novelraw Chapter 128: You Dare Invite Her for a Drink?
Chapter 128: You Dare Invite Her for a Drink?
The woman swirled her glass of red wine, admiring the moon reflected in the water, "Little girl, no need to be nervous, I won’t do anything to you."
"What’s between us has nothing to do with her, let her go back." Pei Xu said in a cold, hard voice.
"The matter between us." The woman bit the words as she looked at him, sneering, "I kept you here just to have you Lindxu make some clothes for me, doesn’t it involve your Lindxu’s creative director?"
From her tone, it was clear that designing clothes was not that simple.
Su Lingzhi pushed Pei Xu’s hand aside and sat next to her, deliberately continuing the conversation, "What kind of clothes do you want?"
The woman met her eyes, bright and resolute, and couldn’t help but feel a bit disoriented; it had been a long time since she’d seen such pure eyes. It felt refreshing. She chuckled, "I want something a bit sexy."
"A long dress?"
"It doesn’t matter if it’s a dress or not, as long as it’s sexy." As she spoke, she beckoned to Su Lingzhi.
Su Lingzhi hesitated for a moment and leaned over.
A whispered remark made Su Lingzhi’s face flush with a sudden warmth, her expression complicated and hard to decipher.
"So, can you design it?"
Su Lingzhi calmly replied, "Miss, you are so beautiful, if you have needs in that area, I believe many people would be willing to help you fulfill them."
Upon hearing this, Pei Xu’s expression stiffened, and he hurriedly pulled Su Lingzhi up, shielding her behind him, teeth gritted as he questioned, "Shao Mingzhu, what did you say to her?"
Hearing the surname Shao, Su Lingzhi faltered, instinctively realizing that the person before her was from the Shao Family.
But, if even Pei Xu was wary, it must indeed be someone from the Shao Family.
Shao Mingzhu raised an eyebrow, "So anxious? Are you that protective of her, could it be you have feelings for her?"
Pei Xu gritted his teeth, trying to leave with her, but the bodyguards wouldn’t let them, standing firmly in their way.
Shao Mingzhu’s voice rang out, "I said I’d treat you to a drink, you haven’t even opened the wine yet, leaving so soon."
"If we finish the drink, can we leave?"
"Of course, once I’m satisfied."
She leisurely poured two glasses of red wine, made a gesture of invitation, the coercive tone reaching its peak.
Pei Xu coldly stared at her, released Su Lingzhi’s hand, picked up the glass of red wine and drank it in one gulp.
He set the empty glass down and reached for another, only to have Shao Mingzhu stop him.
"This one is for the little girl."
"Give me all your tricks, don’t trouble her." With that, Pei Xu grabbed the glass from her hand and drank it down in one gulp.
Then, he picked up the bottle of red wine, poured one glass after another, drinking them all.
Watching his bleak silhouette, Su Lingzhi furrowed her brows tightly, gradually realizing that this behavior was a punishment from that Shao woman’s one-sided affection for him.
Having built everything from scratch, with no background at all, does it mean one should be humiliated and toyed with at the hands of these prestigious families?
Su Lingzhi clenched her fists tighter, about to step forward to stop it.
A familiar voice sounded: "Big sister has fun, why not call me to join?"
Su Lingzhi looked over at the sound, only to see Shao Ming approaching with his hands in his pockets, standing steadily in front of her, "Count how many times I’ve caught you meeting wild men."
"I haven’t, don’t talk nonsense." Su Lingzhi defended herself.
"Then who is he? Dare to hold your hand, isn’t he afraid of having his hand chopped off?"
"He’s my boss, he was just standing up for me, can you not let your imagination run wild?"
Seeing they knew each other, Shao Mingzhu’s eyes flickered with surprise, "Is this little girl yours?"
Shao Ming looked over, his gaze lingered on Pei Xu for a few seconds, then he walked over to him, "Big sister, what kind of fun are you looking for?"
Shao Mingzhu chuckled lightly, "Just sharing a drink with them."
Shao Ming pulled out a chair and sat down, asking, "With whom?"
"With them."
Shao Ming feigned disbelief, pointed at Su Lingzhi and said: "You dare to share a drink with her?"
Shao Mingzhu couldn’t understand his reaction, "Is there a problem?"
"Do you know that my wine house was shut down?"
Shao Mingzhu shook her head.
Shao Ming pointed again at Su Lingzhi, "Her man did it. Yuwei’s uncle and his people were not spared, no matter how much they begged. You dare to share a drink with her..."
His tone carried no resentment, instead, it carried a strong sense of caution.
Shao Mingzhu looked at Su Lingzhi, starting to reassess her, "Who is her man?"
Shao Ming said, "That person from the Fu Family."
"Fu Yinli?"
"Yes."
Upon hearing this, Shao Mingzhu furrowed her brows slightly, "What did you do for Fu Yinli to shut down your wine house? Wasn’t he old friends with Yuwei?"
Shao Ming spread out his hands, looking particularly helpless, "I did nothing, just because Yuwei’s uncle and his people were at my wine house having a drink with her, something happened on my territory, I’m being held responsible."
This was the first time Su Lingzhi heard the result of that event.
Unexpectedly, those people last time were indeed relatives of the Shao Family, and even more unexpectedly, Lili didn’t even spare his brother for her.
No wonder every time Shao Ming saw her, he acted so oddly, now it seems the reasons are traceable.
But from this perspective, despite what happened, Shao Ming is still so loyal to Lili, their relationship is quite solid.
Shao Mingzhu’s eyes examined Su Lingzhi and Pei Xu back and forth, muttering softly: "Interesting."
For a little girl, not only did he offend his own brother and old friend, he didn’t even care about their Shao Family, and now this little girl is still ambiguously involved with the man she has an interest in, isn’t it interesting?
Shao Ming advised, "Let them go quickly, don’t bring misfortune upon yourself."
Shao Mingzhu hesitated for a moment, and then gestured for the bodyguards to release them.
Pei Xu, enduringly clenched his fists and walked over to Su Lingzhi.
She intentionally avoided his touch and said, "President Pei, you go ahead, I have a few words to say to my friend."
"Can he protect you well?"
"No problem."
Pei Xu withdrew his hand, leaving the place without turning back.
After he left, Su Lingzhi beckoned to Shao Ming.
Shao Ming pretended not to notice, only getting up to follow her out when she spoke.
Su Lingzhi pleaded gently, "Can you not tell Yinli what just happened?"
Shao Ming chuckled softly, "What? Don’t tell me, he is indeed your wild man?"
"No." Su Lingzhi explained, "I don’t want him to have a misunderstanding, nor do I want him troubled by exaggerated tales. I will tell him about tonight’s events myself; I hope not a word reaches him before I do, I beg you."
"He is really your boss?" Shao Ming questioned.
"Yes."
"The way he looks at you, what he does, it doesn’t seem so clear-cut."