Chapter 4 Search
Tang Anzhi tugged at the corner of her mouth, then walked towards the despicable man and cheap woman.
She stopped in front of the two, a cold smile playing on her lips as she looked at them, then extended her hand and delivered two slaps each to their faces.
Afterwards, she elegantly blew on her delicate, fair, and slender fingers, raised an eyebrow and said coldly, "I had wanted to let it go, figuring you two could do whatever you pleased, but you just had to provoke me, just had to seek attention in front of me. This is your warning; remember, in the future, don't come up to me for no reason."
After finishing her words, she gave them one last disdainful glance, then turned and left with panache, pulling her suitcase behind her as she gradually moved out of their sight.
In this day and age, who hasn't made mistakes in judgment, and who hasn't encountered a few scoundrels during their youth? Tang Anzhi considered it a lesson for her future path of growth, reminding her that if she were to look for a man in the future, she'd need to keep her eyes wide open and be cautious in her choice, as there were many scoundrels out there!
The stunned Shi Mingchen was slow to react; he couldn't believe Tang Anzhi had struck him. When they had been together before, although she wasn't particularly tender or indulgent, she had at least respected him.
But now… this was really hard for him to accept.
Was their relationship really over, just like that?
"Mingchen…" Qiong Yintong called out to Shi Mingchen with tears in her eyes, seeming very wronged, hoping to gain his pity.
Inside, however, she was seething with rage. Tang Anzhi, that cheap woman, had dared to hit her?
She wouldn't let this go; one day she would avenge these two slaps.
What was most important now was to take advantage of the cheap woman's departure, to tightly grasp Shi Mingchen's heart, making him fall in love with her so that he could never leave her.
Shi Mingchen turned his head to look at Qiong Yintong somewhat stiffly.
Her ordinarily delicate face, now swollen and red from the slap, had lost all semblance of beauty. He couldn't understand why he would betray Tang Anzhi, with whom he had spent three years, for such a woman.
Could it really be just because Tang Anzhi hadn't let him touch her all these years, not even a kiss, that he had wronged her in this way?
Was losing his love for a moment of pleasure worth it? Shi Mingchen deeply doubted himself.
Yes, even now, he still deeply loved Tang Anzhi and had never thought they would part one day.
"Mingchen…" Seeing that Shi Mingchen hadn't comforted her as she had imagined, Qiong Yintong called out again and very calculatingly turned her swollen cheek toward him.
Indeed, reminding him just how malicious that cheap Tang Anzhi was.
Shi Mingchen found he had no interest in being with Qiong Yintong any longer and said indifferently, "You should go back and apply some ice water, then rest well. I'm heading back too." Without waiting for Qiong Yintong to respond, he walked away.
"…" Watching his forlorn figure, Qiong Yintong felt both angry and anxious.
Was this it? Was he not angry even after that cheap woman had hit him?
She would never admit that she was inferior to that cheap Tang Anzhi.
Even after her departure, if this man could not belong to her alone, that outcome would be utterly unacceptable.
She, Qiong Yintong, would have whatever she wanted; it could never slip through her fingers.
Just as she was about to follow him, the pain in her cheeks made her stop in her tracks.
By now, her face must have been unbearably swollen and red; she decided it would be better to first take care of it. She would reappear before Shi Mingchen looking beautiful again. She didn't believe a man who had tasted the forbidden could calmly resist seduction.
Shi Mingchen just wasn't that kind of person, or else yesterday's incident would not have happened.
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This was the deepest Huangfu Zheng had ever slept; it was something that had never happened before.
Perhaps it was because yesterday was too intense, which left him overly delighted, and as soon as his energy petered out, his whole body relaxed, not to mention he hadn't had a proper sleep for seven days and seven nights while on this mission.
So as soon as he embraced this human-shaped pillow, he drifted off to sleep.
His eyes still closed, a smile lingered on his lips. The woman yesterday had really worn him out; today he will have a good talk with her, give her a status, and surely everything will be settled satisfactorily.
He reached out to find her, but his hand grasped only air, and the spot next to him had gone cold, indicating that the person was no longer there.
Huangfu Zheng's eyes snapped open instantly, his gaze darkening, a storm of rage swelling beneath the surface. That woman actually dared to slip away?
He leaped out of bed only to realize that his clothes were nowhere to be found.
Anger swept through his entire eyes. Good...very good indeed! She was already his, Huangfu Zheng's woman, yet she still had the audacity to run away?
He was determined to see just how far this woman could run.
He stretched out his hand and snatched the cellphone resting on the nightstand.
A number he knew by heart was quickly dialed...
Qin Tingjie looked at the incoming call flashing on his phone, raised an eyebrow in surprise, and chuckled. Wow, so he still found time to call him—wondering if he had had fun last night.
"Bro, congratulations..." he barely got the words out before he was cut off.
"Give you ten minutes to send over the info of the woman from last night. I won't hold last night's incident against you if it's done, but if not, you'd better clean your neck," Huangfu Zheng's icy voice slowly uttered.
Then he hung up the phone.
Woman, no matter where you run to, I will make sure you appear before me once again.
He then dialed another number, "Send me a set of clothes right away."
On the other end, Qin Tingjie was only startled for a moment before he was invigorated by his boss's willingness to overlook the issue.
My God! Was this for real? He was all ready to be skinned alive, and yet there seemed to be a day of reprieve.
Could it be that this iron-blooded man became softer after he had a woman?
He couldn't be happier.
Finding someone was just a matter of snapping his fingers, wasn't it?
He dialed a number quickly, "I'm Qin Tingjie, bring me the surveillance tapes from Dark Night Bar last night, I need them immediately," he paused, "the one from the fight last night."
But just one minute later, his phone rang again.
Qin Tingjie looked at the number and then grinned lecherously.
"Young master Jie, I'm sorry, last night's surveillance footage is corrupted," the person in charge at Dark Night Bar hurriedly said as soon as the call connected.
Upon hearing this, Qin Tingjie's smile froze on his face, and he asked incredulously, "What? Corrupted? All of it?" How could it be such a coincidence.
What an inconvenient time for it to break, just when it was needed.
This was definitely someone causing trouble.
The person in charge at Dark Night Bar could feel young master Jie's displeasure even through the phone, and, sweating with nervousness, hastily said, "All...all of it is corrupted," wiping the sweat from his forehead.
"Fuck…" Qin Tingjie's face took on a very ugly expression.