Madly Adding Insult to Injury

Xu Muyan listened to her mother's description from the side and felt it was thrilling.

She hadn't expected that something like this would happen after Wang Haoran took an afternoon off.

"Dad, I told you you misunderstood Wang Haoran. He's different from other rich second-generations. Do you believe me now?" Xu Muyan huffed.

"Old Xu, I think you must have made a mistake. Yan Yan even used his phone to call me. How could he have any improper intentions?" Lawyer An said.

Xu Zheng glanced at Chu Bai: "But I heard him say that Wang Haoran gathers a group of lackeys at school and acts like a bully all day, and that he's had many girlfriends."

Hearing this, Xu Muyan glanced at Chu Bai in shock and said to Xu Zheng:

"How could that be? It's true that many students at school look up to Wang Haoran, but acting like a bully is really an exaggeration. Wang Haoran's academic performance is very good, no worse than mine. How could he have so much time to act like a bully with his lackeys? As for having many girlfriends, that's even more ridiculous."

"Is that so?" Xu Zheng asked Chu Bai.

Chu Bai lowered his head guiltily.

He had indeed slandered Wang Haoran like that, but he hadn't expected Xu Zheng to say it out loud on the spot.

"I exaggerated a little," Chu Bai said, biting the bullet and responding sheepishly to Xu Zheng.

Xu Zheng frowned.

He could see that Chu Bai liked his daughter, but it was truly unethical for Chu Bai to slander others because of it.

"Chu Bai, this is not good," Xu Zheng slightly reprimanded Chu Bai.

"Uncle Xu, compared to him almost killing someone, this is nothing at all," Wang Haoran couldn't help but twist the knife into Chu Bai.

"Almost killed someone?" Xu Zheng was very surprised.

"You don't know yet, it's like this..." Wang Haoran recounted Chu Bai's performance in catching the thief at the Jade Factory that afternoon.

"President Tang mentioned this matter to me. Originally, President Tang wanted to sue him, but because the Principal intervened, President Tang dropped the matter," Lawyer An said.

Xu Zheng's gaze towards Chu Bai immediately changed.

Ding, the Host has successfully twisted the knife. Supporting character Xu Zheng's impression of protagonist Chu Bai has dropped to zero. Xu Zheng has left the protagonist's camp and is currently in a neutral state.

Ding, the Host has influenced the plot's direction and gained 100 Villain Points.

Receiving the system's notification, Wang Haoran couldn't help but chuckle inwardly.

This was just the first twist of the knife; the second one hadn't come yet.

Calculating the time, Fan Jian should be here by now, right? Could that guy have messed up? Wang Haoran was a little worried.

It was all the fault of the Silly Author who wrote this novel for giving him such a brain-dead lackey.

Damn! At this moment, the sound of bicycle brakes screeched by the roadside.

Fan Jian had finally arrived.

He parked his bicycle, scanned the surroundings, and walked towards the Riverside.

"Did you take the money I dropped?" Fan Jian questioned Chu Bai.

"What nonsense are you talking about? What money of yours did I take? You dropped your money and you're looking for me? That's hilarious." Chu Bai was a little nervous inside, but his expression remained calm.

"I took the small path, and I didn't encounter anyone else along the way. I only ran into you. I clearly remember that the money was on me before I met you, and it was gone after I met you. If you didn't pick it up, who did? Did you hide it in your backpack?" Fan Jian's gaze flickered behind Chu Bai.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Chu Bai curled his lip in disdain, but his hand subconsciously grabbed his backpack.

"Open your bag and let me see. If it's not there, I'll apologize to you."

"No need, and I won't show you my bag."

"Let me see!" Fan Jian became anxious and rushed forward, wrestling with Chu Bai.

However, with Fan Jian's build, how could he be Chu Bai's opponent?

But fortunately, Uncle Xu intervened in time and pulled the two apart, saving Fan Jian from a beating.

Wang Haoran stepped forward and said, "Fan Jian, your money fell on the road. Who knows who picked it up? It's a bit unreasonable for you to directly ask Chu Bai for it."

