Chapter 49: Xu Ruowei Regrets It

Xu Ye stood looking down from above, a cold sneer playing at the corners of his mouth.

"Xu Ye, you really think you're hot stuff, don't you? Don't forget where this is!"

"This is a school, and the semester has officially started. Do you dare to lay a hand on me?"

"Just try laying a hand on me and see what happens?!"

Zhou Wenhao was ecstatic. It was almost too easy to lead this stinky lackey Xu Ye right into the trap they had set.

But it wasn't enough, not nearly enough.

After all, their goal wasn't just to provoke him into making the first move, but to claim "self-defense," break his lackey legs as a consequence, and then get him expelled so he could never make a comeback!

"Come on, if you're so tough, hit me!"

"I really don't know what the hell you're putting on airs for day after day. You're just a dog kept by Campus Belle Xu!"

"It's bad enough that you don't know how to show gratitude, but you actually dare to bite the hand that feeds you?"

"Have you no shame?"

As he spoke, he jabbed his finger repeatedly against Xu Ye's chest, his dog-like face showing the utmost arrogance.

"And what do you have to be smug about?"

Xu Ye blocked Zhao Yang, who had been about to speak, and looked calmly at his opponent.

"I at least draw a salary. Even if I really am a dog kept by Xu Ruowei, it's fair, legal, and square. What about you?"

"You don't even get paid, yet you eagerly throw yourself at people just to be their dog. What breed are you supposed to be?"

"A pug?"

"Come to think of it, you really do look quite a bit like a pug. Here, stick out your tongue and let me see."

"No, you know what? Maybe I should just take a picture of you and send it to your master to see?"

"Damn you, who are you calling a pug?!"

Zhou Wenhao had been running his mouth for a while without any effect, but Xu Ye's single "pug" remark instantly shattered his composure. He raised his fist and swung it straight at Xu Ye's face.

After all, he did genuinely resemble a pug.

Truths, it seemed, were always the easiest way to shatter someone's defenses.

Yet before his fist could land on Xu Ye's face, it was intercepted by a large hand clamped down like an iron vise. Immediately following, a kick slammed directly into the shin of his right leg, forcing him to drop to his knees on the spot.

"Ah—!"

With his wrist locked and his knee crashing violently against the ground, Zhou Wenhao let out a shrill howl of agony right then and there.

"It hurts, it hurts, let go! Damn you, let go of me!"

The others were utterly stunned.

This surnamed Xu lackey actually dared to fight back?

One had to remember that there were over twenty people present in total on their side.

How on earth did this guy named Xu have the guts?

Was he out of his mind?

Xu Ye released his grip and patted Zhou Wenhao's face with light disdain. "With garbage like you, how dare you run your mouth in front of me?"

"Remember, don't you ever dare provoke me again. Otherwise... I can't guarantee what might happen!"

With that, he delivered another kick directly to Zhou Wenhao's chest, sending him flying backward.

"You... you bastard, you actually hit me?"

"What are you all standing around for? Why aren't you beating him to a pulp?!"

"Don't forget, he's the one who struck first now, so this counts as self-defense! Beat him into the ground, and whatever happens, I'll take full responsibility!!"

Howling in pain, Zhou Wenhao took a long moment to recover before he was consumed by blind fury, shrieking like a mad dog.

Yet the moment his words fell, a voice suddenly echoed in everyone's ears.

"All of you, stop right there!"

Everyone turned in the direction of the voice to see a figure with a flawless physique, yet carrying an air of affectation and pretentious posturing, walking into the room.

It was none other than Xu Ruowei, whom they hadn't seen in days.

"Ruowei, you're finally here! Just look at your family's servant, he's acting completely out of hand!"

Wu Jiajia was the first to react, hurrying forward to fawn over her like an eager dog.

The others also wore expressions of righteous indignation, eager to embellish the story and file a heavy complaint against him.

Before they could get their words out, however, Xu Ruowei raised a hand to stop them.

"Xu Ye, come outside with me for a moment. I have something to say to you!"

Jiang Yang was still in the hospital, but a prison sentence was practically a certainty for him now.

The Jiang family had also been targeted by powerful forces, pushing them to the brink of bankruptcy.

And of course, there was the most crucial point: her mother had been continuously targeted and tormented over the past few days!

This damned scumbag was going further and further overboard; she had to talk to him properly!

Yet compared to before, she had almost no confidence left.

After all, Xu Ye had already clearly demonstrated his stance.

He was going to force her to bow her head until she agreed to be his girlfriend!

Though she was desperately unwilling, she truly had no other choice. Leaving aside the constant pressure her mother and the others were putting on her, she herself simply couldn't take it anymore.

Just what kind of life had she lived in the past?

She slept on mattresses worth over four million, ate entirely imported goods, and even a single breakfast never cost less than five thousand.

The cheapest luxury cars she drove were worth millions, she wore Italian haute couture, and her cosmetics came in sets costing a million each!

Her family was still quite well-off now, but how could they possibly sustain a lifestyle of that caliber?

In the past, she never wore the same outfit twice, but now only her socks could barely be thrown away after a single wear.

How was she supposed to accept such a drastic plunge in her standards?

This was definitely not what she wanted. She had to take back her former life—it belonged to her in the first place, and why should this stinky bootlicker Xu Ye have the right to strip it away from her?

"Sorry, no time. Don't stand here and ruin my appetite."

Without even sparing her a glance, Xu Ye gave a cold, blunt refusal.

"Xu Ye!!"

Furious, Xu Ruowei slammed her hand down heavily on the table, her voice pitching up several octaves.

"Didn't you hear what I said? I told you to get lost!"

From now on, Xu Ye would never grant her any more face.

What he wanted to do was tear off her mask time and time again in front of countless people, and see just how long she could keep up the act of being this lofty "Miss Xu family"...

Just how much longer!

"Xu Ye! You..."

"What about you? Didn't you hear my man? He told you to get lost!"

Following this sudden voice, yet another figure walked in from outside the private dining room.

The moment she appeared, it was as if the entire world lost its color because of her.

Everyone's gaze was drawn involuntarily, completely captivated by her.

"Wh... who is that?"

"So beautiful... Why do I feel like... she's even prettier than Campus Belle Xu?"

"What do you mean, feel like? That's obviously a fact, okay?"

"It's mostly her aura—so cold, yet it really makes you want to conquer her..."

Zhou Wenhao and the others were dumbfounded too. Indeed, this girl genuinely seemed even more striking than Campus Belle Xu.

Yet how could a girl this breathtaking possibly be the woman of that stinky lackey Xu Ye?

Had she lost her mind?

Or was she blind and taking the wrong medication?

Only Xu Ruowei stood with her mouth wide open, her face etched with utter shock.

Wait... wasn't this the female actress Xu Ye had hired with money at the Grand Century a few days ago?

Could it be that she wasn't hired at all? Had he really changed his mind?

No, how could that be? This damned bootlicker had fawned over her for all these years; how could his heart change just like that?

She refused to believe it. It couldn't possibly be true!