Chapter 154 — The Professional Human Shield: The Sort of Man Who Acts the Perfect Gentleman, Polite Yet Lukewarm, Deliberately Blind to Sun Jingyan's Charms to Get Her Attention

But she had never before met a man like Wei Zhao, one who would flatly trade a fine dinner for cash!

This was no longer playing hard to get. It meant Wei Zhao had no thought of any future with her at all. In his eyes, a big meal was nowhere near as practical as money in hand.

At the thought, Sun Jingyan seethed inwardly. Had this kid lost his mind? Did he really prefer those two green girls? Was she somehow inferior to them? For the first time, Sun Jingyan felt crushed!

She even felt a twinge of regret. Why had she picked such a man to work with?

"Of course," Sun Jingyan said, struggling to stay calm. "If it works, I'll give you a thousand yuan. How about that?"

"Deal." Wei Zhao nodded. Only a fool would turn down money. It cost nothing to take it.

Still, Wei Zhao realized he seemed to have a real gift for playing the 'human shield'. If he ever lost his job, he could open a company specializing in it and never go hungry.

Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had of course seen Sun Jingyan go over and sit at Wei Zhao's table, but the bar was too noisy for them to hear what was being said.

"Xiaoshu, what on earth is going on? Who is that woman?" Gu Mengyao frowned, glancing toward Wei Zhao's table out of the corner of her eye. She had to admit, though, that the woman was striking, so much so that even Gu Mengyao marveled inwardly.

"No idea, but it looks like she is hitting on Brother Shield, right?" Shen Yushu could not make out Wei Zhao and Sun Jingyan's conversation either.

"A hostess?" Gu Mengyao studied Sun Jingyan's bearing. She did not look like one of those cheap streetwalkers.

"Maybe." Shen Yushu was not sure either. "Let's watch. This looks like fun... Oh, look, a handsome guy, just a touch less handsome than Brother Shield, is coming over. Looks like he is going to make trouble!"

"..." Gu Mengyao followed Shen Yushu's gaze and sure enough saw a man walking toward Wei Zhao.

...

"He's here. You have to play along with me!" Sun Jingyan glanced nervously at Wei Zhao.

"No problem." Wei Zhao looked utterly unconcerned.

"Jingyan, I was just paying the cab fare, how did you get in first..." A refined, handsome man in a high-end casual Armani suit strode quickly toward them as he spoke.

Though his pace was quick, he never lost his gentlemanly poise. He was clearly a young master of good breeding. That sort of inborn air was hard to acquire later in life.

Wei Zhao, of course, was the exception, a versatile talent who could fake it. On a mission you had to slip quickly into all kinds of different roles without the slightest flaw, or what waited for you could be death.

Wei Zhao glanced calmly at the newcomer and said nothing, just as Sun Jingyan had told him beforehand that he need not speak. On one point, however, Sun Jingyan had not lied. Her name really was 'Jingyan'.

"Chen Tian, didn't I tell you my boyfriend was waiting for me here? What are you doing coming in?" Sun Jingyan frowned slightly.

"Jingyan, I think you know what your parents want. I came to Songshan City this time with their blessing. They asked me to come here and look after you." The man called Chen Tian did not get angry. He did not even glance at Wei Zhao, as if deliberately ignoring him.

"Chen Tian, I think it is you who does not understand. I have made it very clear that I have a boyfriend. If you are simply looking after me like an elder brother, I will gladly accept it. Anything more is unnecessary." Sun Jingyan replied coolly, "Let me introduce you. This is my boyfriend, Wei Zhao."

"Jingyan, I do not care whether you had a boyfriend before or not. After all, I was studying abroad for so many years, and you had every right to your own life," Chen Tian said. "But now, I hope we can start over. That is what my parents want, and what your parents want too. I trust you understand?"

"Ha? Funny." Sun Jingyan curled her lip. "Chen Tian, don't you find what you are saying rather laughable? What does it matter to me whether you went abroad or not? Before you went abroad, our families were old friends, and we were like brother and sister. We still are. What difference is there? Talk of starting over is sheer nonsense."

"Jingyan, is he your boyfriend?" Seeing Sun Jingyan's resolute attitude, Chen Tian dropped the previous argument and suddenly turned the conversation toward Wei Zhao.

If he had not suddenly mentioned Wei Zhao at that moment, one might have thought he had never even noticed Wei Zhao sitting there at all!

"Yes." Sun Jingyan nodded. "You have seen him, you believe me, so can you leave now?"

"Heh..." Chen Tian smiled faintly and held out his hand to Wei Zhao. "Hello, brother. My name is Chen Tian."

"Wei Zhao." Wei Zhao reached out and shook hands with Chen Tian. Just as he was about to pull away, he suddenly felt a powerful force crushing into his palm.

This Chen Tian was clearly unwilling to let it go and wanted to stir up trouble. Wei Zhao, however, did not fight back. Let him squeeze. Back then his master had made him punch trees bare-fisted day after day, and pain of this level no longer registered with Wei Zhao.

Besides, his Xuanyuan Yulong Art had smoothly broken through the first layer and entered the great perfection of the first layer. Though still the first layer, breaking through and not breaking through were two entirely different things.

Wei Zhao's entire body had changed markedly, and his coordination had reached an unprecedented perfection. If he ran into another bank robbery like last time, he might be able to handle it without getting hurt at all.

But his injury last time had largely been for the sake of the little nurse Guan Xin behind him. On the other hand, it had also served to mislead the thugs. After all, how dangerous could a man with a gunshot wound possibly be?

So although the bones and sinews of Wei Zhao's palm shifted shape under Chen Tian's grip, it did not hurt at all, because the structure of Wei Zhao's body had already changed, and the flexibility of his bones and sinews was no longer like that of an ordinary man.

After squeezing twice to no effect, Chen Tian had to let go. He could hardly keep holding the man's hand forever. Of course, Chen Tian did not believe it had truly had no effect!

His family's training was all in the hands, and although he had not used his family's art when squeezing Wei Zhao, Chen Tian had complete confidence in his grip. So as he saw it, it was not that Wei Zhao felt no pain, but that his endurance was extraordinary and he was merely pretending nothing was wrong! He simply refused to lose face in front of Sun Jingyan.

As for using his family's art on Wei Zhao, Chen Tian had not considered it. That could break Wei Zhao's hand in an instant, and then Sun Jingyan would surely think he was bullying others with his power, which would only backfire.

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