?40: Chapter 39 Did you offend someone?

    40: Chapter 39 Did you offend someone?

    “I…

    I’ll say it!”

    The girl hesitated for a few seconds, but ultimately chose to come clean.

    Because Chu Yi didn’t seem like he was just bluffing…

    “Brother Shan?”

    Chu Yi stroked his chin, his expression somewhat playful.

    Brother Shan, real name Zhao Shan, profession…

    well, he took money to solve problems for others, had connections in all sorts of circles, from scholars to scoundrels.

    According to the girl, Zhao Shan had accepted money from someone named Zheng Jiahao, who wanted to turn him into a street rat that everyone wanted to bash, hoping to drive him to the point where he couldn’t live on and would end things himself.

    Pretty ambitious, huh.

    At this moment, the girl cautiously asked, “Can…

    can I go now?”

    Chu Yi waved his hand: “Go on, just stay away from that Zhao Shan or you won’t live past thirty.”

    The girl’s mouth twitched, but she didn’t dare say anything and immediately scampered away without a trace.

    Just as Chu Yi was also about to leave, his phone suddenly rang.

    Yue Yao’s voice came through: “Chu Yi, what happened?

    Lingyue called me saying you were caught?”

    “Oh, it’s been dealt with.”

    Yue Yao gasped: “Resolved?

    You didn’t…

    did you?”

    Chu Yi chuckled wryly: “How could that be, I’m a law-abiding model citizen, you know!”

    “Phew!

    That’s good.”

    “Right, Yue Yao, could you help me look up something?”

    “What?”

    Chu Yi smiled: “A student from Binhai University named Zheng Jiahao, and a social figure named Zhao Shan, the more detailed the information, the better.”

    “What are you going to do?” Yue Yao asked warily.

    “They wanted to push me to suicide; should I not respond in kind?”

    Yue Yao fell silent for a moment but eventually nodded: “Alright, I got it.” Sear?h the N?vel(F)ire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    After hanging up, Chu Yi took a taxi back to school.

    “Isn’t that Chu Yi?

    How has he come back?”

    “Wasn’t he arrested?

    And he’s okay now?”

    “They must have got the wrong guy.

    I mean, with Han Lingyue and the others, who would dare to pick wildflowers?”

    “Better stay away from him, though.

    There’s no smoke without fire.”

    …

    Wherever Chu Yi went, the students couldn’t help but talk about him, then unconsciously kept their distance.

    They said it was nothing, but their bodies were quite honest.

    Just as Chu Yi was feeling helpless, a voice of regret came from behind him.

    “Eh?

    You’re out so soon?

    I thought you’d have to stay in for a few days.”

    Li Xin spoke and sighed, sounding truly disappointed that Chu Yi hadn’t been locked up.

    This girl really needs to be taught a lesson.

    Chu Yi’s eyes narrowed, and suddenly he stepped right in front of her.

    “What are you doing?”

    Li Xin cried out in alarm, followed by…

    Smack!

    In the broad daylight, Li Xin felt a sting on her backside.

    “Keep gloating and see what happens.”

    “You…”

    Li Xin’s face turned visibly red with anger, glaring at Chu Yi as if she was about to lash out at any moment.

    But then, the surrounding whispers reached her ears.

    “Damn, he’s so fierce?

    Dares to smack Li Xin’s butt?”

    “Maybe they’re into that sort of thing, us mere mortals better not try.”

    “Now that’s a boss move, right in the public eye, talk about spicing it up.”

    …

    Li Xin’s face grew even redder, and in a fit of embarrassed rage, she stomped on Chu Yi’s foot and turned to run away.

    Hmph, trying to fight me?

    You’re still too green!

    But that really felt pretty good…

    Chu Yi started thinking about what excuse he could find to hit a few more times next time.

    At this moment, Han Lingyue rushed over after receiving the news, and to Chu Yi’s surprise, Feng Qian also showed up.

    “I didn’t see that coming, you actually care about me this much?”

    Chu Yi said with a snicker to Feng Qian, but she just snorted coldly, “I just wanted to confirm whether I should kick you out or not.”

    “No, don’t, living together is going just fine.”

    As soon as these words came out, the surrounding students’ eyes turned red with envy.

    His luck with the ladies is just too good!

    “If you bring this up again, I’ll have you move out immediately!”

    Feng Qian uttered with a mix of menace and irritation in her voice after hearing the whispers around.

    Chu Yi chuckled and knew not to provoke her too much, so he swiftly changed the subject and briefly described the situation.

    He was explaining not only for Han Lingyue and the others but also for all the students around.

    He needed to clear his name!

    And indeed, his words did have an effect.

    In the following days, more and more people learned about the general situation, but in the end, Chu Yi’s reputation remained neither good nor bad.

    Because Zheng Jiahao had paid people to spread the idea that there’s no smoke without fire, questioning why such an incident would happen to Chu Yi and not others.

    Surely, there must be something wrong with him.

    Unfortunately…

    “Brother Zheng, we’ve tried our best.”

    A group of people stood before Zheng Jiahao, cautiously saying, “Now, fewer and fewer people are talking about it.

    Whenever we try to reignite the conflict, we’re cursed out…”

    “Worthless!

    You can’t even handle this minor thing!”

    Zheng Jiahao was seething with anger, kicking one of the men in front of him to the ground.

    The rest kept silent as the grave, fearing they would be next.

    After taking several deep breaths, Zheng Jiahao eventually calmed down.

    There was still no word from Zhao Shan, and when he called, all he got was that they were still investigating and had no plan yet.

    That made Zheng Jiahao want to grab Zhao Shan by the collar and ask, I’ve already paid the money, is this how you handle things?

    Since he couldn’t rely on that side for the time being, Zheng Jiahao started to think of his own schemes.

    But it was all to no avail, a lot of effort for little reward.

    “Brother Zheng, why don’t we just be straightforward about this?

    Doesn’t he have three girlfriends?

    Let’s just kidnap them.”

    Zheng Jiahao’s eyes twitched, and he kicked out furiously: “Are you stupid?

    Han Lingyue is the daughter of the chairman of Han Corporation.

    Just try kidnapping her!

    And what about Li Xin?

    Can all of you together even take her down?”

    “Then…

    Isn’t there still one left?”

    “They’re living together, dumbass.

    How do you plan on kidnapping her?”

    The lackeys were left speechless.

    Looking at it that way, it really seemed like they couldn’t do that…

    Just when the air was becoming a bit too still, Zheng Jiahao’s phone rang.

    “Hello, Dad.”

    Zheng Qishi’s deep voice came through: “Jiahao, what have you been up to lately?”

    Zheng Jiahao’s heart tightened, and he replied as if nothing was amiss, “Nothing much, Dad, what’s up?”

    “Oh, you sure?”

    “Positive.”

    After two seconds of silence, Zheng Qishi suddenly burst into rage, swearing, “Are you still lying to me?

    Get back here immediately!”

    “Dad…

    What’s wrong?”

    Zheng Jiahao was stunned and involuntarily shivered.

    “How dare you ask me what’s wrong?

    I should be asking you, what were you thinking, offending Han Lingyue?

    Don’t you know who her father is?”

    “I, I know, but I didn’t offend her,” Zheng Jiahao hurriedly defended, “I just…”

    “Just trying to get her boyfriend arrested and ruin his reputation, right?

    Isn’t that offending Han Lingyue?

    What is your head filled with?”

    Zheng Jiahao was taken aback: “Dad, how did you know?”

    “Nonsense!

    Han Corporation has been turning our company inside out for the past few days, how could I not know?”