256: Chapter 255: I Want to Duel You 256: Chapter 255: I Want to Duel You “Yeah, waiting for someone,” Tangyu replied, still casual and indifferent.
The boy became even more jealous, increasingly annoyed with Tangyu, and tugged at Lingling again, “Let’s go.”
Lingling brushed off the boy’s hand and continued to stare curiously at Tangyu, “So, who are you waiting for?
Oh, I know, you’re waiting for Xia Xiaoyu, right?
Or not?
Could it be Lin Feifei, or maybe Teacher Mo?
But that doesn’t make sense; Teacher Mo wouldn’t leave the school gates after class.
If you were waiting for Teacher Mo, you should be looking inside the school.
Doctor Tang, who are you really waiting for?” Girls are always curious, especially young ones like her.
This Lingling was probably not just curious; she also had a huge gossip heart.
Tangyu was rendered speechless but had no choice but to deal with such young girls; he couldn’t really get angry with her, could he?
He could only remain silent.
“Come on, spill it Doctor Tang, don’t be so stingy.
You do know that you’re quite the character at Linshan Middle School, right?
Most of our after-school conversations are all about your gossip.
There’s talk about you with Xia Xiaoyu, with Lin Feifei, and with Teacher Mo.
You sure have a lot of rumors swirling around you.
What’s the truth?” Lingling continued to press, seemingly determined to get to the bottom of it.
Lingling’s boyfriend’s jaws twitched as he, albeit a Donglin University student, was quite familiar with the beauties of Linshan Middle School.
Naturally, when he set his sights on Linshan Middle School, he had to be well-informed about it.
He had always coveted the school’s top beauties, but he knew his limits.
Hearing from Lingling that Tangyu was waiting for two of these beauties made him dislike Tangyu even more, now fueling his jealousy excessively.
Especially with Tangyu remaining silent, which he took as an arrogant display, further aggravated his nerves.
“Hey, what’s with that attitude?
Lingling is speaking to you, are you deaf or dumb?” The boy finally lost control over his rage and lashed out at Tangyu.
Tangyu glanced over, sending a chill down the boy’s spine with that look, as if something had pricked him, inexplicably instilling a hint of fear.
The boy involuntarily took a step back and turned his gaze away, lacking the courage to meet Tangyu’s eyes any longer.
Tangyu simply couldn’t be bothered with the boy.
“What are you doing, why are you talking to my idol like that?
Go away, I’m not going to the movies or dinner with you today, or ever again, I hate you,” Lingling said angrily as she pushed the boy.
The boy was momentarily stunned, as if struck by lightning, his girlfriend who was warm just moments before now suddenly declaring her dislike for him because of another man?
“Lingling, what do you mean by that?” the boy asked.
“What do you mean, what do I mean?
I’m done playing with you, let’s break up, don’t come looking for me anymore,” Lingling replied.
Watching this spectacle, Tangyu felt like laughing; young girls’ thoughts were indeed very fickle.
Their notion of love was hardly deep, it was basically just about having fun.
Once bored, they decisively threw it away, as simply as discarding a toy.
Seeing the boy with an expression as if he’d lost his parents, Tangyu just wanted to say two words to him: “Deserved it.”
To think he could score with such a young girl, such a brute deserved to be dumped.
“Lingling, have you fallen for someone else?
You’ve fallen for him, haven’t you?” the boy said angrily.
“Hmph, so what if I have?
I have fallen for Doctor Tang, and he is my idol, what about it?
Go, just go, I’m really annoyed with you now, I don’t want to see you anymore,” Lingling replied.
The boy, enraged and embarrassed, naturally directed all his anger at Tangyu, glaring at him.
However, upon meeting Tangyu’s gaze, he cowered slightly, merely clenched his teeth and broadly motioned at Tangyu, “Fine, I’ll remember this for today, watch your back from now on, or I’ll make sure to pay you back double.” With that, the boy scurried away.
Tangyu wasn’t the slightest bit concerned by the boy’s threats; such people truly didn’t pique his interest.
“Hehe Doctor Tang, that annoying guy is gone, can you tell me now?” Lingling asked, still looking very happy.
This girl really wasn’t going to give up.
The moment Tangyu’s eyes shifted, he saw Lin Feifei coming out.
Lin Feifei also quickly looked over and, seeing Tangyu, clearly paused, a hint of surprise flashing through her eyes.
Her lips curved into a brief smile but was quickly masked, revealing a somewhat adorable demeanor as Feifei approached.
Yet, a closer look would show a slight blush on her face.
Lingling, seeing Lin Feifei, also showed a bit of surprise on her face, “Hehe, I knew it was Lin Feifei, looks like the rumors were true.”
Lin Feifei quickly came up to Tangyu, giving Lingling a puzzled look, then turned to Tangyu.
Tangyu immediately said, “I don’t know her.”
“Hehe, none of you know me, but I know you.
You are Lin Feifei, one of the three great beauties of Linshan Middle School.
And he is Doctor Tang, a notable figure in our Linshan Middle School, and also my idol.
Hehe, seeing you two together is just perfect—it’s a match made in heaven.
I knew it had to be you.
