Chapter 94 Charity Banquet

  When Linglong Duandou opened her eyes again with a splitting headache, she found herself lying in an unfamiliar room. Her blurry vision swept around the space, which seemed to be a hotel room. Suddenly, this little girl's heart skipped a beat, and her brain was like a sudden electric shock, instantly regaining clarity. She sat up abruptly from the bed!

  As soon as she sat up, Lingling checked her clothes first. After all, although the events of last night were still a bit fuzzy and gave her a headache, they were still fresh in her memory. More than a dozen thugs had drugged her, and although she couldn't quite recall how she'd fallen for it, she was certain that she had indeed been drugged. She vaguely remembered fighting off several thugs and escaping from the bar, then seemingly making an emergency call to someone, but her memories after that were hazy and unclear.

  "Ah!" After carefully checking her clothes and some parts of her body, Duanmu Linglong finally let out a sigh of relief, unscathed and uninjured. This ending was absolutely the best for her. As she jumped down from the bed, her line of sight discovered Chu Yan sleeping soundly on the sofa.

  "Fortunately, you arrived on time, otherwise my innocence would have been ruined by those bastards!" Ling'er walked barefoot to Chu Yan's side and crouched down to observe his face closely. His handsome and rugged face, with sharp and angular lines, was undoubtedly a genuine hunk.

  Close observation allowed Duanmu Linglong to gain a new understanding of Chu Yan, and of course, this little girl's face suddenly felt a bit hot, and the murmurs in her mouth gradually became unclear what she was saying.

  Chu Yan was asleep, but the moment Duanmu Linglong sat up from the bed, he had already woken up. He just didn't want this little girl to feel awkward, so he lay on the sofa pretending to sleep. The words that Duanmu Linglong muttered to herself also entered Chu Yan's ears without exception.

  "Upon closer inspection, this kid with the surname Chu is actually quite handsome. Wait a minute, I should have brought my camera to take a sneaky photo of him, hehe." Duanmu Linglong thought to herself, turning around to search for her phone everywhere, finally finding it under the pillow on her bed, that "Crazy Five Generations" mobile phone.

  "Snap!" She took a photo of Chu Yan with her phone, and when she wanted to take another one, Chu Yan suddenly opened his eyes. "That's enough, one is fine. Take any more and I'll sue you for infringing on my portrait rights."

  After finishing, Chu Yan let out a sigh and stretched his waist from the sofa, while Duanmu Linglong was startled by Chu Yan's sudden wake-up, but this little girl was born with a bold and daring personality, and being startled for only a few seconds was negligible.

  "How petty! It's just a photo, and I still need one for the incoming call display. Otherwise, who would bother taking your picture?" Duanmu Linglong said as she set the photo she had just taken with her phone as Chu Yan's incoming call display, then put the phone aside on the tea table.

  "Didn't I tell you to stay away from those places for the past few days? How did you still end up going to a bar? And to make matters worse, you made such a low-level mistake?" Chu Yan had always found it strange that Duanmu Linglong, whether in terms of physical ability or vigilance, was far superior to ordinary people, yet she had made such a serious error in the bar, getting drugged by a few hoodlums and almost becoming someone's plaything.

  "I don't know, I rarely go to that kind of place. Last night was the first time, and I followed a guy in secretly. But then I couldn't find him anywhere, so I had no choice but to run to the bar and have a drink. Who knew I'd fall into their trap? I've always heard rumors that they spike girls' drinks every day and take them out for a wild ride. This time, I almost fell victim myself. I really don't know what to say.

  Du Mu Ling was still shaken by last night's events. If she hadn't been so skilled with her hands, if Chu Yan hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would have been unthinkable."

  But the reason she was poisoned wasn't that she didn't want to think about it, but rather that she really had no idea how it could have happened. A cup of drink had been handed from the server's hand to her own, and even that cup of drink hadn't left her line of sight. She racked her brains but couldn't figure out when the poison had been put in the cup.

  "You've been had by an insider." Chu Yan said casually, without much thought, and immediately revealed the reason why Duanmu Linglong fell for it.

  "Insider? Are you referring to the bartender who serves wine?" Duanmu Linglong was not stupid at all, she just hadn't considered this possibility before. After all, a bartender is supposed to serve the bar, how could they possibly drug customers?

  "You silly girl, the bar you went to yesterday was called Huo Long, right?" Chu Yan asked Duanmu Linglong. The little girl nodded, and then Chu Yan continued to ask, "Did you know that Huo Long Bar is a gay bar?"

  "Comrade?" Duanmu Linglong's eyes widened instantly, and it seemed that she also recalled some scenes when she entered the bar at that time. The whole bar seemed to have no women except her, and there were many men who looked disgusting with their intimate behavior.

