Tu Anliang broke into a full smile the moment he saw Li Qiao, "Beauty, we meet again."
The term ’beauty’ came with a hint of provocation.
Li Qiao closed the car door with a clear and cold look in her eyes, took a leisurely couple of steps forward, and glanced over the group of thugs with an indifferent curl of her lip, "Are we familiar with each other?"
Tu Anliang chuckled as he stepped forward, stopping a few paces in front of Li Qiao and leaning in slightly with a presumptuous air, "Once a stranger, twice acquainted, allow me to introduce myself..."
Before he could finish, Li Qiao frowned and cut him off, "Sorry, not interested."
Tu Anliang’s smile froze on his lips, a displeased malevolence flashing in his eyes.
At that moment, Luoyu returned to Li Qiao’s side, nonchalantly taking on a protective stance, her gaze alert in all directions.
Tu Anliang observed them, the smile gone from his face, and he adjusted his cuffs with a lowered gaze, "Little beauty, you’re that old man’s apprentice, right?"
A chill emerged from the depths of Li Qiao’s eyes. She wasn’t surprised that Tu Anliang had found out this information.
After all, many at the Funeral Association knew her, and a little inquiry would reveal her relationship with Jiugong.
Li Qiao, lacking patience, raised her eyebrows, "So?"
Tu Anliang moved closer again, eyeing Li Qiao who showed no sign of fear, his interest piqued even further.
"Beauty, at your young age, it’s best not to meddle in affairs that don’t concern you, understand?
I heard your family is very rich. Why bother working for that old man?
Why don’t you listen to Brother Liang and stop being an undertaker? Come to Sleepless City, I invite you to join us, and we can split the income fifty-fifty, how about it?"
The goatee on Tu Anliang’s face moved up and down as he spoke, resembling a wriggling kiwifruit.
Of course, his words also revealed a piece of information.
He had not dug up Li Qiao’s background; he only knew she was Jiugong’s apprentice and that she was very wealthy.
He hadn’t even found out her name.
At this point, it was obvious to anyone that Tu Anliang had an ulterior motive regarding Li Qiao.
Luoyu, with an expression of disgust, stepped to the side, partially shielding Li Qiao behind her, and rubbed her fingers while giving Tu Anliang a sidelong look, her voice cold, "Tu Anliang, have you forgotten who I am so quickly?"
With her intervention, the concealed displeasure in the opposition’s gaze shifted back to Luoyu.
Even Li Qiao couldn’t help but cast a sidelong glance at her.
Tu Anliang vaguely felt that Luoyu’s face was somewhat familiar, but definitely not someone he often saw.
He suspected that she might have visited Sleepless City in search of fun, so he didn’t dwell on it.
He feigned a disinterested smile and even pretentiously adjusted his forehead, "Heh, I really don’t remember. Perhaps... you can give me a hint?"
Upon hearing this, Luoyu didn’t get upset, her smile ambiguous, "I haven’t attended the grand meeting for just two years, and you’ve already forgotten me?"
Tu Anliang’s expression stiffened, his demeanor visibly changing.
The ’grand meeting’ Luoyu mentioned suddenly reminded him of something.
But... that’s impossible, right?
He generally remembered anyone he had seen at the big meetings.
At this moment, Luoyu took a small step forward, met Tu Anliang’s suspicious eyes with a chilling smile, "There are just two more months until this year’s meeting, I hope you can still be as arrogant then."
Something tumultuous stirred in Tu Anliang’s eyes; he wanted to take a closer look at Luoyu’s features, but saw that she had already turned around and was speaking to Li Qiao with all due respect, "You go ahead and get in the car, I’ll handle this."
Li Qiao cast a deep look at Luoyu and, without saying anything, had just turned when Tu Anliang called out sharply, "Wait, did I say you could leave?"
He had come here today specifically for that girl.
Even if that woman with the stern face mentioned the big meeting, it couldn’t be a reason to stop him.
Li Qiao stopped and glanced at the angry Luoyu, asking coolly, "Are you going to handle it, or should I?"