Chapter 90: Flaunt It and Run Away (Recommendations Appreciated!)

Shen Muyan was stunned.

Listening to what Yang Hao had just blurted out, he actually felt a momentary lapse in comprehension.

Behind him, Gao He, hearing Yang Hao shout that name again, felt as though he had been utterly wronged.

Damn it all, Yang Haoran?

To hell with you!

The people around them wore strange expressions.

Why did that sound so familiar?

Wait, wasn’t that one of Brother Liangchen’s classic lines?

No wonder it had felt so familiar just now, with that odd, almost ridiculous ring to it.

Ye Liangchen.

Yang Haoran.

As those two names flashed through their minds, the crowd around them looked thoughtful.

At the same time, hearing Yang Hao’s outrageously chuunibyou voice, Yao Cheng, Zhang Tian, and the others were on the verge of laughing themselves sick.

If there was anyone who knew how to put on a show, they had to admit Yang Hao was the master.

They had no choice but to服 him. He could casually conjure up a Yang Haoran version of Ye Liangchen—who knew whether Zhao Ritian and Long Aotian would show up next?

If Ye Liangchen learned what Yang Hao was doing, who knew whether he would appear before him, point at his nose, and ask, “Are you trying to replace my position? You really know how to put on a show!”

Of course, Yang Hao had no interest in replacing Ye Liangchen.

Right now, Yang Hao looked at Shen Muyan with unbridled arrogance.

He carried himself like the sky was his to command and he merely shared it with the world, the sort of man that made anyone who saw him want to punch him once.

Very quickly, Shen Muyan realized one thing.

He had been played.

“You played me?”

Shen Muyan’s eyes turned icy as he understood what had happened.

In front of so many people, he had actually been toyed with by this guy.

How could that be tolerated?

“Be sensible.”

Looking at him, Yang Hao shook his head and said, “I, Yang Haoran, don’t like empty talk. If you don’t mind, I can keep you company for a while. Don’t force me to use Tianhai’s power. I never wanted to stir up a storm of blood and wind.”

Yet another immensely swaggering line slipped from Yang Hao’s mouth.

Hearing him, the people around them twitched at the corners of their mouths.

It was their first time seeing a real-life Ye Liangchen, and they had never expected him to be this formidable.

As expected, once you were even faintly connected to Ye Liangchen, it was impossible not to act cool.

This guy was practically cooling himself up to the heavens.

“Bro, don’t float away.”

“Be careful you can’t keep up the act!”

“Stay steady, stay steady. The situation is excellent right now, so don’t get reckless!”

“Tone it down, tone it down. We’re about to reach the critical moment.”

“Later, when you get beaten up, don’t say you know us.”

At that moment, Yao Cheng and the others who had been standing behind Yang Hao quietly dropped a few words, then unobtrusively edged back several steps, silently widening the distance between themselves and him.

As if to say, we don’t know this guy.

They were afraid that when the crowd rushed up to beat Yang Hao in a moment, they would get caught in the mess.

There was no helping it. If one acted too showy, one invited lightning and a beating.

And right now, Yang Hao was facing exactly that problem.

He was showing off so hard that even Zhang Tian and the others could barely watch.

Yang Hao naturally noticed their movements, and a vein almost popped on his forehead. He felt a strong urge to curse.

At a time like this, shouldn’t you be standing in front of me, ready to shield me if anyone tries to hit me?

Isn’t this a little too disloyal?

Meeting Yang Hao’s accusing look, Zhang Tian and Yao Cheng all lifted their eyes to the ceiling, pretending they could not see.

Damn it.

Smacking his lips, Yang Hao withdrew his gaze and looked once more at Shen Muyan.

Seeing the other man’s dark expression, Yang Hao smiled and continued, “It’s fine. You can call over everyone you know. I, Yang Haoran, don’t mind letting my three men play with you for a while. If they win, you’ll all obediently get out of here.”

As he spoke, he raised a finger and pointed at Yao Cheng, Zhang Tian, and the other man behind him.

In an instant, everyone’s attention shifted to Yao Cheng and the others, including Shen Muyan.

At the same time, Zhang Tian, Yang Hao, and Zhu Ziyuan all jolted inwardly, as though a herd of horses had thundered through their chests.

Damn it... they had already run so far away, and this bastard could still set the fire right under their feet.

And was this really appropriate?

Was there such a thing as dragging your brothers down this hard?

At that moment, they all wanted nothing more than to shout a few expletives, then slam Yang Hao to the floor and grind him into the smooth tiles, rubbing him back and forth across that polished ground...

“Of course, if you choose to stop here, then I, Yang Haoran, thank you in advance. One day, I will repay you handsomely!”

Before Shen Muyan could react, Yang Hao spoke again.

“And remember this: Yang Haoran is not someone you can afford to provoke.”

After delivering that perfectly imposing line, Yang Hao turned and left under the stunned gazes of the crowd.

Yao Cheng and Zhang Tian exchanged a look, then hurried after him.

The cafeteria was left behind, filled with a group of utterly bewildered people.

As for Shen Muyan, he stood staring blankly at Yang Hao’s departing figure. When the other man disappeared from view, he finally came to his senses.

Damn it, he’d been played again!

He had strutted in front of him and then simply run off—what was that supposed to mean?

Shen Muyan was practically broken.

At this point, he had no mind left to argue with the girl from before. His head was full of Yang Hao’s words and that overbearing, wildly arrogant expression.

Where the hell had that bastard come from?

Looking at Shen Muyan’s unspeakably bitter expression, Gao He on the side could not help feeling sympathy and even wanted to step up and comfort him.

As someone who had been through it, Gao He wanted to give him a word of warning.

When you run into that guy, just accept your fate!

If you come into contact with him a few more times, you’ll understand even more deeply.

However, knowing Shen Muyan’s identity, Gao He was not about to be kind enough to remind him.

He had not forgotten that this guy represented Tianhai University of Science and Technology, and had been mocking them like mad before the match. As a member of Tianhai University’s esports club, Gao He naturally held no affection for him.

If anything, he hoped Shen Muyan would dig his own grave, so Yang Hao and the others could use him to teach the man a proper lesson.

All at once, Gao He felt an inexplicable pleasure in his heart.

Hahaha, soon someone will be even worse off than I am. I won’t be the most miserable one after all. That makes me feel so much better.

Wait, why am I excited by something like this?

Gao He was startled. He suddenly realized that his thoughts seemed to have gone astray.

Shouldn’t he deeply detest people like Yang Hao and the others?

...

On the second floor of the cafeteria.

Yang Hao jogged up from the stair landing, glanced behind him, and seeing that no one was chasing after him, let out a long breath.

“Run after you’ve shown off—damn, that’s thrilling!”

Hearing Yang Hao say this with obvious excitement, Yao Cheng, Zhang Tian, and the other man following behind him all looked speechless.

They had known all along that this guy meant no good.

“That bit you just put on... seems a little too big.”

“Now that no one’s here, should we settle the score from just now?”

“You shifted the trouble onto someone else. Bro, that’s really not honorable of you! You get to show off, and you drag us into it too.”

“Come on then, how do you plan to make it up to us?”

Just as Yang Hao was reveling in his success, he saw the three of them cracking their knuckles, and he instantly went blank.

“Wait, brothers, let’s talk this out properly. I had no choice just now, didn’t I?”