Chapter 14: Getting Slapped in the Face and Still Trying to Curry Favor

  The next day.

  As soon as Yang Juegang walked into the classroom, he found a box of exquisite pastries on his seat. There was a card on top of the box.

  "Respected Mr. Yang, this is a delicate pastry sold at the famous 'Jia Yuan' cake shop in the East City. It's a small token of goodwill, and I hope you won't mind accepting it. On behalf of the entire Locke family, I respectfully request that you forgive the ignorance and foolishness of a few young members of our family who offended you yesterday. Please be assured that after my criticism and education, they all felt deeply regretful afterwards, and they will soon apologize to you in person with utmost sincerity. I hope you can magnanimously choose not to hold it against them. Sincerely, wishing you peace and tranquility." The card was signed by someone named "Hua De Locke".

  "Who is Huade*Lock?" Yang Jue thought, "Judging from his tone, he seems to be a high-ranking person in the Lock family! It's strange, they wanted to fix me, but instead, they got fixed themselves. If it weren't for Ke Nan's mercy, those kids would have been done for! Who knew they wouldn't hold a grudge and would even try to curry favor with me? This doesn't make sense! Logically speaking, bad people who get beaten usually hold a grudge, so why would they try to win me over instead? Could it be that the Lock family likes to play dirty, planning to lull me into a false sense of security before making their move when I least expect it? No way! I've got to be on my guard!"

  When she turned her head, she saw her classmate Brown Lock staring at her nervously.

  "Brown! Come here! I'm asking you, did you put this thing on my desk?" Yang Jue called Brown Locke over to ask.

  "Yes... yes, it's true, Big Brother Yang Jue. This is what my grandfather personally entrusted to me." Between the words, Brown*Lock, who had always hated Yang Jue, suddenly changed his tone and called him "Big Brother Yang Jue", with a very obvious attempt to curry favor.

  "Is Howard your grandfather?"

  "Uh-huh."

  "So I'm asking you, why did your grandfather ask you to put this thing on my desk? Was it just to curry favor with me?" Yang Jue asked directly.

  "Hmm, that's about it." Brown hesitated for a moment and nodded again. "Grandpa also said that when you have time, please come to our house to play. Yang Jue big brother, when do you have time?" Brown asked with great expectation. 100,000 gold coins! Grandpa had promised that if Yang Jue came to their house for a visit, he would receive a reward of 100,000 gold coins! Of course, Brown was very much looking forward to it.

  "This... I'm busy for the time being. Oh, go back and tell your grandfather that I understand his intention. You'd better take this pastry back." said Yang Jue.

  Who would have thought that Brown heard he had to return the pastry, his face changed instantly. "This... this won't do! Yang Jue big brother, please take this box of pastries! Otherwise my grandfather will beat me to death!" Brown said anxiously.

  "Alright, I'll reluctantly accept it. But if I were to share the pastry with my classmates, you wouldn't mind, would you?" In fact, Yang Jue thought to himself: what if this pastry is poisonous? Wouldn't that kill me? Might as well have my classmates try some first and test whether the pastry is toxic or not.

  "Of course, Yang Jue big brother, the pastries are for you to give away, whoever you want to eat them can eat them." Brown smiled.

  "Really? Then I won't be polite. Classmates, there are delicious pastries, it seems to be from 'Jia Yuan' cake shop, come and eat quickly!" Yang Jue said with a wave of his hand.

  "Wow! Jia Yuan's pastries? I've heard they're incredibly delicious. Yang Jue gege, quick, give me a piece!" Jessica, who was sitting in front of Yang Jue, opened her eyes wide with excitement.

  "Give me one too! No, Yang Juege, give me two!" Nan Xiang, who was sitting on the right side, came over and snatched them away.

  "Yang Jue, give me one."

  "I want one too."

  ……

  "Wait, leave me one piece......" Seeing his classmates rushing up like a group of bandits, Yang Jue suddenly became anxious. But before he could react, the box in front of him was already empty.

  "Mmm... Kayato's pastries are really delicious!"

