His father had shown him Jiang Ruiling's pictures but he was too lazy to check and threw them away without even looking at them. He wasn't really interested in this marriage and was grudgingly going along with his old man's whims.

Jiang Ruiling was a kind of beauty he had never encountered in his life before. She was way different than all the girls he had slept with all this time

He whistled.

Well if it's her then this marriage might not be that bad…

Wen Yaoting smiled. "Jiang Ruiling."

She smiled back. "Wen Yaoting, isn't it?"

"Yup, it's me."

He took a seat and said, "I apologize for being late."

Lihua gritted her teeth.

Apologize for your dressing sense too, you idiot! You are hurting everyone's eyes here! I cannot believe how much Jiang Ruiling would be suffering! She would go blind at this rate!

Jiang Ruiling said, "I understand."

"That's so polite of you. And to top it off, you are such a beauty. Beauty with manners. A perfect woman," he flashed his white teeth. "All the socialites that I met until now were so arrogant. But you are different."

He was openly checking her out much to Shen Yang's irritation. There was a crafty smile on his lips and the gaze in his eyes with which he stared at Jiang Ruiling gave him the urge to punch him.

Wen Yaoting glanced at Shen Yang and asked, "Who is he?"

Jiang Ruiling smiled. "Well, he is someone who is very close to me."

Shen Yang stiffened while Wen Yaoting frowned.

"Very close?"

Young mistress!

"Yes. He is my bodyguard after all. He stays beside me all the time to protect me."

Wen Yaoting sighed in relief. "Oh! Close as in…"

"What did you think?" She squinted her gaze.

He coughed. "Nothing. So Mr. Bodyguard. Please leave us alone. This is a date after all," he eyed Shen Yang.

He couldn't wait to spend some alone time with her.

Shen Yang narrowed his eyes. "It's my job to be beside the young mistress. As such, I cannot leave her side. Those are my orders."

Lihua widened her eyes.

"I didn't expect that from him! I thought he would leave."

Wei quietly stared at Shen Yang. Then he said, "He won't. Especially now."

"Why?"

He glanced at Lihua. "If a man would look at you the way Wen Yaoting is looking at Ruiling, then I would do much more than not just leave…"

His voice trailed off with a sinister ring to it and his eyes seemed frosty. Lihua shuddered and somehow understood what he was trying to say.

No man, who had feelings for a woman, could bear to leave her with a man who was ogling at her so disrespectfully. Even if Shen Yang wouldn't accept his feelings, that didn't mean he would allow Jiang Ruiling to stay with a man who seemed as if he would jump at her at any moment.

Jiang Ruiling lifted her gaze. She saw the icy expression marred on his handsome face. Her lips faintly curled into a smile.

Wen Yaoting was irritated. But he didn't want to sound impatient and childish.

"Haha. Of course, I understand. But we need to have some private time if you know what I mean..." he smiled.

Shen Yang said, "Please don't bother with me, Mr. Wen. You can treat me like air. I am just standing here, doing my duty."

"But you can take a break now. Jiang Ruiling is with me, so you don't have to worry. She cannot be in danger in a restaurant with me."

Lihua wanted to strangle him.

It's precisely why you are here that we have to worry!

Shen Yang's gaze turned even icier, making Wen Yaoting jolt in his seat. He felt hostility emanating from his aura as he threw razor-sharp gazes at him.

He coldly said, "Apologies, Mr. Wen. As the chief of the security forces, I cannot compromise on my duty. Only a member of the Jiang family can command me."

Wen Yaoting gnashed his jaw in anger.

This bastard!

He tried his best to smile and looked at her. "In that case, you can send him away, Jiang Ruiling. He would definitely listen to you."

A demure smile laced her lips. "What is the problem if he stays here? Like he said, you can just treat him as air."

Ah damn! Why are they so stubborn? Forget it…Heh. Once we get married, this annoying bodyguard won't be there anyway.

"Sure if that's what you want. Oh! Why don't we order something?"

Wen Yaoting whistled and signaled a waiter.

Lihua frowned.

"That is a rude way to call someone…" she mumbled.

Wen Yaoting quickly ordered some dishes and sent him away.

Lihua fumed. "He didn't even bother to ask her what she wanted to eat!"

She felt something near her lips and saw Wei diligently holding the chopsticks to feed her meat. "Eat up," he smiled and said with indulgence.

And here is my husband who ordered so many pork cutlets even though I wanted just one, she sighed

She pouted and chomped upon the piece of meat. A warm smile bloomed on his lips and he kept feeding her one after the other.

At their side, Shen Yang was also displeased with his behavior.

Is this kind of man chosen for young mistress?

The date was nothing more than Wen Yaoting bragging about himself and exaggerating his achievements in the Wen group even though there were none. Either he would brag or flirt with Jiang Ruiling.

Jiang Ruiling quietly listened to him. For others, it might be annoying that only Wen Yaoting was talking, but she didn't mind it honestly. That saved her from talking to him.

Wen Yaoting thought that by now, he had definitely impressed Jiang Ruiling. He saw her fair and pale hand on the table. Ever since he saw her, he had an urge to touch her soft skin. He smiled and slowly moved his hand trying to hold her as naturally as possible.

But suddenly, he felt a crushing weight on his wrist and his eyes widened.

"Don't touch young mistress," Shen Yang's cold voice reverberated in the air as he balled his wrist into his palm.