Chapter 12: First, let's take care of you

  After dinner at the Tianbin Hotel, Zhao Yuqin sent Zhou Hao and Yan Tong back home. When they parted ways, Zhao Yuqin pinched Zhou Hao's face and smiled: "Little Hao, sister will come to play with you again in two days." Looking at Zhou Hao's handsome and energetic face, Zhao Yuqin took advantage of Yan Tong walking away and quickly kissed Zhou Hao on the cheek, "You're already so handsome now, what about in the future?" She didn't wait for Zhou Hao's reaction, turned around and got into the Mercedes-Benz, driving away.

  Watching the Mercedes speed away, Zhou Hao touched the place on his face where Zhao Yuke had kissed him, his expression somewhat perplexed.

  In the afternoon, Zhou Hao finished all his homework for this weekend without spending much time. In his previous life, he had received a first-class scholarship every year during his university days, so these junior high school assignments were completely effortless for him.

  It just so happened that Wang Xijun came over to ask Zhou Hao to accompany her to a bookstore, and Zhou Hao naturally agreed.

  It takes fifteen minutes to walk to Xinhua Bookstore, and as soon as they left the street under their apartment building, Zhou Hao reached out and held Wang Xiujun's slender hand. Wang Xiujun wanted to pull back, but Zhou Hao grasped tightly and said to her: "No one here knows us, and no one will interfere with our business, so don't worry."

  Unable to resist Zhou Hao's persistence, Wang Xijun had no choice but to let him be. However, this feeling of being intertwined was also very captivating, and all along the way, Wang Xijun's face was a deep red, extremely adorable. Looking at her shy yet pleased expression, Zhou Hao felt that it was truly a pleasure to behold.

  When they arrived at Xinhua Bookstore, Wang Xijun refused to let Zhou Hao hold her hand, because this was a place where teachers and students from school often came, and being seen would have a bad influence.

  Wang Xijun came here to buy two sets of high school entrance exam review materials. Since Zhou Hao's grades are good enough to get him directly admitted into the high school department of Yu Ning Middle School, Wang Xijun hopes to attend the same school as him, so she studies very hard too.

  Zhou Hao knew that Wang Xijun, although studying very hard, ultimately failed to get into Yun Ning Middle School and could only attend Municipal No. 1 Middle School for high school. In the end, she also didn't get into university and married in Hong Kong after graduating from high school.

  Now that he had been reborn, Zhou Hao naturally wouldn't let all this happen again. He wanted to keep Wang Xiu Jun by his side. Although many years had passed, he could still clearly remember the middle school entrance exam questions from back then. Who knows if the teacher who made the test was lazy or not? Many of the questions were taken directly from a book called "Middle School Entrance Exam Overview". So, he took Wang Xiu Jun to Xinhua Bookstore and browsed around until they finally found the "Middle School Entrance Exam Overview" for Chinese, math, English, physics, and chemistry on a bookshelf.

  Zhou Hao flipped through it and indeed saw those familiar questions inside, "Buy these five books."

  "Is this okay?" Wang Xijun also flipped through it and felt that the types of questions inside were not as typical as those in other review materials.

  "Our teacher recommended it, trust me, it's definitely right." Zhou Hao brought Wang Xijun to the counter and bought it.

  These five "Zhongkao Gaoyao" cost over 40 yuan, Wang Xijun didn't bring enough money, and Zhou Hao had to make up for more than 20 yuan to be enough. As a result, the two of them were left with little money.

  After coming out of Xinhua Bookstore, the sun had already set, and the sky was a deep blue.

  Those vendors selling various snacks also appeared on the roadside, and the tempting aroma filled the street, making Zhou Hao and Wang Xijun feel a little hungry. Seeing Wang Xijun looking at those snacks with some expectation, Zhou Hao looked forward and saw a stall converted from a tricycle, where a man was making scallion pancakes. Zhou Hao took Wang Xijun over there. He recognized this scallion pancake vendor, the man was from the north, and his pancakes were very delicious, and even when Zhou Hao went to college, he was still there.

  "Two pancakes." Zhou Hao handed a dollar to the man.

  "Great, just in time. Eat it while it's hot." The man also warmly wrapped two pancakes in newspaper and handed them to Zhou Hao.

  Zhou Hao and Wang Xijun each had one, and they both felt that the pancake was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, extremely delicious. Especially Zhou Hao, who hadn't eaten it for many years, this time he tasted it again, it was a different flavor in his heart.

  "Look at you, eating so carelessly." Wang Xijun gently pinched off a piece of pancake crumbs from the corner of Zhou Hao's mouth.

  "Little brother, your girlfriend is so gentle." The pancake vendor chuckled and said, "My wife isn't even that considerate."

  Upon hearing the man's words, Wang Xijun immediately blushed and could only lower her head to eat her own pancake.

  Zhou Hao was also extremely proud, and secretly grabbed Wang Xijun's hand for a moment.

  At this moment, Zhou Hao saw a few people walking towards him from afar. The first two were Si Tu Jianying and Xiao Shaoqiang, followed by several people with hair dyed in various colors, who looked like social hooligans at a glance.

  These two have had conflicts with him before. Cai Tu Jianying was slapped by him, and Wen Shaoqiang wanted to fight him on the basketball court last time.

  Do they know each other? Seeing Situ Jianying and Wen Shaoqiang walking together, Zhou Hao immediately furrowed his brow. After a moment's thought, he realized that Wen Shaoqiang's father was the leader of a gang, while Situ Jianying's father was the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, so it wasn't strange that they knew each other.

