"Xiao Huai, I've made plans to go to the boxing gym to watch a match. Do you want to come along?"
Since she loves boxing so much, she must also love watching boxing matches.
Unexpectedly, Tong Xiaohuai shook her head and refused him without even thinking, "No, I'm a little sleepy and want to go home to sleep."
If her words had come from someone else, they would have been perceived as a blunt rejection, making the inviter very uncomfortable.
But Yanbo didn't, because he knew that when she said she was sleepy, she really meant it, and it wasn't just an excuse.
"Okay, then go back and get some rest. Don't worry about those ledgers. If you don't understand anything, ask me again tomorrow night at dinner!"
Yan Bo gently instructed her, opened the car door for her, and gently shielded her head with his hand to prevent her from hitting the roof.
Tong Xiaohuai obediently said "Okay!", then scurried into the car, sat down, and waved to him, "See you tomorrow night!"
Yan Bo nodded. "See you tomorrow night!"
He helped her close the car door and waited until the Tong family's driver drove the car off the road before returning to his own car, starting the engine, and driving towards the slapstick gym.
"Third Young Master, it's been a long time! Where have you been enjoying your carefree life?"
Ling Qingyun, who had been waiting in the boxing gym parking lot, came over and opened the car door for him with great enthusiasm, teasing him with a smile, without mentioning at all that he had called him earlier but had been rejected.
After Yan Bo came to L City, among the ten scions of prominent families, Ling Qingyun was the one who got along the closest to him.
However, Yanbo was an extremely cautious person. Although he usually played around with Ling Qingyun, he never revealed anything about work to her. Therefore, Ling Qingyun was unaware that he had gone to S City.
Ultimately, he only regarded Ling Qingyun as a drinking buddy.
"Young Master Ling, if I were truly so carefree and pleasure-seeking, how could I be without you?"
The two walked into the boxing gym side by side, chatting and laughing. Manager Xiao, who was inside, ran up to greet them as soon as he saw the distinguished guests.
"Third Young Master, Young Master Ling, are you here to watch the match? I've reserved the best seats for you two, please come in!"
Yan Bo accepted his flattery without hesitation and sat down with Ling Qingyun in the best viewing spot in the audience.
After settling the guests in, Manager Xiao asked the two young masters about their preferences and fetched different drinks for them. After hesitating for a moment, he sat down directly next to Yan Bo.
Yan Bo didn't care about this; he understood that Manager Xiao was still thinking about the 500,000 yuan investment.
"Third Young Master, I heard that you personally delivered flowers to Miss Tong on the day she took office?"
This matter had actually spread throughout L City long ago, but Ling Qingyun hadn't seen Yan Bo for several days, so he brought it up jokingly when they met.
Yan Bo didn't hide anything and nodded in reply, "Yes, I went for a walk."
Ling Qingyun couldn't help but ask, half out of concern and half out of curiosity, "Speaking of which, aren't you afraid?"
Even though many of these scions of prominent families coveted the beauty of the eldest daughter of the Tong family, none of them dared to provoke her because of her background.
Firstly, the Tong family is truly someone you can't afford to offend.
Secondly, their families would not allow them to have any connection with a gangster's daughter.
These people, to put it nicely, were born with a silver spoon in their mouths and never had to worry about food or money, but before they got their hands on the family business and power, who didn't live cautiously?
Therefore, Ling Qingyun assumed that Yan Bo, like other scions of aristocratic families, had to be wary of the patriarchs who held the power of life and death over the family in everything he did.
Yan Bo naturally understood what he meant by being afraid.
However, he pretended not to understand, "Afraid? Afraid of what?"
In fact, the word "fear" does not exist in Yanbo's dictionary.
A person's life is but a fleeting few decades. If you are timid and afraid, you might as well be a snail and live your whole life hiding in your house. What kind of person are you?
In his view, if you want something, you should strive for it. Even if you fail, it's still a million times better than shrinking back because of fear.
Ling Qingyun assumed he hadn't grasped the pros and cons, so she leaned closer and whispered a reminder to him.
"Now that Miss Tong is in charge of the Tong family, it's not very respectable for a young nobleman like you to hang out with her..."
Yan Bo chuckled twice. "Really? I don't see anything wrong with it! I'm a businessman. Do you think people would look at what kind of friends I have when they do business with me?"
How much money Yan Bo has is still a mystery to the powerful families in L City and even to Secretary Ye.
The reason people are wary of him now is mostly because of the Yan family behind him, rather than because of him personally.
Ling Qingyun couldn't fathom Yan Bo's true capabilities. After all, after spending more than a month together, Yan Bo still left an impression on him that was unfathomable.
"That won't happen..." Because she wasn't sure of Yan Bo's capabilities, Ling Qingyun naturally didn't dare to speak too bluntly. "However, if it were me in this situation, my dad would definitely break my legs!"
A cold glint flashed in Yan Bo's eyes, but he remained nonchalant and gave a perfunctory reply.
"Really? Then you're quite pathetic!"
As for whether his father would be so angry that he would break his legs, Yan Bo didn't say a word.
He had already realized this the moment he decided to provoke Tong Xiaohuai.
Even if one day in the future his father really breaks his legs because of Tong Xiaohuai, he will bravely take the blame, because she is the woman he has decided to protect.
Ling Qingyun never expected that in just over ten days, this Third Young Master Yan would go from being a single nobleman to having someone he loves.
"It's not that we're pitiful. People of our status have that kind of understanding. We naturally have to prioritize the interests of the family when doing things, don't we?"
Yan Bo neither agreed nor disagreed with Ling Qingyun's argument.
He was too lazy to expose Ling Qingyun's so-called family interests, which were nothing more than a matter of not daring to act recklessly because the inheritance rights had not yet been settled.
He was too lazy to explain that he, Yan Bo, was actually different from scions of prominent families like Ling Qingyun.
Seeing that he didn't respond for a long time, Ling Qingyun assumed that she had hit Yan Bo's sore spot with her words, so she stopped talking.
Yan Bo watched quietly as the two so-called experts on the stage tested each other's strength, and suddenly regretted coming all this way tonight.
Ling Qingyun, unaware of Yan Bo's frustration, nudged him with her elbow after a while, "Is the Third Young Master getting a little bored? How about I invite a few friends out to have some fun tomorrow night?"
Seeing Yan Bo turn his head to look at him, he winked at Yan Bo meaningfully.
How could Yan Bo not understand what he meant by "just playing around"?
"No, I have plans with friends tomorrow night. Maybe next time!"
Ling Qingyun was somewhat disappointed. "What? Have you been so busy lately?"
He assumed that Yan Bo was just socializing on official business. In private matters, he considered himself to be the closest to Yan Bo. Apart from him, there weren't many other scions of prominent families in L City who could keep clinging to this third young master.
Yan Bo wasn't in the mood to socialize with him and only gave a curt reply.
"Yes, everything is difficult at the beginning!"
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