After leaving, Tom felt a bit smug. He thought he was going to succeed this time.
Such a capable person. How could the elder allow this person to stay in the family and affect his status? Naturally, this person would have to leave.
Then, at that time, Jess would have no help at all.
However, Tom didn't expect that the elder attached great importance to this matter.
After repeatedly weighing Ji Xiaoli's abilities, the elder finally had an idea.
The next day, as soon as Jess came home, he heard that the elder wanted to summon him.
Jess frowned. When the servant who came to call him quietly revealed that the elder had been muttering about two Chinese people, he wondered if the elder was going to talk about Zheng Nanfeng and Ji Xiaoli.
As soon as he walked into the study, he saw the elder looking rather imposing.
"Since you've made such good friends, why didn't you tell us in advance? After all, with such abilities and means, they could become honored guests in our family. What if people think we've been neglectful and offended such young geniuses? Jess, you're still not sophisticated enough in handling things."
Honored guests?
Jess hadn't thought of this. Originally, he planned to keep the identities of Ji Xiaoli and Zheng Nanfeng a secret for their freedom, as neither of them cared about formalities.
But he didn't expect that the elder would attach so much importance to Ji Xiaoli and Zheng Nanfeng.
Moreover, he originally thought that Tom would definitely do something, but now it seemed that things were not as simple as he had imagined.
"I understand. Did Tom say something to you?"
Jess boldly asked, and the elder nodded. When choosing between the family's interests and the family's younger generation, the elder naturally chose the family's interests.
"Why has our family been able to stand firm for so many years? It's because we keep learning from others' experiences."
When talking about the family's prosperous history, the elder's face was full of pride.
Jess listened respectfully. He was originally worried that Ji Xiaoli and Zheng Nanfeng would be looked down upon, as they were his friends.
He never expected that he had actually made a mess of things.
He never thought that the people he thought would be driven out of the family were now regarded as honored guests, and even Tom couldn't touch them.
"Damn it! What on earth is so charming about these two people from the East that Uncle values them so much?"
In his own room, Tom even wished he could smash his room to pieces.
The situation was never going as he had planned. Instead, it was developing in the opposite direction.
Tom's subordinates were also a bit helpless. They had finally managed to find some negative information about Ji Xiaoli, but they couldn't spread it.
Moreover, now the elder was involved.
If the elder found out that he had treated the honored guests in the family like this, he might not have a good reputation in the future.
"What should we do? I just can't stand them!"
Tom paced back and forth in the room, and his subordinates paced back and forth with him.
After thinking for a long time, Tom finally had a new idea.
Since he couldn't do anything openly, he would do something secretly to let Ji Xiaoli know his power.
Soon, Tom contacted some local hooligans, all of whom were idle vagrants hanging around on the streets.
After all, such people were sometimes really reckless for money.
Tom contacted them.
"Later, when you see this couple, rob the money on them and try to teach them a lesson."
As Tom said, he gave the hooligans a stack of money and then passed them the photos. He had also disguised himself. To avoid being discovered, he didn't even dare to order his closest subordinates and came here in person.
These hooligans, who had been hanging around on the streets for a long time, had never seen so much money before. Their eyes immediately widened.
Hearing that they were going to beat up two defenseless people, they immediately agreed.
Fighting was their instinct.
"Don't worry. We'll take care of this. And you've given us so much money. We won't give it back." Thinking of the decent clothes of the two people in the photos, they thought they could rob some more money.
The hooligans greedily stuffed the money into their pockets.
Then, according to the route that Tom had told them Zheng Nanfeng and Ji Xiaoli would take when they went out, they waited there in ambush.
As soon as Ji Xiaoli walked out of the door today, she heard the alarm from the system.
[Player, please note that Tom has a deep grudge against you. Be careful.]
Every time the system gave a prompt, Ji Xiaoli knew that something very important was going to happen.
After hearing this, Ji Xiaoli couldn't ignore it.
"What's wrong? Why did you suddenly stop?"
Zheng Nanfeng looked at Ji Xiaoli in confusion and thought there was something wrong with Ji Xiaoli suddenly stopping.
After thinking for a moment, Ji Xiaoli quickly understood.
This was originally someone else's territory. It would be easy for them to find some people to deal with her.
So she just needed to be more careful.
But if she always handled things alone, it didn't seem to show her status as an honored guest.
So after thinking about it, Ji Xiaoli quickly called Jess over.
Jess, who was looking at the documents in his hand, was inexplicably called over. Then he saw Ji Xiaoli say a bit euphemistically,
"I think it's a bit unsafe to go out these days. Can you provide me with some help?"
What Ji Xiaoli meant by help was naturally bodyguards. After hearing this, Jess immediately agreed, "Sorry. I was negligent in my hospitality and forgot about this."
As soon as Ji Xiaoli and Zheng Nanfeng went out, the hooligans couldn't wait to follow them, planning to find a quiet place to attack. But the plain - clothes bodyguards behind them immediately noticed their presence.
Soon, these defenseless hooligans were caught by the bodyguards. After all, these bodyguards had received professional training.
As long as someone was lurking there, they could find out clearly. When the hooligans appeared in front of them,
Ji Xiaoli knew that she had won again this time.
"I didn't expect that I would have to experience such a big scare when I came here."
Ji Xiaoli sighed as she said this, scaring Jess into thinking that Ji Xiaoli was going to return to China at this time.
If she returned to China at this time, wouldn't her talent leave with her?
"Miss, don't worry. I'll handle these people for you. Since they've caused trouble on my territory, I'll let them know what it means to be powerful."
As Jess said, he gave a look to his bodyguards.
The bodyguards lowered their heads slightly. They knew what Jess was thinking with just one look.
They nodded slightly, rubbed their joints, and walked up to the hooligans.
They beat the hooligans skillfully. The hooligans rolled on the ground in pain. They were not kind - hearted people, and soon they began to beg for mercy.
Ji Xiaoli watched this scene without any pity, looking at them coldly. If it hadn't been for the system's reminder this time, she and Zheng Nanfeng might have been in trouble. Moreover, these people had never done any good deeds.
Just now, if something had gone wrong, he might have lost such a good friend as Ji Xiaoli. Although Ji Xiaoli was young, she was a very important friend in his eyes.
"Jess, thank you. Then Nanfeng and I will go out for a stroll." Ji Xiaoli smiled slightly.