Ye Mengyao's Shyness—Jiang Che Saved Me!

"You're no good either!"

Jiang Che, sitting in the building opposite, had seen the entire scene clearly and inwardly grumbled.

This Lin Yu was useless too. All he cared about was showing off.

How could someone get so worked up over showing off when he was alone?

A shot struck Lin Yu directly in the shoulder, spraying a burst of blood. Lin Yu went completely numb.

Brother Dao was holding a handgun, glaring viciously at Lin Yu.

"Heh... a master of ancient martial arts?"

Brother Dao's face carried a trace of mockery. Ancient martial arts were not exactly some great secret in this world.

Lin Yu clutched his chest, his face pale as he stared at Brother Dao.

He had miscalculated. He should not have been so overconfident. If he had not taken those two baton strikes head-on... with his abilities, he could still have dodged bullets.

"Who are you? Release Ye Mengyao now! I already called the police!"

"Heh..."

What followed was an exceedingly boring segment.

They traded insults. As a villain with a handgun, Brother Dao simply did not take Lin Yu seriously.

Then, as usual, the villain died from talking too much. Lin Yu said...

"I bet your gun has no bullets left."

And ridiculously enough... Brother Dao's gun really was out of bullets.

Lin Yu charged forward, only to find that Brother Dao was also a master of ancient martial arts, at the initial stage of Dark Force.

The two began fighting again, and Lin Yu ultimately eked out a victory with the Protagonist's Aura.

This twist-filled sequence was certainly entertaining enough that Jiang Che, watching from the neighboring building, almost wanted to buy some sunflower seeds to snack on.

"Cough, cough... Yaoyao! Yaoyao!"

Limping, Lin Yu made his way toward Ye Mengyao on the sofa. By then, he had already begun feeling moved by his own actions. He had suffered severe injuries to save Ye Mengyao...

Once the girl woke up, she would surely be incredibly touched, right?

She definitely would. As long as Yaoyao fell for him, the wounds on his body would all be worth it.

As he thought about it, Lin Yu involuntarily coughed up a mouthful of blood, making him look even more miserable.

Just as he fantasized about winning the beauty's heart any moment now—

Bang!

A dull thud rang out. Lin Yu felt a sharp pain at the back of his head.

Then his vision went black, and he dropped to the floor with a thud. Before passing out, his lips moved faintly. "There's... a sneak..."

"You sure talk a lot!"

Jiang Che weighed the brick in his hand. Bricks really were the best!

As the saying went: When fighting, use a brick! Aim for the head! Hit hard! If you miss, hit again! Once the right hand is done, use the left! If the brick breaks, use a shoe! Keep hitting until they're dead.

Just to be safe, he gave the collapsed Lin Yu another blow to the head with the brick.

Lin Yu's body twitched, then went completely still.

There was no way he was dead. Sons of Destiny were tough as nails!

Jiang Che rolled his wrist and walked over to the other kidnappers, checking them one by one for survivors.

"Waaah..."

The knocked-out fat man woke up just then, terror in his eyes as he looked at Jiang Che. The first thing he saw upon waking was this young man beating someone to death with a brick.

"Stop whining. Ye Mengyao's about to wake up!"

There was no way Jiang Che would leave any survivors.

A chop to the neck directly shattered the man's throat. Before long, Brother Pig had gone to Western Heaven to pay his respects to the Buddha.

After finishing off each of them, Jiang Che used a rope to hang Lin Yu up.

Once everything was done, police sirens happened to sound from downstairs outside.

Jiang Che's lips curled into a smile. The timing was just right.

The next second, the brick in his hand vanished into thin air as he stored it in the jade pendant space. He could not leave behind the weapon he had used to knock Lin Yu out.

Jiang Che also smeared a few drops of blood onto himself.

The scene was now crystal clear: Lin Yu had arrived first to save Ye Mengyao, but was overpowered and tied up. Then Jiang Che arrived... fought the criminals, and successfully rescued Ye Mengyao.

"Mmh~"

Ye Mengyao, who had been unconscious, slowly opened her eyes.

The figure before her was Jiang Che's back...

Ye Mengyao endured the pounding pain in her head and pushed herself up with her arms.

After looking around, how could someone as smart as her not know what had happened to her?

She only remembered that not long after leaving the school gates, someone had covered her mouth from behind. Then she lost consciousness.

She had been kidnapped!

With people sprawled all over the ground around her, had this person saved her?

But why did his back look so familiar?

Gradually... that figure began to overlap with the familiar figure in her heart.

"Jiang Che! Is that you? Did you save me?"

Jiang Che slowly turned around, his gaze calm and unreadable, even somewhat cold.

He said nothing.

But Ye Mengyao, who was so good at letting her imagination run wild, had already concocted the reason.

To save her... he had ventured alone into a den of danger and faced so many criminals.

In an instant, a tear slid down her cheek.

"Jiang Che! You still like me, don't you?"

"Heh... I only did it to maintain the relationship between the Jiang Family and the Ye Family. Besides, even if an ordinary classmate were in danger... I wouldn't just stand by and watch them die."

Jiang Che's words only made Ye Mengyao cry harder.

"I don't believe you. You definitely still like me."

As she spoke, Ye Mengyao actually hugged Jiang Che from behind.

Her tears soaked through Jiang Che's thin shirt.

Even Ye Mengyao was surprised. Her... her aversion to men was gone?

She actually didn't dislike being in contact with Jiang Che!

That realization made Ye Mengyao incredibly happy.

But she was happy too soon. Jiang Che knew very well that his persona right now was supposed to be cold and aloof.

If he wanted to tame this tsundere young lady, this little crematorium was far from enough.

"Miss Ye, the police will be here soon. I don't want any unnecessary misunderstandings between us."

Jiang Che immediately played hard to get, trying to break free from Ye Mengyao's embrace, but she refused to let go.

Before long, the police officers rushed in one after another.

Then they all froze.

When Ye Changkong and his wife saw that Ye Mengyao was safe and sound, the anxiety on their faces finally eased. Lin Xue in particular had cried until her face was covered in tears.

Yu Wan'er, who had arrived with the police, ran over. When she saw Ye Mengyao holding Jiang Che, she was dazed for a moment.

An inexplicable sourness spread through her heart.

But it lasted only an instant, so brief that even Yu Wan'er herself failed to notice it.

Only then did Jiang Che forcefully break free from Ye Mengyao's embrace. I've already done everything I needed to do.

Now it's up to you to fill in the blanks yourselves.

The scene was simply too easy to read. One look was enough to tell that Jiang Che had saved Ye Mengyao. As for Lin Yu, hanging from the ceiling?

Hardly anyone paid attention to him. It was only thanks to a kindhearted police officer calling emergency services that an ambulance came and took him away.

"Yaoyao, what happened? Are you hurt?"

"Sister Yaoyao, I was so worried!" Yu Wan'er hugged Ye Mengyao and even started crying, though it was impossible to tell whether she truly meant it.

"I'm fine. Jiang Che saved me!"

Ye Mengyao lightly bit her lower lip and pointed at Jiang Che with a slender finger.

There was a trace of shy embarrassment on her face.