Chapter 20: The Woman in the Seductive Cheongsam

The woman pleaded, "I really can't do it, please, I beg you, let me go..."

"Stop pretending, you wretch! Can't do it? If you can't, I'll get a dozen of my men to teach you, and you'll learn in one night!" The man known as Brother Dawei gripped the woman's chin menacingly.

She wore a seductive cheongsam with a high slit, the neckline fastened with a teardrop-shaped clasp that revealed her most alluring cleavage—one struggle and she was completely exposed.

"I'll find a way to pay back the money, I swear, please talk to your boss for me, I will repay it..." The woman tried to struggle, but Brother Dawei held her chin in an iron grip, pinning her against the wall.

He raised his hand and slapped her hard across the face, cursing, "You still want to act all chaste with me? If you don't make your quota tonight, I'll have all my boys come here and ride you to pay the debt!" As he spoke, his hand wandered up her thigh.

She was exceptionally beautiful, and that deliberately provocative red cheongsam made her even more tempting to any man.

"No, please..." She struggled, her pale thighs flashing beneath the skirt, her full bosom heaving—it was the kind of beauty that invited ravishment.

In her struggle, she accidentally kicked Brother Dawei, who instantly lost his temper, seized her by the hair, and struck her again.

Suddenly, Lu Feng intervened, grabbing Brother Dawei's wrist.

The man let go of the woman, glared at Lu Feng, and snarled, "You punk, looking to die? Mind your own business! Do you want me to cripple you—"

Before he could finish, Lu Feng landed a punch in his abdomen.

The man doubled over in pain, collapsed to the floor, and broke out in a cold sweat.

One of Brother Dawei's thugs, seeing Lu Feng attack, kicked at him and shouted, "You son of a bitch! You want to die?"

Lu Feng deftly hooked his foot, sending the thug sprawling.

Brother Dawei hadn't expected this stranger to be so ruthless. He shot Lu Feng a venomous look and spat, "Just you wait!" With that, he grabbed his lackey and fled in disarray.

Having chased off the two thugs, Lu Feng turned to the woman he had just rescued, only to find her staring at him in blank astonishment.

After a long pause, she suddenly pushed Lu Feng away and urged, "You need to leave, quickly!" Her face wore a strange expression, and as she pushed him, her neckline dipped, revealing her chest in full.

She was indeed extraordinarily beautiful, her features full of allure, and with that voluptuous figure in such a seductive dress, she was enough to drive any man wild.

Lu Feng couldn't help but swallow. Though he'd seen the flawless, world-shaking beauty of Su Muyu, Su Muyu was the kind of pure girl a man would never wish to harm.

This woman, by contrast, was a true temptress, exuding an allure entirely different from Su Muyu's. Su Muyu inspired a man's protective instincts, a desire to cherish her, but this woman awakened the urge to conquer and possess.

Lu Feng felt a little strange after being pushed. He hadn't done anything to her—why was she pushing him away?

"Are you alright?" he asked.

"Just go, please!" the woman said anxiously, trying to hurry him away.

The more insistent she became, the stranger Lu Feng felt. He frowned and said, "I'm not going to hurt you. There's no need to be nervous."

"It's not that... just go! I can't explain, but you must go!" She kept pushing him down the alley.

Lu Feng couldn't understand why she was so eager for him to leave. He had saved her and hadn't expected anything in return. Since she wanted him to go, he decided to leave.

He walked about a dozen meters, when the woman, in a whisper barely above a murmur, said, "Thank you..."

Lu Feng's hearing was sharp; he just managed to catch it. He thought, though her actions were odd, at least she remembered to say thank you.

After uttering those words, the woman turned and walked back into the alley.

Lu Feng rounded a corner, hailed a taxi, and was about to get in when an uneasy feeling swept over him.

The woman's behavior had been so strange—after being rescued, she went right back into that dark alley. Wouldn't she just fall into those thugs' hands again?

Yet she had insisted that he leave. He couldn't make sense of it.

Something was wrong. Lu Feng slammed the taxi door and dashed back the way he'd come.

The taxi driver stuck his head out and yelled, "You getting in or not? Stop messing with me!"

Lu Feng waved him off and ran toward the alley.

...

At the end of the alley, in a cramped rental room, Brother Dawei slapped the woman to the floor and cursed, "Are you looking to die? I took a punch for you just to hook a big fish, and you let him get away!"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to... I really can't do it..." the woman sobbed.

"Can't do it, huh? Fine! I didn't want to go this far with a neighbor, but if you won't work the street, then tomorrow you're off to Maran. You won't walk the street? I'll get the pimps to bring you customers!" Brother Dawei barked.

One of the thugs, unable to hide his desire, ventured, "Brother Dawei, maybe I could take her off your hands?"

Brother Dawei shot him a cold glare. "You want to help her? Fine. If you can pay off her debt, I'll tell the boss and she's yours!"

The thug instantly backed down, waving his hands. "No, no, that's alright!"

The woman's debt was so large, she couldn't repay it even if she sold every organ in her body.

Brother Dawei jabbed the thug in the temple. "Use your brain. If you want to make it big, stop thinking about women all day. Only money lets you play with women, understand? Watch her, and if she escapes, you pay her debt!"

"Yes, yes..."

With that, Brother Dawei went to open the door—and was startled to find someone standing right outside.

"Well, well, you got away, and now you come back yourself? Seems my luck isn't so bad tonight!" Brother Dawei grinned.

The woman looked up in shock, saw Lu Feng, and tried to speak, but quickly bit back her words.

"So you were in on it together," Lu Feng said darkly.

"What, never seen a honey trap before?" Brother Dawei sneered. He waved to his men. "Come out, boys! We hooked a big fish tonight. Judging by his clothes, if he doesn't cough up tens of thousands, he's not walking out of here!"

As he finished, seven or eight men emerged, brandishing steel pipes and machetes.

"Let her go, and I won't hurt you," Lu Feng said calmly.

Though the woman was in on the scam, she had urged him to leave, showing she wasn't truly willing to deceive him—she hadn't fallen completely, there was still hope for her.

"Hit me?" Brother Dawei pointed at his own nose and burst out laughing. "You really think you're some hero after that little rescue act?"

"I'm not trying to be a hero. But if you won't let her go, you only have yourselves to blame," Lu Feng replied.

"Hmph! We'll see if you cry when you're in the coffin!" Brother Dawei signaled his men. "Get him! Teach him a lesson!"

The thugs advanced, weapons in hand.

Lu Feng stood his ground. The woman in the room grew frantic and scrambled to her feet, shouting, "Why did you come back? Go! You can't beat them!"

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