“Give it to me right now then!” Qin Ya shouted angrily.
“Sure.” Su Zhan walked over to hug her, but she pushed him away before he could. “Get away from me. You better hand me the divorce papers tomorrow.”
With that, Qin Ya turned around to leave, but Su Zhan caught up to her. “Ya.”
“Excuse me. The meal you ordered is ready. You have to pay for it,” stated the boss of the noodle shop when he brought the meal out, only to see the customers at the door.
“I will pay for it, don’t worry,” replied Su Zhan.
Qin Ya attempted to push him away, which only made him tighten his grip on her. “I’m starving. Let’s get back inside.”
“Why should I do that when you’re the one starving?” The woman remained mad.
“Because I want to eat with you,” Su Zhan answered directly.
“Why are you so annoying, Su Zhan?”
“I’m sorry.”
His sudden apology dissipated her wrath bit by bit. Su Zhan used this opportunity to pull her back into the shop. His meal was already laid out on the table.
The boss feared that he would leave without paying, so he approached Su Zhan with a QR code and asked him to pay beforehand.
Su Zhan scanned the code with his mobile phone before putting it down on the table. He then clamped a piece of meat with the chopsticks and reached over to feed Qin Ya, making the woman frown.
“I’ve already eaten. I’m not hungry.”
“Just have one bite,” Su Zhan insisted.
Qin Ya glared at him. “You’re crazy.”
“Whatever you say.” Su Zhan smiled.
Qin Ya did not want other people to perceive the situation the wrong way, so she gave in to his request in the end.
“Do you want some noodles?” the man asked with a smile.
“I’ll get mad if you keep fooling around.” Qin Ya shot him daggers.
Su Zhan leaned down to slurp the noodles before casually uttering, “Shao Yun must’ve taken good care of you in C City.”
“Yeah. He treated me really well,” Qin Ya responded, not knowing that the man was trying to probe around.
“What are you to him?” Su Zhan asked, all the while never lifting his head.
“He treats me well, so of course I have to return the favor.” Qin Ya suddenly grew a bit suspicious. “Why are you mentioning him now?”
Su Zhan raised his head and smiled at her. “It’s nothing. I’m just asking.”
Qin Ya averted her gaze away from him. “Hurry up and finish your meal. Stop talking about unimportant stuff.”
“Qin Ya…”
He wanted to ask her who she would be with after divorcing because he was sure she would find herself another companion. However, he did not want the person to be Shao Yun, for the latter was way too old for her. If she were to find someone else, she should at least find someone her age.
Suddenly, Su Zhan’s mobile phone dinged with a message. Qin Ya glanced at it and noticed that it was Ms. Chen, Su Zhan’s client. He glanced at his phone but paid the text no attention.
Just as he was about to continue the conversation, Qin Ya beat him to it. “Someone sent you a message. Aren’t you going to read it?”
Su Zhan looked at his phone again. “It’s nothing important. Qin Ya, if you-”
His words were interrupted once again when his phone rang. Su Zhan frowned, hating this untimely call.
“Answer it. It could be an emergency.”
He put down his chopsticks to answer the call unwillingly. When the call connected, nobody was talking on the other end. He only heard a noise, followed by a scream, which he could vaguely identify as his client’s voice. Su Zhan looked at Qin Ya. “My client seems to be in trouble.”
“So?” Qin Ya frowned.
“I don’t have time to explain, but I think her husband has lost his cool.”
“I’ll go with you,” Qin Ya chimed.
Su Zhan refused that idea as he feared that they would walk right into danger.
“Isn’t your client a woman?” asked Qin Ya. Her question contained a hidden meaning.
Su Zhan stared at her as a smile crept onto his face. “Then come with me and watch me deal with things.”
“Who would want to watch you?”
Su Zhan kept his smile without replying. Soon, they managed to hail a taxi and Su Zhan checked the location that had been sent over earlier. It was a neighborhood. Didn’t she say that she’s staying at a hotel? His brows furrowed.
