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Chapter 42: Dignity Must Be Defended by Oneself

Chapter 42: Chapter 42: Dignity Must Be Defended by Oneself

"Brother Deng, I have friends over today, could you give me a few more days, a bit of face?" Zhang Tao said with a flushed face in a low voice.

Clearly, he was somewhat cautious of this green-haired guy.

The green-haired one splashed the bottled water on his face, sneered and said, "Face? You fucking owe Laozi money and don’t pay up, and you still want face? What gives you the right to ask Laozi for face?"

The green-haired guy arrogantly held the water bottle above his head, and started to pour the water onto it, drop by drop.

"Zhang, you don’t even look at what the fuck you are, asking me for face? Including principal and interest, ten thousand yuan! You must pay me back today!"

"But I’ve already paid you back!"

"What about the interest? Is Laozi not supposed to take interest? Without interest, you expect us to eat dirt?"

The green-haired guy cursed.

Zhang Tao said to Liu Dabao, "Dabao, you take Xiao Ran and go first, I’ll come over in a bit."

Liu Dabao nodded and said to Chu Xiaoran and Xiao Zheng in a low voice, "Let’s go first."

"I won’t! Why should I go?"

Originally, Xiao Zheng wasn’t planning to get involved in these murky waters; after all, the students could settle matters themselves.

But Chu Xiaoran uncharacteristically refused to leave.

She said with great righteousness, "If we leave, we leave together."

"Xiao Ran, you..."

Zhang Tao was touched.

But he was helpless, for he owed money to someone.

"Yo, who is this little beauty? New here, huh? My name is Deng Rongguang, nice to meet you," said Deng Rongguang with a sleazy smile, taking off his sunglasses and reaching out to shake hands with Chu Xiaoran.

Chu Xiaoran ignored him and snorted coldly, "Good dogs don’t block the way, get lost!"

After that, she squeezed by, leading Zhang Tao and the others forward.

"Want to leave? My boss didn’t say you could leave, and you leave?"

At that moment, several students behind Deng Rongguang arrogantly blocked Chu Xiaoran’s way.

"Brother Deng, it’s not their business, just let them go," Zhang Tao quickly came forward and urged.

After all, this was his personal problem and he didn’t want to drag Chu Xiaoran into it.

Deng Rongguang raised an eyebrow, "Who are you to tell me what to do?"

With that, Deng Rongguang’s gaze swept toward Chu Xiaoran, who was fuming with anger, and he continued to tease, "So your name is Xiao Ran, huh? Quite pretty. Everyone calls me Brother Deng. How about we make a date tonight? We could get to know each other a bit more."

Chu Xiaoran got angry.

"Looking like a donkey-horse hybrid, who the fuck wants to date you? Can’t even piss to see your own reflection, thinking you’re a stud after dyeing your hair green? This is the last warning from Missy, I’m not interested! Get lost!"

After she spoke, Chu Xiaoran forcefully pushed Deng Rongguang aside and, with furrowed brows, started to walk away.

"Fucking hell, if I don’t show you some color, you won’t know who Laozi is!"

Deng Rongguang was enraged.

"Brothers, beat them! Keep the girl, beat the men to death!"

"Brother Deng, please don’t!!!"

Zhang Tao pleaded quickly, knowing the power of Deng Rongguang; if a fight really broke out, it would spell terrible consequences for them.

"Get lost!"

Deng Rongguang, with a ferocious look on his face, raised his hand to slap Zhang Tao’s face.

However, before his hand could even touch Zhang Tao, it was firmly grabbed by a sudden, large hand!

Suddenly, Zhang Tao and the others were stunned.

When everyone’s gaze followed, they saw Xiao Zheng had stepped behind Zhang Tao at some unknown time.

The inconspicuous him was now radiant, giving a feeling of sovereign presence...

And Deng Rongguang, whose wrist was caught, felt as if his wrist was clamped with iron pliers, both painful and tight.

