In an instant, Baldy’s brothers arrived last, surrounding him with a group of people. Compared to the stud man’s lackeys, their numbers were also not many, just a dozen, but compared to the stud man’s crew, they were much fiercer.

If the stud man and his crew were just small gangsters, then their rank was much higher than the stud man’s crew, like the qualitative difference between freshman and junior students—even if the numbers are the same, the juniors standing before the freshmen feel completely different.

Now, the stud man’s crew seemed like freshmen, while Baldy’s crew were the juniors. Baldy came up without saying a word and slapped the stud man three to four times, but he didn’t dare say a word, and neither did his lackeys. At this moment, Baldy’s brothers had all arrived, making them even more afraid, not daring to utter a word.

At this moment, the stud man was holding his face in fear. Last time, he was beaten here by Baldy due to unintentionally offending him, causing him to spend over a month in the hospital before being discharged. The scar from that time still stayed on his hand. So, seeing Baldy scared him, made his body tremble with fear.

But what puzzled him was, he hadn’t offended Baldy at all these days. Ever since the incident, whenever he saw Baldy, he showed utmost respect, always calling him Brother Baldy, never daring to be disrespectful.

But today, he was clearly just going to teach a student boy a lesson, why did Baldy suddenly rush over, snatch the brick from his hand, and start slapping him? He was puzzled, unable to comprehend why Baldy acted this way. Could it be that this student had something to do with him?

He thought about this in his mind but was still very puzzled.

At this moment, everyone witnessing this scene was stunned, unclear about what happened. Originally, the brick was to be smashed on Hao Jian’s head, but suddenly this person came out, what’s going on here, why is he helping Hao Jian? Everyone was puzzled!

As for Hao Jian, he stood there, smiling slightly.

"Brother Baldy, what’s the matter?" The stud man asked in confusion.

However, just as he finished speaking, looking at Baldy with a puzzled expression on his face, Baldy showed no expression, suddenly extending his hand, "Pa!" With another slap on his face, leaving him dumbfounded once again. He really didn’t understand what was happening, why Baldy suddenly laid the blame on him.

After slapping him, Baldy ignored him, shot him a furious glance, and then turned and walked towards Hao Jian.

The stud man was stunned, still somewhat clueless about what was happening, only thinking that perhaps wanting to teach Hao Jian inadvertently offended Baldy. This student might have some connection with Baldy.

As he was thinking this, Baldy had already walked up to Hao Jian, and the anger on his face had vanished, replaced with a smile.

Seeing this, Hao Jian was the first to speak, saying, "Thanks for the rescue!"

Baldy replied, "No big deal, just be careful in the future, if you encounter anything, feel free to find me, on this turf I still have some say and can lend a hand."

Hao Jian nodded, smiling, said, "Then if I have any trouble in the future, I certainly won’t hold back from asking."

Baldy knew Hao Jian’s temperament, but hadn’t expected Hao Jian would tease him, and upon hearing it, immediately laughed, saying, "I can only handle trivial matters, if you’re up to anything major, I can’t help with that."

He was just joking around, so they both laughed in succession, Hao Jian didn’t respond further. Hao Jian helped him considerably before, giving him a chance to help back, and today was a perfect opportunity.

After all, he wasn’t someone who likes to owe others.

And Hao Jian naturally understood his thoughts, so he had nothing much to say regarding his intervention. In fact, he had seen Baldy and his brothers go to the restaurant nearby for dinner, a bit surprised, and his intention was to cause enough noise for Baldy to notice. Then he wanted to test Baldy’s reaction upon seeing him surrounded and about to be beaten.

It turned out that Baldy did not let him down, and because of the matter next Friday, he felt reassured.

They didn’t say much further, just exchanged a few simple words, then Baldy said he had other matters, and left with his brothers, but not before severely punishing the stud man, beating him until he vomited on the ground, his face full of red handprints.

