Strongly watching from the sidelines

  A dimly lit alleyway on Wǔ Hé Road filled with a sour smell.

  Far away, a blurry car light slanted and shone over.

  Two taxis arrived at the alley entrance, stopping one after another in front of the trash heap that blocked the way. Four young men who looked like students jumped out of the first taxi, namely Luo Li, Ye Cai, Chu Yunfei and Ma Jian. From the second taxi emerged four figures with unrefined demeanors, naturally Yang Jian and his gang.

  As if by tacit agreement, they furrowed their brows as soon as they got off the bus. The nine high school students stepped onto a narrow path between two piles of garbage, and one by one, their silhouettes disappeared into the shadows deep in the alley.

  Leading the way, Luo Li took a familiar left turn on her bike, and suddenly found herself in a beautiful and unexpected place.

  Above the entrance hangs a huge neon sign, "New Legendary Internet Cafe". Through the weak red light emitted by the sign, you can see the gaming posters below. The theme of this old giant poster is, of course, the online game Legend World, which was once popular all over the country. Although it has added a "new" word in front, its essence has not changed much.

  Lori's eyes gleamed with a hint of madness as he gazed up at the sign, his face sporting an overly wide and wicked grin. His body trembled slightly, but he took a deep breath to calm himself down. Then, in a sudden movement, he stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, and the already unstable grin twisted into a grotesque leer.

  Chu Yunfei and Ma Jian, who had been following closely behind him all the way, even wanting to grab his clothes for spiritual comfort, were now looking around nervously. They scanned the uniform motorcycles parked at the entrance of the internet cafe, which was densely packed but in no particular order, resembling the scene in front of a mahjong hall on its busiest day.

  Right behind these three close friends, Ye Cai, who was facing everyone, intentionally or unintentionally leaned against the rear of a motorcycle parked on the side, observing all around to make sure no one noticed him before taking out his phone to check his dad's response - "Big deal? Let me tell you first, if you dare to direct those messy things at me again, I'll teach you a lesson!"

  Subconsciously, he glanced up and saw that Luo Li and the others were about to enter. Ye Cai couldn't help but feel annoyed and frustrated, letting out a "tsk" sound. Then, he patiently wrote down a longer message: "Dad, this time it's really not my fault, I didn't provoke them, it was my classmate who went looking for trouble on their own. Whether or not we can win the fight, we'll definitely get hit a few times. Please believe me this once."

  After sending the text message, Ye Cai put her mobile phone in her pocket and raised her eyes, only to find that Yang Jian, who was following Cheng Luo, walked by with a dazed expression, staring blankly at this side, looking puzzled as if thinking about something.

  Yexi pretended to be nonchalant and slightly shrugged her shoulders at him without changing her expression.

  Yang Jian closed his mouth and took a deep breath. Business was right in front of him, so he wouldn't divide his attention to play some tricks at this critical moment.

  Everyone who has mixed knows that doing something like kicking a hall and finding fault in the enemy's field, if not unexpected, can only develop in two directions, which are diametrically opposed. Either crush the opponent with absolute advantage and beat them unilaterally, or fight each other to death with equal strength, and since Yang Jian currently has little power to encounter the former situation, he and his followers have already made psychological preparations for a beating.

  After all, I did accept a cigarette from him.

  But the person in charge, Luo Li, was not so heavy-hearted. He stood there, rubbing his fists and palms without any scruples, as if he had a strong confidence in winning today's matter.

  Before swinging his fists and feet, Luo Li had already completed the warm-up exercises. He turned around, his confident and slightly arrogant gaze sweeping over everyone behind him. With a flick of his head, he led Ye Cai, Yang Jian and others towards the entrance of the internet cafe with a swagger.

  He pushed open the door curtain, and a thick smoke poured in. Luo Li looked around the entire internet cafe to find the person he wanted to teach a lesson. It was indeed a difficult task to pinpoint someone among the crowded and chaotic atmosphere of the internet cafe, where people were chatting and smoking between rows of computers.

  Of course, Luo Li just wanted to try his luck, and if he couldn't find him, he wouldn't insist on squeezing in and checking each person's face. Moreover, he had never seen that person before. He thought for a moment and walked towards the internet cafe counter, where a punk was staring blankly at the computer screen.

  He patted the large marble counter and directly asked the suspected former receptionist.

  "Hey, where's that server with the surname Liu? I need to find him for something."

  Without looking at Luo Li, the killer looked dazed for a moment, stood up and pointed directly in a certain direction. Luo Li gazed into the distance in that direction and nodded to herself.

  Zhi Wanlu killed Ma Te and then looked at him and asked: "What are you looking for him?"

  "Just kidding." Luo Li glanced at Sha Ma Te, then led Yang Jian and others in that direction.

