Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 727 - 723

Chapter 727: 723

Chapter 723: Taking You to Find Him

"Then... what do we do?"

This guy, he’s actually so awesome? On par with Zeng Xiaoxiao?

This lunatic, on par with Zeng Xiaoxiao?

Xiao Yi stood stunned for quite a while before snapping back to reality. Staring at the computer beside him and seeing those ’eye-popping’ headlines almost drove him crazy. "I don’t care how awesome he is! So what if he’s awesome? What does that have to do with me? I don’t even know him, why is he doing this to me? What should I do now!"

"Boss, just accept your fate, accept the challenge, even though it’s a sure loss."

Fatty Tang appeared helpless and sighed, "In fact, now that things have escalated to this point, even if you don’t accept the challenge, it’s meaningless. After half a day’s promotion, everyone’s convinced that you’re courting death."

"Damn it!"

It took a great effort for Xiao Yi to hang up the phone. He stared blankly at the computer. At this moment, he even felt the urge to strangle that guy. He never imagined that the lunatic would resort to such extreme methods and turn things into such a mess.

But he also knew there was no way out. Zeng Xiaoxiao hadn’t returned yet, and Fatty Tang definitely couldn’t handle that guy. He himself knew nothing about the man.

"Sigh, I just hope that Zhao Yuhua doesn’t misunderstand."

After a long while, Xiao Yi scrolled through the entire forum page, reading all the posts. Staring at the computer screen in front of him, he let out a helpless sigh.

After reading all the posts, Xiao Yi wasn’t sure whether that guy was a genius, but one thing was certain: he really was a lunatic!

Only a lunatic would be so crazy, so ferocious, to fill an entire forum with this news and these messages...

For the first time in his life, he felt completely helpless and realized the power of a lunatic’s madness...

It’s not like he could just go and kill the guy!

High technology really comes in handy, it seems. It looks like he had to learn more about this field from Fatty Tang and Xiaoxiao when he had the chance, or else, in certain situations, he was at a significant disadvantage.

Xiao Yi sighed helplessly, silently reflecting, and no longer had the drive to do his exercises. Deciding that ’out of sight, out of mind’ was best, he turned off his computer, returned to his bed, and began to cultivate, trying to calm his mind.

Originally, Xiao Yi had harbored a glimmer of hope that, given Zhao Yuhua’s personality, she might not browse forums and never see that nonsense. But when he arrived at school the next day, that glimmer of hope completely vanished, and his heart sank down to the depths.

He saw on several noticeable bulletin boards across the school path, all covered with the banners from yesterday’s forum!

This lunatic! Not only did he wreak havoc online, but he also caused such a public spectacle in real life, defaming him!

Looking at one particularly striking banner in front of him, Xiao Yi couldn’t hold back any longer. He clenched his fists tightly, feeling a strong impulse to kill within his heart.

"See that? That’s Xiao Yi, the main character who wants to challenge that genius Fang Jingxu!"

"This guy, is he oblivious to his own death? Does he actually think he can challenge Fang Jingxu? You think he’s Zeng Xiaoxiao? That Fang Jingxu is a true genius. I heard he has already completely mastered the university curriculum and has published papers in international authoritative publications. Now he’s even starting to engage in research projects with their dean..."

"I heard that Xiao Yi is a miracle worker. When he went to the sports meet, no one thought he’d win, but he ended up champion in several events!"

"Psh, how can sports compare to this..."

"..."

Everywhere Xiao Yi passed, there were similar whispered discussions, feeling those disorderly and scrutinizing gazes, making his whole body feel uncomfortably awkward.

God damn bastard, if I see you, I won’t care if you’re a genius or a lunatic, I’ll definitely teach you a harsh lesson!

Xiao Yi cursed repeatedly in his heart, scolding the bastard’s ancestors eighteen generations over.

As the saying goes, whatever you fear, will come.

At this moment, the person Xiao Yi feared the most was undoubtedly Zhao Yuhua.

Seeing Zhao Yuhua stick her head out of the car window, Xiao Yi’s first reaction was to get away as fast as he could. Yet, for reasons unknown, his feet seemed glued to the spot, immovable.

"Zhao... Classmate Zhao, hello!"

After a while, Xiao Yi barely managed to muster a greeting.

"Get in the car."

