To avoid the harassment of numerous girls and the basketball-loving youths at the academy.

In the afternoon, Shen Qiang, Miao Xiaoxia, Geng Liang, Zhang Jing, the four of them found refuge in the small garden behind the graduate school. Geng Liang, who was nearly thirty, began talking about his experiences in the army, things like wilderness survival, group army exercises, sparring with special forces, and how he had never lost to eight of them.

The way he boasted made it seem as real as if it actually happened, leaving Zhang Jing completely dumbfounded.

Shen Qiang, however, was full of laughter.

Because Shen Qiang was a cultivator at the Golden Core Stage, he could sense the fluctuations of spiritual energy, Geng Liang was just an ordinary person, a military doctor from the army, indeed exceptional in emergency trauma care and battlefield medicine. It was probably true he often sparred with special forces.

But just him, let alone one against eight, even one-on-one, he was likely the one to get trounced in the end.

As for Zhang Jing, being young and previously finding Geng Liang's stories credible, although she didn't fully believe them at the moment, her gaze towards Geng Liang carried a hint of ambiguous admiration amidst her doubt.

Therefore, when Shen Qiang saw that look in her eyes, he knew that Zhang Jing was probably going to fall for Geng Liang.

Compared to the astonished pair, Shen Qiang and Miao Xiaoxia were both very calm.

The two sat shoulder to shoulder on a stone bench in the small garden.

This made Miao Xiaoxia somewhat nervous, somewhat fearful, but more so, she felt sweetness and happiness.

The two sat quietly beside Geng Liang and Zhang Jing, silently listening to Geng Liang's tall tales.

At five-thirty in the afternoon.

In front of Medical University's gate.

Ren Kangning, with a runny nose, sat in his brand-new red sports car, looking somewhat arrogantly at the students coming in and out.

Not far behind him, several golden cup vans were parked.

Another student, also with a runny nose, hurried over and said with bright eyes, "Young Master Ren, they're here!"

Ren Kangning, sitting in the car, immediately lit up.

He caught sight of Miao Xiaoxia, looking blissful, laughing and talking as she followed Shen Qiang.

"Shen Qiang!"

Ren Kangning pushed open the car door, got out, and charged furiously towards Shen Qiang.

Moreover, from the vans parked behind his sports car, a mass of fifty or sixty people rushed out noisily.

Jeans, sweatpants, colorful and varied T-shirts, fake gold chains, explosive hairstyles...

A strong suburban, trendy thug vibe rushed over.

Miao Xiaoxia immediately got anxious; she stepped forward to shield Shen Qiang and said to the furiously approaching Ren Kangning, "Ren Kangning, what are you trying to do? I warn you, don't go too far!"

Hearing this, Ren Kangning's facial muscles twitched, "See here, you shut your mouth."

Glowering at Shen Qiang, he pointed at Shen Qiang's face and sneered through clenched teeth, "You're pretty cocky, huh? Daring to mess with my girl. Now, I'll give you a chance. Get on your knees and beg me, and I'll let it go. Otherwise, I'll beat you to death today!"

Smack!

Shen Qiang, smiling, grabbed his finger and twisted hard, causing Ren Kangning to immediately bend over, wailing in pain.

"I think I should formally introduce myself. My name is Shen Qiang, a first-year graduate student. I don't have the best temper. My motto is, if no one offends me, I won't offend anyone. But if someone offends me, I'll eradicate them root and branch."

Crack!

Shen Qiang exerted force on his wrist, and with the sound of snapping fingers,

Ren Kangning screamed out in agony.

The student trailing behind him grew desperate, "Fuck, what are you spacing out for, hurry up and do it!"

The few dozen village ruffians with their rebellious SaMaTe hairstyles immediately panicked, pulling out sticks and machetes from the Jinbei van.

"Motherfucker! You're pretty bold, let him go!"

A tall, dark-skinned young man, who seemed to be the leader, pointed a machete at Shen Qiang.

Sensing Miao Xiaoxia's nervousness beside him, Shen Qiang wrapped his arm around her and pulled her into his embrace.

His other hand, however, tightened its grip, and Ren Kangning, who was already in enough pain to shed tears, let out a wretched scream.

Looking at Ren Kangning's agonized face and still smiling, Shen Qiang ignored the machete in front of him and said with a smile, "I'm a reasonable guy, and very generous. Now, if you apologize to me and swear never to mess with me again or to bother Miao Xiaoxia, I'll let it slide as if it were nothing. What do you think, good deal?"

"Good my ass!" Ren Kangning bellowed in pain, "Let go of me right now, or I'll have them chop you to death! Do you hear me? There are so many of us. Smart guy, you should let go of me quickly and kneel down to admit your wrong while you still can."

"Otherwise, I won't just kill you, but I'll also order them to take care of Miao Xiaoxia, this little bitch!"

Crack!

With a strong twist of his wrist, Ren Kangning, tears shooting from his eyes, was forced to kneel before Shen Qiang.

Seeing this situation, the group of ruffians panicked, pointing their swords and clubs at Shen Qiang.

"Fuck you, let him go!"

"Back off! Don't force us to act!"

"Moron, you really don't know whether you're alive or dead. The moment we make a move and all these weapons come at you, you're a dead man! Got it?"

At this point, the many students around, with their faces pale with shock, kept their distance. One student, slightly braver than the rest, shouted to Shen Qiang from across the crowd, "Shen Qiang, don't be stupid! They have more people!"

"Oh my God, Shen Qiang, don't be rash. So many thugs if it really comes to blows, someone could get killed!"

"Sigh, why is Shen Qiang so stubborn? If it were me faced with so many people pointing knives at me, I'd kneel. It's better to live badly than to die nobly."

"That's right, a true man knows when to bow and when to stand tall!"

As the many students hid far within the university gate whispering to each other,

the voluptuous and attractive female lecturer, Ju Yang, just happened to come out from the school and saw Shen Qiang being threatened with a knife from a distance. She panicked and after calling out Shen Qiang's name, she ran forward.

At that moment, standing beside her, the tall Ji Liangchuan grabbed the back of her collar and said in a deep voice, "Don't go over there!"

"Let me go!" Ju Yang got angry when she saw Ji Liangchuan's calm face.

Ji Liangchuan didn't utter a word.

Angered, Ju Yang kicked and beat him, but he kept silent, simply refusing to let go, adamantly preventing Ju Yang from going over there.

Meanwhile, outside the Medical University gate,

Shen Qiang, his expression serene, looked down at Ren Kangning kneeling before him and said earnestly, "Do you think just because you have more people, you're tough, that you can do whatever you want? I'm telling you one last time, apologize now and swear not to trouble us again, and I'll still let you off."

"Go to hell! Cut him down!"

Hearing Ren Kangning's words, Shen Qiang raised his leg and kicked, toppling Ren Kangning to the ground.

Almost simultaneously, with a series of muffled car door sounds, since one o'clock in the afternoon, several black SUVs parked by the Medical University gate, each of which had received a parking ticket, discharged a somber crowd of young men.

They were uniformly dressed in black Chinese stand-up collar suits with spotless white shirts underneath, sporting neat short haircuts and a fierce demeanor.

Their arrival instantly stunned the ruffians who had been shouting and threatening moments before.

"Everyone kneel down, anyone who doesn't, we break their legs," said Zhong Yongxi, calm and composed as he led the team towards Shen Qiang.

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