Chapter 139: Spending the Night

Lu Feng saw that Black Coffee was still being as arrogant as ever. He rolled his shoulders and said, “Fine, then. Let’s fight. I haven’t stretched my muscles in a while. Watermark ad test. Watermark ad test.”

“Still pretending to be some martial arts master? I’ll play with you!” Black Coffee sneered. He rolled up his sleeves, took a set of brass knuckles from one of his men, slipped them onto his hand, and assumed a boxer’s stance.

The moment he had the brass knuckles on, Black Coffee lunged forward and swung at Lu Feng’s face.

Lu Feng did not even bother to dodge. He simply reached out, seized Black Coffee’s arm, twisted it, and flipped him onto the floor.

Black Coffee gritted his teeth and tried to strike back, but Lu Feng grabbed his arm and gave it a vicious wrench.

“Ah!”

Black Coffee cried out in pain.

Lu Feng hauled him to his feet and held him in front of himself as a shield, parting the crowd and walking out of the private room. Guo Yanzhi and Yao Chuchu followed behind him.

As soon as they reached the first floor, another group of men entered through the door. At their head was Strong Qiang.

All the establishments in this area fell under Strong Qiang’s control. Black Coffee was one of his men as well. Since someone had called out his name earlier, one of his underlings had naturally sent word, which was why Strong Qiang had brought people over.

When Lu Feng saw who it was, he shoved Black Coffee toward him.

“You bastard, you’re pretty tough. You’re not dead yet?” Black Coffee bared his teeth and glared at Lu Feng before complaining to Strong Qiang. “Brother Qiang, this bastard came to wreck our place and even called out Boss Dragon’s name. He’s unbelievably arrogant!”

Strong Qiang displayed a sunny smile as he looked at Black Coffee. Then he suddenly raised his hand and slapped him across the face.

“You son of a bitch! Can’t you recognize people? Have you fed your eyes to the dogs?”

After disciplining his underling, Strong Qiang plastered a smile across his face and walked over.

“Young Master Feng, you came over to have some fun without even telling me. Are you looking down on your brother here?”

Lu Feng replied expressionlessly, “I only came to find someone. I’ve found her, so we’re leaving.”

“That won’t do. It’s not every day you come by. If Brother Dragon finds out I failed to entertain you properly, I’ll have to go learn hostess work from Auntie Jia. Black Coffee, get over here and apologize to Young Master Feng!”

Black Coffee knew that he had truly been blind this time. He hurriedly lowered his head and walked over to Lu Feng.

“Young Master Feng, it was my fault. I was blind…”

“Enough. I don’t want to hear it. Move aside and stop blocking my view,” Lu Feng said, waving him away.

“Yes!”

Black Coffee immediately retreated to a place where Lu Feng could no longer see him. His attitude was utterly different from his earlier arrogance, as though he had become an entirely different person.

While they were speaking, one of Strong Qiang’s men had already whispered the entire story into his ear.

Strong Qiang took a look at Yao Chuchu. She was indeed a young woman so delicate she seemed as if water could be wrung from her skin. He was worried that his men’s mistake today would upset Lu Feng. If something went wrong while Boss Dragon was being treated, the blame would fall on him. Strong Qiang therefore began thinking of a way to make amends.

“All right, I’m leaving. Some things were damaged, so have someone calculate the cost and give me the figure tomorrow,” Lu Feng said, turning to go.

Strong Qiang immediately grabbed his arm.

“Hey… So what if a few things were damaged? As long as Young Master Feng is happy, you could tear the whole place apart. Since you’re here, how can you leave so quickly? Come, come. The new girl doesn’t know the rules yet. Chuchu, right? Come over and have a drink with Young Master Feng.”

Lu Feng had come to help rescue her. Hearing this, he explained, “She isn’t a hostess here. I came to take her away.”

“Hey! Why leave? Good things should of course be finished here.”

As he spoke, Strong Qiang dragged Lu Feng into the elevator and all the way to a luxurious suite upstairs.

“Strong Qiang, let me be clear. I hope you won’t make things difficult for that girl in the future,” Lu Feng said.

“How could that be called making things difficult? If Young Master Feng has taken a liking to a girl, then naturally we have to protect her,” Strong Qiang replied.

