Yang Qingyin rarely showed any signs of jealousy.

"I'm heading off then," Luo Ziling said a bit awkwardly, "I'll contact you in the afternoon."

"Maybe Ouyang Feifei will tell you some shocking news again," Yang Qingyin smiled, "She made a point of meeting you, so it must be something important."

"I'll let you know then," Luo Ziling said as he opened the car door and got out, jokingly adding, "It looks like your sources are well-informed. My people haven't discovered anything useful, but you keep finding things out."

Yang Qingyin ignored Luo Ziling. After getting out of the car, she waved to him, called for Ye Xiaoli, and headed into the school.

Yang Xiaodong and Wang Zhenjun went off to deal with their own business, and since Luo Ziling had arrived in Ling Ruonan's convoy, he was left alone.

Luo Ziling could have called Wuyue to drive him, but he ultimately decided not to bother her and hailed a taxi instead.

While ordering a ride, Luo Ziling received a message from Ouyang Feifei, telling him she was waiting at a café near the Northern Group.

Luo Ziling understood the purpose of Ouyang Feifei's arrangement.

Ouyang Feifei wanted to talk to him first before meeting Ling Ruonan.

Since Ouyang Feifei had chosen to meet him before Ling Ruonan, Luo Ziling wasn't sure if this was to show the importance she placed on him or because Ling Ruonan was unavailable.

During the ride, Luo Ziling wore glasses and a hat, so the driver didn't recognize him.

Drivers in Yanjing are known for being talkative, and once Luo Ziling got in, the driver wouldn't stop talking, but Luo Ziling couldn't be bothered to respond.

The driver was visibly irritated.

But he soon noticed the driver wasn't taking the usual route but was detouring.

Realizing something was off, Luo Ziling became alert and questioned the driver about the detour.

The driver kept making excuses, claiming there was no detour, just some congestion, so he took an alternative route.

Luo Ziling immediately ordered the driver to stop the car; he wanted to get out.

However, the driver refused and locked the car doors.

This was a moderately upscale Ford, where the driver could enable the child lock, preventing the rear doors and windows from opening.

Luo Ziling quickly sent his location to Wuyue along with the message: "Come to pick me up immediately."

After putting down his phone, he ordered the driver to stop the car once more. He now considered the driver a potential threat, and seeing the refusal to stop and the locked doors and windows, he took action.

Thankfully, a red light stopped the car. Luo Ziling took advantage of this pause to smash the window with a punch.

Reaching out, he tried to open the car door from the outside but found it locked, impossible to open from the outside.

But this didn't deter Luo Ziling. Under the driver's astonished gaze, he agilely climbed through the window, out of the car, before the driver could react.

Once outside, Luo Ziling quickly surveyed the surroundings and saw nothing unusual.

The traffic light remained red, but his dramatic exit from the vehicle had shocked the drivers behind and beside him.

Angry, Luo Ziling was determined to get to the bottom of this. Satisfied there were no immediate dangers, he approached the driver's side and punched the window.

The driver was stunned, both by Luo Ziling's aggression and the glass shattering over him, leaving him speechless even when Luo Ziling opened the car door.

"Who are you?" Luo Ziling dragged the driver to the roadside, sheltered by an advertising board, and fiercely interrogated, "Who ordered you to do this?"

"Man, nobody ordered me," the driver, half scared to death, stammered, "I just... just wanted to overcharge you for the fare. I don't know you, and I don't know who you are. I'm really sorry, let me go, I won't charge you, and I don't need compensation."

Sitting in the car, someone who can smash a window with their fists and then break the driver's window with another punch—the driver didn't dare resist and pleaded.

By this time, the traffic light had turned green, and cars began to move, but the car with broken windows remained in the middle of the street, prompting those behind to honk incessantly.

Traffic officers on the scene spotted the situation and quickly approached.

Seeing the shattered windows and someone subdued by another, the officer decisively called for backup.

Luo Ziling ignored the driver and didn't try to flee but stayed in place to wait for Wuyue.

He feared there might be assassins lurking nearby, and if he moved, he could be shot or otherwise harmed. Staying behind the large billboard at least shielded him from potential shots from several directions, and the open road made it unlikely for assassins to lay in wait there.

Wuyue and the police arrived almost simultaneously.

After Wuyue showed her credentials to the police, they didn't make things difficult for them.

The driver, deemed a suspect, was taken away, and the car too was driven off by the police.

As they led the driver away, the police told Luo Ziling and Wuyue that once they had taken statements, they would promptly inform them of the results.

"Hopefully, this was just a random incident," Wuyue said with a stern face as they drove away, "but we were lucky no mishap occurred, or we'd be held severely accountable."

Then, Wuyue solemnly made his request: "Young master, from now on, if you need anything, just instruct me. I'll always be by your side. If the young lady finds out about today, she'll definitely worry again. Such incidents must not happen again."

She was nearly scared to death.

"Alright," Luo Ziling admitted with a bit of lingering fear. It never crossed his mind that an occasional ride with a chauffeur would lead to such an unexpected event.

Of course, he also hoped this was merely a freak occurrence, not someone's deliberate plan to harm him.

Seeing Luo Ziling agree to her request, Wuyue breathed a sigh of relief: "I'll quickly wrap up the matters on the young lady's side and let Jin Yan handle it. Don't worry, your mother's affairs are under control. Even without Jin Yan's handling, nothing will go wrong."

"I trust you've made all the arrangements," Luo Ziling smiled and joked, "Today, you really did come to the rescue like a heroine, saving the damsel in distress."

Wuyue turned her head, gazed deeply at Luo Ziling, and softly said, "No matter what, I don't want anything to happen to you, even if it costs me my life."

Luo Ziling paused for a moment, then said pensively, "Isn't this what the male protagonist in a novel or movie typically says to the female lead?"

"..." Wuyue hesitated for a moment and then blushed.

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