All Here

The fireworks continued for a full ten minutes before finally stopping.

Don't underestimate how long that was. Fireworks had been going off in rows all along the riverbank.

In those brief ten minutes, a full 800,000 had been burned away.

But Wang Haoran did not care. He had just made over 120 million today.

800,000 was merely a drop in the bucket.

"Was it pretty?" Wang Haoran gazed at Xu Muyan with his Peach Blossom Eyes.

Xu Muyan nodded.

Wang Haoran was not surprised in the slightest.

How could romance created with 800,000 not be beautiful? "Did you prepare this?" Xu Muyan felt that it could not have been a coincidence.

"Did you like it?"

"I did, but why?" Xu Muyan felt her heart pounding wildly.

"You looked unhappy, so I wanted to cheer you up." Wang Haoran looked at Xu Muyan. "So, are you feeling better now?"

Meeting Wang Haoran's gaze, Xu Muyan nodded firmly.

Ding, one of the Female Leads, Xu Muyan, has gained +10 affection for the host. Current total affection: 60. (Heart Aroused)

Ding, the host has influenced the direction of the plot and gained 200 Villain Points.

"You went to all this trouble just to make me happy?" Xu Muyan gathered her courage and asked.

"Of course. We're friends, after all," Wang Haoran said with a smile.

"Y-yes, we're friends."

Xu Muyan smiled as well, though a trace of disappointment lingered in her heart.

Not far away.

Chu Bai, who was hiding beside a riverside flower garden, was furious when he saw the handsome young man and beautiful young woman gazing at each other.

He tore up quite a few of the flowers and plants beside him.

Just then.

A car suddenly pulled over by the roadside.

A grim-faced middle-aged man stepped out.

"Uncle Xu!"

Chu Bai's anger turned to delight as he waved at the middle-aged man.

"Where are Yan Yan and that brat named Wang Haoran?" Father Xu came before Chu Bai and asked in a low voice.

Father Xu was powerfully built, and his entire body seemed to brim with strength.

Chu Bai could clearly sense that Father Xu was suppressing his anger.

If that anger erupted through his fists, it would surely be terrifying.

Chu Bai could barely wait.

"They're over there!" He pointed after circling around the flower garden.

Father Xu strode heavily in the direction Chu Bai had indicated.

Chu Bai followed behind him, doing his best not to laugh.

"Yan Yan!"

Father Xu came up behind Xu Muyan and shouted.

Xu Muyan, who had been immersed in the beautiful moment, was abruptly jolted awake.

"Dad, why are you here? Where's Mom?" Xu Muyan had yet to grasp the situation.

She only thought that her mother had sent her father to pick her up.

"Why am I here?!" Father Xu roared, pointing at Wang Haoran.

"If I hadn't come, you would definitely have been tricked by this brat into some hotel tonight!"

Wang Haoran's heart skipped a beat.

Damn.

Was Xu Muyan's father really that accurate?!

If his lackey had not tipped him off about the call between Chu Bai and Xu Muyan's father,

Wang Haoran really would have coaxed Xu Muyan into going to a hotel.

As those thoughts flashed through his mind, Wang Haoran spent 100 Villain Points to immediately inspect Xu Muyan's father's attributes.

Judging by how worked up Xu Muyan's father was, he might attack Wang Haoran in a moment.

It was better to find out in advance.

Supporting Character: Xu Zheng (currently belongs to the protagonist's camp; can be won over)

Combat Power: 209

Charm Value: 103

Supporting Character Halo: None

Skill: Advanced Mixed Martial Arts

A Combat Power of 209 was quite high, but it was still far lower than Wang Haoran's Combat Power of 289.

If they truly fought one-on-one, Wang Haoran's Grandmaster Wing Chun would steadily defeat the other man's Advanced Mixed Martial Arts.

Currently belongs to the protagonist's camp? No wonder he was so willing to speak up for Chu Bai.

Can be won over? Did that mean that if Wang Haoran performed well, he could earn the man's approval?

Wang Haoran secretly speculated.

"Dad, what nonsense are you talking about? Wang Haoran and I were just taking a walk by the river." Seeing that her father was furious and seemed somewhat out of control, Xu Muyan tightly grabbed his arm.

Xu Zheng desperately wanted to rush forward and punch Wang Haoran, but he was afraid of hurting his daughter. Caught in a dilemma, he froze where he stood.

"Uncle Xu, we only met for the first time today, didn't we? You may have some misunderstanding about me," Wang Haoran said calmly.

"I'm not mistaken. It's nearly ten o'clock, and instead of going home, you asked my Yan Yan out here. How dare you say you had no improper intentions?!"

"I swear that if I asked Xu Muyan here with improper intentions, then may heaven strike me dead and condemn me to a miserable death!" Wang Haoran promptly made a vicious oath.

As a villain, he had to fear neither heaven nor earth. What was so frightening about making a vicious oath? If such oaths really came true, who knew how many people would be struck dead by lightning every day.

"Wang Haoran, stop making excuses. You definitely had bad intentions when you asked Xu Muyan here. I saw you just now—you tried several times to hold Xu Muyan's hand, and you even wanted to hug her." Chu Bai embellished his lie.

"Do you really think it's okay to lie like that?" Wang Haoran laughed.

This protagonist was bad enough for refusing to honor a bet, and now he was actually framing someone!

During his time with Xu Muyan just now, Wang Haoran had not made even the slightest move of that sort.

"You dare do it but not admit it?" Chu Bai sneered.

"It seems nothing I say will matter." Wang Haoran could not be bothered to explain anymore.

Xu Zheng was hostile toward him and trusted Chu Bai deeply.

After hearing Chu Bai say that, he became even angrier.

If Xu Muyan had not been tightly holding him back, he would likely have already rushed over to attack.

"Yan Yan!"

At that moment, a woman's voice rang out from nearby.

"Honey, w-why are you here?" Xu Zheng, still in the heat of his anger, froze.

The person who had arrived was Xu Muyan's mother—the Lawyer An Wang Haoran had met during the day.

"Yan Yan asked me to come pick her up," Lawyer An explained. Seeing that the atmosphere was somewhat off, she asked:

"What's going on?"

"This brat asked our daughter out late at night with improper intentions!" Xu Zheng shot Wang Haoran a vicious glare.

Lawyer An looked toward Wang Haoran in surprise.

"Young man, it's you!"

"You know each other?" Xu Zheng was stunned.

"I met him during the day because of a case," Lawyer An said.

"This brat got into trouble during the day too? I knew he was no good!" Xu Zheng snorted.

"What nonsense are you talking about? This young man was very brave during the day." Lawyer An told him about Wang Haoran's brave act of catching a thief.

Upon hearing that, Xu Zheng gradually calmed down and sized Wang Haoran up again.

His wife was a lawyer, so her judgment was beyond question, and there was even less chance that she would lie.

Besides, she had no reason to.

It seemed that Wang Haoran was not the ill-behaved rich second-generation heir Xu Zheng had imagined him to be.

Not only was he not one, he was practically a breath of fresh air.

After all, Xu Zheng had never heard of a rich second-generation heir willing to risk his life to uphold justice.

Ding, the host has changed supporting character Xu Zheng's impression of him and gained 100 Villain Points!