"I'm sure it's safe at school, you don't need to find someone to protect me. He should be with you doing bigger things."
Li Mei bit her lip and thought for a long time, then suddenly shook her head and turned to look at Er Zhu.
Although she didn't know what Er Zhu was doing outside, she knew they were all important matters. Compared to these, her own issues were insignificant.
"Sister Mei, your matters are more important than those!"
Hearing Li Mei's considerate words, a trace of tenderness and heartache flashed in Er Zhu's eyes. He looked at Li Mei with unwavering determination.
At this moment, the sunlight shone on Li Mei's profile, making her appear even more gentle and lovely. Their eyes met, as if an endless current was flowing between them.
A sense of ambiguous atmosphere quickly arose, and the surrounding temperature grew hotter!
"Boss Wang, when are we leaving?"
Just then, Lin Mo's voice broke the ambiguous atmosphere. Er Zhu pressed his eyes, and the tenderness in them instantly vanished. Li Mei lowered her head, her face flushed red, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.
Lin Mo scratched the back of his head. As a virgin who had never been in love, he hadn't noticed anything. But seeing their expressions, he felt like he had done something wrong.
"We'll leave soon, but we need to go to the principal's office first."
While Lin Mo was still bewildered, Er Zhu spoke and walked towards the principal's office.
Watching Er Zhu's departing back, a hint of sweetness welled up in Li Mei's heart. She suddenly remembered Er Zhu's words just now:
"Your matters are more important than those!"
Wu Feng stood not far away, looking at Lin Mo's utterly confused expression and helplessly rubbing his forehead.
"With such an idiot protecting Madam, who knows if he'll be protecting her or she'll be protecting him..."
In a blink of an eye, Er Zhu and Lin Mo arrived at the principal's office. As soon as Er Zhu said the first word, the principal nodded repeatedly, and within half an hour, all the procedures were completed.
"Sister Mei, I'm leaving now. I'll visit you again when I have time."
"Lin Mo, protect Sister Mei well. If Sister Mei gets hurt, I won't forgive you!"
At the school gate, after Er Zhu had gently bid farewell to Li Mei, he turned and spoke to Lin Mo with a stern tone.
"Boss, rest assured, I will protect Madam well!" As soon as Er Zhu finished speaking, Lin Mo clasped his fists and promised.
Er Zhu said nothing, just nodded slightly, glanced at Li Mei again, and then left with Wu Feng.
It wasn't until Er Zhu's figure disappeared that Li Mei returned to school. From then on, no one dared to bully Li Mei at school.
Meanwhile, Yang Lili, who had been sent back, sat on her bed in a rage, replaying the day's events in her mind again and again.
"Ah! Wang Er Zhu, I will never let you off!"
The more Yang Lili thought about it, the more indignant and angry she became. She suddenly sat up, shouting and slamming furiously on the mattress.
She, Yang Lili, had never been so humiliated in her life!
She was determined to get revenge!
"Lili, what's wrong?"
Just as Yang Lili was contemplating revenge, Madam Yang, who heard the commotion, walked in.
"Mom, I... I feel wronged, I'm angry, I'm indignant!"
Seeing her mother, Yang Lili threw herself into her arms, sobbing about what had happened that day, even mentioning Er Zhu's involvement.
"Mom, what do you think I should do? I know I've offended Boss Wang, but I can't swallow this insult!"
"You didn't see her, Li Mei is an ugly monster. What right does such an ugly monster have to be the school belle? The school belle should be someone like me!"
After speaking, Yang Lili wiped away her tears and said fearfully, then suddenly seemed to think of something and complained indignantly.
"Lili, the person you're talking about isn't Willow Town's richest man. Boss Wang has been in Miao Family Village these past few days."
Madam Yang tenderly wiped her daughter's tears, then suddenly seemed to recall something and said, shaking her head.
"What? Is that true? But the principal said he's the school's big boss. Didn't Dad say the school's big boss is Willow Town's richest man?"
Hearing this, Yang Lili's eyes lit up as she sat up and looked at her mother sternly, inquiring.
"Hmm... I'm not sure about that. Anyway, your father said a few days ago that Boss Wang was in Miao Family Village and that he would visit him when he returned."
Madam Yang gently shook her head, recalling and answering her daughter's questions.
Yang Lili was suddenly a bit stunned. Then her eyes darted, as if she had an idea, and she suddenly stood up:
"I know! The principal lied to me. The reason he said that is because he likes Li Mei, but he couldn't openly favor her in front of the students, so he found an excuse like this!"
"I've checked Li Mei's records, so that man today wasn't the big boss, but her brother, Li Li!"
Yang Lili said excitedly. Although Madam Yang didn't quite understand, she nodded in agreement seeing the excitement in her daughter's eyes.
She had heard that the principal took good care of Li Mei. If it wasn't Boss Wang, then this must be the reason.
"That's great! Li Li, you country bumpkin, just you wait and see how I'll deal with you!"
Seeing her mother nod, Yang Lili clapped her hands, a murderous glint in her eyes.
If it were Willow Town's richest man, she naturally wouldn't dare to act. But if it was just a country bumpkin, then she'd wait and see!
In Shi Liu Village, Li Li inexplicably sneezed several times. He looked in the direction of Li Mei's house and tightened his clothes.
He heard his sister had gone to school. He wondered if she was doing well there...
At this moment, Er Zhu and Wu Feng had returned home. Before they even reached the door, they saw Zhao Qian standing there.
"Officer Zhao, why are you here? Is there something you need?"
Er Zhu instructed Wu Feng to drive away, and he himself got out of the car at the entrance. He looked at the somewhat weak Zhao Qian and asked.
"Yes, I've investigated Xiao Dou Zi's matter thoroughly. That candy was thrown on the ground by his uncle. His uncle wanted to sell Xiao Dou Zi to pay off gambling debts, so he wanted to drug Xiao Dou Zi. But before he could act, you cured him."
Zhao Qian leaned against the wall, covering her chest as she reported weakly.
"Mm-hmm, you can report this to Director Wu. No need to tell me."
Er Zhu nodded. If Zhao Qian hadn't mentioned Xiao Dou Zi, he would have forgotten about it.
"You're the village chief, you should know about this sort of thing, so that Liu Lao San won't have any ideas about other people's children."
Zhao Qian took a deep breath and nodded with knitted brows, her expression extremely pained.
"Mm-hmm, are you injured?"
Er Zhu nodded. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly noticed Zhao Qian's pale face. As soon as he spoke, there was a clang, and Zhao Qian fainted.