  "Right, it's that dead-end bar where you're always scolding me. Nobody who knows about it would go there, let alone a beauty like you. Have you ever thought about why a group of losers would be interested in you? They even resort to despicable means just to get their hands on you." Chu Yan's question was sharp, and Du Mu Ling's mind became clearer with a thought emerging.

  "You're saying that someone is targeting me?" As soon as Du Mu Ling's words came out, Chu Yan nodded with a smile "You've offended quite a few people, it's only normal for someone to want revenge. Just take this advice: in the future, avoid places where you don't know what's going on. I won't always be able to arrive on time."

  "Got it, why are you being so slow, Chu pig head?" Chu Yan's advice obviously made Du Mu Ling very unhappy, although she was grateful in her heart that Chu Yan had saved her again, and this time seemed to be the several times he had saved her. This little girl didn't seem to have any intention of showing gratitude on her own initiative.

  "I'm going to take a bath, you watch TV yourself." Chu Yan didn't feel any anger towards Du Mu Ling's words. He could sense that although this little girl didn't have a single polite word on her lips, in her heart she had already considered Chu Yan as her true friend, and only treated real friends with such tone and attitude.

  She got up and walked into the bathroom, a moment later the sound of water was loud, Duanmu Linglong occupied the whole sofa with a smile on her face, then turned on the TV and kept switching channels.

  "Chu Yan, tonight you have to put everything aside and accompany me to that charity gala." The sound of water in the bathroom suddenly stopped, and Duanmu Linglong suddenly shouted out loud. This matter had been dragging on for several days, and it seemed that today was the day when it couldn't be delayed any longer.

  "Got it." Chu Yan wasn't surprised or curious about what Duanmu Linglong had already mentioned. He knew that she wanted to use him as a shield, and he was well aware of this, so there was nothing more to say. Let's go.

  When Chu Yan came out of the bathroom, Duanmu Linglong had vanished into thin air. This little girl seemed to be used to coming and going without a sound, not even saying hello or goodbye, which was something she did all the time.

  "Get yourself dressed up properly, I'll call you tonight and you can drive to pick me up. Remember to be mentally prepared, this dog's banquet is full of sycophants and annoying things, don't get disgusted." Du Mu Ling's text message was sent to Chu Yan's phone, this little girl seemed to have gone back to prepare, although it was only 10:30 in the morning, with a long time until tonight, but for women, time is always short by a few hours.

  "What's a decent set of clothes?" Chu Yan looked at the screen of his mobile phone, where Duanmu Linglong had made a request. It seemed that Chu Yan really didn't have any decent clothes, and the most decent one was probably an olive green jacket, which was Chu Yan's favorite, but he hadn't worn it for a long time.

  "It's fine like this, doesn't matter what it looks like, as long as it can cover my butt and I don't walk out naked." Chu Yan muttered to himself as he casually tossed his phone onto the sofa. His hair was still a bit damp from washing, and his long-uncombed locks looked somewhat unkempt.

  Time flies quickly, and soon night falls again. Chu Yan receives a call from Duanmu Linglong and rushes to the location she specified in her car.

  Thirty minutes later, the car stopped in front of a large shopping mall. From afar, Chu Yan saw Tong Mu Linglong standing at the entrance of the mall, attracting countless people to steal glances at her. This girl was dressed very simply, wearing a sports suspenders and ultra-short denim shorts, with two straight and snowy white long legs exposed outside, allowing countless eyes to roam back and forth on them. On her feet were a pair of black high-heeled sandals.

  According to normal thinking, Du Mu Linglong's outfit is somewhat mismatched, but with her figure, she somehow manages to pull off these basically unrelated combinations with a lot of flavor. Of course, everyone's line of sight is actually wandering between Du Mu Linglong's legs and chest, as for whether the clothes are well-matched or not, nobody really cares.

  "Chu Yan! Are you going out dressed like that? You look just like a warlord from the old society!" The car door opened, and Duanmu Linglong got in, her eyes scanning Chu Yan's body before she exaggeratedly expressed her opinion.

  Chu Yan smiled and nodded, this set of clothes has some special meaning to me, and I'll wear it with you to the party, won't that draw fire for you?

  "Alright! You win, let's go, we're almost out of time." Duanmu Linglong said as she got up and moved to the back seat, while Chu Yan started the car and sped off towards the venue of the banquet, the Nanshan International Hotel.

  While driving, Chu Yan's line of sight inadvertently glanced at the rearview mirror, and suddenly, a spring color appeared in front of his eyes. Duanmu Linglong, that little girl, had actually taken off her clothes in the back seat!!

  "Watch out for the road!"