2, Have you ever hugged a woman?

10 minutes later, Bo Jinlan returned to the bar.

As expected, the latecoming Cheng Runzhi had arrived and brought along the little girl who had fled earlier.

She was now sitting next to her uncle with her head bowed, her hands pressing down on her skirt on her knees, the picture of obedience.

Where was the earlier boastful demeanor of wanting to mess with him?

Bo Jinlan found a seat without drawing attention to herself.

Conveniently located right across from her.

"Jinlan," her friend Xu Fenglai, full of gossip, said, "isn't it a coincidence? It turns out that Miss Jiang is Runzhi's niece! No wonder you two knew each other before, and you just mentioned that she likes—"

Bo Jinlan just looked at him coolly.

Effectively making Xu Fenglai choke back his own words.

Damn, he was just stating the facts. Was it necessary to stare at him like that?

Freaking scary...

Cheng Runzhi was asking a question, "When did you get back?"

Jiang Yaoyao's voice was like a tiny mosquito, "Last night."

"Why didn't you let me pick you up from the airport?" Cheng Runzhi, playing the elder, continued, "Could your second aunt feel at ease letting you come back alone?"

Jiang Yaoyao licked her lips, "I'm not a kid, there's nothing to worry about."

She had merely come back to catch a cheater, only to encounter her unrequited love from three years ago and get caught red-handed by her strictest uncle...

Cheng Runzhi was only ten years her senior, but had always been precocious, with a flat mouth, thin lips, and deep-set eyes, naturally possessing a cold demeanor.

Especially since he had chosen the profession of forensic science and had reportedly dissected nearly 1000 corpses, he naturally had an eerie mortuary air about him...

In short, children would cry within three seconds of seeing him, and even his wife couldn't stand it and divorced him.

The moment he had shown up just now, the so-called bestie squad had been scared off...

So much for sisterhood!

"I just heard about you and Xie Jinran," Cheng Runzhi began his lecture, "I always said that you two weren't compatible. Xie Jinran has been pampered since childhood, indecisive. You, on the other hand, are wild and can't stand the slightest restriction. He can't control you, you won't obey him, and besides, his mother is domineering and authoritarian. Even if you got married, you'd likely be seeking a divorce soon..."

Jiang Yaoyao: "???"

Thanks a lot, uncle!

Yet on the surface, she remained docile and quiet, enduring the lecture.

Finally, Xu Fenglai intervened to make peace, "Come on, come on, the poor girl is already miserable from her heartbreak, and you as her elder are just rubbing salt in her wounds, Runzhi, earn some karma!"

Cheng Runzhi pursed his cold lips and finally shut his mouth.

Xu Fenglai cheerfully brought a fruit platter over, "Sister, have some fruit."

"Thank you," Jiang Yaoyao smiled at him.

The young girl was even prettier up close, her peach-blossom eyes sparkling brilliantly, her demeanor charming and delicate.

Xu Fenglai's eyes lit up, "How old are you this year, sister?"

Before Jiang Yaoyao could respond...

"Don't even think about it!" Cheng Runzhi interrupted threateningly.

Xu Fenglai clicked his tongue, "I'm not hitting on her, I'm greeting..."

"Others I don't care about, but Yaoyao is my niece," Cheng Runzhi was clear: Even if it was his friend, if he dared approach his niece, there would be no mercy.

"Damn, don't be like that..."

Regardless of the two arguing, Bo Jinlan slightly curved her lips, her slender fingers absently stroking her glass, her demeanor aloof as if she were an outsider.

It wasn't until Xu Fenglai turned his head towards him: "Aren't you having a material issue being stalled, why not let Runzhi inquire?"

Bo Jinlan, unhurried, with a light tone, asked, "Inquire about what?"

"You know what," Xu Fenglai hinted frantically.

The Cheng and Bo families used to be neighbors, and Old Master Cheng had been a senior leader in the Northern Military Region. With such connections...why not use it if he could!

