The clerk feels surprised to hear his words. He says in a cold voice, “Sir, if you don’t pay for it, we will call the police.”
“No. No. No! Don’t call the police. I have money. But I don’t have any today. Can I pay tomorrow?”
“Sorry, we don’t get credit. Sir, please come with us.”
The clerk finishes his words and winks at a security guard who has just arrived. The guard walks to the foreigner and wants to grasp him.
“God! No!” The foreigner cries, “I said that I would pay you tomorrow. I am really inconvenient to pay today.”
The foreigner says and avoids the guard. He is quick and the security guard can’t catch him at all.
Without any reason, Xia Ning feels this foreigner very interesting.
He is around 1.9 meters in height with a typical British noble face. He is attractive. He doesn’t take care of his blond fairs. But they look soft and smooth. His clothes look common but they can’t hide the manners of nobility from him.
Xia Ning feels that this foreigner deliberately dresses in this way. He is hiding something.
There are more and more people gathering around, while the foreigner still cries that he will pay tomorrow and the security guard still fails to catch him. It seems that the fuss is not going to end soon.
“Please. I really have some difficulties. Can I give you my clothes? I leave my clothes here and will come to pay tomorrow.”
The clerk glances at the clothes on the foreigner dismissively.
The clothes look cheap, while the broken wine costs thousands of yuan.
“Wait!”
Suddenly, a female voice is heard and attracts the attention of all people.
“I will pay for the wine for him.” Xia Ning says. She takes out her deposit card and passes it to the clerk, “Use my deposit card.”
The clerk is surprised. He hesitates, “Miss, the wine costs over three thousand yuan. Are you sure you want to pay for it for him?”
“Hum.” Xia Ning nods.
The clerk comes to her and wants to take the card from Xia Ning when Zhang Hai holds out his hand to stop, “Wait!”
Xia Ning frowns, “Zhang…”
“Mrs. Yi, don’t use your card. Use mine.” Then, Zhang Hai passes his deposit card to the clerk, “Use my card.”
Xia Ning still wants to say something. Zhang Hai makes a cough and says in a low voice, “Mrs. Yi, if you lose thousands of yuan with no reasons, the commander won’t give me a break.”
Xia Ning feels ironic to hear his words.
They pay the money and the clerk gives the card back to Zhang Hai and thanks him.
“Zhang, I will return the money to you by cash tomorrow.” Xia Ning feels a little shy.
“It is OK. Mrs. Yi, you don’t need to worry about the money.” Zhang Hai says and puts his card aside.
They turn to leave.
“Hey!” The foreigner comes to them at once. He holds out his hand to Xia Ning, “Hi, Pretty, my name is Leon. Thank you for helping me. Can we make friends?”
Xia Ning smiles, “OK. Let’s make friends.”
“Wait!” Zhang Hai stops Xia Ning at once and stands in front of her, “Mrs. Yi is not to make friends with anyone! You are lucky today to meet her here. Or, you will be taken to the police office! Mrs. Yi, let’s go. The man comes from nowhere. We should not stay with him.”
“I am not from nowhere!” Leon denies at once, “I just got a bet with my friend. Today is the last day. I will be able to use my money tomorrow.”
“You are saying it. Why should we believe you?”
“You may give me your account number. I will return the money to you tomorrow.”
Xia Ning sees Zhang Hai and Leon argue. She pats Leon’s shoulder, “Zhang, we don’t help others for any fame. Don’t argue with him. Leon, we do that for our own will. You don’t need to return the money.”
Leon’s purple eyes flash in surprise, “Can you tell me why you helped me?”
Why did she help him?
Xia Ning curls her lips and shakes her head, “I don’t know why I helped you. Maybe it is for luck.”
“For luck…” Leon ponders, “Luck is really an amazing thing. Well. Pretty, what is your name? I really want to make friends with you.”
Xia Ning is aware of the sincerity in Leon’s eyes. She says, “My name is…”
“My name is Zhang Hai!” Not waiting for Xia Ning to finish her words, Zhang Hai interrupts, “It is enough for you to know I am Zhang Hai. Anyway, I paid for you. Are we done here? Mrs. Yi, let’s go.”
Leon seems to remember something. He grasps Zhang Hai, “You called her Mrs. Yi?”
Zhang Hai finds Leon suddenly attack him. Instinctively, Zhang Hai turns his hand and presses his right hand. He wants to get Leon under control. Leon sees that. He pushes his right hand and hits Zhang Hai with his left elbow.
Zhang Hai brightens his eyes. The man is a master!
They exchange several moves. Surprisingly, Zhang Hai is quick and precise in his actions, but Leon stably has the upper hand.”
“Stop!” Zhang Hai suddenly cries. Then, they stop at the same time understandingly.
Zhang Hai checks on him carefully from top to toe and feels very puzzled.
