I Don’t Want to Win Lying Down

Chapter 29: Night Meeting

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The night was full of mystery, and for some, the night was just the beginning of the day. For example, Xu Mang, who had been expelled from school, after receiving the message from Yang Xiaoman during the day, found himself standing in front of the school gates waiting for her at this time.

The security guards and Xu Mang were old friends. There was a saying among the school’s security guards that the newbies could be clueless about who the principal or vice-principal was, but it was impossible for them to not know Xu Mang.

In just two years, Xu Mang had been late more often than everyone else added up in the school. A booklet that was dedicated to filling out the names of the late students had been fully filled with his name alone. This was also the first time in the school’s history that they needed to bring out a second booklet.

“Xu Mang, why are you here?” The security uncle asked when he saw Xu Mang, kindly letting him into the guardroom and making him a cup of tea as the uncle pulled out a cigarette to smoke.

“I don’t really know myself…Someone asked me to come, so here I am.” Xu Mang replied with a smile as he sipped on his tea. “Uncle Zhang, you’re not doing bad here at all, this is some premium Chinese tea here. Been doing some dodgy stuff for some side income here, eh?”

“Don’t talk nonsense! This was something I got when I attended my great-nephew’s wedding yesterday.” The security uncle huffed. “There’s a rumor spreading in the school that you’ve been expelled, were you aware?”

Xu Mang was startled and asked curiously, “Did they distort the truth about it?”

“True or false, who knows? I’m also considered to be an old-timer in this school already, right? Looking at each batch of students from enrollment all the way to graduation, I’ve never met someone like you.” The security uncle laughed. “You really are a legend in this school.”

A legend?

Could it all be negative rumors?

Needless to say, Xu Mang felt as though his image had really become rather negative…all the teachers used him as an example, like, if you didn’t study well, you would become the second Xu Mang!

To begin with, Xu Mang wasn’t really a good person, and so, he was not bothered by it in the slightest.

“You mind if I take a smoke?”

“Go ahead.”

Xu Mang’s smoking habit had started in his first year of high school. In the beginning, it was due to curiosity because there was a video circulating on the internet with ‘TIME’ as the background music and it had showcased many celebrities smoking in the video. Influenced by this video, Xu Mang had embarked on a journey of no return. Luckily, he managed to step on the brakes in time. Nowadays, he just took a few puffs, and that was only for the sake of looking cool.

Just as Xu Mang and Uncle Zhang were cheerfully chatting about random things, Yang Xiaoman appeared in front of Xu Mang, the two of them separated by the thin glass.

Killing intent, a very dense killing intent!

Xu Mang felt as though he was a kid who had been caught red-handed doing something bad when he saw the murderous glint in Yang Xiaoman’s eyes.

“Your girlfriend? Not bad at all, kid!” Uncle Zhang laughed loudly when he caught sight of Yang Xiaoman. “Hurry up and go, don’t make your girlfriend wait.”

Xu Mang was chased out of the safety of the guardroom by the old guard.

Under the streetlight, Xu Mang was slightly cautious. He didn’t know the reason for Yang Xiaoman to call him out. According to his speculations…probably for another beating.

“Why were you smoking!?” Yang Xiaoman asked with an angry face. “I don’t allow you to smoke!”

Xu Mang was already deeply familiar with this overbearing flat-chested barbarian. Everything had to conform to her ideals. If there was even just the slightest deviation, she would use a metal rod to correct it. The greater the deviation, the thicker the rod.

However, Xu Mang’s head was very, very hard.

“Why?” Xu Mang asked, shrinking back and using his softest tone to deliver a hard message.

Whoosh!

Yang Xiaoman pulled out a piece of paper, and on it was written ‘Xu Yang Treaty’ with Xu Mang’s signature and fingerprint on it.

“You’re my servant!” Yang Xiaoman said haughtily.

He…

A moment’s error brings a lifelong regret!

Xu Mang had not expected for Yang Xiaoman to have been holding on to this matter for this long. Initially, he thought that it had been a joke and had signed it for a hundred years period, but at present…it looked as though he had well and truly dug a grave for himself.

“Oh…” Xu Mang nodded his head meekly. It wasn’t as if he could beat her.

