Chapter 127 - Tang Yin Crying

Tang Yin was shocked by how easily Zhifeng had let the whole thing go, and even more so by w.a.n.g Zhifeng saying that he'd let Lin Yi 'get back to her in a bit'!

That was simply not something the dean would say! He'd always been disapproving of boy-girl relations.h.i.+ps developing in school, but now……

Tang Yin sighed faintly . Was this due to the power Lin Yi's ident.i.ty gave him, as well?

She only walked off back to her cla.s.s quietly, sitting down at her seat as she contemplated on the events the past few days . She was a bit troubled…… Did Lin Yi like her, or not?

She raised her head slightly to peek out into the hallway- Lin Yi was having a nice chat with the dean, and she pouted her lips in response . You'd have to be a young master to do that sort of thing .

Tang Yin was both frustrated at and afraid of Lin Yi . She'd be able to mess with him and vent her frustrations on him a little if she were mindful of his image, but one misstep was all that was needed for Lin Yi to unleash his fury on her…… She dared not imagine the things he'd do to her if she ever crossed the line .

There were too many rich little masters who wouldn't hesitate to do whatever they wanted at school- the iron rules in Songshan's First School prevented that from taking place . Tang Yin herself wouldn't be as safe as she was if it weren't for the reputation the school had to maintain… It was the star school of the state, after all, with amazing college acceptance rates and everything . The board of directors was also composed of members with powerful backgrounds, in addition, and even the most carefree and devious of delinquents in the school had a sort of bottom line they'd never cross regardless of what kind of family they were from . The school would expel them without a hint of hesitation otherwise .

She remembered her friend, her bestie since childhood, who now stayed home all day due to her crippled legs…… She'd been filled with hopes and dreams of the future once, very much like Tang Yin herself was, but now……

It was said that poor kids matured faster, and Tang Yin was one such example . She was a girl who understood the reality of cruel society, especially so with the whole thing with her father . She understood perfectly well how weak and vulnerable her family was, and she never expected any pity coming from the princes who'd toyed with her before…… Her bestie's boyfriend had said that he'd bring her friend out of poverty and offer her a life of luxury, and he even said that in front of Tang Yin's face as well . But how did that turn out?

As a result, Tang Yin started closing herself off gradually without even realizing it herself, growing cautious and suspecting of princes like Lin Yi as time went on . Perhaps it was that very sense of caution that led her to mess with Lin Yi, out of both pa.s.sion and self-defense . Even so, Tang Yin understood that her actions would only cause herself trouble, should Lin Yi ever decide to take down that facade he was putting on……

Tang Yin regretted ever crossing Lin Yi in the first place, as she thought about it . She even stepped on his shoes a couple of times . What if he decided that he didn't want to put up with that bulls.h.i.+t anymore……

Tang Yin's mind was a mess when a sudden tap on the window startled her with a jump . She raised her head, frightened as she looked at the window- Lin Yi was standing there with his hand against it .

"W-what are you doing?" Tang Yin asked, starting to get a little afraid- she'd just been thinking of how Lin Yi might throw his facade away all of a sudden and decide to force himself on her…… The timing of Lin Yi's appearance couldn't be worse .

Lin Yi was able to tell what Tang Yin was saying by reading her lips, but he pointed at the window handle, indicating that Tang Yin wouldn't be able to hear him with the window closed .

"Oh……" Tang Yin saw that the window was closed, as well . She then got the window open, a little stiff as she did so .

"You seem to be afraid of me?" Lin Yi asked- the girl looked like a porcupine defending against a predator, and that wasn't the kind of direction he wanted his relations.h.i.+p with her to be going in…… He wanted something innocent, a nice relations.h.i.+p a young couple would have . He didn't want to be that dominant over the partner……

"Why would I be?" Tang Yin said as she twisted her body backwards, so as to put some distance between Lin Yi and her . The movement didn't look very natural . "You, on the other hand- what exactly are you planning?"

"Nothing . . ?" Lin Yi replied innocently . He did find Tang Yin to be quite an attractive woman, with an interesting personality on top of that- but surely all men had thoughts like that? He hadn't even made any advances on the girl yet .

Tang Yin only bit her lip as she looked at the insanely innocent look in Lin Yi's eyes . "You got rid of Zou Ruoming, and even made my mom accept you…… You bought me a dress, too…… Weren't you trying to date me . . ?"

Lin Yi was shy, but she'd decided midway that she'd reject Lin Yi once and for all, since their conversation had gotten to this point and all .

"Ugh…… Bought you a dress?" Lin Yi didn't expect the girl to still think of the dress as a gift when he'd gotten her to pay fifty kuai for it . Maybe he was too good at gifting things to people .

