Chapter 50: No Need To Be That Polite

Shang Ying’s face had never turned so solemn.

This scene was a key plot point in the novel. At this time, the male lead Huo Yunshu was running errands for the Sihai Association and wanted to tamper with the Shisanting faction, but got discovered by accident. He fled all the way out, only to be caught and beaten up.

Shisanting was a major underworld gang leader in the Capital, and the Sihai Association had been at odds with them for a long time. They had secretly caused a lot of trouble for Shisanting. If it weren't for their hesitation regarding the Sihai Association’s boss having connections with the head of the Jiang family, Shisanting would have eliminated them long ago.

Unexpectedly, due to a bizarre stroke of luck, she happened to run into this scene. The power of the novel's plot was truly strong, but she could just sit steadily inside the shop, pretend not to see, and refrain from interfering in this matter.

‘But why was that kid Jiang Mei so conveniently right outside the door?’

‘The Jiang family, Shisanting…’ This chain of words connected into a single line in her mind, and Shang Ying's eyes glinted with sharp realization.

That was it! Later in the novel, the male lead became the boss of the Sihai Association, thoroughly crushing Shisanting. Everyone who disobeyed him died, especially the Jiang family, who resisted the most fiercely and ended up dead without even a complete corpse left behind.

Because this was merely one small thing the male lead did after rising to power, Shang Ying hadn't read it carefully at the time. Later on, she kept avoiding the plot point where she would run into the male lead getting beaten up, so she had forgotten some details. Connecting them all together now, everything suddenly made sense!

Shang Ying felt a headache coming on. When dealing with Lu Yan earlier, Jiang Mei had helped her out a lot. If he provoked the male lead now and suffered that tragic ending when the plot reached its conclusion, that would be far too awful.

No, no, no. No matter how you put it, Jiang Mei called her "Boss," making him one of her people now. She couldn't just let him march straight to his death for nothing. So, Shang Ying pulled out her phone and immediately called Jiang Mei.

After two calls, the line finally connected. Before Jiang Mei could even greet her enthusiastically, Shang Ying cut in first.

"Don't beat him! Let him go, don't hit him!"

Her tone was urgent and rapid. Jiang Mei was stunned, but looking at the bat that was about to land on that suicidal Huo Yunshu, he reacted immediately and shouted out loud, "Stop! Put away all the bats for me!"

The bat cutting through the air stopped merely three centimeters away from the tip of Huo Yunshu's nose, freezing the atmosphere in an instant.

Several lackeys stopped their actions in utter confusion. Although they didn't understand what Jiang Mei meant, they obediently withdrew their bats, not forgetting to glare fiercely at Huo Yunshu, who was cornered against the wall.

Huo Yunshu lowered his hands, knitting his brows in suspicion. His school uniform had been scraped and torn while running away, making him look quite pathetic.

‘Why did these people suddenly stop? Could it be that they wanted to humiliate him first before giving him a beating? As expected of Shisanting. They sure knew how to humiliate people.’

At this thought, malice surged in Huo Yunshu's eyes. If these lackeys dared to humiliate him, he swore he would return it a hundredfold, a thousandfold later, making them crawl on the ground like pathetic worms begging for mercy!

Jiang Mei looked left and right, looking somewhat perplexed. He really didn't know where Shang Ying was seeing him beat people up. Did she have super vision or something?

"Are you nearby, Boss? Why not beat him? Do you have your eyes on him?"

He took a casual glance at the surrounding Huo Yunshu. Sure enough, the guy was somewhat decent-looking, though still far inferior compared to him!

Hearing his words, Shang Ying rolled her eyes directly.

"Eye on him my ass."

She would have to be brain-damaged to take a liking to Huo Yunshu. Was she living too comfortably or looking to shorten her life? She wished she could stay a galaxy away from the male lead, lest she offend this gloomy guy and get held a grudge against.

"Oh, oh, that's good then. I knew your taste wouldn't be that bad."

Jiang Mei let out a sigh of relief. Good thing Shang Ying didn't like that kid. Otherwise, if they actually beat up the Boss's man, that would be disastrous! His reputation would be ruined!

"Cut the nonsense and let the guy go." Shang Ying rubbed her throbbing temples, instructing further, "Say a few soft words, don't let him hold a grudge against you, understand?"

"Why?"

"Just do as you're told. Unless you're tired of living, don't argue."

Shang Ying lost her patience. Although Jiang Mei was reluctant, hearing the urgency in his Boss's voice, he instinctively felt this must be an important matter. So, under everyone's watchful eyes, he walked over to Huo Yunshu.

The lackeys all showed understanding expressions. Turns out the Young Master hadn't let them hit him because he wanted to beat up this punk personally!

Huo Yunshu also tightened his whole body alertly. The moment Jiang Mei showed any sign of striking, he would immediately swing his fists back.

Jiang Mei raised his hand.

Lackeys: ‘The Young Master is finally going to hit someone! This is a huge step in his growth!’

Huo Yunshu kept a cold face, his hands hanging by his sides slowly gathering strength into fists.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Mei, whom everyone thought would slap Huo Yunshu hard across the face or use a fist to turn his eyes into black-and-blue panda eyes, actually reached out…

...and patted the dust off Huo Yunshu's body!

Lackeys: ‘!!!!’

Huo Yunshu: (??)

After patting off the dust, Jiang Mei picked up the backpack Huo Yunshu had dropped on the ground, shook the dirt off it, and handed it over.

"Don't come to dangerous places next time. Not everyone will let you go like I did. Hurry back to school for class."

Huo Yunshu was completely dumbfounded.

The lackeys were completely dumbfounded too.

Hiding at the door with only one eye peeking out to watch the drama, Shang Ying was equally stunned.

‘What kind of teen idol drama script was this?! "Not everyone will let you go like I did."’

She had merely intended for Jiang Mei to be slightly polite, never expecting him to overdeliver to such an extent!

Shop Owner Shen calmly watched this classic "school bully picking on top student" scene, speaking up quietly, "What are those two doing?"

Squatting on the ground, Shang Ying's lips twitched.

"I don't know..."

Completely unaware that anything was amiss, Young Master Jiang waved his hand to dismiss the lackeys, cast a glance at Huo Yunshu, who remained frozen on the spot, and couldn't help knitting his brows.

"Do you need me to walk you to school?"

Standing there motionless like a fool. What did he mean by putting on such an attitude? Acting so high and mighty. Believe it or not, he could kick him right back to school with one leg.

However, when these words fell into Huo Yunshu's ears, their flavor changed completely. He shook his head stiffly and walked out of the alley without saying a word.

What did this Jiang family member mean? How could he say such disgusting words? And even offering to walk him to school? The more Huo Yunshu thought about it, the more annoyed he felt, so he simply stopped thinking about it and marched toward the school with large strides.

Having resolved the matter, Jiang Mei picked up his phone and playfully asked Shang Ying on the other end for praise.

"How about it, Boss? I did pretty well, right? Was I polite enough?!"

"It was pretty polite. Actually... there was no need to be that polite."

Jiang Mei only listened to the first half of her sentence. Seeing himself getting praised, he grinned and kept looking left and right.

"Boss, where on earth are you? How come I can't see you at all?"

"Right here."

As her voice fell, Shang Ying pushed open the shop door and stood up from the ground. Hearing the commotion, Jiang Mei looked over. Turns out she was right in front of him!

"Boss, Boss! How come you're here? And who is this handsome guy?"

Jiang Mei looked toward Shop Owner Shen.