Lihao, third floor.
The man in the private room moved his hands and feet in an uncomfortably persistent manner. Lan Xin dealt with him perfunctorily, shoving him off while pouring one glass after another wine. The man could hold his liquor well, showing no signs of drunkenness, but as she drank, Lan Xin gradually began to feel light-headed and dizzy. The man took the opportunity to cause trouble, hugged her tightly, and kissed her face with his stubbled mouth. His breath was mixed with a strong smell of alcohol and bad breath, and his hands went into her chest and kneaded it randomly. Lan Xin felt nauseated and knew that this was not going to work. She retched, covered her mouth and said, “Boss Dou, I can’t take it anymore. I need to go to the restroom.”
The man was dissatisfied, but he was afraid that she would actually vomit on him, so he grabbed her butt and said, “Okay, go ahead.”
She picked her throat in the bathroom and vomited out all the wine she had just drank. She lost all strength and leaned against the sink to rest. There was a vibration in the small leather bag she carried with her. She took out her mobile phone, looked at the number, and then threw it aside in disgust. The phone kept vibrating on the counter, and the same number came over one after another. She frowned and picked it up, saying coldly, “What’s the matter?”
“Filthy bitch, you fvcking dare not answer my call! I’ll fvck you, filthy bitch! Come back and see if I don’t fvck you to death…” The curse words came one after another.
Lan Xin’s hand was shaking with anger while holding the phone, and she gritted her teeth and said, “Zhao Jun, have you had enough? I told you not to call me when I’m at work.”
“What kind of job do you work in? Do you show off your coquettishness and let people touch you, or do you spread your legs and let people fvck you? Your customers don’t think you’re loose down there?” The drunken man took a sip and said, “So, you’re pretty good at hiding, huh? Think moving will keep me from finding you? Ha, guess where I am right now?” Then, the sound of his daughter Yuanyuan crying came through the line.
Lan Xin’s eyes turned bloodshot, and she shouted into her mobile phone, “fvck you, Zhao Jun, don’t hit her! She is your daughter!”
“You sleep with other men all day long. Who knows if she is my biological child.” The man said, “If you want me to stop beating this little bastard, give me money.”
As she listened to the little girl’s cries on the phone getting louder and louder, her heart was twisted, and she shed tears, “It was you who forced me into becoming an escort; you pushed me into this! I’ve given you all the money… Zhao Jun, I’m begging you, please, let my daughter and me go… please…”
“No money? If you don’t have any money, just take this little bastard and sell yourselves together. If mother and daughter did it together, your customers would definitely like it more.”
“You’re not a fvcking human being!”
“Yes, I’m not a human being. You are the human being, so you have to be nice to our daughter.” Zhao Jun chuckled, “I’ll be waiting for you at home, but you have to come back with the money before this bottle is finished, or else I will accidentally lose control of myself, and she’ll have to go to the hospital again. It’s not much, I want 20,000 yuan. Give me 20,000, and I’ll leave and never bother you again. Come back soon, Wife.”
The phone was hung up. Lan Xin, who was exhausted both physically and mentally, lay on the sink and cried loudly. The tears smeared the heavy makeup on her face, making her look funny and miserable. However, crying couldn’t solve everything. She still had Yuanyuan, so the only solution for now was to find a way to collect money to fill this bottomless hole. She steeled herself, washed her face with cold water, put on her makeup, forced a smile in the mirror, and walked back to the private room.
After a while, the private room’s door was kicked open violently, and Boss Dou walked out angrily. Lan Xin threw herself at his feet and begged, “Boss Dou, please lend me 20,000 yuan. I am willing to work as a cow or a horse for you. You can do whatever you want.”
“fvck you!” Boss Dou kicked her hard, “I’m here to have fun, not do charity work. Get out!”
Lan Xin grabbed his feet while crying. She had no choice. Zhao Jun was a heavy drinker and gambler, racking up debts and coming to her for money every few days. If he didn’t give the money, he would beat her and Yuanyuan. Not long ago, the loan shark chased her into the rental house, scaring them so much that they hid in the closet and trembled. She moved in a hurry, thinking she could get rid of this scumbag, but she didn’t expect that he would come to her door again. She had borrowed money from all the places where she could borrow money, and when she couldn’t pay it back, others were unwilling to lend her money again, so she could only ask the guests shamelessly. Boss Dou had requested her many times and was considered a regular customer. Unexpectedly, he was unwilling to help her even half a cent. She held on to the other person’s leg tightly, feeling like she was holding on to the last straw.
“Are you not going to let go?” Boss Dou got a little drunk. He grabbed her hair and raised his hand to hit her down. But he was caught in the middle of the swing. He became even more irritable. He turned around and said, “Who the hell has nothing better to do than stick their nose in my business?”
The young man who caught him looked at him coldly with dark brown eyes and said, “Don’t lay a hand on a woman.”
“Get out of here…” Before Boss Dou could finish his words, he was punched hard in the face and fell backwards and heavily to the ground. The person who took action was another person who had just followed behind the young man.
Lan Xin looked up in shock, saw the man standing before her, and said in confusion, “…Ah Zhou?”
