Chapter 22: Beating People with Masks

  This place is a temporary roadside stall that operates only after dark, with two three-wheeled farm vehicles bringing plastic chairs and gas tanks as well as tableware to sell specialty snacks such as rice noodle rolls, fish balls, and dried fish skin.

  The snack stall was not big, with a temporary stove set up on both sides, each with two tables. Next to Gao Tianming's table sat two young men, one with yellow hair and the other wearing a dazzling gold ring on his hand.

  The young man with yellow hair sat down and saw Wang Bingxia and Lin Luxue, two beautiful women, sitting at the table next to him. Thinking he was cool, he whistled twice, and his companion laughed loudly beside him.

  Lin Luxue didn't react, staring at the fish ball in her hand, eating slowly and steadily, without any signs of anger, very calm. Wang Bingxia also didn't show any extreme expressions, just a hint of mockery on her face. It was Zhangzi who felt the voice was a bit piercing, turned around and glared at the blonde girl.

  The blond saw someone daring to stare at him, and was about to scold him, but when he saw Geng's physique, which looked like a giant gorilla in human form, the words that had reached his lips were swallowed back.

  As for Gao Tianming himself, he was just looking at the beautiful women around him, not even glancing in that direction, as if everything over there was just air. Gao Tianming wasn't a hot-blooded street punk, especially after the recent period of tempering, and wouldn't get angry over something like this anymore.

  Those two people ate and drank their fill, but instead of going forward to settle the bill, they waved their hands and said with a swagger: "Boss, I didn't bring any money today, just put it on my tab." From the tone and attitude of those two people, it was clear that this wasn't the first time this had happened.

  Hearing their conversation, Gao Tianming raised his head, a hint of cold smile on his face.

  This is a group of the lowest level, also the most shameless hooligans, bullying some honest and kind people, thinking they are mighty. Even eating at this place for free, this behavior has already reached a certain level of despicability.

  An old couple in their 50s, wearing a set of worn-out work uniforms, came here to set up a stall. After working hard all day, they were bullied by local thugs.

  Honest people are easy to bully, but honest people also have their own limits of endurance. When they reach a certain point, honest people will also do some unconventional things. It depends on how much they have been oppressed. After all, even a rabbit that has been driven mad will bite people, let alone a living person. Just look at the pot of spicy hot pot next to the boss, if it were poured onto that blonde's body, it would be at least a severe burn. Bullying an honest person will ultimately harm both parties.

  The boss took a glance at the young man with yellow hair, then focused his gaze on the pot of oil in his hand. A hint of ferocity flashed in his eyes, but he quickly regained composure. Perhaps for an instant, the boss thought about pouring the hot oil on the person, but reason ultimately prevailed.

  Another person wearing a gold ring walked up to the boss and said, "Tonight's soup is a bit salty, bring a few bottles of water to dilute it."

  The boss shook his head and said: "I don't have mineral water here, only wine."

  The one wearing a gold ring heard the boss's words and said, "No water? No problem, I'll buy it myself with my own money." As he spoke, he took out a 10-yuan note from the cash box on the stall.

  Looking at the scene in front of him, Gangzi patted the table and wanted to stand up, but Gao Tianming quickly pressed him down.

  Gangzi turned his head, looking at Gaotianming in confusion, and said: "Tianming, why are you stopping me? I want to beat these two bastards to death. Damn it, they're really too much."

  Looking at Gangzi, Gaotianming smiled and said: "I'm not stopping you from fighting them, but I'm stopping you from fighting here." He glanced at the couple opposite him and continued: "If you fight here, you'll break everything in this place. How can the boss do business? And if you drive those two people away like that, next time we're not here, they'll come looking for this couple."

  After hearing Gao Tianming's explanation, Gang Zi finally calmed down. "Then what should we do? Are we just going to let them go like this?"

  "Of course not, let's get away from here and look for them." Gaotianming said slowly as he glanced at the two people who were already walking far away.

  Wang Bingxia and Lin Luxue had been watching Gao Tianming's conversation with Gangzi, but upon hearing this, Wang Bingxia suddenly asked in confusion: "They've all gone far away, where are we going to find them later?" Lin Luxue also looked at Gao Tianming, not understanding what he should do.

  "Just now I heard them mention the word 'copy', they should have gone to an internet cafe, later we can find them at the nearest internet cafe." Gao Tianming said with his head down eating fish skin.

  After settling the bill with the boss, the four of them came to the entrance of a nearby internet cafe.

  Looking at the internet cafe, Gangzi asked: "Tianming, if we go in like this now, won't we be recognized by them? Who knows, they might even vent their anger on that couple. Shouldn't we wear a mask before going in?"

  Three people heard that Zhangzi said to wear masks, and they couldn't help but laugh. Gaotianming said: "This idea is pretty good, let's go buy two masks, just you and I will go in, Ice Xia and Lu Xue don't need to go in, so as not to be recognized by them."

  When Wang Bingxia heard that she couldn't go in, she was quite disappointed. Lin Lushe, on the other hand, didn't have much of a reaction and didn't object to anything.

  Wearing their masks, Gangzi and Gaotianming walked into the internet cafe. Taking a glance around, Gaotianming spotted that head of blonde hair, which was really eye-catching.

  Gao Tianming and Gangzi didn't say another word, they clenched their fists and charged forward, each taking care of one person. At first, Gao Tianming had thought of making up an excuse, such as saying that these two people had cheated him out of his gaming equipment, but since Gangzi was too lazy to bother, he decided not to say anything and directly started punching.

  Gangzi was born tall and strong, and often exercised by playing basketball. The object of his fight was a worthless little rascal who launched a sneak attack. In just a few moves, he knocked the rascal to the ground. After Gangzi finished dealing with his own opponent, he turned around to help Gao Tianming, only to find that Gao had already solved his problem earlier, and the other rascal was now rolling on the ground.

  After beating up two thugs, Gao Tianming and Gangzi quickly left, otherwise the internet cafe owner would have arrived soon, and there were also two girls waiting outside.

  It's getting late, so the four of them decided to head back early, or else the school dormitory gate would be closed. They hailed a taxi and got in, all four of them.

  On the car, Wang Bingxia started asking about the process in the internet cafe. Gao Zixing enthusiastically began to recount: how he cleanly and efficiently defeated his opponent, how his opponent begged for mercy on the ground, listening to this, Gao Tianming shook his head with a bitter smile.

  Four people returned to school and sent Wang Bingxia and Lin Luxue back to the girls' dormitory. Gao Tianming and Gang Zicai dragged their tired bodies back to their own dormitory.

  Just as he was about to take off his clothes and take a bath, he suddenly felt the phone in his pocket shaking, and a text message arrived. Gao Tianming opened the phone and found it was a text message from Lin Luxue.

  "Thank you today."

  Upon seeing the content of the message, Gao Tianming couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  PS: Sorry to keep everyone waiting, I just finished fixing my computer and rushed to mail the contract, so it's quite late now. Now that we're going to sign the contract, this is something worth being excited about, will you guys collect and vote with some votes?