Through gritted teeth, with furrowed brow, he glared at the smiling Xiao Zheng and roared, "Motherfucker, who are you to interfere with Laozi’s business?"

"Who you are, I can’t control. But if you mess with my friends, you mess with me!"

Xiao Zheng sneered and slapped Deng Rongguang across the face with a swing of his hand.

Smack smack!

Two crisp sounds echoed.

Those two slaps left Deng Rongguang completely dumbfounded on the spot.

Even Zhang Tao and Liu Dabao were scared.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, well fought, a good fight," Chu Xiaoran clapped and cheered repeatedly.

"You little rascal," Xiao Zheng said with a laugh and a mock scold.

"You dare to hit me?" Deng Rongguang roared loudly as he touched his already swollen face, "Laozi is going to fight you to the death!"

He lunged at Xiao Zheng with flailing teeth and claws.

In Xiao Zheng’s eyes, such a way of fighting was simply too childish.

Xiao Zheng dodged with a swift move, and Deng Rongguang, whiffing his punch, failed to turn back in time to find Xiao Zheng before a foot eerily blocked his legs."

With a thud,

Deng Rongguang lost his footing and fell to the ground in a dog-eats-shit posture.

"My shoe got dirty; no need to be so polite, right?"

Xiao Zheng looked down at him from above.

Deng Rongguang looked up only to realize that his mouth was pressed against his shoe.

"Damn it, attack him for me!"

Deng Rongguang hysterically shouted.

The group of young lads roared and charged towards Xiao Zheng.

"Hmph, not studying well in school and just acting like hooligans. This slap is on behalf of your parents!"

Slap!

Xiao Zheng struck with ghostly speed, his movements a blur.

The youth at the forefront was slapped so hard that he spun in place.

"Instead of being good students, you choose to be thugs. This slap is on behalf of your teachers."

Slap!

Xiao Zheng struck again.

Another student was hit.

"Harassing and threatening your classmate in public, with no sense of camaraderie or love, this slap is for your juniors and seniors."

Slap, slap, slap...

Xiao Zheng spoke with vehemence, delivering several continuous slaps that made the youths cry out in pain.

"You!"

Deng Rongguang was so angry watching this that he felt like vomiting blood.

"What ’you’? Haven’t you realized anything yet?"

After striking those students, Xiao Zheng, with a smile, approached Deng Rongguang and gestured to Zhang Tao, saying with a laugh, "However he bullied you just now, you bully him the same way."

"I..."

Zhang Tao hesitated with his head down.

He didn’t dare because he was just a poor student; if he offended Deng Rongguang, there would be no good end for him.

"What’s the matter? You don’t even have the courage to retaliate when someone bullies you?" Xiao Zheng offered the bottle of mineral water to Zhang Tao.

But Zhang Tao didn’t even have the courage to take it.

Xiao Zheng knew this was the result of being oppressed and bullied over a long period of time.

When one is often bullied by others, and bullying becomes the norm, the person being bullied eventually loses even the thought of resisting.

"A man can have nothing. He can be poor, he can be timid, but he must never lose his dignity! Take it, right now, whatever he did to you, you do the same to him!

Dignity must be defended by oneself!"

Xiao Zheng said firmly.

At that moment, Zhang Tao, still hesitating, did not make a move.

He knew his situation was different from Xiao Zheng’s.

"I’ll do it!"

Liu Dabao, who had been watching for some time and growing impatient, reached out to take the bottle of mineral water from Xiao Zheng’s hand.

"I’ll say it again, one’s dignity can only be defended by oneself. No one else can help you!"

Xiao Zheng’s voice was sonorous and powerful, each word striking Zhang Tao’s heart.

"Zhang Tao, you dare! Believe it or not, I’ll have someone take care of you!"

Deng Rongguang, eyes flaming with fury, glared at the helpless and feeble Zhang Tao.