Zhao Yin had fled purely because Su Yi had scared him off.
After all, Su Yi really had come out of nowhere and seemed to fear neither heaven nor earth.
If he were merely a reckless hothead, that would have been manageable, but clearly, Su Yi was not that simple.
"What exactly do you want?" Lin Yiyun frowned. Her impression of Su Yi was not particularly good, but it was not particularly bad either.
Su Yi paused, looked at Lin Yiyun, and smiled. "Let's start over. My name is Su Yi. Let's be friends."
"Being friends sounds great! My name is Ding Miaomiao. I'm Yunyun's best friend. You can call me Miaomiao."
Before Lin Yiyun could speak, the girl beside her had already extended her small, fair, soft hand toward Su Yi.
"Hello." Su Yi shook her hand lightly. Compared with Lin Yiyun, this girl seemed much more ordinary.
She was slightly plump and youthful, with eyes that seemed to hold stars.
She was not as dazzling as Lin Yiyun, but she looked very cute.
Lin Yiyun also nodded to Su Yi. "My name is Lin Yiyun. In any case, thank you for what you did just now."
"You're welcome. You haven't eaten yet, have you? Want to join me?" Su Yi's smile was infectious. Though he looked so young, he was as warm and approachable as a kindly old man.
Lin Yiyun did not know what had gotten into her. Normally, if a boy invited her to eat, she would turn him down, just as she had Zhao Yin earlier.
Yet Su Yi gave her an unprecedented sense of warmth and familiarity.
She knew perfectly well that he had been drinking with a rich woman at the bar yesterday!
She really had no idea where this sense of familiarity came from.
"Let's go. Where are we going to eat?" Ding Miaomiao tugged at Lin Yiyun and asked, "Where are we eating?"
"The Bamboo Grove Bistro. My roommates are waiting for me." Of course, Su Yi had not forgotten that his three roommates were still waiting for him.
Lin Yiyun had originally wanted to refuse, but Ding Miaomiao looked utterly lovestruck and nodded. "Let's go, then. We shouldn't keep your friends waiting too long."
The Bamboo Grove Bistro was right inside University Town. Wang Junlin and the others had already taken their seats, but they were trembling a little now. Yu Xinghe and a group of sports students were also at the Bamboo Grove Bistro.
"Those guys from Room 306?" Everyone in Yu Xinghe's group wore a face mask, and the way they looked at Wang Junlin and the others was rather off.
"We didn't sort them out yesterday, and now we've run into them again. Brother Yu, should we take care of them?"
Ye Hu, the president of the Taekwondo Club, stole a glance at Wang Junlin and the others. After Su Yi had beaten them yesterday, the whole group had been too stunned to react. Once they got back, the more they thought about it, the angrier they became.
Yu Xinghe nodded without speaking, but his meaning was already perfectly clear.
They had suffered at Su Yi's hands, so they would take it out on his roommates.
Taking the hint, Ye Hu stood and went to sit at Wang Junlin's table.
Wang Junlin hurriedly put on a smile, took out a cigarette, and offered it to him. "Brother Hu, what a coincidence. You're eating here too."
Ye Hu crossed his legs, glanced disdainfully at the cigarette Wang Junlin offered, and scoffed. "I don't smoke that kind."
Not smoking and not smoking that kind were two entirely different things.
Ye Hu's words made his contempt for Wang Junlin very clear.
Wang Junlin could only smile awkwardly. "Sorry, Brother Hu. I'm a little strapped for cash, so these are all I can afford to smoke."
Ye Hu chuckled. "What was your name again?"
"Wang Junlin." Wang Junlin withdrew the cigarette, feeling a little embarrassed, but he could not afford to offend someone like Ye Hu. He could only back down.
Ye Hu sneered. "Yesterday, when we went after that Su guy, you just stood there watching. What was that supposed to mean?"
Wang Junlin did not quite know how to answer. Were they supposed to join Ye Hu and the others in attacking Su Yi?
Besides, even with all their numbers, Yu Xinghe and the others had been no match for Su Yi. Would adding the three of them have changed anything?
Jiang Biao, however, could no longer stand it. "If you want trouble with Su Yi, go find him. We haven't done anything to you. You think having money makes you so great?"
Ye Hu raised an eyebrow and stared at Jiang Biao, speaking through gritted teeth. "Say that again if you've got the guts!"
Jiang Biao had the worst temper in their dorm room, and he was exceptionally bullheaded. Provoked like this, he shot to his feet and glared at Ye Hu. "Isn't it true? Go find Su Yi if you're so capable! Don't think a few years of taekwondo make you some real expert. I'm not afraid of you. If you dare lay a hand on me today, I'll fight you to the bitter end!"
As he spoke, Jiang Biao had already grabbed a beer bottle beside him, looking ready to fight at any moment.
Ye Hu was almost intimidated.
Jiang Biao and the others were not rich, nor did they have any particular abilities, but as the saying went, the fierce feared the reckless, and the reckless feared those who did not care whether they lived. Jiang Biao was certainly reckless enough.
"You're fucking asking to die, aren't you?" Ye Hu cursed loudly. Relying on his strong physique, he seized the initiative and punched Jiang Biao in the face.
Wang Junlin hurried forward to try to break up the fight, but Jiang Biao was stubborn as a mule. After taking the punch, he did not even cry out in pain. He grabbed the beer bottle and smashed it toward Ye Hu's head.
Ye Hu had training, after all, and had been prepared. He raised his arm to block the bottle. It shattered, spraying beer everywhere.
"You actually dared to hit back?" Furious, Ye Hu grabbed Jiang Biao by the throat and roared, "Do you believe I'll fucking kill you?"
Once Ye Hu's side actually started fighting, the sports students and Taekwondo Club members could no longer stay seated. They all rose and restrained Wang Junlin and Yang Hui. The restaurant owner recognized the group too and could only approach with a smile, urging them not to fight.
Putting on the air of a young master, Yu Xinghe said casually, "Don't worry. It won't get out of hand. If we break anything of yours, I'll pay its full price."
The owner did not dare say more, much less call the police. Ye Hu pinned Jiang Biao's head against the table, but Jiang Biao kept shouting, "Ye Hu, fucking kill me today if you've got the guts! Otherwise, this isn't over between us!"
"Still pretty tough, aren't you?" Ye Hu grinned and patted Jiang Biao's cheek. He had not become president of the Taekwondo Club merely because he knew a little taekwondo. When it came to playing rough, he feared no one either. If Jiang Biao intimidated him today, he might as well give up showing his face from now on.
While the three roommates were being held down by the group, Su Yi walked in with two beautiful girls.
The sight of Su Yi only made Ye Hu and the others angrier.
Yesterday, they had been struck in the nose, leaving them all streaming tears and unable to fight back. But today, they had rallied their forces. Facing Su Yi again, they were not afraid.
Sometimes, having numbers really did bolster one's courage.
"What are you doing?" Su Yi glanced at Yu Xinghe, his gaze carrying a measure of intimidation. Of course, he did not go too far. Otherwise, a single look would probably have reduced Yu Xinghe to an idiot.
Under Su Yi's gaze, Yu Xinghe felt inexplicably uneasy, but he still steeled himself and said, "Su Yi, since we've run into you again today, we definitely can't let you just walk away like this!"