“Do as you like. I’m taking her with me today.”

Lu Feng turned to leave.

“That won’t do. It would violate the rules. I know everything that happened.”

Strong Qiang called toward the outside, “Bring Miss Chuchu in.”

Yao Chuchu was escorted inside, her head bowed the entire time. Guo Yanzhi followed her in as well.

Strong Qiang’s men had not intended to bring Guo Yanzhi inside, but since he had come with Lu Feng, they did not dare offend him and therefore did not stop him.

“What rules?” Lu Feng asked, frowning.

Strong Qiang pointed at Yao Chuchu.

“She came here willingly to entertain guests, and she has already been paid. That makes her one of the girls under my establishment. If Young Master Feng insists on taking her away, I, Strong Qiang, would not dare stop you. But that would break the rules. If someone causes trouble in my territory in the future, I would have no face to speak for myself.”

Lu Feng understood at once. Since Yao Chuchu had accepted the money, she came under Strong Qiang’s authority. If he forcibly took her away, it would amount to humiliating Strong Qiang.

Although Strong Qiang was a gangster, Lu Feng had no grudge against him. They had even shared drinks before. By all rights, Lu Feng should not embarrass him.

“Tell me, then. What should be done?” Lu Feng asked directly.

Strong Qiang snapped his fingers.

“Easy. Let Chuchu stay here and accompany Young Master Feng for one night. If Young Master Feng is satisfied, I’ll consider her a gift from Strong Qiang. After that, no one in the Azure Dragon Society will make things difficult for her.”

Lu Feng frowned and looked at Yao Chuchu. She was beautiful, but they had only just met and could hardly be said to know each other. Asking her to do such a thing felt inappropriate.

At Strong Qiang’s words, Yao Chuchu’s body trembled. She did not dare raise her head to look at Lu Feng.

Guo Yanzhi was stunned as well, but he said nothing.

“Can’t you just let her go?” Lu Feng asked.

Strong Qiang shook his head.

“Once you accept the money, you have to do the job. That’s the rule. It’s the same in every line of work. If Young Master Feng examines a patient, you charge a consultation fee, don’t you?”

“If the patient has no money, I can choose not to charge,” Lu Feng said.

“Then the problem becomes this: every wealthy but shameless patient would come to you for treatment. They would have money to eat, drink, gamble, and visit prostitutes every day, but refuse to pay your consultation fee,” Strong Qiang replied.

In the underworld, rules and face were equally important.

Seeing Lu Feng fall silent, Strong Qiang grinned secretly. He stood up and scolded his men.

“Had enough of watching? Are you here to heckle newlyweds? Get out, all of you!”

The group of men immediately filed out of the room. As Strong Qiang passed by Guo Yanzhi, he casually hauled him outside as well. Guo Yanzhi said nothing and followed.

Yao Chuchu kept rubbing her skirt with both hands, her head lowered as she dared not look at anyone.

Leaning against the sofa, Lu Feng watched her and asked, “Your name is Yao Chuchu, right?”

Yao Chuchu nodded.

“How old are you?”

“Nineteen…”

“Are you still in school, or are you working?” Lu Feng asked.

“I got into university, but I didn’t attend. Before that, I worked part-time at Kentucky Fried Chicken.”

It was clear that the girl still possessed a sense of pride. She was not attending school, yet she had said that she had been accepted into university. What she meant was that she had not failed in her studies; there had simply been other reasons she had been unable to attend.

Lu Feng nodded and asked, “What is your relationship with Guo Yanzhi?”

“Officer Guo… Officer Guo came to see me several times and asked about my mother’s case. I’ve only met Officer Guo twice, so I suppose you could say we know each other.”

Since Lu Feng had not forced her to do anything, Yao Chuchu was no longer as tense as she had been at the beginning.

Officer Guo?

Lu Feng thought for a moment and quickly understood what had happened.

While investigating Wang Yongye’s background, Guo Yanzhi must have uncovered a case involving Yao Chuchu’s mother. That was why he had impersonated a police officer to question Yao Chuchu.

“You said someone in your family was sick. Is that true?” Lu Feng asked.

Yao Chuchu hurriedly raised her head and protested, “I wasn’t lying. My father is ill and needs money for medical treatment, so I… that’s why I…”