Chapter 788: Chapter 787: No Entanglement
"You...you ungrateful wretch, you ingrate!"
Li Zhenglong remained silent, letting her scold him.
Lin Xuewei finished venting and let go of him.
"Forget it, I won’t stoop to your level."
"I’m going to sleep now, sister. Please leave, or I’ll call the bodyguards."
"Hmph," Lin Xuewei snorted coldly and turned toward the door.
Seeing Lin Xuewei leave, Li Zhenglong breathed a long sigh of relief and collapsed on the sofa.
...
The next day, Li Zhenglong arrived at the company, only to find it in chaos. The staff were all discussing how their chairman had been beaten up the day before, surely bullied by someone.
Li Zhenglong entered his office and found a newspaper on his desk. The headline shockingly read, "Li Corporation’s Chairman Li Zhenglong, Drunk at Home, Brutally Beaten, Nose Bleed Profuse!"
"Oh, my god, what should I do? I’m dead now!"
An older businesswoman said in panic.
"No way, I need to resign right away."
"No way, I need to leave too."
"Ah, what can we do?"
Li Zhenglong picked up the newspaper, read the news carefully, and suddenly burst into rage, throwing the newspaper away and yelling, "Get out! Leave my company, immediately!"
...
"Damn, this Li Zhenglong is really trash."
"At his age, still drinking!"
"Yeah, it’s disgusting, but what can you do? He’s got a powerful dad."
"I tell you, these rich second generations are all no good."
"What did you say?" Li Zhenglong roared upon hearing the conversation nearby.
"Nothing, nothing," the others quickly replied.
Fuming, Li Zhenglong stormed out of his office and drove to the hospital.
When Li Zhenglong arrived at the hospital, the doctor had already dressed his wounds.
With a furious face, he asked, "How is this woman’s condition?"
"Mr. Li, her condition is more severe than yours. She only has minor abrasions, but needs to be hospitalized for a few days to fully recover. I’m afraid you can’t blame yourself for this," the doctor said.
"What?" Li Zhenglong asked, surprised.
"This lady was hit by your car," the doctor said helplessly.
"What?"
Li Zhenglong was shocked. Had he really wrecked a car last night?
"Mr. Li, you can report this to the police, but I hope you don’t tell her," the doctor advised.
"I understand," Li Zhenglong said.
Li Zhenglong left the hospital, feeling very remorseful.
...
On Sunday evening, Li Zhenglong had made arrangements to have dinner with Li Mengjie.
"Mengjie, shall we go for a seafood feast?"
"Why waste it when you’re rich?" Li Mengjie said.
"I’m a bit reluctant."
"Then let’s go for barbecue."
After having barbecue, they strolled through the streets.
"Mengjie, do you think you could fall in love with me since we’re so close?" Li Zhenglong suddenly asked.
"I don’t know, maybe I will, maybe I won’t," Li Mengjie said.
Li Zhenglong smiled and said, "I actually like you quite a lot; otherwise, let’s start dating."
"Okay," Li Mengjie nodded.
Li Zhenglong was stunned; he hadn’t expected Li Mengjie to agree so readily.
Li Mengjie had thought it through deeply; she was somewhat attracted to Li Zhenglong.
But she dared not admit this kind of feeling.
Together, they had only brief moments; when apart, they would become strangers again.
...
The next day, as soon as Li Zhenglong arrived at his office, his secretary came to report that his parents wanted to see him.
Li Zhenglong was startled for a moment, then said, "Please ask them to wait in the reception room."
The secretary agreed and left.
After a while, Li Zhenglong stood up from his seat and walked to the window, looking down below.
On top of a skyscraper, there stood five or six men dressed in black trench coats and wearing sunglasses.
Each of them had a black car parked beside them.
"Are you my son?" a tall, thin man walked up to Li Zhenglong.
"My name is Li Zhenglong. I’m not your son."
"Why are you lying to me?" the tall, thin man asked.
"Do you have evidence? Do you have evidence to prove that I am your son?" Li Zhenglong retorted.
"Good, very good," the man sneered, "Since that’s the case, I’ll send you to meet Yama first, then I’ll deal with you slowly."
