Rebirth Begins with Rejecting my Childhood Friend - Chapter 171

Yang Baishan had disliked Liu Liang for a long time. Even though Zhu Ping had rejected him before getting together with Liu Liang, Yang Baishan still believed Liu Liang’s actions were dishonorable.

Seeing the situation, Yang Baishan suddenly stood up and shouted, “You fool! Who are you trying to scare? Do you think I, your grandfather, will be scared of you?”

On the computer science side, Liu Liang stood up first, and all the other boys followed suit, glaring angrily at the management and engineering group.

Naturally, the management and engineering group wasn’t intimidated either. They all stood up and glared back.

Liu Liang couldn’t hold back and charged forward.

Yang Baishan wasn’t afraid at all. He pulled out his chair and met him head-on.

The two instantly tangled together.

Seeing this, people from both sides rushed in to avoid their side suffering losses.

Both sides quickly got into a scuffle, but it was mostly pushing and shoving, without any real punches being thrown.

In the middle of the crowd, Liu Liang and Yang Baishan were pulling, punching, elbowing, and kicking at each other, fighting intensely.

Xu Xiuwen didn’t join the fight.

It’s not that he was afraid of trouble; he just understood the consequences.

Fighting was simple, but if anyone got injured, no matter who started it, once it reached the school authorities, everyone involved would likely face punishment.

Xu Xiuwen certainly didn’t want a minor incident to leave a blemish on his record.

However, he also knew he couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.

If he pretended to be dead at this moment, even if the classmates didn’t say anything right then, there would definitely be complaints later.

Moreover, Yang Baishan was his roommate, so Xu Xiuwen had no reason to stand by and do nothing.

Xu Xiuwen knew that to stop the group fight, he had to act swiftly and decisively.

He glanced at the beer bottle on the table, grabbed it, and smashed it against the edge of the table, breaking it instantly.

Then, holding the bottle neck, he didn’t bother with anyone else. Instead, he pushed through the crowd and squeezed to Liu Liang’s side.

Seizing the moment before everyone could react, he grabbed Liu Liang by the collar and pressed the jagged edge of the broken bottle against Liu Liang’s neck, shouting loudly, “Everybody stop right now!”

Xu Xiuwen’s shout was loud enough to shake the roof!

Everyone immediately turned to look.

With a grim expression, Xu Xiuwen ignored the people around him and coldly stared at Liu Liang, shouting, “If you dare move again, I’ll kill you!”

In fights, the one with the guts to go all out usually has the upper hand, but even the bravest fear the reckless ones with nothing to lose.

Xu Xiuwen pressed the sharp edge of the bottle tighter against Liu Liang’s neck.

Originally entangled in a brawl with Yang Baishan, equally unwilling to back down, Liu Liang instantly calmed down when he saw what was in front of him.

Liu Liang nervously swallowed and shouted, “Don’t do anything crazy! If you hurt me, you won’t get away either!”

Xu Xiuwen pushed the sharp edge of the bottle a bit closer, not enough to break the skin, but the sting made Liu Liang cry out in fear.

Just as Xu Xiuwen was about to speak, a girl suddenly squeezed through the crowd and rushed in front of him, tightly grabbing his right hand holding the bottle.

Xu Xiuwen was taken aback and looked up.

It was Cheng Lu!

Xu Xiuwen blurted out his confusion, “What are you doing here?”

Cheng Lu glared at Xu Xiuwen and said, “Are you crazy? Joining in their madness! You guys played your hearts out this afternoon and finally won. Secretary Li even praised you. Now you’re fighting? Are you trying to make things difficult for Secretary Li?”

Hearing the name Secretary Li, Xu Xiuwen was momentarily stunned.

Though Cheng Lu’s tone was cold, her words were actually urging him to calm down.

Xu Xiuwen was very calm now. He was just trying to stop the fight in this way, but Cheng Lu mistakenly thought he was drunk.

Xu Xiuwen didn’t bother to explain.

Just then, Dong Jun and Jin Haonan calmed down and quickly stepped forward to pull him back.

Xu Xiuwen went along with it and stepped down.

Over in the computer science department, Liu Liang was nearly scared out of his wits.

He looked at Xu Xiuwen in fear.

This Jiangling heartthrob turned wild was terrifying!

The other boys from the computer science department were all stunned by Xu Xiuwen’s outburst too!

No one dared to say another word.

Eating was out of the question now; the group slinked away.

Xu Xiuwen deliberately kept a stern face, letting Jin Haonan and Dong Jun drag him back to his seat.

Everyone else gradually returned to their seats as well.

Yang Baishan adjusted his clothes, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and handed one to Xu Xiuwen, “Xu Xiuwen, thank you.”

Though Yang Baishan was impulsive, he wasn’t brainless.

He knew Xu Xiuwen had been helping him just now.

The restaurant owner quietly breathed a sigh of relief at this moment. He was really worried that the two groups might actually start fighting. If that happened, regardless of the people involved, the tables and chairs would definitely get damaged, making it difficult to keep the business running smoothly that night.

Xu Xiuwen accepted the cigarette from Yang Baishan, and after sitting down, Yang Baishan also offered him a light.

Xu Xiuwen took a puff and exhaled the smoke.

Yang Baishan lit one for himself as well, smoking and asking, “Xiuwen, why is Cheng Lu here?”

Xu Xiuwen shook his head and said, “I don’t know.”

After pulling Xu Xiuwen back to his seat, Dong Jun walked back to Cheng Lu and said something to her.

At first, Cheng Lu shook her head, but later, she unexpectedly agreed to come over with Dong Jun, appearing to join them for the meal.

Seeing Cheng Lu show up here already surprised Xu Xiuwen, but seeing her agree to join them for dinner left him even more speechless.

Yang Baishan was just as astonished as Xu Xiuwen, his mouth wide open in disbelief.

Dong Jun gave his seat to Cheng Lu and then grabbed a chair from a nearby table, sitting down next to Xu Xiuwen and Yang Baishan.

Dong Jun’s seat had been directly opposite Xu Xiuwen, and now that he gave it to Cheng Lu, she was sitting directly across from Xu Xiuwen.

After sitting down next to Xu Xiuwen and Yang Baishan, Dong Jun addressed the other classmates at the table, “This is Cheng Lu from the Marketing Department at Jiaotong University. She’s in the same faculty as us and is also the Deputy Minister of the Literary Arts Department. I invited her to join us for dinner, so let’s give her a warm welcome.”

After Dong Jun finished speaking, the boys who didn’t know Cheng Lu naturally clapped enthusiastically. After all, a beautiful woman had arrived, and who wouldn’t enjoy having a meal with a beauty?

Among those who knew Cheng Lu:

Xu Xiuwen clapped calmly.

Yang Baishan’s face turned red, obviously feeling ashamed for misunderstanding her earlier that morning.

Jin Haonan and the others didn’t have much of a reaction. Although they weren’t as excited as the other boys, they still clapped along.

Dong Jun noticed that Yang Baishan wasn’t clapping and couldn’t help but ask quietly, “Why aren’t you clapping?”

Yang Baishan perfunctorily clapped his hands a few times.

Dong Jun glared at him. “Do you know why I invited Cheng Lu here? It’s because you misunderstood her this morning and thought she reported to Secretary Li. I invited her over to give you a chance to apologize. Don’t mess this up!”

Mentioning the morning’s misunderstanding with Cheng Lu, Yang Baishan knew he was in the wrong and kept his mouth shut.

Seeing this, Dong Jun could only glare at him again, unable to say anything more.