These are fine on normal days, but when you really need help, you realize how much it can affect you without enough connections in Pineapple Bay. It's no exaggeration to say that many things in Pineapple Bay cannot be accomplished without sufficient networking.

Like now.

After finding out the identity of the guy who messed with his son, Ye Shengguang wanted to press Pineapple Bay through the old man to protest to the other side, aiming to capture that guy without provoking the other side too much. The idea was nice, but unfortunately, his father was unwilling to cooperate. Luckily, he had anticipated this earlier.

...

On the other side, Lin Beichen looked helplessly at the Feng Yeling, who just wouldn't leave him alone. He wanted to find Su Lingshan to ask about the situation, so where did he have the time to chat with this woman? He thought about just giving her a slap and sending her flying, but felt a bit reluctant. After all, she hadn't done anything too outrageous yet, and most importantly, this woman was really quite beautiful.

Lin Beichen, as an artist deeply versed in aesthetics, how could he bear to destroy such a delicately exquisite work of art?

"What are you really up to? If you keep pestering me, I really might have to resort to violence." Lin Beichen waved his fist in warning, "You saw the power of my fists earlier. Those muscle-bound men following you couldn't withstand a single blow from me, let alone a delicate girl like you? If I strike, you'll likely fall immediately, maybe even end up disabled for life. You better think this through."

Frightened by Lin Beichen, Feng Yeling indeed took a timid step back. However, just when Lin Beichen thought the trouble was over, Feng Yeling suddenly summoned her courage, rushed up to Lin Beichen in a single step, and wrapped her arms tightly around his chest, clinging to him like an octopus.

"Go ahead, hit me if you want. If those guys find me again, I won't escape misfortune either. Rather than enduring humiliation in the future, why not just let you beat me to death now for a quick relief?" Feng Yeling said decisively.

With her warm and soft body in his arms, Lin Beichen froze for a moment, then couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly. He thought to himself, this girl really has some acting skills, I wonder what she's actually up to.

So, he said, "How about this, I'll leave you a phone number. If those guys come looking for trouble again, just call me, and I'll take care of them for you. How's that sound?"

"Alright." Feng Yeling immediately broke into a radiant smile.

After shaking off Feng Yeling, that woman with ulterior motives, Lin Beichen drove to Su Lingshan's company. He made a call and waited in the car. Shortly after, Su Lingshan appeared, elegantly dressed in business attire.

She leaned on the car door and said to Lin Beichen inside, "It's almost noon, how come you're only thinking about me now? You have no idea how hard it was to wait for you."

"Waiting for me? What for?" Lin Beichen was utterly confused.

Su Lingshan suddenly grabbed his hand and swiftly pressed it against her chest, giggling as she said, "Waiting for you to walk into my heart."

Lin Beichen paused for a moment, then a chill ran from his feet to his head, leaving him with two words in his mind—awkward. He felt so awkward that he could almost dig out a three-bedroom apartment.

This is all so messed up!

Lin Beichen reached out and touched Su Lingshan's forehead, puzzled, he said, "Are you feverish? Why are you babbling nonsense?"

"Gosh, what nonsense? I'm just expressing my true feelings." Su Lingshan said annoyedly, swatting Lin Beichen's hand away. After composing herself, she said, "I've found the well-informed person you asked me to find."

Lin Beichen perked up immediately, "Found? Who is it? Reliable?"

"Of course, you don't know who you're dealing with." Su Lingshan raised her chin proudly, "When I take action, of course the person I find will be safe and reliable."

Lin Beichen said, "I know you're amazing. Can you take me to see that person now? Or give me their contact, I need to ask them something. It's really important."

"I can take you to see him, but..." Su Lingshan paused, "Before I take you, you need to answer one question for me, something that's important to me too. If you answer well, I'll take you to him."

"What question? Ask away."

"Do you know what I like the most right now?" Su Lingshan asked.

Lin Beichen rolled his eyes, "How would I know?"

"I just like gazing at you longingly," Su Lingshan said with a laugh, then swiftly jumped out of the car, saying to Lin Beichen, "Let's go, the person I'm talking about is our boss, he's waiting for you upstairs now."

With that, she hopped away like a little rabbit, leaving Lin Beichen dazed in the car for a while. He looked at his devastatingly handsome face in the rearview mirror and muttered to himself, "Was I just flirted with by a female hooligan?"

Lin Beichen touched his face, sighed quietly, and said with disbelief, "Maybe that's the trouble with being a handsome guy?"

Upstairs, Lin Beichen encountered a bunch of familiar people, the ones who had been following Ye Shengfeng earlier. When these people saw Lin Beichen, they looked as if they'd seen a ghost. Some trembled as if they were having a seizure, some fell to the floor and begged for mercy, and some even peed themselves from fear.

As Lin Beichen arrived, this floor of a hundred people was finally infused with a hint of a different flavor, a different smell of urine.

"Are you Lin Beichen? Lingshan's classmate?"

In a plain office, a sophisticated woman sitting in the boss's chair looked up and said, "Sit."

Lin Beichen wasn't one for formalities, or rather, he didn't know what being formal was all about. Before the woman invited him to sit, he'd already moved a chair over himself. When she spoke, he sat across from her and said, "Yes, I am Lin Beichen."

"Shuang Muling, you can call me Brother Lin, or Beichen Brother. If you'd like, calling me big brother works too, I don't mind having more sisters."

The sophisticated woman hesitated, filled with astonishment at Lin Beichen's words. She obviously hadn't expected him to speak to her in such a manner.

To be sure, although she's not interested in romantic affairs, or rather due to past experiences has an instinctive resistance towards men, she's well aware of the kind of attraction her looks have for ordinary men.

Ordinary men, upon seeing her, either speak without thinking or look down shyly, or they try hard to showcase their best side, just like a peacock flaunting its beauty to make themselves look more dazzling, all in hopes of gaining her favor.

But look at this guy in front of her?

After initially freezing for a moment upon seeing her, he became incredibly casual afterward. Now, he's openly flirting with her, and even suggests she calls him brother?

Does this guy have a screw loose? Or is he trying to attract her attention with this bizarre behavior?

The sophisticated woman furrowed her brow, said coldly to Lin Beichen, "I'm not interested in idle chatter with you."

"Ah? Really?" Lin Beichen said, surprised, "But you started chatting with me first."

"When did I chat with you?"

"You knew my name yet asked again, isn't that chatting?" Lin Beichen paused, glanced at the sophisticated woman, and said, "