Chapter Thirty-One: Forceful Kiss

  The Hong Lou Club is indeed a top-notch private club, with exquisite dining options. Fine wines and delicacies from all over the country are available here. Zhao Chuan enjoys Huaiyang cuisine and Cantonese cuisine, so the dinner table is mostly filled with seafood and light dishes like salted duck in Huaiyang style.

  Zhang Qingyun originally had a heavy taste, but this table of dishes he ate as usual could bring out the true flavor, and it was delicious.

  Zhao finished his meal quickly, and Zhang Qingyun had only eaten half of it when he was done. Zhang Qingyun could only hastily eat a bit more before putting down her bowl and chopsticks, looking somewhat unsatisfied.

  After dinner, Zhao Chuan never mentioned work again, and everyone just chatted casually. Zhang Qingyun could see that Zhao Chuan's concern for Geng Shuang was genuine, it seemed that Sun Ke still had some weight in Zhao Chuan's heart, but what kind of person was Sun Ke after all?

  Everyone chatted for a while, and Zhang Qingyun judged that the sky was not early, so he proposed to bid farewell. Zhao Chuan did not detain him much, but asked Geng Zhan to come out and send him and Geng Shuang out of the door.

  "Ah! I'm telling you... Missus, take this card!" As soon as they walked out the door, Geng Zhan blurted out a shocking sentence.

  "Pffft!" Zhang Qingyun almost fainted, while Geng Shuang's face turned bright red with anger. She scolded Geng Zhan in a flustered tone: "What nonsense are you spouting? You...you..."

  "What's wrong? It seems like it was always this way!" Geng Zhan scratched his head and said with a pout.

  "What's the card? Why give it to me?" Zhang Qingyun immediately diverted the topic.

  "Have you forgotten? This is the money you won at the gambling table just now, I don't dare to take it, after all, it's the boss's money."

  Zhang Qingyun was taken aback, and immediately tried to decline, but Geng Zhan refused to back down, and forcibly stuffed the card into Zhang Qingyun's pocket. When it came to physical strength, ten Zhang Qingyuns wouldn't be a match for him.

  "Biaozi, be honest with me, where did you get so much money from? You even accompanied Zhao to play cards, and as a strategist, you don't have any benefits!" Geng Shuang suddenly changed her expression and said.

  Geng Zhan's head drooped as soon as he heard Geng Shuang's words, and he nodded repeatedly, not knowing how to respond.

  "Never mind! Since he dared to take out the money in front of his superior, it means that his money has its own origin. You don't have to worry about him. We both don't understand military affairs." Zhang Qingyun said with a smile.

  Geng Zhan immediately cast a grateful glance at Zhang Qingyun, while Geng Shuang also thought it made sense. However, her personality had always been competitive, so she hummed and glared fiercely at Geng Zhan, scaring him into making a series of ghostly faces at Zhang Qingyun.

  Zhang Qingyun secretly smiled to herself. As the saying goes, "an elder sister is like a mother". This phrase was indeed true. Gao Zhan, this rough and unrefined man, actually softened up in front of a young maid like a child who had done something wrong. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, it would be hard to believe.

  "Sister, little... Zhang Ge, I can only send you here, later I still have to go back to the base with the leader." Geng Zhan said somewhat reluctantly as they walked to the entrance of the Red Building Club.

  Geng Shuang's eyes also showed a hint of reluctance, and after looking at his brother for a long time, he finally said:

  "Alright! Take care of yourself in the army, I'm more at ease with you following Zhao now. If anything happens, give me a call."

  Geng Zhan nodded, and Zhang Qingyun shook hands with him again. Finally, everyone bid farewell to each other, and the staff of the club had already driven the car in front of them. The staff member got out of the car and handed a bright red card to Zhang Qingyun, saying respectfully:

  "Hello Mr. Zhang, this is what Mr. Wang instructed me to give you."

  Zhang Qingyun was taken aback, he thought Wang Shi's words earlier were just polite talk, but unexpectedly, he actually gave himself a high-end membership card. It seems that the people in the upper class are indeed superior to others, and there is a reason for this. The way they do things, their style and demeanor all have their own unique aspects.

  "Thank you!" Zhang Qingyun took the crimson card and looked at it, saying that the texture of this card was indeed a bit special, and when he held it in his hand, he felt a warm, smooth and slippery feeling, like jade or stone, very comfortable. He also saw that his name was embossed on the lower right corner of the card, with exquisite craftsmanship, and those few words were written in a majestic and extraordinary style.

  "How was it? What did Brother Zhao say to you? Can you reveal a bit?" Geng Shuang drove the car, smiling slightly.

  "What do you think he'll say to me?" Zhang Qingyun sold a pass.

  Geng Shuang gave him a sideways glance, hummed in discontent, clearly unhappy with Zhang Qingyun's intentional teasing. She muttered under her breath: "If you don't want to say it, then don't, I don't care what you guys were talking about."

  "Haha!" Zhang Qingyun laughed heartily, to be honest, Geng Shuang's angry look was quite captivating, it made him feel itchy, his playful heart arose, he said:

  "I'm telling you, but don't get angry. He's actually been threatening me all along."

  "Ah?" Geng Shuang cried out in surprise, "How is that possible? What did he threaten you with?"

  Zhang Qingyun burst out laughing and said: "He threatened me, if I'm not good to you, he'll make me look good!"

  "You scoundrel!" Geng Shuang's cheeks flushed red, and she suddenly slammed on the brakes. Zhang Qingyun was caught off guard, and his body lurched forward before he could even react, when Geng Shuang's fist had already landed on him.

  "Haha!" Zhang Qingyun let out a long laugh, suddenly twisting his body to tightly grasp Geng Shuang's jade-like hands in his own. Geng Shuang was as if struck by lightning, her movements abruptly stopping, her face flushing bright red, her lips trembling repeatedly, but the words she wanted to say were stuck in her throat and couldn't be spoken.

  Zhang Qingyun hastily let go of her hand, earlier Geng Shuang's appearance was indeed too captivating, he almost lost control, but when his hand let go, he felt a little regretful, such a beauty by his side, he actually let it go, really not his style.

  After a long time, the red flush on Geng Shuang's face gradually faded away. Her shy eyes stole a glance at Zhang Qingyun, then hastily looked away, and in her flickering gaze, there was a hint of disappointment. Perhaps deep down, she had hoped that Zhang Qingyun would take bigger strides.

  "Let's go! The wilderness is afraid of robbers!" Zhang Qingyun spat and laughed.

  "Oh!" Geng Shuang looked very obedient and started the car, speeding forward with a loud noise.

  Because of the awkwardness earlier, neither of them dared to speak up first, and for a moment, there was an awkward silence in the car.

  "Hey!" Zhang Qingyun suddenly realized that the car had already entered the hotel parking lot. Zhang Qingyun pushed open the car door, just about to get out of the car, when he suddenly thought of something and asked: "Geng Jie, where are you staying tonight?"

  "I can't afford to stay in such a luxurious hotel. You don't have to worry about me, I'll take care of myself." said Geng Shuang.

  Zhang Qingyun's figure paused for a moment. He knew that Geng Shuang was angry with him, and thinking about it, he realized that he had indeed been a bit neglectful of her lately.

  "Get off the bus!"

  "Why?"

  Before Geng Shuang could say another word, Zhang Qingyun had already gone around to the side of Geng Shuang's car and opened the door, pulling her out of the vehicle in one swift motion.

  "You..." Geng Shuang was about to speak when Zhang Qingyun suddenly wrapped her arms around her and their lips met.