Richest Rag-picker-Chapter 51: Heavens! It’s a Supercar?

"Holy shit, is that Bai Menghan’s name on the banner??"

Just then, before Fang Chenyi could step forward, he heard a sudden uproar from the surrounding crowd.

Tearing his gaze away from the banner, he turned to see that Bai Menghan had, at some point, walked out of the academic building’s main entrance.

The young man in the sharp suit then suddenly dropped to one knee in front of everyone, raising the bouquet of roses high.

"Menghan, I like you. Will you be my girlfriend?"

Witnessing this rare spectacle, the surrounding crowd of onlookers began to chant along:

"Get together!"

"Get together!"

"Get together!"

Seeing the scene at the entrance, Bai Menghan couldn’t help but frown. She immediately turned, about to head back inside. But just as she did, her gaze swept across the crowd and landed on Fang Chenyi at the very back. Instantly, her frown vanished, replaced by the corners of her lips turning up in a happy smile.

’My boyfriend is already waiting for me after class. What a wonderful feeling.’

However, to the onlookers, her smile meant something else entirely. They thought Bai Menghan was about to accept the young man’s confession.

However, just as the crowd and the suitor thought he was on the verge of success, an out-of-place figure suddenly appeared.

From within the crowd, a playful smile touched Fang Chenyi’s lips. He shook the woven bag in one hand, and with the other, he pulled out a trash grabber.

"Coming through. Make way, make way."

With the woven bag in one hand and the trash grabber in the other, Fang Chenyi quickly reached the suitor’s side. A mischievous grin spread across his face as he, without a word, began using the grabber to pick up the unlit candles from the ground.

[Host has collected one candle. System reward: 300 yuan. Reward has been deposited into Host’s bank account. Please check for confirmation.]

[Host has collected one candle. System reward: 300 yuan. Reward has been deposited into Host’s bank account. Please check for confirmation.]

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Fang Chenyi ignored the continuous stream of notifications in his head, instead continuing to rapidly pick up the candles from the ground under the dumbfounded stares of the crowd.

"What the fuck are you doing?!"

Finally, after Fang Chenyi had collected more than a dozen candles, the suitor finally snapped back to his senses.

The young men who had come with the suitor swarmed forward, ready to drag this troublemaker away and teach him a lesson.

Seeing this unfold, Bai Menghan, who had also snapped out of her daze at the building entrance, quickly shouted, "Stop!" and ran toward the center of the confrontation.

Seeing this, a flicker of joy crossed the face of the young man, who was still on one knee holding the roses. He thought Bai Menghan was just trying to keep trouble from spoiling such a wonderful occasion.

But as he opened his arms to catch the approaching Bai Menghan, he was stunned to realize she wasn’t running to him at all.

"Move! Get out of the way!"

She ran up, yanked aside one of the young men surrounding Fang Chenyi, and rushed in to stand protectively in front of the handsome young man in the casual suit.

Could this handsome young man be another one of Bai "The Invincible" Menghan’s suitors? But seeing her protecting him so fiercely, the crowd started to realize something. Their relationship wasn’t that simple.

It was very likely that this handsome young man and Bai Wudi were already a couple.

"Sigh! This handsome guy is way too impulsive. I know the suitor—he’s the vice president of our school’s taekwondo club. I hear he’s an impressive green belt—and I mean *green*. Most importantly, I think he’s from Stick Country... and all the guys with him are from the taekwondo club, too."

"You can say that again. The other side clearly has them outnumbered. He should’ve either called for backup or just laid low for a bit. Stepping out like that was so reckless."

"Tch, easy for you to say. If that were your girlfriend getting proposed to, could you just stand by and watch?"

"Ah, you’ve got a point there. I couldn’t hold back either. Well, whatever. Let’s not talk about it. I have a feeling this won’t end peacefully."

...

By now, the suitor understood. ’No wonder Bai Menghan has been ignoring my advances all this time,’ he fumed internally. ’It’s because she already has this pretty boy!’

"Brothers, this guy stole our candles. Don’t you think we should teach this thief a lesson?"

You had to admit, the guy was cunning, knowing how to cook up a righteous-sounding excuse.

Hearing their leader’s righteous-sounding excuse, the men surrounding Fang Chenyi all broke into sinister smiles, inwardly praising him for his cleverness.

"I’d like to see you try!"

Seeing the men cracking their knuckles, ready to move on Fang Chenyi, Bai Menghan immediately bent down, picked up two bricks, and handed one to Fang Chenyi while keeping the other for herself.

Before he could even process it, Fang Chenyi found a brick shoved into his hand. He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. ’This girl usually seems so gentle and refined,’ he thought. ’I never knew she could be such a little tigress when she’s angry.’

"Uh... Xiao Hanhan, darling. You’re a lady, a refined lady. Leave this kind of stuff to your man. Here, hold this for me and go wait in the car. I’ll be finished here in a minute."

He stepped forward and gently patted Bai Menghan, who was shielding him so thoroughly. He ruffled her long hair, then took the brick from her hand while handing her his own woven bag.

"Heh, your boyfriend’s right," the suitor sneered. "This is a matter between men. He stole dozens of my expensive candles. It has nothing to do with you, so you’d better step aside."

"That’s absurd! As if my Chenyi would steal from you—"

Before Bai Menghan could finish, Fang Chenyi patted her shoulder again. "Be good. This is men’s business; you shouldn’t get involved. Don’t worry, your man isn’t as fragile as you think. Now, go wait in the car."

With that, he casually pulled a car key from his pocket and handed it to Bai Menghan.

Bai Menghan hesitated before taking the key, but seeing the firm, irrefutable look in Fang Chenyi’s eyes, she had no choice but to walk away, worriedly clutching his "precious" woven bag.

Looking back every few steps, Bai Menghan left the encirclement. She bit her lip but ultimately listened to Fang Chenyi, heading toward the car parked under a shady tree in the distance.

The crowd parted to let her pass.

As the crowd watched Bai Menghan walk away, their eyes followed her and soon landed on the silver-white supercar parked in the shade of a distant tree.

[To be continued...]