"Are you going too far?" Huang Shanshan's expression turned grim. The bodyguard's arrogant demeanor annoyed her.
The bodyguard sneered dismissively, "Too far? So what if it is? I am President Wen's bodyguard, and this is my duty. Either you take everything out for me to inspect, or don't blame me for being rude!"
Li Se looked at the bodyguard and asked, "How rude will you be?"
The bodyguard replied with a defiant air, "You can try. I'm professionally trained. I can take on ten of you!"
Bang!
The moment the bodyguard finished speaking, Li Se's fist landed squarely on his chest, happening with lightning speed.
"Ouch!" The bodyguard cried out in pain, stumbling back several steps. He hadn't even seen Li Se's fist. As a professionally trained bodyguard, being punched by Li Se infuriated him.
"How dare you fight dirty! Let me see how I deal with you!" Enraged, the bodyguard swung his baton towards Li Se's head.
However, before the baton could touch Li Se, it stopped in mid-air, caught precisely by Li Se, preventing the bodyguard from advancing any further.
"Let go of my baton!" The bodyguard strained with all his might but couldn't yank it free.
"You said it yourself," Li Se said, loosening his grip.
"Ah!" Due to his excessive force, the bodyguard tumbled backward, landing in a very undignified heap.
"Shanshan, let's go," Li Se said calmly, turning to leave.
"Shanshan, since you're here, why don't you come in?" A voice called out from the villa. A woman, dressed luxuriously and quite pretty, emerged. However, compared to Huang Shanshan, she still fell short.
"It was your bodyguard who wouldn't let us in." Huang Shanshan naturally suspected Wen Qing of acting deliberately. Waiting at the villa gate for half an hour and then being subjected to a bodyguard's harassment upon entering seemed too coincidental to be unintentional.
"What's going on?" Wen Qing glanced at the bodyguard lying on the ground.
"I was just checking..." the bodyguard said, frustrated. He had, after all, been following Wen Qing's instructions to make things difficult for Huang Shanshan.
"Enough!" Wen Qing cut him off coldly. "This is my old classmate. I invited her here. How dare you make things difficult for my classmate?"
"President Wen, I won't dare again," the bodyguard apologized.
Slap!
Wen Qing slapped him. "In the future, keep your eyes open!"
"Yes!" The bodyguard felt wronged, but he knew he had to take the blame.
Wen Qing then ignored the bodyguard and walked towards Huang Shanshan with a smile. "Oh, Shanshan, I'm so sorry. My subordinate acted without thinking, but I've already taught him a lesson. I hope you don't take it to heart."
"I won't," Huang Shanshan replied, shaking her head. Even if Wen Qing was just acting, she had to go along with it.
"And who is this?" Wen Qing seemed to notice Li Se only then, her expression changing to exaggerated surprise. "Shanshan, could this be some herb boy? He really looks like one."
"I'm not an herb boy, I'm a doctor," Li Se replied.
Wen Qing feigned extreme astonishment. "No way, no way? You're a doctor dressed like this? Could it be traditional Chinese medicine?"
After a pause, she acted as if she had discovered something new, exclaiming, "Are you two a couple? Oh my god, Shanshan, what's going on with you? How did you find a boyfriend like this? You were the campus belle back in school, known as the Iceberg Goddess. I always thought you'd find someone young and successful, but I didn't expect you to find someone like... this..."
She trailed off, but her expression of disdain was evident.
"He is my man, and his medical skills are even better than mine," Huang Shanshan stated calmly.
"That's truly unbelievable," Wen Qing maintained her surprised demeanor.
Huang Shanshan changed the subject. "Weren't you feeling unwell? Let's go inside, and I'll give you a check-up."
"Yes, yes, come in. Take a look around my villa. Shanshan, you probably haven't lived in such a luxurious villa before, have you?" Wen Qing's words were laced with boastfulness.
The villa was indeed large and luxurious, but Li Se felt nothing. After all, it still paled in comparison to his villa in Clear Water Bay.
Wen Qing was being rather impolite, so Li Se naturally didn't hold back. "There's nothing much to see in this villa. From what I can see, you're just not getting enough sleep. Reduce your nocturnal activities and get more rest, and you'll be fine in a while."
Reduce nocturnal activities? Wen Qing's expression changed drastically. "How dare you speak to me like that? Shanshan, what's wrong with your boyfriend? Does he have intentions towards me? Seeing that I'm rich and live in such a nice villa, he's trying to latch onto a sugar mama? Tell him what kind of manners he has. I wouldn't even look at you if I were blind!"
Her words not only belittled Li Se but also Huang Shanshan, implying that she, Wen Qing, wouldn't even spare her a glance.
"You think I'd be interested in you?" Li Se chuckled. "Tell me, in what way are you better than Shanshan? In terms of looks or figure, you're far behind Shanshan. Why would I be interested in you? Besides, Shanshan and I aren't short on money. Why are you being so self-important?"
"Self-important?" Wen Qing was stunned. She was also provoked by Li Se's words. "In what way am I inferior to Huang Shanshan? My husband is extremely wealthy, and as for you, what right do you have to speak to me like this? Do you know who I am? A mere doctor, who gave you the courage to speak to me like this?"
She then looked at Huang Shanshan, continuing angrily, "Shanshan, what's going on with your boyfriend? Make him apologize immediately. No, make him slap himself, and then apologize!"
Wen Qing was truly furious. She knew perfectly well that there was nothing wrong with her health. Her sole intention in inviting Huang Shanshan over was to show off.
Back in school, she had always been overshadowed by Huang Shanshan. Now that she finally had a chance to be superior, she wouldn't miss it.
Therefore, when Huang Shanshan arrived, she deliberately made things difficult, aiming to embarrass Huang Shanshan and make her realize the vast difference between them now.
What nerve! Daring to speak to me like this?
Wen Qing sneered. Today, she would make Li Se lose all face. Doing so would be equivalent to slapping Huang Shanshan's face, and the thought excited her.