Chapter 50: A Hero Rescuing a Beauty

After guiding the beautiful girl to her seat, the staff member walked over to Du Yu.

"Boss Du, I am so sorry. President Han is busy right now and will be back later. I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to wait a little longer."

Anyway, he had come today to deliver fish and ingratiate himself a bit in the process. It didn't matter where he waited.

Besides, from his current spot, he had a clear view of the exquisite beauty not far away. No matter how he looked at it, he wasn't losing out.

"It's fine, I don't mind waiting here for a bit."

The staff member served Du Yu some desserts and drinks before leaving to attend to other matters.

This was the first time Du Yu had seen a girl who made his heart flutter so intensely. She possessed that kind of instant, effortless approachability.

If she were placed alongside Ma Yue and Han Xinyi, the three of them would be evenly matched, each with her own distinct advantages. But if Du Yu had to choose, he would definitely pick this one.

Just as Du Yu was deep in thought, orchestrating various romantic encounter scenarios in his mind, a middle-aged man in a suit stepped out of a black sedan outside.

Although dressed head-to-toe in designer labels and looking reasonably well-groomed, his actual appearance left much to be desired, especially his sparse hair, which clearly showed signs of receding.

He might only have been around forty years old, but with the added bonus of a receding hairline, at a glance he easily looked fifty.

Originally, Du Yu had zero interest in this person. In a place like a hotel, seeing all sorts of people coming and going was nothing out of the ordinary.

Yet, this man headed straight for the young, pretty woman and sat down directly across from her.

"Yang Sisi, right?"

Du Yu's heart sank halfway.

Could such a wonderful girl possibly be on a blind date here?

Even for a blind date, she shouldn't settle for someone like that.

At that moment, Du Yu felt as though he had been admiring a pleasing work of art, only for someone to smash it to pieces with a hammer.

He could only sip his juice on the side with a resentful expression.

Yang Sisi seemed rather nervous and quickly pulled a folder out of her bag.

"Have a look, please. This is my resume."

Hearing this, Du Yu instantly felt much more at ease.

So it wasn't a blind date, but a job interview.

He figured as much—how could such a beautiful girl ever be reduced to the blind date market, let alone with a bald uncle like that?

Liang Boda took the resume, glanced at it perfunctorily, and tossed it aside.

His gaze toward Yang Sisi was sharp and piercing, as if he could see right through her.

Yang Sisi, who had just graduated from university, could hardly handle this kind of pressure, and her heart began to hammer wildly.

"Are you dissatisfied with my qualifications?"

Liang Boda waved his hand dismissively. "Not at all. Miss Yang, as you must know, the standards at our provincial television station are extremely high. Every year, countless students from the Communication University voluntarily send in their resumes, but how many actually make it in?"

He then held up two fingers and gestured: "Just this tiny bit."

Yang Sisi awkwardly replied, "I know the provincial television station is the goal for many people, but I still want to give it a try. I'm not lacking; I participated in a hosting competition back at school and won..."

"First place, right?"

Liang Boda acted as if he had guessed it all along. "So what? If someone entering the station didn't even have that little bit of skill, wouldn't that make us a ragtag crew?"

It was unclear what Yang Sisi thought upon hearing these words, but Du Yu certainly didn't feel very good about it.

In any case, he thought Yang Sisi was quite good. If such a beautiful female anchor were to present the news, he would have to set an alarm just to watch every day.

It seemed that finding a job wasn't just difficult in his own era; it was equally hard in this one.

A distinct look of distress appeared on Yang Sisi's face.

Seeing that Yang Sisi was so thick-headed, Liang Boda immediately offered a low-voiced reminder.

"Everyone who enters our station must have value. You can't just talk about how you're better than the others—you need to tell me what benefits you can bring to me."

Benefits?

Yang Sisi's heart panicked, and when she looked up, she happened to catch Liang Boda's lewd gaze.

"Benefits... I..."

Yang Sisi stammered for a long time without being able to string a coherent sentence together.

Suddenly, a greasy hand grabbed Yang Sisi's hand.

Startled, Yang Sisi instantly pulled her hand back.

Realizing that his intentions were laid out in the open yet Yang Sisi still wasn't taking the bait, Liang Boda's attitude turned even worse.

"To be honest, I've seen plenty of beauties, but they all have to offer me benefits before they can get in. Do you know why I chose this hotel?"

Liang Boda pointed upward toward the upper floors.

"You can not only eat here, but rest as well. If I'm in a good mood today, I guarantee your resume will pass. Otherwise... you'd better look somewhere else."

"You..."

A fresh university graduate had never witnessed anything like this.

Yang Sisi was so agitated that her eyes turned red.

She was reluctant to let go of this opportunity to enter the television station, but she would never pay such a huge price just for a job.

"Does entering the television station really require this procedure? Does that mean the cleaning lady at the station has to go through this process too?"

Du Yu's voice instantly shattered the atmosphere Liang Boda had worked so hard to build.

Liang Boda's expression became as ugly as it could possibly get.

"Who are you?"

Turning around, he spotted Du Yu standing right beside him.

"Where did you crawl out from?"

Yang Sisi never expected anyone to speak up for her.

She immediately turned her head to look at Du Yu.

Earlier, Du Yu hadn't been very close, and with Liang Boda blocking the way, he had only been able to sense Yang Sisi's unhappiness.

But now, being close enough to see the tears in Yang Sisi's eyes, Du Yu genuinely struggled to suppress his anger.

To bully an innocent, lovely girl to this extent—this man was utterly despicable.

"Let me tell you, we're discussing work matters here. What business is it of yours? Get lost!"

Liang Boda had come to the rendezvous today with a very specific agenda.

Now, disrupted by Du Yu, his mood plummeted straight to rock bottom, and the look he gave Du Yu grew considerably colder.

To his surprise, instead of leaving, Du Yu placed both hands flat on the table.

He wasn't short to begin with, and after all the running around and hard labor lately, his once slight, studious frame had become much sturdier.

He looked entirely like someone not to be trifled with.

At the same time, he exuded the deterrent aura amplified by the system.

He looked precisely like a deep-sea shark, eyeing its prey with predatory intensity!

The sudden shift in aura startled Liang Boda immensely: "What are you doing! What on earth are you trying to do!"

Du Yu smiled. "What am I doing? I just can't stand it, so I came over to help speak a few words of justice."

Engaging in unspoken rules in this day and age was utterly disgusting.

A sudden, inexplicable sense of relief washed over Yang Sisi.

Yet, why was it that the moment he helped her, she felt as though the person before her resembled a fish?

Liang Boda was a typical bully who feared the strong and lacked any genuine ability. With Du Yu making such a scene, the delightful outcome he had anticipated was undoubtedly ruined.