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After Q Rui left Jianyuan Road, it was about half past one in the afternoon. Since there was an exam at three o'clock, Ye Xiao and the others went straight to the family quarters of Minghai Academy, which was Su Yun's residence.
Inside one of Su Yun's rooms!
At that moment, there were only two people in the room, one was Ye Xiao, and the other was Little Tang Rong.
"Big brother, do you have something to tell me?" Tang Rong, ever so clever, realized when Ye Xiao had her enter the room alone, and after coming in, Ye Xiao didn't speak but instead lit a cigarette and began to smoke it with a look of deep melancholy.
When Ye Xiao heard Tang Rong speak to him, his eyes immediately turned to Tang Rong. At this moment, Tang Rong's eyes were filled with innocence, which made him at a loss for words. To any other woman, Ye Xiao could be frivolous and deceptive, but when faced with Tang Rong, Ye Xiao found himself completely unable to utter even a slightly deceitful word.
Ye Xiao looked at Tang Rong but ultimately didn't say a word.
Tang Rong really was an exceptionally well-known little girl. When Ye Xiao was indecisive, Tang Rong stood up, walked over to him, and looked up at him with her doe-like eyes.
"Big brother, do you want me to go to the Tang family in the Northern Territory?" Tang Rong asked him seriously.
Ye Xiao was stunned for a moment upon hearing Tang Rong's words as she had seen right through his thoughts. He sighed and then said, "Rongrong!"
Tang Rong continued, "Big brother, I'm sorry for causing you trouble, I...I… um, big brother, I'm willing to go!"
Tang Rong's words filled Ye Xiao with a sense of shame. Ye Xiao, usually eloquent, found himself at a loss for words. He feared he would truly regret it if he actually sent Tang Rong away!
Ye Xiao stood up and, seeing the tears brimming in the corners of Tang Rong's eyes, hugged her tightly and said in the gentlest voice, "Rongrong, big brother will not let anyone take you away, nor will I send you anywhere. I will definitely protect you."
"Big brother…"
Tang Rong's tears fell once more.
Perhaps it was because too much had happened in the past few hours, more than the twelve-year-old Tang Rong could handle. Therefore, after sobbing for a while, she fell asleep in Ye Xiao's arms.
Ye Xiao placed Tang Rong on the bed, looking at her slightly furrowed brows, his heart ached.
Having never met his own parents since childhood and confining his yearning for them deep within his heart, Ye Xiao could sometimes completely forget those unseen parents. But Tang Rong was different; she surely had received the purest fatherly and motherly love for twelve years. However, just a few hours ago, she had been separated from that parental love forever, never to receive it again. How could her small heart not be grieved? While Tang Rong did not express her sadness, Ye Xiao could see clearly.
Watching the peaceful Tang Rong lying on the bed, Ye Xiao could only sigh softly. He really wanted to smoke at that moment but refrained from doing so to avoid exposing Tang Rong to secondhand smoke.
After an indeterminate amount of time, the door to the room was opened. Ling Shuya popped her head in and, upon seeing Tang Rong lying on the bed, turned to Ye Xiao and said, "Ye Xiao, it's two fifty!"
Ling Shuya's message was clear: the exam was about to begin.
Ye Xiao sighed and, looking at Tang Rong beside him, said, "I can't leave."
Just then, Su Yun came to the doorway and said, "You first come out!"
Ye Xiao stood up and then carefully walked out of the room.
"What's wrong?"
Su Yun looked at Ye Xiao and said, "You guys go take your exams. I'll take care of Tang Rong."
Zhou Yuyan immediately looked at Su Yun and said, "Sister Su, don't you also have to proctor the exam?"
Su Yun replied, "There are plenty of teachers at the school; they won't miss one. Hurry up and go take your exams."
Ye Xiao hesitated for a moment, but Shen Qiuyu immediately said to him, "Let's go. You can't always be with Rongrong. Besides, it's not just about you."
Ye Xiao was momentarily startled at Shen Qiuyu's words, but he didn't reply.
Before leaving, Ye Xiao turned to Su Yun and said, "Sister Su, you've worked hard!"
Su Yun gave a small smile and said, "Alright, no more talk, hurry up and go take your exam."
Ye Xiao, along with Ling Shuya, Zhou Yuyan, and Shen Qiuyu, left.
"Ye Xiao, what about Rongrong?" Ling Shuya asked seriously.
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"Rongrong will follow me from now on. No matter where I go, she must come with me!" Ye Xiao said.
Ling Shuya, Zhou Yuyan, and Shen Qiuyu exchanged glances, then none of them spoke anymore.
As the four of them entered the campus, Ye Xiao suddenly stopped, and all three women turned to look at him.
"Do you think Minghai Academy could add an affiliated school?" Ye Xiao suddenly asked.
An affiliated school?
Hearing Ye Xiao's words, Ling Shuya immediately looked at him and said, "You want to add a school for Rongrong? Isn't that going a bit overboard?"