“Hmph! In the future, you will meet me at the school gates every day, on time.” Yang Xiaoman said, keeping the paper away. “You can’t come empty-handed, you need to bring me gifts, otherwise, you’ll get a beating.”

“Understood…”

“Also, when I send you a WeChat message, you need to reply within 30 seconds, otherwise, I will get angry and when I find you, I’ll give you a good beating!” Yang Xiaoman continued, listing down her own overbearing conditions.

“Sure. Are you done?” Xu Mang asked.

“For now.” Yang Xiaoman nodded and looked at him. Her arrogant expressions melted suddenly and she said softly, “Being expelled, you must feel very frustrated, right?”

“…”

Facing a gentle Yang Xiaoman, Xu Mang was slightly at a loss and even felt a slight chill run down his back. The saying goes that it was always calm before the storm…however, that didn’t really describe the current situation. Yang Xiaoman was usually a fierce and violent woman, but suddenly, she was being gentle…could it be a natural disaster in the making?

Xu Mang pondered for a while and eventually said in a quiet voice, “Could you be a little more…dominating? I really don’t know how to face this gentle side of you…forget it.I’ll do it myself.”

“You flat-chested woman!” Xu Mang uttered those words carefully.

Yang Xiaoman: (*￣︿￣)

Punching Bag + 1

He was beaten up, and what a sound thrashing it was, too.

Although Xu Mang felt the pain, he was also happy at the same time because he had managed to have Yang Xiaoman return to being herself.

“A*shole!” Yang Xiaoman huffed angrily. She had given care about his situation but had gotten the line ‘You flat-chested woman’ in return. If that didn’t deserve a sound thrashing, she didn’t know what did.

“Take me home!” Yang Xiaoman ordered, annoyance clear in her voice. “My driver had something to do today, so I’ll give you a chance to safely escort me back home.”

Xu Mang was a little skeptical. Although he wasn’t one to nitpick, Yang Xiaoman’s statement obviously had a lot of loopholes. For a rich girl who came to school in a Maybach, it was impossible to believe that there was only one driver available at home!

Just as he was about to open his mouth to retort a few things, he shut it immediately upon seeing the glare that Yang Xiaoman directed at him.

“Let’s…get a Didi?”

“No!” Yang Xiaoman shook her head. “Something happened recently, so I can’t do Didi.”

“Then, let’s take the bus?”

“No way!” Yang Xiaoman objected yet again.

Finally, they chose to hail a cab.

Both of them sat in the backseat, neither one talking. The lights in the night were particularly eye-catching, and they seemed to be telling stories of the happenings in the city.

***

“You live here!?”

Xu Mang almost had the fright of his life as he looked at the extremely luxurious four buildings with at least 20 stories in front of him. This was a Tomson special product, one of the highest-priced real estates in China. They say that the average transaction price was more than 160 million, and if the property was reexamined, it could go for around 200 million.

“That’s right.” Yang Xiaoman nodded, slightly confused. “Is there a problem?”

“This place is super expensive!”

“It’s okay.”

“…”

Xu Mang was depressed now. Initially, he had thought that Yang Xiaoman was just some rich girl. It seemed that he had underestimated the extent of the word ‘rich’.

His father was not awesome enough!

To not allow his son to live in this kind of luxurious residence…but if you thought about it, if he did live here, wouldn’t that make him Yang Xiaoman’s neighbor?

Hold up.

His father was a very wise man!

“I’m leaving.”

“You…how are you going back?” Yang Xiaoman asked.

“I’ll take the bus!” Xu Mang shrugged as he replied. “I only brought fifty bucks with me and that was used for the cab fare just now. Don’t worry, I brought my bus card with me.”

Watching Xu Mang’s back as he turned and departed, Yang Xiaoman felt conflicted inside again. He had put on a laughing face and had continued to joke around like normal, but he was probably enduring loneliness that no one else could bear. He was most likely feeling very vulnerable now, right?

“Xu Mang!”

“Ah?”

“If you need any help, please let me know. I will definitely help you to achieve it!” Yang Xiaoman said, determination in her voice.

“Uh…”

Xu Mang seemed to halt in his steps and pondered about it for a long time, finally asking her carefully, “Then…could you stop beating me up?”

“Get lost!”