blogombal Chapter 72 : Chapter 72
Chapter 72 : Chapter 72
Chapter 72: Leaving a Contact Method Should Be Fine, Right?
Yang Yourong and her husband were so frightened that they barely even dared to breathe.
Chen Jiaqi and Chen Jiafeng both stood there with their mouths hanging open.
Chen Jiafeng even subconsciously glanced down at his pants.
Fortunately, he had not wet himself.
Holding Yang Suying’s hand, Bai Tiewei smiled and said, “I’m a year younger than you. I’ve long wanted to meet you, Sister.”
“Now that you’re moving into the Military Residential District, our two families should become much closer from now on.”
Bai Tiewei spoke in an exceptionally warm and gentle manner.
On top of that, she held both of Yang Suying’s hands and did not let go.
That special kind of body language quickly closed the distance between them.
Yang Suying no longer felt quite so nervous.
She could not embarrass her son.
“Of course! Li Mu has really caused you all a great deal of trouble.”
“He has often mentioned at home how much you have helped him.”
“I just never had the chance to thank you in person.”
At once, Bai Tiewei lightly patted Yang Suying’s hand and laughed.
“All right, the more we talk, the more formal we sound.”
“In any case, once we spend more time together, you’ll understand what kind of person I am.”
“We’re truly one of our own.”
There was something subtle in the way Bai Tiewei said that last sentence.
Although Yang Suying and the others did not fully understand what she meant, they could clearly hear the sincerity in her voice, and their hearts immediately relaxed completely.
It seemed she had not come just to exchange polite words.
And after hearing that conversation, Zhong Yanyan was left utterly dumbfounded.
She had never imagined that Li Mu actually knew Bai Tiewei.
She naturally knew exactly what kind of status Bai Tiewei held. Even as the niece of the Military Residential District’s property manager, she could not get a word in with someone like her.
Yet Bai Tiewei was being this warm toward Li Mu’s entire family!?
As for Zhong Hong, she could only let out a mournful sigh.
She had known all along that Li Mu was no ordinary person, but she had never imagined he was this extraordinary.
Bringing that useless fool Zhong Yanyan along today had truly been a terrible miscalculation.
Bai Tiewei then praised Li Mu again.
“And speaking of help, the truth is that we really haven’t helped Li Mu much at all.”
“On the contrary, Li Mu earned his position as a Junior Wolf Guard by carving his way out through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, one strike at a time!”
“His strength is so great that every Martial Artist of the same rank can only look up to him.”
“Right now, the most popular positive example for military conduct in the army is his battle footage.”
“His future is beyond measure.”
Bai Tiewei’s original intention had been to praise Li Mu and make his family feel proud.
But Li Mu inwardly sighed. She really should not have said that.
And sure enough, once she did, both Yang Suying and Yang Yourong turned pale.
They looked at Li Mu reproachfully.
What did she mean, he had carved his way out through mountains of corpses and seas of blood?
Why had he not mentioned a single word of that to them?
Bai Tiewei immediately felt awkward and realized she had said the wrong thing.
But after hearing all that, Zhong Yanyan’s eyes gradually lit up.
She had assumed that Li Mu’s merit came from modifying cultivation arts.
She had never expected that he had fought his way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
If that was the case, then perhaps he was not beyond consideration after all.
He was strong, had seen real bloodshed, held a respectable rank, had a residence in the Military Residential District, and was handsome too.
Was he not exactly her ideal type?
Aside from that rather off-putting air of false aloofness, his flaws did not outweigh his virtues.
Just then, Bai Tiewei’s phone suddenly rang.
She glanced at it, then said apologetically to Yang Suying, “Sister Yang, I’m sorry, but I have something to deal with, so I have to go first.”
“Ah, then hurry and take care of your work,” Yang Suying said at once. After all, the woman was a Commissioner. The fact that she had taken time out of her busy schedule to come see them personally was already giving them tremendous face.
Before leaving, Bai Tiewei added, “When you move in, you must let me know. Old Wang and I will come over for a housewarming meal.”
“Of course, of course.” Yang Suying nodded repeatedly.
With that, Bai Tiewei quickly left with her people.
As soon as she was gone, Yang Suying glared at Li Mu in annoyance.
“You little brat, if you weren’t going to tell me, then hearing it from someone else only makes me more worried!”
“Hehe, Mom, I was wrong. I’ll definitely tell you next time.”
Li Mu immediately put on a playful grin and tried to smooth things over.
At that moment, Zhong Hong spoke up.
“Wolf Guard Li, I... ah.”
Her face had gone so pale it was frightening. She was convinced that Li Mu would certainly complain about her to Bai Tiewei.
She desperately wanted to beg for leniency, yet had no idea how to begin.
After all, Zhong Yanyan had been brought by her, and even Bai Tiewei had seen it.
For such an important reception assignment, bringing along her own niece, an intern, had already been improper.
No matter how she explained it, she could not avoid responsibility.
