Chapter 17: Showing off one's good son to others.

At the security guard's shouts, He Yi, who was stunned by the impact, finally came to his senses.

He felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, saw a thin layer of blood on his fingertip, and roared furiously, "It was him! He hit me! My head is all scraped! It's bleeding! Did you see that?!"

Yan Zhaozhou originally planned to handle the matter himself.

After all, the whole thing started because of him.

But for some reason, looking at Jiang Yingxu's calm and indifferent face and listening to his explanation that even a dog wouldn't believe, his heart, which wanted to cause trouble, began to stir.

That's strange, why would I want to provoke him so much?

Yan Zhaozhou crossed his arms and watched Jiang Yingxu from the sidelines, lazily drawing out his words.

"Dude, what do we do now?"

Jiang Yingxu ignored him, and walked straight to He Yi's side under the suspicious gaze of the security guard. He lowered his head and met He Yi's resentful gaze.

"Call the police! I want to call the police and have them arrest you!"

"This is intentional assault! My mother will send you to jail!"

"You also owe me compensation and an apology!"

Jiang Yingxu found it somewhat amusing, and gave a faint smile.

Seeing that He Yi was in so much pain that he couldn't sit up, he kindly bent his knees and squatted down, resting his elbows on his knees, and moved closer.

"Call the police?" Jiang Yingxu's voice was low and cold as he spoke slowly and deliberately. "I'm not afraid, but do you really dare?"

"Do you think you can face the police with a clear conscience?"

He Yi's eyes suddenly flickered as if he had thought of something.

It's practically an admission of guilt.

Jiang Yingxu had seen many people like this.

On the surface, he may appear serious and even be a good student, but behind the scenes, he looks down on anyone weaker than him.

The excitement he exuded and the bloodthirsty desire in his eyes the moment he struck the blow made it clear that this was no first time he had done something like this.

These kinds of people also love to keep videos of their torture and murder, watching them repeatedly to relive the experience.

Whenever someone larger or more assertive than them appears, they immediately cower faster than anyone else.

The more someone tries to pretend, the more afraid they are of having their deeds discovered.

This person's mental defenses crumbled as soon as they were tricked.

Jiang Yingxu leaned forward slightly, his eyes as dark as ink, calm and deep to the point of being almost inhuman.

"You struck first; I was merely forced into a hasty counterattack. Who can control their aim?"

"It was just an accident."

"But what you did..." Jiang Yingxu chuckled ambiguously, "What I said to the police at the police station is another matter entirely."

He had a refined and elegant appearance, and a cool and clean demeanor. His voice was also deep and detached.

His thin lips moved slightly, each word spoken calmly and casually, yet precisely striking at He Yi's deepest fears, instilling a sense of dread in him.

He Yi was shrouded in his shadow. When he met those deep, emotionless black eyes, he felt as if he were being entangled by some cold python. He felt as if he were immersed in ice water from head to toe, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably, even his teeth chattering.

"I...I...I..."

Jiang Yingxu smiled faintly, said nothing more, and stood up. "Let him call the police if he wants to."

The security guard stood to the side with his hands on his hips, not having heard much of their conversation. Hearing this, he frowned and took out his phone from his pocket.

Of course, instead of calling the police, we contacted the teachers at the school.

If the police are called and a police car pulls up to the school gate, whoever takes a picture or records a video and posts it online will instantly generate countless rumors.

It was just a dispute between students.

Just have the teacher come over and talk to their parents to mediate.

He Yi was lying on the ground, feeling agitated, when he suddenly saw the security guard making a phone call and thought he was really going to call the police.

My mind went completely blank, and I blurted out, "Don't call the police!"

The security guard was stunned.

He Yi's lips turned pale. He glanced at Jiang Yingxu, who was standing quietly to the side, in alarm. He forced himself to change his tune, "...I misspoke. I fell by myself. There's no need to call the police."

The security guard was more pleased to hear the phrase, "It's better to avoid trouble than to cause it."

After asking again and confirming that the boy firmly said that he fell on his own and it had nothing to do with anyone else, I helped him to sit in the security room.

Jiang Yingxu remained calm, showing no surprise whatsoever.

He slung his backpack over his shoulder, and with the particularly eye-catching long-haired kitten on his shoulder, he walked through the crowd and left.

Yan Zhaozhou remained where he was, raising an eyebrow.

He muttered to himself, "How can a guy act so cool so naturally?"

What's with the arrogance?

Wouldn't that make him look like he lost?

Yan Zhaozhou clicked his tongue lightly, turned to look at the classmates who came out with him, and said lazily, "You all saw and heard it, right? He Yi said that he fell on his own and that it had nothing to do with anyone else."

