Chapter 151 - Du Mansion Party (17)

In less than 5 seconds, Xiao Zhihao's face turned red like a tomato, and he quickly hid his face by pressing it against his mother's chest and groaned, "Mummm... I don't need to know that..."

Xiao Lei laughed. "Well, you asked for it..."

"What is she telling the boy? Why is his face so red?" Han Ye thought with a grin as he twirled Angela Zhang around. 

From the corner of his eyes, he could see Mrs. Wen slowly dancing toward where Xiao Lei. He saw that Mrs. Wen kept looking over at Xiao Lei, which caused him to be suspicious.

When he saw that she was about to press the heel of her foot onto Xiao Lei's bad foot, he almost yelled out. 

To his surprise, Xiao Lei managed to gracefully pull her son aside while stepping onto Mrs. Wen's attacking foot at the same time. 

"Ouch!" Mrs. Wen yelled out in pain before falling down on the ground. 

"Oops, oh no!" Xiao Lei cried out in a flat tone. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Wen, but why is your foot under mine?"

She offered her hand to help Mrs. Wen up, but the latter slapped her hand away. "I don't need your help! You did it on purpose!"

"Hey!" Xiao Zhihao snarled and looked at his mother's hand. 

"How could I?" Xiao Lei gasped and feigned ignorance. With a wronged expression, she said loudly, "My back was facing you the whole time. How could I see you?"

Mrs. Wen stood up with the help of her dance partner before limping over to Xiao Lei. She raised her voice and snarled, "You were angry because of the misunderstanding earlier. Do you have to take revenge like this? We have already settled that it was a misunderstanding!"

Mrs. Wen then glanced around and said, "Look at her! She's such a vengeful person!"  

"You!" Xiao Zhihao stood in front of his mother and snapped, "Why are you yelling at my mother?"

Mrs. Wen looked down at Xiao Zhihao. When she could not recognize him as any of the rich heirs, she sneered, "What a rude boy. A.d.u.l.ts are talking, step aside."

"Zhihao," Xiao Lei said with a smile as she looked at her son, "When pigs are snorting to us, we don't talk back to them." 

"Pfft!" Xiao Zhihao smirked as he looked back at Mrs. Wen.

"How dare you!" Mrs. Wen, seemingly forgotten about Han Ye's warning earlier, raised her hand. 

When she was about to lower it, Han Ye wanted to move forward, but Angela Zhang suddenly tripped and fell into his embrace, causing him to stop in his tracks. 

"Angela!" Han Ye helped her to stand steadily, but his eyes kept darting over to Xiao Lei, afraid that she would get angry again. 

However, there was no need for him to go over. 

Mrs. Wen's hand stopped in mid-air while she stared at Xiao Lei who was staring at her with such intense hatred in her eyes that she sent shiver down Mrs. Wen's spine. She wanted to move her hand, but for some reason, she could not.

"Y-you..." Mrs. Wen stuttered as fear struck the very core of her consciousness. She had never seen such a gaze on a woman before. The only time she saw it was on President Du's face, back when he was defending his wife's innocence in front of everyone. 

"Me? I didn't do anything," Xiao Lei said with a smile. "Mrs. Wen, are you trying to hit me? Seriously? In front of this big crowd?"

Mrs. Wen gulped and looked around. When she noticed that she was now the center of attention, she quickly pulled her hand back and gently wiped off imaginary dust off Xiao Lei's shoulder. She then said with a forced smile, "I saw a dust bunny earlier..." 

"I'm sure you did," Xiao Lei said as she glanced at Mrs. Wen's hand that was on her shoulder.  

Mrs. Wen lowered her voice and whispered in a volume that only Xiao Lei and Xiao Zhihao could hear her, "Ms. Xiao, I'm just giving you a piece of advice. As a secretary, you have to know your place. Otherwise, your boss will get into trouble."

Instead of being agitated like earlier, Xiao Lei merely smirked as she picked up Mrs. Wen's hand that was on her shoulder calmly. Holding Mrs. Wen's hand in front of her, Xiao Lei said calmly while matching the volume of Mrs. Wen's voice, "And please let this lowly secretary return you a piece of advice. 'If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice' 1 ."  

