Chapter 267: I'm Waiting for You

Lu Zhenzhen pushed those two items in front of Han Qi.

His gaze toward Han Qi was somewhat undisguisedly disdainful.

As if Han Qi was already a lost cause.

Han Qi acted as if he hadn’t noticed and calmly continued to eat his porridge; halfway through, he heard Lu Zhenzhen ask calmly, “Those lurking outside, they are your men, right?”

Han Qi’s expression remained unchanged, and he lightly responded, “Yes.”

“Young Master Han, if you didn’t want to be trapped, it would be easy.

Why did you intentionally stay?”

“What do you think,” Han Qi stirred the plain porridge in his bowl, “how is Jiaojiao doing?”

A fierce twitch crossed Lu Zhenzhen’s brow.

“Did you stay just to ask that?”

“Yes, Gao Zhe has been here, Pei Dongshi too, but I was waiting for you.”

Han Qi was a straightforward person, not one for beating around the bush, “I dare not go see her, afraid to annoy her, and you would eventually come to me.

Hearing about her from you directly can put my mind at ease.”

The cold look in Lu Zhenzhen’s eyes dispersed, replaced by shock and amazement.

If it weren’t for Han Qi’s reputation, she almost thought the person before her was love-struck.

“Why?”

Han Qi knew what she was asking and said directly, “She saved my life once.”

“When was this, and how do I not know?”

Han Qi leaned back and straightened up; in reality, he had no strength in his hands, all relying on one bent leg, and if the hand holding the porridge bowl weren’t resting on his knee, it would have trembled uncontrollably.

“Miss Lu, you’re being unfair, It was I who asked you, but now it seems you are the one pressing me for answers.”

Lu Zhenzhen looked up, her gaze under the light dark as night.

She slowly spoke, “Jiaojiao is fine, a sleep will do her good.”

The smile on Han Qi’s face instantly stiffened.

The weight on his heart was lifted.

“Thank you.”

Lu Zhenzhen nodded.

“But I’m sorry, I can’t tell you when Jiaojiao saved me, even she doesn’t know.”

Lu Zhenzhen’s face changed, “Are you playing with me?”

“I wouldn’t dare.”

Han Qi leaned back, his back against the chair leg; he thought foolishly that such a flimsy chair could support him.

It was Lu Zhenzhen’s eye signal to her bodyguard that prompted him to move behind Han Qi, placing his foot on the other side of the chair, allowing Han Qi to stay balanced.

“I promise I’ll never hurt her again.

You see, having lived in the gutter for so long, seeing even a sliver of light made me want to climb toward it.”

During countless nights, he would recall the moment Nan Jiaojiao dragged him out of the car and saved him with acupuncture.

Before she arrived, he had no will to live, too many were openly and secretly hoping for his fall.

When the sports car went out of control down the mountainside, he knew it had been sabotaged but didn’t think of seeking help, thinking death might be better given the predators around, even his own grandfather was on his guard against him.

But then Nan Jiaojiao came and pulled him back from the brink, and his life belonged to her.

It might have been a simple gesture for her, but it was a rare light in his life.

“I’ll tentatively trust you, let it end here, and stay away from my Jiaobaoer in the future.”

Lu Zhenzhen’s voice pulled him back from his thoughts.

“Miss Lu, one can’t be too greedy; I’ve already promised not to hurt her.”

“Don’t believe me?

Just try and see.”

Lu Zhenzhen casually picked up a skewer of barbecue and placed it on his bowl of porridge, smiling innocently, “I might not have other methods, but causing you to be half-paralyzed is still within my capabilities.”

Han Qi cooperated and gasped in pain, yet his face showed no sign of fear, suddenly fixing his gaze.