Chapter Eighteen: The Bet

  Guo Ming stood quietly at the door, looking dejectedly at everything. He didn't step forward to stop it, for him, Shui Mengyao's words that day had deeply hurt his self-esteem. Guo Ming seemed easy-going on the surface, but who could know that he was hiding a strong heart? Although Shui Mengyao was excellent, she had humiliated him after all, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the mistake had been made. Shui Mengyao was his first love, which wasn't wrong, unforgettable first love, but there couldn't be any mixed feelings in it, this was also why first loves didn't end up walking into the marriage hall. Because we have too many expectations for each other. Guo Ming wasn't a saint, he couldn't reach the realm of a saint, he was an ordinary person, dejectedly walking into the classroom, towards his own seat, going to the corner.

  Guo Ming's arrival attracted the attention of some classmates, but now the protagonists are Shui Mengyao and Tang Feng. Shui Mengyao's palms were already full of sweat, and she kept her head down without saying a word.

  Tang Feng thought the other person was embarrassed, looking at the surrounding classmates' high spirits, Tang Feng suddenly felt a strong sense of pride, put down the rose, he reached out to hold Shui Mengyao's hand, he wanted to seal their relationship with a kiss in front of all his classmates.

  As soon as he touched Shui Muyao's hand, Tang Feng felt the other person's hand flinch away like lightning. Shui Muyao seemed to react and whispered: "Sorry."

  Tang Feng realized it in the instant when Shui Meng Yao's hand flashed away, and now hearing her say it herself, a faint bitterness quickly spread to his heart, and he asked hoarsely: "Can you tell me the reason? What's wrong with me?"

  The classmates around her fell silent, they were also unbelievable, they never thought that Shui Mengyao would publicly refuse. Publicly taking out nine roses and saying forbidden words of love was enough to destroy a young girl's psychological defense.

  Guo Ming's pen paused for a moment, then continued writing, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

  "I have someone I like now," Water Dream Jade said in a low voice, not daring to look at Tang Feng's eyes.

  "Who is it?" Tang Feng growled in a low voice. Being rejected by someone in public, and the reason was actually this, he grabbed Shui Mengyao's arm, his emotions somewhat out of control.

  A hint of annoyance flashed in Shuimeng Yao's eyes, and she tried to push away the other person's hand, but the other person's strength was not something a weak woman like her could push away. Shuimeng Yao said: "Let me go."

  "No, you tell me who his mother is!" Tang Feng bellowed loudly.

  The students around were frightened, they did not expect things to develop to this point. Tang Feng was tall and strong, although it was said that he was not good at fighting, and last time he even let Xiao Pizi almost die, but looking at his stature, there really wasn't anyone who dared to intervene.

  Guo Ming stood up and said in a cold voice, "Let her go." He couldn't bear to see this behavior anymore. He saw that Shui Mengyao's eyes were already filled with tears, which showed that Tang Feng had used quite some force. He was very disgusted by such treatment of a girl. Love should be mutual, why would you coerce someone like this?

  "Mind your own business! Tang Feng was furious at this moment and shouted loudly."

  With a loud thud, a thick book heavily slammed onto Tang Feng's head. Tang Feng felt his forehead throbbing and saw some little stars in front of him. Shui Mengyao hastily ran away from her seat and hid behind Guo Ming.

  Tang Feng quickly came to, intending to scold loudly, but seeing Guo Ming's stern expression, he swallowed his saliva instead. He knew that if he rushed up, he would definitely be beaten. The title of "Fighting King" wasn't given in vain.

  "She's my sister, do you dare to mess with her? Don't want to live anymore. Although Guo Ming was not as tall as the other party, standing in front of him, everyone had a strange feeling that the two sides seemed to have turned upside down, and Tang Feng was like a piece of meat on a chopping board, at his mercy."

  Tang Feng didn't dare to look into Guo Ming's eyes, and took a few steps back. Guo Ming looked at the rose on the table, smiled coldly, picked it up, and casually threw it into the trash can in front of him, saying disdainfully: "I didn't expect you to be romantic too? However, if you put such thoughts into studying, I believe you will improve a lot."

  Originally, Tang Feng didn't dare to talk back, but as soon as he heard Guo Ming also discussing his grades with him, he couldn't help it and immediately shouted loudly: "What qualifications do you have to lecture me? Is your grade better than mine?"

  "What you said is right, in my eyes your achievement is just trash," Guo Ming ruthlessly struck.

  "You, you, Tang Feng said angrily, you're only 15th place, aren't you being too arrogant? Don't forget that there are still 14 people in front of you who are better than you. You can look down on me, but you can't look down on everyone."

