Chapter 83 — The New Four Great Scoundrels
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"Boss, you wouldn't believe it—Zhong Yongliang's been keeping a really low profile today. You weren't here, and he didn't give me any trouble," Kang Xiaofeng said.
"Isn't that a good thing?" Wei Zhao said. "Anything happen today?"
"No. Just yesterday's business—the school put out a brief notice saying some people from off campus came to make trouble and have been taken into criminal custody by the police." Kang Xiaofeng said, "Damn it, it's all because Zhong Yongliang's family has connections. The school's covering for him. Everyone knows those guys were hired by Zhong Yongliang."
"Heh—" Wei Zhao had already heard about it today from Uncle Qing. Since Zhong Yongliang's uncle was a director of the Gu Group, he was naturally one of the school's shareholders as well, so it was only normal for the school to protect Zhong Yongliang.
"By the way, Boss, guess how everyone's describing you now?" Kang Xiaofeng lowered his voice, excited.
"Describe me? Describe me how?" Wei Zhao was more than a little baffled.
"Boss, you're one of the school's Four Great Young Tyrants now! You've replaced Zhong Yongliang and taken his place as the new number three among them," Kang Xiaofeng said, carrying on as though he were boasting about something worthy of immense pride.
"Four Great Young Tyrants?" A chill ran down Wei Zhao's spine. Since when had he become one of the Four Great Young Tyrants? He had always stuck to the principle of keeping as low-profile as humanly possible -- he did not even dare to perform well on exams -- and yet just like that, he had become this notorious?
What was more, the way Kang Xiaofeng carried himself, it seemed as though becoming one of the Four Great Young Tyrants was something to be proud of, which left Wei Zhao thoroughly speechless.
"That's right, Boss! If you take down number two, you'll move right up to the number two spot among the Four Great Young Tyrants," Kang Xiaofeng added.
"Number two?" Dark lines seemed to spread across Wei Zhao's entire forehead. The number two among the Four Great Young Tyrants... that would be even worse than number three.
Still, there was nothing Wei Zhao could do about it. After all, yesterday's brawl with the outsiders was an established fact. Even though it had been Black Panther who came to the school looking for trouble, others certainly would not see it that way. They would assume Wei Zhao was just another student who loved to pick fights. He had taken out all of Zhong Yongliang's men, after all -- it was only fitting that he earned a spot among the Four Great Young Tyrants on campus.
The bell for the end of class rang, cutting short the conversation between Wei Zhao and Kang Xiaofeng. As for the title of the Four Great Young Tyrants, Wei Zhao had little interest in it -- but mouths belonged to other people, and he could hardly control what they chose to say.
Still, Wei Zhao figured that since he already had this kind of image, playing the shield for Gu Mengyao would go a little more smoothly from now on. Just stand there, and anyone who looked would immediately think, "Don't mess with her" -- "She's got one fierce protector."
The last class on Friday was a free period -- the so-called physical activity class was really just time with no set curriculum, where students could go outside to exercise or stay in the classroom to study. It was the only relaxing period that all of the senior class shared each week.
Even those classmates who studied themselves half to death would generally choose to use this period to unwind -- strolling around the campus, or heading to the shops near the school gate: the music and video stores, the snack street, the accessories shops, and the like.