177 CLOSE CALL

Teng Man Rui was clenching her fists so hard that her nails were starting to dig into her palms. It was painful but she was ignoring it because she was too furious. Her chest was heaving up and down from swell of emotions.

"No! I'm not going with you, AND you're not going to hurt him!! Now go away!"

She strongly disagreed to the men in black coats who surrounded them from all sides on their way to the parking lot.

"Sorry, Young Miss, just following orders." The man in black, unabashed, signaled the other men to take offence.

"No!" Teng Man Rui protectively threw herself to Zhu Li Qiang. She closed her eyes while hugging him tightly.

Time stopped.

Zhu Li Qiang who was equally stunned as to how the events had unfolded stared blankly in front, not minding his surroundings at all.

Instead, all his nerve endings were at their most alert, highest level of that their function permitted.

Because Teng Man Rui was hugging him tightly.