After being reborn, I have seven older sisters.

Although Hou Xinqiang was already 1.76 meters tall, he was only three or four centimeters shorter than Chunsheng.

But he is still young, only fifteen or sixteen years old, and has not yet fully developed, so his body is generally thin.

After these days of training, Chunsheng's muscles have gradually become more defined.

When the two stood face to face, they were clearly not even in the same league.

Even though Hou Xinqiang was usually arrogant, he couldn't help but swallow hard when faced with such a tall man.

But in order to save face in front of his underlings, he forced himself to remain calm.

"What do you want to do?"

Just then, a short, chubby boy next to Chunsheng glared at him and said something sternly.

Chunsheng glanced at the other party out of the corner of his eye and realized that the one shouting was Pan Zixing's son, Pan Yangyang.

Chunsheng ignored the other person and looked directly at Hou Xinqiang, saying, "Get out of the way!"

Hou Xinqiang then realized that he was standing right in the middle of the gatehouse entrance, because the old gatekeeper had squeezed past them sideways to get into the room.

Chunsheng walked straight out of the house and bumped into him face to face.

Chunsheng could tell from Hou Xinqiang's bobbing Adam's apple that the other man was clearly timid.

Moreover, he knew that a kid like Hou Xinqiang, who was not yet fully mature, was always a bully who preyed on the weak and feared the strong. As long as he acted tough and had the presence of his own, he would surely make the other party feel intimidated.

Just as he expected, before Hou Xinqiang could react, he pushed forward forcefully, forcing Hou's body to turn at a large angle, and Hou opened his eyes to watch Chunsheng walk past him.

If Chunsheng had used just a little more force, Hou Xinqiang, with his small frame, would have been completely crushed.

But Chunsheng felt that such a thing absolutely could not happen, otherwise a battle would be unavoidable.

He only wanted to intimidate a few small fry; he didn't intend to start a war.

After Chunsheng walked out of the encirclement of Hou Xinqiang and his group, he didn't say a word or even look back at them. Instead, he walked straight towards the classroom as if nothing had happened.

Hou Xinqiang and his group were instantly intimidated by Chunsheng's imposing manner.

In the two years they have been studying at Qinyuan Middle School, they have never encountered this situation before.

Pan Yangyang and the others wanted to chase after him, but seeing Hou Xinqiang standing there in a daze, watching Chunsheng walk away, they immediately gave up the idea.

They all know that Hou Xinqiang's sister likes Chunsheng, and now almost the entire school knows about it.

Therefore, in their view, the physical altercation between Chunsheng and Hou Xinqiang could at most be considered a conflict between a brother-in-law and his brother-in-law.

It's entirely their family conflict; they should try their best not to interfere.

Otherwise, if they anger Hou Xinqiang, they will be the ones who suffer in the end.

Hou Xinqiang, however, did not think so. He even felt that his sister's behavior of pursuing a man was somewhat embarrassing for him.

He had already regretted hiring someone to beat up the high school boy that the older sister liked last semester.

If the boy hadn't used such offensive language, he probably would have just threatened him and wouldn't have actually attacked him.

More than half a year has passed since this incident, but every time Hou Xinqiang encounters the boy he beat up on campus, he still can't understand what his sister likes about him.

A few days ago, when his sister told him that she had fallen for a classmate in the same grade, Hou Xinqiang immediately secretly asked someone to identify Chunsheng.

The moment he saw Chunsheng, he started to wonder why his sister liked the pretty boy type.

The old folks often say that pretty boys have no good intentions, and that last pretty boy even swore at people in a really nasty way!

Therefore, Hou Xinqiang had a very bad impression of Chunsheng.

But for his sister's sake, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and approach Chunsheng.

Ever since he heard a few days ago that Chunsheng had invited his sister to his home, he has felt even less favorably toward Chunsheng.

He felt that pretty boys were indeed cunning, two-faced, and completely lacking in masculinity.

But just now, Chunsheng's imposing manner and fearless demeanor suddenly changed his opinion of Chunsheng.

Chunsheng seemed to be different from the pretty boy he had in mind; he actually had a lot of backbone.

Moreover, when Chunsheng confronted him face to face, he vaguely felt that Chunsheng's temperament seemed to be different from that of the other high school students in the school.

He couldn't quite put his finger on what was different.

By this time, Chunsheng had already returned to the classroom.

As soon as he sat back down, he asked Sun Chaoyang in a low voice if there had been any other news at school these past few days.

Sun Chaoyang looked at him with curiosity and said with a wry smile, "You've been at school these past two days, so if there's any news, you'd definitely know by now."

Chunsheng smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything more.

He really wanted to ask if there had been any news about him in the past two days, but he felt it was inappropriate to ask that, as it would make people think he enjoyed being talked about.

Chunsheng felt that the best person to ask that question was Hongqin. Hongqin would not only not laugh at him, but she also wouldn't spread their conversation.

Finally, school was over. As soon as Chunsheng and Hongqin left the classroom, they immediately started asking questions, very directly.

Hongqin's expression was very similar to Sun Chaoyang's earlier, her face full of curiosity.

"How come I didn't know about this rumor? I only know that she went to your house, but I've never heard anyone say that you invited her there."

"Hou Cuicui is a woman who loves to talk nonsense. I doubt anyone except her brother Hou Xinqiang would believe her, so don't think about it anymore."

Just as the two were talking, Song Guangliang caught up from behind.

Now, Song Guangliang walks with them almost every day after school, and what started as a duo has evolved into a fixed trio.

Hongqin immediately asked Song Guangliang the same question that Chunsheng had just asked her.

Seeing Song Guangliang's blank expression, Hongqin immediately said, "Look, even he doesn't know, which means Hou Cuicui only said those words to his younger brother."

Once Song Guangliang figured out what the two of them had just talked about, he immediately said to Chunsheng with certainty, "Don't worry, absolutely no one will believe that Hou Cuicui went to your house because you invited her, and they've never heard of this rumor before."

"It's very likely that, just as Hongqin said, she only told that to her younger brother, Hou Xinqiang."

At this moment, Hongqin immediately asked with a puzzled look, "But why? What is her purpose?"

Hou Guangliang shook his head and smiled wryly, "Who knows? I guess we'll have to ask Hou Cuicui herself."

Chunsheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Forget it, since there's no such rumor, let's not discuss this topic anymore!"