I suddenly became a yakuza boss.

After learning the general situation, Li Xuan nodded slightly and asked the shop for help.

With high income comes high expenses.

For some reason, Yakuza has a special fondness for Mercedes-Benz, and his personal car is a Mercedes-Benz.

This car is spacious and comfortable. It has served him well throughout the past year, sheltering him from the wind and rain without complaint. After driving it for a long time, he has come to regard this car, which has been with him all along, as a companion.

——【Beep beep beep!】

Just then, Li Xuan's phone rang.

"Hey, it's me."

Li Xuan glanced at the incoming call, answered it, and greeted the caller.

But the content of the phone call made him pause slightly.

.......

Construction site of the old school building of Municipal Zongwu High School.

The demolition of the old school building has been underway for two days.

However, problems soon arose with the construction team.

"Boss, two workers have a fever of 38.5 degrees Celsius," a muscular, short-haired, scarred middle-aged foreman told Li Xuan, who had rushed over to the construction site.

Li Xuan looked at the two workers sitting listlessly on the ground and asked, "Why did you suddenly start having a fever?"

"Ahem, I don't know either, but president, based on industry experience, demolishing these old school buildings sometimes leads to things that are hard to explain scientifically..."

The feverish construction worker, looking pale and weak, explained pitifully to Li Xuan.

But before the two workers could finish their excuses, they saw the young man in his early twenties glare at them with sharp eyes, instantly frightening them into silence. Li Xuan said sternly, "Stop talking nonsense. It's probably just that you guys stayed up all night drinking. Do you think you can fool me with some ghostly curse?"

"I'm so sorry!!"

The two middle-aged workers looked flustered and bowed repeatedly in apology.

Li Xuan sighed; this kind of situation often occurs in construction teams.

However, with two shifts a day and cost-cutting measures in place, the number of construction workers employed is already at the minimum. Losing two workers at once will affect the demanding construction schedule.

"Changze, take them both to the clinic for a check-up, then drive them home first."

Li Xuan began to take off his shirt and tie, and said calmly to the company employee next to him.

He put on his orange construction clothes, rolled up his sleeves, and exuded an immense power, saying, "I'll take their place!"

Many workers saw the company president personally taking charge once again.

It has to be said that the company president, who always manages to turn the tide for the company at crucial moments, is truly remarkable.

The construction site was bustling with activity for two hours straight, until the afternoon's planned targets were met...

The sky gradually darkened.

The shift team replaced the team that worked in the afternoon.

Li Xuan finally got off work.

The sweltering summer heat and the physically demanding construction work took a heavy toll on him. In Japan, with its increasingly aging population, there are very few young people willing to engage in such strenuous work. After being respectfully greeted with "Thank you for your hard work" by a group of workers, Li Xuan left Soubu High School carrying his bag of clothes and wearing his dirty work uniform.

In the residential area, Li Xuan bought two cans of beer from a convenience store. He was thirsty and passed by a neighborhood park. He sat on a wooden bench in the park, opened a can of beer, and gulped it down.

"Ha~~~~~"

Li Xuan let out a sigh of relief.

He did the work of two people in two hours, which was quite tiring.

"Taking care of the livelihood of a large group of people is really a tiring job."

Li Xuan slumped in his chair with one hand on the floor, muttering to himself, "A bunch of guys who joined the yakuza organization are just like middle-aged men and gamblers who work regular jobs. They're always causing me trouble. Being their boss is like being their babysitter. They should at least take things seriously, at least work for their families, and have some consideration for my limited abilities..."

Aside from loan sharking, debt collection, and store management, which require capable subordinates, the employees in the rest of the company's normal business operations, such as construction, transportation, and seafood, are mostly ordinary workers.

He was directly responsible for the livelihoods of more than a hundred people.

The small park was dimly lit and deserted, making it a perfect place for him to rest alone.

The streets were bustling with people, including office workers, housewives, and students who only returned home after curfew.

"Everyone has worked hard today!"

"Yes, you've worked hard too!"

On the street, a few members of a girls' tennis team from some high school were saying goodbye to their team leader.

"..."

For a fleeting moment, Li Xuan thought of a certain high school girl when he saw those people...

There is a fundamental difference between adults and high school students, and there is an absolute generation gap between gangsters and high school students.

