ce directly.Hao Ren nervously supported her waist and suddenly felt that this posture seemed familiar."We're here! Xiao Bai, land!" Upon seeing the sub-chamber below them, Hao Ren quickly issued an or...Chapter 118: I Hate It, I Really Hate It

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"Splash!" A basketball flew towards the volleyball court.

The boys on the volleyball court hastily dodged.

With great force and momentum, the basketball hit the ground of the volleyball court, bouncing several times.

"Sorry, Little Purple," said the leading boy to Zhao Yanzi. "We're here to pick up the ball."

This was obviously premeditated; they first approached her before throwing the ball over. They even brazenly claimed they were there to collect the basketball.

However, despite knowing this, the boys and girls in junior high still dared not say much.

Zhao Yanzi's class was specially arranged by Zhao Guang with good-performing but ordinary-background students. There were no so-called "second-generation rich," meaning there weren't any overly arrogant boys or girls—just well-behaved ones.

Because of this, other classes and grades assumed Zhao Yanzi came from an ordinary background, leading some wealthy youths to unwisely pursue her with love letters.

Of course, writing love letters was just a method of junior high students. In senior high, they were more direct—some would find Zhao Yanzi during lunch breaks or wait outside the school gate for her after class.

Zhao Yanzi rejected all these approaches, whether from junior or senior high.

At this moment, Zhao Yanzi kicked the rolling basketball back at these boys with her foot. "Pick up your ball and get lost!"

"Hehe, Little Purple, you really don't hold back," said one of the slightly long-haired guys who caught the ball and threw it forcefully to another court to show off his strength.

Zhao Yanzi looked at him disdainfully without even glancing in his direction. The elders around her could uproot a mountain; what was his strength worth

She called out to the boys in her class, "Continue playing!"

The boy who had caught the ball was quite good academically but dared not serve after seeing the senior high boys glare at him.

Zhao Yanzi's class didn't have any truly powerful figures. Xiaoling only glared resentfully at them without daring to chase them away.

The senior high boys, seeing that Zhao Yanzi ignored them, felt humiliated and waved their hands towards the basketball court, causing another ball to fly over and disrupt her class's volleyball match.

This time, Zhao Yanzi was truly annoyed. As she prepared to blow up, a hand suddenly appeared out of nowhere in mid-air and caught the incoming basketball with a "snap."

It wasn't unusual for someone to catch a basketball one-handed, but catching it from over ten meters away required real skill.

Zhao Yanzi turned around, surprised to see Hao Ren had appeared on the volleyball court at some point.

"What's the fun in bullying middle schoolers" Hao Ren held the basketball in his hands, gripping it firmly.

"Who are you!" The long-haired guy glared at this unknown Hao Ren and shouted.

Hao Ren wasn't wearing a uniform, so he was likely not a student of Lingzhao Middle School. But given his age, he didn't look like a teacher either. Moreover, the way he caught the heavy basketball mid-air had left these high school students wary.

"Play basketball properly and don’t disrupt other classes," Hao Ren followed up with another remark.

The high school boys looked at Hao Ren with suspicion, wondering if he was really a new teacher. Yet, from his appearance, he certainly seemed like a high school student.

"What school are you from!"

"How did you get in!"

"Why do you care about our business" Several boys behind the first one called out. There was just Hao Ren against several of them; they couldn't afford to look weak.

Hao Ren ignored their provocations and raised the basketball above his head, preparing for a shot.

Zhao Yanzi watched him make this seemingly standard move, gradually shifting from amazement to exasperation: If he's going to do it, why not just get on with it instead of posing

The high school boys, along with Zhao Yanzi’s classmates, looked at Hao Ren as if he were a madman.

With such a standard shooting posture, even getting the ball halfway up would be impressive; to throw it across the field, one should use a javelin-throwing stance!

Fwoosh!

The basketball flew from Hao Ren’s fingertips as he flicked his wrist.

The ball arced through the air and shot towards the basketball hoop on the court far away!

This was just a small movement for shooting!

Everyone, except Zhao Yanzi, was stunned by this level of strength.

Uncle Clumsy, if it doesn’t go in, what’s the point of posing! Don’t you think I know your basketball skills are awful!

The ball flew over a boundary line of the soccer field, drawing the attention of high school boys playing soccer.

Swoosh!

The basketball fell perfectly into the hoop and bounced off the net to the ground.

The volleyball players standing near Hao Ren were shocked open-mouthed.

Zhao Yanzi also stared at him in amazement. Strength and precision—having the strength to throw across a field is one thing, but having the accuracy to score from there is quite another!

"This uncle..."

Cool!

Zhao Yanzǐ suddenly noticed that Hao Ren, who was still in a shooting pose under the sunlight, looked so handsome.

"The ball is back. Aren't you going to play basketball" Hao Ren turned around and said to those high school boys.

They nervously watched Hao Ren but couldn’t move their feet.

"Sir," Zhao Yanzǐ called out two words, then felt something was wrong and quickly corrected herself, "Hao Ren, how did you come here"

"I heard some boys were bothering you, so I came to see for myself." Hao Ren answered.

"So cool! You must be on the basketball team, right"

"Yes. Although your clothes are plain, you have a very graceful demeanor."

