“Whoa~ Little miss~ You’re pretty cute, aren’t you~” The burly man opened his mouth, his voice dripping with the sleazy tone of a street thug.
“Tsk…”
Liang Sheng awkwardly scratched her head. Was this the most embarrassing cliché from a teen romance novel—the part where thugs harass the heroine—finally about to play out?
But Liang Sheng had no intention of causing trouble. She politely pulled Ou Lu back a step. “Sorry, we bumped into you. If there’s nothing else, we’ll get going.”
With that, she tugged Ou Lu’s hand and started toward the other side.
“Hold up!” The thug slipped right in front of the two girls, utterly shameless as he demanded, “You crashed into me—aren’t you going to make it up to us?”
“Yeah, yeah!”
“Exactly!”
The five men hanging around with him nodded vigorously in agreement.
What a bunch of idiots. Liang Sheng’s face twitched with anger.
They just had to shove this annoying trope in my face to ruin my day! Would Su Ze swoop in for the heroic rescue next?
Before Liang Sheng could spiral further into her thoughts, the thug reached out for Ou Lu. His lecherous eyes were locked straight on the generous curves of her chest.
“Where are you looking?!” Before Liang Sheng could even curse him out, Ou Lu shot the man a deadly glare.
For whatever reason, the thug just chuckled lewdly, rubbing his hands together with an even more disgusting grin. “Feisty—I like that~”
Oh god, so gross! Liang Sheng nearly gagged.
“What the hell are you doing? Are you out of your mind? Starting trouble for no reason? You want me to call security?!” Liang Sheng jabbed a finger at the thug’s face and yelled.
The man blinked in surprise. Then his buddies erupted into laughter.
Probably feeling humiliated by a little girl chewing him out, he raised his hand to grab the green-haired girl’s arm.
Right then, it was like justice dropped from the sky.
Just as Liang Sheng had predicted, Su Ze popped up out of nowhere and bellowed, “Let go of that girl! Let me handle it!”
Wait—no, wrong line.
Actually, what he shouted was, “Let her go!”
But the thug must have been half-deaf, or maybe he hadn’t realized the call was for him since his back was turned.
Seeing Liang Sheng dodge, the thug lunged forward like a tiger pouncing on its prey, eager to take advantage and teach this “naive little girl” a lesson in his eyes.
Liang Sheng had dodged just fine at first. But her wild swing flung Ou Lu’s hand free from hers.
She might have steadied herself. But then that jinx Su Ze appeared with his shout—and that face she never wanted to see again. Startled, she lost her balance and toppled straight backward.
Pfft!
“Aaaargh!!”
A horrific, pig-slaughtering scream echoed as the burly man hit the ground. He rolled around, tears streaming down his face amid his wails of agony.
Liang Sheng felt dizzy from her own fall. Groggily climbing to her feet, she found the thug sprawled right at hers.
Pfft!
Blood was still spraying from his face.
“Uh…?”
“Aaaah!”
Round two. This time, it was Liang Sheng screaming, terrified by the blood right in front of her.
It turned out that as she’d slipped, she’d instinctively kicked up her leg to steady herself. The man had lunged right into it, and her skate blade met his face in a very “friendly” bit of “intimate contact.”
Pfft~
The blade gave his face a little kiss, leaving behind a loving red mark~
Ahem—actually, it had deeply slashed his cheek. Nothing life-threatening, just a nasty scar in the making.
But the clueless Liang Sheng thought she’d seriously maimed him—hell, that she might even be a murderer now. Her face drained to a ghostly white.
Ou Lu hurriedly crouched down and pulled the green-haired girl’s head into her embrace. “Don’t be scared, don’t be scared~ No crying, no crying~”
The man lying in a pool of his own blood on the ground: “…”
Any chance of politeness here? I’m the one who’s scared, crying, and bleeding!
Su Ze, off to the side, was utterly stunned. He was too far away to catch exactly how the green-haired girl had “one-shot” this brute.
The thug’s dumbass buddies were equally frozen, staring helplessly.
“You lot! Someone call 120!” the man on the ground roared, more blood gushing out.
“Uh… Right, right!” His friends finally snapped out of it and fumbled for their phones.
One of them even grabbed Ou Lu’s hat. “You hurt him—you can’t just leave! You’ve got to pay his medical bills!”
By now, whether it was the comfort of Ou Lu’s embrace or the reassuring softness of her bosom, Liang Sheng finally regained her calm. She took a closer look at the sobbing man. He didn’t seem badly hurt—just bleeding a lot (?).
“It’s still your fault for acting like creeps…” she muttered under her breath.
Why did these rotten things always happen whenever she went out with beautiful girls?
“Ou Lu, Liang Sheng—are you two okay?” Su Ze extended a hand toward them.
Ou Lu started to reach for it, but Liang Sheng was faster. She snatched his hand and pressed it against her soft cheek, putting on her most pitiful expression. “Sister Ou Lu~ I’m so scared… Please don’t let go of me, okay? Waaah~ There’s so much blood, it’s terrifying.”
“Okay, okay~” Ou Lu ignored Su Ze completely, focusing instead on hugging Liang Sheng tight.
The burly man on the ground: “…”
It’s my blood—what are you even scared of? I’m the one who’s hurt here!
Su Ze was already embarrassed from failing to play the hero. Now it was even worse.
“Uh… Don’t stay sitting on the ground too long. It’s cold,” he said, desperately trying to insert himself into the bizarre atmosphere.
“Mm, thank you for your concern,” Ou Lu replied politely.
Liang Sheng, eyes brimming with tears and looking perfectly obedient, turned to Su Ze. “Su Ze, this is my mess. I should handle it myself. You shouldn’t get involved, or the trouble might rub off on you.”
Ding~ Favorability increased.
“Ou Lu’s Favorability toward Liang Sheng: 150”
Su Ze put on a hypocritical front. “You’re my classmate, and Ou Lu’s my friend. How could I, as a guy, just leave two girls here like this?”
Curiously, Ou Lu’s favorability didn’t budge at his words.
Liang Sheng stifled a smirk.
For a take-charge woman like Ou Lu, the last thing she needed was pity or being labeled a “damsel in distress.”
“Really, we’re fine… I’ve got Sister Ou Lu here with me, right, Sister Ou Lu?” Liang Sheng pouted, hugging the Female Boss Lady even tighter.