I think this is where she lives. She provided the location of this neighborhood in the real estate registration.
They arrived at the neighborhood shortly after. Su Zhan asked the property manager to join them upstairs instead of going alone.
The manager looked at them. “How do you know something happened to the residents?”
“I’m a lawyer. They’re getting a divorce, and the wife wants her husband out of the house, which I believe caused an argument.”
The manager immediately understood the situation and led them upstairs. When they arrived, he raised his hand to knock on the door. There came no reply, so he repeated the action. Soon a voice sounded, “Who is it?”
“Maintenance. We got a complaint from downstairs that your pipe is leaking. We have to come in and check on it.”
“I didn’t even turn on any sinks. Where did the leaking come from?” the man inside refused to allow them entry.
“We’ll only be able to make sure of that after we check it. Please cooperate, or the people downstairs will come here in person. It won’t be good if a fight starts. We’re all neighbors. We should always be on good terms.”
Silence ensued for a moment before the man inside opened the door. When he saw the other two people, however, he was immediately alerted. “Who are you?”
“I’m a lawyer. I just received a call from my client, and I want to meet her now.”
“She’s not home!” He blocked the door to stop them from entering.
“We still have to get in to make sure,” replied the property manager.
“It’s trespassing if you come in without my permission!” The man proceeded to slam the door, but Su Zhan pressed his foot against it. “We have to get in and make sure that she’s really not inside.”
“F*ck off!” The man attempted to close the door again. When the manager saw that he was not cooperating, he helped Su Zhan push the door, resulting in the man stumbling backward. “What the hell!”
“Where is your wife?” questioned the manager.
Su Zhan noticed the half-open bedroom door and strolled towards it but the man blocked his way. “Who permits you to go there? Get lost!”
Su Zhan shot Qin Ya a look before grabbing the man by force, giving an opening for Qin Ya to check the bedroom.
The manager also helped by blocking the man’s way.
Qin Ya entered the bedroom, finding the woman unconscious on the bedside with lots of blood oozing out of her body.
“She’s in here,” she announced.
Su Zhan and the manager stared at the man. “What else do you have to say?”
The man was already furious when he had fought with his wife. Now that people found out that he had abused his wife, his rage only increased. In the speed of light, he broke free from the other two and rushed to the kitchen, taking a knife out. “Don’t ever think about leaving this house!”
Qin Ya fished out her phone to call the police, but her action did not go unnoticed by the man. He swung the knife everywhere, making Su Zhan and the manager take a hurried step back. The man then rushed toward Qin Ya to snatch her phone away.
“Watch out!” Su Zhan’s eyes widened. Hearing that, Qin Ya lifted her head, only to see the man dashing towards her with the knife.
Qin Ya stood frozen on her spot, seemingly awaiting her death. However, nothing of that sort happened. A dark figure dashed forward and kicked the man, making him stumble and hit the bed. Unfortunately, the man reacted quickly. He charged towards Qin Ya once again, aiming at her head. Su Zhan quickly wrapped himself around Qin Ya, but before they could exit the room, the man slit Su Zhan’s arm. At this moment, the manager called for two of his colleagues, and they took the man down together, pressing him on the floor and taking the knife away.
“Whatever happens in my house is none of your business! Let go of me!” The man shouted with his face pressed harshly on the floor.
“We’ve already called the police,” the manager informed.
Qin Ya’s face paled from the shock of this incident. She only regained her senses when she saw the blood on Su Zhan’s white sleeve. “You’re hurt!”
Su Zhan held his arm and stared at her with a slight frown. “It’s nothing serious.”
They had no idea how deep the wound was, but the blood had already spread on half his sleeve.
“Let’s go to the hospital.” Qin Ya pulled his other arm worriedly while her heart ached.
During this time, the police and the medical staff had arrived.
