Successfully Calming the Young Madam Down

"Assistant Fang, get the car ready. Postpone the meeting."

"Yes, CEO. If you need to revise anything, do it now. Check whatever needs checking." Following behind Bo Hanmo, Assistant Fang quietly reminded his colleagues as he passed.

What were they still standing around for? Hadn't they heard the meeting was postponed? They needed to take their documents back and get to work.

The grateful looks his colleagues sent Assistant Fang cost them nothing. The operations manager looked ready to kneel before the benefactor who had just called the boss.

"Big bro, hurry up! Sis-in-law is about to..." After calling his brother for help, Bo Zhe paced back and forth, clutching his phone.

"My wife is about to what? What's going on?" Bo Hanmo's gaze rested on Bo Zhe for only a moment.

He couldn't see Fang Yao anywhere. Then a wail came from nearby.

"Boss, wait for me. What the hell is going on?" Assistant Fang stopped, panting, with both hands on his knees. When he looked up, he saw the Young Madam standing with one foot on a man.

The man lay curled on the floor, arms over his head. Assistant Fang rubbed his eyes. No, he was still seeing the same thing.

Assistant Fang went rigid. His neck moved as if its joints had jammed, turning with a series of stiff clicks.

Neither Bo Hanmo nor Bo Zhe paid him any attention. Bo Hanmo raised an eyebrow. "Bo Zhe, explain what happened."

Bo Hanmo stepped forward, pulled Fang Yao into his arms, and patted her back to soothe her.

"There, there. Don't be angry. Tell me what he did to upset you."

Fang Yao kicked the man again. "He hit on me and wanted me to go with him."

Bo Hanmo's face darkened completely. Assistant Fang swallowed. This man had a death wish, daring to hit on the Young Madam.

Assistant Fang stood on tiptoe to look. Good lord, the man had been beaten so badly even his mother wouldn't recognize him.

"What were you two doing? I told you to stay by the Young Madam's side and protect her. If you can't do that, resign now." Bo Hanmo looked at the two Bodyguards standing off to the side.

"And you two. You must have conspired to bring your sister-in-law out. Fine. But when someone harassed her and she had to beat him up, you just stood there watching?"

"If you like watching shows so much, I'll send you off to perform in one."

The four of them lowered their heads dejectedly and took the scolding. Fang Yao scratched her head. Had Bo Hanmo misunderstood something? (๑•̌.•̑๑)ˀ̣ˀ̣

Should I explain that I told them not to interfere? He's just one thug. I could take on three of him without breaking a sweat.

Bo Hanmo heard Fang Yao's thoughts, and the rest of his lecture stuck in his throat. His expression turned from green to purple.

Bo Zhe and Bo Miao nodded vigorously in their hearts. Their sister-in-law was right.

Bo Zhe timidly raised his head and hand to speak.

"Go on." His wife's hand was sore and red from hitting that man. It was their fault as far as Bo Hanmo was concerned.

"Big bro, Sis-in-law went to try on clothes. Datou and the others were waiting for her inside the store. She wanted milk tea, so I went to buy some, and our little sister went to look at clothes in the store next door."

The second young master was a good man. He had explained on their behalf, too. It wasn't that they had failed to stay close; the Young Madam had gone into a fitting room, and they couldn't follow her there.

Bo Hanmo's expression eased a little.

Seeing that his brother no longer looked quite so stern, Bo Zhe held up the milk tea as proof. How could he have known that a thug would approach his sister-in-law in the brief time he was gone? If he had, he wouldn't have gone to buy it. He would have waited and gone to the milk tea shop with her afterward.

Bo Miao felt her eldest brother's icy gaze turn her way. "Big bro, Sis-in-law, I'm sorry. I..."

"All right, it wasn't their fault. If they'd followed me into the fitting room, they would've come out on stretchers. I sent Bo Zhe to buy milk tea because I was dying of thirst. Bo Zhe, give it here."

"Mmm, it's really good. Have a sip. Bo Miao went to browse the store next door, and I said she could. I know martial arts."

Fang Yao took a sip, then held the milk tea up to Bo Hanmo's mouth. Bo Zhe and the others reached out to stop her. The boss—their big brother—didn't drink unhealthy things like that. But the next second, their jaws dropped.

Assistant Fang: Holy shit, is that the boss? I thought he never drank this stuff! He must be possessed!

The Bodyguards: The boss didn't knock the Young Madam away. It's true love. He listens to her so well! (✧◡✧)

Bo Zhe: I should go to a temple and ask a master to drive the evil spirit out of Big Bro. Wait, no. I won't. It's my duty to protect Sis-in-law.

Bo Miao: Next time I make Big Bro angry, I'll ask Sis-in-law to save me! w(ﾟДﾟ)w

Bo Hanmo raised an eyebrow, and everyone looked away. Fang Yao hadn't realized how intimate the gesture was, and Bo Hanmo didn't point it out. He took a sip from the straw she held out.

The corner of his mouth lifted. The milk tea tasted pretty good.

The man on the floor stared blankly at the mall ceiling. He wished he could go back and beat himself senseless an hour ago.

An hour earlier.

"Sis-in-law, let's look at some clothes. That one's so pretty." Passing a store, Bo Miao spotted an outfit inside and pulled Fang Yao over to the window.

Bo Miao shook Fang Yao's arm, but Fang Yao was more interested in resting at the milk tea shop downstairs than looking at clothes.

"Stop shaking me. You're going to shake my insides out. Go on, then."

"Yay!" Bo Miao jumped with excitement when Fang Yao agreed and pulled her into the store.

The two Bodyguards behind them already had bags hanging from both arms. Bo Zhe looked at his empty wallet and collapsed onto a sofa in the store.

Bo Miao's excitement rubbed off on Fang Yao, who began picking out clothes she liked.

"Bo Zhe, could you get me a milk tea from downstairs? I haven't had one in ages." Fang Yao had no trouble asking him to run an errand.

Bo Zhe sprang up. "Sure, Sis-in-law. I'll go now. Anything you want in particular?"

"No. Pick one for me."

"OK."

"Second Brother, get me one too." Bo Miao emerged after trying on an outfit and raised her hand to place her order.

Bo Zhe gave her an okay sign. He would do anything as long as she didn't ask him to judge her clothes.

After admiring the outfit she had on, Bo Miao went back to change into her own clothes. She kept browsing until an item in the store next door caught her eye.

"Sis-in-law, what kind of clothes are those? I've never seen anything like them."

Fang Yao had excellent eyesight and spotted the item Bo Miao meant at a glance.

"That's a hoodie. If you like it, go take a look. I'm going to try this on." Fang Yao held an outfit against herself, but she couldn't tell how it would look without trying it on.

"Okay, Sis-in-law. I'm going over." Bo Miao hurried off.

A man happened to see Fang Yao come out of the fitting room. Attracted by her looks, he walked over to hit on her.

"Hey, beautiful. All alone? Come have some fun with me." He reached for Fang Yao's shoulder and opened his wallet to show her the money inside.

Fang Yao Σ(⊙▽⊙"a

Does he think I'm a gold digger or a hostess? Seeing him reach for her, Fang Yao clenched her fists.

"I am alone. Where do you want to take me?" The innocent look on Fang Yao's beautiful face went straight to the man's heart.

When he failed to put his arm around her shoulders, he assumed she was playing hard to get. If she wouldn't let him touch her shoulder, he would touch her waist instead. He had been eyeing that slender waist from the start.