Chapter 16

Chapter Sixteen: Don't Let Outsiders Know We're Rich!

Seeing Hua Wuxie being scolded into silence, his large face full of embarrassment and anger, Tang Chong couldn't hold back his laughter any longer and burst out laughing from the side.

He patted Hua Wuxie's shoulder and said, "Why don't you consider her suggestion? If you agree, we can buy a pot on the way back. Since you have a knife, a cutting board, and carrots hidden in your dorm—how about I make you a rabbit stew with carrots for lunch? What do you think?"

He then turned to the little beauty and said, "This suggestion came from you. If you're interested, you can also come and try my cooking."

The little beauty blinked her eyes, and several more tears fell from her eyelashes. She pointed at Hua Wuxie and shouted, "Fine! Big Ape, so you know this annoying guy—both of you are in on it—tricking me—what—"

"How did I trick you? Tell me, how did I trick you?" Hua Wuxie, after being mocked and ridiculed by this woman, was no longer as confident and assertive as before. He couldn't understand why his first experiment in college had failed.

With his years of experience in psychology, this girl clearly belonged to the type who was 'stupid but rich, easy to approach.' He had controlled the timing and angle of his approach perfectly—how did he end up being scolded so harshly?

Could it be—she was too stupid to understand his intentions?

"I saw you being bullied by this guy, so I thought I'd come to your aid," Hua Wuxie looked at the little beauty with a wronged expression and explained, "If I had said I knew him, wouldn't you have thought I was here to help you? I had to pretend I didn't know him and quickly get you out of trouble."

He lifted the cage with the little rabbit and said, "What's wrong with carrying a rabbit around? A rabbit is a life, too, you know? We've relied on each other for so many years. Now that I'm in college, I wanted to bring it along to get used to our future living environment—did I offend you? How could you ask me to eat such a cute, living creature?"

Hua Wuxie suddenly raised his voice, and at that moment, he seemed to be surrounded by a halo of sanctity. "I can't do it, and I will never do such a cruel thing. Since I am the stronger one between us, I have the responsibility to protect it from any harm. I would rather starve to death than eat my friend."

"Good. That's really well said." A girl clapped and cheered.

"This guy may not look great, but he's quite kind-hearted—" another girl said.

"Exactly. Much more reliable than that four-eyed guy—four-eyes is a glutton, wanting to make hotpot with such a cute little rabbit—" a group of girls shifted their target to Tang Chong.

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Hua Wuxie raised his eyebrows at Tang Chong, as if to say, "What do you think? I'm pretty good, right?"

It turned out that Hua Wuxie, knowing he couldn't win the little beauty's favor, decided to offend her completely. This way, he could gain the goodwill of other kind-hearted female classmates—several new female students were watching them from the side.

In this short time, he had changed his strategy, shifted his target, and put it into action. He was indeed a first-class despicable man.

Thus, Tang Chong tragically found himself becoming the negative example, the target of the rabbit-loving girls' criticism.

He shoved the large shopping basket full of items into Hua Wuxie's hands and said, "It seems you're quite popular here. You can go and pay the bill. Bring the receipt back, and I'll reimburse you."

Then he grabbed the little beauty's hand and said, "Aren't you going out? Do you want to stand here and be scolded to death?"

The girl's hand was soft and smooth, almost boneless. It felt quite nice to touch.

"Let go of me," the girl struggled. "Let go of me now."

They walked all the way to the small flower bed at the entrance of the supermarket before Tang Chong released the girl's hand and said, "If you want to buy something, it's better to come back later. There are too many people now, and the queue is long. Besides, they don't like women who encourage others to eat rabbits raw."

"I want to go in and buy something. I like queuing. What's it to you?"

"Just a friendly suggestion. Listen or not, it's up to you," Tang Chong said indifferently.

"Yihan, what's wrong? What happened?" A group of people ran over.

Tang Chong saw the girl's bodyguard team, whom he had seen once at the school gate, running over. However, the two middle-aged men and the elegant woman who looked like her parents were gone.

