Become a Knight Across the World

Chapter 331 Kidney Deficiency?

"A joke is one that the person being joked about also finds it funny."

Lin Yue had arrived unnoticed, carrying a bowl of freshly made soup. She looked at Zhao Zhipeng with a calm, unwavering gaze and continued:

"If others don't find it funny, but rather feel offended, then that's malicious harm. Don't you understand such a simple principle?"

Her words were clear and coherent, and though her voice was soft, they seemed to possess a certain power that silenced the whispers around her.

Zhao Zhipeng felt embarrassed after Lin Yue said that in front of everyone, especially with so many classmates watching. He forced a smile, trying to hide his guilt and embarrassment with a louder voice and more exaggerated expressions.

He scoffed, "No way! You women just love to take things so seriously! You make a mountain out of a molehill! I don't care about you! We men don't understand these little tricks. If you can't take a joke, then you're out here, bro!"

He tried to attribute the problem to "women being serious" and "not being able to take a joke," as if he were the innocent person who was spoiled.

Lin Yue didn't look at him again, but gently said to Su Xiaowen, who was trembling with anger, "Let's go, don't get angry over someone like him, it's not worth it." Then she picked up the soup, turned around and walked back to her seat, as if she had just casually brushed away a speck of dust.

Watching Lin Yue's retreating figure completely ignore him, Zhao Zhipeng felt like he'd punched a pillow; the utter contempt only fueled his anger. He yelled at Lin Yue's back, "Stop pretending to be so high and mighty! Who knows what's behind your back..."

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt his foot slip, as if he had stepped on something greasy. He cried out in surprise, lost his balance, and fell forward in a sorry state!

"boom!"

The plate in his hand flew out of his hand, spilling food all over the floor, with soup splashing everywhere. He himself fell heavily to the ground, landing hard on his backside, wincing in pain.

The entire cafeteria fell silent for a moment, then erupted into a burst of suppressed laughter.

"Who?! Who spilled the soup?!" Zhao Zhipeng was dizzy and red-faced as he struggled to get up on the ground, shouting angrily in an attempt to save face.

However, the spot where he had fallen was clean, with no obvious oil stains or soup.

Only Lin Yue, on her way back to her seat, didn't pause at all, as if she hadn't heard or seen anything.

No one noticed that her fingertips twitched very slightly as she passed by Zhao Zhipeng.

Zhao Zhipeng got up, his face flushed, covered in soup and rice grains. He looked around angrily, trying to find the "culprit" who had embarrassed him.

However, the ground was eerily clean, so he could only yell a few words of impotent rage at a few classmates who were snickering. Finally, under the watchful eyes of many more onlookers, he reluctantly picked up his plate and slunk away.

Seeing this scene, Su Xiaowen felt most of her anger subside.

The little incident seemed to have passed. But Zhao Zhipeng clearly hadn't learned his lesson; instead, he held a grudge even more because of the public embarrassment, especially towards Lin Yue, who, despite being unrelated to the incident, made him feel like he had lost face.

The afternoon PE class consisted of basic basketball practice. Most of the girls were practicing dribbling or shooting, while the boys were doing half-court scrimmage.

Zhao Zhipeng and his brothers were assigned to the same team. His playing style was already a bit dirty, with constant dirty tricks. Some girls had previously gossiped behind his back about how "dirty hands" he had when playing.

This time, he seemed to be holding back a lot of pent-up energy. While fighting for a rebound, he clearly had a chance to get the ball, but he deliberately used his elbow to violently bump into a relatively thin and usually quiet boy on his team.

"Ugh!" Caught off guard, the boy let out a painful groan, bent over instantly, his face turned pale, and cold sweat broke out. He couldn't straighten up for a long time.

"Hey! I didn't see you! Don't play dead, what are you doing playing ball if you're so fragile?" Zhao Zhipeng apologized, but his face showed no remorse, and even a hint of mockery.

