Inside Linhai Hospital.
The air was filled with the smell of disinfectant, and medical staff in white coats came and went.
In a hospital room.
Wang Ren, who was beaten unconscious by Ye Li yesterday, was now propped up on a hospital bed.
With a pale face, he looked at a person sitting upright by the bedside in a cyan team uniform and said respectfully:
"Brother Liu, I..."
"Just say what you have to say." The young man called Brother Liu let out a sigh, swept his gaze over Wang Ren, and added in a deep voice:
"If it's about your substitute spot, don't bother. This was the idea of that Principal Li, and there's nothing I can do."
Wang Ren gritted his teeth and said unwillingly: "So my spot is just given to that Ye Li like this?"
"What other options do you have?" Brother Liu asked with a cold smile.
Wang Ren slowly clenched his fists, his fingernails digging into his flesh. The other party was already the most likely person among those he knew to help him.
Liu Yangde, the vice - captain of Linhai No.1 Middle School's team, had reached the peak of the first stage half a year ago.
In the past, before changing team members, the team's instructor would always first consult him and Jiang Qingzhu's opinions.
But this time was different. This time, he was directly informed that a martial arts student named Ye Li would take up the substitute position in the team.
There was no room for objection.
"Save it." Liu Yangde reached out and patted Wang Ren's shoulder, saying compassionately:
"Your substitute spot is definitely gone. Considering your good performance in the past, I'll ask that Ye Li to come and apologize to you, and then this matter will be over."
"But..."
Wang Ren still looked unwilling.
He had originally wanted to teach someone a lesson, but instead, he was beaten up like a dog. He simply couldn't accept such a thing.
"Enough."
Liu Yangde frowned and sneered: "Didn't you ask Shen Lian to teach that kid a lesson? Do you think I don't know?"
"You even specifically cleared out the people in the training building. It was obvious you were going to be ruthless. That kid will probably be bedridden for ten days or half a month after being beaten by Shen Lian, right?"
"I've already pretended not to know. What else do you want?" Liu Yangde's voice was as deep as water.
Wang Ren was silent for a long time before finally muttering: "I understand."
Liu Yangde nodded in satisfaction: "Then I'll call him now and ask him to come and apologize to you."
"I'm afraid he can't even walk now." Wang Ren added maliciously.
Ye Li, at the fifth level of the first stage, was up against Shen Lian at the seventh level of the first stage. He couldn't even imagine how badly Ye Li would be taught a lesson.
At the very least, a few bones would be broken!
Liu Yangde picked up the phone on the table, ignoring Wang Ren who had a gloating expression on his face, and dialed the number of Ye Li that the instructor had given him.
"Hello, who is this?"
The call was quickly connected, and a calm and polite voice came from the other end.
"You must be Ye Li, right?"
Liu Yangde said indifferently: "I'm Liu Yangde. You can just call me Brother Liu. I need to talk to you about something."
"Don't know you. Busy."
"Beep beep..."
The calm voice was accompanied by the prompt tone of the hung - up call, ringing in Liu Yangde's ears. This made him stunned, and at the same time, his blood pressure rose a bit.
Wang Ren beside him also didn't expect Ye Li to dare to hang up the phone, and looked at him with a bewildered expression.
This made Liu Yangde even more embarrassed.
He considered himself a big shot in the school and always put on an air of being a big brother.
In his opinion, Ye Li would surely be obedient and come to apologize after receiving his call.
Unexpectedly, before he could even finish speaking, the phone was hung up, just like that...
Liu Yangde's expression gradually turned ugly.
"Brother Liu, that kid Ye Li wouldn't have dared to do this before."
Wang Ren came to his senses. Seeing the other person's expression, he immediately fanned the flames:
"Guess he thinks he's something special now that he's joined the school team. He's completely arrogant and looks down on everyone now!"
Hearing this, Liu Yangde's face darkened, and then he silently dialed the number again without a word.
The moment the call was connected, he immediately said in a stern voice:
"Ye Li, I'm the vice - captain of the school team. I need to talk to you about something!"
"Go ahead." The voice on the other end of the phone was somewhat teasing.
"You went too far in yesterday's competition." Liu Yangde's brows relaxed a bit, and he said in a low voice:
"You also snatched Wang Ren's spot, which was a huge blow to him."
"So what?"
"I want you to come and apologize to him, and then this matter will be over." Liu Yangde said.
"I see." Ye Li's voice was flat.
"Really..."
Upon hearing this, Liu Yangde felt a bit less angry and a bit more disdainful in his heart.
Ye Li's show of weakness came faster than he had expected.
After learning my identity, he's finally scared...
The corner of Liu Yangde's mouth curled up. Suppressing the complacency in his heart, he continued:
"Then you go and find the instructor later and tell him that for your own reasons, you voluntarily withdraw from the school team. We're about to participate in an exchange competition soon, and your joining the team at this time will disrupt..."
"I see."
Before he could finish, Ye Li interrupted him directly and laughed: "So the school team is full of people like you who have an over - inflated opinion of themselves, huh?"
Upon hearing this, the corner of Liu Yangde's eye twitched. Then, he stood up abruptly with his burly figure, and his voice was filled with coldness:
"What did you say?!"
As the words fell, the atmosphere in the hospital room suddenly became oppressive. Wang Ren on the hospital bed had his heart pounding wildly, looking steadily at the enraged Liu Yangde.
"I said you're an idiot, and I suspect the whole school team is full of idiots like you."
And Ye Li on the other end of the phone didn't care at all about the other party's reaction, and immediately replied with a laugh.
"Fine, fine, fine..." Liu Yangde laughed out of extreme anger, and threatened in a gloomy tone:
"I've seen a lot of troublemakers, but you're really the first one like this. If you've got the guts, you..."
Before he could finish, the phone hung up again: "Beep beep..."
"Unbelievable!"
Liu Yangde's entire face turned red with anger. He grabbed Wang Ren's phone and smashed it on the ground, shattering it. "Ye Li, you're nothing but a person with no talent in martial arts. You're being way too arrogant!"
"Just you wait, you better wait!"
In a fit of extreme anger, he suddenly turned around and quickly walked out of the hospital room. The back of his figure exuded a thick murderous aura.
Wang Ren stared blankly at the smashed - to - pieces phone on the ground. He wanted to ask for compensation, but was afraid of provoking Liu Yangde who was in a rage.
He could only lie back on the hospital bed resentfully.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered that in the previous phone call, Ye Li's voice was full of energy, showing no signs of being injured at all.
A trace of confusion suddenly welled up in Wang Ren's heart.
Strange, could it be that Shen Lian didn't catch Ye Li and let him get away?
"Forget it. If she didn't catch him, she didn't."
A gloating expression then appeared on Wang Ren's face: "You actually dared to go against Liu Yangde, Ye Li. You're doomed this time!"
One was at the fifth level of the first stage, and the other had reached the peak of the first stage half a year ago.
It was obvious who was stronger and who was weaker, even with one's eyes closed!