Wooing my Bodyguard Wife

Tittering laughs came from the crowd. Wei Yan internally cheered - he wasn't assigned to guard a white lotus heroine! In fact, he had a feeling that Miss Li would have dragged Zhou Yu across the tarmac face-first if he wasn't there.

Zhou Yu scoffed. "If your mother had your powers, she wouldn't have married some poor noodle stall owner in the middle of fucking nowhere."

Xue Ning stilled at her words as her eyes widened in shock. Did Zhou Yu just imply…

"What did you say?"

"You heard me - you're just a daughter from noodle stall owners in the countryside." Zhou Yu tossed her long blonde hair behind her and gave her a derisive glance from her head to toe.

"If you weren't good at seducing men, how could you have held Jingwei's attention?"

The crowd couldn't believe their ears. Sun Jingwei's fiancee was the daughter of noodle stall owners? How preposterous? Their admiring glances became colder and more judgemental. In their eyes, she was a gold-digger of the highest order!

Xue Ning took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down. So Zhou Yu had finally found out her family's background, in addition to her real name. That was fast! She must have found out the truth and then decided to pay her and Jingwei a visit to stir up trouble.

While Xue Ning was thinking, Zhou Yu took her silence as confirmation and started crowing at the top of her lungs, like a rooster in the morning.

"See everyone! This woman is just a money-grubbing slut!"

"Wei Yan, let go of her arm," Xue Ning said, eerily calm as her vision narrowed to only focus only on Zhou Yu's obnoxious face and her stupid flowing hair. She slowly stretched her arms out, it wouldn't do for her hands to get a cramp while beating the shit out of her, after all.

"Miss Li, I don't think it's a wise idea," Wei Yan said cautiously. He was supposed to protect Miss Li after all, and the bodyguard in him knew he was supposed to de-escalate the conflict.

The busybody in him however wanted to see a fist fight! But that might turn out badly for Miss Li, so he had to regrettably remain where he was.

"Let go of her." Xue Ning repeated.

"No, Miss Li, it's not safe to be so close to radioactive waste." Wei Yan said earnestly, and was rewarded with a small smile.

"Exactly, so you can let go now. I'm going to do my part for the environment and…dispose of toxic waste." She cracked her knuckles, and they made ominous popping noises. Everyone held their breaths, not daring to blink in case they missed even a moment of this riveting drama.

In this very moment, a small shadow darted out from the crowd of onlookers to stand in front of Xue Ning, her arms outstretched as though she was trying to protect her.

It was a young girl.

"You're a mean person! Why are you blocking our gate and being rude? I just want to go home!" The girl shouted, and her voice sounded familiar. Could it be…

"Shhhh…" The mother tried to shush her and pull her away, but it was too late. The young girl had attracted the attention of the crowd and of Zhou Yu, whose eyes glittered maliciously at the young child that dared to stand against her.

Upon seeing the mother, Xue Ning's heart stuttered in recognition. It was Bai Yue's mom!

Then the girl… was Bai Yue!

"Come on, Yueyue, you shouldn't be yelling in public at strangers!" The mother cajoled her daughter, shooting Zhou Yu a panicked look as her daughter refused to budge, glaring stubbornly at who she thought was an evil woman who was just mean to people.

How could she call the nice brave lady that got rid of the crowd from before a slut? Young as she was, she was mature enough to know that was an insult, even if she didn't know what it meant.

"And what's so bad about owning a noodle stall?" Bai Yue asked with the naivety of a child. "You get to eat noodles all the time. I think it's great. I like noodles."

Xue Ning felt her heart warm at Bai Yue's adorably earnest words. She was such an endearing child, and the crowd couldn't help but be swayed to her side.

Her innocent words brought up a good point - in the grand scheme of things, there was nothing wrong in being a noodle stall owner! Sure, it wasn't on the level of being a billionaire, but all these people have gotten takeout at least once in their lives.

(At least her family wasn't made out of criminals.)

There were a few indulgent chuckles at her words while Bai Yue's mother tried to seal her own daughter's lips in vain.

No matter how powerful the Zhou family was, bullying children would still lead to criticism! However, Zhou Yu did not seem to get the memo. She glared at Bai Yue threateningly, and Bai Yue's lip trembled.

However, Bai Yue refused to be pulled away by her mom!

Sensing that her daughter would not be dissuaded, Bai Yue's mom sent Xue Ning a pleading look. Her daughter had somehow decided to become a brave heroine after hearing what Xue Ning said to her! She was proud when she broke up fights between her classmates but this was too much!

Her daughter had run her mouth in front of Sun Jingwei and his wife with no consequences, but she's sure that someone as vindictive as Zhou Yu, who apparently had a grudge against his wife, would not be that merciful even to a child.

Zhou Yu smirked. "What is your name, little girl?"

"I'm Bai Yue." Bai Yue replied, jutting out her lower lip. Xue Ning wanted to warn her not to give her real name to demons, because they would suck out her soul, but it was too late.

"Bai Yue is it… since you like noodles so much, this jiejie will make sure you get to eat noodles for your entire life!"