Chapter 615: The More You Get, The More You Want
Tang Xiu's understanding won Li Chunlei's favorable impression. Although he had long guessed that Tang Xiu had an extraordinary identity, there was not the slightest aura of a silk pants young master from him despite still being young. This left him with high regards for the young man. He couldn't help recalling the rampant and arrogant Du Yunjie. Contrasting him with Tang Xiu, they were simply worlds apart.
"Thank you, thank you very much, Sir," said Li Chunlei with gratitude.
Tang Xiu only let out a faint smile in response as he pulled the somewhat reluctant Long Zhengyu out of Seacraft Hall's door. It was not his character to haggle over small things, and eating a meal was just the same. Furthermore, he did hear what the other party said: 50% discount!!!
In the corridor outside, Du Yunjie and several other young men slowly came in. The grim expression on Du Yunje's face disappeared a bit when he saw Tang Xiu and Long Zhengyu coming out of Seacraft Hall. As he saw Li Chunlei walking out, he stepped forward and, while pointing at Tang Xiu and Long Zhengyu, who just walked past them, said, "All our expenses tonight will be on them!"
Li Chunlei froze. He frowned and said, "Young Master Du, isn't it inappropriate for you to say that? These two guests have been quite amiable since they are willing to give you the Seacraft Hall, but I hope you don't demand a foot after getting an inch from them. After all, our Clearlake Club is not your general public place, to begin with."
"They just occupied my box, what should be the problem with them paying it up for me after checking out? Do you want to use Huang Xu to pressure me?" Sneered Du Yunjie.
"Young Master Du, you're someone of big status, a nobody like me can't afford to offend you." Li Chunlei said. "You were using this Seacraft Hall before, thus it has nothing to do with me as for who must pay the bill. It will be my Boss who will decide that after he arrives."
Du Yunjie sneered and entered the Seacraft Hall.
At this moment, however, Tang Xiu and Long Zhengyu, who had stopped their pace, could clearly hear the conversation between Du Yanjie and Li Chunlei.
"Wait a minute!"
As Long Zhengyu turned around, a cold expression could be seen on his handsome face as he said succinctly, "We can pay the bill for your expenses in the Seacraft Hall, but I don't know whether you can pay the price of enjoying it."
Stunned, Du Yunjie immediately looked at Long Zhengyu like he was a fool and then sneered, "Do you really wanna know?"
"I do, humor me!" Said Long Zhengyu with an indifferent expression.
While pointing at the Seacraft Hall, Du Yunjie said, "Then come with us. And let's have a good chat as to 'what price we can pay' inside. Do you dare?"
Long Zhengyu turned to Tang Xiu and spoke in all seriousness, "Today's my fault. I shouldn't have brought you here. But since he wants to play, how about I follow the script to give you some relief?"
Tang Xiu, on the other hand, also felt that Du Yunjie indeed had gone too far as he asked more after getting what he wanted. After thinking about it, he asked, "Are you sure?"
"I never do something I don't have a confidence about." Long Zhengyu nodded.
"Then let's go inside and have a chat with them since you're so sure!" Tang Xiu let out a faint smile. "I'm actually quite annoyed myself. You can leave it to me if you can't handle it."
Du Yunjie frowned and looked at Tang Xiu and Long Zhengyu seriously. He was sure that he had never seen these two men. With his knowledge about the scions of the prominent families in Blue City, he was sure never saw them before. Therefore, the trace of dread he had inside previously was suddenly wiped out from his heart. He sneered as he watched those two enter the Seacraft Hall, and gave eye signals to the few people around him before following them inside.
Li Chunlei was scared. He didn't think things would evolve to this extent. He wanted to stop Tang Xiu and Long Zhengyu, but the latter's grim expression made him realize that he wouldn't be able to do so. His mind was racing as he hurriedly grabbed his mobile phone and dialed one of the shareholder's number.
"Is there something up, Manager Li?" A lazy voice came out of the phone.
"Young Master Wang, something went wrong here," said Li Chunlei hurriedly.
