Stay Away from Him

Shui Ze High School.

After the last class in the afternoon, it was time for dinner.

Countless students rushed to the cafeteria to eat.

Xu Muyan, however, took the opportunity to head to the milk tea shop outside the school.

She still owed Wang Haoran a cup of milk tea.

She had come here now, naturally, to fulfill her promise.

However, Xu Muyan felt a little shy about delivering the milk tea to Wang Haoran in person.

Wang Haoran had taken leave that afternoon and would not come until Evening Self-Study.

Xu Muyan planned to buy the milk tea now and put it inside Wang Haoran's desk.

When Wang Haoran arrived and found the milk tea in his desk, he would know she had sent it.

Xu Muyan ordered two cups of Mandarin Duck Milk Tea.

She did not know what flavor Wang Haoran liked, so she could only order what she liked.

There was also a discount for two cups of Mandarin Duck Milk Tea, making them a little cheaper.

While Xu Muyan waited for the shopkeeper to make the milk tea, a Police Station car pulled up by the roadside.

The window rolled down, revealing a head. It was Father Xu.

"Yan Yan!"

Xu Muyan turned around, ran over, and smiled. "Dad, why are you here?"

"I had something to take care of. I saw you while passing by, so I called out to you."

The father and daughter began chatting.

"Miss, your two cups of Mandarin Duck Milk Tea are ready," the shopkeeper called out to Xu Muyan from behind.

Xu Muyan went to collect the milk tea, then said to Father Xu, "Dad, do you want some? Should I order you a cup?"

"I'm not drinking the stuff you young people drink. It's too sweet." Father Xu shook his head, then teased her.

"I think I heard the owner call it Mandarin Duck Milk Tea just now. You ordered two cups, so you can't possibly be drinking both yourself. Which boy did you buy the other one for?"

"Dad, you're so nosy." Xu Muyan complained.

"Didn't you make a bet with Chu Bai some time ago? You didn't lose, did you? Are you his girlfriend already?" Father Xu suddenly recalled something.

"Of course not. That guy bragged that he could get into the top ten in class, but he ended up ranking dead last." Xu Muyan found it funny whenever she mentioned it.

"No way, dead last? Didn't you say he had improved a lot?" Father Xu asked in surprise.

"Dad, I'll tell you the truth. Chu Bai's grades were all from cheating. He made that bet with me because he wanted to cheat his way into making me his girlfriend. He's awful." Xu Muyan said angrily.

"Cheating? That can't be possible." Father Xu found it hard to believe.

"It's true. If Wang Haoran hadn't helped me, he might have succeeded in cheating."

"Wang Haoran?"

"He's my classmate."

"That name sounds familiar. I remember you mentioning him. His family is quite wealthy; he's a rich second-generation kid." Father Xu frowned.

"Yeah, he gets picked up and dropped off in a Cullinan every day. His family is really rich."

"Stay away from people like that, understand?"

"Why?"

"Just listen to me. Those rich second-generation kids are hardly ever good people."

"Dad, you can't condemn everyone with one stroke. Wang Haoran is really nice. He studies well, he's handsome, and he sings beautifully." An unconscious smile appeared on Xu Muyan's lips as she listed Wang Haoran's good qualities.

But Father Xu's brows furrowed tighter at her words.

"Yan Yan, you don't like Wang Haoran, do you?"

"No, no, of course not. How could I possibly like him?" Xu Muyan immediately denied it.

However, Father Xu was observant enough to notice something was off.

"Yan Yan, I'd rather you liked Chu Bai than fell for Wang Haoran."

"Dad, how has Wang Haoran offended you? Why do you seem so hostile toward him?" Xu Muyan frowned slightly.

"Don't talk to Wang Haoran again. It would be best if you didn't say a single word to him." Father Xu became serious.

"Why?!"

"Just do as I say."

"Dad, you haven't even met Wang Haoran. Why are you so prejudiced against him?"

"Rich second-generation kids are all the same." Father Xu's expression darkened.

He had worked at the Police Station for more than twenty years and handled far too many cases involving rich second-generation kids bullying women.

He utterly despised those three words: rich second-generation.

"Dad, you're being completely unreasonable!"

Xu Muyan became angry. Carrying the milk tea, she turned and headed back toward the school.

Father Xu's voice came from behind her.

"Yan Yan, remember what I said. If you don't listen, I'll personally go make trouble for Wang Haoran!"

Outside the hospital.

Wang Haoran came out with Tang Bingyun accompanying him.

During his fight with the criminals, Wang Haoran had not actually suffered any injuries at all.

But Tang Bingyun had been worried and insisted on dragging him here for an examination.

Just as the two stepped out of the hospital, a middle-aged woman came up to them.

She was the lawyer Tang Bingyun had hired.

This lawyer had just finished handling matters at the Police Station.

She gave Tang Bingyun a general rundown of the situation.

Those skinny men were employees of the Jade Factory. They had accumulated enormous debts through gambling, which was why they had turned to theft.

However, they had failed to steal anything and were discovered by the security guards.

In their panic, they had barged into the Gambling Stones shed.

"Lawyer An, I'll leave the lawsuit to you." Tang Bingyun instructed the lawyer.

Cases like this were generally handled by public prosecutors, but Tang Bingyun did not intend to let that little thief off easily.

The Jade Factory had produced an insider thief, and the incident had caused such a huge commotion.

The Tang family's business could even be affected because of it. It was certainly impossible to get a gambling addict to pay compensation.

Then he would have to atone in some other way.

"Rest assured, Miss Tang. Leave it to me." Lawyer An nodded confidently, then looked at Wang Haoran with admiration.

"Young man, you were truly brave!"

She had already learned the full course of events and knew how Wang Haoran had bravely caught the thief.

"It was nothing." Wang Haoran smiled.

"Judging by your appearance, you should still be in school, right?" Lawyer An had taken a liking to Wang Haoran, so she asked a few more questions.

"I'm a senior at Shui Ze High School."

"What a coincidence. My daughter goes to that school too. She's also a senior."

"Really? What's your daughter's name?" Wang Haoran asked curiously.

Lawyer An looked to be over forty, but she still retained her charm. She must have been a great beauty when she was younger.

With such good genes, her daughter was surely beautiful too.

Naturally, Wang Haoran was interested in knowing.

"My daughter's name is Xu Muyan. Do you know her?" Lawyer An asked.

"She's in my class!!!" Wang Haoran's eyes widened.

The world really was full of coincidences.

He had actually run into Xu Muyan's mother here.

"So you and Yan Yan are classmates." Lawyer An was also surprised.

"Yes. Actually, I should have known. Aunt An, you're so beautiful—only someone as beautiful as you could give birth to a daughter as pretty as Xu Muyan. At our school, she's the School Belle."

"I'm already old." Lawyer An smiled, and the way she looked at Wang Haoran became much warmer.