"Is it? I actually think it's very doable!" Ye Xiao chuckled softly and said, "Alright, that's settled then. I'll talk to your dad when I have the time."
"My dad?" Ling Shuya said with a bitter smile, "For this matter, I think talking to Deng Yuanfeng or Yao Zhengming would be more useful!"
The four of them chatted and laughed as they walked into the school. When they entered the campus, they happened to see a white BMW sedan speeding past from the direction of the teaching building.
"That's Deng Yuanfeng's car!" Ling Shuya exclaimed as she saw the BMW.
After hearing Ling Shuya's remark, Ye Xiao immediately looked towards the BMW. He had just contemplated adding a school, and now he had encountered Deng Yuanfeng's car. If he didn't stop it, Ye Xiao felt he would be doing a disservice to that vehicle!
Thus, Ye Xiao stepped forward and blocked the BMW's path.
The BMW driver was driving forward when he suddenly saw someone blocking his way. He became extremely angry. He couldn't believe that someone would dare to stop the chairman's car at Minghai Academy. So when he stopped the car, rolled down the window, and bellowed at Ye Xiao, "Fuck, are you looking to die? If you don't want to live, don't drag me down with you."
The smile on Ye Xiao's face was slow to fade. He was there to ask for a favor, so you can't be too full of yourself, can you? However, unlike Ye Xiao who didn't want to be too high-profile at the moment, Ling Shuya wouldn't take any nonsense from the guy. She immediately went over and without any warning, grabbed the driver by the collar. Ling Shuya's current strength was greater than that of an average man. After all, her Inner Power True Qi could nourish all parts of the body, especially strengthening the skin and muscles.
The driver, being someone who spent his days driving and seldom exercised, was caught off guard and nearly pulled out of the car!
"Who just said they wanted to die?" Ling Shuya demanded with a look of displeasure.
Seeing Ling Shuya acting so arrogantly, as if about to hit someone, Ye Xiao quickly went over, laughing, and said to the driver, "Sorry, sorry, my friend was too impulsive!"
Ling Shuya saw Ye Xiao coming over and speaking so meekly, and was immediately displeased, but she released her grip nonetheless.
As soon as Ling Shuya let go, the driver became unwilling and immediately opened the car door and jumped out.
"Fuck, where are you wild kids from? Do you know whose car this is?" the driver yelled at Ye Xiao and Ling Shuya.
However, at that moment, the rear door opened, and out stepped a person - it was Deng Yuanfeng.
Deng Yuanfeng had seen it was Ye Xiao from the start. He had intended to find local hoodlums to cause Ye Xiao trouble, but when the local ruffians heard it was to do with Minghai Academy, they immediately backed off, well aware that Minghai Academy was Heavenly Gate's territory. Now, besides the Black Dragon Company and Axe Company, very few in Minghai City would dare to challenge Heavenly Gate!
"Oh, isn't that Deng Yuanfeng? No wonder your driver is so arrogant." Ling Shuya mocked upon seeing Deng Yuanfeng step out.
Naturally, Deng Yuanfeng recognized Ling Shuya, as Deng Yuanfeng's father and Ling Hengyu were relatively good friends in the past, and Deng Yuanfeng often spent time with Ling Shuya during their childhood!
So, when Deng Yuanfeng saw Ling Shuya, he immediately let out a laugh and said, "Hey, Shuya, you're really putting me down. Little Li, hurry and apologize to Miss Ling. I always tell you to be kind to others, how could you behave like this?" Deng Yuanfeng purposely shouted at his driver.
Hearing Deng Yuanfeng's words, the driver was somewhat taken aback. As Deng Yuanfeng's driver and someone who had a good relationship with him, he certainly knew what kind of person this so-called Miss Ling was!
"Miss Ling, I'm sorry, I didn't realize it was you!" The driver immediately changed his previously arrogant demeanor and looked at Ling Shuya with a pleading face.
Ling Shuya, however, was unsympathetic, snorting and saying, "Why apologize to me? You should apologize to him!"
Ling Shuya was pointing at Ye Xiao when she said that.
At this point, the driver was ready to apologize to whoever Ling Shuya asked him to, so he immediately turned to apologize to Ye Xiao.
But before the driver could apologize to him, Ye Xiao took out a cigarette, offered one to the driver, and said with a smile, "Buddy, no need to apologize. That just makes things awkward. My name's Ye Xiao, have a smoke and let's get acquainted."
The driver was momentarily stunned by Ye Xiao's sudden offering of a cigarette because, in his eyes, those who walked with Ling Shuya were certainly not ordinary people. If they were members of the nobility, they were naturally supposed to be very proud!
However, to his astonishment, Ye Xiao was quite friendly and showed none of the expected arrogance or pride!
What made the biggest impression on the driver at that moment was that the man had introduced himself as Ye Xiao. He remembered that just recently, his boss, Deng Yuanfeng, had expressed deep animosity towards someone of the same name!
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