Zhonghai, you’d better wise up and if you dare mess with Xu Xiaoqing again, I’ll cripple your legs and make you a vegetable.”
“Uh…”
As Ning Fan’s figure receded, the crew-cut and others, dumbfounded, bowed repeatedly to Zhou Wei and dashed off quickly.
“Young Master Zhou, we had no choice, please spare us.”
Soon, they disappeared faster than rabbits running.
What?
Leaving Zhou Wei there with a face full of dark lines, enduring pain all over, he struggled to get up, his face showing unprecedented malice.
“Ning Fan, is it? Very well, I will make you bow beneath me, I will have Xu Xiaoqing, let’s just wait and see.”
…
Time flew by like a fleeting horse, vanishing in the gaps.
Soon it was evening, the sunset was as red as blood.
Xu Xiaoqing bounced out of the school gates, running towards Ning Fan.
The two of them drove to the Xu Family.
After arriving at the Xu Family, they still leaned closely together, inseparable.
Xu Ruolan, returning from work, saw Ning Fan and Xu Xiaoqing cuddling in the living room, her delicate face turned cold, voice frosty saying, “What are you two doing, so inseparable?”
“Oh my…”
Seeing her sister arrive, Xu Xiaoqing immediately flushed with embarrassment, stood up quickly, and fled to her bedroom like a chid who did something wrong.
Ning Fan’s lips twitched, smiling, “Ruolan, she’s still a child, don’t scare her. We’re all family, being friendly is quite normal.”
“And you’re so justified?”
Xu Ruolan moved gracefully, went to Ning Fan, pinched his ear coldly, “Since before we went to Dragon City, I noticed you two were acting strange. Isn’t it suspicious that you came back just last night and were inseparably glued to each other all night like this, is your relationship really normal?”
Ning Fan was dumbstruck, left speechless.
Truth be told, he’d always seen Xu Xiaoqing as a child, never teasing her, at most just playfully messing around.
After Xu Ruolan pointed this out, he thought back, and indeed, as she said, it was a bit abnormal.
Xu Xiaoqing, that little girl, was just at that age when puberty hits, hormones were surging, ever since returning from Dragon City, first he helped her take pictures, then today he accompanied her to the martial arts club, school library, had meals together, and returned home with her at night, it was indeed crossing the line a bit.