“The chairman’s said so himself, Miss… Lin Yi here is a very capable person, skilled in many areas. He’s smart, and strong. s.h.i.+elding you will be the least of what he can do…” Li Fu explained.

There were certain things Chu Peng Shan decided to keep hidden for Meng Yao’s sake, and Li Fu was ordered to do the same. On the surface, Lin Yi was summoned as a companion for her studies and everyday life… Yet there lay a deeper meaning that involved a promise from before the chairman’s time.

Evidently, someone like Meng Yao wouldn’t just agree to a study companion out of nowhere. A strike of coincidence, however, provided the opportunity. Meng Yao happened to ask her father for a s.h.i.+eld, so that she could fend off the flies swirling around her everyday at school. Taking this chance, Chu Peng Shan recommended Lin Yi to his daughter.

Li Fu was starting to regret not stopping for clothes, however. The picture portrayed Lin Yi as a young man with fresh looks, not bad at all. His choice of attire simply wasn’t an appropriate one for a place like this…

“Him?” Chu Meng Yao failed to see anything special in the person before her. Father didn’t just choose a random farmer who just transferred to his company, did he?

The girl sitting beside Meng Yao m.u.f.fled her laughter.

“Shu- what the h.e.l.l..!” Meng Yao was p.i.s.sed off enough because of what her father decided to shove at her, and now her best friend was laughing at the whole thing! Meng Yao glared at her, unable to hold in her frustration.

Chen Yu Shu stuck her tongue out in response before turning her curious eyes to Lin Yi.

“Uncle Fu, tell him to get off the car. I want somebody else.” Meng Yao frowned, unwilling to waste any more time on the problem.

“Miss… Mister Chu has great amount of faith for Mister Lin Yi’s capabilities… Plus, the contract’s signed already…” Li Fu tried to get the point across to Meng Yao: It was simply too late for anything else to be done. The chairman’s made up his mind.

“Huh?” Meng Yao blinked, her pretty eyes wide open and on the verge of tearing up. What was her father thinking, sending someone like this? She wouldn’t even want him as a s.h.i.+eld in the first place, and now they’re telling her he’s supposed to some sort of companion? She’ll be the laughing stock of the entire school!

Meng Yao had originally planned on pa.s.sing the s.h.i.+eld off as her boyfriend, if the looks were good enough. It was one of the surefire methods blocking off people like Zhong Pin Liang, after all.

But it wouldn’t work if the s.h.i.+eld looked like Lin Yi!

In the first place, no one would believe that she’d choose someone like this as her boyfriend! Zhong Pin Liang would probably burst out laughing if she told him that!

Lin Yi, on the other hand, was overwhelmed with confusion. s.h.i.+eld?! From what he could gather, a s.h.i.+eld might very well mean a mate in this context! The chairman was acting odd, as well. He wasn’t really planning on marrying off his daughter, was he..?

“Fine. You, go take care of that guy from earlier, the one who wouldn’t stop following me. Do it well and I’ll give you a pa.s.s.” Meng Yao decided to see if she could get rid of her new s.h.i.+eld. If he couldn’t handle the first job she a.s.signed him, she could just tell her father that Lin Yi wasn’t up to task, and get him fired.

“That guy?” Lin Yi nodded before getting off the car, making his way to Zhong Pin Liang with quick steps.

“That Chu Meng Yao, always putting me off. Any other girl would have leapt into my arms long ago!” Zhong Pin Liang was in the middle of grumbling to a couple of his lackeys.

“Master Zhong, this Chu Meng Yao isn’t some ordinary girl, she’s the daughter of Pengshan Inc.’s chairman! It’s supposed to be difficult!” One of the lackeys, Gao Xiao Fu, said.

“I know, okay? You think I need you telling me something like that?” Zhong Pin Liang put his hands on his hips. “I need perseverance…” Zhong Pin Liang paused when he noticed a young man with muddy brown pants and a yellowing white singlet walking at him. He stared at how fast he was moving.

Lin Yi didn’t waste any time carrying out the a.s.signment, firing a kick at the guy’s a.s.s the instant he reached Zhong Pin Liang. After sending the guy faceplanting onto the ground, Lin Yi turned to walk back to the car.

Zhong Pin Liang was about to give a speech regarding his plans to go on Meng Yao, when suddenly his face hit the ground.

“Who was that!!! How dare him, does he think he can get away with this?!” Zhong Pin Liang yelled after managing to stand back up, his raging face smeared with gray dirt.

“It was that farmer…” Gao Xiao Fu quickly said.

“What the h.e.l.l are you guys still standing here for, then? After him!” Zhong Pin Liang was burning with malice as he continued the yelling. “Get him, and beat him up! Beat him up bad!”

“Master Zhong… He’s gone already…” The lackeys had all their focus on the face-planted Zhong Pin Liang when Lin Yi kicked him, and the farmer had long since vanished when they turned their heads back.

“f.u.c.k!” Zhong Pin Liang cursed. “I saw his face. I’ll remember that face well, and tomorrow I’ll put it on the newspapers for all his fellow farmer friends to see! I’ll hunt him down, that f.u.c.king farmer! Just you wait!”

“Yao Yao, I didn’t think so at first, but this Lin Yi’s quite something! He wasn’t even afraid of Zhong Pin Liang at all!” Chen Yu Shu’s eyes were wide open after witnessing the scene.

“Out of his mind, more like.” Lin Yi did manage to impress her, but Meng Yao’s mind was already set on getting him fired. She’ll never give him a pa.s.s no matter what he did.

“Yao Yao, why don’t you just take him in?” Yu Shu suggested.

“Shu, whose side are you on?” Meng Yao glared at her, her tone curious. “You’re… not at that stage, are you..? Have you taken a liking to this little farmer boy?”

“f.u.c.k off!” Chen Yu Shu shook her head instantly. “You’re the one who likes him, I bet!”

“You’re not in love with him, so why are you trying to get him to stay? So that I can embarra.s.s myself as much as I want, I suppose!” Meng Yao was baffled at what Yu Shu was saying. Was she out of her mind, as well?

“Jeez, think about it. Zhong Pin Liang’s always doing whatever he wants at school, and no one even tries to stop him! Out of nowhere comes a little guy b.a.l.l.sy enough to kick him… Things’ll get pretty interesting, can’t you see!” Chen Yu Shu said mischievously. “Zhong Pin Liang wouldn’t be able to follow you around with that guy here, now would he?”

“What? You think Zhong Pin Liang’s so easy to get rid of?” Meng Yao was blunt and went straight to the point. “The guy’s a farmer! He’ll get destroyed!”

“Yao Yao, how dumb can you get? It’s not about that! You think Zhong Pin Liang’s gonna touch the guy when he has your name backing him up?” Yu Shu pressed her lips together. “I’ll be backing him up with my name too, you know!”