"I've already asked," Cheng Runzhi took a sip of his drink, "Dad's retired, unfortunately, he probably can't help."

"That's too bad," Xu Fenglai frowned, "what a pity..."

The three of them started discussing other topics.

In the corner, Jiang Yaoyao wasn't listening to their conversation at all because ever since Bo Jinlan had sat down, she had felt incredibly uneasy.

She finally mustered up the courage to steal a glance upward.

The man sitting on the sofa in front of her had a casual posture, one arm resting on the back of the sofa and the other holding a wine glass. His lips curled into a smile as he spoke, and his seductive Adam's apple slowly bobbed...

Despite his lack of excessive expressions or movements, there was an air of pride about him as if enjoying a gentle breeze under the bright moon.

As if sensing something, Bo Jinlan suddenly looked towards her.

Jiang Yaoyao quickly lowered her gaze and began to drink from the wine glass in front of her.

...

"Old Cheng is really good." Xu Fenglai, having drunk too much, had a slight blush on his handsome pale face, "Why don't you learn from him?"

Bo Jinlan glanced at him, "Learn what?"

"Get married first, have kids, then divorce! After all, the elders just want to see their grandchildren!" Xu Fenglai put his hand on his shoulder, "It would also save you from being nagged all day."

Bo Jinlan removed his hand, still speaking in a calm and dismissive tone, "Not interested."

"Besides work, what else are you interested in? You're twenty-nine this year, right?" Xu Fenglai leaned in closer, "At the prime of your life, when you wake in the middle of the night, do you really resort to using your hand to solve..."

The conversation started to head in an R-rated direction.

"Cough, cough." Cheng Runzhi reminded, "There are children here, watch your words."

Xu Fenglai laughed wickedly, "The kid's probably drunk by now."

Cheng Runzhi turned to look.

Sure enough, Jiang Yaoyao was leaning on the sofa, her eyes closed, her little face flushed red as if she really was drunk.

"Yaoyao, Yaoyao..." Cheng Runzhi called her several times, but she didn't respond.

Seeing this, Xu Fenglai suggested, "It's getting late, shall we call it a night?"

Cheng Runzhi nodded. Just as he stood up, his phone suddenly rang.

After quickly answering the call, he said, "I have an urgent case I need to rush to. Jinlan, can you take Yaoyao home?"

Xu Fenglai exclaimed, "Damn, why don't you let me do it?"

"You?" Cheng Runzhi scoffed, "I don't trust you."

"How can you not trust me?" Xu Fenglai protested, "She's your niece; to me, she's just a kid! Besides, I only have eyes for Awu..."

No matter how much he protested, Cheng Runzhi firmly refused to entrust his niece to a notorious playboy.

But Bo Jinlan was different.

He had always been clean-living, not mingling flirtatiously or dating, showing no interest in women, and he had even been neighbors with Yaoyao and tutored her for half a year...

Absolutely reliable!

After Cheng Runzhi left, Xu Fenglai was still worried, "Jinlan, how do you plan to take her? She's drunk; you'll have to carry her. Have you even carried a woman before? If not, you can carry her on your back, or let me demonstrate?"

The next second, Bo Jinlan picked up his suit jacket and walked over.

He bent down, wrapped her in the jacket, slid one arm behind her back, and with the other hand supported her knees, lifting the young girl up effortlessly.

Jiang Yaoyao instinctively rested against his chest, her sleeping face serene and beautiful.

Xu Fenglai: "......"

The guy's princess carry was pretty smooth...

**

Outside the bar, a black Bentley Mulsanne was parked at the curb.

The driver, holding the rear car door open, couldn't help but glance at the man carrying the woman.

Working under Boss Bo for so many years, this was the first time he had seen him holding a woman.

Definitely beautiful!

Even with her eyes closed, you could tell the girl had stunning, striking features.

It turns out it's not that Boss Bo avoids women, but that his standards are just too high and particular, not settling for mediocrity...

"Drive your car."

Bo Jinlan's few calm words frightened him into turning quickly and hopping into the driver's seat, driving off.