I Understand, but I Don't Like It...

"When we play games later, you boys should go easy on the others. Don't hurt the girls..."

The female class monitor was organizing everyone for some small games.

Su Ze walked straight over and signed in.

"Damn, Su Ze, you've got some serious luck with women!"

Apparently, the female class monitor could multitask.

She had just been organizing the event.

Yet the moment she turned around, she caught Su Ze and began teasing him again. "But you'd better be careful later. The guys from the accounting class are really jealous of you. They might go all out on you during the games. Sigh, if anyone's to blame, it's you for stealing away their Goddess senior."

"I'm not taking the blame for that."

Su Ze smiled and replied casually.

After chatting idly with the female class monitor for a few more moments,

Su Ze looked around and asked, "Where are Wang Zixin and Sun Bin?"

"Them? I think they went outside to buy something just now," another classmate said.

As soon as the words fell,

Su Ze saw Wang Zixin and Sun Bin appearing from the direction of the parking garage.

The two came running back excitedly.

One look at their expressions was enough to tell that they had run into something worth making a huge fuss over.

Sure enough.

The moment Wang Zixin rushed back, before he had even fully caught his breath, he started talking. "Holy shit! You might not believe this, but Sun Bin and I just ran into some plainclothes cops."

Sun Bin stood beside him, breathing heavily as he tried to calm his pounding heart, nodding along. "Yeah, yeah. I'd only ever seen that kind of thing on TV before..."

Wang Zixin took over. "There was seriously a whole van full of people. It stopped right beside Sun Bin and me, the door opened, and four or five big guys rushed out. Without saying a word, they tied us up and dragged us into the van... Luckily, after driving for a short distance, someone said they had grabbed the wrong people, so they threw us back out."

The crowd was stunned.

Who would have thought TV dramas really didn't lie? People actually could run into something like that...

Under normal circumstances, Su Ze would not have believed Wang Zixin's plainclothes-cop story, but he would not have thought much of it either.

But today was different.

Last night, Su Ze himself had encountered two burly men who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere...

"Where did they force you two into the van?"

Only after Wang Zixin had nearly finished his vividly embellished story did Su Ze speak up.

"Where else? Near the parking garage. Sun Bin and I went out to buy something, and since we figured you'd parked there, Ze Ge, we thought we'd go find you and come back up together. Then all that happened..."

The parking garage...

Su Ze frowned in thought.

Just as he was considering it, Qin Yushi came over and walked straight up to him.

"Su Ze, I want to fly a kite too. Keep me company?" Qin Yushi smiled sweetly, her lovely face drawing the gazes of everyone nearby.

"Sure..." Su Ze nodded, stood up, and left with Qin Yushi.

It looked like Qin Yushi was heading toward where Chen Keqing and the others were.

But halfway there, Qin Yushi slowed down, glancing around as she searched for somewhere suitable to sit and talk alone.

"Just pick a place and sit," Su Ze said, slowing down as well.

"Can we stand?" Qin Yushi tilted her head and asked.

"Stand? Sure, but we should probably pick a dark, secluded corner of the park. Standing out in the open would be a little too obvious." Su Ze joked.

"Ew—" Qin Yushi pursed her lips, then laughed coyly. "I don't really like doing it outdoors. I prefer something a little more pure and romantic."

Su Ze smiled but did not take the bait.

He followed Qin Yushi to a raised platform nearby. Leaning against the railing at its edge, they had an open view of nearly half the park.

"Let me think about where to begin." Qin Yushi put on a thoughtful expression until her gaze landed on Chen Keqing, who was flying a kite in the distance. "Is that pretty young lady your girlfriend?"

"..." Su Ze fell silent, as though he were hesitating over how to answer.

"It's fine. I'm a very open-minded person. I wouldn't mind if you kept a mistress." Qin Yushi giggled, her ample chest swaying enticingly.

"You're awfully nice, then," Su Ze said with a smile.

"Of course. So you should be more accommodating toward a good person like me..."

As she spoke, Qin Yushi's phone vibrated.

