Chapter 31: Mockery

 Regarding my words, they all laughed mockingly. Huang Qin grabbed my collar, bared his teeth at me, his face bruised, and spat, saying, "Kid, look clearly at how many people are behind me. These guys are all my brothers. We brought you out today just to teach you a lesson, and you're still acting tough."

 I knew long ago that Zeng Hong wouldn't let it go so easily. I looked at Zeng Hong, and she glared at me, saying, "Zhao Fei, bring Xuan Ling out. I'm not looking for trouble with you, I'm begging you. Otherwise, they will cripple you."

 I looked at Zeng Hong and said, "Why do you have to target Xuan Ling?"

 Zeng Hong said, "I need to apologize to her, isn't that what she wanted?"You really are something. You ask me to apologize, I want to apologize, and then you don't show up. What does that mean?

 She looked at me with a funny expression, really smug. I said, "No one is a fool, what are you doing?""Go ahead, why do you have to specifically target Xuanling?"

 Zeng Hong smiled and said, "Who does she think she is? Am I targeting her? Please, I just don't like her. You know, we've known each other since elementary school, right? You've always followed me around like a little puppy. Whatever I asked you to do, you did it. You would do anything to make me happy, but now?"You got together with that Xuanling, and everything you do is for her, so I'm really not happy about it. But don't get me wrong, I'm not jealous. It's just that I feel like a toy has been taken away from me, and that toy is Xuanling. What do you expect me to do? If I don't fix her, who else am I supposed to fix?

 I just laughed a bit when I heard it, and I said, "Zeng Hong, I'm not your toy."

 "You are, you are..." Zeng Hong shouted stubbornly.

 Huang Qin reached out and patted my face, arrogantly saying, "You should feel honored to be Zeng Hong's toy. I can't wait for it. Hurry up and summon Xuan Ling."

 I shook my head, and Zeng Hong came over, snatched the phone from my hand, searched through it, then sent a text message. I didn't stop her; I had already told Cheng Na that she couldn't go out no matter who asked her to.

 Zeng Hong finished sending the text, threw my phone on the ground, crossed his arms, and said, "I'll ruin Xuan Ling's face later, and then we'll see if you still like her."

 Zeng Hong's words shocked me. I really didn't expect her to be so cruel. I said, "Why are you doing this? Do you know you could go to jail?"

 "I'm not afraid. My family is wealthy. If I ruin her face, I can just pay her off. If she dares to sue me, just ask these brothers if they agree," Zeng Hong said with a cold laugh.

 Huang Qin glared at me, looking like he had me all figured out. I squinted my eyes, really didn't expect Zeng Hong to be so ruthless.

 Huang Qin said, "Zeng Hong, this brat is in my hands now?"I hit your toy, you don't mind, right?"

 Zeng Hong shot a glare at Huang Qin and said, "Whatever you want."

 Huang Qin smiled and then started pushing me, shoving me next to Wang Gui. A dozen people surrounded me. I wasn't afraid, and neither was Wang Gui, who clenched his fists. But in Huang Qin and the others' eyes, I was already a piece of meat on the chopping block.

 I said, "Huang Qin, I think men should fight one-on-one. With so many people surrounding me, it's not interesting..."

 Huang Qin burst into laughter and said, "You little punk, are you still stupid? One-on-one? Are you out of your mind? I brought all these people to fight you one-on-one?"

 I watched the cars coming from afar, one after another. I knew it must be Qian Laowu arriving. I said, "It was me who gave you the opportunity, you didn't want it, you can't blame me."

 Huang Qin's lips trembled slightly as he said, "You give me a chance? Are you fucking kidding me?"

 I'm not joking. At that moment, the headlights shone in, and Huang Qin and the others turned to look. Strangely, a black car had driven close to us. Huang Qin looked at the people inside and said, "What do you want? Don't meddle, get lost."

 A head popped out from the car window; it was Qian Laowu. He said, "Are you talking to me, you bastard?"

 Huang Qin pointed at Qian Laowu and said, "Fat Pig, are you fucking deaf or something? I'm talking to you, get the hell away."

 Qian Laowu smiled, rolled up the car window, and after a while, I saw a dozen or so vans gradually driving up from behind. The cars quickly came to a stop, and with a whoosh, the doors opened instantly. I watched as people kept coming out of the vans.

 How many people? I didn't count them carefully, but there were at least fifty or more, all holding sticks, expressionless, wearing black vests, walking towards us. They quickly surrounded Huang Qin and the others. The dozen or so people from before were still very arrogant, but at this moment, I saw them looking around in panic, staring at the crowd that was as dense as a wall, especially Huang Qin, whose face turned ashen.

 I chuckled a bit, not expecting Qian Laowu to bring so many people. At that moment, Qian Laowu walked out of the crowd, dragging Huang Qin, who looked pale with fear. He said, "Brother, where are you from? I'm from Kunming University, give me some face."

 Qian Laowu smiled, reached out, and slapped Huang Qin's face a few times, saying, "Give you face?"What do you think you are? Take me to the car.

