The Lu family.
Lu Ziyin, who also got up early for her date on Saturday, even took a shower after getting out of bed.
After coming out, he opened the wardrobe and spent a long time picking and choosing from the pile of clothes. In the end, he chose the outfit he usually wore when he went out with Tang Zhizhou and the others, with a light trench coat over it.
Lu Ziyin looked in the mirror and, unusually, picked up a comb, wanting to style his hair nicely. However, his hair wasn't very long, and after combing for a long time, he couldn't achieve any style. In the end, he gave up and stopped trying.
Lu Ziyin was afraid of being late, so he left home an hour early. His aunt was a little puzzled when she saw him leave, but she didn't say anything.
When Lu Ziyin arrived at the square, Ding Kemeng had not yet arrived. Fearing that Ding Kemeng would not be able to find him, Lu Ziyin simply sat down in front of the fountain and waited quietly.
Because it was Saturday, there were quite a few people even in the morning.
The little girl, holding her mother's hand, walked slowly toward the fountain.
"Mommy, Mommy, there's a big brother sitting by the fountain!" The little girl grabbed her mother's hand, very excited, and quickened her pace, running towards Lu Ziyin.
"Slow down, baby!" the girl's mother said with a helpless smile, holding her daughter's hand.
Hearing the sound, Lu Ziyin looked up in confusion, her eyes meeting the little girl's with a slightly fierce gaze. The little girl was immediately startled and staggered, standing there motionless.
Seeing that the little girl suddenly stopped moving, Lu Ziyin frowned in confusion. However, the girl, who had been standing, became even more frightened when she saw Lu Ziyin frown and immediately burst into tears.
"Wow—Mommy! Big brother is so scary, wow—!!!" The child's voice was clear and penetrating, and it immediately carried through the noisy crowd.
The little girl's mother was also frightened by her daughter. She immediately squatted down and hugged her daughter, comforting her repeatedly while glaring at the boy sitting by the fountain who had scared her daughter.
"What's wrong with you, boy? How old are you? Why are you scaring little kids like this!" The girl's mother comforted her for a long time, and when her daughter's crying subsided, she couldn't help but scold her.
Many people around also witnessed Lu Ziyin scaring the little girl. Overwhelmed with a sense of justice, they chimed in to help the girl's mother, saying, "That's right, young man, how old are you? How can you be so mean, scaring a child like that!"
"I don't know how your family raised you. Don't you understand the importance of respecting elders and caring for the young?"
"Exactly, exactly! He looks all respectable, but I never expected him to be like this!"
The people around her were all talking at once, and their constant chatter gave Lu Ziyin a headache.
With a cold snort, Lu Ziyin suddenly stood up. The tall man, over 1.8 meters, stood up abruptly, his expressionless face startling the people around him, who took a few steps back.
This young man doesn't look very old, but his aura is terrifying.
"Here you go." Lu Ziyin walked up to the little girl's mother, bent down slightly, took out several hundred-yuan bills from her pocket, handed them to her, and said calmly, "Compensation."
The girl's mother was also startled by Lu Ziyin's cold demeanor, but the banknotes in front of her were not deceiving, and she was somewhat tempted.
She glanced at the boy's clothes from head to toe. Although she wasn't sure what brand they were, they were definitely not cheap.
The girl's mother swallowed hard, hugged her daughter tightly, and said, "You scared my daughter to tears. I don't know if she will have any mental problems. You're just giving me a few bills? Are you trying to appease a beggar?"
Lu Ziyin paused, glanced down at the little girl who was still sobbing, and asked in confusion, "Is it not enough?" As he spoke, he took out a few more red banknotes from his pocket, intending to give them to the girl's mother.
"Wait!" Ding Kemeng struggled through the crowd and came in. Seeing Lu Ziyin taking out money again, she quickly spoke up.
Hearing the familiar voice, Lu Ziyin turned her head sharply, her eyes instantly filling with smiles, "Cute baby!"
But Ding Kemeng didn't have time to pay attention to him at the moment. She stepped forward, grabbed Lu Ziyin's hand that was about to give her money, looked at the mother and daughter in front of her, smiled, and said, "Auntie, I know you care about your daughter, but it's not right to extort a high school student in the street, taking advantage of the crowd and standing on the moral high ground!"
The woman's face darkened instantly upon hearing Ding Kemeng's words, and her tone turned vicious: "Young lady, you can't just say whatever you want! If you say I'm extorting money, you need evidence, right? There are so many people on the street, and a large portion of them saw this young man bullying my daughter!"
Lu Ziyin was still a bit out of it. Ding Kemeng's hand, which was holding his wrist, was a little cold, so he subconsciously put his other hand on Ding Kemeng's hand to warm it up. As for the mother and daughter in front of him, they just wanted money, so he would give it to them.
"It's okay, Mengbao, I brought enough money." Lu Ziyin didn't want to waste time here. Today was Mengbao's first date with him, and he didn't want to be disturbed by other people.
Ding Kemeng, however, completely failed to understand Lu Ziyin's thoughts, and even thought he was incredibly stupid after hearing his words. This woman was clearly trying to extort money, and she couldn't let Lu Ziyin be fooled by her!
Does the money of the rich not count as money?
Seeing that Lu Ziyin was about to speak, Ding Kemeng slapped him, "Shut up!" Then, Ding Kemeng looked at the woman in front of her, whose smile had disappeared, "Auntie, you said my classmate bullied your daughter, do you have any evidence?"
"How...how could there be none!" The woman looked at the girl who had just been all smiles, her voice suddenly turning cold, and she couldn't help but panic.
"Really..." Ding Kemeng squatted down, approached the little girl, and smiled gently: "Little sister, did big brother scold you just now?"
The little girl glanced at her mother, pouted, and shook her head.
Did the older brother hit you?
Shake head.
Is your older brother far away?
The girl nodded.
"That big brother was so far away from you, he neither scolded you nor hit you, so how could he have bullied you?" Ding Kemeng smiled, looking at the woman holding the girl, but there was no smile in her eyes.
"Auntie, children are young and don't understand things. They can be easily frightened by small things. But just because my classmate was a little fierce and glanced at your daughter, you're going a bit too far to slander my classmate like this?"
Ding Kemeng's eyes seemed to see right through a woman's heart, every word piercing to the core.
"Auntie, you wouldn't be trying to extort money from my classmate because you saw that he was dressed richly, would you? Anyway, my classmate is naive and rich, so losing a little money won't be a big deal for him, right?"
Her secret exposed, the woman's voice trembled: "What...what did you say? I...I didn't!"
"Really?" Ding Kemeng glanced at the crowd of onlookers and asked, "Do you uncles and aunts also think so?"
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