Chapter 0088: Let You Pretend

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"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, and with Lin Yi watching, he felt extremely uncomfortable.

"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 a hundred to eighty dollars a day from her stall. This loss was a significant portion of her earnings. Although she felt sorry, she didn't dare to ask Zou Ruoming for the money and could only accept her bad luck.

But unexpectedly, after Lin Yi said a word, 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 has 'bully' written all over his face!"

But the bully was slapped by the gentle one and fled without even daring to protest! 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 suddenly became unhappy and said, "Yun'er, what are you doing? Aren't you going to help serve your classmates?"

Tang Yun didn't expect Lin Yi and Kang Xiaobo to sit so boldly 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 feared that Lin Yi and Zou Ruoming had the same intentions, which were to target her. She couldn't think of anything else that would attract these rich kids' attention.

Although Lin Yi didn't show his intentions as openly as Zou Ruoming, he seemed more hypocritical to Tang Yun. He had just fought with Zou Ruoming and the fat guy without any hesitation, but now he was sitting there like a good student. Who was he trying to fool? 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 back 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. When boys approached her, she immediately became defensive.

However, since her mother had called her, Tang Yun, though unwilling, had to respond and went to the stall to fetch two bottles of beer, then placed them on Lin Yi and Kang Xiaobo's table without even looking at them, and 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 didn't know what was wrong with Tang Yun. She had been fine just a moment ago, but now 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 gentle?

If Tang Yun knew what her mother was thinking, she would have been furious! Gentle? He had just slapped the fat guy and sent him flying. How was that gentle?

"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're lucky your classmate is 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 classmate is easy to talk to"? How was he easy to talk to? One of the four school bullies? Just because he looked gentle, did she not know he was just putting on an act to pursue her daughter?

"Alright, the tofu rolls are ready. Take them over quickly." 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 mustered up some courage and, pretending it was an accident, stepped on Lin Yi's foot!

Hmph, you want to pretend to be gentle? 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 gentle 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 at her, who had a 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. I'll treat you the same way in the future. 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, so he smiled bitterly and shook his head.

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 mischievous smile crossing her face. She put down the tofu rolls and quickly ran away.

"..." Lin Yi was speechless. Tang Yun was clearly doing this on purpose! These girls! Lin Yi 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 playful and had caught him in a "trap," so it 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 only transferred a few days ago and met Tang Yun for the first time today. How could there be any grudge? But he was still worried that Lin Yi might have unintentionally offended Tang Yun.