You're dumping me, huh? Fine, then I'll just pick up the school beauty and make her my wif

"No, no!" Lin tide's eyes lit up, and she clasped her hands together in front of her chest. "Jiang Che, you're my idol now! It's not too much to look at your idol a few more times, is it?"

Hearing this from the side, Xu Wenbin immediately chimed in, "Hey, Lin Xi, that's not right! You can't just stare at your idol like that. What if you hit it off?"

Lin tide rolled her eyes at him: "What nonsense are you talking about? Jiang Che is so handsome, can't people even look at him?"

"Well, I'm not bad-looking either, why don't you take a look at me?" Xu Wenbin patted his chest.

Lin tide glanced at him up and down, then curled her lip in disdain: "You? You're still ten Song Mingxuans away from Jiang Che."

Song Mingxuan pushed up his glasses and said expressionlessly, "You guys can argue all you want, but can you stop using me as a unit of measurement?"

The group burst into laughter.

Su Qinghe stood to the side watching them make a fuss, a faint smile still on her lips.

But seeing that Lin tide's gaze lingered on Jiang Che for a while, her clear eyes narrowed slightly.

The next second, she stepped forward, stretched out her arms, and hugged Jiang Che's arm tightly, pressing her whole body against him.

Lin tide was amused by her sudden declaration of ownership: "Oh, Qinghe, what are you doing? I'm just taking a second look, it's not like I'm going to steal your boyfriend."

Su Qinghe pressed her face against Jiang Che's shoulder and said matter-of-factly, "You can look, but not for too long."

"But I've only glanced at it a few times!"

"A single glance can feel like an eternity."

"..."

Lin tide turned to Zhao Weilan and Shen Shiyu speechlessly: "You two be the judge, isn't she going too far?"

Zhao Weilan smoothed her long hair over her shoulders, her smile gentle: "What's the point of arguing? If I had a boyfriend that handsome, I'd keep a closer eye on him than she is."

Shen Shiyu nodded, suppressing a laugh: "I second that."

Lin tide looked betrayed: "Fine, fine, so the three of you teamed up to play the 'Three Palaces One' card?"

The group chatted and laughed as they walked toward the cafeteria.

Xu Wenbin was still immersed in the scene on the playground, and his mouth kept running like a dam had been opened.

"Seriously, Lao Jiang, what kind of moves did you use today? I was standing right next to you and I didn't even see how you made them, and the instructor was already kneeling down."

Zhao Weilan was also very curious about this topic. "Yeah, Jiang Che, did you practice some kind of martial arts before? Ordinary people shouldn't be able to do this level, right?"

Lin tide also leaned closer, her face filled with curiosity: "Yeah, yeah, how did you train? You weren't really a retired special forces soldier, were you?"

Faced with everyone's doubts, Jiang Che was a little annoyed by the questions. After thinking for a while, he gave an answer that was not a lie but also not the whole story: "Actually, there's nothing special about it. My grandfather used to be a soldier, and I was given a lot of special training by him when I was a child."

"If this continues, fighting will naturally break out."

"Huh? Special training? What kind of special training?" Lin tide asked.

"It's nothing much, just running, frog jumps, push-ups, pull-ups and stuff every morning."

Recalling his tragic childhood, Jiang Che couldn't help but smile helplessly. "After mastering these basic skills, we still had to practice combat techniques and such."

"I still remember it to this day. Back then, I would hold a horse stance for at least an hour at a time. If I swayed even slightly in the middle, my grandfather would whip my calves with a bamboo stick."

"Holy crap..." Xu Wenbin gasped, "Your childhood must have been incredibly miserable!"

"It's alright, you get used to it and it doesn't feel so bad." Jiang Che shrugged. "After the special training stopped, I went back to the gym to work out whenever I had free time, and my physical fitness is indeed much better than that of my peers."

Everyone couldn't help but exclaim "Wow!"

Then the group asked Jiang Che a variety of miscellaneous questions.

Jiang Che patiently answered each question.

Soon, everyone arrived at the cafeteria, bought their food, and sat down at a long table.

They ate their meal and chatted happily.

As they chatted, the conversation drifted to the topic of the campus beauty and hunk contest that had taken place on the forum the previous night.

"Speaking of which, has there been any result yet regarding that post about the school beauty and school hunk from last night?" Lin tide asked.

Xu Wenbin, chewing on braised pork, mumbled, "I glanced at it this morning. Old Jiang and his wife are in first place by a wide margin. The second place can't even get a whiff of exhaust fumes."

"That's so exaggerated?" Zhao Weilan blinked in surprise.

"It's not an exaggeration at all." Xu Wenbin swallowed the meat in his mouth, took out his phone and swiped it a couple of times. "Let me find it for you guys, that post should still be floating on the homepage—Holy crap!!!"

That shout startled several students eating at the next table.

Song Mingxuan was closest to him, and his ears rang when he yelled at him.

He pushed up his crooked glasses with a speechless look: "Hey Xu Wenbin, you're just eating, can you stop making such a fuss?"

"No, no, you guys should check the forum!"

Xu Wenbin hurriedly held his phone up to the center of the table, showing everyone the screen's content: "Old Jiang is in the news again! No, Old Jiang is in the news even more!"

Upon hearing this, everyone crowded around to take a look, and there was a new post marked with the word "Explosive" floating on the screen—

[Shocking! Freshman single-handedly kneels down active-duty military officer! Stands up for female student and confronts lewd instructor!]

The post has received over 20,000 views and has over 800 replies.

Upon seeing this, Lin tide opened her mouth wide and stared blankly for several seconds before turning to look at Jiang Che, the person in question, with an incredulous expression.

The man was calmly feeding his girlfriend without even looking up.

It was as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

"Seriously, Jiang Che, you're famous now? Aren't you even a little excited?!"

"The video of you beating up the drill instructor has been posted on the forum!"

Lin tide wanted to kneel down and applaud Jiang Che's calm and collected heart.

"Why are you so excited? It's not like it's your first time on a forum."

Jiang Che put down his chopsticks, picked up his water glass, took a sip, and slowly replied to Lin tide, "Didn't we already do it once last night?"

"How can that be the same!" Xu Wenbin's finger flew down the comments section. "Last night it was about looks, today it's about skill, the nature of these things is completely different!"

He then began reading aloud the most-rated comments from the comment section.

"First floor: I was there. When I heard Jiang Che say he wanted to fight the instructor one-on-one, I was almost scared to death. What kind of good guy, a freshman in college, could be beaten down by a soldier?"

"Second floor: Are there any guys who know anything about combat sports who can analyze Jiang Che's skill level?"

"Third floor replies to second floor: I practice Taekwondo, and I can say with certainty that being able to catch a full straight punch head-on with one hand and then grip the opponent's fist requires extremely precise prediction and incredibly strong finger strength. Even professional athletes may not be able to do it."

Fourth floor: Isn't that instructor an active-duty officer? He got beaten to his knees by a freshman? Is the military's training level really that bad these days?

"Fifth floor replies to fourth floor: It's not that the military training is bad, it's that the freshman is too abnormal, okay? Didn't you see how muscular the instructor is? He threw you up there and he just elbowed you away with a deliberate punch, okay?"

"Sixth Floor: To be honest, Jiang Che stood up for his girlfriend, and he looked so cool! I want a boyfriend like that too!"

"Seventh floor replies to sixth floor: Wake up, you don't."

"Eighth Floor: Seriously, did nobody notice that Jiang Che's girlfriend is also very pretty? When the two of them stand together, I thought some film crew had come to our school to shoot a short drama."