Demon King – Chapter 924 – The Delinquent Boy Puts Away the Protection Fees

Another boring day of classes. After being thoroughly scrubbed by the suffocating atmosphere of “knowledge,” Yunxing finally endured his way to the end of the school day.

Although the teacher had told him to go to the office after school to “have a talk” about him skipping evening self-study, he had already skipped evening self-study. Was he supposed to be scared of some private meeting now? So Yunxing naturally used the excuse of going to the restroom and made a grand escape.

Eager to meet up with his bros, the moment he stepped out of the school gates, he saw a certain petite figure that gave him a headache.

As if she had calculated exactly when he would come out, under the tree nearby, a head of pink hair had clearly been waiting there for quite a while.

“You… dyed your hair again?”

Yunxing didn’t bother hiding the disgust on his face. The moment he saw this girl who had yet to fully shed her loli vibes, he had the impulse to throw a punch at her and let her understand why flowers are so red.

“Hehe~ So? No matter what hair color it is, I can pull it off perfectly, right?”

She said something else with her mouth, but the expression on Yu Qiu’s face practically had a few bold words written across it.

‘You’re not getting away today.’

‘Hmhmhm. I let you run off last time. This time I’m definitely going to see what a real street punk looks like. Prepare yourself. Today I’m absolutely sneaking into your headquarters.’

She had already gone through every possible escape route Yunxing might take in her head and was determined to chase after him no matter what. But she overlooked one crucial detail.

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With the silent appearance of a certain silver-haired loli, her entire plan went magnificently down the drain.

“Yu Qiu, the teacher told me to drag you back. You are absolutely not allowed to skip evening self-study this time.”

Eiya suddenly appeared, grabbed Yu Qiu by the back of her collar, and without further explanation directly dragged her away, her expression blank as she played the role of errand runner.

“Let go of me! Yaya! You don’t attend evening study either. We’re both people who don’t attend. Can’t you show a little understanding for each other?!”

“I’m a day student. You’re not. I still have to go home later. Please cooperate.”

Watching the absurd scene of a one-meter-forty loli dragging away a one-meter-fifty girl, Yunxing didn’t even know what expression he should make for a moment.

Still, this at least meant he had one less big problem to deal with.

‘Before that troublemaker ran back out again, better get moving.’

With that thought, once the two girls were gone, Yunxing quickly left the area and continued toward the place where he was supposed to meet his brothers.

Rarely did anyone interfere like this. Yunxing arrived early at the small alley where the bros usually gathered. From their conversation, he learned that today a group of kids who had just entered middle school would be passing nearby. There was a good chance they could squeeze a little extra cash out of them.

A rare chance for extra income, so everyone took it seriously. After a simple division of roles, Yunxing followed their leader’s arrangement and went to his assigned position.

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“You little brats whose hair hasn’t even grown in yet. If I were you, I wouldn’t walk in here. Be smart and get lost.”

Standing at the entrance of the alley, Yunxing looked displeased as he stared at the few middle schoolers in front of him, clearly still carrying the childish air of kids who had just graduated from elementary school.

His fierce gaze could intimidate most people, let alone a few first-year middle schoolers. But as the saying goes, newborn calves aren’t afraid of tigers. Even though they were panicking inside, relying on the fact that they outnumbered him, the boys still gathered their courage and talked back.

Kids that age couldn’t stand being looked down on. Faced with Yunxing’s contempt, their bratty mentality flared up.

‘You won’t let us in? Then we’ll go in anyway. You’re acting so arrogant. If we actually listen to you, wouldn’t that make us lose face?’

Among the bold group, the sturdier boy even reached out, trying to shove Yunxing. But before his hand could touch him, Yunxing slightly sidestepped, avoiding the push and instead giving them space to enter.

“Talking big but turns out you’re a coward. Trash!”

Seeing Yunxing step aside, the little punks grew even more arrogant. As they swaggered into the alley, they even spat toward Yunxing’s feet, though he nimbly dodged it.

With a face full of disdain and mockery, Yunxing leaned against the wall at the alley entrance, arms crossed, glancing sideways at the cocky boys. Then he shifted his attention elsewhere. After all, these guys had nothing to do with him.

About ten minutes later, when Yunxing walked back into the alley, he saw those same kids now surrounded by his bros, clutching their schoolbags and sobbing.

Kind words can’t persuade a damned ghost.

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Expressionless, Yunxing sat down on a chair to the side. After taking a bottle of cola from one of his bros, he lowered his head and started scrolling through his phone, no longer paying attention to what was happening nearby.

The little brats shot him resentful and blaming looks, but Yunxing didn’t care in the slightest.

‘I’m not a good person anyway. Whatever. If you’re unlucky, don’t blame anyone else.’

“So why do we always send Xingzi to stand lookout, Boss? Aren’t you worried that with him standing outside, he’ll scare our meal tickets away?”

After driving off the brats who had handed over their protection fees, one of the hooligans slung an arm over the leader’s shoulder and laughed while glancing at Yunxing, who was drinking cola.

Once or twice was fine. But thinking about it, hadn’t the boss always sent Xingzi to stand outside and signal every time? With Xingzi’s fierce eyes, wouldn’t it make more sense to leave him inside to intimidate their meal tickets?

“Standing lookout doesn’t mean blocking the entrance. Every brother has the job that suits him. You want Xingzi dealing with a few little kids? Wouldn’t that lower his status?”

The leader patted the brother beside him, then patted Yunxing as well. Though his face didn’t show much expression, it was obvious he was in a good mood.

“True enough. Xingzi is the best fighter among us, right?”

“And the only one who got into high school. Brains and brawn, hahaha.”

In this delinquent clique, Yunxing usually played the role of the enforcer. With his fierce eyes and solid fighting skills, he was somewhat well-known among the local hooligans.

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“Among us bros, we might not be the most domineering in this area, but we’re definitely the smartest and the ones living the best.”

Another tall and skinny street punk raised his cola and clinked it against Yunxing’s bottle, pride filling his eyes.

“We’re not strong, but we’re not weak either. So what if those trash guys have bigger territory and more people? In the end, every single one of them wants to rope us in and doesn’t want to offend us.”

“Stuck in the middle, we’ve taken plenty of benefits, hahaha. They all want to win us over. Gotta thank Xingzi for being able to fight.”

“And his sister’s pretty too. One day I’m gonna be Xingzi’s real big brother, hahaha.”

It was the same tall and skinny street punk again, spouting offensive remarks. Everyone was already used to the fact that he was very interested in Yunxing’s sister, Yunyue.

“Get lost. All you think about all day is other people’s sisters. Do you use your lower half to think?”

“You dare say you’re not interested? Don’t worry, bros. If I get a woman, I won’t forget you guys. What’s more important, brothers or women? How about when I get her, I lend her to you for fun?”

Yunxing frowned. He had heard this kind of topic who knew how many times already. Completely uninterested, he continued sitting there expressionlessly, drinking his cola as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.