âWh-Whatâre you doing?â Xiaoxiao jumped in fright, not knowing where this was coming from. What did Lin Yi think he was doing? She subconsciously moved her hand away but didnât make it in time.
Lin Yi didnât say anything. He put something in her hand and turned around to leave.
It was⦠a bracelet. Xiaoxiao looked at what Lin Yi had given her, stunned speechless.
Sheâd been looking for this for so long, and Lin Yi had gotten it after just feeling around in the water?
Xiaoxiao stared at Lin Yiâs receding figure, her eyes filled with disbelief, feeling that she didnât understand Lin Yi at all.
Lin Yi was no treasure hunting expert. He couldnât find Xiaoxiaoâs bracelet at the bottom of the sea that easily. All he did was use the faint hostility Xiaoxiao had towards him and located the item with Xiaoxiaoâs presence on it with the jadeâs ability.
It was a very common ability the jade had, and Lin Yi had used this trick often on the battlefield to find the items his enemies left behind.
However, it only worked when people were hostile toward him. It didnât apply to anybody else.
And with that, the spring trip ended rather plainly after Pinliangâs little incident.
At dusk, everyone got on the seaplane theyâd been on earlier and returned to Songshan.
Pinliangâs face was pale as he sat beside Xiaofu. They werenât sitting at the very back anymore, but behind the other students instead, at around the middle of the plane.
âThe perfect spring trip plan, completely ruined!â Pinliang felt that nothing went his way these days! No matter what he did, it always ended in failure! He might think the god of misfortune had latched onto him if this went on.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âSorry, Liang Bro, I didnât warn you in time when that shark came,â Xiaofu said guiltily.
âForget it, I was too impatient.â Pinliang said with a wave of his hand. âMengyao probably has an even worse impression of me now. She probably thinks Iâm a coward who tries to get girls in trouble when Iâm in danger. Itâs hopeless. Itâs over. Itâs utterly impossible at this point.â
âLiang Bro, donât say that! Donât give up yet! Thereâs still hope!â Xiaofu said. In truth, he too felt that hopes were looking really slim for Pinliang.
âReally? Thereâs still hope?â Pinliang was like a drowning man clutching at the straw keeping him alive. He knew it was hopeless, but he didnât want to let go.
âYes!â Xiaofu said after some hesitation. âLiang Bro, I actually think you should do a B&E!â
âA B&E?â Pinliang paused, a little shocked at what Xiaofu was suggesting. âYouâre telling me toâ¦â
âYes, I am!â Xiaofu didnât really mean it at first, but now that heâd said it, it seemed like a good idea. So he continued, âLook, Liang Bro, itâs April now, and we only have two months left before college entrance exams. Timeâs running out, so if you donât do anything now, itâll get even harder in college! At college, Chu Mengyao will start to date people, and what if she gets a boyfriend!â
âYes, youâre right!â Pinliang nodded. âBut isnât a B&E too risky? Chu Mengyaoâs house isnât a normal one. I donât want to get screwed!â
Pinliang did give Ruoming a similar âbreaking and enteringâ suggestion once, telling him to force himself on Tang Yin, but it was something to do to poor girls such as Tang Yin who didn't have a powerful background!
Mengyao was no poor girl. If he were to do something to her, would Pengzhan spare him?
âNot necessarily!â Xiaofu said, waving his hand as if he were a wise man. âThink about it, Liang Bro. What do these upper society people care about most? Their name! If Chu Mengyao becomes your woman would she tell on you? Would she dare? Even if she would, Chu Pengzhan might not even agree to her pressing charges! This involves his daughterâs name and honor, her lifelong reputation! If this got out, howâs Chu Mengyao supposed to marry anybody?!â
âThat makes sense, but that doesnât guarantee that Chu Pengzhan wouldnât do anything to me behind the scenes!â Pinliang was still a little worried after thinking about it.
âThatâs easy. First, Chu Mengyao will be your woman, so I donât believe that she wonât care about all that. As long as she cares, youâll be able to use that and penetrate her mental defenses!â Xiaofu said confidently. âSecond, Liang Bro, you have to gain power! Go to Chu Pengzhanâs company and tell them that Chu Mengyaoâs your woman, that youâre Chu Pengzhanâs son-in-law! Let them all know! Once you establish that fact, Chu Pengzhan will have a hard time dealing with you even if he wanted to, since everybody knows about it! Heâll have to admit to you being his son-in-law. Thatâll be his only option if he doesnât want people laughing at him!â
âHuh? I say, Xiaofu, you sure have some good ideas!â Pinliang said after Xiaofuâs analysis. It made perfect sense! It wasnât a bad idea at all. It was doable if things went right!
âOf course, Liang Bro. If youâre really worried that something will go wrong, thereâs another way.â Xiaofu was getting excited himself. âYou lock Chu Mengyao up first and go to Chu Pengzhan to tell him how sheâs your woman. See what his reaction is! If he takes it and admits to your status as son-in-law, then perfect, you go back and cook the rice! If he doesnât want to admit it, let Chu Mengyao go unscathed. Tell him itâs just a joke! The risk is as small as it gets!â
âXiaofu! I never realized this, but youâre really so smart!!â PInliang had some reservations at first, but this failsafe plan Xiaofu gave him really put him at ease! There was practically no risk anymore!
âHeh heh, all thanks to your lessons, Liang Bro!â Xiaofu smiled happily.
âMan, I got kicked by Feng XIaoxiao down there. Itâs all swollen. Looks like I wonât be able to use it for a while, so B&E wonât work for the time being anyway!â Pinliang said in regret.
Xiaoxiao gripped her bracelet tightly. It seemed that she needed to reassess Lin Yiâs strength.
Sheâd underestimated Lin Yi way too much. That was why she kept failing. It seemed that getting Lin Yi to fall in love with her wasnât a simple task either, especially after how heâd saved her today. She could feel that Lin Yi didnât have any romantic feelings for her or anything. Heâd only saved her out of a sort of pity!
So Xiaoxiao felt like she needed to make some adjustments to her plan. As things were, Lin Yi would never fall for her even if she chased him like this for her entire life. She needed to make more than a few moves.
A little hesitant, she looked at Lin Yi, who was sitting beside her. Didnât going after him after heâd saved her make her ungrateful? Itâd be repaying grace with revenge.
Most importantly, he even helped her find her motherâs bracelet.