October 23, 20XX (Wednesday)
Zhao Manor"I remember now!" Mei Li exclaimed making everyone"s eyes s.h.i.+ft to her. She clapped her hands together and said to Yang, "He was one of the staff in your hotel in Paris that I discovered Chen Zhong cheating. He was at the front desk!"
Hearing his wife"s words, Yang gaped. It seemed there was more to this story than he thought. Yang"s eyes narrowed, never letting his eyes off of this man"s person. He also recognized him; the man that went to talk to Chen Zhong before he vanished. Likelihood of this man being Fool, 99 percent. The hands around Mei Lin"s waist tightened in free for her. He never expected the man to appear in front of them and confront them without back up.
The daughter of an affluent man in David"s arms looked at him with shock. She did not know that Mrs. Zhao had such a history. David ignored the woman beside him; his eyes were staring straight into Mei Lin"s bright brown eyes without pause. He tipped his head and mockingly bowed like a peasant did to royalty in France to Yang"s direction and said, "I am grateful that you remember me. We also met in one of the grocery stores here, but you did not bother to look up and choose to ignore me."
Hearing his words, Yang"s hands clenched with anger. His teeth gritted, and his lips thinned. It seems that his guards were lax with Mei Lin"s protection. No man should be able to talk to her that was not on the list of people that the family had deemed safe. Right now, they have to a.s.sume everyone is a culprit. Paranoid or not, he did not care; better safe than sorry!
"It is fantastic that you could still remember me," David said with a little mocking tone that made Yang want to put aside his etiquette and punch him on the face.
An ordinary woman would not notice his jab at Yang, but Mei Lin was not average. Her eyes narrowed a little before she smiled so wide that David was taken aback at her hot persona. David"s smirked at Yang"s direction before he returned Mei Lin"s smile with a grin of his own.
Seeing his nonverbal response, Mei Lin snickered, "Don"t take my memory of you as something special. I remembered everything that happened and everyone that I meet in Paris on that trip because it was special to me. That was when I met my husband."
Yue snorted at the side. Of course, Mei Lin would savagely cut all ties of this rude man. Even she remembered the front desk staff that had licked his lips when he saw Mei Lin. Yue remembered feeling gross at that employee because his eyes were heavily undressing her best friend before as he still is doing now.
Chang Min moved closer with a stoic face that he was known for. He introduced himself to the lady on David"s arms, "h.e.l.lo, Miss. Is your father CEO Liu? He collects guns, right?"
The woman nodded with a broad smile. David was handsome, but Chang Min had been someone that she admired before. Her father had always been fond of the Xue family because of Xue Chang Min"s abilities. Taking advantage of her awe, Chang Min offered his arm and said, "How about joining me for some wine?"
Alexandre and Ru s.h.i.+ showed up and dragged the woman to a bar with Chang Min, successfully separating her from David. Alone in front of Yang, while surrounded by guards, David"s calm and composed demeanor did not change at all.
Mei Lin had noticed how Yang"s hold in her waist tightened further. Suddenly, Mei Lin"s bouquet fell into the floor with a soft thud. She smiled, sheepishly, at everyone and softly mocked herself for being clumsy, "Oh my, I need to be careful with my things."
Yang chuckled, fake and annoying in Mei Lin"s ears. The two men did not dare to bend down to get the flowers for her. Without notice; she bent down to do it herself. Hearing the sounds of two guns being taken out and c.o.c.king the hammer, Mei Lin dared not to move fast.
With a smirk, Mei Lin untied the whip that she had hidden in her cascading bouquet. Being out of David"s vision, Mei Lin took advantage of it and wrapped her whip into his left leg and pulling it as hard as she could. She briefly thanked her elder brother for showing her how to be so bada.s.s.
David was wide-eyed as he fell on his b.u.m, not expecting Mei Lin to move and be the one to take him down. In fear for his daughter, Jerome Bonaparte threw a smoke bomb on them, clouding Yang and Mei Lin. Zhao Yang grabbed Mei Lin and made a run for it, leaving behind a sh.e.l.l shock David and panicked audience at the unbelievable scene.
Guards surrounded David, making the Fool laugh at the surprise. His nerves lighted with fire at the adrenaline rush that pumped into his bloodstream. David laughed loud uncontrollably because the thrill was enjoyable.
The woman that brought him as his date gaped at the events that unfold. She turned to Ru s.h.i.+ beside her and gloomily said, "Did I have s.e.x with a spy?"
Ru s.h.i.+ snorted, "Girl, you had s.e.x with a terrorist."
"Do terrorists have HIV?" the girl asked innocently.
All of Yang"s friends took action even if they wanted to laugh at the stupid woman. Alexandre motioned for his wife to run. Ru s.h.i.+ nodded then dragged the girl to a safe place, praying that Yang and Mei Lin were going to be alright.