Chapter 221: Fearless and Reliable

"Shanshan, it's getting late, let's go."

Zhang Jian didn't want to stay for another second.

"Hmm… it really is getting late." Lu Shanshan raised her wrist to glance at her rose gold watch.

"Xiao Qian, could you take me home?"

As soon as Lu Shanshan said this, the three of them were instantly stunned.

Especially Zhang Jian; his face alternated between green and white, looking extremely ugly.

He had brought up how late it was, meaning he wanted to take Lu Shanshan away!

And Lu Shanshan turned right around and asked Zheng Qian to take her instead—what was that supposed to mean?

This was completely disregarding him, Zhang Jian!

Zheng Qian couldn't figure it out either.

Putting aside whether or not he had a relationship with Song Yaxian, even if they didn't, asking him to take her home right in front of Zhang Jian was a bit inappropriate, right?

Zheng Qian shook his head and refused.

"I've also been drinking, and I didn't drive down to Jiangnan this time. We came by taxi, too."

"Isn't Young Master Zhang here? Just have him take you."

Upon hearing Zheng Qian's reply, Lu Shanshan felt a bit dejected.

It was one thing that Zheng Qian wouldn't take her to see Superstar Zhang Ziyou's concert, but why was he even unwilling to take her home?

She had already rejected Zhang Jian like that, and Zheng Qian kept undermining her, making it awkward for everyone.

Zheng Qian couldn't care less.

It wasn't like he was the one eagerly trying to develop a relationship with Lu Shanshan; ever since they started sharing the table, it was Lu Shanshan who kept clinging to him.

When Zhang Jian heard this, he felt humiliated to the extreme!

Being with Zheng Qian was simply torture.

He wanted to take Lu Shanshan home, but she wouldn't let him, asking Zheng Qian instead. Then, being rejected by Zheng Qian, she was pushed back to him.

So, was Lu Shanshan just some goods he didn't want, so he was dumping her here? This was too much!

As he spoke, Zhang Jian made a call to summon people.

He didn't have any other skills, but he knew plenty of people in the circle.

Jiangnan wasn't his turf; otherwise, he wouldn't have tolerated Zheng Qian humiliating him like this. He would have smashed Zheng Qian's head in when they were sharing the table.

Zhang Jian called a local playboy, sent him his location, and told him to bring some people over.

"Zheng Qian, I'll give you one chance, and don't say I'm bullying you."

"Now, immediately, right this second, apologize to me and Shanshan."

"Otherwise, you won't be walking out of this door today!"

After delivering his threat, Zhang Jian turned to Lu Shanshan and patted his chest in assurance: "Shanshan, don't be angry. I will definitely vent your anger for you and teach this ignorant brat a lesson!"

After seeing this, Zheng Qian was stunned.

Zhang Jian was truly the ultimate simp among simps!

Even Zheng Qian hadn't been able to simp like that before.

If anyone was being humiliated, it was Lu Shanshan; he hadn't done anything!

If he had accepted Lu Shanshan's request to take her home, that would have been the real humiliation to Zhang Jian!

Song Yaxian watched from the side, amused. She was curious to see how Zheng Qian would handle this.

Song Yaxian had seen the disdain and hatred in Zhang Jian's eyes toward Zheng Qian from the very beginning.

Lu Shanshan asking Zheng Qian to take her home had essentially lit the dry firewood that was Zhang Jian's temper.

But then again, Lu Shanshan was really not taking her seriously!

Even if she didn't have a relationship with Zheng Qian, how could she ask him to take her home right in front of her?

Song Yaxian still had some grace; she felt that if it were someone like Zhong Xiaoyao or Qin Xueli, they would probably take that as a provocation and start a fight with Lu Shanshan right there!

"What do you mean?" Zheng Qian raised his eyelids, calm and collected, as if Mt. Tai were crumbling before him without him changing his expression.

"Are you deaf? I told you to apologize!"

Zhang Jian slammed his knife and fork onto the table violently, making a sharp, grating sound.

"Zhang Jian, don't…" Lu Shanshan frowned, sensing something was wrong, and hurriedly tried to dissuade him from the side.

But before she could finish, Zhang Jian cut her off.

"Shanshan, you don't need to worry about it. I'm definitely going to deal with this kid today!"

Soon, Zhang Jian received a phone call.

"Brother Jian, we've all arrived. Do you need us to come in?" A rough, hoodlum-like voice came from the other end of the line.

"No, wait for me outside." Zhang Jian hung up the phone after saying that.

"Did you see that? Outside is full of my men."

Zhang Jian pointed outside the glass, where a group of thugs holding steel pipes had indeed gathered.

They were all wearing black tank tops, covered in various tattoos, with ferocious and roguish expressions, glaring hungrily through the frosted glass at Zheng Qian and the others.

"I'll ask you one last time: are you going to apologize or not?" Zhang Jian said, secure in his backing.

Having called his brothers, his arrogance had reached an unprecedented high.

At the same time, he snuck a glance at Song Yaxian, who was standing next to Zheng Qian and whose looks and temperament were on par with Lu Shanshan's. If only something could happen with her.

The reason Zhang Jian hadn't let his brothers come in was because he was considering Song Yaxian's presence.

He envisioned that Zheng Qian would kneel and beg for mercy, perhaps even secretly handing over Song Yaxian's contact information, sending her to his bed to beg for forgiveness.

But observing Zheng Qian's expression carefully, he was not only unafraid but had his arms crossed, a faint smile on his face, leaning back slightly as if he were completely relaxed.

"I can apologize, sure. But you have to give me a reason, right? Why should I apologize?" Zheng Qian said with a smile.

Zhang Jian really didn't know how to respond to that.

What Zheng Qian said actually made some sense. Sharing the table was Lu Shanshan's idea; the wine was bought because Zheng Qian was a VIP and he wasn't; and in the end, she asked him to take her home.

If he wanted to start a fight, he needed a reason. Zhang Jian was so furious he was dizzy, and for a moment, he couldn't come up with any justification.

It had been Lu Shanshan's wishful thinking all along; it really had nothing to do with Zheng Qian.

Bullying people on purpose—that wouldn't hold up anywhere, so naturally, he was at a disadvantage.

"Why so much nonsense? Just apologize and be done with it!" Zhang Jian glared fiercely at Zheng Qian, though this sentence was much weaker in momentum than before.

Zheng Qian wasn't afraid, but others were. For example, the waiter and the restaurant manager from earlier—after seeing this scene, they didn't even dare to step forward.

Just as the two sides were in a standoff, Jiang Yanran and Hua Yunfeng happened to walk down from a private room upstairs.

They hadn't managed to close the business deal and had parted on bad terms.

"Huh?" "Zheng Qian?" Jiang Yanran narrowed her eyes. As she was leaving, she saw a familiar face, and after looking closely, she realized it was Zheng Qian.

Zheng Qian? Why was he here?

She immediately found the manager and asked what was happening over there.

"Ms. Jiang, the situation is this…"

After listening, Jiang Yanran understood the gist of it. She gave a slight nod and walked over quietly.

The first thing Jiang Yanran said as she walked over was a cold interrogation. Her face was as cold as frost, devoid of any emotion.

"Zhang Jian, what are you doing?"