Shen Bingyan stood rooted to the spot, her heart breaking. She watched as Zhou Yi's figure was blocked by the teaching building in front of him and finally disappeared from sight. She threw the cardboard box on the ground, and her face instantly turned cold.

The bodyguards came down from the second floor, so intimidated by Shen Bingyan's powerful aura that they dared not utter a sound.

"He's gone."

Tell me, where did I give myself away?

Shen Bingyan glanced at the bodyguard and walked down the stairs.

The bodyguard followed closely behind, shaking his head cautiously: "No, I watched very carefully from the second floor. Miss, you acted very convincingly."

Shen Bingyan didn't speak, but her brows furrowed slightly as she thought to herself, "There must be some flaw in my deception."

She glanced down at her white dress, and the bodyguard's heart pounded. Did the young lady suspect his abilities?

Although he had never been in a relationship, he asked many people about it. He was definitely not slacking off, and he definitely didn't make things up.

“Miss, I asked many boys who are the same age as Zhou Yi.”

"This outfit is definitely the kind that will win over any guy."

"Pure, delicate, white dress with long black hair, she needs to be protected. Besides, Su Qingjiao won over Zhou Yi with this type of outfit before."

"Maybe...maybe the method was wrong this time?"

Shen Bingyan paused for a moment, seemingly realizing that it was indeed unreliable to ask the bodyguard to come up with a solution since he had never had a girlfriend.

But wasn't she the same way?

As an infant, she was taken by her grandfather to meet figures in the military and political circles. From the age of five, she began to learn about the family's secret business. She never had any longing or fantasy about romantic love.

"Miss, please forgive my indiscretion."

“You’ve tried to win Zhou Yi’s favor so many times, but he never responds. He even kicked you out of the hotel before. Besides, he seems to be completely devoted to Su Qingjiao. It’s going to be hard for you to win him over.”

Does it have to be him?

"Do you really have to choose him? You and Zhou Yi had never met before coming to Luzhou, why treat Zhou Yi like this..."

Love-struck.

But the bodyguard would never say the last three words aloud; if he did, he could retire on the spot.

Why is it that he is indispensable?

Shen Bingyan naturally wouldn't reveal her inner thoughts. She casually tied up her wind-blown hair with a rubber band, her tone extremely indifferent and cold.

"You're being long-winded."

The bodyguard's expression changed slightly; he knew he should keep quiet.

But the people in Kyoto are already urging them very urgently. If Miss doesn't go back soon, and if news of Miss pursuing Zhou Yi in Lucheng gets back to Kyoto, the entire city of Kyoto will probably be shaken.

"Miss, they've been urging us many times already."

"If you don't go back soon, they'll probably send someone over."

"By then, what's going on here will no longer be able to be kept secret."

Shen Bingyan seemed to have made up her mind. From the moment she arrived in Lucheng, she tried her best to get close to Zhou Yi, but unfortunately, she failed every time.

In the bodyguard's eyes, Shen Bingyan seemed to be under a spell, as if she had already decided on Zhou Yi.

Including this time.

She pursed her lips and said the same thing again: "Find another reason to delay things in Kyoto. We absolutely cannot let them send anyone over."

"I'll try one last time."

The bodyguard weakly explained, "You also said it was the last time last time..."

"This is really the last time."

The last sentence was so loud that it was blown away by the wind, and even the bodyguard standing a meter away couldn't hear what Shen Bingyan said.

The bodyguard saw that Shen Bingyan's eyes were incredibly determined, filled with a sense of certainty and... ambition.

A bodyguard who has never been in a relationship doesn't know if there are romantic feelings involved between men and women.

He didn't think too deeply about it, but he vaguely felt that the young lady's aura was the same as the look in her eyes when she subdued those people abroad three years ago.

He couldn't help but think back to three years ago...

And this is the school gate.

Su Qingjiao stood there for more than ten minutes without leaving, and under the repeated praise of her classmates, she even called the person in charge of the Zhou family celebration.

"Hello, it's me. I'd like to invite the whole class to this celebration."

"Prepare dozens more invitations for me."

Su Qingjiao assumed that the person in charge of the celebration at the Zhou Group headquarters would be eager to curry favor with her, just like the managers of other branch offices.

I would be eager to send the invitation to her immediately if she just said the word.

However, she miscalculated.

The person on the other end, however, replied in a businesslike manner: "The invitations have already been distributed, and according to regulations, no more people will be added."

Su Qingjiao couldn't believe that she had been rejected by an employee.

Regulation?

What rule?!

Doesn't this person in charge know that if she's angry, Zhou Yi is angry, and how dare he refuse his own boss?

Su Qingjiao said firmly, "What rules? I am the company's rule! Do you know what you're saying? Do you know who I am?"

However, the person on the other end was even more defiant. She chuckled and said, "No matter who you are, rules are rules. If you're so great, go find the person who made the rules."

Su Qingjiao remembered that the person in charge of the Zhou family celebration was someone under Aunt Zhou.

No wonder he doesn't buy into his own ideas!

Su Qingjiao was furious, her lips trembling with rage. She immediately took a few steps forward, shaking off her classmates, and warned in a threatening tone, "You dare threaten me? Fine, fine, very well, you're very well."

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