Hehe, that’s wonderful,” Lingling said.
Lingling’s words left Lin Feifei blinking in surprise, taking a while to fully grasp their meaning and immediately her face flushed with embarrassment.
There had been rumors about her and Tangyu in school recently, but she hadn’t responded to them directly.
Tangyu just shook his head and smiled, paying no mind to Lingling’s comments.
This attitude of Tangyu’s made Lin Feifei’s heart race even faster—could it be he was acknowledging it?
An incredibly embarrassing thought flashed through Lin Feifei’s mind.
“Hehe, then I won’t be the third wheel anymore.
You two must be together, and I wish you all the best,” Lingling said cheerfully, before running off, leaving Lin Feifei standing there, embarrassed.
Lin Feifei’s cheeks were red as she stole glances at Tangyu, the thoughts in her mind growing more intense.
Tangyu had never been so proactive and warm towards her, and now he had come to meet her at the school gate.
After what Lingling had said, and without any hint of refusal or displeasure from him, could this mean he consented?
There’s a saying that silence is golden, and silence meant consent.
Was that really true?
Did Tangyu truly have feelings for her?
This thought was so persistent that Lin Feifei’s face turned even redder, and she slightly bowed her head.
Seeing Lin Feifei’s behavior, Tangyu was startled.
Was this little lady always so shy?
But, her demeanor was really charming and made one feel protective.
It was tempting to pinch her little face, though he wondered if it might squeeze out a tear.
“Why are you standing there looking dazed, let’s go home,” Tangyu said.
“Pop!”
Lin Feifei felt like she could hear her own heartbeat.
So, Tangyu really had come to pick her up after school.
“Mm,” Lin Feifei nodded her head, obediently following Tangyu like a well-behaved child.
Just then, a rush of hurried footsteps approached.
Three figures dashed over like a gust of wind, blocking Tangyu and her path—it was none other than Wang Ba and his two flunkies.
Wang Ba glared at Tangyu, resentful.
Earlier that day, Tangyu had stripped them of their clothes, humiliating them in school, a disgrace Wang Ba was not prepared to swallow easily.
Just as he stepped out of school, he saw Tangyu and Lin Feifei together, further fueling his rage.
“Wang Ba, what do you want this time?” The good atmosphere was disrupted by Wang Ba, and Lin Feifei glared at him, her voice sharp.
“Lin Feifei, this is none of your business, it’s a personal matter between me and Tang,” Wang Ba said, taking a glance at Lin Feifei before continuing to glare fiercely at Tangyu: “Today, you subjected me to such humiliation, I’m not through with you.
I challenge you to a duel, yes, a duel.”
Tangyu laughed, truly amused, as he looked at Wang Ba intriguingly: “You want a duel with me?”
Wang Ba involuntarily stepped back, his two lackeys also visibly intimidated by Tangyu, not daring to provoke this fearsome figure.
Wang Ba steeled himself and said defiantly, “Yes, that’s right, I challenge you to a duel.
But let’s settle this with wits, not fists, I challenge you to a battle of wits.”
“I’m a straightforward man, only good at fighting.
A battle of wits?
I don’t have time for that, move aside,” Tangyu said.
“I knew it, you’re just afraid, afraid you’ll lose to me.
You know you can’t win against me, that’s why you say that,” Wang Ba said, fear mingling with a trace of smugness, thinking he had finally found something to best Tangyu at.
“Battle of wits, my foot!
With your grades always at the bottom of the class, you dare challenge to a battle of wits.
With that bit of intelligence, even if I brought Zhao Yaya here, you would still lose miserably.
Where do you get this confidence from?
Now get out of the way, are you annoying or what?
We don’t have time for you right now, just leave,” Lin Feifei suddenly burst out angrily, a fiery side of her rarely seen, adding some spice to her words.
Startled by Lin Feifei’s outburst, Wang Ba was indeed taken aback—he had never seen Lin Feifei lose her temper like this.
“Hmm, Tang, I’m not done with today’s matter, I’ll settle the score with you next time,” Wang Ba gritted his teeth, dropping a harsh line before leaving.
“So annoying, always like a pesky hanger-on.
Let’s ignore him and go, Momo and the others should be waiting for us at the school gate,” Lin Feifei said.
The two of them headed straight to the gate of Donglin University’s primary division, where, sure enough, from a distance, they saw Guo Momo and Zhao Yaya waiting at the school gate.
But it wasn’t just the two of them; a little boy was there too.
About three or four meters away from the little boy, a Rolls Royce Phantom was parked imposingly.
Two tall and imposing men in suits stood nearby, clearly waiting for the little boy.
That boy, Tangyu recalled having seen him once, was the boy who had pursued Zhao Ya, his name was Chu Tianba.
Just the scene of picking him up from school showed the power of the Chu family, one of the top families known as “Wuba”.
Obviously, Tangyu now also knew that this Chu Tianba was a young master of the Chu family, which was a colossal force, certainly not something he could afford to provoke lightly.
“Good guy brother, Feifei sister,” Zhao Yaya had sharp eyes; she spotted Tangyu and Lin Feifei from afar and excitedly waved her hand, as if seeing her saviors.