Chapter 122: Chapter 116: The Couple Join Forces to Torture the Scum
“100,000.” Qiao Jing quoted the price.
Lan Yinyin realized that Qiao Jing had suddenly taken back the movie ticket because she had been waiting for her here.
She had seen people ask for outrageous prices, but she had never seen anyone ask for something so astronomical.
100,000 for a single movie ticket, was she planning to rob someone?
“Don’t want it? Then forget it.” After saying this, Qiao Jing did not stay any longer and walked straight past Lan Yinyin.
Lan Yinyin gritted her teeth, “Fine, 100,000 it is. I agree to give it to you.”
Anyway, with Fifth Master reimbursing her, as long as she could complete the task, this small amount of money was nothing to Fifth Master.
Qiao Jing stopped in her tracks, turned around to look at Lan Yinyin, “Do you really have that much money?”
Lan Yinyin thought that Qiao Jing asked this because she was worried she might default on the payment.
“Give me your card number.”
Soon after, Qiao Jing received a notification that 100,000 had been transferred to her account.
“Now can you give me the movie ticket?” Lan Yinyin reached out to Qiao Jing.
Qiao Jing glanced briefly at Lan Yinyin’s hand and spoke indifferently, “You can easily transfer 100,000 to me, yet you told Zhan Qipei that you didn’t have money to rent a house?”
Upon hearing this, Lan Yinyin’s pupils suddenly dilated, and a boundless murderous intent flashed in her eyes.
She had been so focused on buying the movie ticket from Qiao Jing that she had momentarily overlooked this matter.
It wasn’t that she was too foolish; she had simply underestimated her opponent. In her heart, Qiao Jing was just a naive country girl, and she hadn’t expected her to think on such a level.
Zhan Qipei raised his hand to his chin, his narrowed, gloomy eyes fixated on Qiao Jing and Lan Yinyin.
Qiao Jing… was she helping him?
Lan Yinyin, being professionally trained, quickly found a strategy to deal with the situation.
“You’ve seen through me, yes, I admit, I am not short of money. I said that to President Zhan simply to stay closer to President Zhang, hoping to benefit from being near. Of course, I don’t think this is a despicable tactic. After all, love, like bread, requires one’s own effort to win.
President Zhan is very outstanding, the most charismatic man I’ve ever met, so I want to try my best. I hope you, as a woman, will not tell him.”
Lan Yinyin’s speech was skillfully measured and flawless, giving no ground for criticism.
The calmer and more logically Lan Yinyin behaved, the more Qiao Jing suspected her motives.
From her experience, if ordinary people were caught in a lie, even if they were composed, they would show some flaws.
Moreover, she had detected a hint of murderous intent in Lan Yinyin’s eyes a moment ago.
As Qiao Jing was silently analyzing, a vulgar voice suddenly sounded from behind.
“Hey! Guys, come over here and look, two beauties!”
Qiao Jing turned around and saw several tattooed, color-haired hoodlums coming towards them.
“This one is too beautiful, right? Just like a fairy descended to Earth! I want this one!” one of the hoodlums exclaimed, his eyes sparkling as he pointed at Qiao Jing.
“Why should she be yours? I like her too!”
“So do I! She’s mine!”
The other hoodlums were not pleased and started to argue over Qiao Jing.
Lan Yinyin’s face contorted unattractively. She was also very beautiful—had she not been, Fifth Master would not have kept her on standby for so many years.
Although being harassed by the hoodlums was annoying, the fact that all the attention had shifted to Qiao Jing made her even more frustrated.
“Come on, stop fighting. Let’s decide by playing Rock-Paper-Scissors.”
“Rock-Paper-Scissors.”
“Rock-Paper-Scissors!”
“Ah, I lost—fine, I’ll settle for her then,” the hoodlum reluctantly said as he looked at Lan Yinyin.
Lan Yinyin’s breath hitched in her throat, and her face betrayed her frustration.
It was evident just how much these thugs enraged her, even more than if they were teasing her.
Just as Lan Yinyin was about to explode with anger, she caught sight of Zhan Qipei striding towards them from the corner of her eye.
He had arrived! And he was coming to rescue her! This would be her chance to throw herself into his arms.
Lan Yinyin’s thoughts were beautiful, but reality was brutally harsh.
Without a word, Zhan Qipei walked up briskly, reached out, and wrapped his arm around Qiao Jing’s waist, pulling her into his arms.
The incident happened so suddenly.
Lan Yinyin did not expect it.
Lan Yinyin thought Zhan Qipei had come to protect her, yet she had turned into thin air.
Qiao Jing had also thought Zhan Qipei was there to protect Lan Yinyin, so she was completely unguarded when the man swept her into his embrace.
Zhan Qipei, holding a gentle beauty in his arms, swept his gaze around with a chilly sternness in his eyes.
“Scram.” The single word carried an inherent nobility that chilled the hearts of those who heard it.
The thugs looked at each other and decided it was best to leave.
“Ptui! What bad luck!”
Seeing the thugs had all left, Qiao Jing pushed Zhan Qipei, intending to step out of his embrace.
But she couldn’t break free.
Was there really a need to hold her so tightly?
Besides, hadn’t he embraced the wrong person?
Qiao Jing looked up at the man, “They’ve left.”
“Hmm,” Zhan Qipei responded indifferently and then no further reaction came.
Qiao Jing blinked and looked down at the large hand around her waist.
No wonder she couldn’t break free; his large palm was pressing firmly against her waist, covering a large part of her midsection.
It was as if her waist was clamped by something incredibly hard.
Just when Qiao Jing was too exasperated to remain silent, the man finally released his hand.
During this time, Lan Yinyin’s eyes widened with shock. She wondered if Zhan Qipei had actually fallen for Qiao Jing?
If that was indeed the case, her task just got a lot harder.
“The movie’s almost over, do you want to keep watching?” Zhan Qipei asked as if nothing had happened, looking down at Qiao Jing.
Although he had let go, Qiao Jing could still faintly feel a sense of constraint around her waist.
Probably because the man had held her too tight earlier, causing poor blood circulation, which induced an indescribable tingling sensation.
“Let’s not watch any more, let’s go back early and sleep. I still have to visit the institute tomorrow.”
“Okay, let’s go then,” said Zhan Qipei, lifting his hand and almost losing control to wrap it around Qiao Jing’s waist again, but he managed to hold back just in time to avoid arousing any suspicion from Qiao Jing.
“Wait a second.” Qiao Jing, after walking a few steps, turned around and walked towards Lan Yinyin, who was still standing there dazed, and handed her the movie ticket.
At that moment, Lan Yinyin particularly felt like cursing.
Dammit, you’re all leaving, so what does she need a ticket for? To blossom in beauty all by herself?
Seeing Lan Yinyin not taking the ticket for a long time, Qiao Jing became somewhat impatient.
“You spent 100,000 on that ticket, don’t you want it?