Ning Qing noticed the abnormalities between the two. She turned around and tried to get out of the dance floor.
But her little hand was grasped by the man. “Alright, don’t worry about other people’s affairs. Are you addicted to being a matchmaker?”
What was he saying?
Ning Qing looked back and glared at him fiercely. “Young Master Lu, that’s your third brother and my good friend. Should we not care about them? Besides, it’s everyone’s duty to help every couple live happily ever after.”
The little woman was emphasizing every word. It sounded a little sweet and charming to the man.
He raised his eyebrows and said, “Ning Qing, not all couples in the world can live happily ever after. There are obstacles between Luoxi and Miss Xia that can’t be crossed. It’s difficult for them to be together.”
Ning Qing listened and twisted her eyebrows slightly. She hummed and drew up her lips to laugh. “Yes, it seems that when we were together, we couldn’t overcome the obstacles.”
There was a lot of irony in her words.
Lu Shaoming’s black eyes suddenly flowed with tenderness. At least in his eyes, the woman was complaining and acting spoilt with him. Yeah, how many obstacles had they overcome along the way?
He tugged her hand and bent over to kiss her cheek. “Wifey, I’ve wronged you. I’ll love you even more in the future.”
“Oh, love me? Young Master Lu, you’re getting too serious. You’d better leave these sweet nothings for those little girls of yours.”
Little girls?
Lu Shaoming’s smile was more brilliant. What could he do, he really loved her jealous expression.
“Jealous?” He asked in a low voice.
Ning Qing did not reply, but her petite waist twisted flexibly and slipped away from his arms.
“Hi, beautiful, wanna dance together?” Two muscular men chatted her up immediately.
Ning Qing lifted her fair little hand and tucked a strand of beautiful hair on her cheek behind her ear. She flashed a bright sunny smile and said, “Ok.”
Ning Qing swayed her little body and danced with the two men.
Lu Shaoming’s entire handsome face was gloomy, especially as he watched her swaying around in front of the men with her back to them. The muscular man couldn’t help but reach out slowly and touch her fair, exposed stomach.
Ning Qing’s slender wrist was grabbed. Lu Shaoming pulled hard, and she fell into his arms.
The two muscular men were dancing happily. When they saw someone ruining their happiness, they immediately went up and said, “Hey, who are you?”
Lu Shaoming, with one arm fastened on Ning Qing’s soft waist, stuffed one hand in his trousers pocket. His clean, handsome and dignified face flashed with a little wildness in the beat of the DJ’s music. His thin, red lips were half-hooked, and his face was indifferent as he said, “It doesn’t matter who I am. What’s important is that she is my woman.”
The casual tone of voice permeated the air with power and dominance.
The two muscular men looked Lu Shaoming up and down. Everything on the man was branded. The Armani hand-made black shirt costs about $200,000. They had some insight and knew that this person was either rich or of noble birth. He was not easy to provoke, so they looked at each other and left.
Lu Shaoming looked down at the woman in his arms. “Satisfied? Next time you find other men to piss me off, remember to look for someone with more class.”
Hearing his tone, it seemed that there was no man in the world except him.
How arrogant.
Ning Qing laughed, “Their class is not important. What’s important is that Young Master said that I was jealous. I found two men who don’t have class to let Young Master Lu know the taste of jealousy.”
Ning Qing broke away from his embrace and slowly stepped away from the dance floor.
Lu Shaoming looked at the figure of the dainty little woman. The corners of his mouth lifted devilishly. He hadn’t punished her for nearly half a year. She was so bold.
Lu Shaoming knitted his eyebrows and cleared his throat — wait and see.
He was sure to torture her to death tonight.
She needs to be punished!
…
Ning Qing stepped off the dance floor and saw that Zhou Yao had disappeared. She did not know where he had gone.
Looking around, Ning Qing saw an acquaintance at the door.
“Sister Jian.”
Jian Han had arrived. She was accompanied by Tang Fan, followed by several colleagues from the hospital.
Ning Qing and Jian Han had become very good friends since their trip to the hospital in England.
Jian Han came over, smiled, and said, “Ning Qing, are you alone?”
At this time, Lu Shaoming walked over. He was going towards Ning Qing, but then two acquaintances came, Zhou Dayuan and Li Beibei.
Lu Shaoming stopped and talked to Zhou Dayuan.
The two groups of people looked at each other several meters away, and there was awkwardness in the atmosphere.
Tang Fan opened his mouth and said, “Jian Han, there are several colleagues over there who know each other. Let’s go and say hello.”
“Alright. Ning Qing, see you later. Jian Han followed Tang Fan and turned away.
Ning Qing waved her hand with a smile at Jian Han, then looked back at Zhou Dayuan. Zhou Dayuan had just withdrawn his gaze from Jian Han. He looked at Ning Qing and bowed politely.
Ning Qing: Hmph!
She turned her head arrogantly.
That meant — I’m going to ignore you.
