Top-class Bodyguard

Up ahead, it was actually that woman he'd met on the train the first time he came to Yanjing, Xu Tinglan.

Right now, Xu Tinglan was being pulled at by a group of people—or rather, surrounded was more accurate.

"Let go of me!"

Xu Tinglan flung her arm, shaking off someone's hand, her gaze glaring angrily at the rich kid in front of her.

"Ting Lan, didn't expect to run into you here. We really are fated, aren't we?" That rich kid said with a smile on his face.

"No fate. Don't think I don't know you're following me."

Xu Tinglan stared at him coldly. She wasn't worried he'd try anything crazy, because this was still in full view of the public; there were plenty of people around watching.

The passersby who saw this scene only looked over curiously, then walked straight past.

"How could I do something like that?" The rich kid didn't care at all, still wearing that smile. "We really do have fate, and this time, I actually have something to discuss with you."

"I don't want to discuss anything with you. Whatever it is, go talk to my dad."

"No, Ting Lan, I think this kind of matter still needs to solicit your opinion, since it concerns your own happiness."

The rich kid's smiling face made him look exactly like a big bad wolf.

"You—become my woman. How about it?"

"Li Da, don't even think about it!"

Xu Tinglan shouted, her voice immediately drawing sidelong looks from the people around.

"Don't be in such a rush. I haven't even explained the situation yet." Li Da was still utterly confident. "Your Xu Family is on the verge of collapse right now, isn't it?"

Xu Tinglan was startled and looked at Li Da.

"Don't look at me like that. You're a member of the Xu Family; you should be even clearer on this than I am. This, you can only blame on your Xu Family being too greedy. So many families in Yanjing suddenly disappeared, and correspondingly, a big chunk of space at the top opened up, along with a lot of resources. That was bound to trigger a scramble among the various families."

Li Da said with a smile, "There's nothing wrong with competition in itself, but a family has to have the strength to compete. If you don't have the strength, then just sit tight in your own place. But having no strength and still wanting to snatch things—that only leads to a miserable end. Take your Xu Family for example. Wouldn't it have been fine to just be a small clan honestly? But you just had to snatch things out of the mouths of the mid-tier families. Isn't that like trying to take food from a tiger's jaws?"

"And the result of that is that your Xu Family is now beset by enemies inside and out. I hear you've already offended over a dozen small families and two mid-tier families, haven't you?"

The color drained from Xu Tinglan's face; she turned deathly pale. Struggle flickered in her eyes. She bit her lip and said nothing.

Li Da smiled slightly. Seeing Xu Tinglan like this only made him more confident.

Today, he'd be able to swallow this woman whole.

"It's highly likely your Xu Family won't make it past this and will be wiped off the map of Yanjing. If you don't find a way soon, your Xu Family really will be finished."

Xu Tinglan's heart grew even more panicked. She had already been troubled by this matter before; now that Li Da brought it up again, she felt even more flustered and stifled.

"And what does that have to do with you?"

Xu Tinglan stared hard at Li Da.

"Of course it has to do with me. My Li Family may not be an upper-tier family, but among mid-tier families we're one of the stronger ones. As long as I step forward, those families naturally won't target your Xu Family anymore. Protecting your Xu Family would be easy as pie."

Li Da said with confidence.

"And you only need to pay a tiny little price." Li Da smiled at Xu Tinglan, his gaze running up and down her body before finally settling on her chest.

"What I said earlier about you becoming my woman isn't what you're imagining. Put it another way—I'm interested in you, but that interest might only last for a period of time. After that, you'll be free. How about it?"

"You won't suffer any loss and you can still save your Xu Family. Why not?"

Tragedy seemed to flicker in Xu Tinglan's eyes. Sometimes, being the daughter of a major family meant you often had no control over your own fate. In matters like this, did she really have the option to refuse?

This Li Da in front of her was narrow-minded and vindictive. If she turned him down, the Li Family might unleash mad retaliation. Then the Xu Family would be in even greater danger.

But if she really gave herself to him just like this, her heart was filled with nothing but unwillingness.

The two thoughts tangled wildly in her mind, her face alternating between pale and flushed.

Li Da was in no hurry. He stood there calmly, utterly certain that this woman could not escape his control.

A full thirty seconds passed and Xu Tinglan still hadn't spoken. Li Da smiled and said, "Of course, I'm not the type who likes to force people. It's just that if you won't think of yourself, at least think of the Xu Family. If you're willing, then come get in the car with me."

Li Da lifted his hand and pointed at a car parked not far away.

"How can I be sure you'll help the Xu Family?" Xu Tinglan asked.

"Relax, this is a transaction. In this area, I'm still a man of my word. Besides, do you have any other choice?"

Li Da said with a smile, "Aside from me, what other family would be willing to help the Xu Family?"

The color finally drained completely from Xu Tinglan's face. It was as if her soul had been sucked out of her body. She looked at the car not far away, the light in her eyes seemingly extinguished.

"Please."

Li Da extended his hand with a smiling gesture.

Step by step, Xu Tinglan walked over. The servants around Li Da also moved aside, but still followed along behind her.

Li Da was extremely confident in his heart. There was nothing he wanted that he couldn't get. Once he got this woman first, what did the life or death of the Xu Family have to do with him?

If blame had to be assigned, it could only be on her. After all, she wasn't from one of the upper-tier or top-tier families, was she?

Xu Tinglan walked up to the car, but then stopped. There was struggle in her eyes. Suddenly, she snapped her head up.

"No! I don't agree!"

Xu Tinglan backed away, her eyes resolute. "You're lying to me. I don't agree!"

Li Da's face instantly darkened. "Bitch, you think you have the right to choose?"

The next moment, the servants around them immediately lunged at Xu Tinglan, trying to stuff her straight into the car.

But before they could get close, they felt as though they'd been struck a heavy blow and their bodies were sent flying backward out of control.

Li Da froze for a moment. When he looked up, he saw that at some point a figure had appeared behind Xu Tinglan.

"Fuck, you dare stick your nose into my business? You're looking for death!"

Li Da erupted in anger on the spot, striding forward and swinging a slap at Ren Feng!

However, in the next instant, his furious face twisted into one of pain. That hand of his was caught in midair, clamped like an iron vise, the pain making it feel as though his arm was about to snap.

"Ah, ah!"

Li Da howled in agony. He had been standing straight a moment before; now the pain was so intense he was about to drop to his knees.

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