After seeing Xia Yu nod, the five teenagers all looked incredulous, including Jiao Heyu, who had invited Xia Yu out.
They were all guests staying at the villa, acquaintances of the An family, and knew An Siyao well.
Jiao Heyu harbored a secret crush, and under the pretense of inviting An Siyao out for dinner, he enjoyed the thrill of knocking on her bedroom door and chatting with her outside.
He never thought he’d actually succeed!
The five of them froze momentarily, but after a while, they pushed and jostled each other and went downstairs with Xia Yu together.
“How are we getting there? Where are we going?” asked a girl with a ponytail. Her name was Shen Xiaowen, the same girl who had previously said Xia Yu wouldn’t come.
“I borrowed a car from my uncle. Don’t worry, I have a driver’s license.” A boy took out the car keys.
“I have a car too. Perfect.” Jiao Heyu also took out his keys.
Everyone cheered and squeezed into the cars.
This was also their first time coming to Fangzhang City. With no idea where to go, they randomly parked on a street.
“There’s a hotel over there, shall we check out their signature dishes?” Jiao Heyu asked Xia Yu, hoping to hear his opinion.
Seeing the expression on his face, Shen Xiaowen gave a displeased snort.
She glanced around and, before Xia Yu could answer, grabbed the hands of two other companions and pulled them towards a nearby street food stall.
“We’re tired of hotels. Let’s try some street food!” Shen Xiaowen shouted loudly.
Seeing their friends heading to the street food stall, Jiao Heyu had no choice but to follow.
Xia Yu felt a bit regretful about this. He had eaten plenty of street food before but rarely got to dine at hotels.
Well, at least he got to tag along.
Sitting at an empty table, Xia Yu watched them order grilled meat skewers, beer, and fruit juice.
When the skewers arrived, Shen Xiaowen glanced at Xia Yu and smirked.
A well-mannered, gentle girl would surely find greasy grilled meat difficult to handle and wouldn’t know how to bite into the meat skewered on bamboo sticks.
Wanting Xia Yu to embarrass himself in front of Jiao Heyu, Shen Xiaowen handed him a skewer.
“Thanks.” Xia Yu took the skewer and skillfully used his teeth to slide the meat off the bamboo stick, eating it all in one go.
Then he moved his fruit juice aside, opened a can of beer, drank it down in one gulp, and grabbed another skewer.
Soon, a pile of bamboo sticks had accumulated in front of him.
Shen Xiaowen stood frozen in shock, and the remaining four were equally stunned.
In Jiao Heyu’s mind, the beautiful image of An Siyao as an elegant girl cracked slightly.
“Eat, why are you staring at me?” At Xia Yu’s words, the five began eating.
The skewers tasted great, much better than those in Zilang City. Xia Yu was quite happy, and the five others were also satisfied.
After finishing ten plates of skewers and filling their stomachs, they slowed down and started chatting.
Xia Yu listened quietly while providing brief summaries of their conversations:
“My dad recently bought a Lancelot.”
“My mom recently bought a beauty shop in District 11.”
“My brother recently bought a submarine in District 4.”
“My grandpa recently hired a young and pretty housekeeper.”
They were all still of school age, restricted by their parents, so they could only talk about their elders.
The topic eventually reached Jiao Heyu. After glancing at Xia Yu, he said, “My dad recently acquired a housing project in Zilang, about this much!” He held up three fingers.
The other five, including Xia Yu, politely expressed astonishment but weren’t particularly interested in this topic. They were more eager to discuss the topic of changing housekeepers.
However, a nearby table of people became extremely interested in this topic.
“My dad recently acquired a housing project in Zilang, about this much!” a bare-armed man mimicked Jiao Heyu’s tone and gesture.
His companions burst into laughter, loud enough to be heard across the street.
They didn’t know Jiao Heyu was telling the truth and assumed the five were just bragging.
In Xia Yu’s previous life, with the rise of entertainment platforms like Weibo, the public knew that the rich were not much different from ordinary people. However, people in this world hadn’t developed that understanding yet.
