He was not too loud, but loud enough for everyone there to hear it. His words silenced the room that was rowdy moments ago.
George did not seem to be surprised. He proceeded to lead Han Muzi to a cleaner spot and sit down. “You may sit here.”
After Han Muzi was seated, she felt all the eyes in the room were on her. Some were curious; some were admirable; while some were skeptical.
George then shouted, “Everyone, let’s stop drinking for a moment. Muzi right here is not used to the alcohol smell. I will just keep the door open for now so that the smell can go away.” He quickly asked everyone to put down their glasses.
Yuchi Shen’s name was like a heavy-duty explosive that blew everyone up. Although they looked calm on the surface, no one was bold enough to say a word in response. Amidst everything, Han Muzi seemingly heard a lady murmur.
“What? Yuchi Shen’s woman? Does Yuchi Shen fall for this kind of woman? She looks boring. What is she doing here?”
“That’s right. We all know that Yuchi Shen does not fall for any woman. George… are you sure you aren’t bluffing?”
George responded, “Damn it. Why would I lie to you? If you don’t buy it, you can ask her yourselves.”
No one dared to respond. When Han Muzi still had not seen Ye Moxuan, she felt that she had fallen into a trap. She questioned George, “Didn’t you tell me he’s going to be here? Where is he?”
George smiled and answered, “Don’t worry. He’s on his way here. Let me give him a call right now and ask him when he’s going to be here.”
His words sounded truthful but still left her skeptical. George quickly left the room to make a phone call.
The moment he left the room, the people who were asking the questions earlier came up to her and started asking her more questions in English, “Are you seeing Yuchi Shen? George is not lying to us, is he?”
Han Muzi did not know how to respond. All these questions gave her a headache, as she was wondering how she was supposed to answer all of them. Han Muzi pursed her lips and let out a gentle smile; she had decided to not respond to them.
On the other side, George unlocked his phone after leaving the room and found no notifications. He had not heard anything from Ye Moxuan. Damn it. Why is this different from our arrangement? Yuchi Shen was supposed to question him immediately after receiving his text message. Either that, or he was supposed to come here right away.
Why is he not responding? Has he not seen my text? George was not going to give up as he had already gone to the trouble to bring Han Muzi here. So, he dialed Yuchi Shen’s number. It took a long time before the phone was answered. Yuchi Shen sounded hoarse and exhausted. “What’s the matter?”
George was taken by surprise. He was sure that this jerk did not see his text message. “Yuchi Shen, did you see my text on WeChat?”
Ye Moxuan did not respond to his question. Instead, he replied in an unemotional way, “Please don’t disturb me if there’s nothing important. I’m hanging up now.”
“Hold on. I have something important to tell you!” George called him out and replied, “Your woman is here with me.”
Ye Moxuan was stunned by what he had just said.
“Your woman. Do you hear me?” George let out a satisfying smile as he uttered this sentence. “Do you remember the assistant to that secretary of yours in the office? That’s her. I told her I was bringing her here for supper—who knew she would actually come along. Yuchi Shen, are you sure you’re not coming to bring her home?”
The phone clicked.
George thought that these words would upset him as he had conveniently skipped the part of how he tried to persuade Han Muzi to come with him and jumped right into telling him that Han Muzi had come here with him willingly. It was as if he was saying to him ‘Hey, your woman is with me. If you are upset, come and get her now.’
He thought he might be able to hear his angry voice over the phone, but shortly after, all he heard was the phone getting disconnected.
George was extremely puzzled. What’s happening? Did he just hang up on me? That’s not possible. Doesn’t he care about that little assistant? If he doesn’t, why did he pin her against the wall in the office the other day? Why would his first response be to hang up the phone when he heard that his woman has gone with another man?
George instantly felt upset. “So that’s brotherhood.”
At this moment, someone came up from the back—it was the Caucasian man who was making perverted comments earlier. He put his hand around George’s shoulders and asked, “Is that chick that you brought really Yuchi Shen’s woman?”
Recalling how Yuchi Shen hung up on him earlier made George a little sad. “I-I’m not too sure now.” If she was not someone Yuchi Shen loved, why would he pin her against the wall? Furthermore, why would he take revenge on him after he made some cynical comments about her? Even then, the moment he heard that she had come to the bar with him, he did not even ask which bar it was; all he did was hang up the phone. Is this even normal?
“Not too sure?” The Caucasian man smirked. “That means she’s not Yuchi Shen’s. I knew that someone like Yuchi Shen… would never fall for a woman like her.” He touched his chin and started pondering about something. “She looks quite pure and innocent, however… I’m not sure… she’s really like that.”
These words sound… George immediately became alarmed and he turned to look at him. “What’re you going to do? Don’t tell me…”
That man smiled lustfully. “Nothing. Just curious.” He then patted George on his shoulder and went back into the room.
George felt that something was not right, as he knew that he and that man were very similar, though he himself was slightly more upright. He would never force anyone to have fun with him. After all, having fun was all about mutual willingness.
But that man was not the same. Whenever he found prey, he would do whatever it’d take to catch it. So many young female college students had already fallen victim to his tactics, yet he was still relentless. The thought of this worried George.
Since he brought her here—although Yuchi Shen was not going to show up anymore—he had to bring her home safely. If anything happened to her here, he would be… in big trouble. From all the times he had spent with Yuchi Shen, George knew well that he was not this kind of man. Even though he did not know what happened to Yuchi Shen that turned him around all of a sudden, it was still better… for him to leave here as soon as possible. He then quickly went back to the cubicle.
Meanwhile, after the Caucasian man had gone back, he started plotting something. He poured a glass of beer and quietly added something into it. He started walking toward Han Muzi while shaking the glass that was in his hand.
At that point, Han Muzi was surrounded by a group of ladies who were endlessly asking her questions.
“Yuchi Shen is such a gorgeous man. How did you both end up together?”
“By the way, do you have his phone number? Would you like to give him a call and ask him to come over and have some fun with us? We have not seen Young Master Yuchi for a long time.”
Han Muzi responded, “I’m sorry. I can’t help you.”
“Why not? Don’t you have his phone number? Aren’t you seeing each other?”
