Zhu Cheng walked upto their table, his nose still cast in a small bandage .

Sam started fuming visibly while Wei tried to maintain an impa.s.sive face . He was furious with Zhu Cheng for causing that break-in at Sam's house but without proof he didn't want to accuse him . Suddenly, Zhu Cheng spotted a stunning looking Jia Li seated with them and couldn't help but blow out a low whistle .

Jia Li was dressed in a green halter dress . Her hair was in an upturned bun which showed off her clavicle bone and dainty shoulders . Under the restaurant's light, her skin gleamed like polished marble .

Zhu Cheng's reaction was quite reasonable under the circ.u.mstances .

"This is really unfair, w.a.n.g Wei . Why do you get to court all the beauties while the rest of us can only salivate in our heads . h.e.l.lo Gorgeous, I am Zhu Cheng . What's your name?" he came closer to where Jia Li was sitting .

Without missing a beat, she replied, "none of your business . "

She had sensed the cold atmosphere at the table the minute this guy had come . Ignoring him, she picked up the menu card and busied herself in it . With just that one phrase, Jia Li endeared herself to Sam .

Zhu Cheng quietly fumed at the direct snub and trained his vicious words at Sam instead .

"What happened to your hand, Samantha? Got into a brawl again? You are quite the mafia, aren't you?" he said with a suggestive grin .

"Not a brawl, I was actually going for his throat . He is lucky that I wasn't feeling murderous enough to go the entire way," she replied with a feigned nonchalance .

Zhu Cheng paled at her words and the import behind them .

"Do you think it is easy to get away by hurting someone . This is China, not some savage land," he warned her .

"Exactly, this is China . I think the law is pretty strict about an intruder entering someone's house and trying to rape and kill a person," she replied, finally raising her eyes to stare at him .

Wei got up from the table and stood in front of Zhu Cheng .

"We are here to catch up with an old friend of mine . Let's not wash the family's dirty linen in front of her, shall we?" he spoke in undertones .

Cheng scowled at Wei's high handed behaviour . How dare this guy show off his superiority every time he met him? But he didn't want to get into a straight out confrontation with these two . His style was slightly more 'under the cover' . So what if one of his men was caught . He was professional enough to not implicate Cheng in the entire matter .

Bowing mockingly to the ladies, Zhu Cheng took his leave from there .

Sam blew a visible sigh of relief which she had been holding in .

"He looks ferocious . Ex-boyfriend?" Jia Li asked, her eyes surveying the menu .

"No, ex-aspirational love interest, also current brother in-law," Sam replied in a wry tone .

"Hmm, if I were you, I would hire myself a couple of bodyguards or maybe ask one of the knights in s.h.i.+ning armour to help," Jia Li looked at Wei with a barely suppressed grin .

He gave her a sheepish look . It was an awkward situation which he found himself in, right now .

Sam's cheeks bloomed with colour at Jia Li's words too but for a different reason .

Clearing her throat, she said, "uh, actually, I wanted to apologise for what I said this afternoon . I… I just said it in a fit of anger . I am sorry, I had no right to speak to you in that manner . "

"Ahhh, let's see . So, you are saying that you want to apologise for sleeping with Wei or for telling me about it?" Jia Li asked her with a frown .

w.a.n.g Wei's face went red up until his hairline . He dared not look at either of the women and started fiddling with his phone .

"I… what I spoke may have been an exaggerated version . I am not sure what came over me . I am really sorry," Sam said, embarra.s.sment was making her fumble with her words .

But Jia Li wasn't done playing yet .

"Oh dear, you mean to say you didn't sleep with him or didn't do it as many times as you claimed? I am thoroughly confused now," Jia Li was trying hard to keep her facial expressions straight .

Wei looked at Sam's miserably embarra.s.sed expressions and thought that his own would be looking exactly the same, as of now .

"I don't remember you being this bratty ever . What happened to the people pleasing, polite you?" he grumbled, looking at Jia Li .

"Are you complaining about me asking a few questions? I can't believe that you would start calling me names just because I said something to your girl," Jia Li adopted an injured air .