After that, the man took off his glasses, revealing a pair of sinister eyes and raised his gun, aiming it at Li Zhenglong’s head.
Li Zhenglong chuckled, "If you kill me, my father will not let you go."
"Haha! Hahaha!" The man suddenly burst out laughing, and while laughing, he suddenly punched the ground, then drew the gun from his waistband and aimed it right between Li Zhenglong’s eyebrows.
Just as he was about to pull the trigger, Li Zhenglong’s right hand suddenly shot out like lightning, grabbing the man’s wrist and snatching the gun from his hand.
"Snap!"
Caught off guard, the man was knocked to the ground by a slap from Li Zhenglong and then was stepped on by him.
"Who are you? What do you want to do?"
The man didn’t answer Li Zhenglong’s question but said, "You are my son, why don’t you admit it? Do you not know that because of you, I lost my job, my wife was played with by other men, and it almost killed my child; I must kill you today, to avenge my child."
"What? You’re my father?" Li Zhenglong was shocked, "You say, my mother is pregnant? Is it yours?"
"Yes, it’s mine," the man yelled.
Li Zhenglong suddenly remembered what Li Mengjie had once told him about her pregnancy news.
"Dad, why didn’t you tell mom?" Li Zhenglong demanded.
"I..." the man was suddenly at a loss for words. He indeed had had selfish motives because Li Mengjie was his first woman, and the only one he had; how could he bear to let her be pregnant?
So he hid the news.
But now, it seemed like Li Zhenglong was unaware.
Thinking of his child dying at the hands of Li Zhenglong, the man was filled with hatred and said, "Yes, I just won’t admit that the child is mine, what about it? I want to kill you to avenge my child!"
After that, he fiercely lifted his leg and kicked at Li Zhenglong.
Li Zhenglong dodged, and the man’s knee missed his target; he leaped up and attacked Li Zhenglong again.
Li Zhenglong dodged the man’s attacks twice more, and the last time, after evading an attack, he sprinted to the man’s back and threw a punch at the man’s spine.
"Bang!"
"Crack!"
Li Zhenglong’s fist hit the man’s back squarely, breaking his spine, and the man convulsed a few times on the ground before he stopped moving.
Li Zhenglong breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the broken arm in his hand, and shook his head, "No matter what, this is my father’s arm; I can’t bear to kill him."
Li Zhenglong crouched down to check the man’s breathing, and soon, he stood up.
At this moment, Li Mengjie knocked on the door and came in.
"Boss, I found a job, but I don’t know if it’s suitable?" Li Mengjie asked.
"What job is it?" Li Zhenglong said with a smile.
Li Mengjie blushed and lowered her head, "It’s a security guard."
"Very well," Li Zhenglong laughed heartily.
"I’m going out to work now," Li Mengjie said shyly and ran out.
"Security guard!" Li Zhenglong’s mouth curled into a devilish smile, "Interesting, very interesting."
In the afternoon, Li Mengjie and Li Zhenglong went to a hotel to apply for a job.
This hotel, which Li Mengjie had already scoped out, was an entertainment venue frequented by wealthy people; it was a place rarely visited by ordinary people.
"Both of you, get out now, your wages have been paid, and it’s almost over," a voice of a security guard came from outside.
After saying that, the security guard twisted his fat buttocks, hummed a tune, and walked away.
"What should we do?" asked Li Mengjie.
"It’s okay, come with me," Li Zhenglong said calmly.
Li Mengjie nodded and followed Li Zhenglong into a private room.
As soon as they entered, a group of men and women were huddling and playing together.
"You two, sit here and don’t go anywhere," Li Zhenglong instructed.
"Okay," Li Mengjie nodded.
At that moment, two waitresses dressed in cheongsam brought over drinks and beverages.
Li Zhenglong took a glass of liquor and drank it in one gulp.
At that moment, a woman wearing a leopard print skirt with slender, fair legs walked up beside Li Zhenglong.
This woman was not old, around 20 years old, extremely beautiful, especially her big eyes which made her look even more like a Barbie doll.
Li Zhenglong watched the girl with a smile.
