Chapter 484

Chapter 484 I’m Planning to Pay a Visit to Junting Lakeside!

The solid wooden chair and the fish tank collided,and the surface of that hard tempered glass was instantly covered with spider-web-like cracks,then the entire pane of glass shattered completely!

　　A full tank of water came surging out,and those dozen or so piranhas were all flung out along with it!

　　Qi Zhanji,without a stitch of clothing on,also tumbled to the ground,lying on a pile of glass shards,barely clinging to life!

　　No one could say how many wounds covered his body,his flesh torn and mangled in every direction,his chest a bloody mess. While not exactly fatal,if he had stayed in the fish tank for even a few more minutes,his entire upper body would likely have been stripped clean!

　　Being bitten and torn apart alive by piranhas — even someone as tough as Su Rui would feel their scalp go numb,let alone Qi Zhanji!

　　At this point he was more dead than alive! Scared out of his wits! He would probably carry the psychological scars for the rest of his life!

　　Su Rui’s methods were truly ruthless and merciless!

　　In his view,this outcome was entirely expected. If you do something wrong,you had better be prepared to pay the price!

　　Su Zhiyan frowned,fighting back the churning in her stomach,kicked aside a flopping piranha,then crouched down and checked Qi Zhanji’s breathing.

　　Then she stood up and made a phone call to Ninghai City People’s Hospital.

　　If the ambulance couldn’t get there within half an hour,this cousin of hers would probably lose more than half his life!

　　”Let’s go.”

　　Su Rui said to Lan Duo’er and Heathway.

　　”Hold on.”

　　Su Zhiyan hurried over to Su Rui and stared into his eyes,saying,”Qi Zhanji’s identity is too sensitive. This is going to be very hard to handle,and I may not be able to hold it back.”

　　As she said this,Su Zhiyan’s eyes were filled with complete seriousness.

　　She wasn’t looking at Lan Duo’er,the international superstar,nor at Heathway,the top-tier agent. She was only staring at Su Rui,as if in her eyes and in her heart there was only this man.

　　The intent behind that gaze could not have been more obvious.

　　”After the way I treated you back then,why are you helping me like this now?”

　　Su Rui gazed into Su Zhiyan’s eyes,his look sharp,as if trying to see right through her.

　　He had once put her through tremendous humiliation in Su Zhiyan’s studio,yet this adopted daughter of Su Wuxian not only held no grudge whatsoever,but had even sent Zhang Ziwei to help him — that alone was already strange enough.

　　Su Rui would absolutely never be so narcissistic as to think it was because of his own charm,that he had simply radiated some kingly aura and Su Zhiyan had meekly submitted… how could that possibly be?

　　”I’m not helping you.” Su Zhiyan realized she had misspoken,and her eyes flickered for a moment.”I’m simply standing on the side I believe is right.”

　　Whatever Su Zhiyan’s true motives were,in Su Rui’s eyes this answer was already more than satisfying.

　　Standing on the side I believe is right.

　　It was precisely because of those words that Su Rui truly began to see Su Zhiyan in a new light! This woman was far more remarkable than he had imagined!

　　”Alright,hearing you say that,I won’t press any further.”

　　Su Rui gently patted Su Zhiyan’s shoulder and said,”I’m genuinely grateful for all the help you’ve given me.”

　　”Don’t mention it.” Su Zhiyan’s eyes flickered again. Su Rui’s hand resting on her bare shoulder seemed to make her quite uncomfortable.

　　Men can never understand what women are thinking,just as Su Rui right now had no way of guessing what was truly going on in Su Zhiyan’s mind.

　　Because what this woman was thinking about at that very moment was the scene of Su Rui tearing open her shirt in the walk-in closet that day!

　　”I’m going to die.” Su Zhiyan said to herself inwardly. She suddenly felt her head grow hot — how could she be thinking about those things right now?

　　”I think we could become very good friends.”

　　Su Rui’s hand was still resting on Su Zhiyan’s shoulder.

　　He suddenly recalled the time Su Wuxian had invited him to visit the villa at Junting Lakeside at Qin Yueran’s engagement banquet… it seemed he had never actually gone.

　　”Mm.”

　　Su Zhiyan gave a slight nod. Strictly speaking in terms of seniority,Su Rui was technically her younger uncle! And also Qi Zhanji’s maternal uncle!

　　”Please pass a message along to Su Wuxian for me. Tell him I’m planning to come by Junting Lakeside soon to take a look at that grand villa of his.”

　　Having said that,Su Rui patted Su Zhiyan’s shoulder once more,turned and left,without even sparing a single glance at Qi Zhanji lying on the ground!

　　Watching Su Rui’s retreating figure,his words still echoing in her mind,Su Zhiyan tried her best to stay composed but nearly stumbled!

　　Of all the times to visit Junting Lakeside,why pick this moment?

　　You beat Qi Zhanji into this state,and then you’re going to head to the capital to have a meal with Su Wuxian — that’s obviously redirecting the trouble onto someone else!

　　Come on,could the intent be any more blatant? Does a person really have to be so utterly shameless?

　　”Shameless.”

　　For some reason,Su Zhiyan,who never used crude language,actually said those words.

　　The moment they left her mouth,she couldn’t help but laugh helplessly.

　　She turned her face and saw Qi Zhanji lying on the ground barely breathing,and the smile on Su Zhiyan’s face instantly turned cold.

