Beauty Chairwoman’s Bodyguard Expert

Chapter 185: Chapter 184 Prove Oneself

”Are you going to let me go or not? If you don’t let go soon, I’m going to scream and accuse you of harassing me!”

Xue Man’s eyes seemed to blaze with fire, her teeth grinding together as she considered struggling, but Lu Tianxing’s hands seemed to hold an endless strength, imprisoning her firmly and preventing her from moving at all.

”Then scream! If someone comes, I’ll just say you’re my wife and that we’re having a quarrel. Worst comes to worst, we’ll end up in the police station, but I won’t be the one embarrassed. Someone might even envy me for getting lucky with a beauty like you,” Lu Tianxing said nonchalantly.

Looking at Lu Tianxing, who seemed as unbothered as a pig not afraid of scalding water, Xue Man felt an itch of hatred in her heart but was helpless to act, so she lowered her stance and said, ”What will it take for you to let go of me?”

”I can let you go, but you can’t lay a hand on me again. And you verbally agreed last time to be gentle with me, which it seems Minister Xue has forgotten. So, as punishment, Minister Xue, how about you give me a kiss as a sign of apology?”

”Impossible,” Xue Man said through gritted teeth.

Kissing this jerk in broad daylight would be nothing but a fantasy.

”Then there’s no helping it.”

Lu Tianxing shook his head indifferently, saying, ”Then I’ll just have to hold you like this, carry you onto the plane, sleep together. After all, I have to consider the future of the Lu Family. If I let go and you suddenly attack my little brother, that would be the end of the Lu line—without it, the Lu Family would be no more.”

Hearing Lu Tianxing’s words, Xue Man’s expression changed, uncertain. If she didn’t agree and was seen at the airport being openly embraced by a man, and if that got back to the company, wouldn’t she be laughed to death by her two friends, Lin Qianru and Bai Zhiqing?

”Forget it, if I must kiss, then it’s like being licked by a dog.”

With this thought, Xue Man bit her lip and said, ”Fine, I agree, but you have to close your eyes first.”

”Really?”

Lu Tianxing’s eyes brightened, seeming to look forward to what was about to happen. Without another thought, he closed his eyes, waiting for Xue Man’s kiss.

”You lucky bastard, you’re getting your way this time, but if you ever fall into my hands again, I’ll beat you to death,” Xue Man glared at Lu Tianxing, wishing she could punch his annoying face. Taking a deep breath, she tiptoed and, with all the fury of a mortal enemy, pressed her lips fiercely against Lu Tianxing’s.

”Eh? What’s going on, why don’t I feel anything?”

Xue Man suddenly felt puzzled, for her lips seemed not to have kissed anything. Could a kiss really feel like this, akin to the feeling of one’s left hand touching the right? Instinctively opening her eyes, Xue Man froze. There was no sign of Lu Tianxing before her, only a puff of air. She had just been kissing thin air.

”Did Lu Tianxing just dare to make a fool of me?”

Xue Man secretly exhaled a sigh of relief, an inexplicable sense of loss emerging in her heart, mixed with a bit of gratitude. She suddenly felt that Lu Tianxing might not be as detestable as she had imagined.

Her gaze swept around subconsciously and she spotted Lu Tianxing standing in the lobby waving at her, his face still bearing that annoying smile, ”Minister Xue, what are you standing around for? Hurry and get your ticket. We’re about to enter the waiting hall. Come on, don’t just stand there.”

”Hmph, I like standing here, what’s wrong with that?”

Xue Man snorted coldly, looking around at the odd glances she received, and walked angrily toward the airport hall.

The flight tickets booked by Bai’s Group were for ten o’clock, and it was now just past nine, with still more than ten minutes before boarding. After getting their tickets, Lu Tianxing and Xue Man sat on the chairs, utterly bored.

Lu Tianxing’s eyes drifted aimlessly, showing little interest in observing the passersby. Instead, he was deep in thought, pondering over something.

Meanwhile, Xue Man sat next to Lu Tianxing, glancing at him as he pondered deeply before quickly withdrawing her gaze. She took out a stack of documents from her backpack and started to go through them.

Bai’s Group’s aim in partnering with Lin Hua Security Company was primarily to establish a brand new security company. However, Bai’s Group had never dabbled in the security industry, so they planned to find a partner. Considering their past multiple interactions with Lin Hua Security Company, which also wanted to deepen its cooperation with Bai’s Group, this business negotiation came into being.

Bai’s Group didn’t place much importance on these negotiations. Whether they succeeded or not wasn’t crucial for the company and wasn’t considered a strategic goal for Bai’s Group. However, for Xue Man, it was of utmost importance. This was her first business trip and also her first commercial negotiation. She intended to prove with her actions to those who were disparaging her in the dark that she, Xue Man, was not a brainless person; this business negotiation was bound to be successful.

”I will definitely succeed.”

Xue Man clenched her fists, mentally cheering herself on. Originally, she wasn’t the one assigned to go to Xiangjiang for the negotiation. She had fought for this opportunity in front of Bai Zhiqing, with the goal of proving herself.

At this moment, a man and a woman suddenly walked into the airport. A roughly twenty-six or twenty-seven-year-old woman came in, followed by a man. Judging from their pace and posture, the woman was clearly in charge, with the man in a supporting role. The intimate demeanor between the two made it apparent that the man might very well be living off the woman, so to speak.

The woman and the man entered the hall and seemed to be looking for a place to sit. When the woman’s gaze swept across and landed on Xue Man, a glint flashed in her eyes and she walked directly over.

”What a coincidence! I never thought our school’s Ba Wanghua would find a man too. It’s really an oddity! I had planned to introduce you to my uncle when you turned thirty! But now it seems my uncle is out of luck,” the woman said with a playful look, smiling at Xue Man.

”Your mouth is still as foul as it was back then, Wang Lian.”

Even though the other woman’s words were sarcastic, Xue Man didn’t get angry. Instead, she coldly glanced at the man holding the woman’s arm, ”Wang Lian, I’m more and more impressed by you. For others, having a boyfriend means being together for months, even years, or a lifetime. You, on the other hand, switch boyfriends faster than you change clothes. Which number is he, the ninety-ninth or the hundredth? Are you planning to brag in your old age that you’ve had enough boyfriends to circle the Earth?”

”Your mouth stinks, Xue Man. I think you’re just a violent woman, and only rubbish men like this one here would fancy you. Unlike my Xiao Fengfeng, a typical elite. Your boyfriend looks like he’s wearing street stall goods. You’re obviously unable to get married, so you just settled for anyone,” said the woman, named Wang Lian, without showing any weakness, her gaze filled with disdain sweeping over Lu Tianxing.