"If I just came when you called, wouldn't I lose face?" Lin Feng didn't budge.

"Are you coming over or not?" Ning Aoxue pouted, glaring at him resentfully.

Well, my dignity isn't worth much anyway…

Realizing he would still need Ning Aoxue's cooperation for his future bodyguard duties, Lin Feng had no choice but to concede.

As Lin Feng approached, Ning Aoxue said to him with a serious expression, "You are to call my father 'Dad,' or at least 'Uncle.' You are not to call him that 'Old Bro' nonsense."

"Why?" Lin Feng asked.

"He's my father! And you... you and I are of the same generation. If you address him like an 'Old Bro,' doesn't that make you a generation older than me?"

"So what if I am a generation older?" Lin Feng retorted with a smirk. "We're not blood-related, so I can address him however I please. Besides, you're so insistent on us being in the same generation... are you hiding some ulterior motive? Like, maybe you want to marry me or something... hehe."

"Could you be any more shameless! That's final! Humph!" Having said her piece, Ning Aoxue walked into the living room and shared her idea with Ning Fuxun. Ning Fuxun listened with an awkward smile and agreed to call Lin Feng by his name in the future, no longer referring to him as "Brother Lin Feng."

"Come, come... Elder Bro— Lin Feng, sit down. Let's slowly discuss what to do next..." Ning Fuxun beckoned Lin Feng to the dining table, catching himself mid-address.

Lin Feng nearly choked. He almost called me 'Elder Brother Lin Feng'! 'Lin Feng' or just 'Brother Lin' would have been fine. But that stiff 'Elder Brother Lin Feng' honorific? It sounds exactly like 'breast augmentation'!

Ning Fuxun appeared very friendly with Lin Feng. This made Ning Aoxue, who had to sit with Yang Yuqing, watch them speechlessly. She truly couldn't fathom how they had become acquainted.

"Lin Feng, Aoxue, I've purchased a villa in Jincheng Garden near Jiangzhou University. You two can move in within the next couple of days. Of course, I've already arranged for security systems to be installed around the villa. Besides the internal security, there are over thirty cameras installed outside. Anyone approaching will be recorded."

"Dad, you... you want me to live with him?" Before Ning Fuxun could finish, Ning Aoxue protested, "No way! I absolutely will not live in the same house as him!"

Ning Fuxun looked helplessly at Yang Yuqing, who then tried to persuade Ning Aoxue. "Aoxue, dear, he needs to protect you. If he doesn't live with you, how can he provide round-the-clock protection? Most of the attempts on your father's life happened at night, and nighttime is the most dangerous."

Ning Fuxun added, "The villa has two floors. The bathrooms and bedrooms are separate. You can each have a floor. There's no issue there. Besides, your mother and I trust Lin Feng completely..."

"You trust him because he's deceived you! Him? Have character? I don't believe it..." Ning Aoxue retorted, glancing at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng didn't argue, merely smiling as he said, "Uncle Ning and Auntie Yang certainly have good judgment, hehe."

Ning Aoxue shot Lin Feng a glare. She knew things were settled; the villa was already bought, so her refusal was futile. She could only concede, "Fine, if I have to live with him, then I'm calling Su Zi to come live with us too. With Su Zi around, there'll be some backup..."

"Hey, Miss Ning Aoxue, please don't treat me like a pervert, okay?" Lin Feng said, exasperated.

Ning Aoxue smirked victoriously. "I'm not *treating* you like one... you *are* one!"

「...」

After settling matters with Ning Fuxun, Lin Feng and Ning Aoxue had to wait until the weekend to move into the villa in the Jincheng residential area, as some furniture still needed to be installed. Naturally, Su Zi would be moving in with them.

Leaving the Ning Family Villa, Lin Feng went straight to the used car market. He just needed a car for transportation, and a hundred thousand yuan wouldn't buy a good new car, so he decided to get a used one.

After browsing the used car market, Lin Feng took a liking to a Passat that was about seventy percent new. After some haggling with the owner, they settled on a price of eighty thousand. With all the paperwork, the total came to ninety-three thousand.

Before his rebirth, the original Lin Feng had been an incorrigible spendthrift who loved driving the family cars. He had obtained his driver's license as soon as he turned eighteen. Now, it came in handy for the current Lin Feng. After paying, he drove directly to the north campus of Jiangzhou University to find Tang Rou.

When Tang Rou saw Lin Feng arrive in a black Passat to pick her up, she was overjoyed and asked in surprise, "Lin Feng, where did you get so much money to buy a car? Did you ask your family?"

Lin Feng told Tang Rou everything honestly, explaining his new job as Ning Aoxue's personal bodyguard and the fact that he would have to live in the same villa as her.

After finishing, Lin Feng looked at Tang Rou and said, "Kiddo, you're not jealous, are you?"

Tang Rou giggled. "Why would I be jealous? Don't overthink it! Back in high school, there were already rumors about Ning Aoxue's influential family background; they supposedly even had powerful connections in Beijing. It's quite something that you saved her dad's life twice. For them to ask you to be her bodyguard, they must really trust your abilities. Besides, a hundred thousand a month is an offer no one could refuse."

"Moreover, Ning Aoxue's temper was quite famous back at Jiangzhou No.1 High School, right? By the way, I heard she came to our classroom looking for you twice, and that you two argued. Why did she agree to let you protect her this time?"

Lin Feng shrugged. "That young miss initially put up a fierce resistance. However, she couldn't withstand her parents' persistent persuasion. Plus, she might have sensed from her father that she genuinely needed a bodyguard. So, in the end, she had to agree. She even insisted on having her good friend Su Zi move in with them."

"Hehe, she's just wary of you," Tang Rou teased.

Seeing that Tang Rou wasn't jealous, Lin Feng felt a weight lift from his heart. He pulled her into his arms in the car and said, "It's good you're not overthinking things, kiddo. People like Ning Aoxue and I are from two different worlds. If it weren't for the money, I definitely wouldn't be her bodyguard."

Tang Rou planted an affectionate kiss on Lin Feng's cheek. "When it comes to love, I believe in loving who I love. If someone is meant to be yours, they ultimately will be; no one can take them away. If they're not meant to be yours, even if you hold on as tight as you can, they'll still slip through your fingers. Lin Feng, all I care about is whether *you* love *me*. I don't care if anyone else loves you."

She looked at Lin Feng with deep affection, her gaze as gentle as water, moving him immensely.

He pulled Tang Rou into a tight embrace, locked the car doors, and was just about to deepen their intimacy.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

But just as they embraced, someone knocked on the car window.

This was a university campus, surrounded by people, and, of course, patrolling school security guards.

The campus security guard, an older man, bellowed, "Hey! No parking here, you hear me! If you don't move this car right now, I'm calling to have it towed! Go find somewhere else for your... activities!"

Lin Feng and Tang Rou were both mortified. Tang Rou, especially, blushed furiously and quickly sat up properly in the passenger seat. She smoothed her hair over and over, her almond eyes, though downcast, held a certain soft allure, and she didn't dare look at the security guard outside the window. Being seen getting intimate with Lin Feng here... it's so embarrassing, I could die!

"Sorry, we'll leave right away, right away..."

Lin Feng rolled down the window, apologized, then immediately started the car and drove off hastily. Damn it, even fifty-year-old guys know about getting it on in a car these days?

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