Chapter 8: Provocation at the school gate

The days in the second half of the first year of junior high school were not much different from usual. Day after day, there was nothing special in class. At that time, the song "Meeting in 98" was very popular. I often heard the little girl humming this song beside me during class, spinning her pen non-stop. I thought to myself, what a girl with a bit of romance. Although she spun her pen in a fancy way, I couldn't do it myself, but I could hum songs. Every time she hummed, I hummed along. In fact, I didn't like humming songs, I just wanted to interrupt her rhythm. At that time, I was a fan of Beyond, and I would unconsciously hum their songs. Although the lyrics were in Cantonese, I couldn't sing them myself, but it was quite suitable to hum them. The little girl didn't let me hum at first, but she got used to it later. She even asked me once, "Whose song are you humming?" I thought to myself, she didn't even know Beyond, so I told her, "This is an old song by Faye Wong." She said in confusion, "Faye Wong's song? Why haven't I heard it before?"

One morning, the little girl suddenly said to me, "Come with me after school." I was stunned for a moment, and a bunch of question marks popped up in my mind. I asked hurriedly, "Why? Did I offend you?" She stared at me and said viciously, "I listened to the radio last night and heard a song by Beyond. You told me that the song was sung by Faye Wong, right? Don't even think about running away tonight." I was stunned and thought to myself, this is a big trouble. It seems that she is really angry. If I had known that she would listen to the radio, I would not tease her again. I planned to apologize, but I knew in my heart that even if I apologized, it might be useless. She just wanted to find an opportunity to make trouble for me. After all, there have been a lot of small things in recent years, and she always thinks that I am deliberately teasing her.

After school, I had to follow her out of the school gate. This was my second time walking out of the school main gate. There was a group of gangsters standing around, including several students with dyed yellow and red hair. It seemed that they were social people from outside. The gangsters in our school usually hang around the door, either fighting or chatting. I saw them almost every day. To be honest, at that time, the gangsters were really "powerful" and their existence was intimidating. I remember that there was a period of time when I also had the fantasy of being a gangster, but then that incident happened and everything changed.

Today, it seems that the little gangster came with her "sister group" to welcome me. I looked over and saw that all seven girls were pretty. Although there were some differences, they were basically considered beauties in the school. To be honest, at that time, girls who didn't look good in school had no chance to get into this kind of circle. They had neither confidence nor courage. And most importantly, no one wanted to hang out with unpopular girls. I took a look and found that there were also a few 9-dragons in the first grade of junior high school, and there were also many gangsters in the second and third grades of junior high school. I stood by and felt a little awkward. Although they didn't do anything for the time being, I always felt uncomfortable being surrounded.

At this time, a very beautiful girl suddenly grabbed my arm. Later, I saw her and found out that her name was Han Xiaoxue. She smiled and said, "Yaoyao, he is quite handsome." The little girl immediately retorted, "What handsome, he is missing a front tooth and there is a scar on his nose." Han Xiaoxue asked curiously, "Really? One front tooth is missing? Open your mouth and let me see." Faced with the request of the beauty, I naturally couldn't refuse, so I opened my mouth to show her. Han Xiaoxue couldn't help laughing when she saw my front teeth, and the sisters around me laughed too. The girl with the cigarette scar pointed at me and said, "Why do you always offend Yaoyao? Didn't you learn a lesson last time?" I had to explain, "I was just joking with her." But the girl with the cigarette scar insisted, "You tell me, what should we do this time? I hate others lying to me the most." I was a little confused. What does this mean? I didn't lie to them. There were more and more students around, and they seemed to be attracted by the excitement here and became a crowd of onlookers.

At this moment, Guo Qiang came over and said to the little girl, "Sun Yao, stop making trouble. Huang Zhong is our classmate. Forget it." The girl with the cigarette scar, Bai Chen, immediately fought back, "Is it your turn to interfere in the affairs of the seven sisters?" Guo Qiang said nothing more and stepped aside. The hooligans around him also began to make a noise, "Sister Bai is cruel, Sister Bai, you cut him." At this time, the atmosphere around me became more and more tense, and more and more students gathered around. Suddenly, a student with dyed yellow hair rushed over and kicked me on the thigh. The sudden impact made me lose balance and fall to the ground. I recognized this yellow-haired man. He was the one I saw in the corridor on the first day of school. At that time, he blew a hooligan whistle and was very arrogant. As a result, he was punished by the school and is now on probation. The yellow-haired man grabbed me hard and asked with a sneer, "Do you recognize me?" I was a little confused for a moment, and when I thought about it, a picture of a few years ago suddenly popped up in my head. Yes, it was him! He looked a bit like the kid we robbed for money. It happened three years ago, and it still makes me feel nervous when I think about it.

