The other two foreign guys, however, had much more striking looks, with the kind of strong features that are very popular in today’s society. Wang Zhao couldn’t help but compliment their good physiques. Xu Hao seemed to particularly like this type, her gaze fixed on one of the brown-haired guys.

After Wang Zhao’s gaze swept over the men on stage, it settled on the food on the table in front of her. Xu Yingchun had eaten a little outside earlier, but Wang Zhao had only eaten lunch with Li Zhenguan and the others. She was hungry now and couldn’t resist ordering some food to eat. After all, Xu Yingchun said she would pay for everything today.

So Wang Zhao didn’t hold back at all, ordering two bottles of wine and some Western dishes like steak.

She took a bite of the steak, and it was surprisingly good. The wine here was also quite decent, but in this environment, Wang Zhao didn’t dare drink too much. She constantly kept an eye on her surroundings. There were too many people, a mixed crowd. She had never liked places like this; they made her head feel a bit fuzzy.

However, at this moment she also thought of Li Zhenguan, so she took out her phone from her pocket to check the time, also worried that Li Zhenguan might call her to pick him up after his meeting. Given Li Zhenguan’s personality, he might really call and ask her to take him home.

But as soon as she took out her phone, she saw two missed calls on it, and Li Zhenwei had also called her during this time.

Wang Zhao paused with the knife and fork in her hands. She first sent a text message to Li Zhenwei, asking if something had happened to Zhenguan.

Li Zhenwei was a person with a very strong sense of distance. To be honest, Wang Zhao had only met her three or four times and hadn’t even spoken much. She couldn’t think of a reason why Li Zhenwei would suddenly call her.

Li Zhenwei didn’t reply to this message.

Wang Zhao’s brows furrowed imperceptibly. She rubbed her fingertips, glanced at Xu Yingchun beside her, lost in thought.

At this moment, she actually felt that Zhenguan probably hadn’t run into any trouble. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been just one phone call; her phone would have been blown up with calls.

However, she still prepared to call Li Zhenguan back, telling him to have the Li family’s driver pick him up if he was in a hurry. But before she could dial, Wang Zhao felt a shadow fall in front of her, followed by another indistinct wave of screams in her ears.

She looked up.

One of the four strippers was standing in front of her, now wearing a loose white shirt with a black ribbon around his neck, exuding an undeniable sexiness.

At this moment, the man was looking at her with a smile, extending a hand in front of her.

Wang Zhao frowned slightly. Her finger was still hovering over a phone number, not yet dialed.

Xu Yingchun quickly said to her: “Hurry up, you’ve been chosen.” She had an envious expression.

To be honest, Wang Zhao not only had a mental aversion to this, but her physical aversion was no less than others. The strange man in front of her almost immediately made her feel indescribably disgusted. Some beauty is meant to be admired from afar, not to be viewed up close or trifled with.

However, in the short few seconds of her hesitation, the man in front of her actually started to gyrate around her, the black ribbon between his teeth, a pair of alluring eyes fixed on her. Up close, she realized that the man’s shirt was actually transparent, allowing the skin underneath to be seen.

Wang Zhao looked at the man in front of her with a calm expression, her hands naturally hanging at her sides, her eyes looking at him steadily with a hint of a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.

Just as he was about to pull her to interact, Wang Zhao directly pushed Xu Yingchun out instead. Let the person who paid enjoy this blessing; she was currently unworthy of such enjoyment.

Xu Yingchun was pushed out with a confused look on her face, her two hands directly covering the shirt-clad man’s pecs. Under the Asian guy’s somewhat surprised gaze, Xu Yingchun, with red ears, couldn’t resist feeling them.

The money’s been paid, might as well touch. With the mentality that touching is profiting, Xu Yingchun now felt very justified and righteous in her touching.

The stripper, however, couldn’t help but look back at Wang Zhao, who was now standing behind Xu Hao, obviously surprised and disappointed.

Xu Yingchun amusingly said in English: “She’s married.”

Wang Zhao saw Xu Yingchun go on stage and sit in a chair, her entire face as red as a monkey’s bottom, and couldn’t help but laugh.

Xu Hao also mocked: “This woman is only good at talking.”

Wang Zhao glanced at her phone. The message she had sent to Li Zhenwei earlier had been replied to.

Li Zhenwei: [Zhenguan hasn’t come home yet. Is he with you?]

She didn’t send any more messages. Gathering the smile at the corners of her mouth, she patted the shoulders of the two people beside her and leaned over to whisper in their ears: “I have something to attend to, so I’ll head back first. Tell the class monitor later, we’ll arrange to meet another day when we have time.”

The other friend was surprised: “You’re leaving already? This show was specially arranged for you by the class monitor. You don’t know how hard it is to get these tickets. You have to start booking at least half a month in advance.”

Wang Zhao was helpless.

These people always seemed to forget that she was already a married woman. But perhaps this was just the inertia of women’s thinking in this world, just like men in the previous world.

