Chapter 212: Our Lady Boss
Just as she had said, Mrs. Lu stuck to her initial plans without missing a beat.
If she were to stay back at home and wait for dust to settle, then anyone might point fingers at the Lu family and talk behind their back.
But if she appeared in the public eye and acted as usual then who would dare to think that the commotion yesterday impacted the Lus in any way?
Seeing the determination on her face, Mr. Lu was more relieved.
But when he was not looking at her, he did not see a devious glint in Mrs. Lu’s eyes.
Putting the matters in her mind to rest, she left the mansion early and went shopping as planned but on her way back, something happened.
Just as Mrs. Lu had walked out of the luxury store followed by the driver and her private guards who were carrying her backs, a gust of cold air seemed to have slashed through her face and an ominous feeling rose in her heart.
Before she could ponder, a group of men appeared in front of her eyes.
"You.. you... you... you..." she gaped at them in disbelief.
But the men did not budge from their spot.
"Guards! What are you looking at?" Mrs. Lu snapped at the four bodyguards who were standing rooted in their spot.
Only after she snapped did they come back to their senses. They were all trained men so naturally, they would not have reacted like this in face of danger.
They were alert all the time because it was impossible to predict when danger would pop out in some empty alley but what caused them to be dumbfounded this time around was how the people in front appeared in a crowd full of people. And they did not even bother hiding their faces.
The Lu family guards immediately reacted to take down the three men in front of them.
Mrs. Lu finally sighed in relief. She had four bodyguards and the people in front were only three. But soon, her face paled as she saw that all the Lu family guards dropped on the ground with their arms twisted in bizarre angles as they wailed and groaned in pain before gradually losing consciousness.
And all this while, out of the three men in front of her, only one had moved.
Mrs. Lu trembled and glanced at her driver, "You..."
Before she could even say her commands, the men in front of her moved.
Mrs. Lu was startled, "You... You.. Do you know who I am? How dare you corner me like this?"
Her voice kept rising and more and more onlookers gathered around them.
But the men did not seem to stop.
"I am Mrs. Lu. You... You people..." Seeing that they were not stopping, she trembled, "You want to beat a woman in the broad daylight."
"Mrs. Lu, you misunderstood us."
Hearing the voice, Mrs. Lu looked past the guards. It was only then did she notice that there was a car parked behind them and a man was standing in front of the car, "Y-You... What do you mean?"
"We have no intention of raising hands against a woman," Benjamin said lightly, but his voice was crisp enough for everyone to hear, "Our Lady Boss won’t tolerate such behavior from us and she would be the first to break our hands if we do so."
The three bodyguards that had accompanied Benjamin and had been quiet all along nodded immediately.
"That’s right. Please don’t malign our reputation."
"Our Lady Boss is kind and gentle."
"Yes, she is compassionate and tender-hearted. She won’t tolerate these things if she heard of it. Please don’t sully our reputation."
The three men said in a cold voice and with a straight face.
A hint of relief bloomed in Mrs. Lu’s chest. Whoever these ruffians are, at least they knew their boundaries. For once, she felt grateful towards this mysterious Lady Boss they were mentioning.
There were more and more people gathering and since this street had many luxury stores, not all of these people had normal backgrounds. There were more or less many elites amongst them.
So, it was better to leave this place as soon as possible.
"Good then, get out of my way!" Having gained the upper hand, she raised her chin and strutted forward only to be blocked by the men again.
"W-What do you mean... Didn’t you say..?" she seemed to have seen Benjamin passing something to the men.
Benjamin did not want to hassle with the woman who seemed like she had lost her brains somewhere, "Mrs. Lu, I said we have no intention of raising our hands against you but we did not allow you to go yet," he still said to avoid her from babbling nonsense.
It would have been fine if he did not say anything or he did not recognize her but addressing her as ’Mrs. Lu’ and still humiliating her to this extent... it only meant that they did not put the Lu family in their eyes.
If words of it reached the man back at the mansion then... Mrs. Lu’ eyes glinted with a vicious light.
Before Mrs. Lu could come to her senses, she felt a cold sensation on her head. A red liquid dripped from her forehead, slowly staining her face and body.
’Splash’
More of it was splashed on her face.
And finally she saw the bottles of wine that the men were holding in their hands.
The crowd went into an uproar.
Some people had recognized Mrs. Lu right away which is why they had gathered to watch the fiasco. Now there were murmurs and whispers reverberating all around her.
"You... You..." Mrs. Lu snapped to her senses and whipped the cowering driver to shield her but it seemed like the men were only targeting her. No matter how or where she hid, or how loudly she screamed, she was splashed with wine and worst of it all, the wine smelled so sour, so pungent that she felt like retching.
"Ahhh.. you... How dare you!" At the sight of the red in her hands, her expressions worsened.
But suddenly, a sense of deja vu hit her.
