The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 271 Can You Just Be a Kept Man?
He actually got angry!
Lin Chen explained with a smile, "I just happened to do Xu Bin a favor, and now I'm getting my money's worth back. Why bother you again?"

Zuo Yingying snorted, "You're being quite distant with me."

Lin Chen laughed and said, "I have to maintain my independent and excellent personality. That's what makes a man attractive. If I come to you for help every little thing, wouldn't I be seen as a freeloader? If that's the case, you wouldn't even be able to be friends with me, let alone like me, right?"

Zuo Yingying was amused: "You're just praising yourself. But someone as capable as you can totally tolerate you living off a woman."

"You think beautiful!"

Lin Chen made a couple of jokes, which was enough to dodge the question with a mix of truth and fiction.

Zuo Yingying clicked her tongue in amazement: "You're amazing! You've only been in Linhai for a short time, and you've already built good relationships with so many people, the Leng family, the Xu family..."

Lin Chen laughed and said, "That's the advantage of being a good doctor. No matter how powerful your family is, as long as you are human, you will be born, grow old, get sick and die, and you will have to seek help from doctors. This is a perfect opportunity to do favors."

Zuo Yingying asked curiously, "Did Xu Bin come to see you for treatment?"

Lin Chen naturally wouldn't reveal Xu Bin's privacy, so he casually made up a story: "He had some health problems during his cultivation, so he got some acupuncture to help him get better."

Zuo Yingying asked, "Are you alright?"

"It's nothing, a few acupuncture treatments and some medicine will do the trick."

Lin Chen smiled and steered the conversation back on track: "Since you offered to help with this, I owe you a favor. You can make one request of me, and if I can do it, I'll do it for you, how about it?"

Zuo Yingying was very satisfied: "That's quite proactive. Okay, let's do it that way."

Lin Chen tentatively asked, "What is the relationship between the Zuo family and the Chu family?"

Zuo Yingying replied, "So-so. We don't have any major grudges or close relationships. What, you want to deal with the Chu family?"

Lin Chen smiled and asked, "How did you get the raw materials from your brother?"

Zuo Yingying laughed and said, "I was just saying I was helping a friend with a small favor. It's not a big deal. My brother can solve it with a simple phone call."

Lin Chen chuckled and said, "Your brother helped with this. Why don't you arrange a dinner for me sometime so I can treat him to a meal as a way of thanking him?"

Zuo Yingying snorted, "He doesn't even know you. He only helped me because of me. Why do you care about him? If you're going to treat someone to a meal, why don't you treat me instead?"

Lin Chen joked in a relaxed tone, "You can come anytime. I also need to expand my network of friends so that I can find someone to help me if I encounter trouble in the future."

Zuo Yingying was very clever. When she heard Lin Chen insist on treating her brother to dinner, she immediately came to her senses and asked, "Do you need to see my brother for something?"

Lin Chen admitted, "Yes, partly out of gratitude, and partly because I'd like to discuss a collaboration with him." Zuo Yingying asked, "Are you serious?"

Yes, I'm serious.

Zuo Yingying readily agreed: "Okay, then I'll ask around for you. Do you have time tonight?"

Lin Chen didn't have any plans recently, so he said, "Tonight is not an option, but anytime is fine."

"Okay, I'll call you after I ask."

At the dinner that evening, the group didn't discuss any cooperation; they just drank and chatted. The cooperation would have to wait until the two of them returned to their families to discuss it and make an agreement.

……

Chu family.

Chu Tianyu put down the phone, his expression somewhat solemn.

He walked into the living room, where his father, Chu Songfeng, was sitting on the sofa watching TV. He glanced at him and asked casually, "What's wrong?"

Chu Tianyu sat down opposite Chu Songfeng: "I cut off Chu Jiaxue's pharmaceutical factory's raw materials, but I just received a call that Zuo Lin suddenly stepped in and bought all the raw materials. If I'm not mistaken, he should have bought them for Chu Jiaxue and solved the problem for her."

Chu Songfeng frowned and said, "How could Chu Jiaxue be related to Zuo Lin? Could it be that Zuo Lin has taken a liking to Chu Jiaxue?"

Chu Tianyu shook his head: "Chu Jiaxue has been busy with the pharmaceutical factory lately, so she probably hasn't had time to expand her network. Besides, we're from completely different worlds, so it's not easy to connect with her. Zuo Lin isn't the type to be easily swayed by beautiful women..."

Chu Songfeng laughed and said, "Since we don't know, let's just call and ask, see what they say, and then decide what to do."

Chu Tianyu nodded: "Okay!"

Chu Tianyu took out his phone and called Zuo Lin. After a brief exchange, he hung up.

"He said he didn't know Chu Jiaxue, and that his sister Zuo Yingying had asked him to help a friend. He didn't know who she was helping, and he also said he didn't know anything about the Chu family. It's obviously all nonsense..."

Chu Songfeng laughed and said, "If you don't want to turn against us directly, you should at least leave some room for maneuver. Since the Zuo family has intervened, let's just let this matter go and find another way."

Chu Tianyu pondered and said, "It seems that the key to all the problems still lies with Lin Chen. Without Lin Chen's help, Chu Jiaxue is nothing. As long as we get rid of Lin Chen, dealing with Chu Jiaxue will be a piece of cake."

Chu Songfeng nodded: "I wanted to remind you before that even if the factory went bankrupt, as long as Lin Chen was still around, he wouldn't be killed by you. This path was wrong from the start. Now that you finally understand the key, go and solve the problem. Think of a way to lure Lin Chen out, set up a trap, and eliminate him directly, ending it all!"

(End of this chapter)