“No need, you can’t give a discount on flowers for your girlfriend. Goodbye.” Ethan Brooks picked up the flowers and had already disappeared at the entrance of Ninghai University.

If it were after school, Ethan Brooks might have taken these flowers back and tossed them to Yvonne Green, but now that he was inside the school, it looked like he could only find a trash can to throw them away.

“Hey, wasn’t that guy who just bought flowers our school’s Ethan Brooks? He actually has a girlfriend? What he said was kind of philosophical—‘you can’t give a discount on flowers for your girlfriend.’ Who’s got the guts to be his girlfriend?” Two girls at the school gate saw Ethan Brooks walking into the school with a bouquet of roses. One of them, who recognized Ethan Brooks, asked curiously.

“That’s Ethan Brooks?” The other girl also asked in surprise, but she was clearly much prettier than the first. It was obvious from her tone that she’d heard of Ethan Brooks, but didn’t know him personally.

“Emma Foster, you’re the number one campus beauty at Ninghai University, of course you don’t know about his tragic world. But I do—he’s basically a walking tragedy. Let’s catch up and see who his girlfriend is.” The other girl giggled.

“Olivia, but I feel like he didn’t buy the flowers for a girlfriend, but for that little girl.” The girl called Emma Foster frowned as she spoke.

“Xiaomei, I was just about to look for you, and I didn’t expect to run into you at the school gate. You look pretty free today, let me treat you to a meal. Don’t tell me you don’t have time.” Before Olivia could reply, a voice called out just in time.

A BMW 7 Series pulled up steadily at the school gate. A young man with decent looks but unhealthily pale skin got out of the car, his face lighting up with happiness when he saw Emma Foster.

“That’s Charles Reed, the number one rich kid at Ninghai University. Meimei, you’re really something—first campus beauty and first rich kid, I’m so jealous of you…” Olivia looked at Emma Foster with envy, her eyes saying she wished she could be Emma Foster.

Emma Foster’s face darkened. She immediately turned to look at the young man, and apologized, “Sorry, my boyfriend is already here.”

After saying that, Emma Foster quickly walked a few steps to Ethan Brooks’s side, slipped her arm through his, and said in an extremely gentle tone, “Mozi, why are you only just getting here? I’ve been waiting for you for so long. Are these flowers for me? They’re beautiful.”

Ethan Brooks was baffled as a beautiful stranger suddenly took his arm and claimed the flowers in his hand were for her. Since when did he have such a pretty female friend? How come he didn’t know?

But when Ethan Brooks saw Charles Reed not far away, just getting out of the BMW with a dark and frightening expression, he realized he was being used as a shield again.

Looking at the beautiful girl clinging to him with a radiant smile, Ethan Brooks snorted coldly in his heart, a wave of disgust rising from deep inside.

This woman thought she was pretty, so she didn’t care about anyone else. To her, using him as a shield was a simple matter; after it was over, she’d just walk away, leaving him with the mess. It was as if she thought it was Ethan Brooks’s honor to be her shield. This kind of self-important woman really had too high an opinion of herself.

Chapter 10: I Really Want to Treat You to a Meal

Just looking at the pale young man’s eyes, it was clear he would never let this go. Although Ethan Brooks wasn’t afraid of anyone, being set up for no reason made him very uncomfortable. And if it were the original Ethan Brooks, he would have suffered a serious loss afterward.

This pale-faced youth was clearly no good. If he let Ethan Brooks off afterward, then Ethan Brooks’s years in the cultivation world would have been for nothing.

Expressionless, Ethan Brooks glanced at the beautiful girl beside him without saying a word. He really disliked her irresponsible actions, not caring at all about the consequences for others. But he also didn’t like the dead-fish eyes of the pale youth. If this guy dared to cause trouble for him later, he wouldn’t mind making it a lifelong lesson.

“Hey, not bad. Even Ninghai University’s Emma Foster thinks highly of you. Let’s get to know each other. I’m Charles Reed. You look familiar—must be an acquaintance, right?” Charles Reed walked up to Ethan Brooks and said coolly. A flash of disdain and malice passed through his eyes, even mixed with a hint of pity, as if he could already see Ethan Brooks kneeling and begging for mercy.

“Get lost…” Ethan Brooks didn’t even bother with Charles Reed. With his life-and-death experience in the cultivation world, just one look at Charles Reed’s eyes told him exactly what he was thinking.

If he really got pushed too far, he wouldn’t mind killing this guy. If he couldn’t stay here, there were always other places to go. He knew this was a law-abiding society, and murder was a serious crime, but some habits weren’t so easy to change. Even as a cultivator in the deep mountains, he lived the same way.

“You… fine, you’ve got guts…” Ethan Brooks was ready to teach Charles Reed a lesson if he made a move, but unexpectedly, Charles Reed just spat out a few words, turned around with a dark face, and left.

Ethan Brooks understood that Charles Reed probably saw how strong he looked and was afraid of suffering a loss, so he didn’t dare make a move. He was probably going to call for backup, but Ethan Brooks didn’t care at all.