“Zhenguan just called me, I think I’ll have to go pick him up and take him home.” Wang Zhao said while standing up, walking through the crowd towards the exit. She ordered a designated driver through an app, ignoring the two women calling her name behind her.

In fact, Wang Zhao felt she had wasted an entire evening. She initially thought Xu Yingchun’s idea of excitement would at most be a game of truth or dare. Wang Zhao had hoped to inquire about her original self’s work situation, or strengthen her relationships with these friends. Instead, she found that these women were really… She shook her head, feeling both amused and exasperated about tonight’s misadventure.

However, she was not destined to enjoy such pleasures. On one hand, she had several major issues weighing on her mind and was in no mood to watch such things. On the other hand, the men on stage didn’t match her aesthetic preferences, and she had quite severe germaphobia, so she didn’t particularly like this kind of setting.

Wang Zhao made her way through the crowd and stepped outside. Breathing in the fresh air, she couldn’t help but let out a long sigh of relief. It had been too noisy inside, giving her a headache, which was why she hadn’t heard the calls from Li Zhenwei and her brother. Although she had only drunk a little in the bar, for the sake of driving safety, Wang Zhao thought it better to call a designated driver.

Li Zhenguan had been waiting in the car for about two hours. By the time he saw Wang Zhao appear at the bar entrance, it was nearly ten o’clock, approaching late night. However, this area was the center of Jiang City’s nightlife, so many young men and women could still be seen on the streets.

The driver had also been keeping an eye on the entrance across the street. He called out to Li Zhenguan: “Young Master, I think I see Miss Wang Zhao. Should I drive over? Miss Wang Zhao looks like she’s had a bit to drink.”

Li Zhenguan didn’t speak. He sat in the car, which was in a blind spot. The streetlight nearby had conveniently burned out, allowing the black sedan and its occupants to be swallowed by darkness, creating a visual blind spot.

The driver didn’t dare to move without Li Zhenguan’s response.

Li Zhenguan quietly waited for something, and sure enough, a moment later his phone vibrated.

“Zhenguan.” The voice from the other end of the phone came through first. Wang Zhao rubbed her temple, half-leaning against the wall, watching the mosquitoes dancing around the neon lights above her head while waiting for the designated driver to arrive.

“Zhenwei jie just called and said you haven’t gone home yet?”

Li Zhenguan’s gaze remained fixed on the woman across the street. It was too far to see her expression clearly, only a rough outline was visible. His face remained unchanged: “Mm, CC and the others went home first. I’ve been waiting for you at the mall, but you didn’t answer any of my calls.”

“You said earlier you’d take me home tonight.” Li Zhenguan’s free hand drew an invisible circle in the air around Wang Zhao.

Wang Zhao was surprised now. She straightened up from leaning against the wall, shifting her gaze from the dancing mosquitoes. She frowned and said, “If you couldn’t reach me, why didn’t you call your family’s driver to pick you up?”

Li Zhenguan fell silent.

Both sides went quiet simultaneously. The driver in the front seat didn’t dare to speak, even slowing his breathing.

Wang Zhao’s brows remained furrowed: “Send me your location first, I’ll come pick you up right away. Find a sheltered place to wait, I’ll be there soon.”

After speaking, Wang Zhao truly had a headache. She felt like she was about to explode after this evening: “Next time, if you really can’t reach me, call home. Call Zhenwei jie or my dad. Don’t just wait alone outside. You could have taken any taxi and been home by now.”

Li Zhenguan finally responded softly, then explained quietly: “Wang Zhao, my family’s driver had something to do today, that’s why he didn’t come to pick me up. I was planning to take a taxi home at ten if I still couldn’t reach you.”

Wang Zhao gave a vague sound of acknowledgment. She wasn’t really paying attention to what Li Zhenguan was saying now, just responding instinctively.

Meanwhile, Li Zhenguan, after signaling the driver to turn around and head back to the mall, softly asked through the phone: “Wang Zhao, what are you doing now? You didn’t answer any of my calls.”

This question wasn’t accusatory, more curious.

Li Zhenguan wasn’t a fool. Of course, he wouldn’t rush to this place and make a scene after seeing that text message. That probably wouldn’t help, even with the baby he was carrying. If he made a big fuss, Wang Zhao might truly become annoyed.

So when he saw Wang Zhao come out of the bar clear-headed, he was preparing to leave, not wanting her to know he had come to this place.

However, Li Zhenguan fingered the edge of his phone. This text message wasn’t entirely without use.

It was leverage.

As for how to use it, Li Zhenguan smiled slightly. He had already thought it through.

A conspiracy is always a conspiracy, it can’t be put on the table. To do something, you have to put everything on the table to corner someone without a way out. This is an open strategy, leaving the other person with nothing to say.

Wang Zhao had no intention of lying. There was nothing she couldn’t say. Her gaze casually swept over the black sedan in the distance whose outline was barely visible, and settled on the neon lights across the street: “At a bar on Xipu Street. Xu Yingchun invited a few old classmates to come hang out, and we had a few drinks.”