Zhu Qianying knew she couldn't avoid it or hide from it, but she never expected that Young Master Yan's men would arrive so quickly.
Zhu Qianying and Xing Bailun finished their conversation, paid the bill, and walked out of the coffee shop together.
Inside the doorway, a tall, strapping young man in his early twenties was blocking the way. Zhu Qianying assumed he wanted to come in, so she moved aside to let him go in first.
The young man stood in front of her and then bowed to her.
Both Zhu Qianying and Xing Bailun looked on in bewilderment, exchanging bewildered glances.
The young man straightened up. "Young Madam! My name is Zhang Zi."
Upon hearing this title, not only Zhu Qianying, but even Xing Bailun immediately understood who this person was.
"Sorry, you've mistaken me for someone else! I don't know any Zhang Zi or Li Zi, and I'm not some young mistress!"
Zhu Qianying spoke softly, her hand, which had been hanging by her side, wrapped around Xing Bailun's arm. She looked up and gave Xing Bailun a sweet smile.
"Let's go, or no one will pick up the baby after school!"
Clearly, she was playing the role of a loving young couple with Xing Bolun.
Xing Bolun cooperated, looking down at her with a gentle smile and patting the back of her hand. "Okay, let's go!"
No matter how naturally and sweetly the two acted, the young man remained as unmoving as a mountain blocking their way.
"Mr. Xing, I'm sorry, but my master said I should take the young mistress home to rest!" Zhang Zi stared straight at Xing Bailun, showing no intention of backing down.
Seeing that he had named him, Zhu Qianying naturally couldn't continue acting. If she continued, she would cause Xing Bailun even more trouble.
She pulled her hand away from Xing Bolun's arm, gently nudged his arm, and gestured for him to hurry up.
"Aren't you rushing back for a meeting? Go on!"
Xing Bailun wasn't stupid. After hearing what the young man said, he naturally understood that this person was Yan Shao's subordinate.
Now that he understood, he was even less likely to ignore Zhu Qianying in order to protect himself.
He stood motionless, his gaze still gently fixed on Zhu Qianying's face.
He had been quite fond of the intimate and sweet scene between husband and wife, but unfortunately, even his act was exposed to his face.
"You haven't been to my company in a long time, have you? Come on, let me show you around!" Fortunately, being Zhu Qianying's good friend didn't require any pretense!
Going to visit the company with a good friend shouldn't be a big problem, right?
Meeting Xing Bailun's eager gaze, Zhu Qianying thought about it carefully, but in the end, she still refused him.
"Never mind, let's do it next time. You have something important to do today, let's make it up another time!"
As he spoke, he waved to Xing Bailun, then left him behind, nimbly bypassed the young man named Zhang Zi who was standing in front of him, and in the blink of an eye, he had slipped out the door.
Both men were momentarily stunned. When they came to their senses, Xing Bailun wanted to chase after him, but Zhang Zi darted to Zhu Qianying's side before he could.
"Young Madam, the Master just wanted you to go home for a visit; he didn't mean anything by it."
Zhu Qianying raised her hand and waved behind her, indicating that she was saying goodbye to Xing Bailun.
Then, she looked at the young man in front of her with a smile. To be honest, she didn't want to make things difficult for him.
"Handsome, I don't know who your master is, but I can say with 100% certainty that I'm not your young mistress, because I'm divorced. If you're trying to pick up girls, you've come to the wrong person. My son is five years old, and your flirting skills are totally outdated for me!"
Zhang Zi was so startled that he jumped back a few steps, shaking his head and waving his hands to clarify, "Young Madam, you've misunderstood! I really just came to take you home!"
Just kidding, even if he were to flirt with other women, he wouldn't flirt with his own wife, the matriarch of the household.
Flirting with the matriarch? That's a capital offense!
Given my husband's personality, let alone flirting, even glancing at him twice would be tantamount to courting death!
He's not a nine-lived cat demon; he only has one life, so he has to take good care of himself for his parents who want to have a grandchild.
Besides, of course he knew that her son was five years old, and that he was the young master of the Tong family! Just a couple of days ago, the old master had brought the adorable young master back to Tong Family Village to show off.
"Hey handsome, if you keep following me, I'm going to yell!"
Zhu Qianying squinted and smiled as she warned the young man in front of her who had just jumped away but then quickly bounced back to her side and followed her closely.
Zhang Zi ignored her warnings and didn't dare to leave her side for a moment, walking forward in step with her.
Grandpa said, if you can't persuade them, then tie them up!
But how could he dare to tie her up? Such an insubordination was something he wouldn't dare to do, let alone dare to do it; the target shouldn't be this beautiful, delicate young mistress beside him!
Therefore, Zhang Zi, who did not want to, could not, and dared not use violence, was only thinking about slowly dragging the young mistress away until Brother Ke arrived, and then he would be out of the picture!
Zhang Zi, who was only thinking about using delaying tactics to stall the young mistress, was caught off guard when his hand was suddenly grabbed. Then, as if his hand did not belong to him, the young mistress pulled him over at an extremely fast speed and pressed his palm firmly on her arm.
Before he could figure out what was going on, the young mistress threw herself into his arms. To outsiders, this whole scene, which she had directed and acted out herself, looked like he had forcibly grabbed her arm and pulled her into his embrace.
Standing there dumbfounded, he didn't even have time to think of pushing her away before he heard the woman scream, "Help! You're a pervert! Help!"
He instinctively looked for the person calling for help and the person who was being indecent. Then, when he saw the traffic police and the crowd about ten meters away starting to gather in his direction, he realized that the person screaming for help was the young mistress who was right next to him.
The person she was referring to as a scoundrel was himself!
Realizing what was happening, he tried to shake off the young mistress, but strangely, although she looked smaller than him, her hands were surprisingly strong. Moreover, he didn't know how she did it, but to outsiders it looked like he had forcibly abducted her.
As the traffic police and the people around them drew closer, Zhang Zi anxiously began to explain, "Young Madam..."
As Zhu Qianying watched the people around her getting closer and closer, she finally released her hand that was strangely holding his hand behind his back. She then pushed her elbow back forcefully, making a feigned struggle to break free. Then, she raised her hand and slapped Zhang Zi hard across the face.
That slap sounded pretty loud.
But Zhang Zi's face didn't feel much pain at all!
Although it didn't hurt, he was still stunned by the "smack". By the time he came to his senses, his young mistress had already abandoned him and run to a car not far away.
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