Chapter 116

Chapter 116

Li Yangming was kicked, sending him rolling to the ground, his stomach aching terribly. The two Red Guards beside him were also whimpering and crying. Li Yangming still roared hoarsely, "She hit us, she hit us! My stomach is wrecked! Why aren't you arresting her? Hurry up, arrest her!"

No one paid him any attention. Whoever started it is the one in the wrong. Everyone had eyes; if Feng Xia hadn't been so skilled, she and Huang Xinci would likely be in a far worse state than them now.

Several guards stood alert around Feng Xia. They had been transferred here primarily to protect her, and their earlier lapse was already a failure. There was no way they would listen to Li Yangming and arrest her now.

Huang Xinci was clearly shaken. Her face was pale, even her lips had lost color, and her glasses were all fogged up. She forced the words out through clenched teeth: "Li Yangming, I've told you before—I don't like you. I'll never have anything to do with you, ever. Between us, there is only hatred. You reported my father and still wanted to marry me. Anyone with a conscience would never agree. If you keep following me, I'll go straight to the Armed Forces Department and report you!"

As her last words fell, the surrounding crowd couldn't help but show disgust toward Li Yangming on the ground. This guy was insane—reporting the girl's elderly father and still wanting to marry her? What a delusional creep. Moreover, just based on looks, Li Yangming wasn't in Huang Xinci's league.

Huang Xinci was delicately beautiful, with a calm temperament, clearly a well-read girl. Li Yangming, on the other hand, was a pure ruffian. The two standing together were a perfect example of the old saying: a toad hoping to eat swan meat.

The whispers from the crowd reached Li Yangming's ears, and his face got even darker. Why should they look down on him? He was now a Red Guard squad leader. What right did they have? He roared, "What do you know?! I grew up with Huang Xinci! I gave her all the good food to eat—she's my wife! Now she's sneaking around behind my back, messing around with others. I have every right to discipline her! Sluts, all of you sluts!"

His face twisted, lost in his own delusions. His eyes were ferocious, as if he wanted to skin Huang Xinci alive. Even though Huang Xinci had been working for two years, she couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart. But this girl was remarkable—instead of backing down, she glared back even more fiercely.

Feng Xia clapped her hands and laughed, her smile carefree and unrestrained. Her tone was as casual as ever: "So this is why you've been harassing Huang Xinci? All just self-delusion, right? What you think doesn't matter, but your actions just now amount to assault and battery. Let's just call the cops." The last sentence was directed at the guard beside her.

The guard nodded, and the lead one went to the Armed Forces Department to report.

Li Yangming's eyes were bloodshot, and he screamed hoarsely, "Damn it! She hit me! You should be arresting her, not me! I didn't do anything! I didn't do anything! Arrest her!"

Feng Xia couldn't be bothered to look at him again. Huang Xinci added, "You didn't do anything? You just didn't expect that Young Teacher was this tough. If she hadn't stepped in, I'd probably be dead by now. And you say you did nothing? All right, stop howling. You'll have plenty of time to howl when you're talking to the police later."

Huang Xinci truly detested this man. He was like a gutter rat—sticky, cold, and disgusting. If only this time he could be sent away for good, never to come out again. Li Yangming led a squad of Red Guards, throwing their weight around and persecuting countless families. Even eighteen levels of hell wouldn't be enough for him.

The police arrived quickly, and Li Yangming and his gang were soon taken away. Feng Xia and the others also had to go give statements. The officer handling Feng Xia's statement was an old policeman, quite gentle. He mainly asked Huang Xinci some questions, and she answered them all. In those days, hooliganism was a serious crime—could even get you the death penalty. Li Yangming would probably be locked up for a few months.

After the questioning, the old policeman let them go. It had taken so long that Feng Xia was hungry. She wondered if the cafeteria still had food. She led the still-excited students back to the cafeteria. Fortunately, there was still food, and they gobbled down their food before returning to the classroom to study.

That evening, the leader had just finished dinner. Holding a report in hand, he was reading it when he suddenly thought of the person who came up with that chart format. He asked, "How is Comrade doing these days? Is she well?"

The secretary beside him quickly replied, "Rest assured, she's doing well. But there was an incident today, though." The secretary then briefly recounted the incident between Li Yangming and Huang Xinci. Since Li Yangming was a member of the Red Guards, the Armed Forces Department had difficulty handling it. Indeed, such was the absurdity of the situation—the authorities couldn't easily handle a Red Guard squad leader even with clear evidence. The secretary's subordinates had reported it, and the secretary relayed it to the leader.

The leader was silent for a long time before muttering softly, "Yes, knowledge is the primary productive force. Our children still need to study."

After a long overcast spell, the sky finally cleared.

When the seven-person team completed their first mature mini-program, a major event shook the entire Flower Kingdom—the country brought back the college entrance exam. News spread like wildfire across the land. Countless sent-down youth wept for joy. Not only that, many intellectuals exiled to the Great Northern Wilderness were brought back. Numerous intellectuals who had been branded as "black elements" by the Red Guards were also rehabilitated. Everything changed in an instant.

Feng Xia was aware of these upheavals. For example, the country had reinstated the college entrance examination, scheduling the first in ten years for September. Professor Zhu Guangya, Old Zhang, and Professor Jin, among others, all supported Feng Xia taking the exam. Although she already had many achievements to her name, she had no formal academic background. Taking the orthodox route through the exam would make her future path smoother.

The rest of the group also decided to take the exam. Feng Xia couldn't teach them forever. Only by entering university could they learn more advanced technology. Feng Xia nodded at this. These were people the higher-ups had their eye on, so she wasn't too worried. Since they wanted to take the exam, then study hard.

The first college entrance examination in a decade—after being away from books for over ten years, everything had changed. They had to start from scratch, and Feng Xia was no exception.

The subject she needed to cram most was politics. This arduous task fell to Professor Chen Yue. The old lady was delighted and often kept Feng Xia by her side, teaching her Chinese and politics. Having a Peking University Chinese professor tutor her was an incredible luxury. Feng Xia enjoyed listening to the old lady's lectures—she spoke humorously and wittily, and with Feng Xia's freakish ability to remember everything at a glance, she could recall almost everything after one explanation. She was truly a student any teacher would love.

Time flew by. The higher-ups were busy, and before she knew it, Feng Xia was facing the college entrance examination.

Not just in the capital, but everywhere in the country, it was like a bombshell—buzzing and roaring with excitement.

The first in ten years—how could it not be exciting!