Beauty and the Bodyguard

Chapter 82 - Intense

(UNEDITED BECAUSE MY EDITOR DISAPPEARED)

The bleeding had stopped, but Yang Qiqi’s body was far from recovered. Her face was pale as she limped away from the room, not wanting to remain there despite her condition.

She wasn’t able to kill Lin Yi, and assassin guidelines prompted her to retreat and prepare a different approach. Charging into a fight you knew you’d lose was simple suicide.

Yang Qiqi limped down the the lobby a while later, making her way to where the manager was. “Miss, what’s the name of that man who brought me in room 209 earlier?”

Qiqi didn’t bother asking Lin Yi himself when she was still with him- obviously, the guy would never tell her, not when he knew the person asking was a stranger with murderous intent.

Yet it was basic logic for Lin Yi to have registered his name at the counter, since Qiqi herself was unconscious.

“Oh?” The woman recognized Qiqi immediately from her clothing- she was the girl that young man earlier brought in hastily.

Seriously? Going to a hotel room together without even knowing each other? The woman then recalled the girl being unconscious as Lin Yi carried her in- there was a possibility that Lin Yi had gotten the girl drunk.

Young people nowadays! The woman couldn’t believe how different things like this was from her time, forgetting to remember that it was exactly because of these kinds of couples that brought her establishment business.

“His name’s Lin Yi.” The woman answered after a quick look at the registration book.

“Thanks.” Qiqi nodded, embedding the name deep in her mind. Lin Yi, huh? She didn’t know if it was the man’s real name, but a name was a name- Qiqi wasn’t about to forget that name in the entirety of her life.

“You’re welcome.” The woman replied, not thinking much of her simple gesture.

Qiqi then proceeded to limp outside as the woman watched in disbelief. Seriously?? Was it that intense?!!

The guy didn’t seem that good from what the woman saw- could it maybe be the girl’s first time? The woman shook her head as she continued her evil thoughts.

Lin Yi, on the other hand, treated the whole event as a little detour in his life, though he’d be lying if he wasn’t at least a bit pissed off at the girl stabbing a knife at him. He’d just saved her life! How did that girl expect him to treat her thigh wound without looking at it?

Her mentality was crazy- it was just a look at the thigh! Lin Yi suffered the same fate earlier today, should he have planted a knife in that nurse’s neck after she saw his thighs in its entirety?!

The fire from the alcohol stove wasn’t as powerful as the fire from a gas stove, but proper control over it prouced similar results. He’d bought some packets from the pharmacy earlier, and Lin Yi filled some of the packets with the medicine he’d just made. There was still steam coming from the heated medicine- Lin Yi sealed it when everything was still fresh. The steam would keep the medicine from deteriorating in that vacuum state.

Lin Yi packed all his tools up upon finishing- they could still be used again, after all. The alcohol had burned out, but fuel like that was available for purchase anywhere.

Lin Yi made sure he didn’t leave anything before making a call to the counter to check-out. His eyes stopped at the bed as the phone rang- a bitter smile formed on his lips. It seemed that he wasn’t getting away from paying a compensation, the bed was soaked in blood.

It didn’t take long before the woman stepped into the room. There weren’t any staff most of the time, and she was the only one who managed the area.

Lin Yi had pushed open the windows so as to fill the room with fresh air before the woman came up, and the room stopped smelling like Eastern medicine by the time she reached the room. The woman froze in absolute shock as she stared at the reddened bed.

“Y..you… The bed?” The woman tried to comprehend the situation as she pointed at the bed, speechless. She’d thought about Qiqi having her first time in a playful mood, but the blood on the bed proved that it was indeed the case. What shocked her most, however, was the amount of virgin blood on that bed- did Lin Yi not give one shit about a young girl’s delicate body? Was he trying to get the girl killed?! The hotel would be done for if that had happened!

The woman’s face darkened at the thought- a mattress was quite a couple tens of kuai, her meager profits would pretty much be wiped out after buying a new one for replacement.

“What happened to the bed?” The woman asked coldly.

