PS: I apologize again to everyone. Due to system upgrades, there have been frequent errors these past two days. I hope you can forgive us. Today, Shuaishuai was almost brought to tears! Also, a heads-up, after midnight, this book will be put on sale, and ten chapters will be released explosively! I hope for your strong support!
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Leaving the hospital, Yuan Shanshan was still somewhat worried and said, "Hao Jian, do you think that Lei Yiming will go back on his word?"
"I don't know, but if I were him, I wouldn't."
Hao Jian nodded seriously. If Lei Yiming dared to go back on his word, he truly wouldn't mind teaching Lei Yiming a lesson.
Beating up a piece of trash wasn't much of a psychological burden for him.
"So you're not sure either, huh? Forget it, I'll just go beg him."
Yuan Shanshan became increasingly frightened. If Lei Yiming didn't treat her mother and Hao Jian couldn't think of any other way, then her mother's life would really be in jeopardy.
But Hao Jian suddenly grabbed Yuan Shanshan's arm and pulled her back, "Do you really plan to agree to Lei Yiming's demands?"
"What else can I do? I was even preparing to give my most precious thing to you, and you didn't want it. Whose fault is that!"
Yuan Shanshan said angrily, feeling very defeated. She had already made such an initiative, yet Hao Jian remained indifferent, which made her wonder if she was really that undesirable.
Hao Jian was dumbstruck. Is this my fault? I'm looking out for you, trying to protect your chastity, and now I'm to blame?
Under Hao Jian's gaze, Yuan Shanshan felt even more guilty and, flustered and enraged, she snorted and stepped toward the hospital, but was pulled back after only a couple of steps.
"Let go!" Yuan Shanshan glared at Hao Jian, furious.
"Even if Lei Yiming doesn't perform the surgery on your mom, I'll make sure she survives," Hao Jian said calmly to Yuan Shanshan:
"So stop doing foolish things."
Yuan Shanshan was stunned, "Do you really have a way?"
"You can trust me, or, trust Lei Yiming."
After speaking indifferently, Hao Jian let go of Yuan Shanshan's hand and left on his own.
He had given his response; now it was up to Yuan Shanshan to make her choice.
If Yuan Shanshan thought Lei Yiming was more reliable, then he had nothing more to say.
Watching Hao Jian's retreating figure, Yuan Shanshan bit her lip, ultimately still not brave enough to go against Hao Jian's wishes.
"Boss Gao, you never expected this day would come, did you?"
In the dim alleyway, several black-clothed men wielding knives sinisterly watched the stunning woman before them.
The woman was kneeling on the ground, wearing a fiery red backless evening gown that displayed her graceful figure and gleaming skin for all to see. She wore high heels on her delicate and pale ankles, which were somewhat bruised, showing signs of a sprain.
Clutching a dagger tightly in her hand, around her lay a dozen bodies. A lone woman had taken down these muscular men, clearly indicating that she was no ordinary person.
Gao Jiping lifted her head, her eyes blazing as she stared at a refined man not far away, "Wang Hongsheng, you actually betrayed me?"
She was supposed to attend an auction, but unexpectedly, she encountered an ambush on her way!
She attended the auction, known only to Wang Hongsheng and a few subordinates. Those subordinates were killed while providing her cover during their retreat.
"Boss Gao, blame yourself for being blind, I'm so capable, and you had me play the lackey? Being with the Martial Evil Hall is much better than being with you!" Wang Hongsheng's handsome face revealed a hint of treachery as he spoke.
"But rest assured, after you're dead, I'll be sure to take good care of the Red Makeup Society for you. Though 'Red Makeup Society' isn't a very good name; it's too effeminate. Outsiders laughed at us more than once, calling us a gang of women, so as soon as you die, I'll immediately change the name. How about Hongsheng Society?"
Wang Hongsheng sneered, embodying the very image of a traitorous scoundrel.
Gao Jiping bit down on her teeth, "I really was blind to have taken you in."
When Gao Jiping first met Wang Hongsheng, he was a bullied parking steward. She took him in out of pity, never expecting that in the end, Wang Hongsheng would betray her.
The Red Makeup Society is the largest gang in Hua City's Xicheng District, with a larger sphere of influence than Brother Spice Ginger's Four Seas Gang; Gao Jiping is the formidable leader of the Red Makeup Society.
However, the Martial Evil Hall is not a native force of Hua City but outsiders who, since their invasion, have aggressively claimed territories, even recently targeting Gao Jiping's Red Makeup Society.
"Blame yourself for not being smart enough. Why do you, a beautiful woman, insist on competing with men in violence instead of staying at home to be a good wife and mother?"
Wang Hongsheng let out a sneering laugh, then turned to the people nearby, "Take action, or once the drug wears off, it won't be so easy to kill her."
It turned out that Wang Hongsheng had already drugged Gao Jiping, which explained why she had been weak and unable to resist, even against only a dozen men.
"But killing her seems a bit of a waste, doesn't it?"
A rough-faced man in his forties chuckled with a lewd gaze sweeping over Gao Jiping's body. This woman, who struck fear into Hua City's mafia, had such an enticing figure. He wondered what she would be like in bed?
He was the third-in-command of the Martial Evil Hall, leading the vanguard into Hua City. In just one month, he had completely turned the tables, making him quite the capable leader.
"Yan Qinghu, don't forget our purpose here. She's not just any woman. Once the effect of the knockout drug fades, none of us will be her match. If you ruin the Big Boss's plan, can you take that responsibility?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Hongsheng got angry. Yan Qinghu's lust was infamous; he had once murdered several girls in one night, one of whom was an underage girl, his brutal methods chilling to the bone.
Other women might be expendable, but Gao Jiping was like a viper, a rose with thorns. Was she so easy to deal with?
If they didn't kill her now, once she recovered, they would be the ones to die.
"Okay, okay, let's do this. I was just saying," Yan Qinghu quickly amended, clearly fearing the Big Boss quite a bit.
Wang Hongsheng snorted. From the lascivious look Yan Qinghu had just given, he knew that Yan Qinghu was not joking but had indeed harbored that thought.
Now, he was only backing down for fear of being reported to the Big Boss by Wang Hongsheng.
"Kill her!" Yan Qinghu ordered his men.
Several of them took their knives and approached Gao Jiping.
"The great river flows eastward, the stars in the sky join the Big Dipper, raising a shout at injustice, it's time to take action when it calls."
However, at that moment, an extremely unpleasant singing voice came from afar, breaking into the alley, followed by a man walking in.
Hao Jian carried a vegetable basket with an apple in his mouth, strolling in. Upon seeing the scene in the alley, he was completely dumbstruck.
It must be a curse, wherever he went this year, trouble found him.
"Kid, what the hell are you singing?"
Yan Qinghu glared, "Take action when it calls for it? Tired of living?"