“Yes, they’re not afraid of losing face!” Gao Qingmei chimed in.
"I..." Ye Qiu's face twitched, and he almost fainted from anger. A mouthful of blood welled up in his throat, but he swallowed it back down.
"You..." Link was speechless, his words tumbling out. Their earlier guesses were just that—guesses—without any evidence whatsoever.
Li Yang's words, "You can't accept defeat," left him utterly devastated, wishing he could just smash his head against the train car and die.
The two dared not linger any longer and fled in a disheveled state once again. They never appeared in the carriage again for the rest of the journey.
Only when the train pulled into the station did the two of them appear, looking utterly disheveled; their expressions were, as one can imagine, extremely unpleasant.
Seeing their state, Gao Qingmei felt no sympathy whatsoever, only letting out a disdainful snort.
In her eyes, a man who is afraid to take responsibility and can't accept defeat is not a man.
Ye Qiu and Linke also rushed out of the carriage and headed straight for the exit. They didn't even realize they had bumped into someone.
By the time Li Yang, Cao Xin, and Gao Qingmei walked out of the station, the two had vanished without a trace. Their five-person delegation had suffered a devastating blow, losing two-thirds of its fighting strength!
Cao Xin immediately dialed their number, as she was the leader of this operation and took it very seriously.
After all, no matter what, they represent Jiangdong University and bear a heavy responsibility.
So she had a record of their phone calls, but the result was that their phones were switched off.
"What a spineless coward!" Gao Qingmei couldn't help but say with disdain again.
"Let's go. What's coming next will probably be very difficult and painful. You need to be mentally prepared!" Cao Xin said, glancing at Li Yang with concern.
Chapter 504: Reckless and Unaware of Death
Li Yang was already mentally prepared. After being informed by the high-speed rail, he naturally knew the situation he would face, given his understanding of the inherent flaws in human nature.
Ye Qiu and Lin Ke on the train were just the prelude; what followed was a series of even more excessive suppression and coercion, and he had long been mentally prepared.
"I'm fine!" Li Yang nodded slightly to Cao Xin and said.
“I’m fine too!” Gao Qingmei nodded in agreement.
"That's good. Let's go!" Cao Xin nodded.
The three of them walked out of the station exit, and just as they were about to exit, they saw a huge sign in the square.
The extremely large and arrogant handwriting above reads, "Welcome, you bumpkin from Jiangdong!"
"Damn it!" Li Yang couldn't help but curse after seeing the banner. He almost immediately realized that it was done by Northwood University.
After all, the main delegation this time was from Kitamoto University, while Shimizu University didn't seem to have reacted too strongly this time.
After all, the main members of the last mission to Jiangdong were all from Beimu, especially the representative teacher, Su Miaomiao, who is also the younger sister of Su Qingchi, the principal of Beimu.
It was Su Qingchi who invited Su Miaomiao again, and Li Yang completely humiliated Su Miaomiao. It would be strange if she didn't stand up for her sister and regain her dignity.
Just as Li Yang, Cao Xin, and Gao Qingmei were standing there in a rage, most of the people leaving the station had boarded the train in Jiangdong City, and many of them were locals from Jiangdong.
However, most people saw the banner, their expressions changed slightly, they cursed inwardly, and then pretended to be blind, lowering their heads and walking past.
However, one young man seemed to be very hot-blooded and couldn't stand it, so he went over to argue with him. As a result, a girl came out from under the banner, and without saying a word, she directly attacked and sent the young man flying.
After landing and rolling around, the young man finally got up after a long time, his face bruised and swollen. He dared not resist anymore and ran away in a sorry state.
The girl clapped her hands triumphantly, smiled, and continued to stand under the banner, surrounded by dozens of boys, all looking excited and applauding her.
"This is outrageous! This is intolerable!" Gao Qingmei snorted and was about to rush over to argue, but Cao Xin grabbed her arm.
"Don't go over there! They're clearly up to no good and have already made preparations. If you go over there, you'll only get beaten up!" Cao Xin said anxiously.
“That’s right, that girl was a master! A Wing Chun expert. Even three or five of the boys around her wouldn’t be a match for her. Going over there would just be asking for trouble!” Li Yang nodded slightly, his face turning somewhat gloomy.
Actually, it wasn't just that the girl was skilled in martial arts. His eyes swept across the faces of the young people and found that they were all excited and had an unusual temperament. They had obviously practiced martial arts, although not Wing Chun. In any case, they knew martial arts and were not easy to deal with.
"What can we do? Just watch them humiliate Jiangdong University here?" Gao Qingmei's eyes reddened with anger. She knew very well that this group of people knew they were coming today, so they deliberately put up such a banner to provoke them.
"Li Yang, what do you suggest we do?" Cao Xin also felt that it was not appropriate for her to step forward. After all, the other party was obviously looking for trouble. They probably just relied on the fact that there were more of them and that they all knew martial arts to provoke them and then start a fight so that they could find an excuse to beat them up.
Therefore, it would be better for someone like Li Yang, who knows martial arts, to step in on such a situation.
"It's alright, we'll just go and have a go with them!"
Li Yang didn't care much about them. After all, although their martial arts were very powerful, they hadn't reached the level of the top masters in the world, let alone the level of the world's top masters. As a master of internal energy transformation, he could still handle them.
"Hey! Is this a marriage proposal? And specifically for country bumpkins?" Li Yang led Cao Xin and Gao Qingmei over leisurely, stroking his chin as he teased.
"Who the hell are you? Get lost, or you'll regret it!" A muscular guy immediately jumped out from the opposing team; judging by his firm muscles, he was clearly trained.
"Is that so? Then I really enjoy taking advantage of you! I just don't know if you have the ability!" Li Yang suddenly sneered.
"Damn it!" the boy roared. They were now irreconcilably opposed to Jiangdong, and in his opinion, Li Yang must be from Jiangdong, and was there to stand up for the banner in front of him.
Without wasting words, he punched Li Yang in the face with a vicious punch that even created a gust of wind, clearly indicating that he had some martial arts training and seemed to have a good foundation.
"You bumpkin from Jiangdong, go back to Jiangdong!" The boy said, throwing a punch while still engaging in verbal sparring.
"You bumpkin, you bumpkin..." the boy cursed as he threw the object.
But then, in a flash, a figure appeared before his eyes, and a slap suddenly appeared in front of him. Before he could even be shocked, he felt a burning sensation on his face.
"Clap clap clap..."