If Bai Ziyan hadn't spoken, Li Qianfan would not have given Wei Wan face.
Li Qianfan was very satisfied with Wei Wan's protection of Su Ziyu.
If he didn't give Bai Ziyan face, she would never give Wei Wan face!
Li Qianfan didn't want to cause her to lose her job over this matter.
After agreeing to Bai Ziyan, Li Qianfan held Su Ziyu's arm and walked into the elevator.
Inside the elevator.
Su Ziyu stared intently at Li Qianfan, as if she didn't know him.
Li Qianfan felt a little shy under her gaze—
Su Ziyu suddenly leaned in and whispered, her breath warm like orchid fragrance, "Little husband, what's your favorite brand of toothpaste?"
Huh?
What did she mean?
Li Qianfan, whose thoughts were pure, looked at the elevator advertisement with a face full of confusion.
On the LCD screen—
A beautiful spokesperson for a certain brand of toothpaste, with vibrant red lips, lightly brushed her teeth with her tongue: "Fresh breath, who wouldn't like it?"
Li Qianfan raised his hand, pointed at the screen, and said with difficulty, "I like this brand, only because it's domestic."
Outside the elevator.
More precisely, at the entrance of the development department.
"Everyone, clock out."
Bai Ziyan glanced at everyone and gently instructed Wei Wan, "Supervisor Wei, please call an ambulance for me."
"Ah, okay!"
Wei Wan, feeling like she was dreaming, quickly agreed and hurried into the office.
Seeing the general manager's instruction, other employees also tidied up their belongings and left the company.
Bai Ziyan squatted down, not even looking at Bai Yuming's injuries, and pinched his philtrum with force.
Bai Yuming, who had fainted, slowly woke up.
Seeing Bai Ziyan, Bai Yuming yelled hoarsely, "Ziyan, where is the young man who hit me? Hurry and have someone catch him! I want to kill him, kill him!"
A flicker of disdain flashed deep in Bai Ziyan's eyes.
On the surface, however, she spoke softly as usual: "Cousin, do you know who that person is?"
"No matter who he is."
Bai Yuming roared, supporting his broken right arm with his left hand as he slowly sat up, "He dared to severely injure me, he's dead!"
Bai Ziyan then asked, "Cousin, do you know who the girl you tried to assault is?"
Bai Yuming's head had been hit hard, but his mind was clear, and he continued to roar, "Isn't she Wei Wan's college classmate, the dean from a small hospital in Qingyun?"
Sigh.
Bai Ziyan sighed softly, "The girl's name is Su Ziyu."
Bai Yuming blurted out, "Her name is Su Ziyu, so what?"
Bai Ziyan calmly continued, "More than half a month ago, Lan Yunhai from the Lan family in Tiandong tried to abduct Su Ziyu."
So what?!
Bai Yuming was about to roar this sentence when he suddenly realized something.
His body trembled violently—
"The consequence of Lan Yunhai abducting Su Ziyu was that he himself became a cripple. His father was hanged to death at his wedding. His mother, Chu Yazhi, and his newlywed wife both slept with a young man on the night of Lan Yunhai's wedding."
Bai Ziyan paused after saying this, and then said, "That young man is the one who hit you just now."
Bai Yuming's originally pale face instantly turned ashen.
"Cousin, if you don't want to be hanged to death, and you don't want your cousin-in-law and daughter to sleep with that young man."
Bai Ziyan sincerely advised, "I suggest you tell everyone that your injuries were caused by an accidental fall down the stairs."
Half an hour later.
The ambulance arrived.
As the medical staff carried Bai Yuming onto the stretcher, they asked Bai Ziyan, "Excuse me, how were the patient's injuries caused?"
Before Bai Ziyan could speak—
Bai Yuming preemptively shouted, "I fell down the stairs and broke it myself!"
"Ah? You fell so badly just going down the stairs, you're really unlucky."
The medical staff looked at him with pity and quickly carried him into the elevator.
As dusk fell.
In a private room, room 909, on the ninth floor of the Provincial Capital Grand Hotel.
