Chapter 55: Narrow Road of Enemies (Starting daily updates of two chapters from today)

  That man was about forty years old, with a face that could be described as ugly and vicious. Adding to that the arrogant gaze bursting out of his drunken eyes, it really made people extremely disgusted. Especially when he looked at Li Ruolan, it was as if he was raping her with his eyes.

  Li Ruolan is now Zhou Hao's woman, how could Zhou Hao tolerate others being so rude to her? He coldly snorted and was about to stand up, but Li Ruolan immediately pressed down on his hand, gently shaking her head at him, and handed the menu given by the waiter to Zhou Hao, "Take a look at what dishes to eat."

  Zhou Hao didn't want to go against Li Ruolan's wishes, so he took the menu and looked at it, saying to the waiter: "I'll have one fish-flavored eggplant, one celery stir-fried beef, and add some Shaoxing fermented bean curd to the fish-flavored eggplant. For the celery stir-fried beef, please add more aged bean paste. Ah yes, also bring a bowl of ginseng stewed black chicken."

  In her previous life, Li Ruolan had once told the students in class that her favorite dishes were fish-flavored eggplant with Shaoxing fermented bean curd and celery stir-fried beef with fermented soybeans. Zhou Hao still remembered it clearly to this day. Indeed, Li Ruolan looked at Zhou Hao with some surprise, "How did you know I like to eat fish-flavored eggplant and celery stir-fried beef that way?"

  "You like it too? I thought I was the only one who liked it." Zhou Hao said with feigned surprise.

  Li Ruolan had never told anyone about this preference except her parents, so she thought that this was a spiritual connection between her and Zhou Hao, and also felt that the two were destined companions. This was also the effect that Zhou Hao wanted to achieve. Then Li Ruolan said to him: "You're taking supplements at such a young age? That Ginseng stewed with black chicken is very warming."

  "That's not for me, that's for you to eat." Zhou Hao smiled and stroked her face, "To nourish your body well."

  Li Ruolan was slightly stunned, her face turned red, and she was very touched by Zhou Hao's thoughtfulness.

  Just then, the man in the distance shouted to Li Ruolan again: "Hey, miss, how about coming over to have a few drinks with us? We'll take you to KTV tonight." The others also chimed in.

  When Zhou Hao heard the man's words, his anger surged up, but Li Ruolan didn't want to cause trouble, so she pressed down on Zhou Hao's hand and turned her head to say to the man: "Sir, please mind your own business, this is a public place, don't humiliate yourself!"

  "Oh, still angry, huh?" The man didn't calm down, but instead became even more excited, "But you look great when you're angry, it's really captivating."

  A male waiter, about eighteen or nineteen years old, came to the man's side and politely advised: "Sir, please don't disturb other customers, okay? We'll give you a 10% discount on this meal."

  Just then, a crisp "slap" sound was heard. The man slapped the waiter with his backhand and shouted in a fierce tone: "Do you dare to intervene in my affairs? I'll give you a 90% discount! Do you think I don't have money? Get out!" A companion next to him also pushed the waiter away with great force, shouting impatiently: "Get out quickly, we didn't call you so don't come over here!"

  The young man had never suffered such humiliation before, and his eyes suddenly welled up with tears as he walked away with a red face.

  The man who hit him also pulled out a wad of cash from his pants pocket, all brand new 100-yuan bills, estimated to be several thousand yuan. He raised his hand and waved the money at Li Ruolan, "Miss, as long as you're willing to come over and have a drink with us, this money is yours, heh heh, ditch that little brat, how could he afford to keep such a beautiful woman like you?"

  Facing that man's unscrupulousness, Li Ruolan took a deep breath and then released the hand that was pressing on Zhou Hao.

  Zhou Hao immediately stood up and walked towards the five people, while the five people also stood up. The leader of the group, although ugly, had a sturdy build and was slightly taller than Zhou Hao, who was 1.8 meters tall. Seeing Zhou Hao walking towards him with an aggressive attitude, he not only didn't show fear but instead excitedly shouted: "Young man, what? Want to fight?" He wanted to take the opportunity to beat up Zhou Hao and then focus on dealing with Li Ruolan.

  Zhou Hao didn't say a word, and walked straight up to him, stretched out his hand and grabbed his hair, pressing it down into the mutton pot on the table. The man couldn't resist Zhou Hao's strength, no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't lift his head. He wanted to shout loudly, but his entire face was submerged in the soup, and all that came out were a few bubbles, making "gurgling" sounds. Fortunately, they had already eaten and drunk their fill, and the stove under the mutton pot had been extinguished for some time, otherwise the scalding hot soup could have been fatal.

  The rest of the people rushed over to try and pull Zhou Hao away, but he suddenly lifted his right foot and kicked the nearest person flying. Then, with the toe of his right foot on the ground, he flicked the beer bottle up into his hand and swung it, smashing open another person's head.

  "Don't move!" Zhou Hao shouted, holding a wine bottle that was only half full but exceptionally sharp, at the last two people.

  The two men saw Zhou Hao being so fierce and holding a deadly weapon, and they didn't dare to make any sudden moves. It was only then that Zhou Hao pulled the man who had been leading them out of the mutton hot pot. As soon as he left the pot, the man let out a loud wail and waved his hands wildly. Because the mutton hot pot was spicy and numbing, it stimulated him to tears, and he couldn't even open his eyes.

