booktalesy Chapter 76: Danger in the Shopping Mall
Chapter 76: Danger in the Shopping Mall
Boss Wu looked up from behind the computer, watching Lin Bei frantically grab tissues to wipe the coffee table, a puzzled expression on his face:
"What's wrong?"
"No...it's nothing," Lin Bei said while wiping himself. "I just choked on the tea...the tea was too hot."
Mr. Wu picked up his teacup and took a small sip: "This tea has been steeping for a while, but it's not hot at all?"
Lin Bei smiled awkwardly: "The sip I just drank was from the bottom."
"It's too hot underneath."
Boss Wu glanced at Lin Bei, then at his daughter, sitting on the armrest of the sofa, covering his mouth and chuckling with his shoulders shaking.
He instantly understood what was going on.
Mr. Wu didn't say anything and continued looking down at his computer.
Wu Xiaoxun covered her mouth and chuckled, her eyes curving into two crescent moons, her eyelashes fluttering.
She pulled down her trouser leg to cover the black stockings, and tapped the sofa armrest lightly twice with her fingertips.
Lin Bei crumpled the tissue into a ball and threw it into the trash can next to the coffee table.
He picked up his teacup, wanting to take another sip, but then put it back down after thinking about it.
Just then, my phone vibrated in my pocket.
Lin Bei opened the message and found it was a text message from Song Qingning:
When will you arrive?
Qianqian and I spent the whole morning shopping, and we're starving!
Lin Bei replied: "Send me your location, I'll be right there."
He put his phone back in his pocket, stood up, and said goodbye to Boss Wu: "The contract is signed. We can discuss the samples in detail next time."
Mr. Wu stood up from behind the computer, shook hands with him, and said, "Okay, the new model will be released next Wednesday, and I'll send it to you then."
Lin Bei nodded, pushed open the office door, and walked out.
Seeing Lin Bei leave, Wu Xiaoxun immediately jumped off the sofa armrest and followed behind him.
Her steps were light, and her leather shoes made a rhythmic sound on the corridor floor.
Lin Bei walked out of the garment factory gate.
The afternoon sun was blazing, so he squinted and raised his hand to shield his forehead.
Just then, I heard the crisp sound of small leather shoes stepping on the cement ground behind me.
Lin Bei didn't need to turn around to know who it was.
Are you free today?
"Why are you following me?" Lin Bei stopped and turned around to ask.
Wu Xiaoxun followed behind Lin Bei, about two steps away, with her hands behind her back, tilting her head and smiling at him.
"It's nothing, what could possibly happen during summer vacation?"
Are you going to eat later?
"Take me with you, I'm hungry too."
Wu Xiaoxun hopped forward, shortening the distance between the two steps.
Lin Bei was about to say that he had made an appointment with Song Qingning and Su Qianqian at noon today, so it wasn't convenient.
Before she could even speak, Wu Xiaoxun had already keenly caught the expression on Lin Bei's face that suggested he was about to refuse.
Then, without saying a word, she squatted down, hugged Lin Bei's calves with both hands, looked up at him expectantly, her lips slightly pouting, and her voice soft and sweet:
"Brother Lin Bei..."
"I haven't eaten anything all morning, please take me with you."
"I promise I'll behave and not cause any trouble."
Lin Bei looked down at Wu Xiaoxun, who was now hanging on his lap.
The old man at the gatehouse peeked out of the window, then silently retreated back inside.
Lin Bei sighed.
It's just a meal, nothing serious. One more person means one more pair of chopsticks.
As for Song Qingning, a simple explanation will suffice later.
Although it might be difficult to explain.
But it's still better than having Wu Xiaoxun constantly hanging on her lap.
"Alright, alright, get up, I'll take you there."
"Really!" Wu Xiaoxun immediately let go, stood up, and patted the dust off her knees.
Today she was wearing long pants instead of a short skirt, and there was some dust from the cement floor on the pant legs. She bent down and patted it a couple of times but couldn't get it clean, so she just left it alone.
Lin Bei walked quickly to the roadside, just as he was about to hail a taxi, his phone vibrated in his pocket.
Song Qingning's phone call.
As soon as he answered the phone, Song Qingning's voice came through:
"Lin Bei, come here right now!"
"There's a man who's been following us all the way from the first floor to the third floor. No matter how much we yell at him, he won't leave."
"Qianqian said that this person had pursued her before and had been rejected by her several times, but he still shamelessly kept pestering her."
"When I went to the restroom just now, this guy actually came up to me and started chatting me up. He even acted all cool and asked me what my name was."
"I told him to get lost, but instead of leaving, he just laughed..."
"This is disgusting! Come here right now!"
Lin Bei's expression didn't change much after hearing this.
But he switched the phone from his left hand to his right and tapped the side of the phone lightly twice with his fingers.
Did I encounter a pervert?
It's broad daylight, and yet someone dares to be so audacious; the world is truly going to the dogs.
Lin Bei said, "Send me your current location, and I'll take a taxi there right away."
Then, Lin Bei hung up the phone.
Wu Xiaoxun, who was standing nearby, heard the sounds coming from the phone. Before Lin Bei could even say anything, she had already stepped to the side of the road and hailed a taxi.
Soon, the taxi pulled over and Lin Bei opened the passenger door and got in.
Wu Xiaoxun reacted quickly, opening the back door and climbing inside.
Lin Bei glanced back at Wu Xiaoxun, said nothing, and then gave the driver an address.
The taxis merged into the traffic.
Lin Bei sat in the passenger seat, scrolled to the location information that Song Qingning had just sent on his phone, and confirmed the address again.
The driver glanced at Lin Bei, then looked at the girl with pigtails sitting quietly in the back seat.
She thought to herself that this young man was truly blessed with good fortune in love.
Lin Bei, however, remained expressionless, staring at the road ahead, his fingers tapping lightly on his thigh.
……
Less than before.
The women's clothing section on the third floor of the mall.
After sending a text message to Lin Bei, Song Qingning put her phone back in her pocket.
She turned her head and glanced at the man standing not far behind her, next to the pillar.
Zhou Minghui changed into a black casual suit with a dark gray shirt underneath.
Two buttons were undone at the neckline, revealing a thin platinum chain around her neck.
He leaned against a pillar, one hand in his pocket, the other fiddling with the Porsche car keys.
The keychain spun in the air before landing back in my palm.
His gaze remained fixed on Song Qingning and Su Qianqian, making no attempt to conceal it.
Song Qingning pulled Su Qianqian closer to her and whispered:
"Is this person like chewing gum? Once it's stuck on, you can't peel it off."
Su Qianqian flipped through the clothes on the rack beside her expressionlessly, not even glancing at Zhou Minghui.
"Ignore him. He'll get bored after a while and leave."
Su Qianqian said this, but she felt helpless inside.
This morning, aside from telling him to "get lost," I didn't say another word to Zhou Minghui and left right in front of him.
As a result, this guy actually persisted and chased after me all the way to the mall.