　　She took out her phone and said,”Halong,come in.”

　　Ten seconds later,a tall,powerfully built man opened the door and walked in. He looked to be at least 1.9 meters tall,with smooth,well-defined muscle lines all over his body. Despite his height and long arms,his lower body was extremely stable,and he moved with almost no sound — clearly the kind of person whose close-quarters combat ability was off the charts!

　　”Did you see Su Rui?” Su Zhiyan asked.

　　”He’s very strong.” The tall man called Halong said in a low voice,a flicker of fighting spirit seeming to flash through his eyes.

　　”How strong?” Halong’s answer was within Su Zhiyan’s expectations,but the fact that this man would call someone “very strong” was already more than enough to speak to Su Rui’s capabilities.

　　”I don’t know.” Halong said honestly,”You’d only know after actually fighting.”

　　As he said this,the fighting spirit in his eyes grew more and more intense. That’s how martial artists are — the stronger the opponent they encounter,the more it ignites the drive within them.

　　But seeing this,Su Zhiyan shook her head,”Looking at it now,you’re probably not his match.”

　　”Why draw that conclusion? How would you know without actually fighting?” Halong seemed a little unconvinced.

　　”In terms of pure individual combat ability,perhaps you two are roughly on the same level. But you have to understand — your strength lies in individual combat,close-quarters fighting is your forte,whereas for Su Rui,close quarters might actually be his weakest area.”

　　Su Zhiyan analyzed this thoughtfully. While waiting for the ambulance to arrive,she couldn’t even be bothered to glance at Qi Zhanji!

　　”Close quarters is his weakest area? How is that possible?”

　　Halong knew that he himself was considered a top-tier fighter,and yet he couldn’t see through Su Rui’s depth at all,which meant the man’s abilities had already reached a certain extraordinary level. But Su Zhiyan was actually saying that his weakest area was close quarters! That was simply too hard to believe!

　　”He comes from the top tier of Huaxia’s special forces. He once led a Huaxia special forces unit that no one else recognized,and made a brilliant showing at an international special forces competition filled with elite soldiers,even taking first place overall. Halong,have you ever seen a special forces soldier who made his name through close-quarters combat?”

　　At those words,Halong fell silent. His own specialty was close quarters,and yet Su Rui was not only skilled in close quarters but also proficient in many other areas. How were you supposed to fight that? Wasn’t that just bullying?

　　”There’s always someone better out there.” Halong let out a sigh,and the surging fighting spirit in his eyes gradually faded.

　　”Since he’s already come looking for us,we naturally can’t just stand by and watch this whole thing spread.”

　　Thinking about Su Rui’s declaration that he would “go to Junting Lakeside in a few days to visit Su Wuxian’s grand villa,” Su Zhiyan felt a wave of headache coming on. The mess he had made,and yet she was the one who had to clean it up,with no one to even complain to!

　　If she didn’t help Su Rui this time,he would definitely go to Junting Lakeside to “strengthen ties,” and by then Su Wuxian and Fourth Aunt would end up with a very deep rift between them — that was not a situation Su Zhiyan was willing to see!

　　Therefore,whether she liked it or not,she had no choice but to grit her teeth and help Su Rui this once!

　　”Miss,what should we do?”

　　”Simple. Regarding everything that happened today,not a single piece of news can leak out of this private room.” Looking at the room that resembled a disaster zone,a cold glint flashed through Su Zhiyan’s eyes.

　　Those at the top sometimes have to use whatever means necessary. Su Zhiyan couldn’t kill all these people,but if she needed to make them keep their mouths firmly shut,she had at least a thousand ways to do it!

　　”He’s the one who caused this mess,and we’re just going to clean it up for him like this?” Halong seemed a little resentful.

　　”I need to correct an error in what you just said.”

　　Su Zhiyan looked at Qi Zhanji,covered in blood,and said,”First,in this matter,Su Rui was not in the wrong. Second,in order to prevent a worse situation from unfolding within the Su family,we need to proactively step forward and put an end to this. We are handling it ourselves — not handling it for him.”

　　Halong half understood.

　　”In a little while I’ll personally call Fourth Aunt and say that Qi Zhanji is going to stay with me for a couple of months,that I’m going to help him start his own business.” At that,Su Zhiyan couldn’t help but shake her head.”From the time I was small,Fourth Aunt has always trusted my word completely. It’s a shame that this time I have to let her down.”

　　…………

　　By the time Su Rui walked out of the private room with Lan Duo’er and Heathway,the bodyguards standing at the door had no idea what had happened inside.

　　Who exactly was this man? Why had he earned such favor from Lan Duo’er?

　　Under the envious,jealous,and resentful gazes of those bodyguards,Su Rui brought the two strikingly different,exceptional women back to the room,brewed a cup of tea for each of them,and said once more,”About what happened today,I still want to say I’m sorry. It was truly embarrassing.”

　　In Su Rui’s view,people like Qi Zhanji shared the same Huaxia nationality as himself,and for them to behave in such a manner was a disgrace to all Huaxia people!

　　Watching Su Rui’s expression of deep disappointment,a soft radiance shone from Lan Duo’er’s eyes. Five years had passed,and this man had barely changed at all — still the same as before,radiating from head to toe a brilliance that left people utterly captivated.

　　Just then,Heathway,who had been staring intently at Su Rui,suddenly let out a startled cry and said,”I know who you are now!”