Chapter 1628: Chapter 1930: Lin Ziyang (2)
"Forget it! I told you, it’s impossible between us. You don’t need to waste any more energy on this." After speaking, Zhu Qing glanced at the watch on her wrist, stood up and said, "Thank you for dinner tonight, I still have things to do, so I’ll be leaving first."
Seeing that Zhu Qing was about to leave, Lin Ziyang hurriedly stood up and grabbed her arm.
"What are you doing?"
"Qing, I just want to tell you that no matter what you’re thinking, you can’t change the fact that you’re going to marry me. Our Lin Family Head has already talked to your Family Head. Within this year they’ll hold a wedding for us. Sooner or later you’ll be my woman."
"In your dreams!" Zhu Qing flung off Lin Ziyang’s hand and strode quickly toward the exit.
Lin Ziyang flicked his hand, and the few security guards who had been waiting nearby immediately quickened their pace, chasing after her and blocking Zhu Qing’s way.
"Qing, stay. Don’t leave. Are you really going to disobey the Zhu Family’s orders?"
"Orders?" Zhu Qing whipped her head around, stared into Lin Ziyang’s eyes and said, "What orders? The Zhu Family never ordered me to spend the night with you."
"How do you know they didn’t?" Lin Ziyang said with absolute confidence, "If you don’t believe me, why don’t you call someone from the Zhu Family and ask?"
Hearing this, Zhu Qing hesitated for a moment, then took her phone out of her pocket and dialed a number. The call went through, but no one answered. The result made Zhu Qing’s face turn extremely ugly. The call timed out and hung up automatically. Unwilling to accept it, she dialed again. But the result was still the same.
For a moment, Zhu Qing felt like her heart had turned to ashes. She had just called Zhu Houchang. He had never once refused to pick up her calls. This was the first time. Even though he hadn’t answered, she already understood his attitude. Thinking back to what Zhu Houchang had said to her when she went home today, Zhu Qing felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, incomparably cold.
Though disappointed, she didn’t hate him, because she understood clearly in her heart that if there were any other way, Zhu Houchang would never do this. The rules of the family and her own fate were things she simply couldn’t escape.
Putting down her phone, Zhu Qing turned to look at Lin Ziyang and asked coldly, "What did you say to the Family Head and the others?"
Lin Ziyang smiled and said, "Nothing much. I just kindly reminded the Zhu Family about their debt problem. If you come with me, I can find a way to help the Zhu Family reduce some of that debt. Otherwise... you’ll have to pay back everything you owe within a year. But you know the Zhu Family’s situation better than I do. There’s no way you can scrape together that much money in such a short time. Qing, you’re part of the Zhu Family. As long as you choose to be with me, you’ll not only help lessen their burden, you’ll also be fulfilling your responsibility and duty to the Zhu Family. Why won’t you?"
Zhu Qing stayed silent, as if she had fallen into deep thought. Seeing her so pensive, Lin Ziyang didn’t disturb her, just stood quietly to the side, waiting for her answer.
After quite a while, Zhu Qing slowly opened her mouth and said, "All you want is my body. Fine, I can give it to you, but you have to fulfill the promise you made before."
The corners of Lin Ziyang’s mouth curled up. He didn’t bother to hide his delight. "Don’t worry, anything I’ve promised you, I’ll definitely do."
"I don’t agree." However, at this moment, a discordant voice suddenly rang out.
Lin Ziyang’s smile vanished. He followed the sound and saw Ling Chen slowly stand up from a booth by the window and walk toward them.
"You?" When he saw who it was, Lin Ziyang’s face instantly turned cold. He snapped, "What are you doing here?"
Ling Chen smiled faintly and said, "Obviously, I’m here for her." He pointed at Zhu Qing beside him. She looked at him in surprise and delight. So long had passed without Ling Chen appearing that she had already lost hope. She hadn’t expected that Ling Chen had arrived early and was just sitting off to the side without showing himself.
Lin Ziyang sneered, "You just said you don’t agree? Buddy, at least piss in a puddle and take a look at yourself first. You think you’re qualified to butt into this?"
"I’m her employer. The one she serves for the rest of her life is me. So I have every right to interfere in her affairs. As long as I don’t agree to her leaving, no one gets to take her away from my side."
"Hmph!" Lin Ziyang looked utterly contemptuous. "So what if you’re her employer? This is the Zhu Family’s private matter. You have no right to ask about it. And..." As if suddenly thinking of something, Lin Ziyang added, "From now on, you’re no longer Qing’s client. I’ll have the Zhu Family assign someone else to you. If you know what’s good for you, you’d better disappear from my sight immediately and stop disturbing my date with Qing."
Ling Chen said with a half-smile, "And what if I don’t?"
"Don’t?" Hands clasped behind his back, Lin Ziyang said coldly, "I advise you not to ask for trouble. This is Dengzhou City, a territory shared by the Lin Family and the Zhu Family. If you piss me off, even if I kill you, the Zhu Family won’t say a word. So if you care about that little life of yours, you’d better get lost right now and never show up in front of me again."
"Sorry, I’m not the type who likes to get lost. Unless I want to leave, no one can force me." With that, Ling Chen walked straight toward Zhu Qing. But before he got close, a man in a suit stepped in to block his way.
"Mr. Lin has spoken. You’d better leave immediately. Don’t force me to get physical. In a public place like this, do you really want to get your ass kicked?"
The corners of Ling Chen’s mouth lifted. He smiled and said, "That depends on whether you have what it takes."
"Quit wasting words with him. He’s clearly the type who doesn’t know what’s good for him." Lin Ziyang barked coldly. Hearing this, the suited man said no more, reached out to grab Ling Chen by the collar, planning to teach him a lesson.
However, before his hand could touch Ling Chen’s body, a formless force suddenly crashed into him head-on, slamming into his torso. His upper body jerked backward and he fell straight to the floor.
"Sorry, I really don’t like people touching me." Ling Chen flicked his collar, then strode over to stand in front of Zhu Qing and said, as if no one else were there, "Mr. Zhu arranged for me to stroll around the night market, but no one came with me. It’s too boring going alone."
Zhu Qing smiled and said, "I’ll go with you."
Being so blatantly ignored, Lin Ziyang felt his anger shoot through the roof. He waved his hand and said, "Teach him a lesson for me."
The suited men all answered in unison and charged toward Ling Chen in big strides. Ling Chen glanced at them and said calmly, "I’m still your employer, you know. You can’t really expect me to dirty my own hands, can you?"
"Relax, I’ll handle them." As soon as the words left her mouth, Zhu Qing rushed forward. As the Zhu Family’s most outstanding assassin, these security guards were no match for her at all. It didn’t take much effort before every suited man was laid out on the floor, and they wouldn’t be getting back up anytime soon.
