Chapter 37: Invitation

Fang Chen followed the group to a relatively empty parking alley behind the school.

The buzz-cut boy fished a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket, tapped one out, and offered it to Fang Chen with a seemingly easygoing smile. "I'm Cao Xu. I'm also in Class One. We've probably seen each other during class, right?"

"I don't smoke." Fang Chen waved his hand in refusal.

Cao Xu lit the cigarette for himself, took a drag, and chuckled. "Heh, good habit. Don't be nervous. We just came to have a chat and discuss some things with you.

"After all, your reputation as the 'Number One Martial Artist of The Three Greats' is quite loud," he added, blowing a smoke ring, his gaze probing.

Fang Chen's tone remained flat. "Oh? Just spit it out. I have a lot of things to deal with at home."

He had been in class all day. His desk-mate, Hu Jiasen, was a chatterbox who had enthusiastically rambled ON AND ON about the situation at The Seventh Congress.