Ren Kangning and his group watched Shen Qiang in stunned silence, voice calm, but not a peep came out of them.

Even when they saw the stunning Xiaoxia being held in Shen Qiang's arms, Ren Kangning did nothing but moved his lips.

"Not talking, huh?" Shen Qiang said with a very cold look in his eyes, "If you don't speak up, I'll take it as your collusion."

Whoosh!

Plague Source instantly released a rather weak strain of Type B influenza.

"Achoo!"

"Achoo!"

Under the stimulation of True Yuan, even the mildest case of Type B flu started to take effect almost instantly.

"Miao, Xiao, Xia!" Ren Kangning, looking at Xiaoxia being embraced by Shen Qiang, her body stiff and her beautiful eyes filled with tension, excitement, and shyness, said threateningly, word by word, "If you don't accompany me tonight, your family's shop is done for!"

Having said that, he pointed at Shen Qiang and shouted angrily, "And you, wait for me!"

Shen Qiang frowned, "What did you just say? Say it again, I didn't hear clearly."

"You just wait!" Ren Kangning said viciously and then turned to leave, with the few men following him wiping their runny noses and hastily going after him.

Watching their retreating figures, Shen Qiang took a deep breath and said with a tight frown, "What am I waiting for, I am right here in front of you."

Ren Kangning stayed silent as if he hadn't heard anything and walked away with his group.

In fact, judging from the way Ren Kangning dropped a threat and then left, he currently didn't have the guts to stand up to Shen Qiang directly.

But based solely on those harsh words, if Shen Qiang were to chase after them and strike at them hard...

Shen Qiang felt somewhat reluctant inside. After all, who hasn't been young and reckless, spouting tough talk and boasting?

If it were just that—those couple of harsh words and then they left—then let it be.

Shen Qiang didn't want to make a mountain out of a molehill either, especially since, as a cultivator, it would be rather embarrassing to get into a never-ending feud with them over such a verbal conflict.

But if.

If that young man really dared to make a move on Xiaoxia, if there were any other actions, Shen Qiang guaranteed that he wouldn't stop until he beat the crap out of him.

"That..."

Xiaoxia, leaning into Shen Qiang's embrace, said nervously with her body stiff.

Shen Qiang looked down and saw her beautiful eyes just then.

Her face turned red instantly.

Not only did she avert her gaze, her heart also pounded fiercely, and she stammered as if she wanted to say something but didn't know what to say, so the words at the tip of her tongue turned into.

"Um... ah, uh... um..."

Shen Qiang laughed softly and said, "Is that girl alright?"

Xiaoxia was taken aback, then chuckled and said in response, "Nothing serious, she was just scared. The school police contacted her parents, and she went to the hospital for a checkup on her own."

Shen Qiang gave a sound of acknowledgment and said with a smile, "Minor issue, nothing serious. But since something like this happened at the library, reading there is out of the question. How about I take you out for a drink instead?"

"Sure!" Xiaoxia, her cheeks flushed and a bit nervous, extricated herself stiffly from Shen Qiang's embrace and then said shyly, "There's a nice cold drink shop I know; let's go there." She glanced at her small wristwatch and, with bright, shining eyes, added, "If we go now, we might even run into my cousin and Geng Liang."

Watching her shy eyes, Shen Qiang laughed, "Alright."

Not too far from them,

Standing under a roadside tree, Ren Kangning's gaze held a hateful look towards Shen Qiang and Miao Xiaoxia.

He hung up the phone.

The few people following him asked anxiously.

"Ren, what did they say? Is this Shen Qiang a undercover cop?"

Ren Kangning replied coldly, "I've asked, there's no one named Shen Qiang in the sub-bureau."

Their eyes immediately lit up.

One of them's expression turned dark immediately, "Damn! If he's not a cop, what are we afraid of? What can kicking him do? At most, we'll just pay some medical expenses."

"Exactly, this Shen Qiang has been making a splash lately. Lots of girls in the department are talking about him, all with admiring looks."

"Right, it's infuriating. Those girls don't even understand basketball, can't even tell a three-pointer from a two-pointer, and now they're yelling about going to watch the game. What game are they watching, if not just to ogle at the tall, handsome guys in the basketball hall?"

"Don't even mention it, I'm not even angry. Shen Qiang, Ji Liangchuan, it's just a bunch of basketball, and they act like they're superstars. Ren, what's the standard for a male god? Nothing but good looks, money, and being funny and insightful. You have all three, yet now the girls in the college are all eyeing Shen Qiang and Ji Liangchuan."

Hearing this, Ren Kangning sneered, "Don't worry, it doesn't matter. Wait until school's out tonight, and we'll knock down this Shen Qiang. He's on a roll, right? I'll step right over him to rise to the top!"

He had barely finished speaking,

when he saw that one of the boys beside him had turned pale as he looked behind him.

He turned around.

And saw a huge basketball jersey.

Then he looked up in shock and saw Wu Zhaoyang, more than two meters tall, with muscles like a monster, looking down at him.

Seeing Ren Kangning turn deathly pale in a flash, Wu Zhaoyang laughed, "A piece of trash like you wants to step on Shen Qiang?"

Ren Kangning looked at Wu Zhaoyang's arm, thicker than his own waist, bulging with muscles, and couldn't say a word out of tension.

At this moment, Lan Yong, who was also wearing a basketball jersey with the number 8, raised an impatient eyebrow and said, "Boss, why bother with such trash."

After speaking, Lan Yong walked forward, shoving Ren Kangning aside with his shoulder, and then coldly stared at him, "Only my boss and I can beat those sneaky rats, Shen Qiang and Ji Liangchuan. As for a mongrel like you, I warn you to stay far away. Remember, the opponents of my boss and me are not for you to touch!"

Lan Yong's arrogance made Ren Kangning boil with rage, but just as he was about to speak, he caught sight of Wu Zhaoyang's huge arms, nearly as thick as his waist.

Not only that,

but what was even more horrifying was that at this moment, following the two of them were more than twenty people. Besides a few girls, nearly every one of them was over one meter eighty tall, and their bodies were muscular due to playing basketball.

So, he gritted his teeth.

Ren Kangning didn't dare make a sound.

That's when the campus police came over, "Where are you all from? What are you doing here?"

Next to Wu Zhaoyang, a girlish student stepped forward with her student ID and other documents, saying, "Hello, we're from the Engineering College basketball club. We're here to play a friendly match against the Medical University basketball club, um, at the basketball hall."

The campus police sounded surprised, "Oh, from Engineering University, the team that got aggressively turned over by Shen Qiang and Ji Liangchuan a few days ago?"

"Yes!" Lan Yong said with an angry and cold expression, "But they were just lucky that day. Today, we have come prepared, and we will definitely crush Medical University's basket!"

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