But it seemed that his guess was right- Tang Yin did a.s.sume that he was chasing her…… It wasn't a stretch to see what he'd been doing as methods to hit on her, after all . Lin Yi smiled bitterly at the notion- Huaijun would probably be laughing at him at this point if he ever found out .

"Alright, you got me . Well?" Lin Yi teased, deciding to admit to Tang Yin's accusation as his dark sense of humor fueled him .

"Y-y-you! How could you!" Tang Yin didn't expect Lin Yi to just drop the act from that little prod!! She lost all her bravery that instant, and lowered her head timidly, unsure of what she should do next . She didn't even dare look Lin Yi in the eyes anymore, at that point .

Tang Yin's head was so lowered it looked like she was trying to stuff her head in her s.h.i.+rt! Her hair started falling to the front, revealing her snow white skin as her head continued drooping .

Lin Yi was about to tease her a bit more when he noticed a fluttering in Tang Yin's long lashes, and her body started shuddering a bit as well . A s.h.i.+ne lit up at the edge of her eye, and a trail of crystal water slid down her cheek .

Lin Yi blinked in surprise- Tang Yin was crying!! He didn't remember the porcupine to be that easy to break?! Wasn't she always stepping on his feet, full of bravery? He'd never expected someone who seemed that strong to cry after a single tease!

Wasn't she holding up pretty well when w.a.n.g Zhifeng was giving her a scolding?!

"Okay, okay, don't cry……" It was a first for Lin Yi to be consoling a girl, and he started panicking, unsure of what to do . "I'll buy you some sweets if you stop crying……"

Tang Yin couldn't believe her ears- Lin Yi was mocking her, laughing at her for crying like a little kid!! She felt so frustrated, and more tears started coming down…… She put one hand on the table as she sobbed .

"Hey, hey…… Here, I'll promise you something, okay? I'll fulfill one request of yours if you stop crying……" Lin Yi hadn't made promises to people before, but he'd definitely follow through if he did end up making one .

Huaijun would probably jump back in shock if he learned that his captain made a promise just to get a girl to stop crying .

"Who'd want that……" Tang Yin said through quivering lips . She stopped paying Lin Yi any attention after that .

Helpless, Lin Yi decided to get back to his cla.s.sroom . He didn't want the students coming back from the exercise break to see him standing by cla.s.s nine's window like that .

Chapter 128 - Barbecue Tactics

w.a.n.g Zhifeng wasn't planning much when he went looking for Lin Yi- he'd only wanted to make sure what Huaijun said was true . He'd ask Princ.i.p.al Ding Binggong to take the matter into his own hands if Huaijun had lied about bringing Lin Yi to the station for just a written statement .

Zhifeng felt more at ease after learning that Lin Yi was fine . The matter with Tang Yin, on the other hand, didn't seem like something he should be bothering with anymore- after all, the girl was under Lin Yi's protection . Lin Yi still held his secret in his hands, and while it wasn't too strictly stated that relations.h.i.+ps were prohibited in the workplace, Zhifeng was sure that there'd only be trouble if the board of directors found out .

After all, they were paying him a high salary for him to manage the school, not play around with women .

As a result, he only gave Lin Yi's shoulder a pat, telling him not to go overboard with Tang Yin at school- it'd be hard for Zhifeng otherwise .

Lin Yi only smiled bitterly in response, not bothering to explain the complicated situation he was in . Zhifeng probably wouldn't have believed him anyway .

Most of the students were already back in cla.s.s by the time Lin Yi stepped in . Zhong Pinliang seemed to be saying something to Mengyao, with Mengyao ignoring him as usual .

Pinliang, on the other hand, wasn't about to give up anytime soon . After all, there weren't any other boys who could offer compet.i.tion- he was the only one who could even be chasing after Mengyao . It was this reason alone that justified his patience .

Lin Yi didn't pay the guy any heed either . Pinliang bothering Mengyao like that wouldn't lead to any big problems, not anytime soon, at least .

"Boss, what did the dean ask for you for? Is it caz of the fight yesterday?" Xiaobo asked worriedly- he'd partic.i.p.ated in the incident, too .

"Ah no, it's some stuff about my transfer . " Lin Yi lied, not intending to tell him about Huaijun visiting him .

"Oh . That's good . " Xiaobo nodded . "By the way, boss, I pa.s.sed by cla.s.s nine just now . The curtains were pulled up, and the window was open- Tang Yin's eyes were red! It's like she just cried… Do you think Zou Ruoming was bothering her again?"

"How… How should I know……" Lin Yi sweated- Xiaobo's observation was pretty good……

Lin Yi was planning on going to the canteen for lunch when Xiaobo nagged him about getting some barbeque . "I should've had more last Friday- I really want some barbeque right now!"

