Chapter Fourteen Standing Up

  Under the circumstances of having no leads, Wang Long still continued to return to school and study. Lingyunzi instructed him before leaving to pay attention to relevant news in school and see if there were insiders leaking secrets from within the school.

  Finally, Lingyunzi mysteriously asked, "Little Dragon, isn't the kid in your dormitory named Gu Dawei?" Wang Long nodded doubtfully and asked, "Old Wu, how did you know? Who is he?"

  Lingyunzi smiled and said, "That kid is the son of a friend of mine. His dad is an underworld boss, and he's been growing up under his influence since he was young. Now, he's still helping his dad manage a big casino. His dad hopes that one day he'll inherit everything from him, so this kid has always been quiet and reserved, not liking to interact with people. This time, I arranged for him to be in the same dorm as you is because I hope you can help him out. He's too introverted. I hope you can have an influence on him. I think he knows some things too."

  Wang Long nodded and said: "No wonder he's been cool all day, I'll do my best." Lingyunzi gave a few more instructions before leaving with Dragon Two.

  Wang Long continued back to the training ground, attending university military training, and serving as Wang Long's platoon leader Zhao Da was naturally very polite to Wang Long.

  The military training ended soon, and Wang Long was assigned to Class 1 of the Journalism Department. The Journalism Department at CJ University is affiliated with the Chinese Language Department and is divided into two classes, each with about sixty students.

  At CJ University, Wang Long didn't know much about the class situation after attending classes for a few days. He only knew that there were two particularly impressive classmates named Ding Yang and Lü Xiù. Ding Yang's father, Ding Ding, was the boss of the Qinglong Gang, which had influence over several provinces in the Jiangnan region. As a result, Ding Yang became notorious within just a few days of school starting for scolding an instructor during military training and fighting with other classmates, eventually writing two self-criticisms to get out of trouble. Lü Xiù was the daughter of Vice Chairman Lü De of the Military Commission, so her identity and status were not something ordinary people could compare to. Of course, she could do whatever she wanted, and no one dared to say a word even if she walked sideways.

  Lü Xiù didn't do anything remarkable at the beginning of school, she just liked to tease her classmates. So after only a few days of school, her classmates gave this deputy chairman Lü Dé's daughter a very fitting nickname "Little Devil of Pranks". Nobody dared to call her that in front of him, but it was secretly spread around.

  Wang Long was completely indifferent to these rumors, other people's arrogance and willfulness were their own business, as long as they didn't provoke him for no reason or do bad things in front of him, he wouldn't bother with them. But things always seemed to happen unexpectedly.

  This afternoon's class was a tutorial session on news theory led by instructor Ruan Changde. Wang Long and Malu Mote walked together towards the classroom, Malu Mote reported to be in the same journalism department as Wang Long, her reason was simple, she just wanted to be with Wang Long.

  Since the last incident at the school gate, Maluo Mengte has been very low-key, rarely going out and usually staying at home to practice the witchcraft taught by Wang Long. Even when she does go out, she wears large sunglasses that cover her entire face, so there hasn't been any major trouble during this period of time.

  Two of them came to the classroom of the journalism department, found a position in the middle against the wall and sat down. Maluomute was holding Wang Long's hand under the table, not willing to part with him for a moment. Wang Long struggled several times, was stared at by Maluomute, and finally had no choice but to let her hold his hand. It was almost time for class, and classmates were finding their seats in twos and threes. Suddenly, there was a brief commotion in the classroom, and Wang Long looked up towards the door, only to see Ding Yang walking into the classroom with an air of superiority, followed by a row of younger brothers who were particularly stylish.

  Ding Yang walked directly from the entrance to the back row, looking around the corridor as he went. Whenever he saw a pretty girl, he would blow her a kiss, but his footsteps didn't stop, and he continued walking towards the back row. Suddenly, Ding Yang stopped in the middle of the corridor and didn't move. The younger brothers behind him also stopped one by one. One of them, a tall and fierce-looking boy who was nearly 1.9 meters tall, asked in confusion: "Boss, why did you stop?" Seeing that Ding Yang was drooling and staring in one direction, this tall boy followed his gaze and saw an extremely charming and beautiful foreign girl sitting in the middle seat of the row against the wall. There was a male classmate on either side of her. Why did she look just like international superstar Malu Morte? This tall boy reacted slowly and didn't realize that the person sitting there was actually Malu Morte.

