School Beauty's Invincible Martial Expert

The two soon kissed passionately, Xiao Han's kiss not only eager but intense as well.

They kissed for a long while, with great fervor.

It went on for several minutes.

Thump, thump, thump...

Suddenly, a knocking sound came from the door, followed by a voice: "Xiao Han, are you there?"

Thump...

Frightened, Xiao Han fell off the couch. He nearly tumbled to the ground.

Snicker...

Seeing Xiao Han in such a sorry state, Liu Xiaolei almost burst out laughing. She couldn't help but chuckle, "Xiao Han, you... what happened to you?"

"It's... nothing," Xiao Han hastily shook his head and said, "It's... Li Yunpeng who has come."

"Ah?" Liu Xiaolei was stunned and asked, "What's he here for?"

"He's probably here to pay a New Year's visit," Xiao Han hurriedly explained.

Liu Xiaolei quickly stood up from the couch, and they hurriedly straightened their clothes. Xiao Han rushed to open the door, and sure enough, there stood a neat and tidy Li Yunpeng, dressed in a black Zhongshan suit. He looked energetic and indeed in good spirits, with a pair of black framed glasses perched on his nose. Seeing Xiao Han, he quickly said, "Xiao Han, Happy New Year, I've come to pay you a New Year's visit!"

"Ah... Teacher Li!" Upon hearing this, Xiao Han quickly signaled to Li Yunpeng with his eyes.

Li Yunpeng immediately caught on and chuckled, "Right, where's your mom? Your mom is my big sister, you know. She's helped me a lot before, and I specially came to visit her for the New Year!"

"Teacher Li, my mom has gone out to pay New Year's visits," Xiao Han quickly said.

"Oh, is that so..." Li Yunpeng spoke, unable to resist tip-toeing for a glimpse inside the house. He soon spotted Liu Xiaolei and his face turned red. Hastily, he said, "Well... then I'll be off."

After speaking, Li Yunpeng quickly left.

Watching Li Yunpeng's retreating figure, Liu Xiaolei came over and said with a flushed face, "Look at you, making people misunderstand."

"Who misunderstood anything?" Xiao Han chuckled, then added, "There's no misunderstanding."

"And you say there isn't!" Liu Xiaolei glared at Xiao Han, then said, "Teacher Li Yunpeng just saw us, aren't you going to deny it?"

"It doesn't matter!" Xiao Han shook his head and said, "Wouldn't the people of Fuxing Community already know about our relationship?"

"There is no relationship between us!" Liu Xiaolei immediately shook her head.

"Heh heh, is that so?" Xiao Han suddenly displayed a mischievous smile.

Liu Xiaolei immediately got a bad feeling and backed away, only for Xiao Han to move forward two steps, making her visibly nervous. She awkwardly looked at Xiao Han and asked, "What... what are you trying to do?!"

"Guess what I want to do!" Xiao Han chuckled, then said, "Of course, I want to make our relationship official."

"You!" Liu Xiaolei was astounded and exclaimed, "You... you're crazy!"

"How am I crazy?" Xiao Han frowned slightly, then said, "Didn't you say we have no relationship? Well, now I am going to make it official for you!"

"Stop!" Liu Xiaolei hastily shook her head, then said, "I... I was just saying. We're good friends, aren't we? And besides, I'm a few years older than you, I'm like your sister, right? Since when does a younger brother tease his older sister?"

"I happen to like an older woman-younger man romance," Xiao Han said, with a devilish glint in his eye.

"You..." Liu Xiaolei became even more flustered.

At that moment, a commotion could be heard from outside. It wasn't very loud, but Xiao Han and Liu Xiaolei heard it clearly. Xiao Han immediately stopped teasing Liu Xiaolei and said, "What's going on outside?"

"I don't know!" Liu Xiaolei quickly shook her head and said, "Could something have happened?"

"Let's go check it out!" Xiao Han said urgently.

Liu Xiaolei, relieved, immediately nodded: "Right, let's go have a look, it's New Year's Day after all!"

Xiao Han briskly pulled open the door and headed outside.

On the streets of Fuxing Community, a crowd had already gathered.

"We can't let them tear it down."

"That's right!" someone shouted, "The street lamps were just installed; they can't just demolish them!"

The crowd was visibly agitated and extremely indignant.

Xiao Han had just come out and immediately understood what was happening—it was about the street lights on Fuxing Road being dismantled. But these people really knew how to pick their moment. Today was the first day of the lunar new year, and they chose this time to demolish. On the first day of the new year, any issue should be endured, as no one wanted to encounter bad luck. This was something nobody hoped to face.

