Zheng Jinghui had no choice but to turn his head back, then squeezed out a smile at Ji Huaizhou, "Hehe, Brother... Brother Zhou."
Yan Zhiyi gave Ji Huaizhou a look that asked, do you know him?
Ji Huaizhou: "We will talk about it later."
Zheng Jinghui kicked the "Boss" over there, then did a sliding kneel right to Ji Huaizhou's feet and hugged his thigh. "Brother Zhou, please don't tell my brother. I was wrong!"
Ji Huaizhou crossed his arms over his chest: "Where did you go wrong?"
Zheng Jinghui: "I, I shouldn't throw my weight around outside and take in underlings."
Ji Huaizhou: "And?"
"And?" Zheng Jinghui felt there was nothing else.
Ji Huaizhou reminded him: "What grade are you in now?"
Zheng Jinghui immediately understood: "Oh, oh, oh, I, I haven't been studying hard. Brother Zhou, please don't mention this to my brother."
Ji Huaizhou pulled his leg back: "Depends on your behavior."
Hearing this, Zheng Jinghui stood up and kicked that "Boss" again. "What's wrong with you guys? Having eyes but failing to recognize Mount Tai, offending my Brother Zhou. Quick, quick, quick, apologize to my Brother Zhou."
The Boss slapped the delinquent again, "You bastard, don't you know who you can't offend when you're messing around on the streets?"
"I'm sorry, Brother Hui, Brother Zhou, it's my fault. I didn't manage them well. We definitely won't do it again."
That delinquent and the other little punks all knelt on the ground begging for mercy, "Brother Hui, Brother Zhou, we're sorry, we were wrong, we had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai, we're sorry."
Ji Huaizhou: "You shouldn't be apologizing to me."
Hearing this, the delinquent hesitated for a moment, "But, they are the ones who owe money and won't pay. That girl's uncle told us to get the money from her, and said he sold her to us."
Su Yan said sharply: "Impossible! My family doesn't owe any money."
"It's your uncle who owes us money. He said to find you guys to pay it back, and if you couldn't, then he'd sell you to us."
"We haven't even taken you away yet, just let you be our brother's girl, and what do you do? Bring people to beat up our brothers?"
Su Yan's face instantly turned pale upon hearing this. She did indeed have an uncle. Her uncle was a deadbeat who smoked, drank, and gambled. He had ruined his own family and even dragged down his sister, who was Su Yan's mother.
Su Yan's mother only had this one younger brother and often paid off his debts. However, Su Yan's father was unwilling to do so, and the two had argued countless times over this uncle. In the end, Su Yan's mother had to do it secretly.
Su Yan also frequently told her mother to ignore this uncle. Moreover, every time this uncle saw her, he would look her up and down as if she were a piece of merchandise. She never expected that he would actually sell her like a piece of merchandise.
Looking at Su Yan's pale face, Yan Zhiyi knew it was true. But then again, a pure and innocent female lead always had some troubles trailing behind her, waiting for the male lead to appear and resolve them.
Zheng Jinghui kicked the delinquent. "Every wrong has its cause, every debt has its debtor. Don't you know who to look for? How could you bother my Brother Zhou's friends?"
"Hold on!" Ji Huaizhou immediately interrupted him. "Just to clarify, they are not my friends, and I don't know them."
Yan Zhiyi stepped forward. "I'm the one who knows them, but they aren't my friends either."
She walked up to Su Yan and Qin Chen. "I can solve today's problem for you, and they won't come looking for you again in the future, but you need to promise me one thing."
"What is it?" Su Yan's hands clenched unconsciously. This situation made her very embarrassed; she had never thought there would be a day she would have to beg Yan Zhiyi for help.
Yan Zhiyi: "Don't ever look for my sister again. My sister is not your backup. If you run into trouble in the future, stop messaging my sister."
"The previous competition matter was already settled and written off. What do you take my sister for? A sucker? A selfless, devoted saint?"
