Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 1031: Chapter 1030: The Kiss

Hu Xiexie was taken aback by surprise; the proposal from Su Yang was nothing short of shocking.

The school originally had over three thousand students. Now, nearly a quarter to a third had left, yet there were still over two thousand remaining.

It seemed that Su Yang intended to reduce these two thousand plus students to just over a hundred. In other words, at least two thousand would have to leave the school. Wasn’t Su Yang being too aggressive?

”Su Yang, is this... is this really appropriate?” Hu Xiexie said softly, ”Qinghe Academy’s students are eliminated every year through a selection process. Everyone eliminates each other, and after three years, those who remain compete, leaving just over a hundred to enter the advanced class...”

”Three years...” Su Yang slowly shook his head, ”Are you willing to wait that long?”

Hu Xiexie’s expression dimmed, but in the end, she whispered, ”I’ve already waited so many years, what’s another three?”

”But I can’t wait!” Su Yang said softly, ”You never told me before, and I could accept not knowing. But now that I do, how can I let you wait another three years? I can’t even bear to have you wait another moment!”

Tears welled up in Hu Xiexie’s eyes again; she stared at Su Yang with various complex emotions swirling on her face.

Having uttered these words, Su Yang felt he might have gone too far. Though that was how he treated friends, speaking this way could easily lead Hu Xiexie to misunderstand.

”Actually...” Su Yang wanted to speak, but at that moment, Hu Xiexie suddenly leaned in and kissed him directly on the mouth.

The words Su Yang was about to speak were instantly stifled, leaving him entirely stunned. He had never experienced anything like this before. Feeling the softness of her lips, Su Yang’s heart was thrown into chaos, her warmth in his arms making his heartbeat involuntarily speed up, instinctively wanting to embrace the delicate figure. But that last bit of rationality stopped him from doing so.

After a while, Hu Xiexie pulled back, her face flushed, stealing a glance at Su Yang before blushing even deeper to the tips of her ears.

It took Su Yang a long while to collect himself. He looked at Hu Xiexie, his voice trembling, ”Xiexie, actually I...”

”I know...” Hu Xiexie cut him off, ”You don’t like me, but I like you, and that’s enough. Remember, it was me who kissed you, because I love you. It was my choice, so you did nothing wrong!”

Su Yang was stupefied; he hadn’t anticipated Hu Xiexie would say such things. For a moment, he didn’t know how to respond. His heart was a tangled mess, uncertain about his feelings for Hu Xiexie!

Like her? Perhaps a little, but not to this degree.

Not like her? That didn’t seem right either; after all, Su Yang felt enraged when he saw Hu Xiexie get hurt or wronged.

But what was this feeling exactly?

As Su Yang thought about ’liking’, unnervingly, images of Ye Wantong in white floating on her sword, of Ying’er who enjoyed singing beside him, and of Huo Qianfang with her volatile temper and inner goodness, crept into his mind.

The fusion of these faces made Su Yang’s heart more twisted.

He had never considered whether he liked someone or not before. Now that he thought about it carefully, he felt his heart was in turmoil. Among all these girls, he couldn’t figure out which one he actually liked. Or maybe, he liked each one a bit?

At this thought, Su Yang’s heart suddenly felt heavy. Could it be that he was that kind of scumbag who falls for every girl he meets?

Su Yang shook his head vigorously, took a deep breath, and reluctantly dismissed the thought. He couldn’t engage in that kind of behavior, hugging one girl with one arm and another with the other, so no matter what, he would have to make a choice in the end!

”Xiexie, I’m sorry!” Su Yang said softly.

Hu Xiexie’s face darkened slightly, but she quickly perked up and said with a smile, ”Sorry for what? I kissed you, not the other way around. I took advantage of you, so if anyone should say sorry, it should be me, right? What, do you really feel sorry? If you truly feel sorry, why don’t you kiss me back?”

Su Yang gave an awkward smile, aware that Hu Xiexie was joking to hide her sadness. He didn’t know how to comfort her, so he simply whispered, ”Let’s work hard together and try to see your mother soon!”

Hu Xiexie nodded. Talking about her mother helped alleviate some of her sorrow, adding to her sense of longing for her mother.

Standing up, he opened the door and let Zhao Jun and the others in.

Zhao Jun and the others had been sitting and chatting in the dorm across from them and had no idea what had happened in this room. Seeing Hu Xiexie with swollen eyes, they all looked at Su Yang with odd expressions, as if Su Yang had done something to Hu Xiexie.

Su Yang was speechless. If anything, it was he who had been troubled by Hu Xiexie!

Of course, that was something he couldn’t say. Su Yang cleared his throat and said, ”Guys, there’s something important I need to do in the next few days. I need your help to spread the word about it!”

”What is it?” Everyone was surprised. Su Yang had never been so serious; could there be a big event?

”Tell everyone in the school...” Su Yang spoke out loud, ”within three days, anyone who drops out and leaves Qinghe Academy can come to me and get one million!”

”What?” Everyone exclaimed, even Hei Ma widened his eyes in astonishment, ”Brother Yang, what are you saying? One million? One million per person? Ten people ten million, a hundred people one hundred million, oh my goodness, our school has over two thousand people, that’s twenty billion!”

Hu Xiexie was also shocked. Was Su Yang planning to simply smash his way out with money?

”Money is not the key!” Su Yang said loudly. ”The key is time. Within three days, they must leave Qinghe Academy for good, and never come back, then they can get the money!”

They looked at each other, aware that Su Yang was wealthy but spending money like this was insane.

”Brother Yang, what are you planning to do?” Zhao Jun said in a low voice. ”Are you planning to clear out everyone? It’s not yet the time for advanced classes. Why not let them compete among themselves? It won’t be many people left in the end. Then, you can spend money, probably only one or two billion would be enough, saving you eighteen billion!”

”Yeah, yeah, who uses money to smash outright?” Hei Ma nodded in agreement. ”Besides, with that much money, there’s no need. If you’re going to spend that much, you might as well hire a bunch of people to wait at the school gate and break the legs of anyone they catch, forcing them to drop out on their own. I reckon we wouldn’t even spend one billion!”