A dozen kilometers away from the Clearlake Club was a villa complex. Wang Zidong's mouth clamped a cigarette while sitting at the mahjong table, playing with the gloomy Huang Xu in front of him, along with two other young men with bleached hair and tattoos on their bodies on his left and right.
Wang Zidong, who just touched his beard and suddenly heard the report that something happened from Li Chunlei, immediately laughed and said, "Don't be that anxious, speak slowly. Even if the sky is falling down we'll push it back up again."
"Young Master Wang, Du Yunjie is having a conflict with other guests in our club," said Li Chunlei bitterly. "Originally, he had left the Seacraft Hall and the other guests then booked it. But he suddenly returned, wanting the box back and making the other guests get out. But then Du Yunjie demanded them to pay up for their bill in the Seacraft Hall today. Although the guests are only two men, I can tell that their identity is not simple either, hence the cause of their conflict."
Wang Zidong frowned, "Okay, I'll speak to Old Huang about this. I'll go there myself if he doesn't."
Having said it, he immediately hung up the phone.
Huang Xu flipped his eyelids asked, "Is there something up?"
"Something trivial happened at the club. Du Yunjie just ate a loss today, and he vented out his bottled up anger and finally had a conflict with two guests there. Are you going back, or should I go handle it?" Explained Wang Zidong.
"Do you think I still have the will to solve such a trivial matter today?" Asked Huang Xu.
"Ah, forget it then." Wang Zidong shook his head and forced out a smile. "I'll go since you don't want to."
Ring, ring, ring… His mobile ringtone sounded again.
Seeing that it was Li Chunlei who called him again, Wang Zidong immediately asked with an annoyed tone, "Is it done already? I said I'm about to go there, didn't I?"
"Young Master Wang, are you with the Big Boss?" Asked Li Chunlei quickly.
Wang Zidong directly hung up the call. He just said that he would go there, yet Li Chunlei still called him. This was simply stupid.
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Clearlake Club, Seacraft Hall.
After Tang Xiu went in, he took the initiative to go to the sofa in the corner, took a seat and lit up a cigarette to watch the play that was about to unfold. He knew that Long Zhengyu could do a bit of Kung Fu, though he was not that powerful, but that was enough to deal with two or three small hoodlums.
"What are you called, brat?" Du Yunjie squinted at Tang Xiu and immediately asked Long Zhengyu.
"You're not qualified to know my name." Long Zhengyu sneered. "Let's talk about this matter first! How do you want to solve it?"
Du Yunjie was furious. He grabbed the ashtray and threw it at Long Zhengyu. As he saw that the latter could avoid it, he immediately shouted, "Beat him! Either he comes out crawling today or it will be me!"
With a cold light glinting in his eyes, Long Zhengyu then stabilized his body after avoiding the ashtray. He immediately grabbed the coffee table and exerted his strength to smash it toward Du Yunjie and the other youths.
"FUCK! (MOTHERFUCKER!)"
The complexion of the youths drastically changed. The two-meter-long coffee table hit their calves, and the aching pain made them furious.
However, Long Zhengyu had dashed toward them and delivered his fist to one of the youth's face, and then knocked the other one with his body. As the two youths fell to the floor, he then trampled on their faces.
"FUCKER…"
At this time, the other two youths reacted and rushed toward Long Zhengyu. However, these two were the kind who had their bodies hollowed out by wine and women and could only last a dozen seconds before getting beaten on the floor by Long Zhengyu, who even kicked their faces after they were knocked out. He went so far as to flatten the previous two youths whose nostrils were bleeding and had blood also coming out of the corner of their mouths.
Du Yunjie was scared and flabbergasted. Never once did he dream that the four friends he brought were so wasteful. They joined hands to beat a guy yet were knocked upside down by him instead. He knew that he himself was not good at fighting and therefore hurriedly called out when he saw that Long Zhengyu was walking towards him, "Wait a minute!"
Long Zhengyu stopped his pace, but in order to prevent the other four from getting up, he kicked the two men's head heavily and directly made them faint. Then, he turned around to look at Du Yunjie and sneered, "What's wrong? Are you scared?"
