Chapter 14

Trouble caught behind Chen Dulan more often than he'd admit. As if the forces of universe wouldn't like for him to have one day of peace. Any sense of hope or stability had to be destroyed instantly; he wouldn't dream of a routine.

"Chen Dulan, who do you think you are?" Three guys had cornered him, only one of them from his own class. Their leader looked like an upperclassman.

"You think you can flirt with Su Yun all you want? A bastard like you?"

Who was Su Yun again? Ah, the girl who wouldn't leave him alone. Young girls really had poor taste, to not go after the rich and handsome, but someone like him?

"You're mistaking me with someone else, I didn't flirt with anyone."

"You dare to lie to our face? You think we don't have eyes?" The leader threw a punch and Chen Dulan dodged it. This was bad, he'd be late for class.

One of them held him by the collar and pushed him down. He then sat on top of Chen Dulan and threw another punch. "I won't show my face again, senior please let me go." He had no pride, but his face wasn't one of someone being bullied. Chen Dulan's intentions never showed up on his face and so his pitiable request came out as an arrogant mockery deserving another punch.

And his face was just getting better. Damn it.

The guy pulled him up by the collar, "I hate cocky guys like you the most. The only thing you have is your sissy face, you're not even from a good family or have any money. Just see how we make your flirting result in hell, you'll regret entering this school premises." This town's people were really immature. Why would anyone blame the Young Master for causing trouble when he grew up in a place like this, where everything was ridiculous?

They threw a couple more kicks as he crouched on the floor, and then left. Chen Dulan slowly got up, his clothes were soiled, but a funny feeling came to his mind. These guys had hit him nowhere close to Yao Fang's strength. Was it weird to feel bubbly about getting punched in the face? Well, at least that could be called a proper punch, unlike these pathetic hooligans.

He walked towards class hissing at the light sting.

The students all gave him looks, because his face was bruised again. Just a little though, it could disappear in a day. Nothing like his Young Master had hit him.

He had declared in class that he lived in 18 Lane, of course he was poor, everyone would've guessed so by now. He had angered some 'Su Yu's' supporters, and was already targeted by them. He hung around with Yao Fang in between classes. And he had already been bean beaten up twice in the first week of admission.

What about Chen Dulan didn't scream suspicious?

"You- did those guys come for you?" Yao Fang had asked, shifting his eyes.

"No, Young Master, I had talked to Su Yun, so some guys who liked her got angry with me. They aren't enough trouble to bother with."

"I'm starting to think you really are a weakling, why don't you ever hit back?"

"It's nothing much, Young Master. Please don't worry for me, there are many better things to talk about. Like, have you heard of Photosynthesis?" Chen Dulan said with a straight face, and Yao Fang wondered if it was meant to be a joke.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Yao Fang retorted.

"I didn't know that, all energy comes from the Sun. I didn't understand our textbooks, so I searched online, and turns out, I didn't know so much."

"Photosynthesis is primary level science... how do you plan to learn high school concepts with that? Wait have you even gone to school before?" Yao Fang looked worried and Chen Dulan couldn't point out why.

"Not really. But I can calculate money though."

"... whatever, you're crazy." Yao Fang had walked off with his hands in his pockets.

Chen Dulan felt like smiling but held the urge, because talking to someone his age was very refreshing, even if it was the Young Master himself. Wasn't it even better because Young Master wouldn't cause as much trouble anymore, and talk to him once in a while, they even exchanged numbers. Chen Dulan could deal with a little bullying, if the rest in his life was going better than ever.

Maybe Chen Dulan would get to be a child again, for a few months.