Su Yi gave Yu Xinghe a long look. He wouldn't let him leave?
It seemed he hadn't planned on leaving anyway.
He finally had a little money on him and wanted to try the food of today. How could he possibly leave just like that?
"So you mean... you want to fight?" Su Yi's pupils narrowed slightly, a sharp light flashing in his eyes.
That single look sent a shiver through Yu Xinghe's heart, but he still braced himself and said, "Then let's fight! You think I'm scared of you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the people inside the restaurant grabbed anything they could use as weapons and eyed Su Yi like hungry tigers, ready to strike at any moment.
Su Yi was constantly reminding himself now that he was just an ordinary student, a scholar.
Getting physical would be somewhat inappropriate.
"Your sister will be here any moment. Are you sure you want to fight me?" Su Yi tilted his head. In principle, he didn't want to fight these kids.
"Are you bluffing?" Yu Xinghe instinctively glanced outside, then fixed his gaze on Lin Yiyun and Ding Miaomiao. He sneered, "Kid, it'd be perfect if my sister came. She could see exactly what kind of scumbag you are."
Yu Xinghe already believed Su Yi was the marriage partner his family had arranged for his sister, yet here Su Yi was with Lin Yiyun and the others. This was ironclad proof that he was a scumbag. Did it even need saying?
"A scumbag?" Su Yi took out his phone and leisurely searched for the meaning of the term.
After finishing his search, he was certain Yu Xinghe had misunderstood.
"Su Yi, let me spell it out for you. You and my sister are never happening. I'll tell my grandfather about what happened today. If you really are someone my grandfather arranged for her, you'll only die an even more miserable death!" Yu Xinghe gritted his teeth, already making calculations.
If Su Yi really was the fiancé his grandfather had arranged for Yu Huiyin, then Su Yi had cheated on his sister and insulted the entire Yu family.
Would his grandfather let Su Yi off?
Su Yi smiled without speaking. It seemed this misunderstanding really did run deep!
If he really were interested in Yu Huiyin, Yu Guoan would probably wake up laughing from his dreams. Unfortunately, Su Yi felt nothing much for Yu Huiyin.
He offered no explanation, because Yu Huiyin had been three hundred meters away from him earlier, then followed him the whole way, lingered outside for a while, and was now walking toward the Bamboo Grove Bistro. She was only a hundred meters away.
Seeing him remain silent, Yu Xinghe thought he had struck the heart of the matter. The corners of his lips lifted as he said, "Tell me, if I had someone beat you up right now, would my grandfather blame me?"
It felt a little like catching someone cheating, with a third party on the scene. Whether Su Yi was involved with Lin Yiyun or Ding Miaomiao, or even neither of them, as Yu Huiyin's younger brother, giving Su Yi a beating first after seeing something like this didn't seem like any big deal.
Without a trace of fear, Su Yi said evenly, "Then go ahead."
Yu Huiyin was only forty meters from the Bamboo Grove Bistro now. He believed she wouldn't stand by and do nothing.
"You think I don't have the guts?" Yu Xinghe signaled to the people around him with his eyes. "Do it. I'll take responsibility for all the consequences!"
No sooner had he spoken than a student swung a beer bottle at Su Yi's forehead, cursing, "Fuck, I've been sick of the sight of you for ages!"
Su Yi casually grabbed the table beside him and flipped it over. The man's bottle smashed against the tabletop, splashing beer all over him, and the table knocked him stumbling as well. If someone behind him hadn't caught him, he would have taken a nasty fall.
"What are you doing?"
Just then, a sharp female shout came from the restaurant entrance.
Who else could it have been but Yu Huiyin?
The moment she entered, she saw Yu Xinghe's people attacking Su Yi, but she also saw Su Yi flip the entire table with one hand. From how effortlessly he did it, he had clearly trained.
Yu Xinghe feared nothing else, but he feared this sister of his. Hearing Yu Huiyin's voice, he immediately shuddered in fright, though he soon calmed down.
"Sis! This guy's been fooling around with women everywhere. I couldn't stand it, so I had them teach him a lesson." Yu Xinghe's justification sounded perfectly righteous. Surely his sister wouldn't blame him.
Now he could also put Su Yi on the spot and let Yu Huiyin see what kind of person he was.
Yu Huiyin's expression grew even colder at that. "What does his fooling around have to do with you? Yu Xinghe, you're getting more and more out of line. Picking fights at the drop of a hat-how are you any different from a street punk?"
"I... I don't do that!" Yu Xinghe was so anxious that even his neck turned red. "Besides, this Su guy is definitely no good. He was with you yesterday, and today he's brought them here to eat. Sis, you absolutely can't fall for his tricks."
"Shut up!" Yu Huiyin snapped coldly. Her face had reddened just listening to him. The way Yu Xinghe put it, it sounded as though there was something between her and Su Yi.
Yu Xinghe could only duck his head sheepishly, not daring to speak.
One of the lackeys behind him asked quietly, "Young Master Yu, are we still fighting?"
"Fight, my ass! All of you, clear out!" Yu Xinghe pointed at Ye Hu and shouted, "Ye Hu, what do I always tell you? Don't bully your classmates. Let him go already."
Looking utterly stunned, Ye Hu could only release Jiang Biao.
After breaking free of him, Jiang Biao swung back and punched Ye Hu in the face, shouting, "Ye Hu, I'll remember what happened today!"
"Now you're getting cocky!"
Ye Hu was just about to strike when Yu Xinghe stepped forward and held him back. "Enough. Hurry up and go!"
"Fine! I'll give Young Master Yu face today. Jiang Biao, right? I'll remember you!" Ye Hu pointed at Jiang Biao's nose, left him with that threat, then led his people out of the restaurant.
The restaurant owner finally breathed a sigh of relief too. Judging by the way things had looked, if a real fight had broken out, his place would surely have been smashed to pieces.
Yu Xinghe's crowd dispersed in the blink of an eye. Only then did Su Yi ask Yu Huiyin, "Were you looking for me?"
Yu Huiyin had been following him for a while, so she ought to have had something to see him about.
"Yes." Yu Huiyin nodded, hesitating to speak. After a moment's hesitation, she said, "I'd like to become your disciple."
Su Yi shook his head. "I don't take disciples, especially female disciples."
Needless to say, Yu Guoan must have told her to try becoming his disciple.
If Yu Huiyin really could become Su Yi's disciple, the Yu family would surely reach new heights within a hundred years, but Su Yi had no intention of taking a disciple.
Yu Xinghe and the others looked at Su Yi, then at Yu Huiyin, completely unable to make sense of what was happening.
Become his disciple?
People still did that these days?
Yu Huiyin's pretty face flushed slightly, and she asked again, "Then we can at least be friends, right?"
Su Yi said, "Fine, then."
His tone could hardly have sounded more reluctant, as though Yu Huiyin asking to be his friend had somehow subjected him to a great injustice.
In truth, he didn't care at all how the Yu family developed in the future. His ties with Yu Guoan and the others could be considered at an end, but he wasn't opposed to becoming friends with their descendants.
Over all these years, whenever he awoke, the descendants of old acquaintances would more or less want to forge some connection with him again. It was nothing unusual, and many times he hadn't refused. This time was no different.