Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lu Zhanbei stared at Tong Yi’s slightly lowered eyes for a moment before retracting his hand. As he turned to walk back into the private room, he said, “Go back.”
Tong Yi grabbed Lu Zhanbei’s wrist almost subconsciously. “Wait.”
Lu Zhanbei’s body froze. He turned back and his unreadable gaze landed on his wrist.
Seeing Lu Zhanbei freeze, Tong Yi followed his gaze and realized what she had done out of desperation. She hurriedly let go of his hand. “Sorry, I didn’t do it on purpose.”
Lu Zhanbei turned around and stuffed his hands into his pockets. “Speak.”
The man’s gaze was deep, his emotions well hidden. From his expression alone, Tong Yi could not tell whether he was happy or angry but his voice was getting deeper. He was probably unhappy.
If she asked him for his phone number now, he would probably not give it to her, right?
However, since she had already pulled him back, she had to say something.
Moreover, she had already made the effort to come all the way here. She might as well get his phone number. Otherwise, it would be a troublesome task to get a hold of him in the future.
At most, he would reject her. She had said that she wanted to get engaged to him at the entrance of the police station. She had also said it in the hotel. He had rejected her on both occasions.
Since she had already been rejected twice, she did not mind giving it another go.
Tong Yi looked at Lu Zhanbei and said, “Can you give me your phone number?”
Lu Zhanbei pursed his lips slightly and did not reply.
His steady eyes were filled with emotions she could not decipher. Clueless, Tong Yi asked, “Will you give it to me?”
She waited for a few seconds. “Forget it, it’s fine if you don’t want to give it to me.”
Tong Yi turned around and left.
Lu Zhanbei stood rooted to the spot. He watched as Tong Yi’s figure entered the elevator and disappeared before retracting his gaze. Then, he turned around and walked toward the private room.
When the man who had opened the door for Tong Yi previously saw Lu Zhanbei approach Tong Yi in concern to ask if she was injured, he was so scared that cold sweat started dripping down his back.
Especially later on, when Tong Yi had pulled Lu Zhanbei close to her, the man’s little heart trembled until it shattered into pieces. He knew that Master Bei was a man who despised people getting close to him because he had a serious obsession with cleanliness.
‘Oh sh*t, I’ll never be able to see the light of tomorrow!’
However, Tong Yi proceeded to ask Lu Zhanbei for his number. Seeing as Lu Zhanbei didn’t give it to her, the man felt that perhaps he could still live to see another day.
As Lu Zhanbei entered the private room, he hurriedly lowered his head and apologized, “Master Bei, I’m sorry.”
Lu Zhanbei did not stop walking. He said in a low and cold voice, “Whoever harms her will lose his hand.”
The man was so scared that his legs gave way. He knelt on the ground and begged, “Master Bei, I was wrong. I didn’t know she was your woman. Please forgive me this one time.”
Lu Zhanbei stopped in his tracks. He couldn’t tell which words the man had said had pleased him. He turned his head and swept his deep gaze briefly over the man. “Stand upside down outside the door where she was injured for one hour.”
“Thank you, Master Bei.” The man immediately got up and left the room. He placed his hands on the floor where Tong Yi fell down earlier. He then did a handstand with his head facing downward and his feet above him.
Standing upside down for an hour might cause his muscles to seize but it was much better than losing an arm.
Inside the car, Ling Rui smiled and comforted Tong Yi, who had looked disheartened since coming out of the Zhunhuang Chamber. “Sister Yi, it’s fine. Nothing to be embarrassed about. Who is Lu Zhanbei after all? People call him the living King of Hell. It would be abnormal if you got his number on the first try.”
Tong Yi pursed her lips and didn’t say anything. She wasn’t unhappy because she didn’t manage to get Lu Zhanbei’s phone number. She was just miffed that it was so difficult to get a simple phone number. Wouldn’t it be easier to ascend to heaven than to make him get engaged to her willingly?
If this continued, how long would it take for her to get Lu Zhanbei out of the game?
Tong Yi thought that it was just a game. Who knew that the game was so difficult? If she had known that this was the case… In hindsight, even if she had known that the game would be so difficult, she would still have entered the game.
She did not like owing favors to others, especially when the other party had protected her with his own life.