Tong Yi tried to interrupt the woman a few times but to no avail. Lu Zhanbei was already standing beside them and was looking at her with a knowing look. It was obvious that he had heard the woman's words.
Tong Yi lowered her eyes in despair. At this moment, there was only one sentence in her heart, 'The calamity one brings upon themselves from their own evil doings are the ones hardest to bear.'
"Who do you want to expose?" Lu Zhanbei's voice was calm. That simple sentence had a deterrent effect.
Initially, the woman had been fuming with anger and was eager to fight on Tong Yi's behalf. However, when she turned her head and met Lu Zhanbei's dark and deep gaze, her mouth hung wide open, not a single word came out from her mouth.
She leaned close to Tong Yi and whispered into her ear, "Is your husband a gangster?"
Tong Yi was rendered speechless by the woman's words.
"Should I secretly call the police?" The woman lowered her voice.
Tong Yi was left speechless again.
Just as the woman was about to say something else, Tong Yi spoke up first. "I'm sorry, I lied to you yesterday to find his whereabouts. Actually, we're not husband and wife."
The woman was stunned. After a while, she said, "If you guys are not husband and wife, why were you investigating his whereabouts?"
"Because I want to win him over." Tong Yi looked at Lu Zhanbei when she said this.
There was no emotion in his eyes.
The woman was still in disbelief. "Then why are you holding on to your stomach?"
"My stomach is super bloated." Tong Yi saw Lu Zhanbei turn and walk toward the door. She apologized to the woman again and followed him.
The two exited the hotel.
For some time, as they walked along the road, Tong Yi kept a small distance from Lu Zhanbei. After what had just happened, she felt too awkward to get close to him.
Suddenly, Lu Zhanbei stopped in his tracks and turned to look at her.
Tong Yi braced herself as she walked up to him. She lowered her eyes to avoid looking at him. "Where are we going?"
Lu Zhanbei looked at the girl in front of him trying to avoid the topic to get past the awkwardness of the situation they'd encountered a while ago. A subtle twinkle flashed past his deep eyes. He pursed his lips without saying anything.
Tong Yi could feel Lu Zhanbei's gaze landing on her. It made her feel more and more awkward. She shifted her gaze away from the ground and pretended to casually be looking elsewhere. "If you're busy, go ahead. Don't bother with me."
"I'm not busy." The man's voice was calm.
'He was so busy yesterday that I didn't even get a chance to see him the whole day. He did not even return to the room until past midnight. Now, he's saying that he's not busy?'
Tong Yi felt that the real reason why Lu Zhanbei stopped in his tracks and looked at her was that he wanted to make fun of her, not because he was waiting for her to catch up to him.
The more she avoided him, the more interested he became. Realizing that, Tong Yi decided she would not let him have his way.
Tong Yi turned her head and looked straight at Lu Zhanbei. "The hotel rules prohibit disclosing information to customers. I only came up with this plan because I couldn't find you."
"What plan?" Lu Zhanbei looked at Tong Yi as if he was clueless as to what she was saying.
Tong Yi was rendered speechless. 'He must have heard everything just now,' she thought to herself.
"Am I keeping a woman outside?"
Tong Yi shook her head. 'Of course not, not to mention outside, you don't even have a woman inside.'
"Do I abuse my wife at home?"
Tong Yi shook her head once again. 'He doesn't even have a wife. How is he supposed to abuse a non-existent person?'
"Am I…" This time, Lu Zhanbei frowned before saying," A jerk?"
Tong Yi had to resist the temptation to nod her head. She had already confessed so many times, yet he was still unmoved when she had chased him all the way to Lan City. This behavior pretty much painted him as a jerk in her eyes.
But she could not tell the truth. She had a mission to complete.
"Why would you suggest that? You're the best man in the world." Tong Yi showered him with flattery. "Otherwise, why would I chase after you?"
The woman was skilled at acting. Her speech and demeanor were perfect, and it was easy for people to fall for her acting. However, her true nature was one of indifference, she had born with it, and it was pretty hard to conceal completely.
Many women wanted to get close to him. He could tell at a glance whether they approached him just because they wanted to get to know him as a person, or because he was loaded, or for his status and power.
As for this woman before him, she had made it extremely clear that she wanted to get close to him, but he could not discern her motives.
"What do you want?"