How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 194 - 196: Tomboy_1

"Alright then," Qin Jin, who didn’t often play badminton, felt as if Xue Lingqing bore a grudge against him with an especially fierce offensive. He lost several games in a row and had to admit, "Professors really are different, too impressive."

Xue Lingqing was in a noticeably better mood after beating Qin Jin, "You’re not bad yourself, quite strong."

When receiving the shuttlecock, it numbed his hand; he was surprised that Li Qiao, a delicate and fragile girl, could actually manage to return it.

Li Qiao got excited, "Professor Xue, let me have a match with you."

Xue Lingqing thought to himself that he feared her losing. He agreed, planning to go easy on her to let her have some fun as a compensation for the troubles she faced at his mother’s the day before. But when the match began, he had to take her on seriously. Before long, he was the one defeated.

"You play really well," he said. How could there be such an outstanding girl?

First in study, first in effort, and also first in sports.

Li Qiao smiled proudly; she had been the youth champion in a provincial badminton competition when she was in primary school.

She also played a lot in junior high school when she wasn’t skipping grades, so her studies were fairly relaxed.

She had less time to play in high school and university.

But still, she was more than enough for these amateur players.

Xue Lingqing: "Can you play table tennis?"

Li Qiao: "Not really."

"I can," Qin Jin raised his hand.

Li Qiao couldn’t help but laugh, Qin Jin always looked like a model student in front of teachers. "Let’s have breakfast first; I’m starving."

Qin Jin: "I just remembered I need to go to the market to buy chicken and go home to eat."

Li Qiao: "I’m planning to hit the library later, not going home now, I’ll go back this afternoon."

"Alright," Qin Jin waved to Xue Lingqing before leaving.

Li Qiao was about to say goodbye to Xue Lingqing as well, but he mentioned her thesis: "I’ve made some annotations on your paper, come to my office to get it later."

Li Qiao was ecstatic; he even made annotations for her. "Okay, thank you, Professor Xue, for your guidance."

Xue Lingqing curled his lips, "If it gets published, my advice wouldn’t have been in vain."

Li Qiao promised: "I will do my very best."

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After splitting up with Xue Lingqing, Li Qiao returned to her dormitory to grab her meal ticket.

Xue Sufen and Ma Hongxiang were sleeping; her opening the door woke them both.

The former turned to face the wall, feeling embarrassingly caught in the act. The latter yawned and glanced at the clock beside her bed, it was half past seven. "It’s the weekend, why are you coming to campus so early?"

"To review, want to join me at the library?"

"Sure." Ma Hongxiang quickly got dressed and got out of bed. Li Qiao, despite her excellent grades in all subjects, remained modest and diligent, while she was only half as good. How could she afford to be lazy?

She took five minutes to wash up and brush her teeth, then grabbed her books and left with Li Qiao.

After finishing their meal, Li Qiao said, "I’ve got a bit of a personal errand, you go ahead to the library and save us a spot."

Ma Hongxiang readily agreed, "Sure!"

Li Qiao arrived at the door of Xue Lingqing’s office, where no one was around. She waited patiently and after a while, he appeared in her field of vision.

Sitting down, Xue Lingqing took her paper out of a drawer, "I’ve marked everything that needs attention."

Li Qiao was sincerely grateful, "I’ll revise it right away." She thanked him and left for the library.

She found Ma Hongxiang and sat down opposite her.

She put down her paper and began to carefully read through it.

Ma Hongxiang peered over; she hadn’t been exposed to thesis work yet, but the argumentation on the paper astonished her. In the quiet library, she passed a note asking, "Don’t tell me you wrote this?"

Li Qiao replied, "I did."

Ma Hongxiang gave a thumbs up.

In the past, her classmates had praised her for having a gift for learning.

She had thought highly of her abilities, and getting into Beijing University felt like a stroke of fate.

Now, she deeply realized that there are always greater talents out there.

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Before she knew it, evening had arrived.

Li Qiao, with her books in tow, headed home. Shortly after leaving the university gates, she noticed two young men following her. One of them had a cigarette dangling from his mouth, hands in his pockets, and slouched as he walked, looking even less pleasant than Qin Jin’s friends.

Following her, they couldn’t be planning to play the bully, could they?

She didn’t dare continue walking home, firstly worried about exposing her place of residence, and secondly, if Qin Jin wasn’t home, her grandmother would have difficulty dealing with trouble at the door.

