Ren Yuanhao, learning on the fly, also bowed slightly.
“You don’t seem like a local, young man. May I ask what you do for a living?”
Xia Yu led the two into the back garden. The women dressed in exquisite evening gowns immediately cast somewhat infatuated glances their way. Xia Yu paid them no mind. After all, for a handsome and wealthy young master like him, countless aristocratic beauties would be willing to shed their reserve and storm the Xia family gates.
Ren Yuanhao felt extremely uncomfortable under the women’s gazes, as if he were exposed before a group of flesh-and-blood scanners.
He certainly couldn’t reveal the truth to this Xia Yu. He merely said calmly, “Me? I’m an accountant. Hardly a dragon among men.”
Xia Yu suddenly stopped. Ren Yuanhao thought he was about to lose his temper, but instead, Xia Yu grabbed a glass of red wine and handed it to Ren Yuanhao. His eyes held an indescribable confidence. “I’m a good judge of character. You are definitely not an ordinary person.”
—Holy crap? Did you see through my identity as a successor of socialism?
Ren Yuanhao had this vulgar thought flash through his mind. Just as he was about to reply, he heard the soft, crisp sound of a glass shattering on the ground.
The sound wasn’t loud, but to the ears of these self-important socialites, it was quite jarring.
“Excuse me.”
Xia Yu strode forward. Before he could locate the source of the sound, Ren Yuanhao had already arrived ahead of him.
This was because he noticed that the red dot corresponding to his employer was also in that direction.
“Employer data has been issued.
Name: Xia Xiaomo
Gender: Female
Occupation: None
Status: Xia Zhengnan’s illegitimate daughter
Love history: None
Bust-waist-hip: Unknown”
—Holy crap, what’s this about an illegitimate daughter? If I had chosen the hell difficulty back then, wouldn’t I have been forced to mediate a struggle for succession between legitimate and illegitimate offspring?
Ren Yuanhao’s heart trembled. In truth, he didn’t know that what he thought of as “hell” difficulty was merely “hard” difficulty.
While lost in thought, he heard an extremely enchanting yet cold laugh.
“What? The glass is broken, and you’re waiting for someone else to clean up your mess? You imposter sister, it’s good enough that we haven’t sent you to the security bureau. Do you really think you’re a Miss Xia?”
Though this voice was bone-chillingly enchanting, it was sharp and malicious. Judging by the tone, the speaker should be the Xia family’s daughter—the notorious beauty, Xia Yun’er, who was rumored to effortlessly navigate relationships with four or five noble young men.
Xia Xiaomo timidly and slowly crouched down. Because she was slender, with a narrow waist and long legs, she could rival the woman who spoke. Her maid uniform suddenly appeared somewhat revealing.
At this moment, the noble ladies, merchants, socialites, and young ladies immediately began to whisper.
“I heard she’s that fake illegitimate daughter. Tsk, tsk, her figure and looks are top-notch, it’s just a pity her status is too lowly.”
A noble young man in a black tailcoat took a sip of red wine and sighed, shaking his head.
The short-haired man beside him, sporting a stubbled beard, clapped his companion on the shoulder meaningfully and said slowly, “I actually think she is Xia Zhengnan’s illegitimate daughter. Have you seen her eyes? They are exactly like Xia Zhengnan’s.”
“So what if she is? With such overbearing elder brothers and sisters in the family, without Xia Zhengnan’s protection, she’ll likely end up as a corpse sooner or later.”
“Perhaps, what a pity.”
Xia Xiaomo dared not meet their gazes. She could only extend her pure white hands to pick up the scattered glass shards. Just then, Xia Yun’er suddenly lifted her foot. Her descending high heel flashed with a cold, solitary gleam. The crowd, unable to bear witnessing a bloody scene, turned their heads away, sighing with regret.
At that moment, as the high heel was about to mercilessly descend upon those fair hands, an arm intervened, blocking it.
“Here, if such beautiful hands were to be cut, those noble young gentlemen would surely ache for them.”
Ren Yuanhao’s smile was like the light piercing through dark clouds. The moment he met Xia Xiaomo’s gaze, her heart gave a sudden jolt, and her face turned crimson.
Xia Yun’er, being a person of immense pride, was naturally humiliated by being obstructed by an unknown man. She immediately flared up, “Who are you? By what right do you interfere with me disciplining a servant!”
“The reason is very simple, can’t you see it?” Ren Yuanhao suddenly put his arm around Xia Xiaomo’s waist. Xia Xiaomo was about to resist, but then she heard Ren Yuanhao whisper, “I’m a DiDi Love Matching service provider, Ren Yuanhao, and also your custom boyfriend. Don’t struggle, or you’ll reveal it, and I’ll lose face.”
Xia Xiaomo stopped resisting and lowered her head demurely, not daring to look at the people around her.
“Hmph, I don’t recall my servants ever getting involved with such a young and handsome man.” Xia Yun’er’s face grew uglier by the second. Her anger caused her chest to heave, which was, in its own way, a uniquely beautiful spectacle.
“Didi, detected employer’s low mood. Suggest face-slapping to increase good review rate.”
Ren Yuanhao immediately understood. His tone became sharper. “Involved? Miss Yun’er, please don’t project your own role onto us, okay? I believe everyone present is well aware of your character.”
“You, what do you mean by that!” Xia Yun’er’s face flushed and paled. She had never experienced such humiliation in her life!
Ren Yuanhao waited for this very statement. A smile played on his lips as he cleared his throat and announced loudly, “Oh? Miss Yun’er, do you want me to expose all your glorious deeds? That might be a bit difficult. First, you’d have to prepare a few jars of good wine for me; I fear I’ll get thirsty before I finish talking. Oh, and you’ll need to prepare some tissues for those noble gentlemen. I’m afraid they might get nosebleeds from the passionate descriptions. Of course, it would be best to call an ambulance as well, for fear that among these socialites there might be some who…”
“Stop talking!” Xia Yun’er’s entire face contorted. Her previously enchanting demeanor vanished in an instant. She became like a raging witch from the swamp.
At this moment, everyone fell silent. Chen Tao was so scared his body went weak, and his legs felt shaky. He thought, *Big Brother Ren, you’re truly fierce. You know Xia Yun’er’s status and methods, yet you dare to bring up these taboos. You’ll probably be unable to move freely in Yun Jin City from now on!*
Xia Yu slowly walked behind his sister and pressed her shoulder, signaling her to go back and rest for a moment.
“Brother, how did this trash get in?”
“I let him in. However, I think I’ve finally misjudged someone, because anyone who offends our Xia family, no matter how capable, will only be reduced to trash.”
Xia Yu’s voice grew colder. Chen Tao finally mustered his courage and pulled Ren Yuanhao from behind him, saying in a deep voice, “Let’s go, Big Brother Ren. You can’t afford to provoke these people.”