Mrs . Tang's barbeque stand wasn't anything special- there weren't any secret recipes or anything, and it was just a street stand .

Tang Yin wasn't there to help out this time . The truth was that lunchtime was a vital rest period the students needed, before they dived back into the sea of examinations and homework again .

She'd planned on calming herself down a bit after what Lin Yi had done to her . She'd be hard pressed to get back into a studying mood otherwise .

The barbeque didn't get too much business during lunch hours- There wasn't any uniqueness to the stand, and there was a canteen in the school, too . Mrs . Tang placed two tofu curl skewers on a female student's table before she noticed Lin Yi and Xiaobo . A smile formed on her face . "Lin Yi, here with your friend again?"

"Yeah……" Lin Yi said, feeling a little bad- it was Xiaobo who'd wanted to eat there; he wasn't the one bringing a friend . Tang Yin went and said all that about Lin Yi trying to please her mom, too…… "How's business, aunty?"

"Never on Mondays . " Mrs . Tang answered with a shake of her head . "Not a lot of customers today- I'd just put the stand up, too . Here, sit, sit . What would you two like?"

"Twenty mutton skewers, two mutton steak skewers, and two skewers of chicken necks and tofu curls . Two beers, too . Same as two days ago . " Xiaobo was the kind of guy who didn't like changing his eating patterns .

"Maybe we shouldn't be drinking- we still have cla.s.s later . " Lin Yi had the dean giving him huge backup at school, but he'd had his mind set on experiencing high school life in its purest form . He didn't want to have too much special treatment, and while beer was pretty much like water to Lin Yi, that wasn't the case for Xiaobo .

"Ha…… No beers then . " Xiaobo said to Mrs . Tang, not very brave or willing to drink on his own .

Mrs . Tang, on the other hand, found it curious- wasn't Lin Yi one of the Big Four? He'd even given Zou Ruoming that beating the other day without much mercy, so what was with this reserved att.i.tude towards drinking? She'd thought that people like Lin Yi and Zuo Ruoming ignored stuff like that, drinking whenever or wherever they wanted .

Mrs . Tang thought a little deeper into it, and realized that Lin Yi didn't have that delinquent young master aura, the kind of aura that Zou Ruoming had . Quite the contrary, the kid treated her very respectfully! It seemed that rich parents gave their children a better upbringing, unlike the gangster-styled environment Zou Ruoming grew up in .

Lin Yi was really growing on her at this rate .

It wasn't long before the food arrived- Lin Yi and Xiaobo were the only customers .

Lin Yi bit into a chicken neck skewer as Xiaobo dug in . He turned to Mrs . Tang, who didn't seem preoccupied with anything at the moment . "Aunty, you could actually barbeque your chicken necks into a New Orleans flavor, and make that a specialty of yours . It'll improve business……"

"That sounds about right, but I…… Don't know how……" Mrs . Tang smiled bitterly . "It's just a small stand, we don't need a specialty . "

"Oh no, don't forget that many shops start off small . " Lin Yi continued . "You actually don't need to know too much, there's pickled material you can buy online . Ah, you can ask Tang Yin to help you if you don't use the internet……"

Lin Yi always bought stuff online for the old glutton back home on the mountain .

"Oh? Really? It's probably pretty expensive though, isn't it?" Mrs . Tang said . She didn't know much about stuff like that, but Lin Yi's words got her interested… After all, who wouldn't want better business for their store?

"No, not really, but you need to have costs before you can have profit . " Lin Yi said . "If you have time you could actually make the sauce yourself . I've done some research on that New Orleans recipe before, I'll go write it out and give it to you tomorrow . It's just some sugar, chilli, stuff like that, things you can buy at markets . "

"That'd be really nice, thanks, but I think I'll make the sauce myself . It's a small business, after all, we're not earning much in the first place……" Mrs . Tang was getting a little excited- she didn't expect Lin Yi to have done research on that sort of thing .

"It's really nothing . " Lin Yi said with a shake of his head .

"Then I'll ask Tang Yin to get it from you tomorrow . Those skewers will be on the house the next time you come!" Mrs . Tang's impression of Lin Yi couldn't be better at that point- he was such a good kid!

She thought that it was extremely commendable for Lin Yi to be so humble and kind to people- it was especially so when he came from a rich family! Although, Mrs . Tang would be in for quite the surprise if she ever caught Lin Yi in one of his c.o.c.ky moments…… Lin Yi's c.o.c.kiness was so intense that it'd dig a hole in the sky if he really felt like it……

Have Tang Yin get it from me . . ? Lin Yi scratched at his nose as he thought about the notion . Tang Yin probably never wanted to see him again if she could help it… . . .

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