Chapter 755: The Dominant Zhang Ruping
All the car doors opened at once, and a dozen black-suited bodyguards got out.
From the middle car, a shawl-draped, full-figured woman stepped out last.
She wasn't bad-looking, scoring over eighty points, but her strong aura was so intimidating that no one dared to approach her.
Li Chen sat by the window, seeing everything clearly.
Although it was their first meeting, from Chen Wanqiu's description, he could confirm, it was undoubtedly Zhang Ruping.
What he hadn't expected was that a simple text message had brought so many people over with her.
As Zhang Ruping entered the restaurant, the waiter came up to ask her something, but she totally ignored him and looked deeper into the restaurant.
The dozen black-suited bodyguards came in, their imposing presence stunning everyone present.
The waitstaff, too, stood aside, not daring to speak.
This scene, naturally, caught the attentions of Meng Yuqing and Chen Zekai.
Chen Zekai turned his head for a glance, immediately turning deathly pale, sitting in the chair, trembling violently, terrified to the extreme.
"Zekai, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?" Meng Yuqing asked concernedly, clueless about the situation.
"No... nothing," Chen Zekai said, his voice trembling.
He involuntarily shrank back into the corner, desperately hoping he wasn't noticed.
But clearly, his prayers were useless.
Zhang Ruping took a couple of steps and then saw him.
Her face was calm, but her eyes revealed a dark, murderous intent as she walked straight towards him.
The dozen bodyguards behind her also crowded around.
Anyone at the scene could sense that something was amiss.
Li Chen gave Chen Wanqiu a look that said, "The show's about to start."
It's showtime!
At the same time, he kept his eyes firmly fixated on Meng Yuqing, ensuring that the woman wouldn't be hurt.
Meng Yuqing also sensed that something was wrong.
She was just a small business owner, who had earned some money over the years and had never seen such a scene.
Looking at the crowd closing in, she asked with a trembling voice, "Who are you? What do you want?"
She couldn't have imagined that Zhang Ruping was Chen Zekai's sugar mama.
Even less that the handsome and wealthy man in her eyes, was someone else's kept man.
"Zekai, do you... do you know them?"
Finishing, she asked the man across from her again, her voice still shaking.
But by then, the man had been scared out of his wits, trembling terribly, hardly daring to respond.
Bowing his head, he shook all over.
"This has nothing to do with you, get lost!"
Zhang Ruping looked at Meng Yuqing and spoke decisively.
Being a woman herself, she didn't want to make things difficult for another woman, since this wasn't the first time she had caught a kept man messing around behind her back.
Initially, she was angry, resenting the women who seduced him.
But gradually, she understood.
It wasn't someone else's fault.
There is a debtor for every debt, and she knew well who was to blame.
"You..."
Meng Yuqing was furiously indignant.
Just as she was about to speak, Zhang Ruping glared back at her with a fierce look.
Sitting there, her heart filled with fear, she instinctively looked to the man opposite her for protection.
In her gaze, the man showed a face full of panic, no longer able to bear it, he got up from the chair, and with a thump, knelt down in front of her.
"Ruping, listen to my explanation..."
"This time, it really wasn't me, it was her, she seduced me..."
Chen Zekai was terrified, pointing at Meng Yuqing and cried out in a shrill voice.
This sudden turn of events had Meng Yuqing completely stunned.
She never expected that the good man who always looked at her tenderly and spoiled her rotten would suddenly turn into such a figure.
It made her feel a fear of the unfamiliar.
"Zekai, you..."
As she spoke, her eyes had turned bright red.
Zhang Ruping glanced at Meng Yuqing again, picked up a plate from the table, and smashed it hard on Chen Zekai's head.
Just a 'crash', the plate shattered, and Chen Zekai's head started bleeding.
"Zekai... Zekai... you've got some nerve having a new name."
"I'm spending my money on you, feeding you, clothing you, and you go around sleeping with other women, how many times now? I'd be better off keeping a dog than you."
The more Zhang Ruping spoke, the angrier she got, grabbing the tableware and beating Chen Zekai with it.
The surrounding customers were all scared.
The restaurant's waitstaff snapped out of it and tried to intervene, only to be stopped by the bodyguards standing behind.
The bodyguards remained vigilant, watching around, ready to confront anyone daring to record with a phone.
Zhang Ruping vented for a full five minutes.
Chen Zekai knelt on the ground, doing nothing but holding his head and begging for mercy, not daring to fight back or dodge, his head and hands covered in blood, continuously begging.
Only when Zhang Ruping had finished venting did she wave her hand, "Take him away!"
Then the bodyguards finally stepped in, dragged him up, and pulled him out of the restaurant.
Zhang Ruping paid no attention to the gazes around her, swept her eyes through the restaurant, then nonchalantly took out her phone and dialed a number.
This number had informed her to come here to catch someone.
She didn't know who it was but guessed it was someone in the restaurant, so she called to see if the person was still around.
Ding-a-ling.
Just then, the phone on the table in front of Li Chen rang.
Zhang Ruping sharply turned her head, following the direction of the ringing, walked over, saw the ringing phone on the table, and then saw Chen Wanqiu sitting there.
"President Chen! You're here too?"
Zhang Ruping was somewhat surprised to see Chen Wanqiu and showed a light smile.
She had been too angry to notice anyone else before.
While speaking, her gaze unintentionally swept over to Li Chen, the phone that was ringing was right in front of him.
A moment ago, her face was gloomy and furious, but while talking to Chen Wanqiu, a natural and familiar smile appeared as though they were old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time, suddenly meeting, that kind of surprised smile.
As if the scene of her beating the cheating pretty boy had never happened.
Li Chen silently nodded.
Every successful person, even those aided by their families, is not easily obtained.
This ability to act as if nothing had happened, the shift in mentality, is not something ordinary people can achieve.
"Hello, Director Zhang! Long time no see!"
Chen Wanqiu stood up and shook hands with Zhang Ruping.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Zhang Ruping's gaze shifted to Li Chen, she smiled lightly, "I haven't had the pleasure, who is this?"
"Li Chen, an important client of ours from Pfizer Group, here today to discuss some matters."
Chen Wanqiu didn't mention the Pfizer branch in Dragon City but directly said Pfizer Group.
Zhang Ruping naturally picked up on that, looking at Li Chen in surprise, "Mr. Li is truly a young and promising man."
After exchanging pleasantries for a bit, she pulled the topic back, "Just now... was it Mr. Li who sent me the message?"
She did not know Li Chen, nor did she know why Li Chen would have her phone number, but since Chen Wanqiu knew, it wasn't too strange.
She just didn't understand why Li Chen would be the one to send her a message.
This made her feel somewhat puzzled.
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