Face was more important to the gangsters than their lives.
No. 49 Alley was not far from the school. They could reach it by bus at six stops.
Ye Jian, Song Zhiqiu, and Liu Yang got off the bus and rushed to the place that Wu Bincheng mentioned.
The three of them jogged. They were afraid that their classmates would suffer if they were late.
There was a steel pipe construction frame at the entrance. A few workers wearing construction helmets were squatting and smoking while chatting.
They didn’t care about the sounds coming from inside. It was normal for the construction site to have these sounds.
They walked past them and weren’t stopped. However, she raised her head and looked at them.
Although No. 49 Alley had been renovated, some residents still hadn’t moved out in time. The construction team couldn’t wait that long. As they worked, they waited for the residents inside to move out. It was normal for people to enter and leave.
However, many unfamiliar faces were entering and exiting today.
The workers continued resting and chatting as they watched Ye Jian and the other two enter the alley.
After entering the alley, Ye Jian saw six young men holding steel pipes in their hands. They were standing crookedly. Ye Jian squinted slightly.
No wonder Ge Jinglin and the other three needed to hide. The other party had a weapon. If they fought, they would be at a disadvantage.
“They still have steel pipes in their hands!” Liu Yang muttered softly. He was a step slower than Ye Jian and walked behind her. “Ye Jian, walk in the middle. Don’t panic. I saw many wooden planks just now. Let’s take one to protect ourselves later.”
Song Zhiqiu turned his head and looked at Liu Yang. He unintentionally saw Ye Jian raising her right hand and gently touching her left wrist. Vaguely, he seemed to see thin silver accessories wrapped around her hand.
Without thinking too much, she said to Liu Yang, “Don’t be too nervous. Let’s find everyone first.”
“I, I, I… I’m not nervous. Ye Jian is a girl. It’s only right for a boy to protect a girl.” Liu Yang swallowed his saliva with difficulty. His expression was tense too. She could tell that he was nervous.
It felt a little weird to be protected by a boy.
Besides her comrades protecting each other on the battlefield, Ye Jian had never been protected by a boy before.
It was the first lesson of the new school term. After the teacher came in, he wrote the word ‘comrade’ on the blackboard. Then, he directly asked the new students to stand up and understand and explain what ‘comrade’ was.
After everyone explained, the teacher wrote a line on the blackboard, “The person who can carry you back from the dead is your comrade.” This sentence stunned all the students.
If you can leave danger to yourself, your comrades will be the ones who can bring you peace.
You are me, and I am you. They trust each other, rely on each other, and protect each other. In the first lesson of school, they took a lesson that directly hit their hearts.
Liu Yang was nervous, but he subconsciously knew how to protect his comrades. This was the camaraderie they built.
“Let’s settle this peacefully first. If it really doesn’t work, we can settle it with violence.” Ye Jian didn’t let him go last. The three of them walked side by side again. “In my opinion, these people are just paper tigers. If they really attack, they will be more cowardly than the other.”
That year, Luo Ran brought a bunch of gangsters with him. Brother Huang was fierce too. In the end, he got frightened and begged for mercy.
Cowards usually participate in gang fights. Why would a bold person ask someone for help? They would kill everyone single-handedly.