But Li Mu simply waved a hand.
“Manager Zhong, I’ll still have to trouble you a great deal with the follow-up work for our move-in.”
“I’ll also need your help with all the procedures.”
Zhong Hong stared at Li Mu in shock.
If he said he would be troubling her more in the future, that meant he had no intention of pursuing the matter.
At once, she felt her nose sting.
An endless tide of gratitude surged in her heart.
“As I should, as I should!”
But inwardly, she thought, So this is what a true dragon among men is like.
With a breadth of mind like this, if it had been some ordinary spoiled rich heir being offended by Zhong Yanyan in this way, he would certainly have taken his anger out on her instead and never let the matter drop until he had destroyed her.
But Li Mu felt there was simply no need for that.
Aside from having an idiot relative, Zhong Hong’s professional ability was perfectly fine, and her service had been attentive and thorough.
There was no need to be so full of hostility.
At that moment, Zhong Yanyan suddenly said, “Wolf Guard Li, how about we still add each other as contacts?”
“Manager Zhong is usually quite busy. If anything comes up, you can contact me directly.”
As she spoke, Zhong Yanyan confidently took out her phone and opened the add-friend page on her messaging app.
Li Mu merely smiled faintly.
“No need.”
Then he turned to Yang Suying and said, “Mom, should we look around a bit more, or just leave?”
“Let’s just go. We’ll be moving in soon anyway. We can look around after we move.”
“All right. Thank you for your trouble, Manager Zhong. See you.”
After Li Mu spoke, the whole family headed out.
“I’ll walk you out,” Zhong Hong said hurriedly.
But Yang Yourong, walking behind them, immediately stopped her with a smile.
“Manager, you should go take care of your own work first. To be honest, with you following us around, it feels a little uncomfortable.”
Yang Yourong had long since seen what sort of person that Zhong Yanyan was.
Before, she had looked down on their Mu.
Now she was eagerly trying to get his contact information instead.
She really had no shame at all.
If Zhong Hong followed them, Zhong Yanyan would probably follow all the way as well.
Yang Yourong had no intention of allowing something so disgusting to happen.
So she directly turned them away on Li Mu’s behalf.
Hearing that, Zhong Hong felt a wave of embarrassment and could only stop where she was,
watching Li Mu’s family leave.
A long sigh rose in her heart.
Ah...
Although Li Mu had not blamed her, he had also made it clear that he had no intention of getting close to them.
If she had not brought Zhong Yanyan along today, she certainly could have left Li Mu with a good impression, and in the future she might have looked after his family more often.
Sooner or later, they might have become closer.
But now... that would be difficult.
Seeing how downcast she was, Zhong Yanyan put away her phone, her face full of anger.
Li Mu had actually humiliated her like that right in front of everyone.
She was a girl, and she had taken the initiative to ask for his contact information, yet he did not show the slightest bit of gentlemanly grace!
“Tch, what is with that self-important act!?”
she muttered irritably, stuffing her phone away.
Zhong Hong suddenly spun around and glared at her. Gritting her teeth, she said, “Zhong Yanyan! I must have been blind. I understood far too little about you all this time!”
“I never imagined you were brain-dead to this degree!!”
“If your father hadn’t begged me, then with your qualifications, even if someone beat you to death, you still wouldn’t have gotten into the Military Residential District’s property management office!”
“Where in the world did you get the confidence to show a Junior Wolf Guard that kind of attitude? Tell me!”
Zhong Yanyan immediately lifted her chin stubbornly and shouted back, “I don’t understand either! You’re the property manager of the Military Residential District!”
“Why are you so afraid of him?”
“Don’t those Mid Wolf Guards and Wolf Guards all speak to you pleasantly too?”
“You have such a wide network! Surely you don’t need this one person that badly!?”
Zhong Hong was nearly driven mad with rage.
If not for her self-control, she truly would have slapped her.
She cursed bitterly, “You really are... an idiot!!”
She genuinely could not think of a more fitting word than that.
“The Military Residential District’s property management office is nothing more than a team made up of the most outstanding property management professionals selected by the Housing Management Office!”
“We are only working here! We are here to serve them better!”
“We do not have the slightest military background!”
“The reason they speak to me pleasantly is because they are polite!”
“It is not because they fear my status! In here, I am nothing more than a service worker, do you understand!?”
“Do you have any idea what kind of status a Junior Wolf Guard has?”
“With a single word from him, I would have to pack up and get out!!”
By this point, Zhong Yanyan’s eyes had already gone wide.
She could not believe that her aunt’s status was so different from what she had imagined.
Zhong Hong said with absolute finality, “I have already done all I can for you. Get out right now!”
“Stop causing trouble for me!”
“You may not believe it, but today was your only chance!”
“In this lifetime, you will never again have a chance to be connected to a young talent at the level of a Junior Wolf Guard.”
After saying that, Zhong Hong shook her head and strode away, leaving Zhong Yanyan standing there in a daze.