Chapter 106: You’ve Misunderstood

Under the watchful eyes of the great and powerful figures of Hai East, Lin Le was dragged all the way to the car by Lin Xueling.

“Mr. Lin, then we’ll treat you to a meal another day,” Guan Tianxiong called after Lin Le’s departing figure.

Then everyone burst into another round of schadenfreude, got into their cars one after another, and the convoy of dozens of vehicles soon left the scene.

Inside the car, Lin Xueling tossed Lin Le into the seat, and the two sat side by side.

“Explain yourself. What are you doing out here in the middle of the night instead of staying home properly?” Lin Xueling said, arms folded, as though she were interrogating a criminal.

“Cousin, let me explain...”

Just as Lin Le was about to make up an excuse, Lin Xueling cut him off again. “You don’t need to explain to me. I don’t want to hear your explanation!”

Lin Le was furious inside. Sister, wasn’t it you who told me to explain? And now that I’m about to, you say you won’t listen. Is that really the logic girls use...

Lin Xueling continued indignantly, “You don’t sleep at night and instead run off to bars to mingle with these improper people. I’m calling your mother right now and telling her everything you’ve been up to!”

As she spoke, she took out her phone and was about to call Lin Le’s mother.

“No, no, no, I was wrong. I was wrong, okay?”

Mr. Lin feared nothing under heaven or earth except his mother being called. One call like that, and he could forget about having a peaceful month ahead.

This time, Lin Xueling had made up her mind and ignored his protests, preparing to continue dialing.

“No!” Lin Le was so terrified that his heart lurched. He lunged to snatch the phone.

Naturally, Lin Xueling would not let him.

Back and forth they struggled...

At that moment, Lin Le still had not noticed that a police car had already stopped behind them.

Xue Manman had just gotten off work today. When she reached this place, she saw a car parked illegally by the roadside.

What was more, the vehicle was rocking back and forth, and there seemed to be sounds of a struggle coming from inside. Extremely suspicious.

Xue Manman stopped her car and walked over to the window.

“Please present your—”

The instant Xue Manman opened the door, she saw a boy and a girl wrestling together.

How should one put it? Though Xue Manman had never been in love, she had a vivid imagination. Seeing the scene before her, and thinking of the car’s swaying from earlier, two rather indecent words immediately surfaced in her mind.

“You actually...” Xue Manman was just about to stand on the high ground of morality and civility to condemn such uncivilized behavior, but when her eyes landed on the boy’s face, she froze.

“Lin Le? It’s you?!” Xue Manman recognized at once that this shameless little creep before her was none other than Lin Le, the wretch who had stolen a button from her shirt!

“Ah? So it’s Captain Xue. What a coincidence...” Lin Le said with an awkward grin.

As he spoke, he did not forget to seize the chance to dodge Lin Xueling’s phone.

“Lin Le, give it to me!!” Lin Xueling lunged at him.

But the three words, as heard by Xue Manman, were twisted entirely into another meaning...

On the public road, not only were they doing something so shameless, but this woman even dared to say something so outrageously suggestive right in front of her! Truly disgraceful!!

Shame and anger surged in Xue Manman’s heart, but since this was ultimately another family’s business, she could not very well interfere.

Besides, ever since her father Xue Beichuan had told her that she ought to show Lin Le some respect, Xue Manman, though extremely unwilling, had no choice but to give her father face and be more tolerant of him.

“Is this your... girlfriend?” Xue Manman asked, forcing out a smile while her cheeks burned.

“Don’t get the wrong idea. This is my cousin,” Lin Le said earnestly.

“Your cousin? You two...” Xue Manman felt a chill run through her.

“Ugh, Lin Le, you’re really disgusting! As expected, you’re a filthy pervert, a filthy scoundrel!” Xue Manman felt that her entire worldview was about to be ruined by this bastard. Unable to stay another second, she slammed the car door shut, got back into her own vehicle, and fled the scene at once.

After Xue Manman left for a while, Lin Le was still wearing a bewildered expression.

He kept feeling that the other party had somehow misunderstood him, but he could not figure out what exactly he had done to deserve such a misunderstanding...

“Lin Le, give it to me! Give me back my phone!” After Xue Manman left, Lin Xueling said angrily.

“I can give it back, but can you please stop calling my mother every time something happens?”

“Who told you to go mixing with those people from the streets!” Lin Xueling said angrily.

Back when Lin Le’s mother divorced Lin Tenghui and left Haizhou, she had instructed Lin Xueling to help discipline her son. In a sense, Lin Xueling held the imperial sword, so she had plenty of confidence in front of Lin Le.

“I... I wasn’t mixing with them!” Lin Le argued.

“You weren’t? Then what were you doing with them at the bar so late at night?” Lin Xueling did not believe him at all.

Lin Le was so clever that with a turn of his eyes, he could think of a plan.

“I was with them for the sake of our Lin Family Noodle House!” he said, wearing the pained look of someone forced into selling their virtue.

“For the noodle house? What do you mean?” Lin Xueling asked in confusion.

“Didn’t you know? This afternoon, the noodle house we had just finished renovating was smashed up by someone!” Lin Le’s voice was full of the helplessness of the wronged.

“What? There’s such a thing!” Lin Xueling was very surprised to hear this.

“So what are you doing here tonight?”

“Wasn’t I trying to treat the Tianxiong brothers to a meal and a few drinks so they could help smooth things over? Who knew that after we finished eating and drinking, before I could even make everything clear, you dragged me away...” Lin Le’s performance, especially the precision with which he managed his expressions, was worthy of an award-winning actor.

“So... so that means I really misunderstood you...” Lin Xueling, who had been arrogant and indignant moments ago, was completely dumbfounded. It turned out she had misunderstood him and even ruined his business.

A trace of guilt rose in her heart, and she began to regret why she had not given him even a chance to explain. She had truly been too careless.

“Ah well, since it’s already come to this, let’s forget it,” Lin Le said rather helplessly.

“Forget it? Then what about the noodle house?” Lin Xueling worried.

“Today was a lost cause. We can only wait until next time, then invite them out for another meal...” Lin Le let out a long sigh.

“This... I never expected it would be like this. I’m truly sorry...” Lin Xueling lowered her head, looking self-reproachful.

Lin Le’s eyes lit up. Good heavens, did I hear that right? This woman spends her days bullying me and riding roughshod over me, and today the sun has truly risen in the west—she’s actually saying sorry?

“It’s fine. It’s all in the past. I’ll take you home first.”

Outwardly, Lin Le wore a worried expression, but inside he was already overjoyed.

As long as she didn’t call his mother to complain, anything was negotiable.

After that, Lin Le drove Lin Xueling home.

Along the way, Lin Xueling was completely subdued, feeling as though she owed Lin Le something.

Even when Lin Le finally dropped her at her doorstep, Lin Xueling still looked guilty.

After leaving Lin Xueling’s house, Lin Le finally let out a breath of relief. That was close—tonight he nearly fell into this woman’s hands.

On the way home, Lin Le was still thinking about how he had dealt with the Four Vajras today.

Though the Four Vajras were no match for him, their strength was indeed considerable.

However, those Four Vajras were merely errand-running thugs under the Crimson Blossom Society. That Miao Shouren was likely even more formidable.

Whether in strength or in the depth of his schemes, Miao Shouren was clearly on a much higher level than Guan Tianxiong and Yao Kun.

Lin Le already had a vague suspicion in his heart: with Miao Shouren’s intelligence and ambition, he was unlikely to give up on Haizhou and the Hai East region so easily.

If that was really the case, then Lin Le would have no choice but to step in again and personally see them off out of here.