Clenching his fist, Du Yunjie angrily said, "I, Du Yunjie, don't know how to write the word 'fear'. I admit you can fight, but today's society does not belong to those who can fight. Gimme a chance to make a phone call if you really have the ability. In half an hour you will know what you will get after offending me."
Long Zhengyu furrowed his brows. Though his Long Family was very powerful in Star City and his father had a lot of contacts in Blue City, yet this place was, after all, Blue City. And like people said, even powerful dragons were unable to suppress local snakes. If this bloke really had a big background in Blue City, then it would be very difficult for him to calmly leave.
Tang Xiu flicked and pointed his cigarette as he smilingly said, "Zhongyu, I think you should allow him to make a phone call. He's right. A single combat is nothing, but a full-scale combat does sound interesting."
Long Zhengyu looked at Tang Xiu and his furrowed brows immediately smoothed, and there was even a faint smile on his handsome face as he nodded and said, "Young Master Du, isn't it? Since you want to call for help, then hurry up. We haven't eaten yet, thus I don't have much time to waste with you."
Though pretending to look angry on the surface, Du Yunjie was actually very nervous inside. He was afraid that the other party wouldn't give him a chance to make a phone call and even heavily beat him. If it did happen, suffering physical pain would be inevitable. Though he may be able to get back to the game in the public later, the news of him being beaten would definitely spread in Blue City's social circles.
"Hey, Qiangzi, bring our men to the Clearlake Club!"
"Understood!" The other party replied and directly hung up the phone.
Du Yunjie then shot Long Zhengyu a cold glare before turning around and sitting on the sofa on the other side.
A minute later, Li Chunlei pushed the door open and walked inside. He was slightly stunned after seeing the scene inside, before his complexion drastically changed after.
He never thought that the fight inside had already broken out though he just spent a little time to make a phone call, yet the result was beyond his expectations. The four men brought by Du Yunjie were all beaten, and even two of them were rolling about on the floor, whining in pain, whereas the other two were lying lifelessly on the floor like dead dogs.
Fortunately, Du Yunjie was not beaten, else this would not end well, thought Li Chunlei inside, feeling fortunate.
Chapter 616: Acting Like a Snob
Clearlake Club had many competent security guards. Li Chunlei, however, didn't want to summon them because he was very aware of Du Yunjie's identity and guessed that Long Zhengyu and Tang Xiu were not ordinary people as well. Facing such a scene at this moment, his expression turned very serious as he spoke, "Gentlemen, I believe you also know the principle that the one at the post will worry about any matter concerned therewith. So to speak, I'm a manager of this club, so I'm the one responsible for the security. I've already reported the conflict between you to our shareholders, and one of them is already on the way here. I hope you can keep your emotions in check before he arrives and not take this matter outside."
Having said that, he didn't stay in the Seacraft Hall, because he couldn't afford to involve himself in the arm wrestling between characters of this level, neither did he dare to be partial to any party at all. It was wiser for him to protect himself and play safe, for it was the only suitable choice for him.
Ten minutes later, Wang Zidong appeared before Li Chunlei along with several stocky men and indifferently said, "Where are they?"
While pointing at the door of the Seacraft Hall, Li Chunlei forced a smile and said, "They're inside."
Wang Zidong strode inside and was stunned. He never thought that such a situation had unfolded, with the four youths who were with Du Yunjie unexpectedly fallen on the floor and bleeding. He glanced at Long Zhengyu and Tang Xiu before nodding to Du Yunjie and asking, "Are you okay?"
"Hmph, I don't want you to meddle in this even if it's happening in your Clearlake Club." Du Yunjie shook his head and snorted coldly. "The matter between us is for us to settle down, and we'll conclude this in the Seacraft Hall."
Awkward, Wang Zidong couldn't smile in response. He then looked at Long Zhengyu and Tang Xiu as he asked, "What should I call the two of you?"
Tang Xiu only let out a smile and didn't speak. It was Long Zhengyu who replied indifferently with squinted eyes, "Shouldn't you be the one informing us of your role when entering the stage instead of asking us who we are?"
