Who's going to be the female lead's simp? Aren't the supporting female characters mor

It's Li Yan.

The chubby guy, who usually looked rather simple and honest and always followed Bai Jingyou around calling him "boss," had completely lost his playful smile and replaced it with the ruthlessness of someone who had spent years working on construction sites.

"Dude, let's talk this out. It's impolite to get physical." Li Yan grinned, revealing a set of white teeth.

Chu Xuan was stunned.

I tried to pull my hand back, but found that the other person's grip was ridiculously strong, and I felt a piercing pain in my wrist.

"Let go!" Chu Xuan tried to throw a punch with his other hand.

Li Yan didn't give him a chance at all.

He was raised by his father when he was a child, and anyone who has worked in the family business knows this.

They really treated people like oxen, not to mention that their family started out in the construction industry.

Although his muscular physique was partially covered by fat, his foundation was still more than enough to deal with Chu Xuan.

With a flick of his wrist and a quick trip, Li Yan seized the opportunity to capture the target.

"Bang!"

Just moments ago, Chu Xuan was all arrogant, but now he was pinned to the ground like a rag doll, his cheek pressed firmly against the rough cement floor, his mouth full of dust.

"Ah—let go! You fucking let go of me!" Chu Xuan screamed in pain, kicking his legs wildly on the ground.

Li Yan pressed one knee against his lower back, and with one hand, he easily pinned both of his arms behind his back, as if he were pressing down a fluttering chicken.

"Boss, what should we do with this trash? Throw it in the trash can?" Li Yan asked Bai Jingyou, looking up at him.

The entire room fell silent.

Lin Ruyu's smug expression froze, and her mouth opened into an "O" shape.

She never expected that Li Yan, whom she thought was a bit rich but unsophisticated, would be such a good fighter.

Bai Jingyou looked down at Chu Xuan, who was covered in dust and dirt on the ground, his eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.

He crouched down, bringing his gaze level with Chu Xuan's.

"Young Master Chu, is it?" Bai Jingyou reached out and patted Chu Xuan's ashen cheek, his gesture as disdainful as if he were patting a dog. "Just got back to the country, jet lag is one thing, but don't let it ruin your brain too. Haicheng these days isn't a place where you can just walk around with your loud voice."

"You...you just wait..." Chu Xuan was still being stubborn, but his voice was noticeably weaker.

"I'll wait." Bai Jingyou stood up, took out a wet wipe from his pocket, carefully wiped his fingers that had just touched Chu Xuan, and then casually tossed it at him. "Li Yan, let go, don't get your hands dirty."

Li Yan chuckled, released his grip, and casually wiped the sweat from his palms on Chu Xuan's expensive leather jacket: "Alright."

Chu Xuan scrambled to his feet, his once meticulously styled hair now a mess, his face stained red and white, and his leather jacket covered in footprints.

The surrounding area was filled with students taking photos and videos with their phones, and the sounds of discussion and laughter came like a tide.

He glared fiercely at Bai Jingyou, then glanced at Li Yan, who, though having loosened his grip, was still eyeing him menacingly. He knew he was doomed to suffer this loss today.

"Alright, Bai Jingyou, we've settled this feud!"

Chu Xuan uttered a polite remark, then turned to Lin Ruyu, who was still in a daze, and said softly, "I won't stoop to your level! Ruyu, get in the car!"

Even after being humiliated like this, this sycophant didn't bare his teeth at Lin Ruyu.

With an even more ear-piercing roar, the Ferrari turned around and sped out of the school gate as if fleeing, leaving behind only a plume of black smoke.

"Tch, coward." Li Yan dusted off his pants. "Boss, wasn't my move cool? Did it have that Wong Fei-hung vibe?"

"Cool." Bai Jingyou watched the red sports car disappear, a cold smile playing on his lips. "But next, this mad dog will probably start biting people indiscriminately."

"What are you afraid of!" Li Yan said dismissively.

"It's not that I'm afraid." Bai Jingyou turned and walked towards the teaching building, his voice carried away by the wind, "It's that I'm waiting for him to deliver the meat to my door."

It seems the Chu family, who are involved in import and export trade, have been keeping an eye on that batch of containers at the port lately.

Since he's already here, how can we not give him a small gift in return for coming all this way to his death?

The red Ferrari, like a raging bull, rampaged recklessly along the seaside boulevard.

Chu Xuan's hands gripping the steering wheel were bulging with veins, and his face, which had just been rubbed against the concrete, was burning with pain.

Although the school gate was no longer visible in the rearview mirror, the mocking laughter of the students seemed to still be buzzing in my ears.

"Bai Jingyou...that bastard." Chu Xuan gritted his teeth and floored the gas pedal.

Lin Ruyu then pretended to offer advice to Chu Xuan.

"I'm fine, it's mainly about saving Brother Chu's face..."

"Give me your phone." Chu Xuan suddenly reached out his hand.

Lin Ruyu quickly handed him his phone.

Chu Xuan dialed a number saved as "Old Man" and put it on speakerphone.

The phone rang twice before being answered, and the sounds of mahjong tiles clattering and a middle-aged man's laughter came from the other end.

"Hey, son? Is the paperwork done?"

"Dad, I need to take care of someone." Chu Xuan went straight to the point, his voice sinister. "Help me investigate the Bai family in Haicheng. It's Bai Jingyou, the one in the shipping business. I want to bankrupt his family."

The sound of mahjong tiles falling on the other end of the phone stopped instantly.

After a few seconds of deathly silence, Chu's father's voice changed, the relaxed ease he had just displayed vanished: "Who did you say? The Bai family?"

"Yes, Bai Jingyou. He was showing off to me at school just now, making me lose face. Dad, you didn't see how arrogant he was..."

"Shut up!"

A roar shook the car stereo.

Chu Xuan was stunned by the scolding and almost lost his grip on the steering wheel.

"Dad, why are you yelling at me? Our business is pretty big now, why are we afraid of someone who just runs a shipping company?"

"Shipping business? You spendthrift! Do you know who controls 60% of Haicheng Port's throughput? Do you know that our company's containers can be held at the dock for half a year without being shipped, just by a word from the Bai family!" Father Chu was clearly furious, his breathing rapid. "You want to bankrupt them? With a flick of their finger, our whole family would starve! I'm warning you, don't cause me any trouble, especially the Bai and Jiang families. Stay away from them!"

"But……"

"No buts! If you dare to do anything reckless, I'll break your legs first!"

beep.

The phone hangs up.

An awkward silence fell over the carriage.

Chu Xuan's face flushed red and then turned pale. The aura that had just been so powerful, capable of destroying the world, deflated instantly like a punctured balloon.

He glanced at Lin Ruyu and found that she was looking down and fiddling with her fingers, clearly having heard the conversation clearly.

My pride is shattered.

"The old man's just getting old and timid," Chu Xuan tried to justify himself, slamming his fist on the steering wheel. "I refuse to believe in this nonsense. If open attacks don't work, I'll play dirty."

Lin Ruyu forced a smile but didn't reply.

But the scales in my heart began to waver.

It seems that the Chu family is all show and no substance; when they really run into a tough opponent, they're just cowards.

……

At the same time, in an inconspicuous coffee shop in the west of the city.

Bai Jingyou sat in the corner with a laptop in front of him.

The screen displays a red and green candlestick chart, showing Gao Beining's 1.6 million yuan surfing the stock market.

Just like in my past life, those pharmaceutical companies saw their stock prices hit the daily limit up immediately after the market opened this morning due to a sudden positive development.

The number in the account has increased to four million eight hundred thousand.

This money is earned faster than robbing a bank.