"Thank you."
Yang Ran snapped out of her trance when she heard that woman's shill voice. She turned around and found that Mrs. Peng was looking at her furiously.
Her immediate response was to run away. However, a certain someone was holding her hand tightly, preventing her from escaping.
Yang Ran shot Qi Ming Wei an angry look. However, the young commander had a calm look in his eyes. It was as if he could not understand her hint.
The sounds of the high heels approached closer.
Yang Ran turned around and saw that Mrs. Peng was walking in her direction with an angry look on her face.
"You bitch!" Mrs. Peng raised her hand.
Instinctively, Yang Ran closed her eyes as she readied herself for the impact. However, the slap that she was expecting did not arrive. She opened her eyes slowly and saw that the commander was blocking Mrs. Peng's slap.
Yang Ran turned swiftly to look at the commander. There was a hint of disbelief in her eyes.
She would never have thought that this person would help to block a slap for her.
"You!" Mrs. Peng looked at the commander angrily. "What are you doing? Do you know who I am?"
Qi Ming Wei shot a look at the elder woman, causing her to flinch back slightly.
"Why are you defending this seductress?" Mrs. Peng gritted her teeth angrily. She turned to the guards and waved for them to come forward. "Guards. Check on this woman. I'm sure that she had attended this party without an invitation."
"I don't care who you are," Qi Ming Wei spoke. Slowly took off his masquerade mask. His lips turned into a faint smile as his gaze met with Mrs. Peng. "However, I am not going to let you harm my person."
Yang Ran looked at the person beside her incredulously.
When did she become his person?
Why didn't she know anything about it?
"Who are you?" Mrs. Peng narrowed her eyes dangerously at the commander.
Mrs. Peng was about to say another word when her friend tugged at her arms. The moment she heard her friend's words, Mrs. Peng's expression started to change. She gave the commander a lookover as if she could not believe what her friends had said.
"Commander Qi?"
As Mrs. Peng spoke his name, the others began to look carefully at the commander as well.
It was then that they realized that they have seen this man by the president's side.
Recently, President Liang appeared on a few public occasions. Each time, that the president came out, the person who would accompany him was no other than this commander.
A while ago, a portal published the commander's brief profile on the internet.
Qi Ming Wei's identity was quite special. Even without his identity as the President's head of security, just mentioning his family would be enough to scare some people.
And this included Mr. and Mrs. Peng.
The cruise's guards walked over wanting to check Yang Ran's invitation card. However, their steps halted when the commander raised his hand, signaling them to stop.
Qi Ming Wei had one hand on his mask and another was holding Yang Ran tightly. He looked at the guards and spoke, "This lady came to this party as my plus one." He turned to Mrs. Peng again. "Do you have any problem with that?"
The image of Yang Ran flirting with her husband was still fresh in her mind. However, Commander Qi was indeed someone that her family could not afford to offend.
Even if she wanted to gran the seductress away from the commander, Mrs. Peng did not have the courage to do so.
At the side, her friends continued to nudge at her arms, warning her not to make unnecessary trouble with the commander.
In the end, she could only force a smile. "Of course, I don't have any problem with that."
"I'm glad." Qi Ming Wei put his mask back on. "Then, he turned to the onlookers and lowered his head. "Everyone, I am sorry for the disturbance."
Once Mrs. Peng and her friend had left, everyone else seemed to lose their interest in the drama and quickly dispersed.
Without saying a word, Qi Ming Wei dragged Yang Ran away.
Yang Ran looked at the person beside her as she tried to wriggle her hand away from his grasp. After a while, the young commander finally stopped on his track and turned to look at the woman.
"Mr. I am thankful for your help." Yang Ran spoke as she met his gaze."However, this is not the reason for you to act indecent towards me," Yang Ran spoke.
She had spent a long time putting on her make-up. With the mask covering half of her face, Yang Ran was confident that the young commander would not be able to recognize her.
Qi Ming Wei stared at the person with an amused look in his eyes. "You don't recognize me?"
"I'm sorry. Should I know you?" Yang Ran continued to play pretend. "I believe that this should be the first time we met."
Qi Ming Wei let out a chuckle. "But what should I do? Even if you put on a mask and wore this thick make-up, I can still recognize you." He lowered his head and whispered to her ear. "Miss Yang Ran."
Her heart skipped a beat and her palm started to sweat.
Yang Ran was very confident that Qi Ming Wei would be unable to recognize her. However, she had thought wrong.
Just... how did he recognize her?
Even the people who were close to her would have trouble recognizing her when she put on a different style of make-up.
The man's piercing eyes were making Yang Ran anxious.
She was aware that Qi Ming Wei has been looking for her ever since she escaped from the hospital. Now that he had got her, Yang Ran worried that the man would not let her leave easily.
The music continued to play in the background as well as the chattering voices. It was as if everyone had forgotten the little episode a few minutes ago.
Suddenly, a couple bumped into them.
Qi Ming Wei looked around and finally realized that the two of them were standing in the middle of the dancing floor.