From them, youth, dreams, hard work, and infinite possibilities are just like those depicted in many Japanese manga. Although they are indeed romanticized, schools are indeed places full of these qualities. The reason why Japan yearns for high school is precisely because it is a golden period that is distinct from society and truly possesses these precious futures.

He, however, is a resident of a completely different world.

"Forget it, don't overthink it..."

The weather was hot, and thinking of this, Li Xuan opened another can of beer.

He tilted his head back and drank his beer.

But just as he was drinking his beer, a familiar figure stood at the park entrance in front of him.

A high school girl with beautiful long hair was silently watching him.

Li Xuan looked over more closely and saw that in the bustling street, the girl possessed an unparalleled beauty mixed with an air of quiet authority.

If it's not Yukino Yukinoshita, then who could it be?

"puff--!!"

After Li Xuan clearly saw the identity of the girl who was looking at him, the beer in his throat immediately rushed up and he spat it out, splashing it directly onto his glasses.

"Cough cough—cough cough cough!!"

Li Xuan coughed incessantly.

Oh my god, that scared him to death!

Li Xuan has been trying every means to avoid her lately.

After all, he did indirectly cause the collapse of her family's construction site, so it would be even more awkward if they met again.

He immediately took off running.

But after escaping, Li Xuan circled the small park completely before realizing that the place was surrounded on three sides by a two-meter-high residential wall, which was also covered with barbed wire...

"..."

Yukino Yukinoshita watched as the young man in construction worker's clothes reacted as if he'd seen a ghost upon seeing her. First, he sprayed beer on her, then he wandered around the park alone, searching for an exit... Even some passersby couldn't help but stop and watch to see what was going on between this high school girl and this strange young man...

"Please stop." Yukino Yukinoshita looked a little troubled and forbade Li Xuan, who was about to climb over the wall.

In the park at night, Yukino Yukinoshita, her long hair flowing, looked up at him through the barbed wire fence amidst a crowd of onlookers and asked, "What are you trying to escape from?"

The streets quickly returned to calm.

"Ahem... Um, hello."

Li Xuan had no choice but to stand in front of the girl and, with a heavy heart, greet her.

Yukino saw that he was no longer wearing a suit, trousers, and leather shoes, but was dressed in construction worker's clothes covered in mud.

It seems to be more difficult than before...

She understood everything... at least on the surface, it seemed easy to understand why he wanted to run away.

She had only happened to see him and had no intention of talking to him, but the current situation had dragged her into it.

Yukino Yukinoshita nodded slightly and said to him, "Good evening."

"Oh no...this is absolutely terrible..."

Li Xuan felt conflicted as he looked at her.

"We meet again," Yukino Yukinoshita said expressionlessly.

"Yes...yes."

Li Xuan hesitated before responding.

"..." Next, Yukino Yukinoshita didn't know where to begin. She was a stranger to him to begin with, and she wanted to ask him why he had fallen to such a state, but she knew that would hurt his pride. She hadn't expected his pride to be so strong. Her beautiful eyes stared straight at him.

Li Xuan couldn't withstand her direct gaze. How could this girl stare at someone so brazenly? After glancing left and right, he said hastily, "Ahem, well, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now..."

He bypassed Yukino Yukinoshita and prepared to leave.

However, just then, Li Xuan, who had a belly full of beer, felt his stomach rumble slightly after running around in it.

Yukino Yukinoshita heard this and was slightly taken aback as she looked at his back.

In the end, she couldn't just ignore it, so she said, "I have a takeout lunchbox here, would you like some?"

Li Xuan stopped and politely declined, saying, "No need, I can buy things myself..."

——【Gurgle~~~~~~】

Li Xuan's stomach rumbled again.

It was nearly 6:40. After the strenuous work on the construction site, coupled with the effects of the beer, his stomach really looked like it needed some hot food. As soon as he heard there was food, his stomach growled again.

"I didn't mean anything by it, but if you drink beer and don't eat something, you're likely to get diarrhea."

On the quiet street, Yukino Yukinoshita handed him a bento box with one hand, her face serious and calm, her beauty unparalleled, and she spoke directly to him.

Li Xuan wanted to leave, but he could tell that if he left like that, he would only anger her.

Finally, Li Xuan opened the bento box on a bench in the street.

This was originally a bento box that Yukino Yukinoshita packed because she was too late to cook for herself. It was mostly vegetarian, but quite delicious.

Could it have been poisoned?

Li Xuan is overly sensitive; all sorts of strange thoughts are popping into his head.