They are still close to me today despite their negative feelings

"...Seeing this innocent reaction from a student, I was truly moved to tears. If all children were like Brother Ning, my hope for the future of this society would be shattered."

Stop talking nonsense.

I kicked the passerby who was already bound by his limbs and neck, and then glanced behind the uncle.

"Didn't I tell you not to follow us? And you too, did you forget the rule about not involving minors, along with your men's brains, in the sewer?"

After I nagged them like that, the two girls who were still hiding in the bushes behind me finally showed up.

"...I'm...I'm sorry..."

"This was my idea, so please don't blame Guyin."

Seeing that I looked a little uncomfortable, the man with the gold teeth laughed even more freely.

"Oh dear, I'm really getting old. I didn't even notice that I was being followed by two young girls—this grove is really nice, full of promising young people, a gathering of talents."

"...I think it's a meeting of radishes."

Looking at the president, who still seemed somewhat unwilling, and the senior student with her head slightly bowed, I felt my temples throbbing even more intensely.

[Next chapter preview: "Everyone is covered in the smell of rotting flesh. Compared to children playing house, aren't we the same kind?"]

"He's just a male prostitute who sells smiles, yet he always emphasizes his 'art of love' and principles, and even uses the term 'Cowherd' to cover it up. The Weaver Girl must be crying."

Anan gave the gold-toothed uncle a defiant look, and the sound of him falling to the ground was so crisp.

Someone tapped me on the shoulder, which almost triggered my body's radar to instinctively launch a defensive attack.

I'm still going home late today.

Chapter Seventeen: The Invincible JK Still Surprises Today

"Can't!!!!"

The man with the gold teeth took a step forward, seemingly about to do something. Suddenly, a figure rushed out from beside me.

An Yu, who was leaning backward by grabbing the arm of the gold-toothed uncle, was trembling with fear and screaming with her eyes closed.

"Ning Ruoyu! Hurry and save the senior girls while you can, then run away with them!"

Her resolute figure stunned both me and the gold-toothed uncle whose arm I had been pulled.

"...What are you waiting for! Don't worry about me, run, you idiot!"

"Lanlan, I'm sorry for being mean to you earlier! Senior, I'm sorry for saying something inappropriate!"

She stomped her feet anxiously, her voice trembling with tears.

"Ning Ruoyu! I'm sorry for slapping you before. And please remember to tell Mom and Dad that even though they're terrible at housework, I really love them!!"

It wasn't just a sob anymore; she started revealing herself while crying.

The man with the gold teeth subconsciously moved away from her, probably afraid of being disturbed.

He and I exchanged a strange look.

...Then I bypassed An Yu and went straight behind Uncle Gold Tooth, sighing to my senior and the president.

"What are you standing there for? Come over here!"

"?"

An Yu, who was still reciting his last words, slightly opened his eyes, revealing a blank expression.

"Huh? But, but isn't there anything around here...?"

President Wu Yuehua looked around in disbelief.

"I don't know if you have some misunderstanding—but you've watched too many gangster and cop dramas, haven't you?"

My comment made Uncle Gold Tooth burst into laughter.

"That's fantastic, young man! This girl is much braver than I imagined."

He gave an approving look to Ms. An Yu, the goalkeeper who was still clinging to his arm.

"You don't think I came here to take you hostage or anything, do you? Don't worry, for minors like you, apart from criminals and mentally unstable minors, no one will deliberately force you."

“After all, unlike adults, when it comes to minors, their age and status are always emphasized. For those who live off carrion, this kind of exposure is fatal.”

"Haha, you really don't hold back when you speak."

Seeing that the senior and the president were still a little confused, I shook my head and pulled them to Ge Lanlan's side, one in each hand.

"And you? How long are you going to drag this out? Are you planning to guard LeBron James next season? Get over here!"

I said to the bewildered An Yu in an annoyed tone.

"……Oh."

An Yu stopped crying, sobbing slightly, her face flushed with embarrassment. She quickly ran behind me, peeking out at Uncle Gold Tooth, looking terrified.

"But... Gu Yin and I are already adults! Does that even matter?"

The president leaned close to my ear somewhat uneasily and asked in a low voice.

"...It doesn't matter if they're still high school students. Society will always assume that high school students are still children, even though there are actually quite a few underage beasts among them."

I glanced at Anan. Bound up, due to gravity, his limbs, like his face, were starting to turn pale.

"So, is there anything you'd like to talk about, you scavenging old man?"

"Oh, that's such a fitting name. People like us are born to target spoiled and unclean things, and we can only survive thanks to rotten flesh."

The uncle said with a chuckle.

I glanced at Ge Lanlan, whose expression had instantly changed, and interrupted her impatiently.

"There's no need to talk to us students about such disgusting remarks. We don't understand them and we don't want to hear them."

"What? You're the one who understands this best here—oh, and that little girl too? If it weren't for the current situation, we'd be going to the nearby bar for a drink."

The man with the gold teeth narrowed his eyes. "We're all covered in the smell of rotting flesh. Compared to children playing house, aren't we the same kind?"

"...It's hilarious that a pimp would portray himself as so mysterious and dangerous."

"What did you say?" The gold-toothed man's face turned somewhat ugly for the first time.

"It's the truth. Even if you graduate from a prestigious university and do well in the gray industry, you're just bluffing to cover up the ugliness of your profession."

I kicked that random passerby again. —Why do I feel like I'm behaving like a villain?

“You’re no different from these ‘immature’ young people. You’re just a loud-mouthed hoodlum who insists on calling himself ‘in the underworld,’ and a good-for-nothing who can’t get an education and has no connections who insists on beautifying himself as ‘starting a business.’”

