Chapter 23

The next day, when school started in the morning, everything seemed normal, but after a few classes, as noon approached, both Li Pu and Chen Xian noticed subtle changes.

Some classmates who were not close to Li Pu would occasionally glance at him with curious eyes, and students from other classes would come to the classroom to look at him.

"News of the fight on the way home yesterday must have spread," Chen Xian whispered to Li Pu.

"Yeah, I wonder if it was that Wang Shujun who blabbed. But yesterday, on the way home, there were so many people around, so it's not just him who saw it..." Li Pu sighed, "If it gets to the teachers, I'll probably get scolded again today."

Sure enough, in the afternoon, the homeroom teacher called both Li Pu and Chen Xian to the office. Upon entering, they found that Wang Shujun was also called, along with two other teachers, one male and one female. The male was the head of discipline, and the female was a teacher in her forties.

The head of discipline stared at Li Pu for a while before asking sternly, "Li Pu, what did you do after school yesterday afternoon?"

"..." Li Pu calmly replied, "I went home to do my homework."

The head of discipline frowned and slapped the table, "Just went home? Then how did someone see you fighting with thugs on the way? You troublemaker, and Chen Xian and Wang Shujun were there too? What if something had happened? Have you thought about it?"

It turned out that the situation yesterday was not only seen by Wang Shujun. The female teacher, who happened to be on the same route, witnessed the entire incident. The thugs with steel pipes looked fierce, and she, a woman in her forties, dared not approach to protect the students. She hurriedly called 110, but before the police arrived, a male student had already taken down all the thugs with his bare hands.

Among the three students present, she happened to be Wang Shujun's teacher. She immediately called Wang Shujun to her office and reported the incident to the head of discipline, leading to this somewhat awkward public hearing.

"Teacher, I really didn't want to fight," Li Pu said without changing his expression. "They were extorting money from Chen Xian and me, so I had no choice but to resist."

Wang Shujun gritted his teeth and chimed in, "That's right. Those thugs were extorting pocket money on the way. Luckily, Li Pu helped, or my Walkman would have been stolen."

Seeing Chen Xian nodding in support, the head of discipline and the homeroom teacher exchanged glances and slightly softened their tone, "Ridiculous! Even if you were extorted, you shouldn't have resorted to violence. Does fighting solve problems? You're too young to fully consider the consequences..."

After that, the homeroom teacher and the head of discipline took turns lecturing Li Pu, Chen Xian, and Wang Shujun. They particularly emphasized to Wang Shujun that he should stay in his own class and not run around with Li Pu. As for Chen Xian, if it weren't for the fact that she and Li Pu lived together as siblings, the homeroom teacher would have forbidden their interaction long ago.

After Wang Shujun left, dejected, the homeroom teacher earnestly summarized to Li Pu, "You managed to fend off several thugs, so you might think you're good at fighting and feel proud. But think about what would happen if it involved your sister. Write a reflection and submit it tomorrow. Chen Xian, you should often advise your brother. Go home and tell your mother; I'll visit your home when I have time."

"Okay~~" Chen Xian and Li Pu replied in unison, "Goodbye, teacher!"

After the last class in the afternoon, Li Pu, carrying his schoolbag, dismissed the classmates who came to talk to him and prepared to go home with Chen Xian.

"Ala Re Re~~~ A Re Re☆~~~ Ala Re Cha~~ Oh oh oh..." The girl hummed the ending theme of "Doraemon" as she walked beside Li Pu as usual.

"You're still so carefree," Li Pu sighed, "The homeroom teacher is going to visit our home."

"Aren't you afraid your mom will find out about the fight?" Chen Xian skipped a step, lightly turning to face the boy, "Don't worry, you weren't bullying anyone... Oh, wait."

She raised her hand, placed it next to her left eye, and pretended to adjust something, then announced, "Beep beep beep! The detector analyzes your combat power to be several times that of an average person! So, if you fight with ordinary people, you might be bullying them."

For the girl's Dragon Ball joke, Li Pu was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly asked, "Xian, do you think I'm too violent?"

"No," Chen Xian shook her head without hesitation, "In fact, you're better now than when you were in elementary school."

"You used to be the school's fighting king," she added, "But since you transferred, you haven't had many conflicts with other male students, right?"

"Uh, that's because I feel it's meaningless to fight with classmates with my current combat power."

