Wu Yaoyao's current state reminds me of a wronged child. She appears tough on the surface, but with slightest comforting words, her tears would flood out just like a breached dam.

On hearing my words, Wu Yaoyao, whose head I had been stroking, lunged into my arms, her hands tightly clutching my waist as tears poured down her face. Even my school uniform was soaked in a large area. Her body shivered slightly, and she sobbed unceasingly, wiping her tears.

"Ooh... BaiQiao, I hurt...I'm so scared."

Her crying voice shivered as she spoke intermittently.

Indeed, the earlier bravery was forcibly exhibited... A girl who has been leading a normal school life for over a decade, how could she stay calm when encountering such an incident for the first time?

"Alright, stop crying, it's not cute at all." I reached out my hand to smooth her disheveled hair, "I'm asking you something."

The three girls behind us finally reacted, one of them shouted, "Hey, who the hell are you?"

Ignoring her words, I continued to softly question Wu Yaoyao, who was in my arms, "Was it this hand that hit you?"

On hearing my words, Wu Yaoyao raised her head while her body continued to shake, she nodded. Her teary and reddened eyes along with her swollen cheek evoked sympathy.

"You stand here, let me take care of a few things first. Then I'll let you hug me again, okay?" I gently pushed Wu Yaoyao's shoulders, prompting her to loosen her grip.

Perhaps noticing the seriousness in my eyes, Wu Yaoyao let go of my waist, biting her lip and nodding pitifully.

"Hey! I'm freaking talking to you!"

Slap!

The impatient voice came again from behind, but before she could finish her sentence, I abruptly turned around and swung my right hand with all my strength, striking her face cleanly.

The crisp sound of my hand striking her face echoed for a long time in this desolate harbor park.

The slap caught everyone off guard, and the girl who was slapped by me stood there with a tilted head.

"I wasn't talking to you, could you shut up?"

With a cold gaze, I stared at the girl who got slapped, speaking so coldly that even I was taken aback.

"BaiQiao..." Wu Yaoyao seemed frightened by the situation and gently tugged at the corner of my clothes from behind.

After hearing her voice, I turned my head and gave her a smile, tucking away the hair sticking to her forehead because of sweat. "You look so much prettier this way."

"What kind of man hits a girl!"

Apart from the girl who was just smacked by me still in a daze, another girl spoke up.

"Oh?" Hearing her words, I chuckled and slowly approached her, "You didn't seem to be saying that when you were hitting her just now."

"What...what the hell are you going to do?" Probably out of fear, her voice began to shake slightly.

Slap!

With an upward swing of my hand, I used the same force as before and hit her hard on the face.

"I don't want to hear your voice."

I pulled back my hand and said aloofly.

The last girl, seeing what had happened, was so scared that she froze on the spot. Already shaking with fear.

All these skinny girls are a head shorter than me. With such disparity in strength, they had no chance to fight back.

"If I'm not mistaken, you guys are here to save face for LinGu, aren't you?"

I walked up to the last girl, bent down and stared at her face.

Hearing my words, the girl seemed to be somewhat encouraged, as if justice has returned to their side, she assertively said, "This is all the fault of this woman named Wu Yaoyao! She slapped someone in public just because her hand was touched. Who does she think she is!"

"Hmm." I smirked, "Are you so sure that LinGu didn't intentionally grab Wu Yaoyao's hand?"

"There are so many girls who like LinGu, why would he––" The first girl who was slapped by me interrupted loudly after hearing our conversation.Whack!

While she paused mid-sentence, I raised my hand and slapped her face again.

Even though two slaps landed on her face, three slaps were equally distributed among them. Just perfect.

"Since you trust LinGu so much, why doesn't he come out and talk for himself?"

The girl, who I had slapped twice, smirked at my remark. "Don't flatter yourself. We decided to confront Wu Yaoyao ourselves, LinGu isn't even here."

Standing off to the side, Wu Yaoyao, was also taken aback by what I said.

Flattering myself?

Upon hearing that, I couldn't help but smile. I turned around and yelled loudly, a sound that echoed through the nearby coconut grove.

"LinGu, come out now. This is already embarrassing enough. It’ll be worse when I have to find you."

My voice traveled throughout the park.

But my words seemed to have fallen on deaf ears, causing no stir.

"Hmph, as I said," the girl with a slapped face mocked my words.

But even before she finished, a figure slowly appeared from behind the coconut trees not far from the pavilion, slowly walking towards us.

"….BaiQiao, isn't it a bit too harsh to treat girls like this?"

LinGu walked into the pavilion, looking at the girls, his face filled with mixed emotions.

Seeing this face, the girls were shocked, their expressions full of disbelief. As for Wu Yaoyao, she looked at me with confusion, as if asking how I knew LinGu was here.

"Why…why are you here, president?"

The sight of LinGu made the girls frantic, they stared at him in panic.

"Harsh?" As I took over LinGu’s words, I narrowed my eyes at him, "Doesn’t LinGu know?"

"What do you mean, BaiQiao?" LinGu feigned ignorance but the panic in his eyes betrayed him.

I didn't say a word, clenched my fist, and sprinted towards LinGu, punching him hard in the face.