59: Chapter 59 The Eldest Young Master of the Wang Family

Facing Wang Tianhao's seemingly affectionate gesture, Xu Lele's eyes held not a trace of touched emotion, only deep disgust and exhaustion.

Over the past year, this Young Master Wang had been like a piece of inescapable dog-skin plaster, using all sorts of high-profile and suffocating methods to harass her. It had not only severely impacted her normal life but also secretly suppressed any other classmates who dared to approach her.

"Wang Tianhao, I've said it countless times! I don't like you! I don't want to go to dinner with you! Please stop bothering me in the future!"

Xu Lele maintained a cold expression and didn't take the bouquet. She grabbed Lin Xiaoxiao and Chen Jiajia's hands and bypassed him directly from the side.

"It's that Wang Tianhao again! Relying on being the eldest young master of the Wang Family, he harasses our Lele all day. He's like a piece of sticky candy!" Chen Jiajia cursed under her breath, fuming with anger.

"Jiajia, keep your voice down!" Lin Xiaoxiao pulled on Chen Jiajia's sleeve, her face pale. "He is the eldest young master of the Wang Family, one of the Eight Great Families of Jiangnan! His grandfather is said to be an incredibly powerful Martial Saint! We simply can't afford to offend them..."

Hearing the words "Wang Family," a flash of helpless humiliation also crossed Xu Lele's eyes.

In this high-martial era where the weak are prey to the strong, civilian Martial Artists without backgrounds or top-tier talent are like meat on a chopping board before these great families who hold absolute resources and the power over life and death. They don't even have the right to resist.

The three girls lowered their heads, wanting only to escape this suffocating place as quickly as possible.

However.

They had only walked a few steps when their path was blocked once again.

This time, it wasn't those black-clad bodyguards blocking them, but four girls. They were the well-known "social butterflies" of Jiangnan Second Martial Academy and were also playthings kept by Wang Tianhao.

"Oh, isn't this our aloof and holy School Beauty Xu?"

The leader, a girl named Li Na with long, wavy hair, stood with her arms crossed, looking down at Xu Lele with eyes full of jealousy and malice.

"What? Young Master Wang personally sending you flowers is a sign of his respect! What kind of thing do you think you are, daring to humiliate Young Master Wang in public? You ungrateful green tea bitch!"

Li Na's words were sharp and mean-spirited.

"What nonsense are you talking about! Who cares about his flowers!" Chen Jiajia couldn't stand it and stood up to argue.

"Is it your turn to speak here? You fat pig!"

Li Na sneered and suddenly raised her hand without any warning.

Slap!!!

A crisp and loud sound of a slap exploded at the entrance of the silent cafeteria.

For this slap, Li Na had actually utilized her Qi and blood!

But she didn't hit Chen Jiajia; instead, she bypassed her and slapped Xu Lele's fair cheek with brutal force!

The immense force sent the defenseless Xu Lele flying back, slamming heavily onto the hard bluestone ground.

"Ah!" Xu Lele cried out in pain.

Her left cheek instantly swelled up, with five clear finger marks that were shocking to see. A trickle of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth. Half of her face even lost sensation due to the shock of the Qi and blood, and her ears were ringing.

"Lele!!"

Lin Xiaoxiao and Chen Jiajia screamed in fright and immediately rushed over to help Xu Lele up.

And from behind.

Wang Tianhao stood with his hands in his pockets, maintaining his aloof and cold posture, quietly watching the scene. There wasn't a trace of pity for Xu Lele in his eyes; instead, there was a flicker of morbid excitement.

"Young Master..." a lackey beside him whispered, "That little slut Li Na hit Xu Lele. Aren't we going to intervene? Didn't you take a liking to her?"

"Intervene? Why should I?"

Wang Tianhao sneered, "Am I blind? This is called strategy, understand?"

"For a civilian girl like Xu Lele, who looks weak but is as stubborn as a donkey at heart, sending flowers and money won't make her open her legs. You must first shatter her dignity and tear apart her pride!"