“Sorry, I’ll pay for it. How much do I owe you?” Lin Yi wasn’t keen on explaining, deciding to compensate the woman for her losses directly.

The woman stopped saying anything else- the guy had offered to make a payment, after all. It’s a good thing this boy knew how to handle things, she’d have thrown some nasty words at him otherwise.

She took a look at the room before turning back to Lin Yi. “Disposable disinfector towels, forty kuai. Mattress, sixty. A hundred kuai, kid.”

“Okay.” Lin Yi nodded. The woman was being pretty reasonable- white mattresses like that sold for 30 kuai at supermarkets, and the doubled price she gave Lin Yi was pretty standard for hotels, just like how the disposable towel was double the market price, as well.

The woman left it at that upon seeing how compliant Lin Yi was. “Come down with me, then. You’ve been in the room for five hours, so we’ll have to do it by day. Sixty kuai for the room, and a hundred kuai for the mattress and towel… You gave me a deposit of a hundred earlier, so just pay sixty.”

Lin Yi nodded as he pulled his wallet out, placing the money on the woman’s palm before turning to leave.

“Wait!” The woman called out.

“Anything else?” Lin Yi asked as he turned back, wondering if the woman was unsatisfied with the amount of money she was getting.

“That girl you brought in- she asked for your name when she left, and I told her!” The woman reminded out of kindness, seeing how Lin Yi just paid up without any complaints or anything.

Her instincts told her that the two weren’t a couple- it seemed appropriate to give Lin Yi this piece of info.

“Ah?” Lin Yi smiled bitterly- he didn’t want anything to do with the assassin girl again, but it seemed that the girl didn’t share his idea. He wasn’t expecting the girl to remember his name… This bit of trouble would come back to haunt him one day.

Lin Yi looked at the time after exiting the hotel- it was two after noon already, and he hadn’t eaten yet. Though, one meal didn’t really matter to him.

Lin Yi stopped a taxi. “Songshan’s First School, please.”

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Chapter 83 - The Big Four

(UNEDITED BECAUSE MY EDITOR DISAPPEARED)

It was still quiet when Lin Yi reached the school- it didn’t seem to be break yet.

Lin Yi made his way to the classroom, peeking his head in only to see a class with no teacher. It was self study.

Lin Yi decided to just push through the doors directly, earning the gazes of many students who lowered their heads again after realizing it was Lin Yi. They didn’t have the time to be minding other people’s business- they were twelfth graders, afer all.

Yushu poked at Mengyao. “Yao Yao, look! Shield Guy’s here.”

“Okay, Shield Guy;s here, so what?” Mengyao frowned, a little displeased at Yushu’s reaction. “Shu, why’re you always so focused on him? Are you in love with him, after all?”

“Big guy walking straight into class, of course I’d notice him!” Yushu said with a shrug. “Fine, I won’t say anything from now on, since it’s nothing to do with you anyway.”

“......” Mengyao opened her mouth to say something, deciding to keep it shout instead. She shook her head as she went back to studying.

Yushu only looked at Mengyao as she smiled faintly, turning back to her desk.

“Wait, Shu, how come Lin YI took an entire morning just for a medical checkup? It’s the afternoon already- you don’t think he’d hooked up with Song Lingshan again, do you?” Mengyao turned her head back abruptly.

“Hah? I thought you didn’t care about him?” Yushu teased with a grin as she looked at Mengyao.

“He’s a shield by father paid good money for, of course I’d be annoyed if he went outside for stuff like that instead of doing his job!” Mengyao didn’t know why she suspected Lin Yi of something like that, but a good excuse came up: Lin Yi should be doing his job properly if he was receiving a salary for it.

“Why don’t you go talk to him about it, then? Tell him not to be such a playboy, that he should be your shield and your shield only.” Yushu suggested relaxingly.

“Playboy? My shield only?!” Mengyao’s face lit up with a blush in response. “Shu, word choice! What you say is always so ambiguous!”

“What? It’s true, your dad hired him to be your shield- it’s not like my dad’s putting any money in for his protection.” Yushu explained logically. “How bout you let him be my shield if you think my phrasing’s inappropriate? We might not need him now, but you never know in college!”