Huangmao saw me stunned and smiled even more evilly: "Do you remember? Remember my brother?" The gangsters around me looked at me, as if waiting for my reaction.

I knew that if I stayed any longer, I would definitely be beaten up. My heart tightened, and I suddenly adjusted my schoolbag and ran away quickly. There was a sound of chasing footsteps from behind, and Huangmao and other gangsters caught up. I ran faster and faster, and my heartbeat began to accelerate. Looking back, Huangmao was like a ghost, chasing me quickly. In order not to be caught, I accelerated desperately, but the sound of the horn in my ear made me slow down a little. At this moment, Huangmao suddenly grabbed my schoolbag strap, and I couldn't help but panic. I immediately turned around and kicked him hard...

This move is a must-use move when I fight, and Huangmao was knocked down by me in an instant. I didn't care about dealing with other things, and quickly tightened my schoolbag and continued to run. Huang Mao and his men didn't catch up with me anymore, so I ran to the station and hid in the newsstand. When the bus arrived, I squeezed on. There were a lot of people on the bus, especially two female soldiers in uniform. Because the bus was very crowded, my hand just grabbed a handle standing in the distance, and one of the female soldiers happened to lean on that handle. Every time the bus braked, her chest would gently touch the back of my hand. During the whole journey, my hand and her collided from time to time, which made me feel a little uncomfortable. After arriving home, I put the spring dagger on the refrigerator into the Chinese textbook. I knew they would come to me again tomorrow. This time I brought the dagger not to hurt them, but to deter them and give myself some sense of security.

The next day at school, I was deliberately late and didn't go to the morning self-study. When she saw me, the little gangster girl looked at me and said, "You'd better run away early after school today. The 13 brothers in the second grade of junior high school want to settle accounts with you. Don't say I didn't remind you. This time is not easier than last time." Although this matter started from the little gangster girl, I was still grateful for her reminder. I said to her, "I know, thank you, I will run away early." In the first class in the morning, Huang Mao and some hooligans in the second grade stood at the door of the class and asked me to go to the toilet with them. I ignored them because the teacher was still in the classroom and they didn't dare to force their way in. They just asked me to wait for lunch. I thought to myself, it's over, the teacher must not be there at noon, what should I do? So I decided to leave get out of class early, and told the teacher in the fourth class that I was going to the toilet, taking the opportunity to avoid the trouble at noon. I went to the computer room as planned and stayed there for the whole afternoon.

When I went back to class in the afternoon, I went through the small door, and other students were taking a lunch break. The little gangster girl didn't pay much attention to me when she saw me. I didn't listen to a word in the class that afternoon. I kept thinking in my head: "Why does Huang Mao look so much like your brother, and he dyed his hair yellow? Isn't he like your brother? But I'm really afraid that I will do it myself and regret it." However, what worries me most is that they block the school gate every day and extort money, and my family is already in a difficult situation and I really can't afford too much money. After school, I decided that I would be safe if I carried a dagger today, at least I wouldn't suffer any loss. After all, I couldn't carry a dagger to school every day, so I had to solve the problem today. I found the little girl and asked her, "Are all 13 of them here tonight?" The little girl replied, "Yes, Chenchen told me that they are going to teach you a lesson tonight, and we sisters are going to go and see the excitement, so you should run away quickly." Her words made me very angry. She actually said that she was going to watch the excitement of me being beaten. I was full of anger, but I ignored her. I saw Guo Qiang still in the classroom, so I went to find him and asked if he could plead for me. Guo Qiang agreed, "Okay, classmate, I will plead for you, but I can't guarantee whether it will work." I followed Guo Qiang out and found that the little girl and her sisters were already waiting at the school gate. From a distance, I saw Huang Mao and his 13 brothers from the second grade of junior high school standing in the crowd, and there were also a few gangsters outside the school. Huang Mao came over as soon as he saw me and asked, "Why didn't you run away today?" Then he slapped me twice, and I didn't dodge. He went on to say, "Although my brother's problem cannot be entirely blamed on you, you are also responsible. How do you deal with it?" I did not respond, and he continued, "I didn't want to pursue it, but my brothers can't hold it in anymore. Let me propose a solution. Do you think it will work?" I thought to myself that it could probably be resolved tonight, and the pressure in my heart was a little less.