Chapter 155 — A Very Sinister Man
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The kind who used sly tricks to ruin Wei Zhao, yet never let Sun Jingyan see it — that was the sneaky, underhanded sort of man he was.
"You don't mind if I sit down, do you?" Even as Chen Tian said it, his hand was already dragging a chair over and planting himself beside Wei Zhao and Sun Jingyan's table.
It was a table for two, but one more chair hardly mattered.
With Chen Tian added to the mix, the atmosphere at the table turned rather strange.
Sun Jingyan and Wei Zhao were strangers to begin with, so at a moment like this neither dared say much — too many words and they might give themselves away, and let Chen Tian see through the act.
And Chen Tian, who had tried to ruin Wei Zhao earlier and failed, felt somewhat sullen about it, thinking to himself: if not for Sun Jingyan sitting here, I'd crush the life out of you!
"Heh heh, so where does my friend make his fortune?" Seeing that no one at the table was speaking, Chen Tian found a topic himself — he wanted to sound out Wei Zhao's background first. Chen Tian was in top form today when it came to misery. He had thought that flying thousands of miles to Songshan City would let him be seen everywhere arm in arm with Sun Jingyan, but the moment he brought it up, she had brushed him off with the excuse that she had a boyfriend.
He had assumed she was just putting him off, and naturally did not believe it, so he kept pressing. Sun Jingyan, thoroughly out of patience, made the excuse that her boyfriend was waiting for her at the bar, having arranged to meet — never expecting Chen Tian to follow her over with such shamelessness.
In desperation, Sun Jingyan seized on the first idea that came to her and dragged Wei Zhao over to play the part.
Chen Tian had only recently returned to the country and knew nothing of Sun Jingyan's life in Songshan, so when he suddenly saw that she really did have a boyfriend, he dared not conclude whether it was real or fake, and could only probe carefully.
"No fortune to make," Wei Zhao said. His opinion of Chen Tian had plummeted. He had not much wanted to involve himself in whatever was going on between Chen Tian and Sun Jingyan to begin with, but the fellow had walked up and, without so much as asking who was right or wrong, given him a show of force — so Wei Zhao saw no need to be polite either.
No fortune to make? Chen Tian was taken aback, not quite understanding what Wei Zhao meant by that. Did he mean his family was rich, and he had no need to earn money?
But the clothes on the man were hardly fine — cheap goods off a street stall. Could this kid be playing the pig to eat the tiger?
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Wu Chengtian, and Jingyi and I grew up together." Chen Tian nodded at Wei Zhao and extended his hand once more.
"Let's skip the handshake. You nearly crushed me to death just now." This time Wei Zhao had no intention of reaching out at all. "All right, you've finished your introductions — so you can leave now, can't you? Do you realize that sitting here, you're blocking my view of the performance?"
Hearing Wei Zhao's words, Sun Jingyan frowned and shot Wu Chengtian an irritated glance. The Wu family that Wu Chengtian belonged to was known for its skill with the hands — a pair of iron palms, trained to a marvel, said to be handed down from the iron-sand palm technique of Shaolin.
Sun Jingyan knew the Wu family's background, and so naturally knew just how strong Wu Chengtian's grip could be. Hearing Wei Zhao's words, she understood at once that Wu Chengtian had pulled something during that handshake!