Chapter 1373 - 1376: Righteous Intervention
"I’m not angry..." Ye Lin shook her head and gave Lin Feng a smile, "Actually, Lin Feng, I want to thank you. If you hadn’t stated things so clearly today, I would still think I had contributed a lot! Turns out, it was nothing... Don’t worry about me, I’ve decided to report back to the Propaganda Department!"
Ye Lin was convinced by her own words? Lin Feng was a bit surprised, as in his impression, Ye Lin was a stubborn and temperamental little woman. Although he was indeed trying hard to persuade Ye Lin, he was already prepared for her to flip out and take a swing at him. Lin Feng could only describe Ye Lin’s current behavior as a pleasant surprise.
"You’re not joking, are you?" Lin Feng looked at Ye Lin suspiciously.
"Tch, do you really think I’m such an unreasonable foolish woman?" Ye Lin glared at Lin Feng, speaking in a serious tone, "Eat your food, let’s leave it at that!"
"Oh!" Lin Feng picked up a piece of cake and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it carefully.
"By the way, Lin Feng, when I went to your villa today, was my attitude bad? Will it have any impact on you?"
Ye Lin suddenly asked a question, seemingly with a hint of apology in her words.
"Cough cough..." Lin Feng almost choked, coughing twice before looking at Ye Lin with a peculiar expression, thinking, this girl has really changed her tune, why would she suddenly bring this up.
"Actually, the impact isn’t huge... After all, my relationship with Ning Aoxue is merely professional, she generally doesn’t concern herself with my affairs!" Lin Feng explained somewhat awkwardly.
"That’s good... Let’s call it a day, I’m full, I’m heading back to the Police Bureau to hand over my work!" Ye Lin casually said, not waiting for Lin Feng to react, rushing out.
"Hey, Ye Lin... Why are you leaving in such a hurry? It’s still early, no one at your work is working yet!" Lin Feng was a bit worried about Ye Lin’s unstable mindset, hurriedly chasing after.
Just as Lin Feng stepped out of the private room, he heard a commotion coming from the direction of the main hall and noticed a very rude burly man fiercely grabbing a kid who looked about ten years old, cursing...
"Damn it, where did this brat come from, actually splashed soy milk all over me, dirtying my expensive clothes, can you afford to compensate? Huh!"
The rude man’s shirt indeed had a sticky soy milk stain at the collar, no wonder he was so angry; while the people watching felt his voice was too loud, no one thought he was wrong.
Lin Feng noticed Ye Lin was also observing the burly man holding the child, with a hesitant look on her face.
"Wu wu... Uncle, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it... Please forgive me... I’m sorry..." The child kept apologizing while crying, looking very pitiful.
"Not intentional?! Hmph, I don’t care if it was intentional or not, this shirt cost over a thousand yuan and today was the first time I wore it, you ruined it, how can I wear it now? Go call your parents, and let’s see how they plan to compensate!"
The rude man showed no sign of letting the child go, but instead smiled proudly, looking around as if searching for something.
"... My mom went to the bathroom, uncle, can you let go of me first? When she returns, let her talk to you..." Although the child was still crying, his thoughts were clear and his words were well spoken, evoking quite a bit of sympathy from the people around.
"Yes, sir, please let go of the child first, it won’t be too late to discuss when his parents come... Ending it ugly is not good for anyone."
"Yes, preserve the peace, whatever it is, sit down and talk slowly..."
"He’s just a kid..."
"What do you all mean?" The rude man, after being spoken to by several onlookers, perhaps felt he’d lost face and his expression turned ugly, he shouted at the crowd, "Am I the one who did wrong? Are you all blind or what? If I let him go, what if he runs away? Unless one of you can fork over two thousand yuan right now, compensating for this shirt, I’ll let this foolish kid go, how about it?! Come on, see who among you is so generous!"
At this, no one spoke up, they were just casually helping out because they pitied the child, not willing to pay for his release.
"Tch, a bunch of poor bastards pretending to be big shots, tch!" The rude man spat gleefully at the crowd like he’d won a battle, looking down upon everyone.
"Can I pay the two thousand yuan for him?"
Ye Lin spoke up this time, directly taking out a thick pile of cash from her bag, walking up to the rude man and calmly asking.
The rude man’s expression froze, he obviously didn’t expect that someone would actually be willing to pay two thousand yuan to release the child, initially feeling a bit embarrassed, but seeing that Ye Lin was just a delicate big-breasted beauty, looking harmless, he smirked lightly, "Heh heh, great beauty, do you know this child?"
"No..." Ye Lin shook her head, raising the cash in her hand slightly, speaking lightly, "But that doesn’t stop me from helping him."
Lin Feng knew Ye Lin wouldn’t rush to leave, but her current actions made him curious, when did Ye Lin become so gentle? If it were before, she would probably have directly kicked the rude man away, easily rescuing the child, regardless of the man’s grievances!
Oh right... Lin Feng suddenly understood, Ye Lin is probably afraid of grievances now, could she want to change?
Lin Feng didn’t say anything, just quietly watched.
"Turns out she’s a rich and beautiful woman! Tsk tsk..." The rude man grinned widely, "Brat, you’re lucky, someone’s willing to pay for you, scram!"
Having said that, the rude man casually pushed the child onto the ground and reached to take the cash from Ye Lin.
The child was already unsteady on his feet while being held by the rude man, now being pushed, amidst the crowd’s cries of concern, he was about to fall to the ground.
"Careful!" Ye Lin quickly bent down, hugged and supported the child, successfully saving him before he could get hurt.
"Wow, the great beauty’s reflexes are pretty quick..." The rude man smiled at Ye Lin, stretching out his hand, "Come on, give me the money first! Let’s call it even."
Ye Lin didn’t hand over the money, instead glaring coldly at the rude man and sternly questioning, "Since I promised to pay you, why did you still push him?!"