Someone had sent her a message. She casually glanced at the screen...

He really came...

Bai Zhimao really is a psycho...

Su Ze silently listened in on Qin Yushi's thoughts.

The name she had mentioned...

Bai Zhimao.

Su Ze had heard it in the thoughts of those two thugs last night. He was probably some young master from an influential family, with a background no weaker than Qin Yushi's.

"Look at this."

Qin Yushi handed her phone to Su Ze.

A surveillance video was playing on the screen.

It showed Su Ze beating up the two burly men by himself last night.

From the footage, Su Ze looked like a god of war possessed, effortlessly taking down both enemies.

But in truth, Su Ze was not that skilled. He had signed up for boxing classes before, but he had not learned any real techniques.

The only reason he had dealt with two enemies so stylishly in the footage was because he had borrowed the Support God's power.

Freezing time had allowed every dodge and every punch from Su Ze to be so precise and sharp.

"I didn't expect you to be this good..." Qin Yushi looked at Su Ze, genuinely curious. "I always thought you had to be a once-in-a-generation genius. It seems my judgment back then was right after all."

Starting from nothing and building a fortune of tens of millions before even turning twenty.

Qin Yushi had already known some of Su Ze's story.

That was why she had become a little interested in him.

And after what happened last night, she was even more interested...

"Just tell me. What's the background of that young master?" Su Ze asked with a faint smile, getting straight to the point.

"Oh, you guessed?" Qin Yushi widened her eyes. Then, becoming unusually serious, she explained, "The Bai family's second son, Bai Zhimao. He sent those people last night. He probably saw you taking me home and got jealous?"

"What's your relationship with him?" Su Ze asked again.

"There's nothing between us yet. But if nothing unexpected happens, the Bai family will come to propose next year. Then there might be something between us. He'll become my fiancé," Qin Yushi said calmly.

"Then what right does he have to be jealous now?" Su Ze asked with a smile.

"Maybe because I'm too charming? Heh. Fine, maybe he's just a little crazy and has too strong a possessive streak. He probably thinks he'll definitely marry me someday."

"I can understand that." Su Ze smiled faintly, then looked at Qin Yushi with curiosity. "What about you? Are you going to get engaged to him next year?"

"Well... honestly, he's pretty handsome. As for ability, he's among the best in our circle. It doesn't seem completely unacceptable." Qin Yushi said it in a joking tone.

But Su Ze had tasted her thoughts.

That answer was not entirely a joke.

Qin Yushi was also part of the upper class that considered whether people were well matched in social standing...

No, more accurately, she was the sort of person who accepted the rules of matching social status.

Though she herself did not have the habit of looking down on others, the truth was that these top-tier wealthy people and the poor were like different species. They simply could not end up together.

"Even if I can accept it, I don't really like it. If a man rode in on seven-colored clouds and suddenly told me he'd love me for the rest of his life, I might just leave with him immediately." Qin Yushi returned to her usual self and began hinting at Su Ze again.

What kind of reaction will he have...

Will he back off in the face of difficulty? Or will he show what he's really capable of and prove his charm...

Qin Yushi was waiting for Su Ze's response.

She was not only waiting for a verbal answer from him. She also wanted to see him take action.

By action, she naturally meant Su Ze proving through his actions that he was outstanding and intelligent.

Proving that even if he did not come from the same background as those young masters, his abilities were enough to earn him a place in that uppermost circle, perhaps even make him one of its best.

If this had been before,

Qin Yushi would not have said such things to Su Ze...

Because she knew Su Ze had no interest in such a goal.

But Su Ze's various performances last night seemed to indicate that he was interested now...

This was a misunderstanding.

Su Ze could understand it, but he did not like it.

Because he did not like how Qin Yushi habitually viewed things from the perspective of someone above others.

No wonder I treated Qin Yushi like that during the simulation...

Su Ze smiled to himself.

He remained silent and did not immediately give Qin Yushi an answer.

Besides, he had been gazing into the distance the whole time.

Because he had noticed a man with an extraordinary bearing staring in their direction as well...