Chapter 615: Chapter 615: Mind Your Own Business!
President Zhang drank another glass and started feeling a bit tipsy again.
President Xu glanced at him and said, “Xiao Zhang, you should drink less. Don’t overdo it. There are more activities ahead!”
He turned to Li Yufei and asked, “Yufei, would you like to go upstairs to sing some songs later?”
Li Yufei replied, “Aren’t we discussing business?”
President Xu said, “Business can be discussed later! We’re talking about a project worth tens of billions; it can’t be settled in a day.”
Li Yufei said, “I’m here to discuss business with you. You’ve had your drinks, and we’ve all enjoyed ourselves. Isn’t it better to get back to the main topic now?”
President Xu shook his head and started being slippery: “Ah…”
He stood up and reached for Li Yufei’s hand: “Yufei, you’re a woman, right? You spend all day talking business. Your life shouldn’t be entirely focused on work; after all, you’re a woman!”
Li Yufei paused for a moment.
President Xu continued, “Look at other women; they have a happy family and a man who loves, cares for, and looks after them! I think you just recently divorced and haven’t moved on from the pain yet!”
After a pause, he pointed at Rong Ling’s nose and said, “Otherwise, why would you be with this young man? It shows you still need a man, right?”
As he spoke, he reached out, fueled by the alcohol, to pull Li Yufei into his embrace.
Li Yufei instinctively pushed him away, her tone still calm and restrained: “President Xu, please respect yourself.”
President Xu simply thought she was playing hard to get and hugged her more tightly: “Yufei! Yufei, listen to me, I’ve been fond of you for a long time! I’ve always admired you; you’re different from other women…”
His words were filled with the smell of alcohol.
Li Yufei was almost dazed by his breath, and instinctively raised her hand to shield herself.
Rong Ling suddenly stood up, his Adam’s apple moving slightly.
On the side, President Zhang noticed his reaction and lowered his voice to warn him: “Who do you think you are? Move aside and mind your own business.”
Rong Ling gave him a glance, then—
suddenly sat back down.
Indeed.
This doesn’t concern him.
In this room, each one of them was someone he couldn’t afford to provoke.
He was just a “male host” Li Yufei hired to accompany for drinks, doing what he was paid to do, nothing more.
Meanwhile—
President Xu’s overstepping completely angered Li Yufei.
She raised her hand and slapped President Xu across the face: “Enough!”
A loud “smack” echoed.
The slap was crisp and clean.
President Xu was pushed back half a step, his eyes wide, staring at her in disbelief, unable to believe she dared to hit him.
“You… how dare you hit me?”
Li Yufei said, “President Xu, I see you’re not here to sincerely discuss the project. What do you take me for? The kind of woman you want, step outside, wave your hand, and with a 2000-yuan fee, you get whatever you want. You dare to touch me?”
She glared at him: “Are you asking for trouble?”
Her words carried a heavy warning.
Li Yufei had completely broken ties with him and turned to grab her coat and bag, ready to leave.
Originally, this matter should have ended here.
But…
President Xu was tipsy.
In front of so many people, with President Zhang present and a few female hosts around, and being slapped by this woman, he couldn’t save face. The last bit of his rational mind told him not to lay hands on her, but he thought left and right, this matter couldn’t just end like that!
Since things had broken apart, if being soft doesn’t work, then he’ll be hard!
President Xu took a step forward and tightly grasped her fair wrist: “Li Yufei!”
It was the first time he called her by her name!
“Let me tell you, I don’t care how you saw me before! I, Xu Zhengguo, since I let you through this door, I absolutely won’t let you leave so easily! You slap me and think you can just walk away?! You’re taking yourself too seriously, huh? You’re not even putting me in your eyes!”
President Xu was drunk, and his grip was frighteningly strong.
Li Yufei couldn’t break free for the moment, gritting her teeth, she warned: “Let go!!”
President Xu: “No! Why should I obey you?”
Li Yufei, seasoned in business, was encountering this kind of rogue for the first time, her face flushed with shame and anger: “Let go of me! If you don’t, don’t blame me for being unkind!”
President Xu started spewing vulgarities: “Fine! I want to see how you’ll be unkind to me? Business can’t be done, but we can play something else…”
As soon as he finished his words, suddenly—
a glass of brandy was poured over his head.
The alcohol soaked into his eyes, stinging them painfully.
President Xu let go of her hand, stepping back several paces with eyes covered: “Ah…”
Li Yufei immediately withdrew, maintaining her distance, and turned to look back, seeing Rong Ling standing behind her, one hand supporting her lower back, the other still holding an empty glass.
He glanced at her expressionlessly, then at President Xu, and only when he came back to his senses did he realize what he’d done.
President Zhang, overwhelmed with anger, stood up, too furious to assist President Xu, and pointed at Rong Ling cursing: “What are you doing!”
Rong Ling: “Didn’t he hear her? She told him to ‘let go’.”
President Zhang: “Didn’t I tell you not to meddle!”
Rong Ling casually flung the empty glass toward his face.
The two female hosts screamed in fright.
The security outside immediately broke in: “What’s going on!?”
Li Yufei quickly regained her composure and pointed at Presidents Xu and Zhang: “Don’t you see these two executives are heavily drunk? Carry them out.”
The security looked at the mess all over, unsure of what had happened, but seeing Li Yufei speaking out, they said nothing and immediately went to assist.
President Zhang, just carried up, pointed at Rong Ling’s nose and cursed: “Arrest this brat! He dared to throw a glass at me!”
The security looked at Rong Ling.
Li Yufei picked up her bag with one hand and shielded Rong Ling with the other: “He’s drunk and talking nonsense. You take care of him; don’t meddle in other matters!”
With that, she pulled Rong Ling to leave.
Rong Ling: “Wait a minute.”
He casually swept the cash on the table into his pocket before leaving the room.
…
Outside the room.
Li Yufei walked ahead in large strides.
The sound of her high heels tapping on the marble floor was crisp and powerful.
Rong Ling followed closely behind, from his angle, faintly seeing the redness in Li Yufei’s eyes.
She furrowed her brows, her nose a bit red, not knowing whether it was due to anger… or something else.
Until she reached the entrance, and the car pulled up in front of her.
Li Yufei finally regained her composure.
She turned to Rong Ling: “How are you getting home? Shall I take you, or?”
Rong Ling said: “Could you let go of my hand?”
Li Yufei looked down to realize… she was still holding on to his previously fractured hand.
Although the splint had been removed half a month ago, the injury hadn’t fully healed yet.
She had walked quickly, gripping tightly, causing pain.
Yet he endured silently.