  As soon as this was said, almost everyone's eyes looked at Guo Ming with ill intentions. Which good student isn't proud? After Tang Feng's clever transformation, Guo Ming instantly became the public enemy of the entire class.

  Although Guo Ming's current achievements can already be compared with Shui Mengyao, he also doesn't have the intention to make all his classmates his enemies. He doesn't want to become the target of attack for all his classmates. Guo Ming pointed at Tang Feng and said: "Are you willing to make a bet with me?"

  "You said that Tang Feng sensed from Guo Ming's tone that he wouldn't make a move against him, and his courage grew."

  "We'll compare our grades from this exam, if you score higher than me, I swear I will never show up in front of you again, and whenever I see you, I'll retreat three steps. Guo Ming stared at Tang Feng with piercing eyes."

  Tang Feng was very confident in his own achievements, but for some reason, looking at Guo Ming's eyes gave him a bad premonition. Impossible, he had made it to 15th place, and still didn't know what kind of luck he had relied on. If he wanted to make another big leap forward, it was simply impossible - the further back his ranking, the harder it was to advance. Thinking this, Tang Feng said loudly: "Alright, everyone is here as witness, I promise you."

  "You agreed too quickly, didn't you? Listen to my conditions first," said Guo Ming with a smile.

  "What are your terms?" Tang Feng suddenly remembered Guo Ming's bet and hastily asked.

  "My request is simple, just don't appear in front of me casually from now on, that's all." Guo Ming hehe smiled and then turned around to leave, knowing that the other party would definitely agree.

  As expected, Tang Feng's voice sounded from behind "Guo Ming, at that time I will definitely make you cry." His words had already implicitly accepted Guo Ming's bet.

  The people around them started to disperse slowly, and Shui Mengyao glared at Tang Feng in anger. She picked up a book from the table and was about to leave when Tang Feng grabbed her arm. Shui Mengyao turned around, without saying a word, and slammed the book on his head, shouting: "Get out!"

  Shuǐ Mèng Yáo's personality is very gentle and nice, but this does not mean she can tolerate others' repeated invasion of her.

  Everyone in the class stared at Yuner's transformation into a violent girl, Shuimeng Yao looked at Tangfeng and said coldly: "I don't want to see you again."

  Tang Feng looked into the other person's eyes and saw anger, understanding that today's actions had completely ruined their relationship. However, earlier when he grabbed Shui Meng Yao's hand, he only wanted to apologize and didn't have any other intentions. He looked at her incredulously and muttered: "Sorry, I just..."

  Shui Mengyao hummed and didn't look at him again, walking towards Guo Ming's position.

  Guo Ming sat in the corner, and due to his notorious reputation, there was no one sitting next to him. Shui Mengyao walked up to Guo Ming's side and without asking him a word, directly sat down beside him.

  Almost all the classmates were staring at the two, but what surprised them was that Guo Ming had no reaction at all, still quietly looking at the poetry book in his hand, treating Shui Mengyao as if she was air. Tang Feng looked at Guo Ming's eyes filled with anger, and if he wasn't afraid of Guo Ming's strength, he would have rushed up by now. In his heart, he had already equated the white knight in Shui Mengyao's heart to Guo Ming, thinking of the bet earlier, Tang Feng clenched his fist secretly, thinking: "Mengyao, I will definitely get you, and I will make you understand who truly loves you."

  Shui Mengyao was staring at the book in front of her, but her peripheral vision was secretly sizing up Guo Ming. As time slowly passed, Shui Mengyao became somewhat dazed. What kind of person was Guo Ming before? Although she didn't know everything about him, she had a general idea. But now, she completely didn't understand the current Guo Ming at all.

  The beauty stood beside him, yet he could still read the book with a calm mind. Of course, if it was just ten minutes, he could pretend to be okay, but now half an hour had passed, which meant one thing - Guo Ming really didn't care about himself anymore. Was this still the same person? The one who used to be a pure and innocent young man, although a bit of a brat, would bleed from his nose because of his own expression. For some reason, Shui Mengyao missed the old Guo Ming.

  He also understood that the past days are gone, and now Guo Ming is already a top student who dares to challenge Tang Feng. Looking at the faint arc line at the corner of his mouth, Shui Mengyao saw confidence from it, no, strong confidence.

  The classroom door was suddenly pushed open and a cold voice came in "Where is Guo Ming? Come out."

  Guo Ming looked up and saw that the dim light in the corridor clearly shone on the person coming, Guo Ming's eyes lit up, and the girl's shocking face fell into his heart.

  The person who came was not an outsider, but Chen Ziyu from the experimental class, one of the two school flowers, a girl who was even more excellent than Shui Mengyao, a girl who had won the favor of thousands, and probably everyone in the school knew that Zhang Zihan, the school's number one handsome boy and talented scholar, was desperately pursuing her.