“Get lost! Don’t you have that brother of yours already? You don’t even need a shield!” Mengyao said with a laugh, a little shaky and uncomfortable inside- it was like Yushu was stealing something from her.

Zhong Pinliang flinched a little on instinct upon seeing Lin Yi. He’d been scolded and lectured by his father, who told him to stop causing trouble at school… It was all Lin Yi’s fault!

But he understood perfectly well- He’d be fucked in hand to hand combat with Lin Yi. Even Heibao Bro lost after pulling a gun out, the guy was insane!

Pinliang understood his place, and the fact that conventional means held no bearing on Lin Yi. He decided to wait for a suitable opportunity to present itself, something that’d give him an edge over Lin Yi.

He’d also decided to give Kang Xiaobo a break- the guy was totally under Lin Yi’s protection, and Pinliang saw no merit in messing with him, especially only if Lin Yi would just come beat them up again. It wasn’t worth it.

“Yo, boss! There you are!” Xiaobo greeted excitedly as he spotted Lin Yi, waving his had in the air.

“What’re you doing, waving your hand like that? You think you’re a president or something?” LIn Yi said with a smile, giving a soft kick to Xiaobo before seating himself at his table.

“You know, boss, Zhong Pinliang’s been really quiet today! He didn’t even do anything to me when you weren’t here!”

“Isn’t that good?” Lin Yi said. “Anything happen today?”

“Nope. The school gave a brief announcement about the whole incident, saying that there were just some thugs looking for trouble, and that they’d been sent to the police station already.” Xiaobo reported. “Fuck! It’s all because of Zhong Pinliang’s family, the school’s protecting him! Everyone else knows he’s the one who brought the gangsters in!”

“Hm…” Lin Yi had heard from Li Fu earlier that he had an uncle in the Pengzhan Industries board of directors. It made him one of the stockholders of Songshan’s First School, so it wasn’t a surprise that the school would cover for Pinliang.

“Oh, right- Boss, guess what people are calling you right now?” Xiaobo said softly, his voice clearly excited.

“Huh? What?” Lin Yi didn’t know where this was coming from.

“Boss, you’re now one of the Big Four! You’ve replaced Zhong Pinliang as the Third in the BIg Four!!” Kang Xiaobo said excitedly, as if it was something glorious.

“Big Four…?” Lin Yi went cold at the news- Big Four?! He’d been trying so hard to lay low all the time, even careful as to not score too high on exams… How the hell did he just become famous like that?

It was something he should be proud of, apparently, judging by how Xiaobo was acting.

“That’s right! Boss, you’ll probably even become the eldest of the BIg Four if you do something big again! You’ll be the First!” Xiaobo addded.

“The First?” Lin Yi was speechless- he’d really rather be the Third if he had to choose.

Yet there wasn’t much Lin yi could do about it- Everyone saw the whole fight yesterday. Heibao Bro was the one who came marching into the school, but no one would think that that was the case; they probably saw Lin Yi as one of those violence-loving delinquents who fought for fun, even destroying Zhong Pinliang the Third! Of course he’d get assigned a title in the Big Four.

The bell for recess rang, interrupting Lin Yi’s conversation with Xiaobo. He wasn’t really pleased with his new title, but that wasn’t for him to decide- people had the freedom to say whatever they wanted, he supposed.

Though, it didn’t seem so bad, looking at it from another perspective- he wouldn’t have as much trouble as Mengyao’s bodyguard with the title. People wouldn’t even think of messing with him at this point.

Last period on Friday was sports, and the students were allowed to choose between remaining in class to study or go out for some exercise. It was a weekly tradition for some time to relax.

Even the most hardcore of nerds found time to take a break during that period, taking a walk around school and shopping for some accessories or food, for instance.

Mengyao and Yushu left the classroom together, followed by Zhong Pinliang, who motioned to his two followers as he stood up. He’d lost the battle to Lin Yi, but chasing after Mengyao was another thing entirely- he’d wanted to see if he could give a good impression to her this time around.