The King of Urban Mercenaries-Chapter 771 - 773: Appeasing Xu Jiao

Near seven in the evening. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Lin Fei, who had received a call from Gu Lanzi to help look after her daughter, arrived at Huating Villa in a taxi with a clearly frustrated Xu Jiao.

"Uncle! It’s just that I can’t stand how impatient you are," Xu Jiao complained as they reached Huating Villa. "You promised to shop with me until the stores closed. Look at the time; you’re already fed up. Seriously, if I knew you were going to break your word like this, Uncle, I would have been better off asking Jiang Ying to come shopping with me. Maybe if I managed to cheer her up, she’d even buy me a few clothes."

Xu Jiao stepped out of the taxi, and once the driver had left, she glared at Lin Fei and vented her frustration.

Had it not been for the inexplicable fondness she had for Lin Fei in her heart, Xu Jiao at this moment would certainly not have limited herself to merely complaining a couple of times.

Being rushed out of the mall before she was done shopping was something that could upset any woman, making her unable to stay calm.

Although Xu Jiao, as a teenage girl, had not fully matured yet, her innate feminine desire for shopping had been prematurely awakened due to the subtle influence of Gu Lanzi, who held significant power as a deputy leader.

Thus, the girl had managed to hold in her frustration until now before finally unleashing it on Lin Fei.

This was also a reflection of the good upbringing Xu Jiao had received.

If it had been Xu Yingying, that mischievous girl, she probably would have lost her temper with Lin Fei back in the mall already.

"Girl, this time I admit it’s my fault. Uncle promises that next time, I will definitely make it up to you and we’ll have a good time."

"This is the first time you took me shopping, Uncle, and you’re already this irresponsible. Next time, you’ll definitely be even worse," Xu Jiao reprimanded, nowhere near pacified by Lin Fei’s reassurance for the future. She took out her phone, muttering to herself, "No, it’s unacceptable. You’re being so irresponsible, Uncle. I’m going to call my mom and have her deal with you."

Lin Fei felt a sudden squeeze in his heart at the prospect of Xu Jiao actually calling Gu Lanzi, the influential deputy leader, to tattle on him. He managed to suppress the urge to snatch the phone straight from her hands and said somewhat helplessly, "Girl, do you really need to go to your mom over something so trivial?"

"It’s necessary! I have an obligation to show my mom the kind of friend you really are—an utterly irresponsible one! So next time she won’t make a hasty decision like today, entrusting me to someone so careless about taking me to the mall."

"Girl, you can’t say that. Today Uncle had an emergency, and only then did I have to—"

"They’re all excuses! Uncle, don’t think I can’t see that you simply don’t want to accompany me shopping. You just think I’m too young. If I were Jiang Ying, you’d be more than happy to do it. No, today I’m definitely going to call my mom and complain. I have to let her see your true colors so she doesn’t get deceived by you one day." After glaring reproachfully at Lin Fei several times with resentment twinkling in her eyes, Xu Jiao couldn’t help but reach for her phone again, intending to call Gu Lanzi and report Lin Fei’s behavior.

"Girl, I advise you to think it over carefully. If you insist on making that call to your mom to tattle on me, then I will have no choice but to tell her about you racing at Huating Villa and skipping school with Yingying to party at the bar at night."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Fei, just like Xu Jiao, pulled out his mobile phone, ready to call Gu Lanzi.

"Uncle, you can’t do this. If you tell my mom about all this, she’s going to kill me." Originally, Xu Jiao had thought about calling Gu Lanzi, the powerful deputy leader, to report Lin Fei.

But as soon as Lin Fei took out his phone, the girl panicked instantly. She immediately hugged Lin Fei’s legs and begged for mercy. Looking at her, if Lin Fei said a few more words, she might very well start to cry.

Seeing that this poison-against-poison strategy had worked, Lin Fei felt a sigh of relief and a subtle smile appeared on his lips. Looking down at Xu Jiao, who was hugging his legs, he mimicked the tone she had used earlier to scold him, "No way, today I have to call your mom and tell on you. I must let your mom see your true colors, lest she remains in the dark because you’ve fooled her."

"Uncle, you’re so annoying." Hearing the teasing tone in Lin Fei’s words and feeling a sense of relief, Xu Jiao put on a fake angry face and threatened Lin Fei, "Uncle, if you dare to tell my mom about my racing and going to bars, I’ll call her right now and say that you’ve molested me. Then, my mom definitely won’t let you off the hook."

"Girl, it’s not really good to lie like this."

"It’s still better than you ratting me out to my mom and getting me beaten by her."

"Seems like, you were the one who first said you were going to call your mom and snitch on me."

"Uncle, can’t you forgive me if I admit I’m wrong?" Called out by Lin Fei for being the first to start the altercation, Xu Jiao, the little devil, blushed slightly. She once again clung to Lin Fei’s legs, coquettishly saying, "Uncle, how about we do this? Pretend I never said anything before. I’ll also pretend you never said anything. Let’s not call my mom anymore. Uncle, please?"

Her words were full of typical Wu-dialect softness, characteristic of the water towns. If it were some half-grown boy from her class, they would have been utterly smitten by such coquettish behavior.

Even with Lin Fei’s nearly inhuman mental fortitude, he couldn’t help but feel his heart soften in the face of the young girl’s adorable pleading.

After all, Lin Fei’s intention wasn’t to snitch on the girl in the first place.

Hearing that the young Xu Jiao offered to not call Gu Lanzi, the deputy leader with real power, Lin Fei naturally lost any interest in continuing this tussle over the matter.

"We’ll do as you said, no one will tell on anyone," Lin Fei casually replied to Xu Jiao, grabbed her hand, and walked towards the inside of Huating Villa.

"You might not know, but your mom has a very important meeting today. That’s why she asked me to accompany you to the mall. She might even have to go on a business trip tomorrow, so you should stay here and keep your sister Yingying company for the next few days."

After giving Xu Jiao an extra layer of insurance and privately instructing Jiang Ying with a few words to make sure she kept an eye on Xu Jiao and distracted her by any means necessary,

Lin Fei drove off in the black GTR sports car belonging to that little devil Xu Yingying, speeding away from Huating Villa like an arrow released from its bow...