Beauty and the Bodyguard

Chapter 227 - Waiting For News

What Zhong Pinliang had planned for tonight had been approved by Zhong Fabai, who'd sent a trusted man in an Audi waiting for Pinliang at the school gate.

"Boss!!" Pinliang said as he opened the door for Lin Yi.

The driver blinked at Pinliang's behavior- what was Master Zhong doing, playing follower and opening the door for someone else? He'd been told by Fabai not to ask questions he shouldn't be asking, however, and the driver pretended that he hadn't seen anything.

Pinliang only got in the co-driver seat after Lin Yi had seated himself at the back.

"Where are we going, Master Zhong?" The driver asked after Pinliang shut the door.

"Liangbai Hotel." Pinliang said.

The driver nodded before speeding to their destination.

Lin Yi acted as if he were looking at the view, but was actually observing the driver and Pinliang… The two didn't seem to be doing anything.

Liangbai Hotel wasn't a good name, but other than Pengzhan International Hotel, the place was one of the best in Songshan!

It was a skyscraper with more than twenty floors, with a grand parking lot and garden… Lin Yi could tell just from the scale of the hotel that Pinliang came from a very wealthy family.

"Boss!!" Pinliang said, opening the door loyally before the guard there even made it to the door.

The guard was completely taken aback- he knew who Zhong Pinliang was, after all. Why had the young master become a follower all of a sudden?

"Chen Bro, give me the car keys- I'll drive home myself later!" PInliang said to the driver.

He handed the keys to Pinliang without hesitation, and left the scene.

Lin Yi smiled faintly- it seemed that whatever Pinliang was planning, it wasn't something he wanted people knowing about- Even the driver wasn't trusted enough. With that in mind, Lin Yi went on higher alert.

Even with an employee leading the way, Pinliang maintained the follower act, his arm outstretched as he walked slowly beside Lin Yi.

Lin Yi decided to ignore him- the guy was putting on an act anyway. He wondered what sort of trick the guy had up his ass.

They reached a private room, and the employee pushed open the door. "Master Zhong."

"Fucking- Are you serious? This here is Mister Lin Yi! Even I call him boss, are you blind?" Pinliang said with a glare- this employee wasn't very observant.

"Yes, I apologize!" The employee said quickly. "Mister Lin Yi!!"

Lin Yi only nodded before walking in, followed by Pinliang who closed the door behind him, that stupid smile still on his face.

Lin Yi seated himself at the table before looking at Pinliang. "Alright, speak. What is it?"

"Boss, the food's coming right away! Let's talk as we eat!" Pinliang said, still waiting for Heibao's message. He had to hold on to Lin Yi before news came from Heibao's side.

"Do what you want." Lin Yi hmphed coldly, noticing a slight panic in Pinliang's face- the guy was still acting.

It wasn't long before the door opened, and the waiter pushed in a cart with clearly expensive and exquisite dishes on it. He laid it all out on the table as Lin Yi thought Pinliang to be quite loose with his money.

But Lin Yi didn't have high standards in the food he ate- anything went as long as it satisfied his hunger.

Pinliang was a bit disappointed at Lin Yi's disinterest in the food- As far as he was concerned, it was an extremely rare chance for poor students like Lin Yi to have food like this.

"Boss, is the food not to your tastes?" Pinliang even wondered if Lin Yi didn't like seafood.

"It's fine. I'll manage." Lin Yi said faintly.

"......" Pinliang couldn't believe this shit- did the guy say he'll manage? This was a couple ten grand on the table! 'I'll manage'??? He suddenly remembered that this was Lin Yi's last meal, and decided it was fine. "Haha, just tell me if you want anything, boss! Would you like some red wine? Seafood goes really well with red wine!"

"No need. Just get me two big bowls of rice." Lin Yi said with a wave of his hand.

"Wha-?!" Pinliang froze- was this guy really going to waste all this exquisite seafood by mixing it in with white rice? Was he fucking serious?

Yet Pinliang ordered the two bowls of rice for Lin Yi all the same.

Lin Yi didn't hold himself back after the rice came, sweeping the delicacies into his mouth along with his white rice.

"It's okay. I like braised meat better." Lin Yi said with a burp as he patted at his belly.

"........." Pinliang had to hold himself back from rolling his eyes- he should've just treated the guy to some braised pork or something! What did he waste all of this money for, the guy didn't even appreciate him for it.

"Alright, let's get to the important stuff. I'm pretty stuffed- it's time to beat someone up." Lin Yi said as he glanced at Pinliang.

"Beat… Beat someone up?" Pinliang blinked, not quite understanding what Lin Yi was talking about. "Haha, boss… well, you see……"

Pinliang was starting to panic at this point- Lin Yi ate his food way too fast! He'd planned to have a bunch of seafood to occupy Lin Yi for an hour or two as they drank some red wine, but the guy finished everything in under twenty minutes!

Pinliang was praying for Heibao to hurry up when his phone vibrated. Overjoyed, he pulled his phone out only to see a shark loan advertisement called Revenge Corp……

F...Fucking christ!!! Pinliang cursed internally- he wouldn't be this troubled if this shitty company could give him revenge!

"Will you hurry it up?" Lin Yi said, a little impatient as he eyed the guy checking his phone the whole time, most likely waiting for some sort of signal for him to pull his tricks.

"Yes, yes!" Pinliang didn't have much of a choice left. "Well, you see… Ruoming likes Tang Yin, you know that right?"

"Cut the bullshit and get to the point." Lin Yi said without answering the question.

Chapter 228 - Hit Me!

"Zou Ruoming knows about my beef with you, so he came to me to discuss getting back at you!" Pinliang said with a couple of nods. "Man, boss, what I'm about to say next… You're not gonna get mad and take it out on me, right?"