  "Let's go, we're leaving." Zhou Hao knew that Si Tu Jianying was definitely looking for trouble with him.

  Wang Xijun also saw Situ Jianying in the distance, and nodded slightly before following Zhou Hao to quickly leave the place.

  Zhou Hao can run, but Wang Xijun, a little girl, couldn't run far, and the two were finally caught up by Wen Shaoqiang and others.

  "Hey, Zhou Hao, taking your little girlfriend out for a stroll?" Wen Shaoqiang sneered: "How come you saw us and didn't even greet us before running away? You're still a student of our Yu Ning, how impolite."

  Wen Shaoqiang's sidekick, Situ Jianying, also had a resentful look on his face as he glared at Zhou Hao, gritting his teeth. "Zhou Hao, you slapped me last time, today I'll return the favor!"

  "What do you want?" Zhou Hao shielded Wang Xiu Jun behind him.

  "You stinky brat!" Wen Shao said: "Last time on the basketball court, I didn't manage to beat you up. Today, you're not so lucky." He looked around at the bustling street, "I don't think you want to be beaten in public like this either. Come on, let's go over there."

  Then they took Zhou Hao and Wang Xijun into a small alley next door.

  "Alright, today I'm going to settle accounts with you all once and for all." Siu Sing Ying hugged his arms, a self-satisfied expression on his face.

  "Hey, Zhou Hao, you're really bold, even daring to hit our Sister Situ. I have to admire you for that." Wen Shaoqiang said with a smile. Indeed, Situ Jianying's father was the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, so Wen Shaoqiang usually showed great respect towards her and often helped her teach a lesson to those who had offended her, which indirectly encouraged her arrogance.

  "And that bitch!" Situ Jianying saw Wang Xijun and Zhou Hao's hands still tightly clasped together, the hatred in her heart grew even stronger. "Wen Shaoqiang, that stinky bitch, you guys took turns with her, see if she dares to pretend to be innocent now!"

  When Si Tu Jian Ying said this, Wang Xi Jun's face changed greatly. If she was really going to be taken by Wen Shao Qiang and the others, her life would be over. She was so scared that she trembled with fear, tightly hugging Zhou Hao's arm.

  "Great, great." Wen Shao saw the beautiful Wang Xijun and his eyes also released a strong desire. "Looking at her appearance, she should still be a virgin. Tonight, we brothers will have some fun." The few hoodlums behind him were also excited.

  Zhou Hao narrowed his eyes, looking at Situ Jianying's gaze filled with anger. Especially Situ Jianying, Wang Xijun had never provoked her, from start to finish it was all her bullying Wang Xijun, and now she still wanted to make Wang Xijun take the blame, this was truly unforgivable.

  "What are you looking at? Do you think you can still play hero and rescue the beauty?" Wen Shao's gaze was extremely angry at Zhou Hao.

  Zhou Hao gently patted Wang Xijun's hand and said, "Xijun, you stay here, don't be afraid, I will protect you."

  "Zhou Hao, be careful. If you have a chance, escape on your own and don't worry about me," Wang Xijun said.

  "Unless I'm dead, you want me to abandon you?" Zhou Hao said as he walked straight towards Wen Shaoqiang, leaving behind a tall and imposing figure for Wang Xijun.

  Wen Shaoqiang saw Zhou Hao walking towards him and sneered, "You think you're a hero... Ah!"

  Before Wen Shao finished speaking, Zhou Hao had already punched him in the face. Zhou Hao knew that reasoning with these people was useless, and the only way to deal with them was to be more ruthless and make them afraid.

  Wen Shaoqiang was beaten by Zhou Hao and retreated several steps, raised his hand to touch, his face had already swollen a big lump, he yelled: "Good! Stinky boy, no one has dared to hit me like this before! Come on, all of you come!"

  As his voice fell, those few hoodlums charged up with a fierce momentum. However, their movements in Zhou Hao's eyes were no different from snails, and they couldn't touch Zhou Hao at all.

  Only saw Zhou Hao make a few moves with his hands and feet, those several little rascals all fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

  Wen Shaoqiang and Situ Jianying were both staring at Zhou Hao in shock, because these little thugs used to be very fierce when fighting, even a strong man could be knocked down by them. But today, they were easily dealt with by Zhou Hao.

  Zhou Hao also looked at his own fist in surprise, wondering if it was because of the strange power on his body that his strength had increased again, and his hands and feet were much more agile than before.

  Since you're here, make yourself at home. The stronger his special abilities became, the happier Zhou Hao was. He looked up at Wen Shaoqiang and Sutu Jianying, and clenched his fists again.

  Wen Shaoqiang looked at Zhou Hao with a furious expression, gritted his teeth and didn't say anything before turning around and running away. After running more than ten meters, he shouted loudly: "Zhou Hao, you wait and see! I won't give up like this!" After that, he had already run out of the alley.

  Situ Jianying also wanted to escape, but before he could take two steps, he was caught by Zhou Hao.

  "What are you going to do?" Xiāo Jiàn Yīng was also scared at this time, "My dad is the director of the Public Security Bureau, if you hit me, I'll let my dad arrest you and put you in jail!"

  "How dare you say your dad is the director of the Public Security Bureau?" Zhou Hao was also furious, "Then why did you just instigate Wen Shaoqiang and others to... If you don't take advantage of Xiu Jun, you won't break the law? You this unrepentant guy, want to let people take advantage of Xiu Jun, I'll deal with you first!" As he spoke, he fiercely grabbed a handful of her chest.