  "Right, right, right, indeed not bad."

  "Yang Jue, how much does this cake cost per box? Can we buy some more next time to eat? I really want to eat it again." A classmate asked with a lingering tone.

  "How much is it per box?" Yang Jue didn't know either, so he helplessly asked Brown for assistance.

  "It's not expensive, just 1 gold coin for a box," Brown said with a smile.

  "1 gold coin for a box? Nima, isn't that expensive?! 1 gold coin is equivalent to 10,000 copper coins, which is almost half a year's income for an ordinary family! And it's just used to buy a box of pastries, isn't that expensive?" Yang Jue couldn't believe it. "Brown, do you still have any of those pastries? By the way, I haven't even had a chance to try one yet, are they really that delicious?" Yang Jue asked curiously, seeing his classmates' faces filled with envy.

  "Sorry, I'm all out, Yang Jue. I only brought one box today." Brown replied succinctly.

  "Is it really gone?" Yang Jue said disappointedly.

  "Right! Yang Jue, your sister Hei Yue, we also sent her a box of pastries. You go to her place quickly, she might not have finished eating yet! Besides, if you really like Jiayuan's pastries, I'll bring some more for you tomorrow..." Brown said with a smile.

  "What? My sister Hei Yue? You've been harassing her?" Mentioning his sister Hei Yue, Yang Jue suddenly became alert. Almost forgot, the young masters of the Luo Ke family were trying to make a move on them just yesterday.

  "We don't dare, we're just... Yang Jue big brother, please rest assured, we wouldn't dare to do anything to Hei Yue sister." Seeing Yang Jue's face change in an instant, Brown suddenly became tense again.

  "It's better if you don't." Yang Jue glared at him fiercely.

  Fortunately, as Brown*Lock said, they just sent a box of identical pastries to her younger sister Hei Yue, and didn't do anything else to her. And like Yang Jue, Hei Yue had already shared the box of pastries with her classmates to eat. The classmates in Hei Yue's class were all rich people, but after eating the pastries she gave them, they all praised them without exception. When Yang Jue went there, they were surrounding Hei Yue and chatting happily. It seems that Jiayuan's pastries are indeed more popular among the wealthy, and just because of a box of pastries, Hei Yue improved her relationship with them. Previously, according to what Hei Yue said, it seemed like her classmates didn't look down on her and were unwilling to be friends with her.

  It turns out that he still wants to thank the Luo Ke family for the pastries they sent. As a result, Yang Jue had some thoughts about forgiving them.

  And that day, during class break, as the note written by Howard Lock said, all the young masters of the Lock family who studied at Allen International College came to apologize to him, led by Ron Lock. Each one apologized with such sincerity and also gave him a small gift, promising from now on they would follow his lead and be willing to be his followers and younger brothers, making it hard for him not to forgive them.

  But what's even more exaggerated is that after Yang Jue returned home from school, he led his sister Hei Yue Gang into the house and found that their parents were extremely happy today. Yang Jue then asked why.

  "Xiao Jue, you really are a precious son to your parents! Your parents asked if you made friends with rich classmates at school? You don't know, today, someone claiming to be the butler of the 'Luoke Family' came to our store and ordered over 100 pairs of leather shoes in one go, without even discussing the price, just gave a deposit of over 100 silver coins, saying it was all because of your face! This is the biggest deal our shoe store has ever made since its opening!" Yang Jue's parents were over the moon with excitement.

  Yang Jueyi immediately understood the whole story. It must be that Huade * Locke, in order to curry favor with himself, after investigating and finding out that his family had opened a leather shoe store, went to visit him specially once.

  In short, throughout the day, Yang Jue felt the deliberate flattery and fawning from all members of the Luo Ke family. Of course, most of the flattery and fawning were achieved with money, and Yang Jue was very clear-headed about this and did not let his guard down. However, he wasn't such a rigid person that if others wanted to come and fawn over him, he wouldn't refuse them. As the saying goes, "Don't hit someone who is smiling at you," so just let them come and fawn, and it would be even better if they could do it with more energy.