A well-dressed, elegant old lady hugged the little beauty and cooed, "Hanh, my little darling, are you okay? What happened?"

After saying this, she looked at Tang Chong with suspicion and asked, "Who is he?"

"I don't know him," Qiu Yihan's beautiful big eyes glanced at Tang Chong, and she lowered her head.

"How can you not know him if he was pulling you around?" the old lady said angrily. "Hanh, be careful. You're so beautiful; be careful not to be taken advantage of—boys these days are so bad."

"Okay," the girl nodded. "He didn't take advantage of me."

She thought, he just held my hand. It's like being bitten by a rabbit.

"Alright. As long as you're fine. You didn't buy anything, right? I told you, let's find a hotel to have lunch, and let Xiao Ling and the others take care of the shopping. You insisted on doing it yourself, wanting to experience college life—your life is already like this. No need to experience it."

"Grandma, I'm hungry," Qiu Yihan said, not wanting to listen to the old lady's nagging.

"Oh, that's no good. Hurry up. Xiao Ling, is the restaurant arranged? Let's go now." The old lady took her granddaughter's hand and walked out, not forgetting to glance at Tang Chong and whisper to Qiu Yihan, "Hanh, don't let outsiders know we're rich."

"Grandma, I won't say. No one will know," Qiu Yihan whispered back.

"---"

Tang Chong was speechless.

Are there any richer people who are more 'low-key' than you? Sending a dozen people to accompany a junior to school?

Qiu Yihan turned and waved her fist at Tang Chong, then walked out of the school with her entourage.

Tang Chong whistled and walked back to the dormitory with his hands in his pockets.

"Qiu Yihan? Nice name."

Tang Chong started looking forward to his college life.

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Outside the school. Starbucks Coffee Shop.

Liang Tao was sitting by the window with the secretary who had accompanied him to register. The coffee in front of them had already cooled, but neither of them had taken a sip.

Secretary Zhao glanced at Liang Tao's gloomy face and cautiously suggested, "Liang Tao, I don't think that guy is easy to deal with—how about I go and talk to the dormitory management, give them some money, and get you a different room?"

"Uncle Zhao, even if the dormitory management begs me to leave, I won't move to another room," Liang Tao said with a cold laugh. "If I retreat at the first round, where will I put my face? Besides, if I leave 307, won't people think I'm afraid of him? When have I, Liang Tao, ever been afraid of anyone?"

"Liang Tao, this is Mingzhu, not Huaihua. That's our territory—you're a porcelain, why clash with a broken pot?" Secretary Zhao said.

"Porcelain must have the awareness of being porcelain. Since he wants to be the one who stands out, I don't mind crushing him to pieces," Liang Tao said viciously. "Uncle Zhao, there's no need to persuade me. I won't leave. Don't tell my father about this when you go back. I can handle it myself. You're my father's secretary, and you're good at political tactics—now you need to help me strategize. How can I get rid of that guy?"

"The most effective way is to give people a little money to do things for you," Secretary Zhao frowned. "But this is too risky and too ruthless. After all, he's just a student—there's no need to handle it like an adult."

"Or this—" Secretary Zhao said. "Use your advantages to isolate him, make him a loner in school. Crush him under your feet and make him never able to lift his head."

Liang Tao's eyes lit up, and he said, "That's a good idea. Tell me, how do we implement it?"

"Money," Secretary Zhao smiled. "Money can make the devil grind. There's nothing money can't do. I see that guy's clothes and luggage are quite simple—he's probably not from a wealthy family. You don't need to buy him off. Buy off the people around him."

"Smart," Liang Tao gave Secretary Zhao a thumbs up. "Uncle Zhao, you take care of your lunch. I'll go back and invite my dorm mates out for a meal to build some rapport."

"You're quick to learn," Secretary Zhao praised.

"Hehe, I learned from Uncle Zhao," Liang Tao stood up and quickly walked to the door. He couldn't let that guy get the upper hand. Otherwise, it would be much harder to work on it later.

"Idiot," Secretary Zhao muttered coldly as he watched Liang Tao's retreating back.

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