Among the crowd, Auntie Zhou hurried out. She was a representative of the Fuxing Community Residents' Committee and also represented the entirety of Fuxing Community.

"Don't demolish!" Auntie Zhou rushed forward with a group of people to negotiate.

"Talking to us is useless," the lead worker helplessly said, "We are just the ones carrying out the task. If you don't want demolition, go find someone to discuss it with. I can wait for you right now!"

The worker's face was painted with a bitter smile. In fact, everyone knew that these street lights had just been installed, and it was indeed a pity to dismantle them. They also did not want to take them down. It was not only a waste of time but also a waste of money.

"Fine, I'll make a phone call right now!" Auntie Zhou hurriedly called the leaders of the Municipal Committee.

However, after several calls, the other side hung up without hesitation.

What day was it today? It was the first day of the lunar New Year, and which leader would deal with such things then? Even if it needed handling, it would have to wait until after the Lantern Festival. Even the leaders that Auntie Zhou had good relations with on normal days advised her seriously.

"Big Sister Zhou, don't come to me with this matter," the vice mayor of the Municipal Committee said with a helpless face, "I'm just a nominal vice mayor with little power. Moreover, for this kind of job, you need to find a leader who is in charge of such matters. I advise you not to go looking now; no one wants to be troubled on the first day of the year. I'm telling you this because we have a good relationship—if it were someone else, they would have hung up on you already."

"Yes, yes!" Auntie Zhou also wore a look of frustration.

"What should we do now?" the residents of Fuxing Community asked anxiously.

"Don't let them tear it down!" Auntie Zhou hung up and immediately said, "Today, if they want to demolish, they'll have to step over my dead body!"

"Right! Don't let them demolish!"

"We must not let them demolish!"

Auntie Zhou, a woman and an elderly one at that, showed such a fighting spirit, so what about the young people of Fuxing Community? Almost all of them stepped forward, blocking the construction crew.

The workers were dumbfounded.

"What... what should we do now?"

"Yeah, how can we demolish with so many people blocking the way?"

The workers kept discussing, and everyone couldn't help but look to the lead worker. The lead worker took a drag of his cigarette, took a deep breath, and then said, "I'll report to the leader first, and then decide whether or not to demolish."

"Yes!" The workers nodded.

Quickly, a group of people agreed. The head worker immediately began to call their superior. Upon receiving the news, the superior seemed unable to make a decision and had to report it up the chain. Soon enough, the work order and the right to make decisions still fell upon the leader—the same leader who had come to cause trouble that day.

"What?" The guy panicked upon hearing the news, "Demolish, it must be demolished. No matter what, it must be done today!"

"Yes, yes!" The messenger panicked, and the ones below were even more flustered.

The order passed down was like a death sentence.

The lead worker shook his head helplessly and then said, "Big Sister, sorry, but the higher-ups have given a firm order, no matter what, it has to be demolished."

"Fine, then demolish," Auntie Zhou replied coldly upon hearing this, "I want to see who has the guts to demolish today!"

While speaking, Auntie Zhou picked up a brick from the ground and said, "I'm old and of no use anyway, ready to fight you to the death with my old life!"

The group of workers was just about to start when they were once again taken aback, seeing the stance of the other side, it seemed difficult to proceed.

With Auntie Zhou's lead, others also picked up bricks from the ground, and some brought sticks and other weapons from their homes, standing in front of the construction crew. For a while, they were at a loss too.

"Shit!" The workers exclaimed, "Dammit, what do we do now?"

"Who knows!"

"Boss, maybe we just shouldn't demolish today."

Some started to waver, but the order from above was explicit—if they did not demolish today, they might lose their jobs. The lead worker didn't know what to do and hesitated before saying, "Big Sister, don't make it hard for me; even we workers have a hard time."

"Uh…" On hearing this, Auntie Zhou shook her head and said, "That won't do. You get your leader to come and demolish."

"Oh dear!" The worker showed a bitter smile and said, "That would be worse than asking for my head."

"Anyway, no one is touching these street lights today," Auntie Zhou retorted coldly, "When the street lights were damaged, why didn't they fix them? Now that we have repaired these street lights, what gives you the right to demolish them? What qualification do you have? Besides, Fuxing Road is not under your control."

"Big Sister, you're wrong there," the worker hurriedly said, "They do manage this road, but this road belongs to your community. It's like when you buy a shop, you own it, but the property management and the Urban Management Bureau are still in charge. Understand?"

"I don't understand!" Auntie Zhou, with a stern face, said, "All I know is, we did something that benefits the country and the people. Why should our hard work be destroyed? Are they jealous, or did we accidentally touch on their interests?"