Afterward, he sternly warned the stud man that if he dared do anything to Hao Jian again, the consequences wouldn’t be as simple as today; he’d be responsible for himself. The stud man listened in fear, his face showing a trace of dread. Then, Baldy swaggered away with his brothers.

At this moment, the stud man’s lackeys all showed signs of fear, thankful that Baldy and his crew only beat their leader, the stud man. If they had been beaten as well, they probably wouldn’t be able to take it. Now they were relieved, thankful Baldy hadn’t taken action against them.

So, as soon as Baldy left with his people, they immediately ran over to help up the stud man. After being helped up, he still showed a pained expression, having suffered a severe beating, yet his lackeys hadn’t helped him at all. Though it was impossible for them to help, they had stood by doing nothing while he was beaten, making him furious.

After being helped up, he immediately pushed aside his lackeys who were supporting him, angrily saying, "Damn it, you watched me get beaten?"

The lackeys saw the stud man bursting in anger, not daring to speak, though they wanted to say who would dare help at that time, even you didn’t dare say a word. But the words haven’t been uttered before they were suppressed. After all, the stud man was in a rage now, and none of them dared to say that, lest they walked right into trouble.

After venting his anger, he immediately cast his gaze towards Hao Jian. As Baldy had instructed him as he left, later he needed to apologize to Hao Jian. If Baldy discovered he hadn’t done it, he would come after him. How could he dare not heed Baldy’s instructions?

Moreover, the most crucial thing was, despite Hao Jian just being a student, he could make Baldy take action, and even remember this incident, indicating Hao Jian’s status was not ordinary. So, being able to make even Baldy act, even though Baldy himself hadn’t said so, once he was gone, he would certainly run up to apologize to Hao Jian.

It’s a joke, having an extra friend is certainly better than having an extra enemy, especially since Hao Jian, as a student, could make a character like Baldy take action, he certainly couldn’t offend him. So he sincerely walked up to Hao Jian, who silently watched him, without speaking.

The stud man humbly said, "Big brother, I’m sorry, it’s me who couldn’t see the mountain for the trees, offended you, I hope you won’t be angry and forgive me!"

Hao Jian didn’t speak but raised his eyebrows, glancing at Zheng Jun, Li Weiwei, and the few girls. The stud man wasn’t stupid, immediately understanding Hao Jian’s intent, and immediately ran over. He first ran to Li Weiwei, saying earnestly, "Just now, I’m sorry, it was me not knowing how to speak or act."

Then, speaking to Zheng Jun and the others, "Sorry sorry, truly sorry. No fight, no friendship, brother, please don’t hold a grudge, I’ll handle this hospital fee, you just come to ask me for it. Also, in the future if anything happens here, just find me, I’ll make sure to cover for you."

Zheng Jun said nothing, but the stud man smiled, then walked over to the few girls he had scared earlier. Maybe feeling a bit embarrassed, he laughed and touched his head, causing the girls to step back a few steps in fear.

He quickly said, "Ah... I’m sorry, didn’t scare you, did I? My apologies, truly sorry, I’m saying sorry, such a thing definitely won’t happen again in the future."

As he spoke, the stud man intentionally looked at the girls a few times. These girls might have been frightened earlier, so now looking at the stud man, they didn’t dare speak, and intentionally kept a little distance from him.

Seeing this, the stud man angrily said, "Rest assured, I’ll fiercely deal with these bastards when I get back, make them absolutely understand such things mustn’t be done."

Saying this, the stud man looked at the girls a few more times, seeing none of them spoke, then suddenly smiled and ran to Hao Jian with a cheeky grin.

"Big brother, is this okay?" The stud man asked with a smile. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Hao Jian looked, didn’t say much, shifted his gaze to Li Weiwei, knowing if she wanted to say anything, then she should say it, but seeing her not wanting to say anything, he understood.

Then glanced at the stud man, who felt a sense of bewilderment under Hao Jian’s gaze, even though his seniority and everything were supposed to be greater than Hao Jian’s, but being watched by Hao Jian felt like he was on high, looking down.

His heart quivered slightly.