Lan Xingye's hand had just reached to cover Qu Wanwan's back when he thought of something and withdrew it.
He picked up his light-brain device and hurriedly called his butler to come over.
By the time Lan Xingye regained his composure and looked around, there was no sign of Qu Tong.
All that remained were the impotent fury of Qu Jiaojiao and a crowd of onlookers munching on melon seeds.
Even Lan Weiying was nowhere to be seen.
His subordinates quickly brought the hovering vehicle in this direction, and Lan Xingye only had Qu Wanwan brought aboard, himself climbing irately into the co-driver's seat of the hovering vehicle first.
*
Qu Tong, who had slipped away in the confusion, had noticed early on that she was being followed, but she was in a good mood now and didn't care at all.
After walking a distance, Lan Weiying stopped, looked at the receding figure with a trace of coldness on his face, then turned and walked back.
