Chapter 731: Is it possible?

"Excuse me for a moment."

Zheng Qian finally put down the beef ribs he had been craving.

He wove through the crowded and bustling lobby and arrived at a corner.

He plopped down next to the girl wearing a baseball cap, wiped his greasy hands with a tissue from her table, and said with great gentlemanly flair, "Beauty, is this seat taken? If not, may I sit here?"

The girl turned her head, speechless, feeling like she could just die.

How could she run into him even when she came out to eat in secret!

It was just too infuriating!

Besides! You've already sat down! Why are you even asking!

Regardless of whether it was taken or not, haven't you already sat down next to me!??

[Favorability - 10]

Hmm?

Zheng Qian felt the Favorability drop and hurriedly summoned the System Girl.

Oh, it turned out to be Huo Muyan.

He looked at the Favorability of the girl in front of him again; well, it was as stable as ever, 80 points!

Even though she was wearing a baseball cap and very ordinary casual clothes, one could still sense her graceful figure. Although she deliberately used her long hair to cover her face, one could see from her profile when she inadvertently turned her head that her face shape was truly exceptionally beautiful.

Not to mention the ankles occasionally revealed beneath her pant legs, clad in white socks.

They were so slender and delicate that one couldn't help but want to hold them in the palm of their hand and play with them.

If it wasn't Shang Rongyan, who else could it be?

Actually, she hadn't noticed Zheng Qian when she first walked in.

It was only when she had just started to eat that she heard a familiar voice.

The frequency of that speech sounded so much like Zheng Qian when he was spouting nonsense that she once thought all men in Yebai spoke in this style. It wasn't until she turned her head to confirm that she finally realized, heh, only Zheng Qian in the whole world was that kind of weirdo.

But...

Why did she feel annoyed seeing him sitting right next to Huo Muyan?

Even she was surprised; could it be that she really had feelings for Zheng Qian...

Impossible, impossible!

The more she thought about it, the more she wanted to cast this thought away, but it seemed to have taken root, always lingering in her mind, seemingly impossible to get rid of, which made her feel increasingly speechless.

The most critical thing was that she had come to eat Yebai beef in secret, and she had actually been bumped into by him!

She had been full of longing for the beef here while on Liyan Island.

She had once had some beef air-freighted over, but it always felt like it wasn't the same taste as what she had eaten before.

It wasn't until she accidentally found out about this shop and ate here once that she became hooked. Thinking she might not have the chance to taste it again in the future... she decided to hurry and eat it, but she just had to run into this guy!

Wasn't he supposed to be in Shanghu?

"Heh, you've already sat down, why are you asking me?"

Shang Rongyan's mouth was as stubborn as ever. She quickly took off her disposable gloves, pretended to be nonchalant, and even said with a hint of disgust, "Everyone says this shop is the worst, so I wanted to come and try it. Tsk tsk tsk, it really is disgusting to death."

Watching her being so stubborn, Zheng Qian couldn't help but want to laugh.

She really was a single-celled organism.

Was her mind really that easy to guess?

She stood up as she spoke and said coldly, "I just came to step on a landmine, it really is disgusting to death. If you want to sit, then just keep sitting, no one will care even if you sit until the end of time. Bye."

Zheng Qian couldn't help but chuckle.

He couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly.

"What are you laughing at? Never seen a beauty walk before? Heh, I can't even be bothered to talk about you. You're simply a lecher; aren't there enough girls in Shanghu for you to ruin? Did you come all this way back to your hometown to pick up girls? I don't even know what you're thinking about all day."

Shang Rongyan huffed. She couldn't help but want to gain the upper hand whenever she saw Zheng Qian.

Zheng Qian sighed and looked at her with pity, "If you want to eat, then sit down and eat. Look at yourself, you keep saying it's disgusting, but you've silently polished off half a basin by yourself. Do you call this stepping on a landmine?"

"You're not stepping on a landmine, you're self-harming!"

