Chapter 80 - My Gun is Cocked and This is What You Show Me? (2/2)

Adrian had a stare down with two of his most powerful guard captains.

Before anyone could say anything, the guard standing at the very back who was unable to see Adrian’s face, and only saw Zhong Yan being pressed down by a man on the sofa, shouted out without hesitation, “Let him go! Are you tired of living? How dare you touch our boss’s man!”

Their boss, Adrian, “…”

Zhong Yan, “…”

The other guards, “…”

Two minutes later.

As if nothing had happened, Adrian buttoned up his shirt buttons that were half-undone by Zhong Yan earlier. Two of the six guards he assigned to Zhong Yan were captains, and at this moment, the two of them were sitting on the sofa together with Adrian and reporting to him the recent days’ events. Even though they didn’t really know what they should say themselves, it didn’t really matter. Adrian wasn’t listening at all. They were just trying their best to create a normal atmosphere and drown out the blunder they made earlier.

The guard who shouted out and escalated the situation to peak embarrassment was currently shrunk into the corner of the living room by himself with his back to everyone. He was too embarrassed to face everyone and was just trying to hide his existence right now.

On the other hand, Zhong Yan who had his clothes straightened out by Adrian and helped off the sofa, ran off to hide in the room after leaving behind a quick “I’ll get everyone water”, and no longer came out, leaving Adrian behind to face his six guards.

After hiding for a few minutes, Zhong Yan finally calmed down from his embarrassment. He said he was going to get everyone water, but there was actually only one cup in the house so he couldn’t really do that. So, the only thing he could do was order a few bottles of juice from the 24-hour convenience store downstairs and quickly brought them in through the platform outside the window.

Originally, when he was living alone, he felt like the living room for his apartment was pretty big, but coming out now with eight grown men sitting in his living room, everything instantly became crowded. Zhong Yan distributed juice to them, and the guards didn’t even know whether they should accept it or not as they looked at Adrian with hesitation. Adrian waved his hand and said, “If Mr. Zhong is offering you a drink, just drink it. What are you looking at me for?”

Only then did the guards accept the drink. Zhong Yan had originally planned to sit down with them, but when he saw that the sofa was already taken up by three people, leaving no space for him, he could only stand around and find something to talk about. “Sorry, my house is a little messy since I haven’t been cleaning up lately, it’s quite embarrassing…”

The entire house was as clean and tidy as if someone had just done some spring cleaning before they came in, but nobody could care about the discrepancy. The two captains responded with a few polite remarks, both still scared witless.

Zhong Yan had only pressed on the emergency call button because of how Adrian teased him. Then, as Adrian began getting way too excited, he completely forgot about it. But in the end, it was their own fault that they made them come all this way for nothing, and they were Adrian’s capable subordinates too. Embarrassed, Zhong Yan invited them to stay for a meal. “Why don’t you all stay for supper before you go? Since you’re all here…”

The two guard captains on the sofa looked at Adrian again. Adrian stood up and went to stand next to Zhong Yan, but he couldn’t argue with Zhong Yan’s kindness, so he could only say with his arms around Zhong Yan’s waist, “Yeah, stay for supper. Are you guys…” With dangerous and meaningful eyes, he swept his gaze past each and every one of their faces, “Hungry?”

All the guards in the living room jumped with a start, and they all hurried to refuse, “No no, we’re not hungry.”

“We just ate, commander.”

“Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Zhong. I think we’ll…skip for today.”

“Oh, that’s fine then.” Adrian said, “I’m sorry we troubled all of you to rush over here. You should go back and rest. Also, there’s no need for any of you to stay on guard tonight. Oh, that’s right. I’ll be living here these days so you won’t need the permissions for the door anymore. Just cancel it.”

The guards all obeyed his order. If Adrian himself were to stay in this house, then he would become the strongest guard. There really was no need for them to keep his door permissions for emergencies.

After sending the guards away, Adrian and Zhong Yan looked at each other in front of the elevator door, and both laughed at the same time.

Once bitten, twice shy. Zhong Yan locked the elevator door from the inside with his permission. After all that happened, they really did feel a little hungry. So, the two of them ordered some supper and sat at the small square table Zhong Yan usually ate alone at in the kitchen, and ate their food facing each other.

“You didn’t bring any of your luggage, did you?” Zhong Yan’s voice was a lot more lively than usual. Even if the current situation was quite severe, he still couldn’t help but chatter away happily. “Then, I’ll choose out some clothes for you. I saw a nice coat in the Central Business District last time I went there. You’ll definitely look good in it—Oh, do you know about that place? It’s…”

“Of course I do. Your husband’s been living seventeen years of his life in the Capital,” Adrian laughed. Then, he reached out a loving hand to Zhong Yan and brushed his hair behind his ear. “Anything you pick out is nice. Come, let’s eat.”