"What's wrong? Did you run into trouble?" Li Yang asked casually, seeing her serious expression.
"Mm, a little."
Zhou Yi nodded, a look of difficulty appearing on her face. After a few seconds of hesitation, she said, "I wanted to ask you to deal with someone for me. Do you still remember Qin Kun?"
"Him? Of course I remember. Back when we were in school, that guy was so arrogant and unruly, always causing trouble and almost getting expelled multiple times. Why are you bringing him up all of a sudden?"
Li Yang didn't have a good impression of this old classmate. Li Yang had been a quiet person in school and was often bullied by Qin Kun. If Zhou Yi hadn't mentioned him, Li Yang would have forgotten him long ago.
Zhou Yi lowered her head and said timidly, "Qin Kun contacted me again recently, and he's been harassing me every day, wanting me to be his girlfriend. But I'm not interested in him. I'm worried he'll find his way here, so I thought you could help me."
"So that's how it is. I didn't expect him to still be in Jiangcheng. I thought he would have gone to work somewhere else after graduation."
Li Yang thought for a moment and then comforted her, "Don't worry, I won't let you be wronged. If he comes here to cause trouble for you, I'll help you deal with him."
"Really?"
Zhou Yi looked at Li Yang with great excitement, but her joy lasted less than two seconds before she fell into worry again. She said to Li Yang earnestly, "But this guy is doing really well for himself now, and he has a lot of followers around him. I'm worried that if you offend him, he won't let you off."
"It's okay, I'm not the same person I was back then. If he dares to cause trouble here, he'll be the one to suffer."
Li Yang comforted Zhou Yi and then asked her to go back to work with peace of mind.
Unexpectedly, just as Zhou Yi turned around and was about to leave, a fierce argument suddenly erupted from outside.
Li Yang frowned, not knowing what was happening outside, and got up to check. As soon as he pushed the door open, a familiar face appeared before him.
The person who arrived was none other than Qin Kun, the one Zhou Yi had just mentioned.
Although they hadn't seen each other for many years, Li Yang could still recognize him at a glance. He looked no different from when they were in school, except he was dressed impeccably in designer clothes.
"What's all this noise about?"
Li Yang walked over with an displeased expression and stopped the store staff.
The staff member turned to see Li Yang and said respectfully, "Boss, this gentleman insisted on looking for Miss Zhou Yi and claimed that Miss Zhou Yi is his girlfriend. We tried to stop him, but he forced his way in."
"Alright, I know this person. You guys go ahead and get busy." Li Yang waved them away.
"Yes, boss."
The staff member replied respectfully. Turning back to look at Qin Kun, their eyes were still filled with resentment, but out of respect for the boss, they didn't argue further.
"Li Yang!"
Qin Kun looked at the staff leaving with great smugness. When he looked closely at Li Yang, his expression was one of great surprise!
He looked around the store from side to side and couldn't help but sneer, "I didn't expect you to be doing so well now, kid. Do you still remember your brother Kun?"
"Back in school, you used to follow me around every day, fawning over me!"
"How could I forget those days? I also remember how you used to bully people, specifically picking on the weak. I didn't expect that after all these years, you still look so arrogant. You're doing well, aren't you?" Li Yang sneered.
"Of course. When has Qin Kun ever done poorly? It's just that I didn't expect my former subordinate to be running an antique shop now. That's quite something."
Qin Kun gave Li Yang a thumbs-up and walked over, putting his arm around Li Yang's shoulder. "Good brother, if I had known you were the boss here, I wouldn't have bullied your subordinates just now."
"To be honest, I came here today to find an old classmate of ours, the campus belle Zhou Yi. Do you remember her? I heard she's working for you, is that true?"
"She is indeed here with me. She was just chatting with me in my office. What do you need her for?" Li Yang asked, feigning ignorance.
"Tsk, you don't know about this. Zhou Yi is my girlfriend now. I chased her for so long back then and couldn't win her over. Now that I'm doing well, I must have her."
Qin Kun said with certainty, "Li Yang, hurry up and take me to see her. I have something to say to her. Also, pour me the best tea, and then bring out your shop's prized possession for me to see. Let me see what your capabilities are."
"Our shop's prized possession is very valuable. Do you want to buy it?" Li Yang continued to ask.
"What did you say?"
Qin Kun's expression suddenly changed. He condescendingly patted Li Yang's shoulder and said, "Li Yang, I call you brother out of respect. You don't actually think you're important enough to be my equal, do you?"
"I'm asking you to bring out the prized possession to show me respect. I'll look after you in the future."
"Heh, so that's how it is. Then I can only apologize. My shop is doing fine on its own, and I don't need anyone to look after me. Also, it's not school anymore, and your old ways won't work here."
Li Yang had been polite and played dumb earlier, which was more than enough courtesy. Now that Qin Kun had revealed his true colors, Li Yang saw no need to continue pretending.
After a brief pause of two seconds, Li Yang continued, "The Zhou Yi you want to see explicitly said just now that she doesn't want to see you. You don't need to come here to bother her anymore."
"My place is too small to accommodate a great deity like you. You should leave."
"Li Yang, are you f***ing pushing your luck?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Kun immediately turned hostile towards Li Yang. He pointed at Li Yang's nose coldly and said, "Don't you be ungrateful! I'm ordering you now to let Zhou Yi come out and see me."
"Also, you'd better kneel down voluntarily and bring out the most valuable item in your shop to show me respect, or I'll have people smash your shop and make sure you can't survive in Jiangcheng for the rest of your life."
"Then try it and see if you have the ability to make me kneel!" Li Yang said dismissively.
"Good, you've got guts. Today, I'll make you submit wholeheartedly!"
Qin Kun instantly clenched his fist and swung it fiercely towards Li Yang's head.
He had enjoyed fighting since he was young. In the past, he had bullied many people with his robust physique. But now, no matter how strong his physique was, it was a pipe dream to compete with Li Yang.
Li Yang didn't even bother to look at him. Before Qin Kun's fist could get close, Li Yang delivered a flying kick that landed squarely on his chest, sending him flying five or six meters away!
"Ouch!"
Qin Kun fell to the ground, clutching his chest in pain!
He thought he was hallucinating. How could Li Yang be so formidable now?