"You!" Shang Rongyan glanced at the bones on the table, and her cheeks instantly flushed bright red.

She clenched her fists tightly and said through gritted teeth, "Don't say it out loud! I am self-harming, so what? Hurry up and move, this young lady doesn't want to breathe the air of this godforsaken place. I'm going back to Shanghu!"

Zheng Qian stood up, but not to clear a path for her.

He walked in front and dropped a sentence, "Get in the car with me, I have something to ask you."

"Who wants to get in your car!"

Although Shang Rongyan said this very stubbornly.

Her body was very honest, and she obediently followed Zheng Qian into the car.

It is worth mentioning that as she passed Huo Muyan, she looked her up and down with a very contemptuous and mocking gaze. This look was very subtle; it was unclear whether it was triumph after successfully competing for favor, or simply disdain born from a sense of superiority.

In short, it angered Huo Muyan so much that she stood up, ready to fight her.

Xu Huateng quickly stopped her.

He was already drenched in sweat, a bit unclear about his brother-in-law's intentions.

He was flirting with Huo Muyan on one side, and then calling another girl into the car on the other. This car had a lot of hidden meaning; he reckoned Zheng Qian might want to 'connect' in the car, which probably wouldn't end for at least 2 hours.

Looking at the empty plates that had been eaten, he gritted his teeth and called the waiter, "Six more large portions of beef!"

Back in the car.

Shang Rongyan crossed her arms and asked very haughtily, "This young lady is pitying you, afraid your self-esteem will be hurt and you'll be too embarrassed, otherwise who would want to get in your crappy car? Speak, what do you want from me?"

"My style of doing things is a bit different from others."

"Simply put, I [target the person, not the action]. Since I happened to run into you today, you can go and bring a message to Shang Yanxiong. He has plotted against the people around me time and time again, which makes me very unhappy. His death date is approaching; he should eat whatever he wants to eat."

"He should have realized by now that I have been going all out to snipe at Shanghe International Group recently."

"It's almost New Year, tell him to wash his neck clean and wait for me; I will send him underground to have a good New Year."

As he said this, Zheng Qian lit a cigarette.

The originally haughty Shang Rongyan's expression suddenly changed upon hearing these words.

It was a strange, unfamiliar expression that had never appeared on her face before; it was abrupt, unexpected, yet somehow seemed logical. Her ten fingers intertwined uneasily, and she bit her lip tightly, refusing to speak.

It was clear that she really cared about her brother.

"I said just now, I [target the person, not the action]. The only ones I want to get rid of are Shang Yanxiong and his few associates; it has nothing to do with you. I advise you... finish this meal properly, and if you can leave, then leave, as far away as possible, and get out of this sad place."

Feeling his murderous intent, Shang Rongyan's delicate body trembled even more violently.

After a long while, she finally gathered the courage and spoke with difficulty:

"Can I beg you, please... let my brother go? It doesn't matter if you want to kill everyone in the Shang family, even if it doesn't matter if you take Shanghe International, but... can I beg you, let my brother go?"

Shang Rongyan's expression no longer had its usual arrogance.

At this moment, there were only tear-filled eyes.

He was no longer the "great" second young lady of the Shang family, nor the "female devil" that everyone feared, nor the "female Teddy" who fought everyone. She was just a little sister worried about her brother's safety, nothing more.

But, Zheng Qian did not soften.

He said noncommittally, "Shang Yanxiong must die. Only then can I be at ease. He has still been making small moves behind my back recently. It's not that I haven't given him a chance, but he himself is useless, and my patience has reached its limit."

Shang Rongyan sighed slightly in her heart.

She still wanted to make one last effort, trying to move the "cold-blooded" Zheng Qian.

"Really, is there no other way?"

"No... well, it's not that there is absolutely no way. Shang Rongyan, why do you care so much about your brother? This doesn't fit your persona at all. Is it just because he gives you bank cards that you can spend money from at will?"

"No, that's not it. You... you don't understand."

"Since that's the case, it's not impossible to let him go."