Beauty and the Bodyguard

Returning The Money

“There’s a good saying: A palace girl who doesn’t want to be empress isn’t a good palace girl,” Yushu said.

“Then why are you aspiring to be a mistress?” Mengyao said, annoyed.

“I’m not done yet! What I wanna say is, a small wife who doesn’t try to be the big wife—is a good wife!” Yushu added.

“!@#$%…” Mengyao rolled her eyes, speechless.

The two were just talking when Lin Yi pushed open the door, seeing the two girls but not Chu Penghzhan. “Did Uncle Chu leave already?”

“No, dad’s with Uncle Fu in his room.” Mengyao shook her head. “Lin Yi, you didn’t go to school?”

“Oh?” Lin Yi paused, not understanding what the Miss was asking.

Mengyao actually wanted to ask if Lin Yi went to see Tang Yun, but when Lin Yi didn’t say anything, she dropped the question, “It’s nothing.”

Hearing the voices in the living room, Pengzhan walked out of the room to see Lin Yi. “Lin Yi, are you still busy?”

“Not anymore.” Lin Yi shook his head. “By the way, Uncle Chu, I made Zhen Dazhou return the two hundred fifty million, but one hundred million of that is from Liu Tianyi, so I have to give it back.”

“Ah? You have the money already?” Pengzhan paused, eyes wide.

“Yeah, I told him that if he doesn’t give me the money I’ll kidnap his son and destroy his business in Donghai. And then he gave it to me.” Lin Yi said casually as if it were a normal thing to do.

Pengzhan didn’t know what to say. Getting money like this really was unorthodox, but where did Dazhou’s balls go, where’s that dominance he had when he kidnapped Yao Yao? But now Pengzhan understood—that vigor that the dominant person had, that was just when the opponent himself didn’t have strength. Just like he himself, didn’t he get pushed into a corner, not knowing what to do when the kidnappers struck?

Dazhou was probably too afraid to piss Lin Yi off after the examples he’d made of House Yu, House Xiao, and Zhao Qibin. Only an idiot would continue going against Lin Yi at that point.

“Shield Bro, you’re so good! Maybe if we don’t like someone’s face next time we can use this method to get some money!” Yushu said excitedly.

“Shu, don’t say that! Doing that simply to anyone without reason is a crime!” Mengyao said, stopping Yushu.

“What I mean is for Shield Bro to specifically target the bad guys…” Yushu explained.

“Against bad guys, he might as well slap them to death, like that Yu Bide.” Mengyao said.

“Yao Yao, you’re crueler than I am!” Yushu said, surprised.

“Yi, since you’re free right now, could you take a look at Uncle Fu’s injuries?” Pengzhan waved his hands to tell the girls to settle down and back off from Lin Yi.

“That’s what I came back quickly to do, Uncle Chu.” Lin Yi said. “Let’s go, I’ll take a look now.”

“Ah, okay… I’ll let my assistant send Tianyi the money now?” Pengzhan asked after seeing the notification that the money has been received.

“Okay, send it. I’ll give Liu Tianyi a call.” Lin Yi nodded.

“Alright,” Pengzhan responded before going to handle it.

Lin Yi made the phone call.

House Liu was just finishing up their business plan in the family meeting when Lin Yi called. He picked up immediately. “Hello, Miracle Doctor Lin, how are you!”

“Mister Liu, I’ve used the money. I’m sending it to your account now, please check that you got it. Again, thank you for your help!” Lin Yi said gratefully. After all, that generous aid they provided really did leave a good impression on him.

“Miracle Doctor Lin, not at all! There was no need to return it, just use it! Returning it back to us…isn’t that too courteous of you?” Tianyi said, a little disappointed. “Do you not treat me as your friend, Miracle Doctor Lin?”

“Of course I do—I wouldn’t have asked you if I didn’t!” Lin Yi said, neither humble or pert. “There’s a saying—if you return what you owe, it’s easy to borrow again—but if you refuse this money, Mister Liu, it really would be difficult for me to ask for help in the future!”

“I see…” Tianyi hesitated but nodded with a bitter smile. “Alright, since you insist, Miracle Doctor Lin, then I’ll accept it!”

“Haha, but as a gesture of gratitude for your generosity, Miser Liu, I can give you a free healing session for you or one of your friends.” Lin Yi, naturally, wasn’t someone who just said thanks. He had to give something back.

“I- I couldn’t accept that!” Tianyi felt blessed, yet disappointed a little at the same time. After all, Lin Yi returning the money and promising free healing meant that the two had their debts cleared! That didn’t align with Tianyi’s goals, who wanted to continue getting closer to Lin Yi.

“Haha, it’s nothing.” Lin Yi smiled. “Alright then, there’s still something I have to tend to here.”

“Alright, Miracle Doctor Lin, then farewell…” Tianyi hung up, sighing helplessly.

“What’s wrong, brother? You don’t look very happy? Lin Yi’s already returned the money, what’s wrong?” Tianli understood the phone call himself—it seemed that not only did Lin Yi return the money, but he was also offering to give House Liu some benefits as well. Why did his brother look unhappy?

“Lin Yi sent one hundred million back to my account.” Liu Tianyi said, smiling bitterly. “Not only that, he offered to give a healing session to us House Liu for free…”

“That’s a good thing!” Tianli said, not understanding. “Not only did he give us the money back, but he also gave us a big benefit! Why are you unhappy?”

“Tianli, do you know why your profits every year, though very stable and safe, never had a breakthrough, despite all your years of business?” Zhenhu opened his mouth. “And do you know why Jing Jing doubled the profits after just one year?”

“I… Because I lack the ability, perhaps?” Tianli didn’t know why his father would bring that up.