The main point she had just thought of was only about Li Yan’s safety. When you’re caught in a situation, it’s hard to see clearly. In such circumstances, there’s no time to analyze anything else. It was only now, after hearing Yue Yao’s words, that she realized, that’s right! Li Yan is not in his impulsive teenage years, how could he be so reckless by nature? Isn’t it because he recognized the car and was worried about my safety?

Did he come back this quickly? Because of a single phone call from me? Is he more concerned about my safety than his own life?

Through the car window, Zhang Yurong stared blankly at Li Yan outside. For a moment, it was as if she had detached from space and time, the dangerous surroundings, a group of thugs, the closed car interior... Everything seemed to cease existing, and she couldn’t hear any sound. In her eyes, there was only the man outside, the man who gave her a comforting smile when she told him to leave, the man who was her husband...

At that moment, Zhang Yurong felt a part of her heart completely soften. Having a man like this by her side, just as Yue Yao said, is really fortunate...

...

They were speaking softly inside, Li Yan, in the noisy outside, couldn’t hear them nor was he in the mood to listen. After exchanging looks with Yue Yao and nodding reassuringly to Zhang Yurong, he had already focused on dealing with the group led by Zhang Jing.

"A hundred thousand, eighty thousand, right? No problem, I’ll take the fall for today! Let them go first!" Li Yan swung the wrench in his hand, responding to the one holding the steel pipe, but his gaze was fixed on Zhang Jing.

Provocation!

With a fierce expression, Zhang Jing had been staring at Li Yan when he came over. Now seeing him finally look over, it was with a gaze filled with disdain and provocation!

Reckless fool!

Li Yan continued to raise the wrench in his hand, pointing it around, and coldly laughed at the ten of them, "Are you all so-called men? Ten men bullying two women, why don’t you go eat shit? If you’re men, then come at me! I can take you all on alone!"

"Damn it! Looking for death?" This arrogant remark stirred up anger, and the group began to shout. Though Li Yan had a weapon, they had more people and more weapons, and a single kick from each could kill him.

Li Yan’s gaze settled on Zhang Jing’s face again, mocking, "Are you Zhang Jing or Cui Ming?"

Zhang Jing’s face twitched several times. He always considered himself more macho than anyone; the only one he respected was Li Yonghao. Li Yan’s words insinuated that his behavior was more like something the eerie Cui Ming would do, enraging him.

"Let them go! You stay!"

Finally getting his words, Li Yan went to the car door, knocked on it, signaling them to come out.

Zhang Yurong had basically heard what Li Yan said outside. She knew he was deliberately provoking this group to achieve the purpose of using himself to ensure the safety of both of them!

She shook her head towards the outside, No! If you can disregard your own life for me, how can I let you sacrifice for me? I can’t leave!

Yue Yao hastily tried to persuade for Li Yan, "Rong Jie, it’s a delaying tactic! The police might still take some time to arrive. If Li Yan gets into a fight with them now, it won’t stall until the police come, and his sacrifice would be useless! We’ll slowly leave here first, then he won’t have to fight immediately, buying more time!"

Worry leads to chaos!

In such a situation, even without experience, Zhang Yurong could still calmly close the car windows, lock the doors, and call the police promptly. But because of Li Yan’s presence, especially seeing him risking his life to protect her, she had started to become a bit flustered. After listening to Yue Yao’s advice, she felt there was some sense in it. Seeing Li Yan urging her outside, she hesitated for a while and then decisively opened the door to come out.

The driver uncle, maintaining a safe distance of dozens of meters without turning off the engine, stayed, wise enough to have time to leave if anything happened. However, he was still righteous enough not to leave Li Yan behind and run at such a moment.

"There’s a taxi over there, you two get in and have him take you back! Don’t worry about me, just call the police!" Li Yan instructed quietly, then stood in front of Zhang Yurong.

Yue Yao followed behind Zhang Yurong, always keeping vigilant in case anything happened.

Looking at the silhouette of her own man in front of her, Zhang Yurong once again felt his greatness, more than at any other time before. She thought to herself, even if love is vague and cannot be clearly spoken of, at least he is a man worth cherishing, a good husband!

"Move aside!"

Li Yan pointed the iron wrench forward, and the thugs keeping their distance spread out but remained eyeing sharply.

Zhang Jing snorted coldly and waved them aside. Those people reluctantly parted left and right, but still watched like tigers from the sides.

Li Yan spread his arms, guarding the two as they moved forward, while the others followed from behind at a distance, some not understanding Zhang Jing’s real intention. Seeing the Mercedes still parked there with just the people gone, they were not worried.

When reaching the edge, Li Yan reached out to hold Zhang Yurong’s hand, squeezing it tightly, and said quietly, "Yurong! Now you and Yue Yao go to that taxi! Then leave here immediately, I will come back safely!"

Zhang Yurong gripped his hand back, quickly whispering, "Let’s run together now! They might not catch up! I won’t let you stay here alone!"

"Don’t be silly! How could you outrun them? Listen to me!" Li Yan smiled slightly, then said to Yue Yao, "Yue Yao! Please take care of Yurong!"

Hearing his words, Zhang Yurong remembered that Yue Yao was also by her side and needed to be taken care of. She couldn’t selfishly drag her into staying with Li Yan. Helplessly, she could only focus intently on Li Yan’s eyes, seriously saying, "Don’t be reckless! Wait for me!" After the reminder, she sternly uttered word by word, "I! Want! You!"

Li Yan couldn’t help but widen his eyes. Even if boosting my morale, there’s no need to go this fierce, right?

"... Safe! Return!"

After hearing the rest, Li Yan was speechless. It wasn’t as if they were parting life and death, did it need to be so solemn? Yet he also understood that for Zhang Yurong, it was indeed a critical moment at the threshold of life and death. He nodded seriously, "I! Also! Want! You! ... Wait for me! Rest assured, I will return safely!"

"Enough with the longing?" A discordant sinister voice chimed in.

Immediately, a voice echoed, "So unwilling to part?"

Zhang Yurong didn’t listen to what they said, glanced at Li Yan again, and quickly took Yue Yao towards the taxi dozens of meters away.

Li Yan didn’t follow, so the others only regretted letting two pretty damsels escape, harboring more resentment towards Li Yan.

Watching them depart until they boarded the taxi, Li Yan no longer felt any worry and looked at the crowd gathering with a relaxed smile.

Zhang Jing led the way over, looking at Li Yan, fiercely shouting, "Boy! I’ve been looking for you for a week! Where the hell have you been hiding? Without moving on your boss, you wouldn’t show up, huh!"

Boss? Li Yan was slightly stunned, and then understood. His relationship with Zhang Yurong was still a secret. It seemed that even Li Yonghao didn’t know. Zhang Jing, based on the clue of him being a Paradise Group employee, tried to capture Paradise Group’s president, Zhang Yurong, to flush him out.

This reassured Li Yan a bit, it seemed not to be part of a big conspiracy. Zhang Jing just wanted to find him, and coincidentally, this week he had been out with Kui and Future. After failing to track him down, they resorted to this plan. If he had truly known about their relationship, perhaps, he wouldn’t have waited until today.

However... daring to harm my woman is asking for death! (Monthly pass count is 34 now, urban ninth, brothers with remaining monthly passes, please support! Thanks.) (To be continued, to find out what happens next, please log in to www.qidian.com, more Chapters, support the author, support authentic reading!)