A group of people nodded in agreement.

Yan Zhaozhou waved his hand. "Alright, everyone go home."

He walked to the shiny black Maybach parked on the street corner, opened the door, and got in.

The driver glanced at his expression in the rearview mirror. "Young Master, should we handle what happened earlier?"

Yan Zhaozhou squinted slightly and looked out the car window.

He Yi's mother rushed into the security room with her phone in hand, and helped her pale-faced son out with a pained expression. Her mouth opened and closed, presumably scolding him for being careless.

He Yi's face was full of impatience, and he was suppressing his anger.

He slapped his mother's hand away from touching the back of his head.

The two walked quickly and soon disappeared from sight.

Yan Zhaozhou felt a tickle in his heart when he thought of the boy who was even more arrogant and pretentious than him.

What did you say when you squatted down?

He Yi is a typical example of someone who is both insecure and arrogant. He's a good-for-nothing outside but an emperor at home, the kind of person who will make trouble even when he's being unreasonable.

After learning his identity, they initially pretended to be aloof, but once they discovered that he frequently treated them to meals and gave them gifts, they swarmed around him like flies, just like the other lackeys.

Yan Zhaozhou treated it as a pastime to pass the time.

As the saying goes, trouble is always a troublesome little devil. If that guy could make He Yi change his mind, did he have some kind of leverage over him?

Yan Zhaozhou pondered for a few seconds before saying, "Have someone investigate He Yi, the one in my class."

The driver agreed.

Seeing that Yan Zhaozhou had no further instructions and was playing with his phone, he started the vehicle and slowly drove away.

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A boy in a blue and white school uniform, as cool and refreshing as the wind; a calico kitten with long, flowing fur, painted in bold colors.

Any one of them could attract a lot of attention.

Moreover, when combined, the effect is far greater than the sum of its parts.

However, Jiang Yingxu never cared about other people's opinions, and Shi Miao was an even more vain little cat with her chest out and head held high. She calmly walked through the crowd and came to the public bicycle shed.

Shi Miao hummed and puffed as she rode her little motorcycle, glancing at the boy's aloof profile, unable to suppress the urge to wag her tail.

[Commander, did you see that?]

She was beaming with pride, as if showing off her good son to others: "Jiang Yingxu was so—cool just now!"

He knocked that idiot down in a flash!

She's so calm and cool when reasoning with people.

system:【? 】

System: [Are you referring to those statements that are ostensibly about "reasoning" but are actually threats?]

Shi Miao coughed lightly and argued her case.

[He deserved it. Jiang Yingxu wasn't making things up. If he hadn't done anything wrong, why would he be afraid?]

Isn't that cool?

哢哒.

The car lock popped open, and Jiang Yingxu lowered his eyes slightly, his lips pressed into a straight line as if he was suppressing something, but his earlobes were uncontrollably flushed with a little heat.

In cat form, the girl's voice has a more coquettish quality, like a pool of pure, sweet honey.

Jiang Yingxu swallowed subtly, trying to relieve the dryness in his throat.

I don't know if it was because of the pure, joyful praise, or because of the extremely sweet voice.

Even though my skin condition hadn't flared up, my skin still felt slightly warm, like a tiny, barely perceptible flame flickering and burning.

Jiang Yingxu was always used to pain and torment.

I never imagined that joy could bring such hidden and agonizing pain.

He got on his bike, used his waist and abdomen to push off hard, trying to use the oncoming wind to dispel the lingering itchy heat.

On her shoulder, the tip of Shi Miao's tail curled up in delight.

The system was too lazy to argue with the new Jiang Yingxu, so it gave a cold reminder to prevent the little cat from getting too caught up in appearances.

[This was a sudden and unexpected incident. It was indeed Jiang Yingxu who made the move, and it should have been detrimental to him. However, he managed to turn the tide with just a few words, precisely targeting the other person's Achilles' heel. What does this demonstrate?]

The system thought, "I've explained it so clearly, surely it can understand, right?"

A person's character is not formed overnight.

The fact that Jiang Yingxu was able to grow into the final villain in the book is enough to show that manipulating people's hearts is his talent, and deep indifference is his true nature.

The system just wanted to make Shi Miao more wary, so that he wouldn't be blinded by his aloof and cold appearance, like a pure white moonlight, and actually think he was some innocent and pitiful little thing.

Shi Miao frowned, Shi Miao pondered, Shi Miao suddenly realized.

【I see! 】

The system felt relieved and [explained—]

Shi Miao: [This shows Jiang Yingxu is very capable!]

system:【? 】

system:【. 】

It's beyond saving, just take it down and bury it.