Wei Wan, who was whispering to Su Ziyu, kept stealing glances at Li Qianfan, who was playing on his phone on the adjacent sofa.
Beside them were two women of similar age, and their boyfriends (all unmarried).
These two women had had a decent relationship with Su Ziyu during college.
"Beauty Yu, is that young man really your husband?"
A classmate named Zhang Xiu asked disbelievingly.
Su Ziyu's face turned a little red, and she nodded.
Another named Han Wen exclaimed, "Beauty Yu, you're committing a crime, you know? It's even more cruel! He's so young, how could you bear to take a bite!"
Su Ziyu became even more embarrassed and said in a voice like a mosquito's hum, "He's just a little young. Actually, actually, he's quite mature."
Zhang Xiu immediately pressed, "Where is he most mature?"
Su Ziyu—
Li Qianfan, who was looking down at his phone, flinched.
Sigh.
When there are more wolves than meat, the wolves are always particularly arrogant.
They've scared her into silence.
"Hey, Wei Wan, aren't you usually the most talkative? Why are you so quiet tonight?"
Han Wen noticed Wei Wan's unusual behavior and asked curiously, then suddenly realized, "I get it! You're deliberately acting demure because you've decided to poach Beauty Yu's man, haven't you? You animal!"
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Wei Wan quickly retorted, and then hurriedly glanced at Li Qianfan.
She was truly afraid that Li Qianfan would be displeased by the gossiping of these two women.
Even if Wei Wan were a fool, she could tell that her good sister's young man was no ordinary person.
"Ha, ha, you have the desire but not the courage."
Han Wen laughed heartily, but the joke was also just appropriate.
Their boyfriends were also very cultured.
After sitting down and politely greeting Su Ziyu, they sat together, smiling and watching the four girls joke around.
However—
These two gentlemen, although they were invited to freeload thanks to their girlfriends, did not show the expected enthusiasm towards Li Qianfan, the host, upon learning that Su Ziyu was hosting tonight (Wei Wan had made it clear to Han Wen on the phone that this was the case).
The reason was simple.
Li Qianfan, at first glance, was a young man who hadn't attended university and had gotten lucky, being snatched up by a former campus belle from Tianda who had lost her sight.
But they were different.
Not only were they graduates of prestigious universities, but they also worked at Tiandong Yuanhang Group as middle management, with a monthly salary of over twenty thousand yuan.
They were in their prime and were step-by-step achieving their goal of becoming life winners.
They asked themselves—
Even if they didn't say their girlfriends were the most beautiful or the richest, based on their own achievements, Li Qianfan, even with all his might, might not be able to achieve what they had today!
Of course.
They were not so shallow as to offer Li Qianfan a job on the spot.
After all, Wei Wan had made it very clear that Su Ziyu was now a millionaire.
But because of this!
They were jealous of Li Qianfan in their hearts: "How unfair is destiny. That kid only relied on his looks, plus Su Ziyu's poor eyesight, to easily gain the qualification to be on par with us."
As the two exchanged glances, Han Wen's boyfriend, Sun Sheng, asked with a smile, "Wei Wan, are there any other old classmates coming to tonight's gathering?"
Wei Wan shook her head, "No more, just us few."
Zhang Xiu's boyfriend, Wang Dong, also interjected, "Then, why haven't the dishes been served yet?"
"Oh."
Wei Wan said, "We're still waiting for one more person. That person is my company's boss."
No one paid much attention to who her company's boss was.
Wang Dong suggested, since they were waiting for someone, let's play cards for a while.
There were four decks of playing cards on the table, and the seven of them could completely play a game of Gouji.
"Okay, let's play a round."
Wei Wan was really afraid that Han Wen and the others would continue to joke with Su Ziyu and displease Li Qianfan, so she quickly agreed.
Gouji requires six players.
Su Ziyu didn't know how to play—
She looked at Li Qianfan, "Qianfan, do you know how to play Gouji?"
Yes.
When it came to cards, there was nothing Li Qianfan didn't know.
If it involved gambling his wife, he would even cheat.
His wife had summoned him, and Li Qianfan naturally had to show respect.
