Chapter 346 - Uninvited Guest
Beauty and the Bodyguard
âUnderstood!â The tatooed man nodded respectfully. âWhere are you headed tonight, Wen Bro? Should I drive you there?â
âNo need, itâs a private matter.â Wen Bro waved his hand. âDonât follow me.â
âYes, Wen Bro! Iâll prepare the car for you, then?â The man said carefully.
âYeah, go pull that Ferrarri out.â Wen Bro ordered.
That night, in Chu Mengyaoâs villa, came an uninvited guestâ¦
She was trying to lecture Yushu when the doorbell rang, quite displeased at how her friend always ran around naked in the house. âShu, youâre nineteen already! You canât go on like this, you know!!â
âHehe, I get it, Yao Yaoâ¦â¦â Yushu nodded with a grin.
âLook, youâre still grinning! Lin Yiâs the one who benefits in the end!â Mengyao glared. âYouâll be in trouble if he takes a nude pic of you one day!â
âOhâ¦â¦. Yao Yao, thereâs someone at the door downstairs! Maybe we should go take a look?â Yushu was trying to change the subject again.
âFor what? We have our lackey Lin Yi to answer the door for us, whatâs the rush!â Mengyao said, uncaring.
âOhâ¦â¦ It must be Uncle Fu though, and Iâm hungry! Letâs go!â Yushu rubbed her stomach, looking like sheâd faint from the hunger anytime soon. âIâm starving..!â
Mengyao shook her head before walking downstairs with Yushu.
(so I always translate it as âMengyao pulled Yushu upstairs with herâ, but it sounds a lot more forceful in English than it does in Chinese. Just something to keep in mind)
Lin Yi walked over to the door and opened it- it wasnât Uncle Fu, or anyone he was close with⦠It was An Jianwen, that guy heâd met at the theme park the other day!
âAn Jianwen?â Lin Yi blinked- why had he come ringing?
Jianwen, on the other hand, had an unnoticeable dark look flash across his face when he saw that it was Lin Yi who answered the door- why was he in Mengyaoâs home?! Jianwen didnât like this one bit. Was he at that stage with Mengyao already?
Did Pengzhan know about all this?
Yet Jianwen remembered to keep a warm smile on his face- these emotions inside him werenât something heâd want exposed. âOh, isnât this a coincidence! Youâre here too, Mister Lin?â
âI live here.â Lin Yi said faintly after one look- of course heâd sensed the probing way Jianwen asked that question.
The bad feeling in Jianwenâs stomach had proved accurate- heâd still been a bit hopeful before Lin Yi made the confirmation.
He held his fists tightly- three years overseas and someone else had set up a nest with Mengyao!! One of the four Songshan young masters, taken advantage of in his absence!
âHaha, so you two live together now.â Jianwen felt his heart bleed⦠Even if he won Mengyao over from Lin Yi, heâd be bringing home a second-handâ¦
âWhatâre you doing, checkups?â Lin Yi frowned. This guy sure liked to bullshit a lot. âWhat do you need?â
âYou see, Iâm here to say thanks in person after you and Yao Yao saved me that day.â Jianwen pressed down the displeasure stirring inside of him before handing Lin Yi a gift, a smile on his face. âSee, I brought a gift as well⦠Can I come in first?â
Lin Yi smiled coldly inside- say thanks in person? The guy didnât even know he lived here one minute ago, what was he even talking about, pretending that he wasnât here to hit on Mengyao?
But Lin Y wasnât interested in exposing him- what he was here for didnât have too much to do with him. He opened the door and let Jianwen in.
âI wonder if Mister Chuâs home?â Jianwen prodded once more.
âWho are you here for, actually?â Lin Yi looked at Jianwen disdainfully. âUncle Chu doesnât live here- you can go look for him in the company!â
âOh? He doesnât live here anymore, I seeâ¦â¦â Jianwen actually wanted to know where Pengzhan was this time around- after all, he lived with his daughter before Jianwen went overseas.
Lin Yi ignored him and stepped into the villa first, thinking that Jianwen could just follow him. He didnât bother taking the gift, either- who knew whom it was for?
Mengyao and Yushu had come downstairs as well, surprised to see Jianwen behind Lin Yi.
âJianwen Bro, whyâre you here?â Mengyao didnât like Jianwen too much anymore- he no longer gave her that brotherly feeling he once did⦠There was a dark air about him, too, something she couldnât explain. It made her uncomfortable.
âHaha, Iâm just too grateful for what you and Mister Lin did for me at the restaurant that other day- Iâm here to say thanks in person!â Jianwen said with a smile sa he put the gift on the coffee table.
It was a couple of foreign health supplements and other similar products, clearly not something meant for young people. Lin Yi inferred that this dude had come today to visit Pengzhan, not knowing that he didnât live here anymore.
âJianwen Bro, when had you become so hypocritical? You would never do anything like this in the past.â Mengyao said faintly. She felt like the distance between Jianwen and her was increasing- they didnât feel like brother and sister anymore. âWouldnât you do the same if I got sick?â
âHaha, I guess Iâm being cheesy!â Jianwen felt like he hadnât thought this through, too, visiting with a bunch of gifts without making sure if Pengzhan still lived here. These gifts didnât suit Mengyao at all, but itâd be worse if he took it back now. âBut here are some stuff I brought back from overseas, think of it as trying out something new.â
âOh! Yao Yao, those gotta be quite expensive, right? Why donât we sell them?â Yushu eyed the gifts curiously.
âShu!!â Mengyao glared at her. Wasnât that too disrespectful, even if she didnât like Jianwen?
Jianwenâs lips twitched, but there was simply nothing he could do regarding Chen Yushu. She was even Mengyaoâs soulmate, too.
âHeheâ¦â¦â Yushu smiled, not bothering to deal with Jianwen anymore. She went to the sofa and turned on the TV- the atmosphere grew cold all of a sudden.
âYou guys have fun, Iâm going back to my room.â Lin Yi stood up and left, thinking that it was a waste of time to talk with Jianwen.
Jianwen found that odd. âDo you live downstairs, Mister Lin?â