Chapter 172 — The Rumor Made Real
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But a flash of murderous intent crossed Wei Zhao's eyes. Had this not been the occasion, had he not been in this identity, Li Erlhan would already have been a corpse.
He gave Li Erlhan a cold look. "Do not give me a reason to move against you. Watch yourself."
With that, Wei Zhao took Tang Zhi's hand. "Get in the car!"
"Ah... oh..." Tang Zhi's mind was in turmoil at that moment—flustered by Wei Zhao's sudden appearance, and helpless and nervous over Li Erlhan's words. Grabbed by the hand just then, she was at a loss, and before she even thought to resist, Wei Zhao had pushed her into the passenger seat.
Once Tang Zhi was settled, Wei Zhao got in, started the car, and sped off in a cloud of dust.
Li Erlhan stared fixedly after Wei Zhao's departing car, muttering contemptuously under his breath, "Driving a woman's car, and putting on airs. Just you wait and see!"
At the bus stop, Li Erlhan alone did not dare do anything to Wei Zhao. The memory of Wei Zhao prying open the bus doors and throwing him out the day before still chilled him. At the very least he could be certain that Wei Zhao was strong, and with his own backside still injured, if it came to a fight he would surely come off the worse.
But Li Erlhan was naturally not about to let the matter drop just like that. Those harsh words earlier had not been meant to scare Wei Zhao—they had substance behind them. Could Wei Zhao really stick close to Tang Zhi and protect her every day? And besides, what was driving a Beetle worth? He had backers of his own. Once he mentioned this to Young Master Bing, would he not have Wei Zhao killed?
Cursing his bad luck, Li Erlhan stood up. Seeing the crowd gathered around the platform, laughing and mocking, he snapped, "What are you staring at my ass for? Go do whatever you're supposed to be doing!"
At Li Erlhan's outburst, the crowd only laughed louder. Someone even muttered, "We're just looking at your ass split wide open..."
Though Li Erlhan was a small-time thug from the shantytown, he did not dare openly defy so many people. He could only flush red and shuffle away, rubbing his backside.
The car had been driving for a while before Tang Zhi came to her senses. How had she ended up in this car in a daze? And Wei Zhao had even held her hand... What on earth had she done?
Her mind had been in such a fluster at the time that Wei Zhao had pushed her into the car, and only now did she realize something was wrong.
"Ah, stop the car!" Tang Zhi raised her head and looked at Wei Zhao helplessly, her face red. How had she gotten into his car? Now it was all set—if anyone saw them, would the rumor not become true?
Indeed, the rumor had already become true. Liu Xinlan had come out of her house to catch the bus at the stop. She saw Tang Zhi and was just about to call out to her when she saw her being led by the hand into Wei Zhao's car...
Liu Xinlan opened her mouth, but in the end did not call out, because Tang Zhi had already gotten into Wei Zhao's car and vanished from sight...
"That girl Yun, actually lying to me! She's already riding in Wei Zhao's car and still says there's nothing going on..." Liu Xinlan stamped her foot in vexation. "What are we going to do now? Has she forgotten the lesson Xiaofen learned?"
Just as she was fuming, she looked up and saw Li Erlhan limping toward her, and her anger flared all at once. Liu Xinlan knew perfectly well that Li Erlhan liked Tang Zhi. Ordinarily, with a tough woman like Liu Xinlan at Tang Zhi's side, Li Erlhan really did not dare go too far.
What kind of person was Liu Xinlan? The sort who would chase a man down with a cleaver in hand—reckless to the point of not caring if she died. So Li Erlhan did not lightly provoke such a person.
"Li Erlhan, what are you twisting and wriggling around for? Is your skin itching? Want your auntie to loosen it up for you?" Liu Xinlan vented her anger on Li Erlhan.