The 3 B's- Beauty, Brains and Bravery

Chapter 349: "Next time, there will be Six."

"It's alright. I won't hurt your fiance.", Zhi Xi stood up, placing his gin on the bar counter, he approached the two women. "I am bored torturing that man already. It's no pleasure playing with drunkards, you see.", he shrugged, waving at the manager, "Done for tonight. The show's over. Please get the party back on track. 

"We invested in 'Blush' not for it to be doomed like this. Let people have fun."

The manager bowed down obediently and called for some of the club employees. In a minute or two, the buzz, and the merriment had returned to the environment. As the audience digested the incident they'd just witnessed and got back to 'drinking and dancing', Xi Wei and Rong Xiao joined Lu Wei and the sleeping girl by the barside. 

"What just happened?", Xi Wei asked worriedly, looking at his Sister-in-law.

"She is asleep.", Lu Wei replied, "By the way, what were you two doing when she was getting herself 'this' drunk?"

"Sorry, brother.", Rong Xiao felt guilty as she held onto her sister's unoccupied hand. 

"Xiao, don't.", Lu Wei sighed, "No one's blaming you. I am just not able to figure out what drove her to drink beyond her tolerance limit. This isn't usual. Something terrible must have happened."

"Actually...", Xi Wei spoke up, "Something terrible did happen."

Lu Wei frowned, "What do you mean?"

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Meanwhile, Zhi Xi waited for the crowd to disperse before he stared right into Huang Biu's eyes.

"No matter what psychotic romantic fantasies you have for Xi Yuan, one more such move against my sister, and you will know what hell feels like.", the man warned, his gaze burning with fury, "You have my word for that."

"President Zhi, what are you-", Huang Biu was shocked to her core. How could he possibly know about her involvement in the entire plot? 

"Do not try to play the victim, Ms. Huang.", the man interrupted, "We saw you hand over the bills to those men from up there. I don't want any explanation, neither do I expect an apology.

"All you have to do is stay away from my sisters. Because trust me, next time, there won't be two. Next time, there will be Six."

The man then turned to look at Zhao Chenhua, "I pity you, you know? A puppet to your so-called friend. Well. A tip? Stop trusting her as soon as you can."

Huang Biu followed behind Zhi Xi hastily as she realized he was walking away, "President Zhi. About our meeting..."

The man stopped in his tracks and clenched his fists. She had some nerves, thinking about that after all of this. "For someone as diplomatic as you, Ms. Huang, I genuinely hope you move on from the first deal you lost, throughout your entire carrier. Zhi Corporations won't be merging with the Huang family. Good evening."

As the man continued walking farther, towards his two sisters, Huang Biu stood frozen, taking in what had just happened. She didn't know is she was grateful that the Superfamily hadn't held grudges against her, or if she was enraged that Zhi Xi had rejected to even discuss business with her. With the influence she had in the business world, this was the first time someone had looked down upon her like that. Anyhow, she was in no position to debate with the Superfamily tonight. The Rong girls were clearly, on the top of their priority list. 

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4:00 a.m., Lu Family Mansion;

Lu Wei tucked the girl into her bed while Zhi Xi covered her with the blanket. They've had a long discussion about the sudden appearance of Rong Quiang en route to the Lu house. In the end, they had decided to talk to the girl about it in the morning, lest she would be sober. 

The men were about to close the girl's bedroom door when her phone rang up. Lu Wei strode inside and opened her sling bag, pulling out her phone. The man muted the phone and stepped out of the room before he finally picked it up. 

"Is it too late to call you, Baby?", Xi Yuan's deep compelling voice resounded through the other side. The man was signing a checkbook, so he wasn't really looking at the screen. 

"I had fallen asleep minutes ago, Cupcake.", Zhi Xi spoke up, grabbing the phone from Lu Wei, "I am so lonely here."

Xi Yuan looked up, startled by the masculine tone, "Oh! Hello, Bro Zhi, and Bro Lu."

"Do you have any idea what your girlfriend has gone through today?!", Zhi Xi roared.

"What happened?", the man furrowed his brows.

Lu Wei snatched the phone back from Zhi Xi and pointed towards the kitchen, gesturing him to prepare some coffee for the two of them. Zhi Xi struggled to get the phone back but eventually, he had to let go of it. Lu Wei was much too bossy.

"Bro Lu. What happened?", Xi Yuan questioned again, his voice laced with anxiety this time.

"Huang Biu happened.", Lu Wei replied indifferently, pulling his tie off.

The two men spent the next fifteen minutes explaining every little detail of the party to the man, who listened to them with an equal amount of attention. The more he listened, the darker his gaze turned. How dare she think of even targeting his woman?! She was going to face the consequences of her actions soon, he would ensure that.

"I hope Xinghe doesn't remember that 'touching' part by tomorrow.", Zhi Xi said, "She will feel horrible and miserable. And maybe, a bit guilty too."

"Don't worry. I will talk to her tomorrow, first thing in the morning.", Xi Yuan shook his head, "I can't let her blame herself for something that was totally out of her control."

Lu Wei remained silent for sometime before he decided to speak up, "Yuan. She missed you today. Actually, she misses you every day. But when we were dealing with those men today, she had tears in her eyes. She was looking at her phone's cover photo, your photo, every now and then. 

"She needed you today. With Rong Quiang showing up and with Huang Biu's dramas, she needed you the most. Long-distances are beautiful in their own way. But she needs you. Beside her. Just try to wind up everything over there and come back. Okay?"

Xi Yuan hesitated for seconds before he sighed, "I might have a piece of surprise for her, Bro Lu."