Chapter 088: Let You Pretend

"This is a hundred dollars, no need to give change..." Zou Ruoming took out a hundred dollars and slapped it in front of Tang's mother. He didn't want to stay a minute longer, feeling extremely uncomfortable with Lin Yi watching him.

"How can this be..." Tang's mother wanted to give change, but Zou Ruoming smiled bitterly and waved his hand, then turned around and left without looking back.

Originally, Tang's mother thought that Zou Ruoming would definitely not pay for the meal. They had ordered about fifty to sixty dollars worth of food and drinks, and she only made about a hundred dollars a day from her stall. Losing half of her earnings in one go was a significant loss, but she didn't dare to ask Zou Ruoming for the money, so she had to accept her bad luck.

However, after Lin Yi said a few words, Zou Ruoming obediently paid and even gave extra, without needing change. Tang's mother couldn't help but feel grateful to Lin Yi. She thought, "These are all rich kids from school, but why is there such a big difference in how they behave? Lin Yi looks so gentle, while Zou Ruoming looks like he's written 'bully' on his face!"

But the bully was slapped by the gentle one and dared not even protest, fleeing in disgrace! Thinking about this, Tang's mother looked at Lin Yi more favorably. Seeing that Tang Yun was still standing there, staring at Lin Yi and Kang Xiaobo, she didn't know what she was thinking and said unhappily, "Yun'er, what are you doing? Why don't you help entertain your classmates?"

Tang Yun didn't expect Lin Yi and Kang Xiaobo to sit down at her family's barbecue stall and order food. In her view, Kang Xiaobo's earlier confrontation with Zou Ruoming was probably instigated by Lin Yi. She suspected that both of them had the same idea, and their goal was her. She couldn't think of anything else that would attract the attention of these rich kids.

Although Lin Yi didn't show it as openly as Zou Ruoming, he seemed more refined and didn't try to get close to her. In Tang Yun's eyes, Lin Yi was even more hypocritical. He had just fought with Zou Ruoming and the fat guy without any hesitation, but now he was sitting there like a good student, putting on a show. Especially when she saw that her mother seemed to have a good impression of Lin Yi and even asked her to serve them, Tang Yun was even more annoyed. She thought, "Just because you got a hundred dollars for me, you think I'm so easily fooled?"

Tang Yun was like a little hedgehog, and her experiences over the years had made her guard her heart tightly. Whenever a boy approached her, she immediately became wary.

However, since her mother had called her, Tang Yun, though unwilling, had to respond. She took two bottles of beer from the stall and placed them on Lin Yi and Kang Xiaobo's table without even looking at them, then returned to her mother's side.

"Beer opener..." Kang Xiaobo saw that Tang Yun had only brought the beer without the opener and noticed that she seemed unhappy. He had to smile bitterly and ask carefully.

"Yun'er, what's wrong with you? Open the beer for your classmates," Tang's mother said, not knowing what was wrong with Tang Yun. She had been fine earlier, but suddenly she had a cold face. When facing Zou Ruoming, she had been so meek and pitiful, but now, when facing Lin Yi, she was giving him a cold shoulder just because he looked refined?

If Tang Yun knew what her mother was thinking, she would have been furious! Refined? He had just slapped the fat guy, was that refined?

"No need," Lin Yi smiled, not knowing what he had done to upset this little beauty. He could see that Tang Yun's attitude was bad, but he didn't take it seriously, just thinking it was a girl's mood.

As he spoke, Lin Yi picked up the beer bottle and flicked his thumb at the cap, opening the beer. He did the same for Kang Xiaobo's bottle.

"You, it's just that your classmates are easy to talk to! If it were Zou Ruoming, he would have smashed the stall!" Tang's mother looked at her daughter helplessly. "Do you want me to stop doing business? If you don't want to help, go back to school!"

"I..." Tang Yun felt extremely wronged after being scolded by her mother. What did she mean by "my classmates are easy to talk to"? How were they easy to talk to? The four bullies of the school could be easy to talk to? You think he looks refined, but don't you know he's just putting on a show? Trying to win your daughter's favor?

"Alright, the tofu rolls are ready, take them over," Tang's mother handed the two grilled tofu rolls to Tang Yun.

"Okay..." Tang Yun took the tofu rolls with a puffed-up face and slowly walked towards Lin Yi. The more she looked at Lin Yi's calm face, the more she felt annoyed. When she reached Lin Yi, she suddenly found the courage to pretend it was an accident and stepped on Lin Yi's foot!

Hmph, you want to pretend to be refined? You want to win my mother's favor? No way, I won't let you get what you want. If you want to pretend to be refined in front of me, fine, I'll step on you and see if you get angry!

Lin Yi was taken aback by Tang Yun's sudden step on his foot. He looked up and saw her stern face. Although the force didn't really hurt him, he still felt the need to say something.

"You..." Lin Yi started to speak, but Tang Yun felt a small thrill of excitement. She thought, "You want to pretend, go ahead. If you keep pretending, I'll keep doing this to you." But she smiled apologetically, "Sorry, I stepped on you by accident."

"Oh... it's nothing..." Lin Yi saw that Tang Yun had admitted her mistake and didn't want to say anything more, just shaking his head with a bitter smile.

However, after apologizing, Tang Yun didn't immediately take her foot off. Instead, she stepped on his foot a couple more times before letting go, a sly smile crossing her face. She put down the tofu rolls and quickly ran away.

"..." Lin Yi was speechless. This Tang Yun was clearly doing it on purpose! He really didn't know what to say. Did he look so easy to bully?

Before, it was Chen Yushu and Chu Mengyao. Chen Yushu was mischievous and had caught him in a "bind," so that was understandable. And Chu Mengyao's father was his employer, so he couldn't say much. But now, even Tang Yun was coming to step on him...

Forget it, he didn't want to argue with her. If this got out, he would be laughed at. A mighty "Eagle" being bullied by a few women...

"Boss, it seems Tang Yun has something against you? Did you offend her?" Kang Xiaobo also noticed something was off. It seemed like Tang Yun was targeting Lin Yi.

"How would I know? I just met her today!" Lin Yi shook his head.

"Did you accidentally offend her before?" Kang Xiaobo thought about it and realized that Lin Yi had just transferred and met Tang Yun for the first time today, so there shouldn't be any grudges. But he was still worried that Lin Yi might have unintentionally offended her before.