198: It's good to stir up trouble.

He just walked along quietly, doing nothing at all, yet that alone was enough to make every young girl's heart skip a beat.

Compared to this outrageously flashy display, the impact of that face was clearly even more terrifying.

Furthermore, he looked very young.

About the same age as them.

Young, handsome, and rich.

When these three words are combined, it is the cruelest form of dimensionality reduction strike against ordinary people.

"Holy crap... who is this? Do we have someone like this in our school?"

"I don't know! A transfer student? Or a young master from some big family?"

"Lin Yao, do you know him?" The short-haired girl excitedly shook Lin Yao's arm, nearly losing her mind, "Is he chasing after you?"

Lin Yao herself was stunned.

She could be one hundred percent certain that she definitely did not know this "man" in front of her, who was handsome to an excessive degree.

But... the other party's target was, without a doubt, herself.

What was he after?

A small suspicion arose in the depths of Lin Yao's heart.

Could this be some conspiracy against her? After all, she and her brother had just offended a major capital entity like Fengxing Technology.

But on second thought, she felt her worries were a bit superfluous.

Her brother was there.

Although she couldn't explain why Lin Yu could give her such great confidence.

But whenever she thought of her brother, she felt it wouldn't matter even if the sky fell.

Anyway, he would be there to hold it up.

That inexplicable sense of security made her feel not much fear when facing this bizarre scene; instead, she felt a trace of absurd curiosity.

Under the gaze of everyone.

That "handsome guy" finally walked up to Lin Yao.

He stopped, and the surrounding clamor seemed to have automatically hit the mute button at this moment.

He looked at Lin Yao, and those eyes carrying a playful smile seemed to possess a strange magic.

Then, he spoke slowly.

"Classmate Lin Yao."

As he spoke, that slightly deep, magnetic voice caused another small wave of commotion.

"Nice to meet you."

He paused, revealing a set of white teeth, his smile bright and flamboyant.

"I like you, please go out with me!"

Boom!

Direct! Arrogant! Unconcealed!

No buildup, no roundabout way, just the most direct, most domineering confession!

After a brief silence, the surrounding crowd completely exploded!

"Ahhhhh! He confessed!"

"My god! That was so direct! I love it!"

"Say yes! Say yes! Say yes!"

The jeers, screams, and whistles merged into a huge wave of sound, almost strong enough to flip the sign of "Times Embrace" over.

Lin Yao's classmates were already completely numb.

Li Hao's mouth was agape, unable to close for a long time. He looked at that radiant "man," and then at Lin Yao, who was completely dazed by this spectacle, leaving nothing but endless bitterness in his heart.

Is this the world of a Mythic Rank genius?

Are their suitors all at this level?

Lin Yao stood frozen on the spot.

Her brain had completely stopped functioning.

Wait, wait, buddy?

What do you mean, nice to meet you, please go out with me??

This?

Am I dreaming?

I have had dreams like this before...

But I've never dreamt of anything this specific!

Go out with him?

With a man I'm meeting for the first time?

And in this way?

She felt her cheeks were hot enough to fry an egg; from the soles of her feet to the top of her head, every cell was screaming "shame."

But as it happened, the other party's face was impeccably handsome, and that openness and directness made it impossible to hate him.

Can't help it, being handsome is just useful!

Damn it, am I under an illusion?

Was there something wrong with the little mushrooms I ate at the table just now?

Is my real body currently in the hospital for emergency care?

Where is my brother! Brother, save me!

Saying it's an illusion, but...

She could even feel the complex gazes from the female classmates around her, mixed with jealousy, envy, and "frustration at her lack of success."

She opened her mouth, but couldn't say a single word.

She was completely stunned.

And the culprit behind all this, Wang Qingxuan, was enjoying this feeling of being the center of attention.

Watching Lin Yao's cute appearance—shocked into speechlessness, cheeks flushed red, and at a total loss—she was overjoyed.

Little thing, is that it?

Can't I deal with you?

She wanted to use this most direct, most overbearing, and most unreasonable method to leave the deepest mark in Lin Yao's heart.

Plan successful!

In the shadows not far away.

Lin Yu leaned against the wall, watching this farce, and shook his head with some helplessness.

Wang Qingxuan, this girl, really knows how to play.

However, seeing his sister's expression—though extremely embarrassed, there was a hidden trace of secret joy deep in her eyes—he let them mess around.

And in another corner.

Chen Ruiyu stared fixedly at the "man" surrounded by the crowd.

That face so handsome it made him jealous, that arrogance and openness he couldn't imitate, and the crazy adoration of the surrounding crowd...

All of this was like an invisible file, scraping back and forth, fiercely, on his already riddled self-esteem.

More importantly... he really didn't dare to do anything right now; after all, his dad had just warned him.

A surge of evil fire, mixed with jealousy and resentment, rushed from his chest to his head.

Making him unable to maintain his superficial calm any longer.

"Tch."

A slight sneer, filled with disdain and contempt, was emitted from his nose.

Asking himself, this little "tch," it shouldn't count for much, right?

But at the moment when the surrounding crowd had fallen into a brief silence due to that earth-shattering confession, this discordant noise sounded exceptionally harsh.

Almost instantly.

The "handsome guy" who had just been smiling brightly at Lin Yao paused slightly.

He slowly, slowly turned his head, and those eyes with a playful smile precisely locked onto Chen Ruiyu at the edge of the crowd.

Lin Yao heard it too.

Her classmates nearby heard it too.

Everyone's gaze followed the direction of the "handsome guy," focusing on Chen Ruiyu's face, which hadn't yet managed to hide its contempt.

The atmosphere instantly froze.

Chen Ruiyu's brain went "buzz."

He didn't expect that his quiet sound would actually be caught by the main person involved.

He didn't expect the other party's reaction to be so fast and so direct.

Before he could think of how to respond.

"I was wondering who it was!"

A crisp and angry shout exploded like a thunderclap on flat ground.

It was the short-haired girl!

She had been quite shocked by the spectacle earlier, but seeing Chen Ruiyu's attitude right now, her anger instantly overcame her shock.

She pushed aside the people blocking her, rushed out directly, and pointed her finger at Chen Ruiyu's nose.

"Chen Ruiyu! Aren't you the young master who was throwing his weight around in the private room earlier, making threats against our Lin Yao?"

"What? Now that you see our Lin Yao has a suitor, you feel unbalanced?"

The surrounding crowd instantly erupted in an uproar.

"Holy crap, is that true? Who is this guy, so arrogant?"

"It's him! Chen Ruiyu from the next class, his family runs a factory; he was so arrogant in the restaurant just now!"

Immediately, knowledgeable classmates began to inform the surrounding passersby about what had just happened.

In an instant, all the gazes directed at Chen Ruiyu turned sour.

From the initial curiosity, they turned into disdain and the anticipation of a show.