Song Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at Ye Chen and said, "Fine, don't tell me."

The two of them finished dinner and walked out of the shop, then drove their car out of the parking lot.

It wasn't very late yet, so Song Xiaoxiao planned to sing for a while, and Ye Chen decided to accompany her.

"Ye Chen, you're so nice," Song Xiaoxiao said happily.

"If just doing this little thing makes you happy, you're too easily satisfied," Ye Chen said, stroking her little head.

Ye Chen thought it was normal to accompany his girlfriend, while Song Xiaoxiao felt moved.

Because her friends often told her that men are selfish, always thinking of themselves.

So Song Xiaoxiao felt fearful about finding a boyfriend.

But her experience with Ye Chen didn't feel like what her friends described.

On the contrary, when the two of them were together, Ye Chen always thought about her, making Song Xiaoxiao appreciate him even more.

The two of them arrived at a nearby KTV. Since there were many people singing at this time, they had to wait.

Song Xiaoxiao frowned when she saw the crowd waiting for rooms and said, "Ye Chen, look, there are so many people here; I don't want to wait. Let's come another day."

As she spoke, she yawned. Perhaps because of what happened with Li Mei yesterday, she went to bed late and was now feeling sleepy.

Seeing Song Xiaoxiao looking tired, Ye Chen nodded and said, "Alright, let's go."

Ye Chen and Song Xiaoxiao got into the car and had just started driving.

Amid the music in the car, Song Xiaoxiao couldn't help but feel sleepy and slowly fell asleep.

When she opened her eyes again, she realized the road wasn't heading in the direction of the school.

"Ye Chen, you took the wrong turn. This isn't the way to our school," Song Xiaoxiao said, rubbing her sleepy eyes.

"I know, this is the way to my house," Ye Chen said calmly.

"Ye Chen, going to your house? Why are we going to your house? I want to go back to school," Song Xiaoxiao quickly asked.

"Mainly because I think it's a bit late, and your school might have closed by now," Ye Chen said, making up a reason.

In fact, he was worried that Song Xiaoxiao might be retaliated against by Li Mei, but he couldn't tell Song Xiaoxiao directly about it.

If he told her, she'd probably just shrug it off nonchalantly.

Song Xiaoxiao is too naive and definitely no match for Li Mei; she'd surely get into trouble.

Ye Chen didn't want such things to happen again; he wanted to protect Song Xiaoxiao, to ensure she wouldn't get hurt.

"It's fine, Ye Chen. I know the security guards at the gate; they'll definitely let me in," Song Xiaoxiao said with a smile.

Before Ye Chen could respond, Song Xiaoxiao asked, "Ye Chen, the reason you don't want me to go back to school, is it because you're worried Li Mei might hurt me again?"

Song Xiaoxiao asked very straightforwardly.

In her impression, Ye Chen was not the kind of man who would take a girl home for the night.

There must be a reason for such a plan, and the only thing that came to mind was Li Mei.

After what happened last night, Song Xiaoxiao was also somewhat fearful.

But Li Mei was her roommate, and she couldn't avoid her forever out of fear; they would have to face each other eventually.

Song Xiaoxiao had to face this reality, and Ye Chen had his own matters to attend to; he couldn't protect her all the time.

The only way was to make herself stronger and face those problems head-on.

That's what Song Xiaoxiao thought to herself.

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded, thinking that Song Xiaoxiao surprisingly had some insight.

He had originally thought she was an innocent little girl unaware of the world's ways, but now he realized he had underestimated her.

"Indeed, you embarrassed Li Mei in front of so many people in the classroom today. With her personality, she's unlikely to let it go easily. I'm really worried she'll hurt you again," Ye Chen expressed his concerns.

"Ye Chen, don't worry. I promise you nothing will happen," Song Xiaoxiao said earnestly.

"Okay then, I'll take you back to school," Ye Chen said with a smile.

Ye Chen turned the steering wheel, and the car headed towards Song Xiaoxiao's school.

Before long, they arrived near the school.

Ye Chen noticed a few people standing at the corner, acting suspiciously.

These people wore floral shirts and had their hair dyed in various colors, clearly not good people.

Song Xiaoxiao didn't notice them and continued chatting with Ye Chen.

"Ye Chen, sometimes I do feel sorry for Li Mei too. Without a parent's love, she never felt the warmth of a family," Song Xiaoxiao sighed.

Ye Chen thought that there's always something detestable about pitiful people.

However, he didn't say it out loud and instead told Song Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, you have to be careful of Li Mei; she's not as harmless as she seems."

"Okay, you take care too," Song Xiaoxiao said, waving at Ye Chen.

Song Xiaoxiao got out of the car, completely unaware of the surrounding danger.

Ye Chen helplessly shook his head, thinking this girl really lacked any sense of danger.

The men lurking nearby saw Song Xiaoxiao getting out of a sports car and didn't dare make a move.

Just as they were about to leave, a cold voice came from behind them: "Since you're all here, why the rush to leave?"

The sudden voice startled the thugs.

They turned around and saw a young man standing in front of them.

"Kid, do we know you?" one of them, with yellow hair, asked.

"We didn't before, but now seems like a good time to get acquainted," Ye Chen replied casually. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"I don't have the time to get to know you. We have business and don't want to waste time here," another man said coldly.

He continued, "Let's go, we'll come back tomorrow. I don't believe we can't catch that girl."

It seemed that this man was a small leader here.

Sure enough, the others followed his lead and started to leave.

"Wait, did I say you could leave?" Ye Chen said coldly.

The man who had just spoken paused and then burst out laughing, "Haha, kid, did a donkey kick your head? Dare to block my way. You must be bold as a bear and fearless as a leopard."

His followers laughed along, "This kid's certainly in for a terrible ending for messing with the Second Boss."

"Kid, you better apologize to Second Boss, and maybe we'll let it slide," the yellow-haired one glared at Ye Chen.

"What's Second Boss? Where did that come from? I've never heard of it," Ye Chen said, shaking his head.