"Yeah, you look very steady."

On the volleyball court, Zhao Yanzǐ's classmates whispered among themselves.

This kind of talk greatly satisfied Zhao Yanzǐ’s vanity. She happily smiled and hooked her arm around Hao Ren’s, asking, "How did you get in"

"I left my student ID at the school gate."

The remaining high school boys were stunned to see Zhao Yanzǐ being so familiar with Hao Ren: So Zhao Yanzǐ actually has a boyfriend! And her boyfriend is so strong!

They glanced at each other and shamefacedly ran back to the basketball court.

Hao Ren felt uncomfortable when he saw that Zhao Yanzǐ’s classmates were staring at him. He lowered his head and asked Zhao Yanzǐ, "Is it okay for me to take a look around your school"

"Of course! Of course!" Zhao Yanzǐ shook her head while rubbing her cheek against Hao Ren's arm with an expression of happiness.

"Let’s go." Hao Ren led her out of the volleyball court, and Zhao Yanzǐ ran a few steps to catch up with him. She then took his hand willingly.

Feeling slightly weird holding such delicate little fingers, Hao Ren thought, Isn’t this promoting early romance

Zhao Yanzǐ didn’t care about that, listening to her classmates behind them praising "Afuzi’s boyfriend is very handsome. It seems he cares a lot for Afuzi," while pulling Hao Ren out of the sports field range and heading toward the school's central lake.

Once they were away from her classmates’ sight by the lakeside, Zhao Yanzǐ immediately let go of Hao Ren’s arm again, leaving him speechless at this cold-hearted action.

"You’ve done well today. I’ll treat you to lunch later," Zhao Yanzǐ wiped her hand and said to Hao Ren.

Hao Ren saw how quickly she turned on him; it was truly another case of biting the benevolent Lu Tung-p’ing.

"What are we having" Hao Ren asked.

"The cafeteria, of course," Zhao Yanzǐ replied without hesitation.

The environment at Lingzhao Middle School was indeed pleasant, with rows of trees lining the lakeside, forming a continuous tree-lined avenue. Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, creating patches of light that fell on the stone pavement, as well as Hao Ren's body and Zhao Yanzǐ's face.

"You're not attending PE class but just wandering around the school. Is everything alright" Hao Ren asked her.

"It doesn't matter; I'll go join them when they gather," Zhao Yanzǐ said nonchalantly.

"How long is it till the end of class" Hao Ren inquired.

"You're really nagging! A class lasts 45 minutes, and there are still half an hour left!" Zhao Yanzǐ replied impatiently.

Hao Ren was momentarily speechless after her retort. Calming himself down, he said, "That guard told me I could only stay in the school for two hours; I might not be able to wait until you're done with class and go to the cafeteria together."

"Idiot!" Zhao Yanzǐ gave him a glare, then instructed, "Just wait here!"

She ran towards the main entrance of the school with her heels clicking. Hao Ren was momentarily stunned and could only stand there waiting for her.

The place was filled with bird songs and fragrant flowers; the air was fresh. From about ten meters away came the students' recitation of "The Memorial of Departure" from the teaching building.

A few minutes later, Zhao Yanzǐ ran back again with her heels clicking. In her hand was Hao Ren's student ID card which she tossed to him, saying, "Alright, that's done!"

"How did you get it" Hao Ren asked.

"Just call a few people 'uncle' and be a little spoiled; what can't I get then" Zhao Yanzǐ said with a glance.

Hao Ren was speechless. But this might just be the privilege of teenage girls, right

However, even if he had his student ID back, as an outsider from another school, it still felt uneasy to mix around in their school. Especially because Hao Ren worried about running into Zhao Yanzǐ's homeroom teacher.

"I'm going to play volleyball; do whatever you want here," Zhao Yanzǐ said with her head held high to Hao Ren.

"Can I watch you play volleyball" Hao Ren asked.

"Who wants a weird uncle like you watching me play volleyball!" Zhao Yanzǐ gave Hao Ren an icy glare, but her cheeks flushed slightly.

Hao Ren's next words were cut off; he didn't know what to say. He had finally gotten her to call him by his name instead of "uncle", but only when she was pulling him as a shield...

Hao Ren felt that his position was truly pitiable.

"Just find a corner here and stay until the end of PE class; I'll come look for you then!" Zhao Yanzǐ said before running off towards the direction of the playground with her legs kicking in quick succession.

Hao Ren helplessly watched her back as he looked around. He saw only one small red pavilion where he could rest, so he went over and seeing that the bench was wide enough, lay down directly on it.

Zhao Yanzǐ's temperament was hard to predict; if I leave now for Donghai University, she won't be able to find me when class is over, she'll definitely throw a tantrum...

Even if we have good relations or bad ones, it doesn't work out for me either, Hao Ren sighed as he lay there and closed his eyes under the flickering sunlight through the branches.

I don’t know how long passed; after running his Focus Concentration Technique internally several rounds, Hao Ren suddenly felt a kick on the bench he was lying on.exhaling flames from his nostrils.He didn’t know that Hao Ren had such an impressive background. Fortunately for him, Town Yuanzi was considerate and gave him a way out."Here are two ginseng fruits. M...