Beauty and the Bodyguard

Chapter 1320 – Trouble, Worry

 An Jianwen and the professor got out of the police station without much trouble- they were the victims, after all, and after just asking about the process of them getting scammed, she let them go!

 The problem now was that, while Scorpion had confessed, the money was gone! This really troubled her- according to Scorpion, he was of the Red Sconces. His purpose was to pull money for the group, and also gather information for them!

 The Red Sconces were causing a lot of trouble these days in Songshan, and so she didn’t doubt the words. Even the special division couldn’t catch that group, let alone Songshan. It wasn’t her place to think about that. She did all that she could do to stop the arena.

 She put her effort into the grave robbing after the case settled- she needed to use all her strength for this, fighting mind games with them!

 After the arena, Yufeng kept coming to her office day after day, annoying her- but there was nothing she could do. She hoped that Lin Yi would come to break his legs so he could leave!

 “Lingshan, finally done, right? I saw the papers, a complete victory! Congratulations, you’ve done it again!” Yufeng kept looking at Lingshan- Lingshan was saying that she was busy with a case, but now that it was done, there was no excuse she could use to reject him now!

 “It’s thanks to everyone,” Lingshan said flatly. “You need something?”

 “I booked a table at Starlight Restaurant today, and I’m thinking of celebrating with you. How is it? You have time tonight?” Yufeng smiled.

 “Sorry, not tonight- another case came in.” Lingshan waved to indicate the files. “I need to work overnight tonight. We can talk about it next time.”

 “That’s…” Yufeng felt troubled- Lingshan’s words made his face grew a little irritated. But then, Lingshan’s reason was completely justified. He could only grit his teeth. “Alright then, I’ll be leaving!”

 Looking at Yufeng’s figure, leaving. She frowned. This person was annoying and kept chasing her. While she could push him away now, but what if time went on? He’d lose his patience one day, so what would he do when that day came?

 She might have to confront House Yu then, but what about House Song? Her mood turned sour at the thought…

 If there wasn’t this marriage, even with Lingshan’s ‘potential’, their spot in the noble house community would be taken for granted. It made her happy, but the thing with House Yu changed everything! On the surface, they had Yu support, which would make them stronger, but she didn’t like him!!

  If she didn’t have anyone she liked, then fine, she could go with it a bit for the sake of her house, but the problem was that she did have someone! She wouldn’t go with him if that was the case!

 But then, the confrontation came! They couldn’t just back out of the marriage! This was about the reputation of the house!

 If it were the Yu’s asking to cancel, then her house could handle that. Since House Yu was the stronger house- people had to listen to them!

 But if it was the weaker House Song asking for cancelation, who knew what would happen? What would House Yu do amidst their anger?

 A knocking came outside. Lingshan sighed. “Come in!”

 It was Chen Yutian- he had been invited by Lingshan to talk about the graverobbing.

 “Lingshan, what’s wrong? What’s with the frown?” Yutian had given up on Lingshan, but he still cared about her, noticing the slightest change in her.

 He had to ask why she had that face on.

 “Yutian Bro, you came!” Lingshan forced on a smile. “It’s House Yu’s Yu Feng! He came again, booking a table at a restaurant saying he wanted to celebrate with me…”

 “Again?” Yutian frowned. “Can’t he tell that you don’t like him?”

 “He can, but so what?” Lingshan shook her head, “You were able to tell too, but you kept coming, didn’t you?”

 “I… That’s different, at least I wasn’t so persistent…” Yutian said, feeling abit awkward. “But he seems to keep pressing on regardless?”

 “Who knows? I don’t know how I’m supposed to say no to him…” Lingshan said. “The noble house meeting is coming up, and I don’t want House Song and House Yu to be on opposite sides. That would hurt us…”

 “What about this, I’ll talk with Yu Feng? We’re both men, so it’s easier that way. I’ll ask him to let go on his own, backing off- this wouldn’t cause any trouble to both your houses!” Yutian said after a sigh. “They’d keep their face if it’s House Yu canceling it!”

 “It won’t work. Yu Feng is different from you- he’s someone who doesn’t stop until he reaches his goal. In his eyes, I see plenty of desire- he won’t give up that easily.” Lingshan smiled bitterly, “He’s an unreasonable man.”

 “No matter what, we can still try?” Yutian also had an idea of what the guy was like from Lingshan’s description. Tyrannical and unreasonable- he just wanted to shoulder some of the responsibility with Lingshan.

 “It’s fine. I don’t want to drag your house into this.” Lingshan waved her hand. “Your House Chen is in trouble, too- it’d be good if you guys could keep your position…”

 “Maybe I can talk to Lin Yi about this and see if he has some way?” Yutian thought bout it.

 “After a while- he seems to be really busy nowadays,” Lingshsan said, “I’ll continue pushing him away first. We’ll think about it if he continues.”

 Lingshan wasn’t truly a girlfriend of Lin Yi’s yet, and she didn’t even know if he was willing to get involved. She wanted to develop some feelings with him first, making it easier…