The Destruction of a Triad Boss Trilogy

Chapter 3

3. The second step towards destruction

The days of dying with dignity and live with endurance passed one by one. When the school term ended, the two of us brought back our report cards. No one could tell that she was actually very smart. But once she concentrated on studying, her grades rose up very quickly. At the end of the term, she actually tested to be second place in the grade. Comparatively, I was average; didn't even make it to top 50.

Grandma, Dad, and Mom were very happy and praised Mei Mei for being smart. But Mei Mei had an expression like she had just found her idol in the trashbin, and said, "How can this be? How can this be? Ge Ge is so smart, how can he not test higher than me?"

I couldn't stand it, but I had to! It had to do with a man's honor! With my purple face, I blathered, "Of course I can, it's just that my stomach wasn't feeling well on the day of the test, so I didn't test well.

Grandma, Dad and Mom all had shocked expressions on their faces. Only that stupid Mei Mei suddenly nodded with understanding, "That's right. Like I said, Ge Ge is extremely awesome."

Grandma and them were all snickering. I couldn't hold my expression any longer, so escaped from everyone's eyes, but was still reluctant to admit my mistake, "Just wait, next term, I'll definitely surpass you."

*Sigh*, that hateful honor of men! During the new term, in order not to lose honor in front of Mei Mei, I made an all-out effort in studies and eventually got first place on the podium at the end of the term. This shocked everyone. Only Mei Mei had on a fame follows merit — that was the way things ought to be — expression.

Spurred on by that expression of hers, I didn't have time to go out and be mischievous. The neighborhood all praised me for turning over a new leaf. Finally, I graduated top of the class and tested into a highly ranked middle school. Mei Mei also hovered around first and second place. The two of us, Li brother and sister pair, became legends of Yan Lin Elementary School. At parent conferences, there were always a bunch of people trying to learn from my parents.

The most hateful thing was, even though I was clearly the one improving, my dad and mom liked Mei Mei even more. But she always followed behind me like a little believer, making it so that I couldn't even get angry at her.

With such difficulty, I got into junior middle school. The school was in another district so I only saw the little believer when I went home, and the pressure on me suddenly decreased. Remembering my triad boss career that I had abandoned for so long, I felt that I had to resume my preparations. By the second year at junior middle school, I became connected with the hooligans around the school. At that exact time, I had just started puberty and had much hormonal rage to vent out. I started building a domain outside of the school. Afraid that Mei Mei would hear about it, I didn't dare go near Chessboard Street. I didn't dare abandon my studies too much either, afraid that Mei Mei would show that expression of finding her idol in the trashbin again.

I now knew that being overly worshiped by someone was great pressure. I really regretted provoking Mei Mei and was even more fed up with that strong sense of honor of men that I had.

Of course, the so called building a domain is inseparable from fighting. A few times, I went home with a colored-up face. I thought I had covered it up really well, but it could not escape the excessive attention of Mei Mei towards me. When I was grimacing in the bathroom, trying to apply safflower oil on my back in front of the mirror, Mei Mei followed me in. With a sky-fallen expression, "Ge Ge, what happened to you?"

I quickly covered her mouth, "Don't be noisy, do you want Grandma to worry?"

She understood at once and nodded. I let go of my hand and handed the safflower oil to her, "You came in time, help me apply it."