Pinliang made sure to look afraid and worried.

"Just get to the point. I won't do anything to you if you're uninvolved." Lin Yi said with a frown.

"Alright… So I said this to him without thinking about it, I said: look, Tang Yin's with that Lin Yi already, so there's no hope left for you- you should've forced yourself on her when you had the chance!" Pinliang paused and made sure Lin Yi was taking this well before continuing. "What I didn't expect, though, is for what I said to light a spark in that guy- he said that it wasn't too late for that, and he said he's gonna force himself on Tang Yin to see if she'll follow him then! I was being wary of the guy's wrath, he's Zou Ruoming after all… So I kept nodding and saying yes, but I kept thinking about it when I went back home- I had to do something about this! I was sure you'd come at me if you found out later, so-"

"When is he planning this?" Lin Yi interrupted as he hoisted Pinliang up by the neck- he'd been right to think that something was up, but he hadn't expected Pinliang to have encouraged Ruoming to do something like that!!

Lin Yi wouldn't think that things were simple as Pinliang had made it sound like- the guy had to have thought of the whole thing.

Suddenly the food and his time-wasting made sense…

Shit! Lin Yi tensed as a bad feeling surged within him- if things really were as Pinliang had explained them to be, then tonight might very well be that night!

"He…… He……" Pinliang wasn't expecting Lin Yi to just hoist him up by the neck like that.

"It's tonight, isn't it?" Lin Yi said as he tightened his grip.

Pinliang started coughing as his face reddened. "B-Boss… L..Let go first……"

"Where are they?" Lin Yi smiled coldly as he applied more pressure- he might've snapped this damned neck already if it weren't for the information he needed. "Zhong Pinliang, drop the act- you think I'd fall for acting that shitty?"

"Fuck!!" Pinliang said with a gasp of breath. "Fucking Lin Yi, you knew!!!"

Pinliang didn't see the point in acting anymore, but he did regret wasting his efforts playing follower the whole day.

"Where is Tang Yin?" Lin Yi said as he loosened his grip a bit, aware that Pinliang might either die or pass out if he continued choking him like that.

"Haha, maybe Zou Ruoming's been so rough he killed her off!" Pinliang said with a cold smile- there was no need to keep the act up anymore. "Hah? What, you wanna beat me up? You better think about this, you hit me and you'll never see Tang Yin again! Heh heh, Hahaha! Come on, hit me! Hit me!"

Pinliang was looking pretty pleased with himself, certain that Lin Yi wouldn't do anything drastic when a fist connected with his nose.

"Grrk!!!" Pinliang held his nose in his hands as blood spurted out. "Y-You- You hit me!! You want me to tell you where Tang Yin is or not?"

"Grhhk!!" Pinliang stared at Lin Yi in complete disbelief. "You…. You don't wanna know where Tang Yin is anymore..?"

"Garhk!!!"

Pinliang would've long been dead if Lin Yi had willed it- he only wanted to teach the guy a lesson. "You'll talk, I know you will. You wouldn't have led me all the way here otherwise."

"Let's see, I'm guessing you and Zou Ruoming teamed up to get back at me, right? So you got someone to ambush me, a place you and Zou Ruoming picked out- then you tried to look like you were making peace by snitching just to lure me over so that you can get me, right?"

"And this person ambushing me… Heibao, right? It's too much of a coincidence, he just got out yesterday and you're after me the next day! It's gotta be that idiot- he's pissed off 'cause I sent him to prison, right?"

"Hmph, so what if you're right?" Pinliang said with a hmph. "You keep on bullshitting, we'll see how you'll like it when Zou Ruoming finishes with Tang Yin! Hahaha! Hit me, come on! Hit me all you want, you're just wasting your own tim-"

"Ghrrk!!" Pinliang stared at Lin Yi. "Are… Are you out of your mind? You still have time to be hitting me?"

"You keep on looking at your phone- you're waiting for a signal from Heibao, who's supposed to contact you after prepping things up over there." Lin Yi's lips twitched as he looked at Pinliang pitifully. "But you didn't get that text, meaning Heibao isn't ready yet. So stop with your shit."

".........." Pinliang took a deep breath as he made a fist- he felt like such shit! Getting played around with by Lin Yi, who'd guessed everything right! It was driving Pinliang insane!!

He couldn't wait for Lin Yi to drop dead, he wanted him to die right now!! He loosened his fist as he calmed himself down- he had to think of the big picture here: All he had to do was get Lin Yi to where Heibao was, and he'd take care of him- he'd have his revenge then!!

With that, Pinliang swallowed his pride. "Fine, you guessed it! I'll cut the crap then, follow me! Heibao's waiting for you at an abandoned building at Red Flower Street!"

"You wouldn't have to get beat up if you told me that sooner, right?" Lin Yi said with a flick at Pinliang's head. "Don't do dumb shit like this next time."

"Fuu……" Pinliang gritted his teeth as he steeled his resolve- he'll let this guy please himself for a bit more- tragedy was coming for him. The guy still thought Heibao Bro was the same old Heibao Bro!!

Hahahahaha!! A wave of pleasure hit Pinliang as he imagined the stunned look Lin Yi's face would soon have after the powered up Heibao Bro put him in the ground. He tried his best to ignore the pain in his face as he fantasized about what was to come.

The employees at the corridor all stared at the bloody Zhong Pinliang, wondering what was up with the young master today. None of them came up to ask, except for the manager.

"Master Zhong… Is something the matter…" The manager asked.

"None of your business!" Pinliang said with a dismissive wave of his hand, telling the guy not to butt in.

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