  When Ding Yang's gaze turned towards Wang Long, Maluomute happened to take off the sunglasses she had been wearing, and was seen by Ding Yang. This self-proclaimed "elegant but not vulgar, rascal but not shameless" son of a triad leader was immediately stunned, even forgetting his usual flying kiss. All the younger brothers who saw Maluomute were like Ding Yang, standing there stupidly as if they had been cast with a "petrifying spell", motionless. Some younger brothers were so lecherous that their saliva flowed straight down, dripping onto the classmates sitting next to them without realizing it. These unfortunate classmates dared not speak out in anger, quietly taking a tissue to wipe themselves clean and letting the matter drop. Hadn't they seen the other party's crowd? If they insisted on going up against them, wouldn't that be like looking for death in the toilet? It was better not to crack eggs against rocks. These classmates from ordinary families could only swallow their humiliation and continue sitting silently.

  When Ding Yang's saliva dripped onto his own chin, he finally came to and hurriedly took out a clean handkerchief to wipe away the saliva. He couldn't lose face in front of the beautiful girl. With a casual toss, the handkerchief floated gently down and landed on the head of a classmate who was extremely fat, Liu Feifei. Her father, Liu Dui, was Ding Yang's trusted subordinate, and often praised Ding Yang in front of Liu Feifei, hoping that his daughter could use her "beauty" to win over their boss's son, so that she could rise up the ranks and become a phoenix. He didn't even consider his own daughter's weight, which would have made her a perfect candidate for Japan's sumo wrestling competition.

  Liu Feifei carefully took the handkerchief off her head, folded it up like a treasure and put it in her pocket. Her classmates nearby cast her disdainful glances, but she remained oblivious, still lost in her daydreams. Getting one of Master Ding's handkerchiefs was a good start to the day.

  Malu Mote sat in the middle of the row against the wall, while Wang Long sat at the end. Next to Malu Mote was a bespectacled classmate named Bao Butong, whose father was the boss of a private enterprise and had some money. However, Bao Butong had been timid and afraid of trouble since childhood, and his admission to CJ University was largely due to his father's social connections.

  Ding Yang was standing next to Bao Bu Tong, stretched out his right hand, quickly grabbed Bao Bu Tong's collar, and twisted him like a small chicken, throwing him aside. Bao Bu Tong stumbled, his eyes hit the table on the other side, and the shattered glass pierced his face. Blood mixed with tears kept dripping down, coincidentally dripping onto the body of his classmate next to him. Wang Long turned around to look, and it was Gu Da Wei.

  Bao Different hastily apologized to Gu Dawei with tears in his eyes: "Sorry, classmate, sorry." Gu Dawei handed Bao a few clean tissues and gestured for him to wipe away the blood and tears. He then stood up abruptly and sternly ordered Ding Yang: "Ding Yang, apologize quickly, you've hurt someone!"

  Ding Yang had just walked away with his bag when he was about to sit down and chat with Malumorte. Suddenly, he heard a loud shout from behind him, turned around, and saw Gu Dafu's cool expression, saying: "Gu, don't think I don't know you, just because your dad is the boss of the Axe Gang, you can talk to me like that. To be honest, the Axe Gang is still not worthy in the eyes of our Qinglong Gang. Don't interfere with other people's business." After finishing speaking, he sat down again and was about to talk to Malumorte.

  Maruluo frowned at Wang Long and said, "How can there be such a person? Too bad." Ding Yang heard Maruluo say he was bad, but didn't get angry. He smiled at Maruluo and said, "Beautiful miss, let's get to know each other. My name is Ding Yang, also in this class. You look like Maruluo, may I ask your name?" He put on a refined appearance, as if he were a true gentleman. If not for his behavior earlier, people might have thought that Ding Yang was indeed knowledgeable and well-mannered.

  Malu Meng turned her head in disgust, ignoring Ding Yang, and stared at Wang Long.

  Gu Dawei's face turned iron-green as he was spoken to by Ding Yang, his right hand swiftly striking Ding Yang like the wind. Ding Yang was hit on the right shoulder and fell onto the table with a "thud". The younger brothers behind Ding Yang saw their elder brother being beaten and rushed towards Gu Dawei, shouting. Although Gu Dawei had learned some boxing skills from his father since he was young, after all, two fists were no match for four hands. After knocking down four of them, he himself was also pressed to the ground by Ding Yang's younger brothers, making "thumping" sounds as he was beaten.

  Wang Long could not help but intervene, and with a punch he knocked Ding Yang to the ground. With lightning speed, he quickly took down several young men who were attacking Gu Dawei, pulled Gu up, and asked with concern: "Are you okay? Come on, first wipe off the blood." He handed over a few paper towels.

  Gu Da Wei grunted, staring at Wang Long for a while before saying, "Wang Long, thanks for today, but I'll return the favor in the future. I don't want to owe you any favors." Wang Long smiled wryly and shook his head, saying, "We're classmates and roommates, no need to be so formal." Gu Da Wei remained silent, not taking the tissue paper Wang Long handed him, and walked straight out of the classroom.

  Wang Long thought to himself, this Gu Da Wei really has character and a strong sense of justice.