Wang Zidong couldn't help chuckling, "Buddy, you should have come from another city, right? There are only a few people in Blue City who don't know this Wang Zidong."
"We came from the countryside, and there's nothing we can show off to widen your knowledge and will only be a laughingstock for you," sneered Long Zhengyu.
Wang Zidong's brows slightly furrowed and the smile on his face receded, as he then said, "I have to advise the two of you politely. You too know that a dragon can never repress a local snake regardless of how formidable it is. This place is Blue City. You may have a very strong capital in other places, but you had better restrain yourself here. Give me face and I can give you a good solution for this matter."
Tang Xiu suddenly smiled, "Young Master Wang, yes? Alright, we'll give you face since this is your turf, after all! However, you must ask this kiddo first, is he willing to give you face?"
Du Yunjie suddenly stood up from the sofa and angrily yelled, "Zidong, they are too arrogant. I absolutely won't let this matter go if I don't discard them! If you still regard me as your friend, I hope you won't involve yourself in this!"
With discontent on his face, Wang Zidong said, "Young Master Du, are you trying to make things difficult for me? I know you feel chagrined by someone else today and bottled up your blazing anger inside. How about I go to the Cloud Palace to find their two best chicks? You can vent your fire tonight and conclude this matter here, okay?"
Du Yunjie replied in a heavy voice, "Qiangzi should be here with our men here soon. You should know well about his character. However, if you want me to conclude this matter, they must kneel down and apologize to my four brothers and then fork out several million yuan for their medical expenses."
Wang Zidong fell into silence. He knew who Qiangzi was; a famous man in Blue City due to his ruthlessness, very formidable martial arts, and his own capital coupled with a gang of desperados gathered under him. Only a few people in Blue City dared to provoke this man. With the Du Family possessing an official background and its young master—Du Yunjie as his backer, he was naturally willing to fight for him. Half minute later, Wang Zidong let out a sigh before looking at Long Zhengyu and asking, "Did only the two of you come to Blue City, there's no one else?"
"Yup, only us!" Said Long Zhengyu with an indifferent expression.
Wang Zidong shook his head, "In this case, I can only advise you to comply with what he said. Apologize and take out several million for compensation to conclude this matter."
"Interesting, this is really amusing." Long Zhengyu grinned. "But what if I refuse?"
"I think it will be difficult for you to walk out of the club's door with your limbs intact then, so I'm kindly telling you out of good intentions," said Wang Zidong with a serious face.
Be it either Du Yunjie's arrogance or this kind of good intention from Wang Zidong made Tang Xiu a bit angry and disgusted inside. He never liked this kind of silk pants, young masters' attitude to begin with. He lit up a cigarette and indifferently said, "Thanks for the good intention. You can go to tend your things if you have nothing else to do here."
With a slight change in expression, Wang Zidong deeply gazed at Tang Xiu and said in a deep voice, "Two gentlemen, since you insist on doing this, then don't blame me for not reminding you. We won't take responsibility if you some mishap were to happen to you here."
Then, he stepped out of the door after saying that!
Li Chunlei followed behind Wang Zidong. After they came to the corridor, he quickly chased him and whispered, "Young Master Wang, there's something that I didn't have time to tell you on the phone since you hung up. These two guests from another city, they said that they are Young Master Huang's friend."
Staring blankly for a moment, Wang Zidong then rolled his eyes and said, "What Huang Xu's friends? He has many friends, who knows where they come from if they only claim to be his friends?" Even though he said, however, he still inquired further, "What do you know of them?"
"I only know that one of them is surnamed Long." Li Chunlei shook his head. "But I don't know anything about the other one."
Family name Long?
Stunned and taken aback, Wang Zidong took his mobile out to dial Huang Xu's number. After finding out that his call didn't connect, he dialed another person's number and then said, "Tell Huang Xu to answer my call."
A short while after, Huang Xu's voice came from the mobile phone, "It's me, what's up?"
"Do you have a friend with the family name Long?" Asked Wang Zidong.
At this time, Huang Xiu, who was still in the villa complex, furrowed his brows and waved to the young man behind him, hinting him to replace his position. After which, he walked to the side and said, "He's a good friend of mine. Why are you asking about him?"