"You!" Mrs. Wen tried to pull her hand back, but Xiao Lei was gripping onto her hand tightly. "Let go!" Mrs. Wen hissed and pulled her hand back roughly. 

Xiao Lei released her hand at the right moment, causing Mrs. Wen to stumble backward in an awkward manner. It was awkward because the latter was wearing a pair of heels.

With her voice calm and steady, Xiao Lei added, "Mrs. Wen, it's not good to be in a rush. You saw that I was holding your hand, why did you pull back so forcefully? I'm just a weak woman. If you pull that hard, I won't be able to hold onto you."

Xiao Lei took a step forward and pretended to dust Mrs. Wen's dress.

Mrs. Wen glared at Xiao Lei who continued to smile calmly at her. 

When Mrs. Wen was about to turn away, Xiao Lei stopped her by saying, "Mrs. Wen, I'm Han Ye's secretary. If you try to humiliate me again, it's equal to humiliating my boss, which equals to humiliating his boss... Are you sure you want to play this game?" 

Mrs. Wen glanced at both DX and Kai Xin who were just watching the scene quietly while speaking among themselves, and she turned back to Xiao Lei and hissed, "What do you want?" 

Xiao Lei glanced at her son before she said to Mrs. Wen, "Well... How about an apology? You did put your foot under mine. My left heel is a little sore now."

"You!" 

"Xiao Lei, don't go overboard," Patricia Lee said while watching from the side. "That was an accident." 

"Accident or not, one should still apologize for one's mistake. I apologized earlier, even though it's not my fault, so Mrs. Wen has to apologize as well. As a.d.u.l.ts, we have to," Xiao Lei wrapped her arm around her son's shoulders and said with a cheeky smile, "show good manners to the kids..." 

Xiao Zhihao got the hint, and he frowned as he asked, "Mum, can I put my foot below other people's foot and blame them in the future?" 

"I don't know, my dear son. Poor people like us would always get blamed for other people's fault..." Xiao Lei sighed dramatically and slowly turned around. 

Mrs. Wen heard people whispering around, saying that she was uncultured for bullying a poor secretary. In order to save what face she had left, she hissed, "I'm sorry, alright?!"

"Well, isn't that easy..." Xiao Lei smirked, and with a flick of her hair, she walked away with her son. 

"Mum, you're so cool..." Xiao Zhihao whispered once they were a distance away. 

"Of course... How can I embarrass my son?" Xiao Lei smiled, but her forehead was covered with sweat. 

Meanwhile, Han Ye was smiling from ear to ear as he watched Xiao Lei walking away with her arm around her son's shoulders. "She's going to come back soon..." he thought.

The unreasonable Fan Wushuang was buried deep within Xiao Xiao Lei, and Han Ye would do his best to bring out the old her. The young Fan Wushuang was unreasonable, but she was strong and she could protect herself. Han Ye could not be with her forever, and she did not have any family that she could trust, so he wanted her to be as strong as she could.

"Han Ye, will you get into trouble for this?"

"Huh?" Han Ye glanced at Angela Zhang who was standing next to him. 

As she glanced at Xiao Lei, Angela Zhang said with a worried expression, "Though not as big as Du Corporation, that Mrs. Wen is still someone with influence in Imperial City. Xiao Lei shouldn't have done so."

She tutted. "What if she gets you into trouble? Why can't Xiao Lei think more for you?"

Han Ye smiled as he said, "It's fine. My position is not that fragile. And that woman is not even someone I'd pay attention to, much less Du Corporation. Come, it's getting late. We have to leave earlier. Otherwise, we will get caught by the jam later." 

"Han Ye..." Angela Zhang pouted and protested, "You're just going to let her get away with something like that?" 

Han Ye looked at her with a surprised expression. "Angela... you..." 

He had never heard such a tone in Angela Zhang's voice before.

When Angela Zhang noticed it, she quickly said meekly, "I'm just worried about you." 

With a softer expression, Han Ye chuckled and patted her head as he said, "I'm a man. I can handle a mischievous secretary like that." 

"Mum!"  Chinese Proverbs