Zhao Yuhua’s face looked very upset, and her tone when speaking to Xiao Yi was distinctly unfriendly.

"This?"

Xiao Yi pointed at the car door, looking hesitant.

"Get in the car!"

Zhao Yuhua frowned, repeating herself once more.

Forget it, whether she believes it or not, I have to explain things clearly to her!

Xiao Yi clenched his teeth, pulled open the car door, and sat down.

As soon as Xiao Yi settled into the car, Zhao Yuhua’s vehicle roared to life, surging forward rapidly.

"Classmate Zhao, about this..."

Looking at Zhao Yuhua’s darkened countenance beside him, Xiao Yi began, his face etched with a hint of apology, ready to explain, but before he could continue, Zhao Yuhua cut him off.

"You don’t need to explain anything. I know you didn’t do this. We’re going to find him now," she said coldly.

Upon hearing Zhao Yuhua instruct him to get in the car, and realizing that she was neither angry with him nor believed him responsible for the incident, Xiao Yi felt a tremendous sense of relief. His nervousness and anger stemmed solely from that damned Fang Jingxu dragging Zhao Yuhua into the mess. He was only worried about her misunderstanding; as for the rest, the mockery and even the insulting remarks from those students didn’t concern him in the least, much less provoke his anger.

Observing Zhao Yuhua’s grim expression and focused gaze, Xiao Yi was suddenly struck dumb, finding his prior worries utterly superfluous. His irritation was entirely unnecessary—given Zhao Yuhua’s intelligence and her understanding of him, how could she possibly fall for such an obvious ruse?

But...

Xiao Yi suddenly remembered something. Earlier, Zhao Yuhua mentioned going to find "him." Did she mean Fang Jingxu? Did she know Fang Jingxu?

This thought prompted Xiao Yi to cast a puzzled glance at Zhao Yuhua.

"He’s a relative of my family,"

Before Xiao Yi could voice his question, Zhao Yuhua seemed to read his thoughts and responded with a grim face. After speaking, she continued driving intently.

A relative?

This...

Hearing Zhao Yuhua’s words, Xiao Yi was taken aback, a surge of fresh confusion welling up. Seeing the expression on Zhao Yuhua’s face, however, he ultimately chose to suppress his questions and curiosity, swallowing all the inquiries he had meant to ask.

"We’re here."

About ten minutes later, the car stopped. Zhao Yuhua parked, called out, then got out of the car and headed toward the building, not waiting for Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi hurried out of the car, shut the door, and quickly followed Zhao Yuhua toward the building.

Isn’t this our Department of Science’s research building? What is she doing here? Isn’t that guy from the same college as us?

Upon entering the building, Xiao Yi was once again struck by a touch of doubt.

His confusion did not last long, as it was soon resolved.

Whether it was due to Zhao Yuhua’s identity or not, they encountered no obstruction as they entered the building and made their way directly to the third floor, where they found doors with various signs like "XXX Laboratory."

Zhao Yuhua, expressionless, walked straight toward the corner.

"Can you pick up the pace? Your calculations obviously have a severe logical flaw. Don’t you see it? How did you manage to read for over a decade? Are all of you from the Department of Physics this incompetent?"

Focused on following Zhao Yuhua while observing the labs on either side, and occasionally glancing through transparent windows seeing people engrossed in various experiments, Xiao Yi was about to ask her a question but then he heard a familiar voice coming from an office in the corner.

Isn’t that the kid’s voice?

What’s he doing here?

Hearing the voice, Xiao Yi momentarily froze. He had only met him once, but he would never forget that voice, especially the infuriating tone that accompanied it.

Only that impolite, deranged individual would talk to others in such a manner!

Mulling over his thoughts, they arrived at the source of the voice. Through the glass in the door, Xiao Yi immediately spotted the guy from yesterday—wearing thick glasses, short in stature, thin.

He saw the guy, posturing arrogantly, holding sheets of paper, and pointing out flaws to several others, also wearing thick glasses but significantly older—probably all over twenty-five—without any trace of courtesy, their words sharp and biting.

In the face of this guy’s criticism, the older individuals behaved like obedient kindergarten children, silently accepting his direction and not daring to utter a word.(Story to be continued. If you enjoy this work, feel free to cast your vote on Qidian where your support is my greatest motivation.)