Looking at the trembling Sheldon, Kermit continued to smile and said, "It's okay if you can't come up with it, you have another option."
"What is it?" Sheldon was so scared he was about to cry.
"I heard you're quite familiar with Mike from school?" Kermit revealed his true intentions.
Mike's popularity among girls in school easily caused dissatisfaction among some boys, and Kermit happened to be one of them.
Coincidentally, Kermit was also one of Regina's supporters.
And recently, Regina had clearly hinted to him that she wanted to deal with Mike.
So, when he saw Sheldon, Kermit had a bold plan, a plan that could both deal with Mike and please his goddess.
"Mike is my friend, what do you want with him?" Sheldon clearly sensed something was wrong, and he added, "Mike used to be a quarterback on the football team, and he's very violent. You'd best not provoke him."
"That's none of your business," Kermit said. "Tomorrow after school, either you help me get Mike to the school gate, or you'd better be ready."
After speaking, he didn't give Sheldon time to react. He waved his hand and left the classroom.
Leaving Sheldon alone, lost in thought.
It wasn't until an hour later that Sheldon walked out of school, still distracted.
After returning home, Sheldon was still out of sorts even after family dinner.
George just assumed his youngest son's unusual behavior was a sign of dissatisfaction with being kept after school, so he didn't pay much attention.
However, Georgie did notice some issues. He pulled Sheldon into his room and asked, "What happened after school?"
As a poor student in school, Georgie had also been kept after school before, and he knew very well the character of those people.
"I..." Sheldon struggled for a while, but still chose to tell him everything.
"Kermit? He's not a good person. He must be up to no good looking for Mike." Georgie frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "How about giving him the money instead? How much do you have?"
Sheldon, who had just finished a transaction with Missy, said he didn't have a single dollar.
"That makes it difficult," Georgie rummaged through his own belongings for a while, only managing to scrape together less than ten dollar.
The Cooper family's financial situation had become increasingly tight recently, so they naturally didn't give their children much pocket money.
"How about you tell Mike about this? He should have a solution," Georgie suggested.
"That's what I was thinking too. That bad student named Kermit is very likely targeting Mike this time..." It must be said that Sheldon was very smart.
Once he calmed down a bit, he could easily realize that there was something fishy about this matter.
In this situation, it can only be said that Sheldon's luck was very bad this time, as he just happened to be caught in the crossfire.
It's conceivable that even if Sheldon hadn't been kept after school, Kermit, wanting to please Regina, would have found other ways to deal with Mike.
...
The next afternoon, as agreed, Mike took Sheldon to the Mathematics Study Room.
Because it was just a simple test to determine eligibility, Ms. Sharon's Math Olympiad test paper for Sheldon was not too difficult.
And the already intelligent Sheldon had learned a lot of Math Olympiad knowledge from Mike in advance. Naturally, he got a perfect score on this test as well.
Then, under Ms. Sharon's satisfied gaze, Sheldon also obtained the qualification to audit the Math Olympiad team.
This auditing qualification was very important for Sheldon, who disliked sports. It meant that in the future, he only needed to come to the Math Olympiad team to study, and it would count as having participated in the school's afternoon group activities.
"What's wrong, Sheldon? You don't seem that happy about becoming an auditor." Mike looked at Sheldon, who was sitting on his other side, and asked.
According to his observations, Sheldon seemed very out of sorts today, looking preoccupied.
"I..." Sheldon was about to tell Mike about the trouble he had encountered, but then he saw Ms. Sharon's stern gaze from the front of the classroom.
So, he could only whisper quickly, "Mike, after school this afternoon, I have something I want to ask for your help with."
"OK—" Although Mike didn't know what trouble the other party had encountered, he still nodded and agreed.
Then, they heard Ms. Sharon from the podium sternly call out, "Quiet down, if you have anything to say, say it after class—"
...
After another Math Olympiad study session, Mike approached Sheldon and asked, "Alright, now you can tell me what trouble you've run into."
Sheldon, who hadn't managed to collect protection money, now had only one option.
So, he told Mike everything about what happened to him after school yesterday.
And he also shared his own guess.
"Is that so?" Mike pondered for a moment. He was sure he didn't know anyone named Kermit, so the other party's actions likely had other reasons.
However, since the other party chose to provoke him, Mike naturally wouldn't be polite.
"Alright, Sheldon, I'll go to the school gate and sort out the problem. Don't worry," Mike said.
"Really?" Sheldon breathed a sigh of relief, then said worriedly, "Be careful, he looks very strong."
"It's fine, I'm stronger than him." Mike smiled indifferently, then accompanied by Cady, walked towards the school gate.
At this time, Kermit was gathered at the school gate.
This behavior caused some timid students to have to take a detour.
Of course, many more students stood not far away, watching the excitement.
Kermit had a notorious reputation at school, and some students were curious to see which "unlucky person" he had targeted today.
"Mike, I remember who Kermit is," Cady suddenly said as they approached the school gate. "He seems to be a repeat student from the previous twelfth grade, and he often brings a group of people to do bad things. He specifically challenged you this time, it's definitely not for anything good..."
"Don't worry, you know my abilities, don't you?" Mike said. "Someone might be unlucky today, but I can guarantee that person won't be me."
After comforting Cady, Mike left the girl on the outer circle and walked alone towards Kermit.
And the students waiting nearby to watch the show seemed to realize something when they saw Mike's actions, and expressions of surprise appeared on their faces.
"Are you Kermit?" Mike walked up to a group of people, staring at the obviously much stronger white youth in front, and asked, "What do you want with me?"
Seeing Mike actually confront Kermit, the students watching nearby erupted in exclamations.
Among them, Lina, seeing that the situation was not good, quickly gathered more than a dozen girls from the Mike Fanclub and stepped forward to support Mike.
The fighting power of girls can sometimes be stronger than that of men.
For example, now, the accusations of more than a dozen girls almost made Kermit unable to lift his head.
Kermit, whose head was buzzing from the noise, roared, "Pretty boy, do you only hide behind women?"
"Pretty boy? Who taught you to say that..." Mike found it a bit funny. If the other party had seen his performance on the football field, he definitely wouldn't have said that.
Moreover, Mike wouldn't let the girls from his supporter club stand in front. So he gave Lina a look, signaling her to lead the others to move aside.
Seeing the girls protecting Mike make way, Kermit breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "At least you have some guts—"
Then, he continued, "Today we won't bully you. As long as you defeat me, you can leave safely..."