Chapter 520 - Li Zhaojun's Regret
Chapter 520 of "Invincible Young Master in the City" starts revealing the story: Wang Siyan withdrew, and Li Zhaojun rose to her feet, making a gesture for Lu... Donât miss it!
Wang Siyan withdrew, and Li Zhaojun rose to her feet, making a gesture for Lu Chengqiang to sit down.
She said, âMr.
Lu Chengqiang, please take a seat.â
âHeh heh, sister-in-law, youâre too polite,â Lu Chengqiang said with a nervous grin.
âIâm no âmisterâ.
Just call me Chengzi or Xiaoqiang.â
âAlright, then I wonât stand on ceremony and will call you Chengzi,â Li Zhaojun replied.
âPlease, have a seat.â
âYou first,â Lu Chengqiang said, and only after Li Zhaojun had seated herself did he carefully take his seat.
Though he had braved battlefields and bullets, fearless of neither heaven nor earth, facing Li Zhaojun made him sense an aura of superiority, especially knowing that she was Ye Fanâs official wife.
He couldnât help but become reserved.
Of course, another reason he believed Li Zhaojun wanted to meet with him was to inquire about the relationship between Ye Fan and Lu Xiaoman.
This was a headache for him.
He did not want to offend Li Zhaojun, but he also did not want to reveal the specifics of Ye Fan and Lu Xiaomanâs relationship.
After sitting down, Li Zhaojun pressed the service bell, and a waiter soon knocked and entered.
âWhat would you like to drink?â she asked Lu Chengqiang.
Lu Chengqiang randomly ordered a coffee.
The waiter left, and Li Zhaojun looked at Lu Chengqiang, asking in a calm voice, âChengzi, have you seen me before?â
Discovering that Lu Chengqiang was one of Ye Fanâs people had been an accident for her.
Two weeks prior, after learning of Yang Zechengâs intentions to secretly deal with Ye Fan, she had been closely monitoring Yang Zechengâs situation.
Last week, as expected, Yang Zecheng was put under investigation by the authorities.
The Yang family was confused, but she was clear that it was likely Ye Fanâs doing.
Hence, the person who reported Yang Zecheng anonymously came under her scrutiny.
She then had a private investigation firm dig into the whistleblower who targeted Yang Zecheng, quickly learning that this person came from the Qingmu Gang in Hua Hai City.
Furthermore, recalling how the Qingmu Gang had helped deliver the recording of Xiao Yichenâs instructions to kidnap her to her hands, she abruptly concluded that the Qingmu Gang had a significant connection with Ye Fan.
However, she did not know the specifics of the Qingmu Gangâs relationship with Ye Fan, nor could she possibly meet with the gangâs leader Nie Yuling to discuss it.
Therefore, she spent hundreds of thousands more to probe any potential dealings between the Qingmu Gang and Ye Fan.
The result was that the interactions between the Qingmu Gang and Ye Fan were limited to Ye Fan buying the Heroic Bar at a low price from the gang, and then he gifted it to a man named Lu Chengqiang.
With Ye Fan spending twenty million to buy a bar only to gift it, it was evident that Ye Fan and Lu Chengqiang had an especially good relationship.
Thus, she had someone investigate Lu Chengqiangâs background, finding out that he had suddenly came to Hua Hai City to take over the bar and had been discharged from military service.
At this point, she was almost certain Lu Chengqiang was once Ye Fanâs comrade-in-arms.
She was trying her utmost to unearth everything about Ye Fan, and Lu Chengqiang, a close comrade of Ye Fanâs, had undoubtedly piqued her interest enormously, leading to their meeting today.
âHeh heh, Iâve seen you once,â Lu Chengqiang replied.
âA few months back, Ye Fan was worried about your safety and had me secretly protect you once.â
âOh, I see,â Li Zhaojun said, âStrong Brother, thank you for your protection.
I will keep it in mind.â
Lu Chengqiang quickly laughed, âSister-in-law, youâre too polite.