Zhou Dayuan was speechless for a moment. Then, he looked at Lu Shaoming with his eyebrows raised. His message was — In this battle, the bystanders are caught in the crossfire. It’s all your fault…
Lu Shaoming: “…”
“Ning Qing, is it really you? You are more beautiful than on TV. My daughter likes you very much. She is your little fan. Can you give me your autograph?” Jian Han’s two female colleagues surrounded her excitedly.
“Sure.” Ning Qing nodded.
The female colleague took out her pen and paper and handed it to Ning Qing. “Ning Qing, I’ve heard that you and Jian Han are good friends, but I didn’t expect to see you today.”
Ning Qing signed her name, smiled, and said, “Yes, I’m good friends with sister Jian. You’ve known her for many years. Friends of friends are friends. We can go have tea when we’re free in the future.”
The female colleague was so flattered that she immediately said, “Of course, I have known Jian Han for six years. Back then, when her family moved to Singapore, I had found her house for her. Unfortunately, her parents had an accident on the high-speed railway and passed away.”
Ning Qing looked up and said, ” Jian Han’s parents had an accident on the high-speed railway?”
“Yes,” sighed the female colleague. “Six years ago, Jian Han had graduated from Oxford University in England. Somehow, she moved to Singapore with her parents. She went to Singapore before them to clean up her house. Her parents took the high-speed rail to the airport. However, before they reached the airport, they passed away. You don’t know how Jian Han had managed to survive those two years. She shut herself up in a small room all day and had serious mental problems. She refused to communicate with others and was very antisocial. Later, I met the hypnotist Bill in the hospital and took her to see the doctor. Not only had Bill cured Jian Han, but also successfully discovered the potential in her. Jian Han became Bill’s proudest pupil because of her talent in hypnosis.”
Ning Qing sighed. She never knew that Jian Han had such a painful past.
Jian Han had never told her about these things, even though they were so close now.
That past had been buried in Jian Han’s heart because it was too painful, so it was buried deep.
It couldn’t be revealed to outsiders.
Ning Qing suddenly remembered a key point — six years ago?
Six years ago, when Zhou Dayuan was in prison, Jian Han had left him.
Jian had once said that she was submissive to reality and could not overcome difficulties with Zhou Dayuan, so she left him, but she did not leave him to make a life for herself better?
Why had she moved with her family?
A serious mental problem?
What was the mental problem?
Had Jian Han really lived as well as she claimed in the past six years?
Ning Qing hooked her lips and laughed. “Those things are the past. Sister Jian is very happy now. I think Tang Fan is very kind to her. He’s her lifelong destination.”
“Yes, President Tang is sincere and kind to Jian Han. He has been accompanying her silently for years, but…” The female colleague shook her head. “If President Tang is Jian Han’s final destination, would Jian Han wait until now to marry? Jian Han’s 31 years old. How many women would wait until this age to get married after meeting their soulmate? Jian Han’s youth has slowly been spent.”
Ning Qing nodded in her heart. Tang Fan was a good man. If Jian Han could marry, she would have married long ago.
Ning Qing blinked wittily and pretended not to understand. “What do you mean? Sister Jian and Tang Fan are not in love? It’s a natural process from love to marriage.”
The female colleague put Ning Qing’s autograph in her bag. She went up in front of Ning Qing and whispered to her, “Ning Qing, let me tell you, I don’t think President Tang and Jian Han are in love.”
“Why?” Ning Qing was surprised.
“Because, people in love will have intimate behavior, but once in the office, I had unintentionally seen President Tang put one hand on the table and lean down to kiss Jian Han, but she refused.”
Ning Qing couldn’t help but lift her lips. “Really?”
“Of course it’s true. They’ve been in a relationship for years, and they don’t even have a normal kiss. That’s not normal.”
“Yes.” Ning Qing nodded. “It makes sense.”
At that time, Tang Fan came back with Jian Han, and the female colleague could not talk anymore. She and Ning Qing ended the conversation.
“Ning Qing, let’s go to the bar and have a drink.” Jian Han came up and held Ning Qing’s little hand.
“OK.” Ning Qing followed her.
When she came to Lu Shaoming and the others, Ning Qing suddenly stopped in front of them. She laughed and said, “Doctor Zhou, is this your girlfriend? It’s such a coincidence today that I’ve encountered so many acquaintances. Let’s have a drink together. Sister Jian, do you mind?”
Jian Han looked at Li Beibei and Zhou Dayuan with an impeccably polite smile on her face. “If Doctor Zhou doesn’t mind, let’s have a drink together.”
Zhou Dayuan looked at Li Beibei, inquiring like a gentleman.
Li Beibei laughed generously and brightly. “I have no objection. It’s livelier when everyone gets together.”
So they booked a long bar table, and some of the <Lurker> crew and colleagues from the hospital all came and sat down around the bar.
Then someone suggested, “Today’s Chinese Valentine’s day. Let’s play a game to liven up the atmosphere!”
“Alright, what game?”
“Truth or dare. We write all the questions on notes, then put them in a bamboo basket. We put a wine bottle in the middle and spin it, whoever it points to had to pick a note and answer them according to the questions on the note.
“OK, OK.” Everyone seconded.
So they began to play a round of truth or dare.
