Chapter 645 Who Framed Who?_1
Li Zhi knew that with the Management School facing the School of Physical Education in the first round, their chances of advancing were practically nil. Therefore, he seized the opportunity to frame Lin Feng without any psychological pressure.
They're going to lose anyway, so why not make Lin Feng look like a fool in the process!
Lin Feng pretended not to know about Li Zhi's plan and obediently stood at the back of the tug-of-war team.
Li Zhi and his cronies stood at the front of the team, each with a malicious grin on their face.
Across from them, the strapping young men and women from the School of Physical Education all wore relaxed smiles. Their opponents were from the Management School, reputedly the top department. However, the students from the School of Physical Education, all of whom had trained their physique, would not be intimidated.
TWEEET!
After the red ribbon marking the center point was aligned, the referee raised his hand and blew a sharp blast on the whistle.
"Ready!" The rope instantly tensed. Both teams gripped it tightly, concentrating and preparing to exert their strength.
"Go!" As soon as the referee gave the command, thunderous cheers erupted from both sides of the field.
The cheerleaders seemed even more anxious than the participants on the field. They all shouted at the top of their lungs, praying for their side to win.
Half a minute passed. The faces of the team members on both sides were flushed red from the intense effort.
Yet, there was still no sign of the rope moving. The Management School was actually holding its own against the School of Physical Education in a stalemate, making the female cheerleaders from the School of Physical Education a little nervous.
However, the School of Physical Education was, after all, an opponent with a strong foundation and excellent teamwork. Playing steadily, they gradually gained the upper hand. The taut rope began to move slowly in the direction of the School of Physical Education students.
Seeing that the time was about right, Li Zhi, at the very front of the line, gave a slight nod, seemingly signaling something to the people behind him.
"One, two, three..." Receiving Li Zhi's cue, the students from the Industrial Management class silently counted in their minds. When they reached three, they released their grip on the rope in perfect unison and jumped to the sides.
This was precisely the effect Li Zhi had planned from the start: exert some effort initially, then suddenly let go during the stalemate.
This way, Lin Feng, positioned at the very end of the line, would surely try to hold on for the sake of the girls from the Finance class. Then, caught off guard, he would be pulled to the ground by the students from the School of Physical Education, making a fool of himself in front of the entire university.
Li Zhi's scheme was well-conceived and well-executed, almost perfectly synchronized.
"Damn it..." Yang Ming and Zhong Jialiang, standing behind Lin Feng, saw this unfold. Realizing Li Zhi had tricked them, they hurriedly let go of the rope.
But they never would have guessed that Lin Feng had already anticipated this move.
What kind of person was Lin Feng? He was the White Wolf King, a one-in-ten-thousand master who had fought his way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
The instant the people in front let go, Lin Feng felt a change in the tension of the rope.
"Let go!" Lin Feng yelled. His words were directed at Su Zi, but he shouted so loudly that everyone present heard him clearly...
The girls from the Finance class hadn't been exerting much force to begin with. Coupled with Lin Feng's warning, nearly all of them instinctively released the rope.
TWANG!
While alerting the others, Lin Feng planted himself in a solid horse stance, his hands gripping the rope firmly. Under the immense pull from the School of Physical Education team, the suddenly taut rope emitted a strange, vibrating hum.
Lin Feng could have theoretically held his ground against the pull of twenty students from the School of Physical Education all by himself, but such a display would have been too outrageous. He adopted the horse stance merely to ensure the girls from the Finance class could safely let go and retreat...
Once the girls had mostly retreated half a step, Lin Feng also very naturally let go of the rope...
Meanwhile, the students from the School of Physical Education on the opposite side, caught by the sudden release of the rope by Lin Feng's team, found their powerful pulls meeting nothing but air. Almost every one of them tumbled to the ground one after another in a rather embarrassing heap, provoking uproarious laughter from the surrounding student spectators.
The students from the School of Physical Education were generally hot-tempered. They had been completely focused on the competition and never expected the Management School team to suddenly let go all at once. This was clearly a deliberate attempt to mess with them!
Instantly, as the members of the School of Physical Education team scrambled up from the ground, their faces were etched with anger.
Several impulsive hotheads had already rushed over, demanding an explanation from the Management School team.
Li Zhi and his group were stunned. What on earth just happened? Why didn't Lin Feng fall? He was clearly the last one to let go! Could it be that the School of Physical Education students just happened not to be pulling hard at that exact moment?
Li Zhi's face was a mask of confusion and disbelief. How could Lin Feng possibly have remained standing?
However, before he could figure it out, the students from the School of Physical Education confronted them.
"Li Zhi, what the hell do you think you're doing?! I saw you let go first! Are you messing with us?!" A student council officer from the School of Physical Education stormed over, grabbed Li Zhi by the collar, and roared.
Although Li Zhi was the class monitor of the Industrial Management class and had some standing at Jiangzhou University, he alone could not withstand the fury of the entire School of Physical Education.
Many in the School of Physical Education had practiced Sanda; when it came to fighting, they weren't afraid of anyone.
Li Zhi was usually arrogant, but only towards specific individuals.
But to act arrogantly towards the entire School of Physical Education, with its thousands of students? That was something he would never dare to do.
Li Zhi hurriedly forced a smile and said, "Sorry, this... this is a misunderstanding..."
"Misunderstanding, my ass! You guys clearly did it on purpose!" The officer from the School of Physical Education didn't believe him at all. Gripping Li Zhi's collar so tightly he almost lifted him off the ground, he snarled, "You'd better give us a reasonable explanation, or we won't let this go."
"This... this..." Li Zhi stammered, unable to utter a coherent sentence for a long moment.
He couldn't very well tell the School of Physical Education that they had done it to frame Lin Feng, only that they had somehow messed up, failed to frame Lin Feng, and ended up harming the School of Physical Education instead...
"Let me tell you what happened!" Lin Feng stepped forward with a smile. "Actually, our class monitor just wanted to go easy on your School of Physical Education. If the stalemate had dragged on too long, you would have lost a lot of face..."
Hearing Lin Feng's "helpful" explanation, Li Zhi almost burst into tears. Damn it, that's not it at all! I never intended to deliberately let the School of Physical Education win, much less save face for them like this... Lin Feng, you're deliberately trying to stir up trouble!
"So, Li Zhi! You've got some nerve, huh? Daring to mess with our School of Physical Education! That's like declaring war on all of us! I'm gonna beat the crap out of you!"
The student council officer from the School of Physical Education glanced at the sorry state of his classmates and instantly saw red.
Saying this, he raised his fist, aiming to smash it into Li Zhi's face.
Li Zhi frantically cried, "No! Calm down! Don't listen to his nonsense!"
"Screw calming down! I am *not* calm! What are you gonna do about it?!" The officer from the School of Physical Education didn't pull back his fist at all; instead, he slammed it heavily into Li Zhi's face.
THWACK!
Li Zhi took the punch squarely. He saw stars, and his vision began to blur with a watery haze, making it difficult to see clearly.
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