"Qi Chengzhi, a graduate student at Yanjing University. You're An Jing's young boyfriend? Pleased to meet you."
The old man stopped coughing, and the formally dressed man in gold-rimmed glasses suddenly smiled at Chen Zheng.
"Chen Zheng, Su Cheng's personal bodyguard and An Jing's part-time boyfriend."
Chen Zheng also gave the man in gold-rimmed glasses a slight smile.
"A bodyguard? A part-time boyfriend? I see." Qi Chengzhi smiled and nodded. Taking something out of his bag, he said to Chen Zheng, "I'll give you a check for five million. Go cash it. That's enough to cover a lifetime of earnings as a bodyguard. I have only one condition: leave Nan City, find a small city, and go live your happy life."
As he spoke, Qi Chengzhi signed the check and looked earnestly at Chen Zheng with the gaze of a superior looking down on an inferior. Although he held the check out to Chen Zheng, it felt as though he were giving alms.
"Qi Chengzhi! Who do you think you're looking down on? Take your money and get the hell out!"
At the sight, An Jing immediately started swearing.
Although An Jing was known as an ice-cold beauty at Nan University, she actually had a fiery temper. Whenever something displeased her, she would let loose!
"Five million... a lifetime's earnings? Hah!"
Su Cheng, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly laughed. At that moment, she remembered what had happened that night at Jasmine Bar. If this man in gold-rimmed glasses knew that China's newest richest man had offered Chen Zheng an annual salary of fifty million to work as a winemaker, she wondered what expression he would wear.
"What? Not enough? Then I'll add another five million." Qi Chengzhi ignored An Jing and simply looked at Chen Zheng, displaying his superior attitude to the fullest. "Ten million. You should be satisfied now. You're still young. Society isn't as simple as you imagine. Getting ten million from me today is already the greatest stroke of luck you'll have in your life. People at your level will never understand people at ours. Even if you marry into the Lu family and become their son-in-law, you'll never fit into our circle. So, for your own sake and An Jing's, take the ten million and leave quietly."
"Get out!"
An Jing was furious. With an icy glare, she spat those two words at Qi Chengzhi!
Lu Weiguo's brow furrowed again. From what the old man had initially told him, Qi Chengzhi was an educated, reasonable young talent. But now... to be honest, his impression of Qi Chengzhi was poor.
Lu Weiguo greatly disliked this attitude of throwing money in people's faces.
"Young man, even ten million won't satisfy you?"
The old man spoke too, his voice low as he stared at Chen Zheng.
"It's not about the money."
Chen Zheng spoke with a smile.
"Then what is it about? Don't tell me you really love An Jing, or that An Jing really loves you. You should know perfectly well what your status is. An Jing only brought you here to use as a shield. Here's a simple question: does the bodyguard salary this young lady beside you pays you even cover An Jing's monthly cosmetics expenses? In the end, isn't it still about money? Ten million is already a considerable sum. Don't be too greedy. If you're too greedy, you can easily choke to death."
Qi Chengzhi spoke with a chuckle, his gaze full of mockery as he looked at Chen Zheng.
He believed he had already seen through everything.
This young man was merely a shield An Jing had brought in, merely the bodyguard of the wealthy young lady beside him. This bodyguard looked calm, but he simply wanted to extort more money!
Greedy!
This bodyguard was very greedy!
But he didn't know that too much greed could choke him to death!
"I'm quite fond of Beauty An. At the very least, her poses when she practices yoga are captivating."
Still smiling, Chen Zheng pulled An Jing into his arms right then and pressed his lips against her red ones!
"..."
Caught in the sudden kiss, An Jing's eyes widened. She hadn't expected Chen Zheng to actually take the initiative and kiss her! But after just an instant of astonishment, she began actively responding!
In fact, she liked domineering men. She really liked how suddenly domineering Chen Zheng had become!
"Enough!"
Qi Chengzhi's chest heaved. The smile vanished from his face, replaced by an utterly dark expression.
He could let it go when An Jing had kissed this bodyguard earlier to anger him, but now this bodyguard actually dared to kiss An Jing, to kiss his woman. A mere bodyguard dared to climb over his head!
He was tired of living!
He was simply tired of living!