"If I ever find out that you've asked my sister for help with anything again, even just paying for a meal, I guarantee... next time, you'll be dealing with more than just this handful of people." Yan Zhiyi's eyes were cold.
Yan Zhiyi gave Ji Huaizhou a look. Ji Huaizhou put his arm around Zheng Jinghui: "Let's go! Tell your people to leave too, and remember not to mess with these two in the future."
"If their family really owes a debt, then it has nothing to do with us," Yan Zhiyi added. "Every wrong has its cause, every debt has its debtor."
"Yes, yes." The little punks immediately agreed one by one.
After a short while, Yan Zhiyi, Ji Huaizhou, and the others walked out of the alley. Zheng Jinghui watched Ji Huaizhou and Yan Zhiyi get into the car, and finally breathed a sigh of relief after they left.
He pointed at the others. "Keep your eyes peeled from now on. Don't you know there are some people you just can't afford to offend?"
"Yes, yes!"
Zheng Jinghui finally felt relieved enough to get into his car and prepare to leave. However, not long after, he received a call from Pei Shaoyuan.
Zheng Jinghui: ...QAQ Brother Zhou, you lied to me!
Ji Huaizhou yawned. He hadn't told him at all; it was Yan Zhiyi who told Pei Shaoyuan. However, it was Ji Huaizhou who had told Yan Zhiyi about Zheng Jinghui's identity.
"He is Pei Shaoyuan's cousin. Pei Shaoyuan is also frustrated that this cousin doesn't live up to his expectations, never doing anything productive all day. I didn't expect him to be mixing with street punks."
"He asked me not to tell Pei Shaoyuan, so you do it." Ji Huaizhou had already planned it out.
Yan Zhiyi glanced at him. "You are really sly."
"Hehe."
Yan Zhiyi first sent a message to Ning Xueli saying the matter was resolved and asking her to tell her sister, and then she sent a message to Pei Shaoyuan about his cousin.
That was why Zheng Jinghui received a call from Pei Shaoyuan and was subsequently lectured by his cousin... He felt so exhausted!
When they returned to the school, the evening gala hadn't ended yet, but their class's performance was over. Yan Zhiyi felt it was a bit of a pity that she hadn't seen it.
"Someone in the class must have taken a video. They'll send it to the class group later, and you can watch it then," Ji Huaizhou said.
Yan Zhiyi walked all the way to the backstage area. "It's still not as good as watching it live, but it will do."
Arriving backstage, Yan Zhiyi quickly spotted Yan Nanfeng sitting to the side. She walked over. "Sister."
Yan Nanfeng stood up. "Sister, how did it go? Is Qin Chen alright?"
Yan Zhiyi shook her head. "He's fine, everyone is fine. You can rest assured with the way I handled things. Those people won't casually bully others in the future either."
"However..." Yan Zhiyi changed the subject.
"However what?"
"However, I told them not to come to you for every little thing from now on. If they run into trouble in the future, they are not allowed to message you anymore." Yan Zhiyi watched Yan Nanfeng's expression. "Sister, if they come to you the moment anything happens, what do they take you for?"
"They didn't even say thank you to me. Such people simply aren't worth you helping them time and time again. As for the life-saving matter you mentioned, the previous competition issue already settled that."
Yan Nanfeng thought for a moment and nodded. "I understand."
Yan Zhiyi breathed a sigh of relief. "As long as you don't feel like I'm interfering with your life, Sister."
Yan Nanfeng smiled. "Not at all, I know my sister is doing this for my own good."
Yan Zhiyi smiled as well. "I'm glad you know. Come on, it's such a shame I missed your performance just now. I wonder if Mom got it on video. Let's go find her."
"Okay."
Yan Zhiyi and Yan Nanfeng went to look for Song Youqing. Song Youqing had indeed recorded a video. She was actually wondering where Yan Zhiyi had disappeared to, since they had originally agreed to watch the performance together.
Yan Zhiyi quickly explained, "I was helping out backstage, so I couldn't be out in the audience. Everything is all done now."