  "Hey kid, you wait for me! I'm not done with you yet! I'm not done with you!" He continued to shout fiercely.

  Zhou Hao sneered, "Still quite fierce, huh." He then pressed his head again, heavily banging it on the table, and this guy immediately fainted, softly falling to the ground.

  Let this man go. Zhou Hao clapped his hands, "You don't know what's good for you." Then he ordered the two men who didn't dare to move: "Take them away quickly, so they won't get in the way here."

  The two of them didn't make a sound, hastily lifting up the person who had fainted and leaving with the two people who were injured by Zhou Hao earlier. However, they heard Zhou Hao shouting from behind: "Remember to settle the bill, they're also doing business."

  She sat back down beside Li Ruolan, and Zhou Hao noticed that Li Ruolan was holding her cheeks with both hands, gazing at him with a soft smile on her face.

  "What's wrong?" Zhou Hao asked strangely: "Is it because I was too rude?"

  Li Ruolan shook her head slightly, "No, men sometimes need to be a bit rougher to show their masculinity. I saw you just now and thought you had quite a masculine air about you." She now felt that having a man stand up for her when encountering scoundrels was also a pretty good feeling.

  But then Zhou Hao put his hand on her waist, "So your meaning is that I should be rougher in bed too?"

  Li Ruolan immediately scolded him, "You little rascal, how can you relate everything to that aspect?" As soon as she thought of her own behavior with Zhou Haotian the night before, two red blushes rose to her face, looking as beautiful and captivating as a peach blossom.

  At this time, the waiter brought up the dishes they had ordered. However, the female waitress's gaze at Zhou Hao was somewhat admiring. On one hand, Zhou Hao looked really good, better than many male stars. On the other hand, Zhou Hao's previous actions made the waiters present look very pleased.

  "Sir, be careful." The waitress reminded Zhou Hao while serving the dishes: "The group of people just now, especially the one who hit our store employee, is a local bully. No one on this street dares to provoke him, you'd better be careful in case he takes revenge."

  "Bully? Hmph! I'm just afraid he won't come." Zhou Hao said proudly, "If he dares to come find me again, I wouldn't mind being a hero for the people."

  The waitress, who was not yet twenty years old, was indeed dazzled by Zhou Hao's heroic demeanor. After she left, Li Ruoshan, who was standing next to Zhou Hao, smiled playfully and said: "I didn't think you were so good at fooling little girls. You seemed like a different person in class before, you were much more well-behaved back then."

  Zhou Hao smiled ambiguously, the dishes in this restaurant were quite good, and Li Ruolan was savoring them with relish. Zhou Hao had eaten lunch at home, so he didn't eat much, just accompanying Li Ruolan, and finally even urged her to finish the whole bowl of Ginseng Stewed Black Chicken.

  "I think you want to raise me as a fat wife." Li Ruolan touched her slightly bulging belly and smiled.

  "Your skin is smooth and shiny." Zhou Hao also smiled, "This way you'll have more prosperity and good fortune for your husband and children."

  After a short rest, Zhou Hao settled the bill and took Li Ruolan back. They didn't know that shortly after they left, the man from earlier had his injuries bandaged at the hospital and brought over a dozen strong men to charge into the restaurant to settle accounts with Zhou Hao. Seeing that Zhou Hao and the others had already left, he begrudgingly ordered the group of people to thoroughly smash up the restaurant before leaving.

  Back at the teacher's dormitory with Li Ruolan, Li Ruolan asked Zhou Hao: "You're always here with me, doesn't your mom ask about you?"

  "I told my mom I'm coming here for tutoring." Zhou Hao said with a smile.

  "Right, you've missed over ten days of classes, I really need to help you catch up." Li Ruolan and Zhou Hao were trapped in the underground cave in Autumn Ning Mountain for more than half a month, even missing the Olympic English competition. As a teacher, Li Ruolan didn't have much to worry about, but as a student, Zhou Hao's missed classes were enough to make his grades plummet.

  But then Zhou Hao said nonchalantly, "No need to, I don't need to review this junior high school knowledge. Anyway, whether I attend class or not, I can handle the middle school entrance exam." What he said was true. He remembered the questions on the middle school entrance exam very clearly, and even if he couldn't remember them, this junior high school knowledge was still easy for him, a graduate of Fudan University's High School Division.

  Li Ruolan was very dissatisfied with his arrogance, but when she saw Zhou Hao speaking fluently, she deliberately asked Zhou Hao a few questions. However, she didn't expect that Zhou Hao would answer them after just one glance. Facing Li Ruolan's astonished gaze, Zhou Hao proudly said: "I had already studied these subjects during the holidays, and now I'm even reading high school textbooks."

  With the academic burden gone, Zhou Hao took advantage of Li Ruolan's recovered strength and had his way with her again, leaving this beautiful teacher as weak as soft mud.

  To avoid Yan Tong's suspicion, Zhou Hao didn't stay overnight at Li Ruolan's place today. Moreover, considering Li Ruolan's current physical condition, even if he wanted to stay here, Li Ruolan wouldn't dare agree.

  The next day, Zhou Hao came to the hardware store across from school with Yan Tong and Lu Shi Ping. The young man who saw Zhou Hao coming yesterday hurriedly called out his boss.

  But as soon as the owner of the hardware store came out, Zhou Hao was stunned for a moment, and the owner also stared at Zhou Hao, "Is it you!?"

  The owner of this hardware store is the man who was severely beaten by Zhou Hao yesterday.