"Chen Zheng! You don't understand the power of people at our level. You've offended someone you shouldn't have, and you'll pay for your ignorant actions!"
Rage burned inside Qi Chengzhi as he stared at Chen Zheng with an utterly dark expression.
"Lu Weiguo, how exactly have you been disciplining your daughter?"
The old man was once again infuriated. He glared at Lu Weiguo and began coughing again.
As for Su Cheng, watching Chen Zheng suddenly force a kiss on An Jing, and An Jing respond so willingly, something like a sour taste suddenly rose in her heart. She suddenly felt as though she had become a third wheel!
He was clearly her personal bodyguard, so how had he become someone else's boyfriend? Even if he was only being borrowed for a day, how had they ended up kissing each other straight away?
Sigh!
Su Cheng sighed inwardly.
"Second Uncle Qi, I can no longer interfere in young people's affairs."
Lu Weiguo replied, his tone turning somewhat cold-not toward An Jing and Chen Zheng, but toward the old man.
"Lu Weiguo!"
Hearing the coldness in Lu Weiguo's voice, the old man called out again icily.
This time, however, Lu Weiguo simply did not respond.
"Chen Zheng, young men like you really are rare. I met one before who also wanted to fight me for a woman. As for how that ended, heh... Today I've met another. Guess how this will end?"
Qi Chengzhi stared at Chen Zheng with a dark expression. His tone suddenly turned somewhat sinister, his eyes locking onto Chen Zheng like a venomous snake's.
"What, are you going to kill me?"
Chen Zheng smiled faintly and gave An Jing's pretty cheek another gentle pinch.
"You devil! Stop it!"
An Jing's pretty face flushed slightly, and she lightly beat Chen Zheng with her little fist. But she pressed her body even closer to his, even resting her head directly on his shoulder.
"Murder is against the law. How could I possibly do something like that? But if you suddenly went insane, you couldn't blame me, could you?" Qi Chengzhi gave a sinister smile. His tone suddenly changed again, becoming ethereal and somewhat like a charlatan's, and he barked at Chen Zheng, "Chen Zheng! Look into my eyes!"
"Watch out!"
Su Cheng and An Jing both sensed an extremely unusual aura, and the two women cried out at the same time.
"And then?"
But Chen Zheng remained completely calm. Looking into Qi Chengzhi's eyes, he asked him with a smile.
"You!"
Qi Chengzhi frowned. There had been a real trick behind that shout at Chen Zheng. Under normal circumstances, Chen Zheng should already have fallen into a dazed state, then suffered a mental breakdown on the spot and spent the rest of his life in a psychiatric hospital!
But!
But Chen Zheng seemed perfectly fine!
"You're just a bodyguard. Could you... Impossible!" Something suddenly occurred to Qi Chengzhi, but he instantly dismissed it and barked at Chen Zheng again, "Chen Zheng, look into my eyes!"
"Oh."
Chen Zheng gave a casual, one-word reply.
"What?!"
The next second, Qi Chengzhi's eyes filled with horror. Then he clutched his head with both hands, dropped to his knees before Chen Zheng with a thud, and began howling!
"No!"
"Don't eat me!"
"Don't eat me! Don't eat me! Spare me! Spare me!"
Qi Chengzhi was like a madman!
"What did you do to my grandson?"
The old man glared furiously at Chen Zheng.
"Sir, you've got one thing wrong. Your grandson was the one who wanted to drive me insane. Unfortunately, he hasn't mastered his tricks, and now he's suffering a backlash. That has very little to do with me." Chen Zheng glanced at the old man. After speaking, he paused, then suddenly smiled and looked at Qi Chengzhi. "You think learning a few crooked tricks lets you control everything, but you really don't have what it takes. Remember, you don't have what it takes-not in any respect."
"No!"
At those words, Qi Chengzhi jerked his head up and looked at Chen Zheng in terror!
At that moment, in his eyes, Chen Zheng was not human. Chen Zheng was a monster, a monster bigger than a mountain, a terrifying monster with its bloody maw gaping wide!
"Aah!"
Qi Chengzhi suddenly let out a howl, then bolted out the door!
Then came the sound of someone falling in the hallway. It even sounded like a series of falls. Clearly, he had taken quite a tumble!