Chapter 17: Are Poor People People?
Nie Qiu snorted coldly, “Enough nonsense, let’s begin!” Even if she begged for mercy, they wouldn’t let her off, would they? So… why bother? Losing her dignity was something Nie Qiu would never do.
Chen Li and Bai Ya, who stood with her, took a few steps back. Several girls behind them stepped forward, rubbing their hands together as they approached Nie Qiu. Nie Qiu didn’t care about their preparations or speed; she rushed forward and kicked the girl at the front in the face.
The girl spun around at a speed visible to the naked eye, screaming as she fell to the ground. Nie Qiu hopped around, smiling and beckoning to the other girls. Since they were outside the school, the school couldn’t control them, and they had more numbers. People always sympathized with the weaker party, regardless of right or wrong. Even if they ended up at the police station, at most, they would just be educated; they were minors and wouldn’t be locked up.
The girls were startled by Nie Qiu’s kick. Seeing the person who had fallen to the ground screaming and unable to get up, they became a little timid. They looked at Chen Li, paused for a moment, and then suddenly charged at Nie Qiu.
How do girls fight? Anyone who has seen it knows that pulling hair, grabbing faces, and tearing clothes are their specialties. However, compared to them, Nie Qiu had an advantage: agility. Although her hair was inevitably pulled a few times by these girls, Nie Qiu skillfully broke free and even managed to deliver a heavy blow to the one who grabbed her.
What Nie Qiu felt fortunate about was that these girls were still students, not members of society, and didn’t carry any weapons. However, such a one-sided group assault still made Nie Qiu angry.
She stopped and looked at the panting girls. “Do you still want to fight?” If they still wanted to fight, she wouldn’t hold back. She wasn’t made of paper; she had flesh and blood, she was a person, and naturally, she had emotions. No one could endlessly tolerate anyone, not even their beloved.
Nie Qiu was a person who clearly distinguished between love and hate. Yang Zihao betrayed her, and she left him for the same reason. Being able to let go now wasn’t just because she had a new beginning; more importantly, it was because she no longer loved him, and naturally… that hatred had also vanished.
People who clearly distinguish between love and hate, in situations where they don’t need to control themselves, never control their emotions. Just like now, she was extremely angry, exceptionally furious. One could say she was completely provoked by this group of girls, or one could say that looking at such people with the mindset of a teacher or parent, she felt extremely disappointed. These girls, instead of striving for progress, only knew how to fight, put on makeup, and date every day. If this continued, when they grew up, they would just be a waste of the country’s resources!
Naturally, these panting girls couldn’t answer her question, nor did they want to. They just cautiously approached Nie Qiu again. A girl behind Nie Qiu suddenly lunged at her, fiercely grabbed Nie Qiu’s hair, and pulled it back with all her might.
Irrepressibly, Nie Qiu’s head was yanked back, and she stumbled. Ignoring the pain in her hair, she bent down, spun around, and kicked the girl in the stomach. The girl also screamed and fell to the ground, clutching her stomach and writhing in pain. In her hand, she still held some of Nie Qiu’s hair.
Nie Qiu touched the most painful spot on her head, feeling it was wet. When she brought her hand down, she saw that it was bleeding. Blood flowed from her forehead, not much, but it was shocking.
With a cold snort, Nie Qiu looked at the other girls, and at Chen Li and Bai Ya, who stood there stunned but hadn’t moved. “I advise you, it’s best not to provoke me again!”
The shocking blood flowed from the corner of her forehead to the center of her beautiful eyes. Her sharp gaze and cold expression gave her the appearance of a jade-faced Asura, beautiful yet terrifying.
Luo Xu, standing at the construction site in the distance, shrugged and looked at Li Kai. “It seems she doesn’t need us to save her; she can handle it herself. A Kai, you’re acting strange! Why did you think of coming to save her?”
Wang Chao Lei, standing behind Li Kai, also said, “I don’t even want to look at such a dirty woman… If it weren’t for A Kai, I wouldn’t have come here. There’s so much dust, it’s disgusting. I didn’t expect this woman to live in a commoner’s hovel. Honestly, A Kai, why are you here to save her?”
Li Kai looked at Nie Qiu in the distance, who had stopped fighting. Among the group of girls, she wasn’t outstanding in appearance but stood out like a crane among chickens. He snorted, “I want to see if she’ll kneel and beg me if I save her.” But he didn’t expect that she could fight as if she were against ten people, easily defeating those girls. This was beyond his expectations.
Zhang Haiyang smiled and said, “A Kai is probably thinking about what happened this morning, right? Haha…” As he spoke, Zhang Haiyang himself started laughing.
Li Kai shrugged noncommittally. “Maybe!” He felt that this person had changed more than a little. “Let’s go to KTV tonight to sing. My treat, sorry for making you all come here for nothing.” After speaking, Li Kai took out a pack of cigarettes from his purse, shook out a few, and threw them to the boys he had brought.
“What’s there to say!” Luo Xu hung on Li Kai’s neck. “A good brother is one who calls his brothers for fun, right?”
The boys following behind took the cigarettes and responded with laughter, “Right, right, right, Luo Xu is right. A good brother is one who calls his brothers for fun.”
Li Kai smiled helplessly and shook his head, tightening the schoolbag slung over his shoulder. “Let’s go! What are you waiting for? Let’s go sing and drink.”
Saying this, he led a group of boys away from the construction site, which had just been cleared and was in disarray.
Nie Qiu looked at the astonished Chen Li, took off her school uniform tied around her waist, picked up her schoolbag from the ground, and dusted it off. “I don’t want to fight with you all, nor do I want things to be unpleasant. Let’s all go our separate ways and not interfere with each other. If you provoke me again, be careful, I won’t be polite.” Making threats? Who couldn’t?
“Nie Qiu, you…” Chen Li gritted her teeth. “How dare you! Do you know who my dad is? Do you know that if I have my dad make a move, he can crush you with a finger? You…”
“Enough!” Nie Qiu shouted. “You don’t understand anything. Aren’t you just relying on your family’s influence to do evil? If your dad wasn’t a high official or a rich man, could you stand here and talk like this? What kind of ability do you have then?”
High officials? Rich people? She had seen plenty of these types before. The kind of person who could raise a daughter like Chen Li was probably someone wearing a thick gold necklace, with a big belly and ears, and no manners at all, only knowing how to show off. Such people usually wouldn’t last for three generations. True rich people were low-key and sophisticated with substance, and their children would naturally not be like Chen Li.
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