Ding Yizhen was a smooth talker. With just a few words, he managed to hook Bai Bing—who had secretly sought out Qi Tongwei, full of confidence—like a hungry fish on a line.
Though she claimed there was nothing going on, the way her lips curled up was harder to control than an AK-47’s recoil. Watching the two of them whispering, laughing, and joking together made Hou Liangping, standing to the side, absolutely livid. He felt as if his own already vast "prairie" of a green hat was expanding again.
Hou Liangping was seething with resentment. Yet, as a man of status within the system, he had to keep a smile on his face, unable to utter a single word of spite. To do so would only shame them both. He couldn't stop thinking about how, before coming to this gathering, he had asked Bai Bing if she could help him get some maneuvering room through Qi Tongwei, only to be rebuffed with excuses about his age. Driven by a primal, masculine impulse, Hou Liangping knew he had to do something.
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