Chapter 142

YuZhi looked to him on his right, followed his line of sight to the sitting area, and froze. His expression blanked out almost immediately, and he locked eyes with a nervous trembling TangShi. His previous calm expression hardened like laser beams being initiated, and his eyes narrowed at her. He seemed to grow taller as he stood straight, and his posture became intimidating.

“Leave.” His single harsh word was delivered in an icy and harsh tone loud enough to echo around TangShi. The effect was that of being stabbed in the heart, and her eyes pricked and misted over as she swallowed hard, losing her courage. His face betrayed nothing of his inner war of emotions at seeing her or the increase in his pulse and sudden chest compression.

“I’ll escort her out.” ZhengLi cut in, moving past him, aware they didn’t need a scene up here that could be leaked to the press. He always ran interference in YuZhi’s life and work and didn’t want this to escalate.

“YuZhi, I just want