Li Pu raised his hand and clenched his fist. With the gradually enhanced abilities from the Battle God Armament and the training from Aunt Chen Xin, his physical strength and skills far exceeded those of his peers. As for ordinary adults with a life force of around four, they were as fragile as children in his eyes.

"So why do you think you're too violent?" Chen Xian tilted her head and joked, "Your violent factor is weaker than Yusuke Urameshi's, right?"

"Cut it, I'm probably stronger than Yusuke when he first learned the Spirit Gun," Li Pu boasted.

"Then do you think you can beat a D-class demon now? Yusuke could handle Gouki and Hiei when he first learned the Spirit Gun," the girl replied, veering off topic.

"Uh..." Li Pu frowned and seriously considered it, finally concluding with frustration, "Damn, I might not have much of a chance against Hiei."

Chen Xian immediately pointed at her childhood friend, "So you're only at the E-class demon level."

"E-class?" Li Pu was a bit不服气 (unconvinced), "That's too weak..."

"What do you think Mom is at?" Chen Xian, ignoring Li Pu's complaint, suddenly asked.

"Aunt Xin?" Li Pu said confidently, "Sea of Illusions level! I think so."

"Mom can't punch a hole several meters deep in the ground," Chen Xian said objectively, despite talking about her favorite mom.

"That's true... But at least in terms of fighting skills, she can be compared, or even surpass. You don't know how amazing Aunt Xin is..."

Li Pu made a slight correction. If Chen Xin knew her adopted son and disciple was defending her so much in front of her daughter, she would probably be both amused and exasperated—no one wants to compare themselves to an old lady in a manga!

On this off-topic conversation, the two chatted enthusiastically all the way to their home. Chen Xin had already cooked dinner and prepared three small dishes, waiting for her children. This warm and fulfilling family time made the boy feel a small but precious sense of happiness.

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In the evening, in a private room of a disco on Dongmen Street. Zhu Yi, known as "Dongbatian" (East Tyrant), puffed on a cigarette, frowned slightly, and glared at the little brother in front of him.

"Huzi was sent to the hospital again, and even Biaozi, who went with him, was beaten down," Zhu Yi slammed the table and cursed, "Just one student, and you guys are played like this. Can you even do anything? You've lost all my face!"

Zhu Yi, in his thirties, managed all the skating rinks, billiard halls, discos, hair salons, and underground casinos in this area. Over a month ago, he heard that Huzi (Little Tiger) was beaten into the hospital by a student, but as a local boss, he wouldn't personally deal with such trivial matters. He just needed to call a few little brothers to take revenge. But this time, even Biaozi, his direct enforcer, and five or six other little brothers were called, and they were all beaten like dogs!

Because of this embarrassing incident, he was mocked by his friends during a mahjong game today, saying his men were a bunch of rabble who couldn't even handle a middle school student. This made him extremely angry, and he scolded the little brothers who followed him, then asked about the situation. Upon learning that the student had taken down seven or eight brothers with steel pipes alone, his face turned cold, and he crushed the cigarette and threw it on the ground.

"Hmph, no matter how strong, he's just a student," Zhu Yi said to a sturdy young man sitting next to him, hugging a curvaceous dance girl, "Ahu, do you have the confidence to take care of this student?"

The young man called Ahu sat casually on the sofa, fondling the flirtatious dance girl on his lap. Hearing Zhu Yi's question, he smiled confidently, "If he can scare Biaozi, this student is somewhat interesting. But Biaozi is just big and strong, with a bit of brute force, good for scaring people who don't know better. I'll go and cripple that student tomorrow."

Zhu Yi nodded in satisfaction. This young man, Zhu Minghui, was his cousin, who had been aggressive since childhood. In recent years, he had learned a set of "unlimited fighting techniques" from a famous martial artist in Qiantang, Chen Hegao, and was known as the "Mad Dragon of the River." He could easily fend off a dozen people, making him one of the most capable fighters in the Dongmen area.

Sending him to deal with a student was a bit of an overkill, but Huzi and Biaozi had lost all face. If Zhu Yi, the "East Tyrant," didn't take action, he would be looked down upon in the underworld.

"By the way, I heard the student's sister is a good catch?" Zhu Yi casually added, "Take a few more brothers and kidnap that girl. I've lost so much face; just beating him up won't do. They need to learn a lesson."

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PS:

The song Chen Xian was humming is the ending theme of the old version of "Doraemon":

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