The other teammates frowned, but didn't say much; some simply went to help him up. Zhao Zhipeng, however, acted as if nothing had happened and continued his boisterous run to attack.

Lin Yue was playing ping-pong with several girls on the sidelines when she happened to witness this scene. Her eyes turned cold.

This bullying and absurd behavior has crossed the line of her tolerance.

During the break, Zhao Zhipeng sat smugly on a bench by the court, unscrewed a bottle of water and gulped it down. Then he deliberately squeezed the empty bottle in his hand, making a cracking sound, while his eyes wandered restlessly over the girls playing on the sidelines.

Lin Yue walked past him expressionlessly, as if she was going to return the ball to the equipment room.

In the instant the two figures passed each other, no one noticed that Lin Yue's fingers, hanging at her side, twitched extremely slightly.

A wisp of true energy, thinner than a strand of hair and imperceptible to the naked eye, silently pierced a specific acupoint on Zhao Zhipeng's waist, like an invisible needle.

Zhao Zhipeng was swinging his leg, bragging to his brother next to him about which goal he had just scored, when suddenly, the expression on his face froze.

A sharp, intense pain, like his kidneys being suddenly and violently gripped and twisted, suddenly erupted from his lower back!

“Ouch——!!!”

He let out a bloodcurdling scream that was completely inhuman. The water bottle in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter. He was like a shrimp thrown into a frying pan. He was suddenly thrown up from the bench, but because of the excruciating pain, he could not stand up and curled up and rolled to the ground!

"It hurts! It hurts so much! My back! My kidneys! Ahhh!" He rolled and convulsed on the ground, his hands gripping his lower back tightly, veins bulging on his forehead, tears and snot instantly covering his face. His condition was a hundred times worse than the boy's earlier!

This sudden turn of events terrified everyone! The PE teacher and the other students rushed over in a panic.

"Zhao Zhipeng! What's wrong?"

"What happened? Why did it suddenly turn out like this?"

"Quick! Go get the school doctor!"

The scene was chaotic. His brothers were also stunned; they wanted to help him up, but didn't know where to start.

Zhao Zhipeng was in so much pain that he almost lost his mind and could only scream like a pig being slaughtered.

The school doctor rushed over, but couldn't find anything wrong with the initial examination. He only felt that his symptoms were extremely serious, so he immediately called an ambulance.

The ambulance slammed on its puffs and took the screaming Zhao Zhipeng away. Physical education class was naturally canceled, and the students discussed the situation in small groups, all quite shaken by the unexpected turn of events.

"What happened? Suddenly..."

"I don't know, it looks scary!"

"Could it be some kind of acute illness?"

"He was perfectly fine just now..."

"Retribution came so quickly?"

No one connected this incident with Lin Yue, who had just calmly walked past Zhao Zhipeng.

Lin Yue was standing on the outskirts of the crowd, her face showing the same surprise and confusion as everyone else, perfectly flawless.

Lin Yue didn't pay much attention to what happened afterward. She only heard that Zhao Zhipeng had been taken to the hospital, and after a series of examinations, the doctor diagnosed him with "acute renal colic" and "kidney deficiency," the cause of which was related to his unhealthy lifestyle habits, and the trigger was extremely sudden and severe.

He howled all night in the hospital, and only managed to get some relief after a strong painkiller injection. For the next few days, he could only lie weakly in the hospital bed, his face sallow, as if all his energy had been drained away.

When he returned to school, he was noticeably more subdued. Although he still occasionally made sarcastic remarks, his arrogant demeanor and unbridled behavior had subsided considerably.

The atmosphere in the classroom, especially among the girls who had been harassed by him, felt much quieter.

Yunyi later heard about this and told Lin Yue about it as an anecdote during dinner at home: "Haha, Sister Lin Yue, don't you think it's karma? That guy in your class has kidney deficiency at such a young age! It's because he's always so talkative!"

Lin Yue picked up a piece of food with her chopsticks and replied casually, "Hmm, maybe. Let's eat."

Yun Yi said no more, only feeling extremely pleased.