  All the way, Luo Li, Chu Feiyun, Ma Jian and Ye Cai, these four high school students' uniforms were particularly eye-catching, causing many customers to glance at them repeatedly, and then they whispered to each other, "What's with this group of primary school students coming together to open a black shop?" Yang Jian seemed to have foreseen this, and before setting off, he and his followers had already changed into casual clothes.

  Luoli subconsciously stopped in her tracks and began to reconnoiter the destination like a pre-war preparation.

  A game room with independent space, there are more than 40 machines inside, except for a few that are malfunctioning, it's basically full of people. The physical condition of the people here is quite poor, most of them have an expression of recklessness and abandon, biting on their cigarette butts with their legs propped up on the table, at first glance, it's still quite intimidating.

  In the row of computers with their backs to the door, from left to right, on the third computer chair, a man with short hair and wearing work clothes was leaning over, chatting loudly with the owner of the computer, probably "Liu something" the car owner that Luo Li had learned about from her cousin.

  Gazing at the other's back, Luo Li hesitated for a moment, then smiled to himself and walked towards the game room with large strides. Yang Jian and his followers naturally kept a certain distance behind him, as if to show that their group was not subordinate to the person in front.

  However, Chu Yunfei and Ma Jian, as well as Ye Cai, did not enter, but instead stood at the door. Chu Yunfei and Ma Jian nervously poked their heads inside to take a look, where the people sitting there seemed to be thugs, giving them a strong sense of oppression. Ye Cai glanced at them with a slight smirk, raised her palm, "I'm going to the bathroom..."

  He watched as Ye Cai walked slowly towards the bathroom, Chu Yunfei and Ma Jian exchanged a glance, then simultaneously swallowed hard, their faces covered in cold sweat. Ma Jian rushed to the door, tossing his head at Chu Yunfei, "You're really something."

  Chu Yunfei hesitated and walked in, while Ma Jian looked around cautiously before entering, then glanced at the direction of the toilet. He couldn't help but think that the scrawny Ye Cai might have chickened out, which made him even more tense and fearful, regretting this reckless pursuit.

  But now it's too late for any tricks, and Lori, who had patted the other person's shoulder, was silently sizing each other up with them.

  The Liu surname waiter who had been sizing him up for half a day without recognizing the identity of the kid in front of him raised his face and asked directly: "Who are you?"

  Luo Lai opened his mouth and smiled, asking: "I heard that you lost a motorcycle a few days ago?"

  The waiter with the surname Liu was stunned for a moment, then asked with a surprised face: "Oh, found it? Then... oh!"

  He hadn't finished speaking when Luo Li suddenly smiled and threw a hook punch, sending him doubling over. Then came another hook punch, his cheek swelling up as he crashed to the ground with a thud.

  Rustle!

  The entire air-conditioned room fell silent as more than thirty young thugs stood up in unison, their eyes fixed on Luo Li with a mixture of malice and coldness.

  Seemingly fearless, Luo Li assumed a boxing stance, with both fists blocking half of his face, revealing only a pair of scorching eyes.

  Before he could say anything, a young thug came running over with a computer chair held high and slammed it down.

  A dull thud, Luo Li raised both arms to block, but was shaken by the force and stumbled several steps. Before he could steady himself, a fist flew towards him at lightning speed from the corner of his eye.

  ……

  Outside the air-conditioned room, in an absolutely safe area, Ye Cai looked through the large glass window at the situation inside. She was a little worried and expected, expecting her father's praise and recognition, but also worried that her father would come too late and cause Luo Li to be beaten beyond recognition.

  Although the distance was a bit far, it couldn't affect the stunning scene of more than thirty people standing up at the same time. Ye could have thought of it with his toes, Luo Li had stirred up a hornet's nest this time and would suffer the consequences.

  At this time, several people nodded and retreated to the air-conditioned room door, then quickly slipped away. Ye Cai relied on her impression to think back for a while before realizing it was Yang Jian's gang. She couldn't help but let out a disappointed and helpless sigh. What could she do? After all, they were just temporary workers. However, what surprised her was that Chu Yunfei and Ma Jian, those two kids, were still inside.

  Dong dong dang dang!

  The view from here isn't very good, so Ye Cai can't see very clearly. Hearing the sounds of crashing, smashing and pounding, she hurriedly tiptoed to take a look inside, but unfortunately still couldn't see what was going on inside.

  Hesitating for a moment, Ye Cai saw that many customers in the internet cafe had noticed the huge commotion in the air-conditioned room and were casting sideways glances, with some even leaving their seats to sneak a peek. So, under the guise of being an onlooker, she blended into the crowd and strolled over to the glass window to take a look inside.

  Only in the air-conditioned room, there were about seven or eight figures crowded in the corner of the wall, their bodies twitching as if they were constantly kicking something.