Apocalypse: Counterattack of a Cannon Fodder

chapter 10: Sometimes You Don't Know What You Are Thinking

At that time, Tang Shi hadn’t realized what he meant. It wasn’t until he was betrayed by Tang Qi and Lu Chuan that he realized that the ‘anyone’ that Yan Xu referred to were actually the two people he was closest to.

Yan Xu had never said that he liked Tang Shi, nor had sent any signal to make Tang Shi think that way. His attitude towards Tang Shi was bad because he either had yelled at him or hit him.

He once had kicked Tang Shi at a critical moment. Yan Xu was already an awoken. His strength was so powerful that Tang Shi, who was still an ordinary human, almost lost his life. His ribs were broken on the spot. Although the kick did save Tang Shi’s life, it was a bad save in Tang Shi’s memory. He had always had an impression that Yan Xu had hated him, but he didn’t know why. Yan Xu had been mean to him in every possible way. To save his life, Yan Xu had to break his bones.

Tang Shi smiled bitterly. Now come to think of it, it was reasonable for Yan Xu to say that he was stupid at that time. Yan Xu had been in no place to tell him the truth that his lover and his brother had betrayed him. It was very likely that Tang Shi would think Yan Xu didn’t mean well to break their relationship if Yan Xu had told him the truth. That was probably why Yan Xu didn’t say anything when he drew the high-level alien species’ attention.

No one could survive under the claws of advanced alien species, even if Yan Xu was already a level six awoken at that time. The power of different levels was incomparable. At that time, Yan Xu had been prepared to sacrifice himself to give Tang Shi a chance to survive.

Tang Shi had always wondered why Yan Xu had been treating him differently. Therefore, he asked, “Have we met before?”

Yan Xu squinted his eyes slightly, which was supposed to be charming in last life. But now thanks to the burnt left eye, it was a little scary. “When you enrolled in university, I went to your school and met you there. When you were playing dirty tricks with your drillmasters, I was there.”

Tang Shi suddenly felt embarrassed when his dark history was mentioned and Yan Xu happened to be there.

He was a spoiled child, thanks to his grandfather. Even though he was not welcome by the Tang family, he had never been subjected to any physical abuse. Military training was such an overwhelming job for a weak young master like him. Therefore, he acted rashly and quarreled with the drillmaster. Gao Yang, the drillmaster was a nice and quiet solider. Tang Shi was not afraid of him at all. He argued that he wanted an equal privilege with the girls.

The girls could take an extra break when they had their periods. Tang Shi made use of the excuse. He claimed that boys need extra break because boys got tired sometimes. Gao Yang disagreed. Tang Shi was so angry that he scared him. He planned to fake a faint due to the heatstroke. When he fell down to the floor, he happened to fall on a wrong position. His head fell on the curb and bled on the spot, which frightened Gao Yang.

Just as Tang Shi was wailing holding his head, he heard an angry scolding to order him to get up. At that time, Tang Shi was dizzy and bleeding. He even suspected that he was suffering from concussion. Therefore, he didn’t listen to the order. After all, he was not a soldier but a college student. He rolled on the floor, pretending that he was suffering from a great pain. To his surprise, the man kicked him twice, so hard that Tang Shi screamed and jumped up. He stared fiercely at the man who kicked him. He still refused to apologize. As a result, he was punished to run ten laps around the sports field, and then stand still under the sunshine for two hours! That man didn’t care if he was injured or bleeding. Tang Shi almost cried because of the punishment.

Tang Shi suddenly thought of something and stared at Yan Xu. He raised his hand to cover the part of his eyes and exclaimed, “You are the one who kicked me and punished me?!”

Yan Xu leaned against the sofa. “Did I make a wrong decision to kick you and punish you?”

Tang Shi was absolutely not happy. At that time, Yan Xu wore a military uniform and a hat and a pair of gloves. He looked like he had just returned from a terrible war, and his voice was hoarse. Most importantly, he wore a big pair of sunglasses, which was the main reason why Tang Shi didn’t recognize him.