In the bare-armed man’s mind, how could the rich eat such cheap street food?
So they laughed heartily.
Jiao Heyu’s face immediately darkened upon hearing their laughter.
As the children of the nouveau riche, they were accustomed to being fawned upon wherever they went. Any grievances they encountered typically came from even wealthier tycoons. But now, these laborers dared to mock him?
“What are you laughing at?” Jiao Heyu stood up and shouted at the neighboring table.
The neighboring table laughed even harder. The bare-armed man stood up and responded, “What? You can brag, but we can’t laugh?”
Knowing this couldn’t be easily explained, Xia Yu tugged at Jiao Heyu’s clothes, trying to make him sit down, but Jiao Heyu ignored him.
“I didn’t brag!” Jiao Heyu slammed the table.
The bare-armed man mimicked him again, slapping the table: “I didn’t brag! My dad is Wang Yun!”
“Hahahahaha!”
This time, the surrounding customers also burst into laughter, filling the street food stall with a joyful atmosphere.
Jiao Heyu had never experienced such humiliation before. His face turned red with anger, and he directly cursed at the bare-armed man.
This time, he truly stirred up a hornet’s nest. The group at the neighboring table slammed their table and stood up.
At this point, the opposing group only wanted to intimidate Jiao Heyu. If he had backed down, the situation could still have been controlled.
However, Jiao Heyu didn’t know how to yield. The other four, seeing the opposing group stand up, followed suit.
Xia Yu reached out to stop them but then changed his mind. He realized that if he intervened, these inexperienced teenagers might blame him for meddling.
He didn’t want to do something thankless.
These guys needed to learn a lesson.
Without standing up, Xia Yu continued eating his skewers.
Jiao Heyu, busy arguing with the bare-armed man, didn’t notice Xia Yu, but Shen Xiaowen saw clearly. She assumed Xia Yu was too scared to stand up.
As she prepared to mock Xia Yu, a new situation arose on Jiao Heyu’s side.
After exchanging some heated words and insults aimed at each other’s families, the bare-armed man pushed Jiao Heyu down and grabbed a beer bottle. His group also surrounded Jiao Heyu and his friends.
At this moment, Jiao Heyu finally felt fear. He frantically took out his phone to call the police, but his hands trembled, and the phone fell under the table.
At that moment, the bare-armed man had already raised the beer bottle.
A loud thud echoed.
However, the sound didn’t come from Jiao Heyu but from the bare-armed man himself.
The bare-armed man had collapsed on the ground.
Both Jiao Heyu’s group and the opposing group were shocked. They looked at Xia Yu, who was standing beside the fallen bare-armed man.
Xia Yu threw the small stool he was holding onto the ground.
The sound of the stool startled the opposing group. They immediately wanted to rush forward for revenge. At this moment, Xia Yu grabbed Shen Xiaowen, reached into her chest, and took out her wallet.
Amidst Shen Xiaowen’s flushed face, Xia Yu took all the money from her wallet and scattered it on the ground.
“This is for your medical expenses,” Xia Yu said.
The money in Shen Xiaowen’s wallet totaled ten thousand. Scattered on the ground, it created a strong visual and psychological impact.
Seeing the money on the ground, the group’s eyes turned red. They barely earned a few hundred dollars a month through hard work. Now, presented with an opportunity to pick up money, how could they resist?
They hesitated for two seconds. When one person squatted down, all of them crouched on the ground to collect the money.
The momentum of the first charge is strong, weakens in the second, and fades in the third.
Xia Yu first intimidated them by suddenly knocking down the bare-armed man, weakening their morale. Then he used money to completely break their fighting spirit.
At this point, even if Xia Yu’s group stayed in place, the opposing group wouldn’t attack again.
However, for safety, Xia Yu pulled Shen Xiaowen and urged them to leave quickly.
To prevent any accidents, he took Jiao Heyu’s wallet and scattered another round of money.
After crossing the street, the group relaxed.
Shen Xiaowen patted her chest and tightly hugged Xia Yu’s arm: “Yaoyao, you’re amazing!”
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