The Hateful Blond Guy

After some thought, Lin Yu decided to check the call log again, thinking there might be some clues there.

After going through it all, Lin Yu still couldn't find anything unusual.

The contacts with full names were all family and friends, nothing particularly noteworthy.

Having put in so much effort only to come up empty-handed, Lin Yu was definitely not willing to give up.

He went over Ye You's phone again and again, but still couldn't find anything out of the ordinary.

Just as he was puzzling over how Ye You and the person behind her communicated, Lin Yu suddenly had a flash of insight and realized something very important.

Why hadn't he seen "Langhua" when he was going through Ye You's phone earlier?

She had definitely added Langhua as a friend; he had even sent her chat messages!

Realizing something was off, Lin Yu checked Ye You's messaging app again. This time he looked carefully, but still couldn't find Langhua's ID.

Case cracked!

Lin Yu's heart sank.

This left only two possibilities.

Either Ye You had a secondary account, or she had another phone!

Lin Yu logged out but didn't find any secondary account for Ye You on the messaging app.

That meant the answer was practically shouting itself out: Ye You definitely had another phone!

Thinking of this, Lin Yu stroked his chin, feeling a headache coming on.

He had finally managed to get his hands on the phone, only to realize he'd grabbed the wrong one.

What should he do now?

Maybe wait for another chance and have someone snatch it again?

Dammit.

But if it gets snatched every time she's with him, wouldn't that be a bit too obvious?

After some thought, Lin Yu decided to put this matter aside for now. Even if he wanted to check their phones, he'd need to think of another method. He couldn't...

At least not in the short term, use snatching again. If such an extremely random event happened frequently, it would easily raise suspicions.

Handing the phone over to the guy who does phone resets, Lin Yu decided to go all the way and said:

"Wipe the phone again!"

"Do it the way you'd wipe a stolen or snatched black-market phone!"

Leaving the phone shop with the completely formatted phone, Lin Yu paused at the doorstep, unsure where to go for a moment.

The top priority now was definitely to return the phone to Ye You. If he dragged it out too long and she reported it to the police, that wouldn't be fun.

But where should he go to find her?

He also didn't know if she had another phone on her. If she did, he could still contact her through Langhua.

After some thought, Lin Yu decided to go back to the original spot first. If she wasn't there, then he'd figure something else out.

Hailing a taxi by the roadside, Lin Yu got in and gave the address of the recent "robbery."

That secluded, deserted little path wasn't far. In less than ten minutes, the taxi had reached the target location as directed by Lin Yu.

Before he could even get out of the car, Lin Yu looked out through the window and saw a scene that felt intensely familiar, yet one he hadn't expected.

Ye You hadn't left. She was still here, obediently waiting for him. But it seemed before he arrived, she had encountered something else first.

Four men were now semi-surrounding her, having backed her onto the grassy verge beside the path. She looked small and helpless, pitiful under the encirclement of four large men.

Seeing this, Lin Yu frowned. Wasn't this Tang Manman's exclusive storyline?

How did it land on her?

Without time to overthink, Lin Yu quickly opened the car door, got out, and strode towards the group.

Through the gaps between the men, the surrounded Ye You spotted Lin Yu. Her eyes instantly lit up. Mustering courage from somewhere, she forcefully pushed aside the man blocking her path, quickly ran to Lin Yu's side, grabbed his arm, and said to the men:

"I told you I have a boyfriend!"

"Now my boyfriend is here, so stop pestering me!!"

As she spoke, Ye You raised her hand to wipe her moist eye corner. She lifted her slightly round face, her moist, pink lower lip pouting, looking at Lin Yu with a pleading expression, hoping he would play along.

Ye You's eyes were rimmed red, clearly badly frightened by the men. Already cute by nature, her scared state made her look even more pitiful and adorable, the picture of a delicate damsel in distress, perfectly designed to stir a man's protective instincts.

Looking at Ye You, whose eyes were welling up with tears, Lin Yu didn't say a word. He suddenly shook his arm, freeing himself from Ye You's two soft little hands, then frowned, questioning with an expression of extreme displeasure:

"What nonsense are you talking?"

"Who's your boyfriend?"

Lin Yu's unexpected reaction left everyone present stunned.

Already frightened, Ye You was further upset by Lin Yu's harshness. Tears immediately began rolling uncontrollably down her cheeks.

She looked at Lin Yu, confused and wronged, not understanding why he wouldn't even help with such a small favor.

The four men who had surrounded Ye You snapped out of it. One of them walked over with a lecherous grin, saying:

“Look at you, beautiful. Don't talk nonsense.”

“How can you just recognize a boyfriend on the street like that?”

"If you're lacking a boyfriend, you can pick any of us brothers."

"We'd all be willing."

"Hehe."

"Yeah, you can pick any of us four."

"That's right, that's right."

The other three also chimed in with laughter, gradually closing in.

Thinking Lin Yu wanted no part of this idle matter, they completely treated him as air, ignoring him as they strode towards Ye You.

With nowhere to hide, Ye You could only try to hide behind Lin Yu. But seeing Lin Yu's unmoved demeanor, she could only retreat step by step, distancing herself from the three men who were approaching.

"Hehehe."

"Don't be scared, I'm not a bad guy."

The first one to step forward chuckled. He came up to Lin Yu, intending to walk past him, his eyes fixed on Ye You, who was dressed simply yet alluringly, standing about a meter behind Lin Yu.

"Big brother just wants to be your frien—"

"Smack!"

A slap landed unexpectedly on the man's face. Along with the sound of the slap came Lin Yu's shout:

"Get lost!"

The man was dazed by the slap. It took him several seconds to recover before he turned his head to look at Lin Yu incredulously, questioning, furious:

You... you're not her boyfriend, what business are you meddling in?

Lin Yu's principle was always to act first and scold later. He backhanded the man with another slap and scolded:

“Do I need to discuss with you whether I manage or not?”

"Get lost!"

After cursing, Lin Yu lifted his leg and delivered a kick, sending the man flying over a meter away.

Under the ample sunlight of midday, the dense forest was lush green. A gentle breeze swept through the treetops, stirring up a delightful sound of rustling leaves.

On the small path within the dense forest, one person stood opposed to a group.

One person is standing; within the group, one person is curled up on the ground, while three others are squatting beside him, turning their heads to look at the person standing opposite them with a vigilant and angry expression.

In this situation, if any bystander were to view it from the side, they might immediately be reminded of some classic scenes from anime.

It was akin to a beautiful maiden in distress, with a group of people rushing to her aid, only to be beaten down by a despicable, arrogant, and brawny delinquent with dyed-blond hair...