Itâs what I should do.
Actually, I didnât do muchâthere was no real danger for you at the time.â
Li Zhaojun nodded slightly, not dwelling on the matter with Lu Chengqiang, and paused in speaking.
Seeing that Li Zhaojun was silent, Lu Chengqiang chose not to speak either and sat quietly.
However, the longer he sat, the more pressure he felt, mainly because he was sitting face-to-face with Li Zhaojun.
Since Li Zhaojun was extremely beautiful, but also Ye Fanâs wife, he dared not look at her casually.
Sitting face-to-face without looking at the otherâs face, let alone making eye contact, would make anyone feel uncomfortable.
Luckily, the moment of awkwardness was somewhat alleviated when a waiter knocked on the door and brought in his coffee.
After Lu Chengqiang took a sip of his coffee, Li Zhaojun looked at him and asked, âDo you know why I asked to meet you alone today?â
âHehe, I donât,â Lu Chengqiang said with a forced smile.
âActually, I donât know much, especially not about Ye Fanâs private life.
I really donât understand that.â
âYouâre very close to Ye Fan; you must know a lot,â Li Zhaojun said.
She guessed from Lu Chengqiangâs words that he thought she was going to ask about Ye Fan and Lu Xiaoman.
About the relationship between Ye Fan and Lu Xiaoman, she had already prepared for the worstâthat they had already slept together.
Therefore, she didnât need to get information about the progress of Ye Fan and Lu Xiaomanâs relationship through Lu Chengqiang.
But she wouldnât tell Lu Chengqiang that meeting him today wasnât to find out about the relationship between Ye Fan and Lu Xiaoman, nor to inquire whether Ye Fan had other women.
She wanted to keep this matter hanging over Lu Chengqiangâs head and, while he was off-guard, extract information about Ye Fanâs military situation or more through their conversation.
Half an hour later, Li Zhaojun had gotten what she wanted and said, âStrong Brother, thank you for taking so much time to chat with me today.
Iâm really sorry for taking up so much of your time; I wonât be asking you to lunch.â
âScared?â Lu Chengqiang couldnât help but be startled and said, âSister-in-law, you havenât asked about Fan Brother andâŚ
uh, the other sister-in-lawâs situation yet.â
Li Zhaojun replied indifferently, âWhatâs there to ask?
No matter how much she stirs things up, sheâs just a mistress who canât show her face, never able to take the main seat.â
Lu Chengqiang was taken aback and couldnât help but give a thumbs up admiringly, âSister-in-law, youâre so generous.
Itâs no wonder youâre the official wife of Brother Ye.
Only someone like you is truly worthy of Brother Ye in this world!â
Li Zhaojunâs pretty face remained calm, showing no reaction to Lu Chengqiangâs compliment.
After Lu Chengqiang left, Li Zhaojun had Wang Siyan pay the bill and then left with her, heading back to Emali Group.
Back in the office, Li Zhaojun immediately took out the relationship chart she had made of Ye Fanâs connections.
Since Lu Chengqiang was unaware of the focus of the conversation, Li Zhaojun easily extracted a lot of information about Ye Fan from his mouth.
She picked up a pen and added annotations under Ye Fanâs name: Joined the army at sixteen, rank of Major General, active duty in a mysterious foreign unit, and the unitâs highest commanderâŚ
After adding the annotations, she looked back over all the labels about Ye Fan, took a deep breath, and thought admiringly, âYe Fan, I had no idea you were so outstanding and brilliant, so dazzling.
Itâs not that youâre unworthy of me but that I am unworthy of you.
How laughable that I judged you on appearances, thinking you were nothing but a wastrel, even worse than a prodigal son.
At that time, with the way I looked at you, you must have been laughing at my ignorance and superficiality in your heart, right?â
âThat night when you stepped away from me to take a call, it must have been because it was a work call you couldnât let me overhear, right?â Li Zhaojun couldnât help but recall and felt full of regret, âIt was me who didnât understand you, who misunderstood youâŚâ