You Go Be Doormen

Knock, knock, knock.

More knocking came from outside.

"Come in," Yan Xiaohu called out, his voice a little tight.

"Young Master Yan..." The one who entered was the madam, swaying like a willow in the wind, her waist undulating as she gracefully walked into the room. "Oh dear, our Rou Yi is truly in demand. Just now, a government official had an appointment to see her. He just went in, and you arrived right after. We open our doors for business, we can't just turn people away, can we... You'll have to wait a little longer. Rou Yi will be here as soon as she's finished with him."

The madam spoke as she walked towards Yan Xiaohu, but Yan Xiaohu seemed not to hear her. He just stared at her feet, as if afraid she would get too close.

Seeing that the madam was about to sit next to him, Yan Xiaohu immediately shuffled to the side, moving further away, and then pointed to the seat with its back to the screen, saying, "You can sit there, don't come near me."

"Alright, alright..." The madam chuckled. "We've known each other for so many years, and you're still so distant. I promise you, Miss Rou Yi definitely has feelings for you. The other day when you didn't come, she was secretly talking about you to me..."

"Rou Yi was talking about me?" Yan Xiaohu's spirits lifted slightly upon hearing this.

"Hmm?" The madam looked around, puzzled. "Where are those two young maids I called over to serve you earlier? How did they just disappear? Truly ill-mannered."

"You'll see them soon..." Yan Xiaohu said weakly.

"Huh?" The madam was wondering when she felt a sharp pain at the back of her head, and her vision went black.

Her flamboyant body also went limp and fell.

Behind her, Chu Liang put away the brick and shook his head. "This one isn't it either."

Yan Xiaohu voluntarily got up and dragged the madam behind the screen as well, laying her neatly beside the other two "good girls."

As he dragged her, he asked, "Brother Chu, why do I have to lure the Painted Skin Demon here? Can't I just go home now and gather people to protect me?"

"You can, as long as you never leave your house from now on," Chu Liang said. "There are only thieves who can be thieves for a thousand days, but no one can guard against thieves for a thousand days. If you don't catch the Painted Skin Demon early, you will always be in danger. Do you want that?"

"Then forget it..." Yan Xiaohu gave up on the idea.

While he was dragging, he suddenly heard sounds of fighting from outside.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the door was kicked open with a bang, and two bodyguards tumbled in, rolling and crawling.

"Oh dear, Young Master, she insisted on coming in, we couldn't stop her!" The bodyguards scrambled up, wailing again.

"Hmm?" Yan Xiaohu was about to get angry, but he looked up at the person who had burst in and suddenly froze. "Instructor Song?"

Song Qingyi also frowned, looking somewhat indignant. "Don't you know how dangerous it is for you? And you're still messing around in a place like this, you..."

As she spoke, she suddenly froze too.

Because when she looked up, she saw Yan Xiaohu bending over, dragging a limp body, with two other girls lying on the ground.

And standing next to Yan Xiaohu was Chu Liang...

"What kind of wicked things are you two... doing?" she immediately questioned, her voice sharp.

"Brother Chu told me to do it!" Yan Xiaohu quickly let go and shouted loudly.

Well, well.

He was quick to shift the blame.

Chu Liang was speechless for a moment, then explained to Song Qingyi, "I also thought the Painted Skin Demon might try to approach Yan Xiaohu, so I came to protect him."

Song Qingyi glanced at the three unconscious women, then looked back at Chu Liang, still looking at him like he was a pervert.

"This is just to check if they are Painted Skin Demons, a small side effect," Chu Liang immediately said.

"Forget it, you two get out first!" Yan Xiaohu first chased the two bodyguards out again, then said, "Instructor Song, why are you here?"

"I'm also here to protect you." Song Qingyi was still a bit confused and asked Chu Liang, "The way you check if they are Painted Skin Demons, is it... by beating them up first to see if they fight back?"

"..." Chu Liang's gaze was melancholic.

Pat pat pat.

After a moment, the sound of knocking on the door rang out again.

"Enter." Yan Xiaohu immediately became nervous again.

"Young Master Yan..." This time, the person who entered was a young woman with a graceful figure and captivating beauty. She wore a plain gauze palace dress, with delicate eyebrows and eyes that moved with charming tenderness.

"Rou Yi, you're finally here." Seeing this woman, Yan Xiaohu's eyes immediately straightened, and most of the tension in his eyes faded.

"I was delayed for a long time just now, you won't be angry with me, will you?" Rou Yi walked forward gracefully and asked sweetly.

"How could I be? When I see you... my anger immediately disappears," Yan Xiaohu scratched his head and smiled.

"I knew it, only you truly love me and are good to me, unlike those smelly men," Rou Yi pouted and sat down with her back to the door.

"Uh..." Yan Xiaohu gritted his teeth, a little hesitant, but still pointed to the seat behind the screen, "Rou Yi, sit there."

"Hmm?" Rou Yi was startled for a moment, then chuckled, "Hehe, why are you acting so strange today?"

"No, it's just that I want to face your face directly so I can see it more clearly," Yan Xiaohu said.

"Alright, alright." Rou Yi reluctantly agreed, and as she stood up, she asked again, "Today isn't a day off, why didn't you go to the Academy?"

"Just... didn't feel like going." Yan Xiaohu naturally couldn't say that he had been severely beaten at the Academy and was too embarrassed to go back.

Especially since the perpetrator was currently behind the screen.

"Didn't you say that new Instructor Song at your Academy is half as beautiful as me, and that your heart itches every day you see her in class? Why are you too lazy to see her now?" Rou Yi said, "Men are indeed only interested for a few days."

"That's not true..." Yan Xiaohu immediately sat up straight, "You can't just say things like that, Rou Yi."

"Alright, alright." Rou Yi agreed again, then looked at the injuries on Yan Xiaohu's face and exclaimed, "Oh dear, Young Master Yan, you're injured? How did this happen? Did you get into a fight?"

"Uh... something like that," Yan Xiaohu stammered.

After all, it was hard to define the difference between a fight and an assault.

"It really makes me feel so heartbroken, I've never seen you injured before," Rou Yi pouted and added, "The person who injured you is too wicked! I'll curse him for you..."

"No, no, no!" Yan Xiaohu wished he could reach out and cover Rou Yi's mouth, and quickly said, "Don't say those things..."

"Hmph, it's not necessary anyway," Rou Yi said, "That person's fate must be miserable now, right? Didn't you say your father said that anyone who dares to touch a single hair on you must either kneel and apologize or have their whole family killed, otherwise he will never rest... Just thinking about it makes me so scared..."

"That's not true at all..." Yan Xiaohu quickly waved his hand, "My ancestors for six generations have all been law-abiding citizens..."

"Ah?" Rou Yi was stunned for a moment.

Yan Xiaohu seemed a little impatient and said directly to Rou Yi, "It might hurt a little later, just bear with it."

"Hmph..." Rou Yi's face flushed, and she was about to pout.

Bang.

Another muffled sound.

The beauty fainted.

Behind her, Chu Liang and Song Qingyi stood side by side, looking at Yan Xiaohu with cold smiles and saying nothing.

Yan Xiaohu had an innocent look on his face.

Just at this awkward moment, the sound of fighting, bang bang clap clap, rang out from outside the door again...

In no time, the two bodyguards skillfully rolled in again, got up, and wailed, "Young Master, he insisted on breaking in, we couldn't stop him!"

"Couldn't stop him, couldn't stop him..." Yan Xiaohu took the opportunity to get angry, spewing vulgarities, "Why don't you just pack up and get lost? Don't be bodyguards tomorrow, go find a restaurant and be doormen, I guarantee business will be booming!"