She decided to return to school. As she turned around, two young men surrounded her, sizing her up from head to toe. Earlier, passing by the house of a neighbor who got into Beijing University, she heard them say there was a peerlessly beautiful girl in class who, because she was short on money, would sell herself for it.

He had been itching with curiosity.

Today, he had deliberately ambushed her, insisting she lead them to the school gates; they had waited for what felt like half a day before she finally appeared.

Indeed, she was very pretty.

Slender figure, red lips, white teeth.

The one with the cigarette in his mouth couldn’t help but reach out to touch Li Qiao’s face,

"Hey, beauty, I’m booking you for tonight. Name your price."

Li Qiao was taken aback. She stepped back and said severely, "Please have some respect for yourself."

"Playing innocent, huh? Is one yuan enough?" The youth with the cigarette said as he began to reach out to grope her.

Li Qiao was about to fight back.

"What are you two doing?!"

It was Xue Lingqing’s voice. He had been in a hurry to return to school today and had forgotten some clothes, intending to go back home to get them. On his way back, he saw Li Qiao being stopped and, without time to think, he blurted out in protest.

"Hey, looks like we’ve got competition. Big brother, my own brother and I are up for today, you can have tomorrow."

Xue Lingqing was bewildered, and he rebuked the two men, "Get lost now!"

Li Qiao understood; these two ruffians thought she was out selling herself. Did she have the aura of a woman of the night, or what?

The two ruffians thought Xue Lingqing was competing with them for tonight and started swinging their fists.

Since when had Xue Lingqing been in a fight?

Caught off guard, he took a punch to the face but staggered back only a step.

That punch also confirmed for Li Qiao that the cigarette-toting ruffian was all bark and no bite.

She leapt up and sent a kick flying, sending the bad guy flying two meters away.

Taking advantage of the moment the man fell, Li Qiao dealt with the shorter one, left hook, another hook, right in the kisser—the short one was in so much pain, he was hopping and screaming. The cigarette-toting man got up, "You bitch, you could’ve just said if the money wasn’t enough, I could’ve raised it, why hit people?"

"Raise your mother!" Li Qiao grabbed his collar, kneed him hard in the stomach.

He begged for mercy in pain.

Li Qiao wasn’t satisfied and started hitting his mouth with the book in her hand.

The shorter one rushed at her again. As Xue Lingqing was about to help, Li Qiao spun around, jumped up, and landed a whip kick, sending the shorter man tumbling to the ground; she then lifted her foot and viciously kicked his head.

Xue Lingqing was left staring in shock.

No wonder Sufen kept describing her as a female hooligan.

The way she fought was terrifying.

Could it be that her boyfriend learned to cook because he couldn’t handle being beaten up?

The two social youths wanted to run.

"Hold it!" Li Qiao shouted loudly and walked up to them, "Who sent you to find me?" If it was just harassment, she would have considered them perverted losers.

But they had made their intentions clear.

There must’ve been someone directing them.

"A neighbor from my home area, also studying at Beijing University."

Li Qiao swept them with her piercing gaze, "What’s the name?"

"Cheng, Cheng Shuqin."

Li Qiao rolled up her sleeves. The two thought she was going to hit them again and quickly started calling her ’auntie.’

"Get lost!" Li Qiao scolded the two away, planning to go back to the dorm to settle accounts with Cheng Shuqin later. At this time, that bad woman should’ve been there.

Xue Lingqing stopped her, "Without solid evidence, Cheng Shuqin won’t admit to anything. It’s better to observe her patiently for a couple of days. If she’s behind this, she will surely contact these two hooligans for information about you. Then you can catch her in the act."

Li Qiao was persuaded and decided to stay in the dormitory starting tomorrow to monitor Cheng Shuqin’s every move.

Xue Lingqing then said, "Who taught you those moves? They’re quite impressive." He only knew one girl who excelled in both literature and martial arts.

Li Qiao was embarrassed, for she aspired to be a lady, yet the people around her kept tripping her up. If Professor Xue hadn’t been punched, she definitely wouldn’t have revealed her tomboyish side. Although this part of the road had no streetlights, the bright moonlight allowed Li Qiao to see a small bruise on Xue Lingqing’s face, "Oh no, Professor Xue, you need to roll a boiled egg over it right away, or the injury will look worse tomorrow."

Xue Lingqing replied, "I’ll give it a try when I get home." But as he spoke, he turned his bike around and headed back to school; he had to warn the careless Sufen to stay away from Cheng Shuqin.

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