Don't Come Any Closer!

"What a beautiful girl."

Xiao Wu froze. She had never seen such a beautiful girl before. Her striking silver hair, in particular, made her seem exceptionally noble.

"Lu Chen, who is she? Why is she on my bed?"

Xiao Wu stood up from the bed, hands on her hips as though demanding an explanation.

"Uh, if I remember correctly, this should be my bed."

Lu Chen rubbed his nose. He had never expected Gu Yuena to sneak onto his bed while he was asleep.

For the time being, he did not want Tang San to know about Gu Yuena. It made no sense and would be hard to explain. Tang San had grown up with him, and everyone Lu Chen knew, Tang San knew as well.

Just as Xiao Wu kept pestering Lu Chen, determined to force him to reveal who Gu Yuena was, Gu Yuena, who had been sleeping soundly, woke up too.

"Na'er, you're awake?"

Lu Chen was delighted and helped Na'er sit up.

Gu Yuena rubbed her sleepy eyes and opened her silver pupils. When she saw Lu Chen looking at her so gently, joy welled up in her heart, and she suddenly threw herself into his arms.

"Brother, I'm hungry," Gu Yuena whispered.

"Mm, let's go to the cafeteria for breakfast."

Lu Chen gently held Gu Yuena's little hand. After greeting Little San, he headed toward the cafeteria under the guidance of the other students.

The cafeteria was in another building, and they had to cross the entire playground to reach it.

The cafeteria had two floors. The food on the first floor was cheap but not very tasty, only enough to fill one's stomach.

The food on the second floor was good, but rather expensive. Teachers and wealthy students generally ate there.

"Xiao Wu, let's go have breakfast too."

Tang San came over then and kindly invited Xiao Wu.

"Is Xiao Wu something you can call me? Call me Sister Xiao Wu! And who wants to have breakfast with you, you rabbit-eating bastard?"

Xiao Wu felt that Lu Chen was ignoring her, and she stamped her feet in fury.

After arriving at the cafeteria, Lu Chen kept holding Gu Yuena's little hand as he walked ahead. Xiao Wu followed right behind him, glaring at him with an unhappy expression and muttering nonstop.

"Brother Chen, who is this little girl? Why have I never seen her before?"

Tang San finally could not hold back any longer. He had never seen this girl in Holy Soul Village, and it was their first time coming to Nuoding City.

"She's my little sister. I recognized her as one last night," Lu Chen said without batting an eye.

"Little sister?" Tang San was puzzled and was about to ask more when he saw Lu Chen lead that beautiful girl toward the second floor, with Xiao Wu following after them.

"Brother Chen, the food on the second floor is very expensive. We can't afford it. Let's eat on the first floor."

Tang San spoke up to stop him. Yesterday, he had found Wang Sheng and learned the school's basic situation from him.

The second floor of the cafeteria was basically a place only wealthy people went.

"Well, well, aren't these the poor work-study students?"

An unpleasant voice suddenly came from the second floor of the cafeteria.

On the stairs to the second floor, a group of people blocked the stairway and looked down at Lu Chen, Tang San, and the others.

Tang San looked toward the voice and found a group of older students looking down at them from above.

The speaker was a fairly handsome youth around eleven or twelve years old, his eyes filled with contempt. "Since when did poor work-study students like you dare come to the second floor to eat?"

"Oh, I know. You must be here to see whether there are any leftovers on the tables, hahaha."

The leading youth's mockery immediately drew laughter from the surrounding students. Xiao Wu had already been in a bad mood, and hearing this made her even angrier.

"Leftovers? I think you're asking to eat this young lady's palm."

Wind seemed to gather beneath Xiao Wu's feet as she prepared to teach this foul-mouthed fellow a lesson, but Tang San stopped her.

"Don't cause trouble. We're here to eat."

"You're this afraid of trouble? They're already bullying us!"

Xiao Wu looked at Tang San with some disdain. Despite not being weak, he turned out to be such a coward. Her impression of Tang San dropped even further.

Tang San shook his head without explaining. He had the mind of an adult—why would he stoop to competing with a group of immature children?

"Huh, I didn't notice just now. There's actually such a cute little loli among these poor people." Boss Xiao's eyes lit up when he saw Xiao Wu.

"Boss, there's an even prettier one over there!" A lackey-like boy whispered into Xiao Chenyu's ear.

Boss Xiao looked in the direction his lackey indicated, and the instant he saw Gu Yuena, he was completely stunned.

He had been at the academy for six years, yet he had never seen such a cute and noble girl.

"Little sister, how come I've never seen you before? How about big brother treats you to a meal? You can have whatever you want."

Surrounded by his lackeys, Boss Xiao walked over and enthusiastically invited Gu Yuena.

"I think you really are asking for a slap."

Lu Chen was displeased. He was standing right here—couldn't this guy see him?

He had run into such a cliché scene just by coming out for a meal. Was this forcing him to show off and slap someone in the face?

"Who the hell are you, kid? Say that again." Boss Xiao frowned. Being verbally reprimanded by a lower-grade student in front of his lackeys made him feel deeply humiliated.

"A mere work-study student, how dare you speak to Boss Xiao like—"

Slap.

Lu Chen swung a palm, sending the clamoring lackey beside Boss Xiao flying down the stairs.

"How dare—"

Slap.

Another lackey rolled down the stairs. Xiao Wu and Tang San, who were standing on the stairs, immediately stepped aside.

"You—"

Slap.

"Boss Xiao—"

Slap.

Slap.

Slap...

After more than a dozen slaps in a row, every one of Xiao Chenyu's lackeys had been slapped by Lu Chen and sent rolling down the stairs.

Boss Xiao watched in terror. Many of his lackeys were only one level weaker than him, while Liu Long, his enforcer, was even one level stronger than him. Yet he had been sent flying with a single slap.

"Don't come any closer!!"

Boss Xiao cried out in terror, involuntarily taking several steps back.

"My father is the City Lord of Nuoding City! If you dare hit me, I'll have my father find a way to expel you," Boss Xiao threatened.

The moment Lu Chen heard Boss Xiao's words, he immediately stopped.

Seeing that his status as the City Lord's son had intimidated the boy before him, Boss Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately put on a fierce expression. "I'll remember today's grudge. I'm the son of Nuoding City's City Lord. If you're not afraid of offending me, then come over and hit me."

"Come on, hit me!"

Boss Xiao provocatively crooked a finger at Lu Chen.

Slap slap slap slap slap slap slap...

"Don't misunderstand. I wasn't afraid of you. I was just thinking about how many slaps I should give you."