novelraw Chapter 744 - 718: The Atmosphere Became Awkwardly Tense
Chapter 744 - 718: The Atmosphere Became Awkwardly Tense
The guy with the yellow hair thought he did a perfect job, secure as a fortress, but Yu Minglang sensed something fishy.
Pin tumbler locks are most commonly used in safes domestically, nothing new, but what’s odd is the internal structure of this lock.
This pin tumbler lock seems to be made with some special technique, with an extremely precise internal structure, indicating it was custom-made. This made him more suspicious of the yellow-haired guy’s background, and he couldn’t help but think of that glove he got from Mai.
Both involve high technology. Could there be a connection between the two?
As he was pondering, the elevator arrived. Yu Minglang quickly sidestepped, picked up his breakfast, and knocked on his door.
While waiting for the door to open, the elevator doors parted, and a young man carrying a large bouquet of roses came out. He took out a note, glanced at the door number to confirm.
Yu Minglang and the young man stood outside the door. Qian opened the door and her first reaction was to look at the bag in Yu Minglang’s hand. Upon seeing the logo of her favorite brand on the plastic bag, she beamed with delight, and Yu Minglang snorted.
Such a materialistic woman! Doesn’t even look at him first!
Chen Xiaoqian cleared her throat in an attempt to cover her reaction, and asked the young man,
"Who are you looking for?"
"Hello, ma’am, I’m the flower delivery guy from Heartfelt Flower Shop. A Mr. Mahadi sent me to deliver these flowers."
Xiaoqian understood immediately, and turned to shout inside the house.
"Xuan, come out—the flowers are here!"
Yu Minglang snorted, knowing that sneaky Mai couldn’t hold it in. He was just itching to make his presence known.
That day, Yu Minglang and Xiaoqian had teamed up to mess with Mai. Mai, having burned his foot, left early, and there was no word from him all night. He probably went back to sulk and scheme.
According to Xiaoqian’s guess, Mai would shamelessly make one last-ditch effort, launching a crazy offensive on Xuan. Look, he had the flowers sent first thing in the morning.
Xuan heard and came out.
"Hello, ma’am. There are flowers here from Mr. Mahadi for Ms. Chen Xiaoqian. Are you Ms. Chen Xiaoqian?" The flower delivery boy presented the blazing red roses.
"...Who?!" Xuan thought she misheard.
"These flowers are for Ms. Chen Xiaoqian, sent by Mr. Mahadi. A total of 99 roses. Please sign for them."
Time seemed to freeze.
Yu Minglang was in the middle of bending down to change his shoes, his foot halfway out, paused.
Xuan faced the young delivery man, speechless, frozen in time.
Xiaoqian, thinking she was out of the picture, turned to go in and enjoy her loving breakfast, but the mention of her name froze her in place.
The atmosphere sank into a stew of awkwardness.
The young delivery man looked at the three of them in bewilderment—why weren’t they moving?
He thought he hadn’t made himself clear, so he repeated himself.
"These 99 roses symbolize love, with red roses as the base, and pure white roses arranged into the shape of a heart. They are from Mr. Mahadi to Ms. Chen Xiaoqian. Could you please sign off if you are Ms. Chen Xiaoqian?"
Even without turning around, Xiaoqian could feel the strong wave of jealousy ion zing from the shoe-changing man behind her!
She helplessly turned back, as expected, finding deep displeasure written all over Yu Minglang’s face.
What on earth was Mahadi attempting, sending flowers to her instead of Xuan?!
And that man bending over trying to change shoes, glaring sideways—wasn’t that tiring!
"Return it the way it came!" Yu Minglang stood up, wearing a black face, addressing the young delivery man.
The young man, startled by such a fierce demeanor, stepped back holding the flowers. Yu Minglang took the opportunity to slam the door shut, glaring at Xiaoqian.
Xiaoqian is somewhat emotionally obtuse. She can keenly detect others’ feelings, but when it comes to her own, she’s often slow on the uptake, never quite realizing which man has a thing for her. Regarding this flower-delivery incident, Xiaoqian was as clueless as could be.
Yu Minglang realized she hadn’t figured out that Mai was interested in her. He wasn’t truly angry with Xiaoqian, just not expecting Mai to be so bold, holding in for so long only to set his sights on Xiaoqian!
No one would be happy with a man coveting their wife. Yu Minglang suspected Mai didn’t know he was with Xiaoqian, which was why he so fearlessly sent the flowers.
Yu Minglang wasn’t really angry at Xiaoqian; it was more that he was diverting his anger, just itching to give that shameless Mahadi a good beating!
"What are you staring at, think your eyes are so big?" Xiaoqian complained to him, "I find this whole thing very inexplicable, okay? Why on earth would he send flowers to me?"
"Hmph!" thought Yu Minglang, probably because you’re just too attractive?
The door knocked again, and an unhappy Yu Minglang opened it, finding the young delivery man trembling as he handed the flowers, using them to cover his face to avoid the man with the black face.
"Um... though I don’t know the dispute between you and the customer, can you please sign for it? I’m just working, it’s hard enough. My mother is sick at home and needs money. If these aren’t delivered, the boss will dock my pay..."
Oh mom, for the sake of being a filial son to you, I’m even daring to approach this black-faced man. I’m just too devoted! The flower delivery boy could feel the flames of anger coming from the black-faced man even through the flowers, thinking meekly.
Yu Minglang got angrier seeing the heart shape made with white roses on the bouquet, inadvertently taking it out on the innocent delivery boy.
"Didn’t I tell you to leave? Can’t you understand words?"
Seeing how scared the flower delivery boy was, Xiaoqian couldn’t just watch and pushed Yu Minglang aside.
"Don’t take it out on the front-line service staff. It’s not his fault."
Nice save, big sister! The delivery boy was so moved he almost cried.
"I’m Chen Xiaoqian. I’ll sign."
"Chen, Xiao, Qian!" Yu Minglang was furious. Signing for flowers from another man right in front of him, did this little woman want to get hit? Oh wait, he couldn’t bear to hit her, or rather, did this little woman want to be "dealt with"?!
Watching this scene, Xuan became very nervous. She had never seen Yu Minglang angry, although she often heard stories of the legends Yu Minglang created. She found it hard to associate the man who was constantly pleasing and loving in front of Xiaoqian with the superhero those stories depicted.
But now, the unabashed anger emanating from Yu Minglang made Xuan see a different side of him. This must be his true demeanor outside? It’s really intimidating.
Xuan nervously watched Xiaoqian, knowing Xiaoqian was someone who could be persuaded only by fairness. She feared the two were about to get into a fight.
Liumei also stood up inside, having sensed the impending tension between Yu Minglang and Xiaoqian.
Liumei knows her brother, this little tyrant, all too well. He’s the kind of tyrant who’d fly off the handle and start kicking. Liumei was prepared; if Yu Minglang couldn’t control his temper, she would jump in to protect her sister-in-law!