"He's just a male prostitute who sells smiles, yet he always emphasizes his 'art of love' and principles, and even uses the term 'Cowherd' to cover it up. The Weaver Girl must be crying."

I paused for a moment, then continued with a smile.

"...In the end, you're just a pimp and a porn seller. Stop being disgusting."

"They deliberately fired them, then implied that they could return to the organization once my problems were resolved. Following the waiting car for safety allowed them room to maneuver, whether by taking advantage of the situation or doing me a favor. Is there anything else you'd like to add?"

Oh, I should add something here. Negotiations are usually not this aggressive. In our past lives, we would generally call this a "breakdown"... It seems to be the same in this life.

However, considering the other party's power and methods, and the fact that I haven't been busy dealing with interpersonal relationships these past few days, the conclusion is that I don't feel the need to continue being hypocritical.

They have repeatedly targeted students despite the risks. It's already a miracle that other, more dangerous violent organizations haven't cleaned them out; they rarely come here to get involved.

However, as an adult, he's more or less organized, and his emotions were indeed as stable as I expected. After a few sensitive points were touched, his expression quickly changed after the initial change, and he soon smiled again.

"What you said finally made me see some student-like qualities in you—are you angry? Only an angry child who is helpless would get so frustrated that he would use words to criticize pointless right and wrong."

"...Tsk."

I clicked my tongue. Anan seemed to be suffocating and losing consciousness. I pulled the rope and lowered him down from the height.

“I am a little different from the child you are talking about—for example, I can sometimes use actions to forcefully determine right from wrong from the pros and cons.”

Anan gave the gold-toothed uncle a defiant look, and the sound of him falling to the ground was so crisp.

"Spare me! Spare me!" With tears and snot streaming down his face, Anan, who had lost all his previous cool demeanor, pleaded in fear, "Lanlan, Lanlan, I was wrong, I was really wrong!"

"We grew up together, my parents know your parents! Don't do this to me, don't do this to me, Lanlan!"

The few minutes he spent hanging from the tree with his limbs suspended caused the tension that had been building up in his mind to completely break down.

I looked at Grandma.

"...So you still remember that we grew up together."

The girl said softly.

“You’re not apologizing to me—you just think I’m easy to talk to.”

"No, no, Lanlan! Listen to me, it's them, it's that group of people!..."

His face, which was once barely considered handsome, is now scrunched up and crying.

"I didn't mean to do these things! I genuinely want to make up with you!"

"The reason I came to this path following your directions is simply because I want to make it clear to you that we have nothing to do with each other anymore!"

Ge Lanlan clenched her fists, lowered her head, and shouted loudly.

"What nonsense are you spouting now! There's absolutely no room for trust between us anymore!! Begging me for mercy? You've got a mistake! If it were me, you should be hanging from an even taller tree right now!"

"You bastard who dragged my friends into danger!!!"

She kicked Anan hard in the face, then made an internationally recognized hand gesture.

"!"

"...JK girls these days are really something else."

"Of all the things we've talked about so far, this is the only thing we've briefly agreed on."

The gold-toothed uncle gave a wry smile, while I wiped non-existent cold sweat from my forehead. "An invincible high school girl, now she can even beat up street thugs to tears."

"Compared to these good-for-nothing lads, I'd much rather recruit these two beautiful and brave girls into my fold, hahaha."

"If it's a dream, go home, close the door, and dream it yourself. My personal suggestion is that you first think about how to apologize and make amends."

“These guys have already been expelled from the organization, and their actions have nothing to do with us—although I’d ​​like to say that, I’m afraid you won’t buy it, will you?”

"Otherwise, wouldn't all my words about exposing your little scheme have been for nothing?"

"Hahaha, although it all started because you, you bastard, orchestrated my online platform report, I really can't find any substantial evidence. I'm outmatched in skill, and now I'm even worse than you. I have nothing to lose."

"From this moment forward, I guarantee that no one or anything within my control, including those in the organization, will appear before you. And regarding minor issues involving black, white, or gray areas, we are willing to provide assistance to the best of our ability..."

"It's just 'favors,' why go into so much detail? They won't understand or use it, and I don't need your explanation."

"We have to follow the rules."

"It's really surprising to hear these words from the mouth of a scumbag who breaks the rules even with students."

I kicked Anan, who was pretending to be dead, and Passerby A over there. I'm sorry, Mr. Passerby A, I still don't know your name.

"This will do for now. Although there should be an impartial third party to witness this, the good students should go home at this time, so I will reluctantly act as both the referee and the player."

The gold-toothed man was clearly amused and exasperated. "What a reluctant 'reluctant' thing. You 'fair' third-party kid, I'm getting more and more curious about your background."

"That's not important. What's important is how much I know about you—like the location of the server setup platform and the password for management." I wrote two letters in the air, which were the pinyin abbreviation of a place name.

The gold-toothed man's pupils contracted slightly.

"Here's a suggestion, just a suggestion: it would be better to remove programs featuring minors. If I'm not mistaken, your platform has already attracted the attention of both legal and illegal entities because of this type of business."

"If you still want a chance to repay my favor, you'd better act honestly according to the gray rules. Too dark or too light, neither is gray."

……

Watching Uncle Gold Tooth leave with his two former subordinates, both physically and mentally devastated, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It was wise of me to install the patch in the background after getting the phone. Otherwise, it probably wouldn't have been so easy to fool them in the first place—of course, it's also because the other party was indeed hesitant to act rashly, and even if they suspected something was amiss, they didn't want to get involved in any more dirty work.

"Um, can we talk now?"

Behind him, Xu Xingxin asked first.

"Of course... Ah, Chen Di, you can come out now too—I think the other side probably already guessed that you were hiding in the bushes over there."

"Actually, I changed positions."