"There are two young men in the club, the ones who have a conflict with Du Yunjie," said Wang Zidong. "The four friends brought by him here have been miserably beaten, and I heard from Li Chunlei that these you young men claimed to be your buddies."
With a changed expression, Huang Xu replied in a deep voice, "I see, I'll be there at once. Do remember, you must keep the situation in check before I get there!"
"Roger that!" Wang Zidong replied, and there was a trace of puzzlement on his face.
At this moment, Huang Xu's complexion was very unsightly. He took out his mobile phone from his pocket but then recalled that it was broken after falling before. Then, he immediately took someone else's mobile and dialed a certain cell number.
After Wang Zidong hung up the phone, he then returned to the Seacraft Hall. As he was about to speak, he heard the ringtone of Long Zhengyu's mobile phone ringing.
Long Zhengyu had just lit up a cigarette at this time. After taking out his mobile and looking at the screen, he saw that it was an unfamiliar number, yet he still connected it and lightly said, "Long Zhengyu speaking, who am I speaking with?"
"Hello, Young Master Long, where are you now?" Huang Xu's voice was heard coming out of the phone.
After tilting one of his legs, Long Zhengyu sneered, "Young Master Huang is truly acting refined and great today, eh? You still care about where I'm at today, huh? What's up? Are you gonna join these young master silk pants of Blue City since you feel that Long Zhengyu is so easy to bully?"
Huang Xu gripped the mobile phone and force out a wry smile. He could already tell who was in conflict with Du Yanjie from Long Zhengyu's tone and words. "Young Master Long, I'm in the wrong. I will catch up with you at once. I'll apologize and make it up to you when I get there."
"No need for compensation. But we are starving!" Long Zhengyu replied indifferently. "Tell your people to not stutter and serve us before this Great Young Master Du's men come, so as to avoid we collapsing not because of us getting beaten by others, but because we are starving!"
"I'll immediately tell them." Huang Xiu hesitated a bit before replying, "That's right, you mentioned 'we'. Who is…"
"You still have a relaxed mood to fart over this?" Long Zhengyu angrily yelled. "Today you disgraced yourself! If I had known this earlier I wouldn't have come to this lousy place of yours!"
After saying that, he hung up and panted with rage!
Huang Xu was utterly dumbfounded. He had known Long Zhengyu for a long time and never once seen him become this angry. He rushed out so hurriedly that he forgot to give back the mobile phone to his friend on the mahjong table.
Inside the Seacraft Hall…
Wang Zidong was also taken aback since he never imagined that Huang Xu would make a phone call to the other party just as he returned to the box. What shocked him the most was that the young man called Long Zhengyu spoke in an angry tone, not giving him any face at all.
In an instant, he suddenly felt that Du Yunjie would meet his rotten luck today.
At this moment, Du Yunjie was also stunned. He was usually very smart, but today he was fuming with anger without anywhere to vent it out. He then lashed out on Tang Xiu and Long Zhengyu. But after he heard the call received by Long Zhengyu, he realized that the person who called him should be Huang Xu.
He was not afraid of Huang Xu, but he was very afraid of the extraordinary consequences nevertheless.
Less than half a minute later, Wang Zidong's mobile rang. Just as he answered it, Huang Xu's voice came out, "Zidong, immediately order the people in the kitchen to prepare a meal for my friends, and do it at the fastest speed! Do remember, these men have a very special identity, so you must keep the situation in check before I get there!"
"I…"
Wang Zidong opened his mouth but didn't know what to say all of a sudden. When he recalled what he had just said to Long Zhengyu and Tang Xiu, he gulped down and smiled bitterly before replying, "What the fuck have you done to me? If I knew earlier that they were your friends, I would have fucking rushed here and involved myself! Bah, forget it. I got it!"
After hanging up, he then immediately looked at Li Chunlei and said, "These two guests haven't had their meals yet. Go to the kitchen and tell them to make their meal at the fastest speed possible!"
"What exactly is going on?" Li Chunlei was struck dumb, whereas Du Yunjie was dumbfounded.