 A few people, without saying a word, took Huang Qin to the car. The people he brought didn't dare to speak. Qian Laowu said, "Brother, what do you think we should do? That kid is in pretty good shape; selling him to Myanmar to work as a lumberjack would be fine. He could last three to five years."

 I found it a bit shocking to hear. Qian Laowu's words made everyone else feel terrified. One person, scared, said, "We're with the bald guy."

 Qian Laowu's face immediately darkened, pointing at them and saying, "Get on the ground."

 Those people just squatted on the ground. Qian Laowu took a stick from his subordinate and struck the person who had spoken earlier on the head. The others kept hitting as well. Soon, the entire crowd turned into a slaughterhouse. The arrogance they had shown earlier was gone, leaving only wails. I watched without feeling any sympathy for them; they brought this upon themselves.

 After beating them up, Qian Laowu had them all dragged aside. Qian Laowu and I walked up to Zeng Hong. She wasn't afraid, and neither was that Huahua. Qian Laowu circled around them, a lewd smile on his face.

 "Bro, these two girls are pretty good," Qian Laowu said.

 I looked at Zeng Hong, and she glared at me, saying, "Zhao Fei, you have guts, ambushing me with someone, huh?"

 I said, "I told you before, I don't want to argue with you. It's not that I'm afraid of you, but I don't want to hurt you."

 "Go ahead, try touching me," Zeng Hong said.

 "Yo... Little Pepper, I like it, bro, leave it to me?" Old Five Qian said.

 I nodded, and Qian Laowu directly dragged Zeng Hong into the car. Zeng Hong kept struggling and even tried to hit Qian Laowu, but Qian Laowu slapped her, knocking her to the ground. Then he started tearing off Zeng Hong's clothes and said, "Damn it, you cheap whore, don't you know who I am? Strip her and record a video. I'll take my turn with this cheap whore."

 "If you dare to touch me, my dad is Chen Zhengfa, the boss of the development company. If you touch me, I will make sure you regret it," Zeng Hong said fiercely.

 "Yo, still a rich person, haha, doesn't that make it cheap for me, the toad? Come on, hurry up and take a picture, send it to her dad, let him bring money to redeem her," Qian Laowu said fiercely.

 A few people went up to rip off Zeng Hong's clothes, and Zeng Hong screamed in fear. I watched without sympathy; she didn't know who Qian Lao Wu was. They were real tough guys who weren't afraid of any consequences. Zeng Hong thought her father could intimidate Qian Lao Wu, but instead, it only provoked Qian Lao Wu's mockery.

 I watched as Zeng Hong's clothes were torn off, leaving only her underwear. She curled up on the ground, her previous arrogance replaced by painful pleas. She clutched her body tightly, desperately trying to maintain her last line of defense and modesty, while Qian Laowu's mocking voice grew even more rampant.

 I looked at that friend I once thought was very close to me, my mind a bit chaotic. A few people were holding her up, and she was like a fish too weak to resist, being slaughtered by people.

 "Zhao Fei, Zhao Fei, save me..."

 Old Qian grabbed Zeng Hong's face, and Zeng Hong finally couldn't help but ask me for help. I looked at Zeng Hong; the dim light made her look even more pitiful. She was crying very sadly and helplessly. At this point, she finally knew fear, finally understood what she was about to face, and only then did she know to beg for mercy.

 I walked over, grabbed Qian Laowu's hand, pressed it down, then pushed away the person holding Zeng Hong. Zeng Hong immediately hid in my arms, but I pushed her away and said, "Is this matter settled or not?"

 Zeng Hong looked at me, she had been crying, her eyes filled with resentment. I didn't show any weakness, nor was I moved by her sorrow. My only goal was to resolve the issues between her, me, and Xuan Ling.

 I'm emphasizing it again, I said: "Got it? In short, they can't wait. I don't want you to apologize, I just want you to stay away from me and Xuan Ling in the future. We don't want any entanglements with you. This request isn't too much, is it? So, got it or not?"

 Zeng Hong looked at me defiantly and said, "Is Xuanling that important to you? We've been together for over ten years, and you treat me like this for her?"

 "Please, stop pretending. In your eyes, I'm just the son of a driver, and in my eyes, you're just a worthless person. Don't keep bringing up the past; it's really pointless. Are we done or not?" I said, suppressing my anger.

 Zeng Hong started crying, crying very loudly. She said, "I'm a bitch? Zhao Fei, you're really too much. Fine, you've said that, I have nothing more to say. I won't cause any more trouble for Xuan Ling in the future. Can I leave now?"

 I said, "I don't want you to lie, really. If you say it, you have to do it. They, they're not pushovers. You can have your dad check out who the Tian family's five brothers in Ruili are. Don't let there be a second time, really. The second time is forever."

 Zeng Hong didn't say anything but picked up her clothes and was about to leave. At that moment, Huang Qin called out, "Zeng Hong, take me with you..."

 Everyone was looking at Huang Qin. I sneered, "Huang Qin, you can't leave!"