Lin Feng's heart pounded from Cao Ying's sudden kiss. Unfortunately, before he could even react, a blushing Cao Ying quickly opened the car door and pushed him out...

After pushing Lin Feng out of the car, Cao Ying hastily closed the door. Before Lin Feng could react, she let out a charming laugh, started the car, and sped off with a loud roar.

The presence of Ning Aoxue and Su Zi gave Cao Ying a sense of pressure. Similar to Ning Aoxue, she also felt a hint of a threat. Therefore, knowing Ning Aoxue was spying on them, Cao Ying craftily stole a kiss from Lin Feng, both as a reward for him and to deliberately provoke Ning Aoxue...

What was that? So irresponsible! A kiss and dash?! It wasn't until the red Audi had driven out of sight that Lin Feng, disgruntled, started walking towards the villa.

Lin Feng was actually quite thrilled that Cao Ying had initiated the kiss. However, he didn't quite understand what she meant by 'reward'. Does a kiss count as a reward? Or would there be an even more special reward if he did as she said and behaved himself for a while?

He was really looking forward to it... As Lin Feng entered the villa, he heard voices from the living room.

"A'zi, come on, let's go shopping…" Ning Aoxue's cool voice drifted over, her tone lacking enthusiasm.

"Shopping? Uh, don't we have rehearsal tonight? Don't you want to rest a bit…?" Su Zi's voice was full of lethargy. Having just eaten her fill, she didn't feel like moving.

"So, are you going or not? If you're not, I'll go by myself!" Ning Aoxue calmly issued her ultimatum.

"Alright…" Su Zi agreed reluctantly. Spotting Lin Feng entering the villa, she casually asked, "Lin Feng, we're going shopping. Want to come with us?"

Theoretically, as Ning Aoxue's bodyguard, Lin Feng was supposed to follow her wherever she went. However, neither Su Zi nor Ning Aoxue took his role as a bodyguard seriously. Su Zi's question was more of an invitation to a friend to hang out... and maybe help carry their bags.

"It's my duty, do I have a choice?" Lin Feng replied with a helpless gesture. You get paid to do a job, you solve the problem. Speaking of which, mercenaries often took on protection missions, and Lin Feng was definitely an expert in that field.

"He doesn't need to go. I don't want to see him…" Ning Aoxue suddenly shook her head and said to Su Zi.

"Hey, I'm right here in front of you, okay? What's with all this 'him'? Can't you see me?" Lin Feng was stunned. He really couldn't understand why Ning Aoxue's mood had changed so drastically. Wasn't she perfectly normal just a moment ago? How could she suddenly not even bother to look at him?

Cao Ying's tactic had been very successful. Although Ning Aoxue wasn't sure about her feelings for Lin Feng, she just felt extremely annoyed seeing the intimacy between Cao Ying and Lin Feng...

"HMPH!" Ning Aoxue ignored Lin Feng's question, turning her head away without a word.

After witnessing Cao Ying steal a kiss from Lin Feng, Ning Aoxue decided she wasn't going to speak to him for a while.

Su Zi's eyes widened as if she didn't recognize Ning Aoxue. With her astuteness, how could she not see that Ning Aoxue was clearly jealous...?

Could it be... Aoxue really has feelings for Lin Feng? Su Zi's gossipy soul suddenly ignited. She decided to help Lin Feng out and test Ning Aoxue's true feelings.

"Aoxue, Uncle Ning hired Lin Feng, after all. If you act like this, it'll put him in a very difficult position, and it won't be easy to answer to Uncle Ning!" Su Zi wasn't worried about any danger; rather, she was explaining Lin Feng's predicament from his perspective.

"What does his difficulty in answering to him have to do with me?" Ning Aoxue's tone softened slightly, but her attitude remained very firm...

"HEEHEE… That's right, I love seeing Lin Feng make a fool of himself the most…" Su Zi suddenly changed her tune, staring at the innocent Lin Feng. She laughed gleefully and asked, "Well, Lin Feng, what do you say?"

"What can I say? It's my job to determine if the protection target needs guarding. As for a certain someone who doesn't want to see me, she can just stay obediently in her room. But if she goes out, I'm definitely following… and I won't leave her side." Lin Feng didn't give Ning Aoxue any face, directly citing his protection duties as he spoke coolly.

"You… You scoundrel!" Ning Aoxue's expression darkened further upon hearing Lin Feng's domineering declaration. "Not leave my side? Are you going to follow me into the restroom too?"

Lin Feng stared at Ning Aoxue and smirked inwardly. Weren't you not speaking to me?

"If you need me to, I don't mind coming in at all…" Lin Feng grinned smugly, his relaxed expression practically begging for a beating.

"You dare!" Ning Aoxue was a little startled by Lin Feng's words. She couldn't bear to imagine how horrifying it would be to have a big pervert next to her while she was on the toilet...

"HEHE…" Lin Feng didn't say anything; everything was understood. Whether he dared to or not depended on if it was necessary. At critical moments, he would charge through hell itself, let alone a women's restroom.

...

In the end, Ning Aoxue compromised. She finally, albeit reluctantly, allowed Lin Feng to follow behind. However, she pointed her finger at him and cautiously warned, "If nothing happens, you have to stay at least 10 meters away from me!"

Lin Feng didn't mind. From 10 meters away, as long as those scoundrels weren't using guns, he was confident he could react in time.

Following Ning Aoxue's BMW in his Passat, the trio—Lin Feng, Ning Aoxue, and Su Zi—arrived at Tianmao Shopping City in the Nanjiang District of Jiangzhou City. They took the elevator from the underground parking lot to the shopping floors. Once there, Ning Aoxue and Su Zi immediately began a furious shopping spree to vent their frustrations.

Lin Feng trailed far behind the two women, a cigarette dangling leisurely from his lips, drawing countless disdainful glares along the way...

Although smoking in public wasn't proper, no security guards came to stop him. Lin Feng simply ignored the murderous glares, continuing his carefree stroll as if no one else was around.

A young couple approached. The man, frowning at Lin Feng, pointed at him and loudly demanded, "Hey! You! How can you be so uncouth? Smoking in a public place like this?" Both he and the woman then exaggeratedly covered their mouths and noses, their brows furrowed.

The man looked to be in his mid-twenties. He wore a well-tailored suit, had short hair, and a black bowtie on his colored shirt. He was quite tall and carried himself with a dignified air. The woman appeared younger, perhaps in her early twenties, with almond-shaped eyes, a delicate nose, and small, cherry-like lips. She wore a form-fitting, floral-patterned qipao. However, her cheeks were somewhat gaunt and unnaturally pale, her brows were slightly knitted, and her eyes radiated a pretentious, pseudo-intellectual air.

Lin Feng looked astonished. He was a good five meters away from this pair of oddballs. At such a distance, do they have dog noses or something, to be so overwhelmed by the smoke?

However, not wanting to cause trouble, Lin Feng nodded and was about to look for a trash can to extinguish his cigarette. Suddenly, he heard the woman mutter in a low voice.

"I don't know what hick village this peasant crawled out of! Dressed in such rags! Security is infuriating, letting someone like this in…"

Hearing this, Lin Feng abruptly stopped in his tracks.

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