Enter the Dragon

11 - No way!

I shout at him "No way!" without hesitation so that the Dragon Fourth slaps me in the face when he hears that. I suppose he will never understand why I still insist on not giving in to him even though I am suffering from such painful torment.

In my view, I have got beaten up. It would be so embarrassing to be down to him. The worst case is no more than being beaten up again and again. So I still insist on standing up in front of him like a man with an indomitable spirit. A man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

It's the loud voice of mine that makes the Dragon Fourth feel taken aback. He changes countenance suddenly and wants to slap me again. But someone shouts that the Dean of Students is coming. Quickly, they all evacuate.

Marinating tofu in brine, using one thing to counteract another. The students in our school all fear the Dean of Students. On one hand, they may be dropped out for fighting with each other. On another hand, the Dean of Students would always punish them and beat them when they do something wrong. He is a veteran at handling these problems.

The Dragon Fourth tells me that when he hears that the Dean of Students is walking towards here. "This is not over and this will not be over. I will keep beating you up until you kneel down to me". Then he runs away with his group.

Jackson is a scumbag and he still kicks me when he is leaving. The good thing is that I flip over and happen to dodge him trying to kick my private parts. But it still hurts me severely as the position he kicked in is my groin.

I couldn't help throwing a brick at the back of Jackson. In my view, now your group has been left into thin air. There's no reason why I can't beat you back. When he finds that I throw the brick at him, Jackson runs so fast without turning back. A coward he is!

The Dean of Students doesn't appear. I guess it was some students who saw me beaten too tragically without the ability to fight back. So they made up a lie to frighten the members of Five Little Dragons. It works. I really appreciate him very much. Otherwise, I would have to bear more punches and kicks.

I pat dust on the clothes off after getting up from the ground. It seems to be a little comfortable for me since I have been beaten several times in the past few days. I guess my body numbs now and is gradually becoming more used to this.

With this experience of resistance, I feel that I am different from before gradually and something is changing slowly. I will always resist the violence that will happen to me from now on.

But when I was beaten up just now, I lost my backpack. I couldn't find it anywhere. The students next to me look at me when I am looking for my pack, which is quite awkward. I'm very anxious.

A person jumps out from weeds nearby, which startles me a lot. When I could see the person's face clearly, my heart is filled with joy and anger. This is Andrew Brown.

"Ben, I'm here to help you!" Andrew says as he throws a backpack at me. I have no idea where he found my backpack. He helps me to pat the dust off my clothes. Then he says, "I also have a grudge against the Five Little Dragons. It is owing to them that I was locked up in the darkroom with you last time. I will help you beat them next time. Trust me please."

As far as I'm concerned, Andrew is just a pal of mine. He is a man from a middle-class family, but he does not have a circle of people to help him. So do I. And I can feel that he is easily intimidated, which is extremely different from me. He could fight with me in the darkroom having no tint of fear, but he is afraid to step forward when facing Five Little Dragons when I was beaten.

He even said in the darkroom I could speak out his name when I suffer from tough things. His name is definitely very helpful in his promise. Well, why didn't he come to help me when I was surrounded by Jackson and others just now? I can't believe in him even once.

There is still a slight aversion towards him in my view. So I say angrily, "Don't talk nonsense to me anymore. You are a person who only knows how to show off but has little ability to address tough things to friends. Just run away now. Or I would have to ask you to stay away from me with some harsh tactics."

I do avoid mentioning that I saw him when I was beaten up and he was just hiding to protect himself at that time. Nothing is strange. The feeling in his heart may also be not very comfortable now. Andrew followed me when I walked by his side. He offered me a cigarette, but I refused."

He doesn't say a word when he finds that I am still angry now. I'm even more angry when he follows me for a while. So I have to talk to him, "What the hell are you doing? You're very repulsive now. Will you stop following me around!" The expression on Andrew's face is quite resentful. He says "Buddy, you are my boss. Trust me, please. I'll be here to help you cope with anything in the future and I'll seriously help you beat them."

I am in a very bad mood to talk to him. I give him a glance and walk straight home. But Andrew still follows me. In the end, I figure out that this is because there is no one at his home, but unfortunately, he has lost his keys. Thus, he could only follow me now.