An Xiulan gasped, putting her hands on her mouth. "You…you are…"
The boys were feeling smug when they sensed that she was just pretending to be dumb.
"Emperor Qing's distant nephew?" An Xiulan completed her sentence.
Their jaws dropped hearing her wild speculation.
"Who the f*ck is Emperor Qing?" The blond turned to look at the fatty boy.
"Boss Lao, we are the members of a revolutionary cult. We don't attend classes. How will we know about this Qing bastard?" The fatty kid said, scratching his head.
An Xiulan gasped. "Calling Emperor Qing bastard is blasphemy!"
"Blass– what?" The two boys asked her.
"You will earn the wrath of sun God," An Xiulan looked at them with hatred. Although Emperor Qing was a hateful man and her evil uncle, still she couldn't let anyone talk bad about him
He was, after all, ruler of the Dragon Empire. A ruler chosen by heavens.
"Boss, this little beauty studies in Jingyuan high. She is misleading us with wasteful information. These students are arrogant and proud. We must teach the students of her school a lesson," The sidekick said as he glanced at An Xiulan's uniform. The uniform of Jingyuan Highschool could be recognised at a single glance. The crest of the Jingyuan school was embroidered on her blazer.
"Little girl, what class do you study in?" The blond asked.
"Class Ten [K]," An Xiulan didn't know why they were asking her so many questions. Even she had many questions to ask them. She wanted to ask him why he was only wearing one earring. And if he had come from America too. He also had golden hair like Americans.
"Boss Lao. Attack. Any student of Lu Xuan's class is our enemy. We must teach her a lesson, "The sidekick yelled startling An Xiulan.
Before both of them could react, they heard a powerful sound of a bicycle arriving their way. The teenager driving the bicycle circled around the two so-called gangsters and pulled a steel pipe from his school bag.
"Little Monkey. Little pig. Seems like you missed Big Boss Han's beloved pipe," The teenager grinned evilly at the two of them. "What should I do with the two of you? Hear your grievances first and send your corpse to your Mayor Daddy or send your corpse first to your mayor daddy and then hear your grievances?"
Behind them, An Xiulan shuddered. Why was the boy's tongue even more poisonous than the Bamboo green snake Qiao Wei's great great great great grandma died of?
Never mind, she would just eat her rice balls.
"Xin Ge!" An Xiulan saw three young boys appearing with their bicycles but didn't pay much attention to them. They parked their bicycles a little away from the first one.
"Xin Ge, give us orders. We will beat ugly monkey and fatty pig into pulp, "Orange yelled.
Chen Xi Jun walked ahead and sprayed a liquid on the gangsters' faces. "What?" He looked at his mates' dirty expressions and said, "This Lord is a germaphobe. Can't beat them to a pulp without sanitizing their first!"
Wei Xiao Hua grinned like a freak and the two gangsters shuddered. "Xin Ge. If we get involved in a fight, the old man will suspend us like Li Yu. Why involve fists when we can solve the fight with science?"
"Science?" All three asked at the same time.
Wei Xiao Hua threw a liquid at the two boys and started feeling giddy. Blond and his sidekick started scratching their bodies like monkeys.
"Little girl, why didn't you tell us you belong to Big Boss Han?" Blonde cried in desperation. If he had known that this silly girl was related to Big Boss Han, he wouldn't have offended her.
"Big Boss who?" An Xiulan asked with confusion. While the four boys were teaching gangsters a lesson, she was savouring her rice balls. She hadn't noticed from the beginning till the end what had happened to the two boys who snatched her red notes.
There was sudden silence for the next few moments.
Orange, who was handling Li Yu's position of updating Big Boss Han's social media in his absence, was offended. Scratching his needle-like orange hair, he inquired, "Are you saying you don't know who the mighty, great, impressive and revolutionary Big Boss Han is?"
An Xiulan softly shook her head. There were so many adjectives used with a single person. He must be an outstanding figure.
Chen Xi Jun, Wei Xiao Hua and Orange moved to show the ignorant girl Big Bos Han.
An Xiulan stared at a tall and lean youthful boy, leaning against his bicycle, his hand holding a steel pipe. He was staring at the distance in an impressive pose. He has slanted eyebrows like a young and refined man belonging to a scholar family. His nose was standing proudly on his face. His thin lips were impressive just like the rest of his features.
However, his face didn't seem to match his rebellious aura.
She couldn't help but want to ask why his white shirt's buttons were done?
Why was his tie hanging loosely on his neck?
And why was he wearing just half of the uniform?
He seemed to study in the same school as her.
"Don't know him," An Xiulan said with a shrug.
Han Zixin's quickly turned to glare at his buddies.
Orange, Chen Xi Jun and Wei Xiao Hua scratched their heads. This wasn't their fault that someone in the entire Jungyuan High didn't know about their Big Boss Han. Oh, no this was clearly their fault!
"Look at him clearly!" Orange yelled. "I refuse to believe you don't know our Big Boss Han."
An Xiulan turned her head to look at the so-called Big Boss Han once again while Han Zixin went back to his previous pose. He had noticed that his left side was slightly more impressive than his stunning right side.
"Fifth prince," Suddenly An Xiulan called out loudly, starting the other three boys.
"What did you say?" Han Zixin questioned her in an arrogant posture.
"You are even more handsome than the prince," An Xiulan confessed honestly.
"Who is the Fifth prince?" Han Zixin asked, raising his brow.
"Emperor Qing's son born from concubine Zhao," An Xiulan murmured, staring at the unruly teenager.
Han Zixin languidly walked ahead, grabbing two hundred yuan notes from the whimpering boys and tucked them into his pants. Leaning near to her ear, he whispered, "I'm the bloodthirsty fifth prince, son of Emperor Qing and Concubine Zhao. If you tell anyone what you saw here, I will lock you in the dungeon and send you far far far away from here."
An Xiulan's eyes widened.
Three of his friends laughed when they saw the girl running into school holding her cute school bag.
"Xin Ge! Why did you tease the barbie doll?" Orange asked with a laugh.
"That's because Xin Ge doesn't tease women," The other two mates laughed.
Han Zixin stared at the school gate where the girl disappeared. He let out a small evil smile flipping his slightly long hair.
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