221: Chapter 19: There’s a Little Rich Lady Here 221: Chapter 19: There’s a Little Rich Lady Here Wang Yunxiao, in fact, hadn’t noticed whether Li Mumu eating noodles with garlic broke the persona of a graceful young lady.
Wealthy families often have their fair share of odd habits, such as running around naked at midnight, or wearing a mask and ball gag while asking to be whipped.
He finally learned Li Mumu’s full name.
Her father’s surname is Mu, and her surname is Li?
How interesting…
But of course, it has nothing to do with him, and there’s no need to dig any deeper.
It’s just that the way the lady of the house looked at him was a bit strange, very aggressive, giving him the illusion of a little white rabbit being stared at by a big bad wolf.
Lady, please don’t do this, your husband is in the house!
Nobody at the table spoke or ate, and the atmosphere gradually became awkward and oppressive, which made Wang Yunxiao feel like he was on pins and needles.
Reflecting on his own persona, he thought that as a loafer, he couldn’t be too well-behaved, or else it might make these women think he was easy to bully.
So he took the initiative to stand up, helped himself to a bowl of noodles, and then reached for the garlic cloves next to Li Mumu.
Just as he saw the veins on the back of the girl’s hand bulging, Wang Yunxiao thought that the girl must be scared because of him; he shouldn’t go too far.
Li Mumu, resisting the urge to poke his eyeballs out, pushed the garlic cloves towards him.
Must be polite.
“Thanks.”
Wang Yunxiao took the garlic and started eating as soon as he sat down.
He didn’t even consider whether he should maintain his image in front of a beautiful girl.
What kind of family are they, what kind of family am I, she’s a rich lady, could she possibly have any ideas about me…
Wait, a rich lady?
A spark crossed Wang Yunxiao’s mind, and the pace of his eating unconsciously slowed down a bit.
A wealthy young beauty…
A cultured young lady who has studied abroad, without even speaking of her cultural qualities, her home education seemed quite good too.
Most importantly, she was generous with money.
Although she hadn’t mentioned it, Mr.
Tong had spent two hundred buying someone from Jiang Yinyin’s father, and by the time the middleman hands it over, how could it not double?
She didn’t even bring up this point.
Don’t judge her for eating noodles.
What about eating noodles?
What about eating garlic?
Someone who embezzled a billion would still eat noodles with garlic at home.
Liking noodles is a good thing; it shows that the girl is down-to-earth and hasn’t forgotten her roots.
In Wang Yunxiao’s mind, the image of Li Mumu became tinted with a filter.
As Wang Yunxiao was silently running his mental abacus, Mu Yuming came out of the house with Jiang Yinyin.
Mu Yuming was very experienced and managed to ask out all the information the girl knew in just a few words.
Now he finally knew the identity of Wang Yunxiao.
A notorious local rogue who was rumored to have killed someone, but was also a student at Qinghe Middle School.
The first impression he left on Mu Yuming was actually quite good; the young man had a sense of urgent justice and understood propriety.
Therefore, Mu didn’t entirely believe the rumors Jiang Yinyin heard.
“Brother Wang…”
“My name is Wang Yunxiao!”
Wang Yunxiao finished his last bite of noodles, put down the bowl with a smile, and said, “Mr.
Mu, you can just call me by my nickname, Yuanxiao.”
“Hehe, alright, Brother Yuanxiao.”
Seeing that his attitude was no longer forceful, Mu Yuming also changed his approach and said, “I have already learned about the child’s situation.
How about this, tomorrow I will take her to your school and have a talk with your principal.
Personally, I support her going to school and studying, though of course, I also respect her own ideas.”
What Mu Yuming didn’t say out loud was that after his own daughter and the girl he had taken in returned to the country, they would need to attend school too, and with his busy work schedule, he didn’t have time to assess the teaching quality of each school in Tianmen City.
Considering that the principal of Qinghe Middle School hadn’t given up on looking for Jiang Yinyin, it seemed the school was quite responsible, but the condition of the school was still unknown.
It would be a good opportunity to take a look tomorrow.
But there was no need to talk about such tentative plans just yet.
“That settles it then, with your word!”
Wang Yunxiao stood up and cupped his fists, saying, “I came uninvited today mainly because I was worried that the girl would fall into a pit of fire and suffer.
I didn’t expect Mr.
Mu to be someone who understands things so well, not only are you not blaming me, but you even offered me a bowl of noodles.
I truly feel ashamed.
Men like us shouldn’t bother with empty pleasantries, my name Wang Yunxiao carries some weight in Nantong District.
If you or your family ever run into any small-time trouble on the street, just come find me!”
Although the streets are much cleaner nowadays, rogues and loafers are like rats and cockroaches; no matter how clean you sweep the floor, they always seem to pop up from some nook or cranny.
For a pretty young lady like her, she naturally attracts flies…
It might not sound nice to say it, but it’s a rough truth with sound reasoning.
Clearly, Mu Yuming also understood this principle, so he didn’t refuse or decline on the spot and nodded with a smile, “We have just returned to the country and are not very familiar with the domestic environment.
We might indeed need to seek your advice on some things.”
Having said his piece, Wang Yunxiao was ready to leave.
Mu Yuming got up to see him out, and at this moment Li Ya suddenly spoke, “Mumu, take Yinyin with you to see him off.”
Ah?
Me?
Li Mumu thought, why involve me…
then she quickly realized, this was to give him and the little girl a chance to speak.
The man had come for the little girl, and from start to finish, no opportunity had been given for the two of them to have a private conversation; this really wasn’t proper.
“Alright then…”
“Miss, please don’t bother!”
Wang Yunxiao quickly waved his hand, “It’s not safe outside now that it’s dark, so there’s no need to go out.”
“Just to the downstairs.”
With such insistence from the others, Wang Yunxiao felt it wouldn’t be nice to refuse, and their enthusiasm made him feel slightly embarrassed.
After leaving the front door and walking downstairs, when they reached the entrance to the building, Li Mumu glanced at Jiang Yinyin.
The little girl was shaking her head desperately.
She really wasn’t familiar with Wang Yunxiao, almost scared to death; there were no words to be had.
“Miss, please don’t go.”
Wang Yunxiao knew that one cannot eat hot tofu in a hurry and was also very aware that he hadn’t made a particularly good impression on them that day, so he didn’t expect them to show him any good face, like the 2D waifus from mobile games.
The Great Wall wasn’t built in a day; he would have to wait for another opportunity.
“Jiang Yinyin, come out, I have a few words to say to you!”
Li Mumu patted the little girl’s stiff shoulders and whispered comfortingly, “It’s okay, he won’t dare to do anything to you, I’ll wait here for you.”
Only then did Jiang Yinyin timidly follow Wang Yunxiao.
After they walked a short distance, Wang Yunxiao turned around and said to the little girl in a cold voice, “Do you think I don’t know what background you and Zhou Qing come from?
Zhou Qing is still looking for someone to save you, and what about you?
With a good host family and enjoying wealth and honor, have you forgotten Zhou Qing?
Don’t want to go to school anymore?
The school has taken care of you for half a year, and now they’ve raised an ingrate, haven’t they?”
Jiang Yinyin burst into tears on the spot.