Even all the security guards in the supermarket come to him together, they are not the match for Leon.
The fighting techniques are not to be learned by normal people.
The man is hiding his identity!
“Who really are you?” Zhang Hai asks seriously.
“A normal man.” Leon shrugs his shoulders to respond.
“Mrs. Yi, you may leave first. I stay with the man here.” Zhang Hai leans to Xia Ning and says in a low voice by her ear.
Xia Ning feels her heart tightened!
Based on Zhang Hai’s tone, there are some problems with Leon!
Before Xia Ning responds, Leon rolls his eyes at Zhang Hai, “Don’t make a fuss of the fact that I am a good fighter. Give me your account number and I will leave at once. OK?”
“OK.” Zhang Hai responds at once, “Give me your phone.”
Leon passes his phone to Zhang Hai. Zhang Hai keys some numbers and passes the phone back to him, “This is my account number.”
“Thank you.”
Zhang Hai winks at Xia Ning. Xia Ning is hesitating whether she should leave first when her phone rings.
It is from Li Baoer.
Xia Ning frowns. She turns around and takes some steps away. She presses the answer button, “What happens?”
It is different from the usual condition. Li Baoer doesn’t respond. Instead, continuous sobs are heard.
Xia Ning is shocked, “Baoer, what happens? Why are you crying? What is going on?”
Li Baoer cries more bitterly. It sounds that she is too sad to speak.
Xia Ning is worried, “Baoer, where are you? I will go to see you. Don’t cry. Tell me where you are.”
“Ning…” Finally, Li Baoer takes a deep breath and sobs, “I am in XX Hotel. Can you come here…”
“OK! Wait for me. I will be there soon.” Xia Ning hangs up and phone. She turns to look at Zhang Hai, who is still staring at Leon. She doesn’t care for others. She draws Zhang Hai and leaves.
Leon sees them leaving in a hurry. He freezes his eyes. He takes his phone to look at the account number Zhang Hai gave him.
Luck?
Five minutes later, Xia Ning arrives at XX Hotel. Soon, she finds Li Baoer who has cried herself to collapse.
“What is happening?” Xia Ning looks at Li Baoer’s pale face. She gets a warm towel at once and wipes the tears on her face. Then, she pours a cup of hot water for Li Baoer, “Come on. Drink some water. Have you eaten anything?”
Li Baoer stares at the water blankly. She shakes her head, “I don’t want to eat.”
Xia Ning frowns, “Drink some water now.”
Li Baoer looks at the water. She hesitates for quite a while. Then, she takes a deep breath, “Ning, Zhongheng got married…” She cries again.
Xia Ning is shocked to hear her words, “What do you mean? Colonel Dai got married? What’s that?”
Li Baoer’s eyes turn red again. Xia Ning says at once, “Don’t cry now. Tell me clearly what happens. Crying can’t solve the problem.”
“Ning.” Li Baoer grasps the quilt tightly. She takes some deep breaths, “Zhongheng has got a kid. Zhenzhen is his child.”
Xia Ning tightens her heart and then gives a sigh of relief.
This is what happens!
Xia Ning misunderstood that Dai Zhongheng got married to another woman!
“Oh…” Xia Ning helps Li Baoer wipe her face, thinking about how to talk with her about this issue.
Li Baoer sees Xia Ning thinking about something. She cocks her head, “Ning, it seems…you don’t feel surprised? Wait. Did you know this before?”
“I, I…” For an instant, Xia Ning doesn’t know how to deny. Yes, she knew this issue long ago.
However, she didn’t expect Li Baoer to find it out so soon.
Did Dai Zhongheng tell her? Or, did anything unexpected happen?
Xia Ning’s hesitation makes Li Baoer feel surer about it. She drops Xia Ning’s hand and raises her voice, “Ning, you knew it before, didn’t you? Why didn’t you tell me? Well. You were with Zhenzhen when I met her for the first time! You knew everything…you cheat me with them!”
Xia Ning finds Li Baoer misunderstand. She denies at once, “No. It is not like that. Yes, I know the whole story about Zhenzhen, but Colonel Dai and Zhenzhen… Ah, it comes to this stage. You may calm down yourself first. I will tell you everything.”
Li Baoer curls her lips. She feels suspicious of Xia Ning’s words. After quite a while, she says, “You and they cheated me together. I really don’t know if I can still trust you in the future.”
Xia Ning gives a sigh, “Sorry. But, Baoer, we did it for some reason. It is not all of Colonel Dai’s fault. You may sit down and get calm to listen to me.”
“What if you cheat me again?” Li Baoer feels annoyed. She feels her heart in a mess.
“I promise what I am going to say is true!” Xia Ning sees Li Baoer still unsure. She adds, “Rui and Mr. Dai Zhen also know this issue. As to whether I tell you the truth, you can check with Mr. Dai Zhen later.”
