Chapter 90: Seduced and Cast Aside

At this moment, on the other side, Huanhuan had actually managed to bring over several people from the Righteous Gate. Wang Xing knew them all well; they were all underlings from his Guard Hall, and one of them was even a small-time lookout boss he had personally promoted not long ago.

Huanhuan wore a face full of smug, triumphant pride, her chin lifted so high it seemed almost in the clouds. Seeing Chen Erpao and the others sitting there dumbstruck, not saying a word and not moving an inch, she grew even more pleased with herself, thinking they had been frightened senseless.

"Brother Ji, these are the ones causing trouble. They’re unbelievably arrogant. This man even said to go ahead and let the Righteous Gate people come and hack him down; he won’t move at all. One slash would earn ten thousand, ten slashes would still earn ten thousand. We can split it afterward, how about it? Or you can take seventy percent and I’ll take thirty." Huanhuan was so pleased with herself that she had already begun thinking about how the money would be divided after the fact.

But before any money had been seen, a slap had landed on her face first. With a sharp crack, a clear handprint was instantly left on her once-pretty cheek.

The pain made tears nearly burst from Huanhuan’s eyes. She stared in utter grievance, her large eyes filled with resentment. "Brother Ji, have you gone mad? Why are you hitting me?"

Ji, head bowed, looked at Wang Xing. Then, when he saw the others seated there, he could not help drawing in a sharp breath. These were all important figures of the Righteous Gate! Among them were even a few of the highest-ranking men; and the gate master himself, the one he had been fortunate enough to see only once before, was here too, though this meeting was under rather unusual circumstances. At the same time, he was inwardly cursing Huanhuan with fierce bitterness, feeling as though she had nearly dragged him to his death.

When he heard her cursing again, he did not hesitate in the least and followed the slap with a kick.

"You blind bitch! Do you even know who this is? This is my boss’s boss’s boss, the vice leader of the Righteous Gate, Hall Master Wang of the Guard Hall. And that one over there is the famous Brother Erpao, the Righteous Gate master, renowned throughout Hong Kong’s underworld. Everyone sitting here is my senior’s senior."

After giving Huanhuan a savage reprimand, Ji hurried over to the others, head lowered. "Hall Master, Gate Master, all you big brothers, I didn’t know it was you. Just now I heard this bitch talking nonsense, and I thought some idiot was making trouble in our own territory, so I..."

Wang Xing gave a faint smile. He cast a disdainful glance at the utterly terrified Huanhuan before replying, "It has nothing to do with you. But remember this for the future: our Guard Hall exists to protect the place when trouble arises, not to go around picking fights just because someone talked you into it. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand." Ji nodded repeatedly. He had been nothing more than a small thug before joining the Righteous Gate. Only in the past few days, during the fierce battle with the Cross Hall over territory, had he performed well enough for Wang Xing to break with convention and promote him. He had just been worrying that Huanhuan might drag him back down to his original state, or even send him to the Enforcement Hall. Now that he heard he would not be blamed, he was both excited and grateful.

The commotion here had naturally drawn the attention of many young men and women on the dance floor. Only then did these people, who had been getting swept up in the excitement, realize that the big boss of the Righteous Gate and several major figures from the underworld were right beside them. Quite a few of them were thrilled beyond words.

But among them was one person whose teeth were clenched hard, eyes glaring fiercely at Chen Erpao.

"Sisi, what’s wrong? Where are you going?" asked a young girl who was also rather pretty, quickly grabbing Zhang Sisi’s arm.

Zhang Sisi immediately answered, "To find him. Heaven really has eyes after all—today I’ve run into him. Hmph."

"He?" The beautiful girl beside her looked over in confusion, following Zhang Sisi’s gaze. Suddenly a teasing smile spread across her lips. "Don’t tell me he did something to you and then ran off without taking responsibility? Heh heh."

At once, the other girl joined in the laughter, and a faint blush rose to Zhang Sisi’s lovely face. She bared her teeth at her two friends and said, "Of course not. You two are the ones who never stop talking nonsense. I think it’s your hearts that are lonely, isn’t it? Want me to introduce a few handsome guys to you?"

The three of them talked as they walked over to Chen Erpao’s table.

"Hmph, last time I let you get away. There’s nowhere for you to run now, is there?" Zhang Sisi said with a sly laugh, looking quite pleased with herself.

At that, Wang Xing, Liu Huagang, and the others all widened their eyes and looked at Chen Erpao in unison with expressions that seemed to say, Oh, we get it now.

"Look at all of you—what’s with those faces?" Chen Erpao immediately complained with a snort. "Do I look like the kind of man who does something and then refuses to take responsibility? Honestly." A playful grin surfaced in an instant.

Zhang Sisi was both embarrassed and furious. Seeing that everyone was wearing that same knowing expression, and even her own friends were doing the same, she stamped her foot in exasperation. Her gaze toward Chen Erpao grew even more resentful, as though she would gladly unleash the legendary claw technique of a woman scorned at once.

"What are you laughing at? I’m a police officer, and now I’m going to arrest him!" Zhang Sisi nearly lost her mind. After being taken advantage of repeatedly, she finally let out a sharp scream.

In a place as chaotic as a bar, for a delicate beauty as luminous as jade to loudly announce herself as a police officer instantly drew everyone’s attention. Some of the young men even looked her up and down without restraint, admiring the curves of her alluring figure.

"So what if she’s a police officer?" Wang Xing said with a grin. The moment Chen Erpao heard him speak, he knew Zhang Sisi was about to explode again.

"Does being a police officer mean you can use your authority however you like and arrest a man who hasn’t taken responsibility for you? I don’t think the law has that rule."

"Scoff. What’s so great about being a cop?"

"Does sleeping with a police officer mean you absolutely have to take responsibility?"

From the crowd around them, voices rose one after another. Zhang Sisi had come hoping at last to get revenge and give Chen Erpao a hard lesson, but who could have expected it to turn into this? In the end, she was still just a young girl with little experience. Her face was already burning red, more like a ripe apple than anything else.

At that moment, her two friends hurried to comfort her. "Sisi, let’s go. A man like that isn’t worth getting angry over. There are plenty of good men outside."

Zhang Sisi opened her mouth as though she wanted to laugh and cry at the same time. After a moment, she simply crouched down on the floor and began to cry softly.

Everyone present was instantly stunned, exchanging glances and not knowing what to do. Chen Erpao, too, was at a loss for words. He had not expected this girl, who outwardly seemed so fierce and headstrong, to have such a fragile side. But truth be told, what had just happened really had gone too far. For a girl so young, the shell of being a police officer could not hide the heart of a woman, fragile and easily wounded.

Huanhuan, standing nearby, had been worrying about what miserable fate would befall her after offending the mighty leader of the Righteous Gate. Then a sudden idea lit up in her mind. She could not help thinking that this female officer before her must be one of Chen Erpao’s women, abandoned after a brief fling, and that Chen Erpao clearly wanted nothing more to do with her now. If Huanhuan stepped forward, said a few words, and drove her away in public, would that not suit his wishes perfectly? Perhaps it would even help her curry favor with him and keep herself from meeting a tragic end.

With that thought, Huanhuan immediately spoke up. "You’re really something. Since he doesn’t want you anymore, you still come chasing after him and refuse to leave. Have you no shame? Brother Erpao is a big man. What woman has he not had? How could he possibly be responsible for you? Be sensible and get lost already!"

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