"Do you still need to send people to monitor me? Anyone who enters or exits the underground parking lot has seen you playing games inside the security booth?" Liu Bingxue glared at Chu Lingtian with her beautiful eyes.
"Why shouldn't I play when I have nothing else to do? As long as it doesn't interfere with my normal work, is it meaningful to stand rigidly in the security booth all day just to save face or for leaders like you to see?" Chu Lingtian retorted.
"You... I really don't know how people like you can join the army. Is the army this free and undisciplined?" Liu Bingxue questioned him, half in anger and half in amusement.
Chu Lingtian replied, "The management in the army is very strict, and the training every day is grueling, but it's definitely not about putting on a superficial show like you do."
Liu Bingxue was rendered speechless by Chu Lingtian's words. She had initially thought that no matter what, Chu Lingtian had saved her twice, and now they were going to pretend to be engaged for a year, so having a strained relationship wouldn't be good. However, she never expected their values to be so incompatible, making it impossible to have even a single pleasant conversation.
They drove in silence. After Chu Lingtian drove to the underground parking lot of the Haoting Villa, Liu Bingxue opened the rear car door, grabbed her laptop bag, and stormed off.
Chu Lingtian parked the car and then walked out of the underground parking lot himself, taking a taxi back to his rented apartment.
When the taxi reached the entrance of the residential complex, Chu Lingtian paid the fare and got out of the car. Several men and women quickly approached and surrounded him.
Seeing the situation, the taxi driver, not wanting to get involved, quickly drove away.
"Chu Lingtian, let's see where you can run this time!" Xiao Lengyue stood in front of Chu Lingtian, her beautiful eyes filled with resentment as she spoke in a娇怒 (jiāo nù - coquettishly angry) tone.
Chu Lingtian looked at Xiao Lengyue and the two burly men she had brought with her and smiled, "I've always been here, when have I ever run?"
"Chu, last time Director Wang protected you, and you got away. This time, you have no escape!" Xiao Lengyue glared at Chu Lingtian, feeling that if it hadn't been for Wang Haiyang blocking her last time, even if Chu Lingtian's skills were superior to hers, he would have had to beg for mercy at gunpoint.
However, Xiao Lengyue didn't know that if Wang Haiyang hadn't stood in front of her, and she had continued to point her gun at Chu Lingtian's head, she would have at least suffered broken bones.
Chu Lingtian looked at Xiao Lengyue and asked, "Didn't Wang Haiyang warn you not to bother me again?"
"Presumptuous! You're just a lowly security guard, how dare you call our Director by his name! You're overestimating yourself!" A middle-aged male police officer immediately shouted angrily at Chu Lingtian.
"Heh heh, what are you trying to do? As police officers, are you seeking personal revenge and breaking the law you're sworn to uphold?" Chu Lingtian asked with a faint smile, looking at Xiao Lengyue and the two male colleagues she had brought.
"Kid, Lengyue says you're a good fighter, right? How about this, as long as you can beat us two, we won't bother you again." Another young male police officer looked at Chu Lingtian with disdain.
"That's right. Otherwise, we'll summon you to the police station for interrogation every day, and then you won't be able to live a normal life," the middle-aged male police officer who had first rebuked Chu Lingtian added.
Chu Lingtian asked, "What do you mean?"
"Chu Lingtian, one of my police colleagues is a three-time boxing champion at the police station, and the other has won first place in marksmanship competitions for four consecutive years, earning the title of 'God of Guns'. You're so arrogant because you think you're a former soldier with great skills, right? Do you have the guts to compete with them?"
"If not, then you'll immediately bow and apologize to me in public, and let me spank your butt dozens of times, and then I'll let you off!" Xiao Lengyue said with confidence and a strong aura.
Chu Lingtian grinned and asked, "You're a girl, why do you insist on spanking a grown man like me? Aren't you ashamed?"
"You... just say whether you dare or not! If you don't, then immediately bow and apologize to me!" Xiao Lengyue, both embarrassed and angry, her pretty face flushed red, asked loudly.
"What if I win?"
Chu Lingtian saw that if he didn't convince this fiery female police officer, she would never give up and would continue to cause trouble. He didn't have time to play with her and had to resolve this matter completely.
"You can't win, you absolutely cannot win!" Xiao Lengyue replied with unwavering certainty.
"Kid, I really don't know where you get the courage to ask such an unrealistic question."
"Chu Lingtian, I've met many arrogant people, but this is the first time I've met someone so arrogant that they talk complete nonsense. Both male police officers, after hearing Chu Lingtian's question, wore expressions of disdain and mocked him.
Chu Lingtian shook his head and sighed, "You want to compete with me, but you don't even dare to say what happens if you lose. It seems the ones who lack confidence are actually you, or perhaps you can't afford to lose?"
"Fine! If you lose, you must bow and apologize to me in public, and let me spank your butt dozens of times. If you win, I'll let you spank my butt dozens of times too!" Xiao Lengyue, with her fiery temper, was so enraged at this moment that she had lost some reason. Of course, she had absolute confidence in the skills of her two male police colleagues, which is why she dared to say that if Chu Lingtian won, she would let him spank her butt.
"Forget it, I've already spanked your butt before. Although it's white, big, tender, and very elastic, I'm not interested right now. How about this: if I win, you agree to help me with something, how about that?" Chu Lingtian asked teasingly.
"No way, what if you make me do something illegal?" Xiao Lengyue quickly refused.
Chu Lingtian said, "Don't worry, it definitely won't be anything illegal."
"Okay, I promise. Hmph, just wait to bow and apologize to me in public, and get spanked by me!" Xiao Lengyue's eyes were icy, and her expression was incredibly confident.
Chu Lingtian smiled and said nothing.
Afterward, Chu Lingtian got into the police car and, along with Xiao Lengyue and her two male police colleagues, headed to the police station, where there were facilities and firearms for the competition.
While Chu Lingtian was heading to the police station, Guo Xiaoyan, along with her team leader Peng Xia and others, was also going to a well-known restaurant in the city to attend a business banquet for clients.
Unbeknownst to Chu Lingtian and Guo Xiaoyan, this business banquet tonight was a carefully planned trap. Someone intended to drug Guo Xiaoyan and rape her.