These words sounded very fair, and Chu Bai was surprised, unconsciously letting down his guard.

But at this moment, Wang Haoran snatched Chu Bai's bag. "I believe Chu Bai didn't take it. If you don't believe me, I'll open the bag and show you!"

He possessed Grandmaster Wing Chun and could throw over ten punches in a second. His movements were as fast as lightning, so snatching the bag was naturally effortless.

Chu Bai didn't even have time to stop him.

As soon as the bag was opened, a wad of red bills was revealed inside.

"Uh, this..." Wang Haoran fell silent.

Fan Jian knew his time to perform had arrived and immediately said, "This is my money. I told you Chu Bai picked it up, and he still tried to argue."

He pointed at Chu Bai's nose, his voice filled with anger and a hint of a sob:

"I took this money out for my grandma's medical treatment. You actually thought of pocketing it for yourself. You're simply not human. Do you know that if my grandma doesn't have this money for treatment, she might die!"

Of course, the story about his grandma being sick was made up by Fan Jian.

When he asked for leave, he often used this kind of excuse: grandma is sick, grandpa is sick, dad is sick... Anyway, all the relatives related to Fan Jian would get "sick" at some point.

The more he told the same lies, the more experience he accumulated.

Except for Wang Haoran, who knew the inside story, everyone else believed Fan Jian's words.

The Xu Muyan family of three looked at Chu Bai differently.

[Ding, Host's behind-the-scenes manipulation has caused supporting character Xu Zheng's impression of protagonist Chu Bai to decrease. Current state is disgust.]

[Ding, Host has influenced the plot's direction, gaining 100 Villain Points!]

Wang Haoran received the system's notification.

The Villain Points reward he received was only from Uncle Xu.

There were none from Xu Muyan or Lawyer An.

This was because Xu Muyan's impression of Chu Bai was already disgust before this, and Wang Haoran had already received a reward once.

This reward could not be obtained repeatedly.

As for Lawyer An, she did not belong to the protagonist's faction; she was even already in Wang Haoran's faction.

Therefore, even if Lawyer An disliked Chu Bai, it wouldn't generate Villain Points.

"I found this money, but I wasn't actually planning on not returning it to you. I just wanted to scare you a bit because you were so arrogant before," Chu Bai explained, trying to excuse himself.

However, this explanation was truly weak and pale.

It couldn't change the dislike the Xu Muyan family felt towards him.

Wang Haoran was very happy to see this situation.

As long as Chu Bai didn't have the opportunity to build good relationships with the Xu Muyan family, their dislike would persist.

"Hiss..."

Suddenly, Xu Zheng stumbled, clutching his lower abdomen with a pained expression.

Seeing this, Xu Muyan and her mother were startled and quickly asked what was wrong.

However, Xu Zheng quickly returned to normal.

"There was a sharp pain in my left lower abdomen just now, but it's fine now."

"Are you really okay? Do you want to go to the hospital for a check-up?" Xu Muyan was worried.

"Your dad's body is very healthy. There's no need to go to the hospital for something like this," Xu Zheng refused directly.

"Husband, maybe you should still go for a check-up," Lawyer An also added.

"No, no, I said I'm fine." Xu Zheng's mind was made up.

His health had always been excellent; he didn't even catch a cold once a year and was practically immune to places like hospitals.

Wang Haoran stood to the side, observing Xu Zheng's resolute attitude, and fell into deep thought.

The Xu Muyan family's impression of Chu Bai was very poor right now. Could this sudden incident with Xu Zheng be the Protagonist Halo acting up, creating an opportunity for Chu Bai to regain their favor? Wang Haoran had encountered similar situations several times before.

However, Chu Bai's ability was Clairvoyance, not some kind of divine doctor protagonist. Could he possibly help Xu Zheng with his illness? That's right, Clairvoyance!

Wang Haoran suddenly realized and immediately focused, using Clairvoyance to examine the area on Xu Zheng's lower abdomen that he had just been holding.