Chu Yunhan reached out to support her, pausing just before making contact with her body. His lips tightened as he firmly grasped her arm and helped her up. Although he still felt a strong aversion to touching others, he had managed to improve quite a bit through his efforts at self-restraint and adjustment.
“Long time no see. It looks like you’re not doing well.” He said.
Such a sudden concern made her originally hard-armoured heart suddenly become fragile, and tears instantly flowed down. Lan Xin casually wiped her face with the back of her hand, choking and saying, “It’s not very good.”
“You little brat, daring to hit someone here! Don’t you know whose turf this is?!” Boss Dou was beaten by Bai Yang so badly that his eyes were black. He didn’t dare to come forward anymore. He just covered his face and sat on the ground, grimacing and cursing.
“Oh? Whose territory is it?” Chu Yunhan raised an eyebrow and looked at him.
The man said fiercely, “Hey, you are so arrogant that you dare to cause trouble at the Black Eagle Club’s place. I’ll see how you’ll kneel at my feet and apologise later!”
He smiled and saw Cao Kun and Luo Ning rushing towards the elevator entrance in the corridor but said nothing. Lan Xin’s face turned pale, and she grabbed his wrist suddenly and said, “Don’t speak; I’ll take care of everything.”
She knew that the clients coming here had various complicated social connections. From her previous encounters, although this Boss Dou was called a boss, he felt more like someone’s lackey. Even if he wasn’t involved in any illegal activities, he was someone ordinary people couldn’t afford to offend. Furthermore, Lihao was under the control of Golden Eagle, and to put it bluntly, anyone who could manage this kind of grey business smoothly had forces and managers behind them that were not to be trifled with. She had seen the fate of those who caused trouble in Lihao, and now with Ah Zhou and his friends getting into a fight and hurting someone because of her, she couldn’t let them get hurt any further. She quickly calculated in her mind how to explain the situation, but no good excuses came to her, leaving her trembling with anxiety and fear.
This woman was still the same. She was scared to death, but she had to stand before him.
Chu Yunhan remembered when he was working as a waiter at Lihao and accidentally spilt wine on a guest. She had stepped before him to apologise and smile, just like this time. Later, under that guest’s harassment, she ended up taking off her clothes and being groped and kissed to smooth things over. She didn’t ask him to thank her afterwards; she just said, ‘I’m used to being touched’. Later, the two got closer and vaguely learned about her family affairs. She had an alcoholic and gambling husband and a five-year-old daughter, and the whole family relied on her to earn money. She always used heavy makeup to hide the traces of beatings on her face. At that time, he just wanted to keep a low profile and save his life, and he could not do anything more for her, but things were different now.
Chu Yunhan took off his thin coat and put it on her, then picked up the handkerchief and wiped her face with gentle and careful movements. He was used to being a playboy in the past, and now he was still very skilled in how he treated girls. Lan Xin was confused by his actions and looked at the nightclub executive parked aside in panic. He was about to say something when he saw the general manager, Cao Kun, accompanying him with a smile. He said, “Young Master Yun, I didn’t know it was you. It’s really rude not to come down to greet you.”
“Don’t bother with the formalities. I don’t have much time, so let’s make this short.” Chu Yunhan was a little impatient. “This guest wanted to be rough with the woman, so he was beaten. The one who beat him was Mr. Bai Yang, the one next to me. If the police want you to arrest someone, arrest him.”
“Eldest Young Master…” Bai Yang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
“However, I’ve worked here before and have a good understanding of Supervisor Luo’s abilities. He will definitely find a way to ‘persuade’ this gentleman to give up on calling the police and handle everything properly.” He turned to Luo Ning, smiling ambiguously, and said, “Right?”
Luo Ning was a member of the Intelligence Department of the Black Eagle Association, and the person Chu Yichen arranged to follow him in Lihao. He knew Chu Yunhan’s identity from the time he hid in Lihao. What he said was obviously a bit of a threat. If he didn’t handle it well, he would settle the score with himself. Luo Ning understood in his heart, stood with his hands down and said, “Okay.”
Chu Yunhan saw Lan Xin looking at him in shock and smiled, “Let’s go.”
Seeing the three people who had beaten him walk away, Boss Dou finally stood up and asked Cao Kun angrily, “You actually let him go like this? He beat me! Is this how you treat your guests? What’s with the Black Eagle Club, it’s useless…”
“This guest, I think you’d better pay attention to your words.” Luo Ning’s tall body stood before him, covering most of the light above his head. Cao Kun said helplessly, “Let’s talk about compensation for you in detail. Mr. Dou, please follow me.”
“Is there any mistake? Why should you pay compensation if he hits someone?”
“Because this nightclub is one of his properties.” Luo Ning said expressionlessly.
Autumn was approaching, and the weather had cooled down at night. Lan Xin walked out of the nightclub and said softly, “Ah Zhou, you…”
“My name is Chu Yunhan.”
She recited the name silently and smiled reluctantly, “Thank you, I…I have to go back.”
“What do you want 20,000 yuan for?” he asked.
She lowered her head and was silent for a moment, then said, “To save my daughter…and save myself…”
In fact, Chu Yunhan had already made a rough guess in his mind, but he just asked her for confirmation. Turning to Bai Yang, he said, “Go and call some bodyguards, and then find me the person in charge of this area.”
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