General Lei's men arrived on time then immediately reported to Gao Rou and Andrea. After giving a briefing, the two got ready to leave for the Shen Residence.
"Andy, sometimes, I get confused who is the boss between the two of us." Gao Rou complained as they walk back up to Lu Fang's office.
She giggled at his remark and punched him in the arm. "Arrg… That's painful for a girl."
"Well… If you insist, I'll be your boss soon enough." Andrea walked ahead of Gao Rou as she said this. Then reality hit him. It was indeed bound to happen soon. In all the years he had known Lu Fang, this was the first time he had seen him give his all for a woman.
A soldier rode with the couple in the front seat while Gao Rou was on another car with 2 others. One soldier was left supervising Lu-Wei's security and the other was assigned to Lu Fang's mansion.
As Shen Mian was driving, her eyes occasionally landed on the couple at the back. Lu Fang's arm was around Andrea's waist and they often talk in secret whispering to each other and giggling. So far, during the 15-minute ride, the man had already kissed her twice on the cheek. She thought, 'Fang has been poisoned by this woman! He would never show this kind of affection in public. Andrea Li, you are such a manipulative slut! Just wait until we get to our house.'
When they finally arrived, Lu Fang was surprised to see other guests joining them for dinner. There was another couple whom he knew very well and another woman with an exquisite aura of a princess. Andrea's eyes immediately spotted the elegant lady and as their eyes met, she shook her head lightly. The lady was quick to look away.
Lu Fang immediately introduced the other two as his classmates in middle school, Fu Heng and his wife, Ai Liqin.
The man's parents and grandfather were already seated in the dining table talking to Yu Qiao, Mrs. Shen, and Shen He, Shen Mian's father.
Seeing Andrea, Christina Lu quickly stood up to greet and praise her dazzling beauty. With the sight of the soon to be in-laws talking harmoniously, someone starred daggers at Andrea furious to see that her rival had already penetrated the Lus.
"Yanmei! You made it! I am so happy." Exclaimed Shen Mian as she walked over to the refined lady who was sitting beside her mother.
The lady smiled and said, "Of course, you called me 10 times. It did not seem like I had a choice."
Mian almost choked at her reply and laughed trying to hide the meaning behind it. She then introduced her to Lu Fang and the others.
"Fang, Heng. I'd like to introduce to you Xia Yanmei. She is a cousin of the main Xia family. We were classmates when I studied abroad."
"Wow! I've never met any of the Xia's. I am pleased to meet you," said Fu Heng.
He extended his arm to shake her hand but she merely looked at his and said, "It's nice to meet you." She immediate took the glass of wine in front of her completely ignoring the other party.
Shen Mian can only gasp at Yanmei's actions. She knew she was difficult to deal with but she wanted to brag about her connections and made sure that she came over for dinner. She tried her best to change the mood in the dining table and called for the food to be served. "Let's start our dinner everyone!"
All introductions were made and they began to enjoy the delicious food prepared by the Shens when Yu Qiao started to probe. "Lu Fang, you have a beautiful girlfriend. Tell me, what does she do?"
"She is my personal bodyguard, together with Gao Rou." The man said as he pointed to his brother chewing on a spring roll.
"Yes, that's right. She is one of the best!" Praised Gao Rou.
"Well such a shame, with a beautiful face like yours, you could easily pass on to be an actress or model!"
"I know right! Mom, I was telling you this, maybe you could refer Andrea to one of your friends in the industry!"
The remarks given by Shen Mian and Yu Qiao were well understood by Andrea and she replied back, "Oh, no thank you. I like my work. I like taking down scheming individuals, putting them in their rightful place."
Shen Mian, "…"
Yu Qiao, "…"
"But don't you think it's such a dangerous job for a girl?" Mr. Shen decided to join in the conversation.
"Well Mr. Shen, I've taken down more men than I can count with my toes and fingers combined. They were deemed useless of their manly traits." Andrea continued to slice on her meat as she said this and glanced at her man who was smiling, proud of her response.
"Besides, I like the thrill of taking the lives of traitors, vipers or plotters, whoever they are. Putting a knife against their throat. Slitting it just gives me an overwhelming satisfaction!" She said this while demonstrating against her own neck, using a steak knife.
Jaws began dropping in the faces of those in the dining table.
Yu Qiao was ready to react when Lu Wei, interrupted the conversation. "Now, Andrea. That is not right."
'Yes, finally, Mr. Lu is going to see you for who you really are!' Shen Mian rejoiced in secret.
"You see, Andrea, you need to position the knife in where the jugular vein is." Lu Wei pointed out to his neck and continued, "See this? You have to slit it through here."
"Oh, I'll remember that Mr. Lu. Thank you for showing me."
The Lus including Gao Rou was used to these kinds of conversation but Lu Wei might have forgotten who else was in the table with them that Christina Lu glared at him.
Realizing the look on his wife, he tried to cover it up. "Oh, I saw that on TV once and thought, if I ever need to defend myself. I should be on point!"