Having successfully passed the checkpoint, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Especially Li Guaizi, who took a deep breath and couldn't help but shout: "Exciting!"
Li Gang laughed when he heard this, "Yes, it's quite exciting."
The two people in front were overjoyed, feeling a sense of relief at surviving a disaster, but the atmosphere in the back row was deathly silent.
When Xu Manling was carried into the car by Chen Ke in a princess carry, she met Chen Zhuo's cold, icy gaze, which seemed to freeze her in place.
As a result, to prevent Matsumoto, the butler, from noticing anything amiss, Chen Ke leaned most of his body against Chen Zhuo...
In that instant, Xu Manling felt like a piece of stiff wood, then leaning against an even stiffer block of iron.
The atmosphere began to feel cold and... awkward.
Xu Manling kept telling herself that he was just a teenager and shouldn't worry about it.
Then Chen Zhuo's soft voice came from beside her ear, "Miss Xu, you used that trick really well."
Xu Manling: ? ? ?
"You could have gotten out of this on your own."
Xu Manling: !!!
It turns out the little brat got jealous when Chen Ke carried her out.
Hmph! Chen Ke dotes on his younger brother, but Xu Manling won't spoil him!
So when Chen Ke got into the car and closed the door, Xu Manling hooked her arm around Chen Zhuo's neck and tucked his head under her arm. Then, with her other hand, she mercilessly scratched Chen Zhuo's hair into a bird's nest.
"What are you doing!" The car was not spacious, and Chen Zhuo was restrained by Xu Manling and could not move freely. He struggled for a long time but could not break free. Instead, because he struggled too hard, his cheeks would occasionally touch something soft. When he belatedly realized what it was, his face suddenly turned red and his body became even stiffer. He dared not make any big movements.
Xu Manling was extremely satisfied with Chen Zhuo. Hmph, he's clearly just a kid in his teens, yet he always has such a gloomy face, like everyone owes him money. She's had enough of him for a long time, and today she'll teach him a lesson on behalf of Chen Ke!
As soon as the car drove away, Chen Ke started protecting his younger brother, saying, "Alright, you're a grown man, why are you bullying a child?"
Xu Manling: ······
Fine, I'll deal with you myself!
Xu Manling not only ignored him, but also scratched Chen Zhuo's head even harder.
For the first time, Chen Zhuo felt angry yet helpless: "...Brother!"
Chen Ke sighed inwardly, feeling for a moment as if he were raising two unruly children.
Fortunately, there's only one blood relative, so I can still show favoritism.
So Chen Ke spoke up: "Miss Xu, we're almost at the checkpoint, aren't you going to get ready?"
Xu Manling paused, looked up and saw that they were indeed about to reach the checkpoint. Reluctantly, she stopped and moved her body between the two of them to sit down and prepare to apply some powder to herself.
However, Chen Zhuo, who was seething with anger, was not about to let Xu Manling off so easily. While Xu Manling was applying powder, he slapped the powder from the powder box directly onto her face.
"Ugh! Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!" Xu Manling not only spat a lot on her face, but also ate a lot in her mouth.
Just as Xu Manling was about to slap Chen Zhuo in the face in a fit of anger, Li Gang, unaware of what was happening behind him, suddenly stopped and said, "Sir, we've reached the checkpoint."
Chen Ke stared in astonishment at Xu Manling, who had suddenly and unexpectedly given Chen Zhuo a tight hug: ......
If they were around the same age, these two could be considered a bickering couple.
Chen Zhuo suddenly shoved Xu Manling away.
Just then, the guard knocked on the window. Xu Manling, her face pale and lifeless, slumped against Chen Ke's shoulder. Chen Ke rolled down the window and spoke a few words to the guard, who then saw Xu Manling's deathly pale face...
The moment the car safely drove out of the checkpoint, Xu Manling lifted her head from Chen Ke's shoulder, but the atmosphere inside the car was eerily silent.
Xu Manling sat between the two, looking down at her nose and sitting upright with an air of solemnity.
Chen Zhuo's entire body was shrouded in the shadow of his seat, making it impossible to see his expression.
The atmosphere remained eerily quiet until the car stopped in front of Xu Manling's dance hall.
"Sir, we've arrived at Miss Xu's ballroom," Li Gang reminded him when he saw no movement from the back row.
Xu Manling was sitting in the middle. If she wanted to get out, it would be more convenient for her to get out from Chen Zhuo's side. However, Chen Zhuo sat there without moving and showed no intention of making way. Helpless, Chen Ke could only open the car door and get out first, letting Xu Manling get out from his side.
Normally, Xu Manling would have said something sarcastic to Chen Zhuo, but now she got out of the car from Chen Ke's side without saying a word, and then walked around to the side of the road.
Chen Ke was quite puzzled at the time as to why Xu Manling had suddenly become so "generous," but he finally understood when they returned to the Thirteen Factories and turned on the lights.
Because Xu Manling had smeared half of her face with white powder onto Chen Zhuo's face.
So now, although Chen Zhuo's entire face is dark, it appears as if half of it is dark and the other half is white.
As a result, Li Guaizi mercilessly mocked Chen Zhuo, calling him the Black and White Impermanence, which made Chen Zhuo's eyes practically spit fire.
But Chen Zhuoyue was furious. Not only did Li Guaizi not restrain himself as usual, but he laughed even louder, and even Li Gang couldn't help but laugh along...
"Laugh all you want, laugh all you want, you'll all die laughing!" Chen Zhuo said angrily, throwing down a vicious curse before leaving.
But Chen Ke knew that he wasn't really angry, and Li Guaizi and the others weren't deliberately mocking him. It was just that they had just done something big and needed to release their extremely tense emotions. They needed to shift their attention and relax.
Afterwards, Chen Ke accompanied the three of them to sit quietly in the Thirteen Factories for a long time. Apart from Chen Ke, the other three of them felt as if what had just happened was a dream.
Especially Li Guaizi, he still feels a sense of unreality. He can't imagine that he not only went to the high and heavily guarded concession, but also switched the Japanese treasure in full view of everyone, and most importantly, they got away unscathed!
"Hahaha, this is something I can brag about for the rest of my life!" Li Guaizi said smugly, swinging his leg.
Chen Zhuo, having washed her face, rolled her eyes at him. "Is that all the ambition you've got?"
Li Gang, who had always been a man of few words, couldn't help but speak up after hearing Chen Zhuo's words: "Young Master, we are different from you. People like us, if it weren't for following the Master, might never have had the chance to even enter the foreign concession in our entire lives. Now that we've accomplished such a great thing, the sense of pride and honor we feel..."
As Li Gang spoke, his face turned red with excitement, as if no words could express his feelings at that moment.
Chen Zhuo lowered his head and smiled bitterly. Why didn't he know? How could he not know?
No one knows that his inner self is far less calm than he appears.
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