He put down his phone and was about to walk over when Sun Sheng said, "Forget it, let's play Baohuang with five people."
Su Ziyu's face immediately fell.
She and Han Wen were old classmates, and Li Qianfan, like Sun Sheng and Wang Dong, were the boyfriends of the girls.
So why, when she invited her boyfriend to play cards with everyone, did Sun Sheng clearly express his unwillingness to play with Li Qianfan?
Especially—
When Wang Dong also nodded in agreement and said playing Baohuang would be fine.
These two people clearly looked down on Li Qianfan!
How could Su Ziyu be happy?
Han Wen and Zhang Xiu also felt a bit awkward.
Wei Wan, who had a cheerful personality, immediately spoke out, "Hey! What do you guys mean? Do you think Ziyu's boyfriend isn't worthy of playing with you?"
"Heh, not at all."
Wang Dong and Sun Sheng both chuckled and said casually, "We just feel that we're not from the same circle, so we won't be able to play together well."
*Slap!*
Wei Wan grabbed the deck of cards and slammed it heavily on the floor, exploding, "Then we won't play!"
She did this not because she realized Li Qianfan was extraordinary and was deliberately trying to appease him.
Wei Wan was just like that.
Even if she didn't know Li Qianfan's capabilities, she would have given him due respect for Su Ziyu's sake.
Wei Wan was very annoyed by people who showed off at old classmate reunions.
That's why she only invited Han Wen and Zhang Xiu, her two closest friends.
But she didn't expect their boyfriends to flaunt their ridiculous sense of superiority on the spot.
"What kind of people are you!"
After Wei Wan's outburst, she didn't give Han Wen and the two any face, and said bluntly, "If you bring these two people to our sisters' gatherings again, then don't have any more gatherings! They're both just two shoulders carrying a head. Everyone earns their own money and spends it themselves, who looks down on whom?"
Wang Dong and the two immediately turned red in the face and neck.
Han Wen and Zhang Xiu's faces changed, and they were about to turn hostile.
Su Ziyu didn't want Wei Wan to offend someone over her business.
She quickly tried to smooth things over, "Okay, okay! Everyone say a little less. Tonight was originally meant for old classmates to reconnect after many years. There's no need to be unhappy over such a small matter. Wei Wan, you say a little less too. Anyway, my Qianfan is well-mannered and magnanimous, he won't bother with people like them."
Saying this.
Su Ziyu instinctively turned her head and asked Li Qianfan, "Right? Qianfan."
My wife is bragging about me again—
Li Qianfan quickly nodded, "Yes, yes, I'm well-mannered and magnanimous. How could I bother with people like this? Wei Wan, you don't need to get angry for my sake."
Damn it!
The conversation between this couple completely enraged Wang Dong and the other four.
"Since that's the case, then we are not qualified to sit with such a well-mannered and magnanimous person. Wang Dong, let's go."
Han Wen and the others' faces darkened, and they stood up abruptly, about to storm out.
The door to the private room, however, opened.
A stunning beauty in a sleeveless, high-slit qipao, carrying a small purse, walked in.
Upon seeing this beauty—
Wang Dong and the others were stunned.
Then their eyes lit up, "Oh, isn't this the big boss of Zhizhi Club, President Chu? Why is she here?"
They recognized Chu Yazhi because when Zhizhi Club first opened, she had gone to Yuanhang Group headquarters to solicit business and had been personally welcomed by General Manager Du Yuanhang.
Unexpectedly, they would see her here tonight.
They really wanted to greet Chu Yazhi proactively.
But as the words reached their lips, they realized that they seemed to lack the qualifications to speak to this stunning beauty.
"This dame is simply perfectly ripe! Hmm, her husband probably won't live much longer."
Wang Dong thought this, unconsciously swallowed his saliva, and then saw Chu Yazhi, wearing her high heels, quickly shake her hips and stride towards Li Qianfan.
She bent down deeply and said, "Master, I'm late due to traffic, please forgive me."
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The pacing of the plot is a bit slow in the setup. The writing is also slow, which is embarrassing.