Chapter 1293: Chapter 1293: Boss of the Bad Kids
At Ye Fan’s table, Li Yang and the others’ overly enthusiastic attitude towards Ye Fan made Jian Tao, Chen Yifei, and Zhao Gui feel quite odd.
Jian Tao understood why Ye Fan was so popular and could only respond with a wry smile.
Chen Yifei had mixed feelings. She didn’t know Ye Fan’s identity, let alone understand why he was being so praised. The jealousy in her heart was beyond words. She was a public figure, yet in front of Li Yang and the others, she had no semblance of one. Li Yang and the others didn’t just ignore her; they didn’t even greet her with a glance, treating her like air. How could the proud Chen Yifei feel good about this?
Under normal circumstances, no matter the situation, Li Yang and the others would at least be polite to her; there was no way she could be ignored.
Yet, in this setting, she really couldn’t understand why, because of Ye Fan, she became invisible in others’ eyes.
"Why? On what basis?" Chen Yifei kept asking herself internally but couldn’t find an answer.
She secretly thought, "What on earth makes him so charming? Why? Just why?"
Fortunately, Chen Yifei was excellent at acting. No matter how uncomfortable she felt inside, she didn’t show it on her face at all.
With Zhao Gui’s previous warnings, she knew that Ye Fan was someone she couldn’t imagine offending, and the five young masters were certainly not people she could afford to offend. Seeing Li Yang and the others like this made her even more cautious.
Zhao Gui concealed his awkwardness. To be honest, when it came to status and background, he really couldn’t compare to any one of Li Yang and the others. Li Yang and the others were heirs of major families, whereas he was not the heir of the Zhao Family.
This disparity in status made it difficult for Zhao Gui to fit into the ranks of Li Yang and the others.
Xixi struggled out of Jian Tao’s arms, came to Ye Fan’s side, and said to Ma Qianqiu, "This is my home, you are not allowed to sit next to Uncle, I want to sit here."
"Little one, can I sit here?" Ma Qianqiu was quite embarrassed, squeezing out a smile, "How about I hold you?"
"No way, move over, stop pestering my uncle." Xixi said disdainfully, "Can’t you see how old you are, clinging to my uncle like a clingy little dog, it’s embarrassing to watch; can’t you have a little dignity?"
These words made Li Yang and the others’ faces flush with embarrassment. Being despised by a child, they didn’t dare to do anything to the child, not even dare to say a harsh word, it was beyond frustrating for them.
Chen Yifei and Zhao Gui wanted to laugh but really didn’t dare to.
"What, what, what?" Ma Junqing looked upset, not knowing if he should give up his seat or not. He looked at Ye Fan, then at Li Yang and the others, feeling utterly ashamed, wishing he could find a hole to crawl into.
"Make way, you’re a grown man fighting a child for a seat, do you have any shame?" Chen Xiangsheng said.
Ma Junqing reluctantly got up, casting a plaintive look at Ye Fan, as if waiting for Ye Fan to ask him to stay, but Ye Fan didn’t pay him any attention, which hurt him inside.
"That’s a good boy." Xixi smiled, saying with innocent candor.
Ma Junqing stumbled, nearly falling to the ground, muttering, "Kid, you’re tough."
"Mom, mom, sit here, I want you to hold me," Xixi called to Jian Tao.
Jian Tao came over and said to Ma Junqing, "Sorry, the child is ignorant, don’t mind it."
"It’s nothing!" Ma Junqing swallowed his displeasure, sat back down, and Jian Tao held Xixi, sitting next to Ye Fan.
Xixi tilted her head and looked at Ye Fan, "Uncle, are you the leader of these bad guys?"
Li Yang and the others had the urge to bang their heads against the wall. How did they become bad guys?
"How do you know they’re the bad guys?" Ye Fan asked amusingly.
"In a group of bad kids, there’s always a leader managing the other bad kids. The way they care for you is like a group of bad kids serving their leader, isn’t it?" Xixi spoke with her understanding.
Her understanding was limited to picturing a group of bad kids with one leader controlling the rest.
"We are indeed bad kids; we are bad guys; he is our leader. Little one, you are so smart." Li Yang hurriedly said, not only praising Xixi but also admitting Xixi’s understanding in front of her, willing to be the bad kid in Xixi’s words if it meant they could become Ye Fan’s followers, which they yearned for but couldn’t achieve.
To become Ye Fan’s follower, if he truly accepted them, they would be willing to treat Xixi as an ancestor.
"If I’m the leader of bad kids, then am I a bad guy too?" Ye Fan asked carefully.
"Of course not, being the leader of bad kids is cool, not only managing bad kids but being quite cool themselves." Xixi pouted.
"Oh, if that’s the case, then I am the leader of the bad kids." Ye Fan naturally went along with Xixi’s mindset.
"Little one, you are really smart." Li Yang sincerely praised.
"Xixi, you’re right; the leader of bad kids helps them improve, so the leader of bad kids is a good person." Chen Xiangsheng, having figured out Xixi’s name, said sincerely though it was a lie.
"Xixi, you are the smartest little one I’ve ever seen." Ma Junqing couldn’t stop smiling.
"Little one, how can you be so smart? Much smarter than I was as a kid." Zheng Junxian said seriously.
Li Yang and the others, on one hand, were flattering Xixi, making her happy, and on the other, greatly agreeing with Xixi’s words, eager to be Ye Fan’s followers as she said, naturally accepting it as an opportunity they couldn’t miss out on.
If you want others to believe the lie, make yourself believe it first.
So, Li Yang and the others kept cajoling Xixi, convincing even themselves of their words, which naturally made Xixi happy.
"What’s with these guys? How are they so skilled at speaking such blatant lies?" Jian Tao couldn’t help but mutter.
"Are they still the heirs of the five great families? How do they seem like five ruffians, shamelessly flattering a child, eagerly wanting to be Ye Fan’s followers; it’s quite bizarre, truly a sight to behold." Chen Yifei was at a loss.
"I wish I could be like them, shamelessly clinging to Ye Fan; what a significant fate, but I know I can’t, I’m not qualified, and besides, my father’s plan doesn’t allow for it." Zhao Gui couldn’t hide his envy.
He truly envied Li Yang and the others, but to be like them, he didn’t even have the qualification.
