158: Which one of you is Chen Li?

No one had the time to notice the two people in the corner, who were about to be consumed by jealousy.

The barbecue area was filled with laughter, the charcoal crackled, and the scent of meat wafted through the air.

The boys were especially satisfied, feasting while occasionally stealing glances in Liu Nansheng's direction.

They had learned about the relationship between the two from Zhong Hao and Liu Zhao, and the boys around them felt a complex mix of emotions.

Seeing the former campus belle now taken, the fantasies hidden deep in their hearts were completely shattered, their faces filled with shock and undisguised envy.

This news was like throwing a bucket of water into hot oil, instantly causing an uproar among the classmates.

"Are they really together?"

"Chen Li is something else..."

Exclamations and discussions rose and fell in the crowd; this news became the most sensational story of the night.

No one could have imagined that the ordinary Chen Li from back then could now win the heart of the campus belle.

These discussions naturally drifted into the ears of Chen Shimei and Zhong Lili.

Their already fragile self-esteem took another heavy blow—the previous Gu Qingcheng was already stunning enough, and now there was another one, Liu Nansheng.

Could money really do whatever it wanted?

Chen Shimei looked at his phone anxiously and finally couldn't help but send a message: "Brother Huotou, are you coming over?"

A few minutes later, the other party replied: "On the way, what's the rush? I guarantee I'll get it done for you."

Seeing this message, Chen Shimei looked coldly in Chen Li's direction.

Keep laughing; the happier you laugh now, the more miserably you'll cry later.

At this moment, Chen Li was surrounded by a few classmates chatting, everyone teasing him and Liu Nansheng from time to time.

Facing such a dazzling existence as Liu Nansheng, the classmates all felt an inexplicable admiration.

No one would be so tactless as to expect to have a long chat with her; being able to talk to her for a few sentences and get familiar enough to brag to others was enough.

"Chen Li, confess quickly, how did you chase after our campus belle Liu?" a girl asked half-jokingly.

"That's right, tell us the truth!" another boy joined in the teasing.

Chen Li calmly handled everyone's teasing, responding to their curiosity in a lighthearted manner.

On the other side, Liu Nansheng and Yu Lulu were surrounded by a group of girls, all talking at once, asking them for skincare tips and advice on hand care.

Just as the barbecue was halfway through, Brother Huotou finally arrived with his men.

A burly, bald man with a face full of flesh led seven or eight hulking men as they stormed in aggressively, shouting in a rough voice:

"Which of you is Chen Li? Get out here!"

This spectacle frightened quite a few students, and the scene instantly fell silent.

Chen Shimei was overjoyed watching from the side, very satisfied with Brother Huotou's aura; even he himself was shaken by the fierce momentum.

However, a few boys still mustered the courage to stand by Chen Li's side, with class monitor Li Wei taking the lead, and the boys who were just joking around followed without hesitation.

Zhong Hao and Liu Zhao didn't even need to be mentioned; they directly grabbed beer bottles from the side, ready to fight for their lives.

Most of the girls were too scared to make a sound, except for Liu Nansheng and her friends, who remained calm and composed.

They had seen with their own eyes how Chen Li, without any effort, had scared off the previous group of thugs with just a few words.

Meanwhile, watching this tense standoff from afar, Zhong Lili was not only unafraid, but a light of excitement ignited in her eyes.

She keenly realized—the opportunity she had been waiting for had finally arrived!

When the fighting started later, a greenhouse flower like Liu Nansheng would definitely be too scared to step forward.

At that time, she would be the first to rush up and protect Chen Li, ideally taking a few solid heavy blows for him; the more severely injured, the better.

If she got injured protecting Chen Li, he would definitely feel guilty and touched.

Then he would definitely take her to the Hospital himself and stay by her bedside day and night to take care of her.

With his financial resources, he would definitely buy her the most expensive supplements, and maybe even give her a car as compensation...

Thinking of this, she almost laughed out loud.

Using the opportunity of recovering from her injuries to slowly get close to him, then tackling him, and finally, it would be logical for them to be together.

This perfect plan made her fingers tremble with excitement.

An even crazier thought sprouted in her mind: it would be best if these thugs were even more ruthless and beat her into serious injury, even breaking her hands or legs.

That way, Chen Li would be even more guilty and might even become completely obedient to her.

She even started imagining the scene of herself lying on a Hospital bed wrapped in bandages, with Chen Li heartbrokenly feeding her soup.

This masochistic fantasy made her body tremble...

Li Wei stepped forward to block the crowd, facing the fierce-looking thugs directly, his voice steady and powerful: "Who are you people? What do you want?"

His gaze was like a torch, unyielding; that innate integrity made him fearless even in the face of danger.

The bald man sneered, his gaze passing over Li Wei and scanning the crowd with ill intent, while simultaneously glancing out of the corner of his eye toward Chen Shimei's direction, as if waiting for his confirmation.

"So, you are Chen Li?"

"So what if I am?"

Li Wei took a step forward without flinching, his voice resonant and powerful.

Just as he finished speaking, a hand gently pressed on his shoulder from behind.

Chen Li walked to the front, calmly watching the bald man: "I am Chen Li, what do you want with me?"

The bald man immediately looked at Chen Shimei, and after receiving an imperceptible nod from him, he immediately started acting, pointing at Chen Li and cursing:

"Chen Li, do you fucking know that the chick you slept with last night is my woman? Daring to touch Brother Huotou's woman, are you tired of living?"

This sentence was like throwing a ladle of cold water into a hot wok, instantly causing an uproar among the crowd.

The students looked at each other, whispers rising and falling:

"No way? Chen Li actually did something like this?"

"But isn't Liu Nansheng his girlfriend? How could he..."

"Could it be that Liu Nansheng hasn't let him touch her yet, so he..."

Various speculations spread rapidly through the crowd.

Some showed expressions of disbelief, some were skeptical, and others were gleefully waiting to watch the show.

However, Zhong Hao, Liu Zhao, and others remained calm, and He Min even rolled her eyes directly.

Liu Nansheng stood beside Chen Li without even moving an eyebrow—no one knew better than her that Chen Li had been in the Villa with her the entire night last night...

Hearing this, combined with the bald man's few subtle glances backward, Chen Li understood.

He immediately saw clearly—this was obviously someone hired to act, specifically to set him up.

Thinking back to Chen Shimei's earlier threat to give them a 'lesson', and the lack of action until now, whose work this play was became self-evident.

Thinking of this, a faint arc curled up at the corner of Chen Li's mouth.

Zhong Hao, standing by his side, also sensed something was wrong, turned his head to look at Chen Shimei, who was feigning calmness not far away, and immediately understood seven or eight tenths of it.

However, now was certainly not the time to expose it; after all, there was no concrete evidence, so he had to deal with the immediate situation first.

At this moment, Chen Li spoke, with a hint of confusion: "Wait... are you talking about the girl named Aihua?"