Wang Tianhao looked coldly at the struggling Xu Lele on the ground. "Let Li Na and those stupid women humiliate and trample her first, letting her feel the deep malice of this world and her own helplessness. When she falls into absolute despair, crying and screaming for help..."

"This Young Master will then appear like a Heavenly God descending to earth, drive Li Na and the others away, and take her into my arms to comfort her. At that time, she will be filled with gratitude and obediently become a canary in my cage. This is called—the carrot and stick of PUA!"

Hearing this, the lackey sucked in a breath of cold air and quickly gave a thumbs up. "Young Master is brilliant! You're practically the Reincarnation of a Saint of Love!"

"What right do you have to hit people?!"

Lin Xiaoxiao and Chen Jiajia's eyes were red as they stood in front of Xu Lele like mother hens protecting their chick, glaring indignantly at Li Na.

"What right?"

Li Na blew on her freshly done nails with total disdain and sneered contemptuously, "By the right that this bitch acts pure all day while secretly seducing our Young Master Wang! A low-class civilian like her deserves to be beaten!"

"You're lying through your teeth!" Xu Lele struggled to get up from the ground. She clutched her burning cheek, tears welling in her eyes, but she bit her lip hard, refusing to let them fall.

Humiliation! Anger!

But more than that, it was a suffocating sense of helplessness.

She looked around. Those classmates who were usually pleasant, and even the boys who had pursued her, all had their heads lowered or turned their gazes elsewhere. Not a single person dared to stand up and say a word for her, let alone step forward to stop it.

Wang Tianhao's black-clad bodyguards stood right there, representing the absolute martial power of the Wang Family of Jiangnan. Anyone who dared to stick their neck out now would be inviting disaster for themselves and even their families.

In this cruel world, weakness is the original sin.

"Don't go too far! I'm going to report you to the Academic Affairs Office!" Lin Xiaoxiao shouted, though her voice trembled visibly.

"Report me? Hahaha! Go ahead and try!"

Li Na acted as if she had heard the world's biggest joke. She stepped closer, her gaze becoming incredibly malicious.

"Pull these two nuisances away!"

With a wave of Li Na's hand, the other three girls immediately rushed forward. They were all at the Innate Realm Late Stage. Lin Xiaoxiao and Chen Jiajia were no match for them and were forced down into the green belts on either side in just a few moves, unable to move.

"What are you doing! Let them go!"

Xu Lele grew anxious and tried to help, but Li Na grabbed her by the hair.

"Bitch, you still have the mind to worry about others? Today, I'll make sure you learn your lesson!"

Li Na's face was distorted. She suddenly reached out and, like a pair of iron pincers, tightly gripped Xu Lele's fair and slender neck, pushing back with force and pinning her hard against the thick trunk of a French plane tree.

"Ugh..."

An intense sense of suffocation hit her instantly.

Xu Lele's face turned beet red from the lack of oxygen, and her feet dangled in the air. Her hands instinctively and weakly pried at Li Na's fingers, trying to break free. But her strength was clearly inferior to Li Na's.

"He... help..."

Xu Lele's vision began to blur. All that remained in her ears were Li Na's malicious curses and Wang Tianhao's leisurely sneer in the distance.

"Feeling desperate? Feeling like no one can save you?"

Li Na leaned into Xu Lele's ear and whispered coldly, "Kneel down and shout 'I am a bitch who seduced Young Master Wang' three times, and I'll let you go!"

Despair submerged Xu Lele like a tide.

She closed her eyes.

In her mind, the moments of her eighteen years flashed by like a revolving lantern.

Finally, the image settled on a scene from over a year ago, in the practical exam forest of Canglan Base. That youth who descended like a God of War, standing in front of her and blasting away the Martian examinee who was bullying her with a single punch.

"Su Yu... if only... if only you were here..."

A single crystal tear finally slipped from the corner of her eye.

And not far away.

Wang Tianhao looked at Xu Lele's eyes, which were turning white from suffocation, and glanced at his watch.

"That's about enough. The timing is right. It's time for this Young Master to play the hero saving the beauty."

Wang Tianhao adjusted his collar, a self-satisfied smile curling on his lips as he stepped forward to stop Li Na.