The Mazda stopped outside the rental house, and Wang Qiheng watched as the man, hand in hand with Huo Shiwen, walked into the rental property. His heart felt as if it were being sliced with a knife. At that moment, hatred surged into his heart. If he had a knife in hand, he definitely would have charged at them and stabbed the adulterous pair to death.
"Do you hate her for being unfaithful, for her heartlessness and disloyalty, wishing you could just go and stab her now?"
Lin Fan lit a cigarette and handed it to Wang Qiheng. With bloodshot eyes, he turned his head, clenched his back teeth, and said nothing, but his expression said it all.
"Alright, now that we know they are here, they probably won’t leave tonight. I’ll take you somewhere first, and when we come back, we’ll catch them in the act."
Lin Fan smiled and stepped on the accelerator. The car headed towards the City center, while Wang Qiheng, sitting in the passenger seat, smoked furiously the entire way, not saying a word as tears uncontrollably streamed down his face.
"By the way, how much money do you think you spent on her? Do you have any idea?"
When the car stopped in front of a bar, Lin Fan draped his arm over Wang Qiheng’s shoulder and asked in a low voice as they got out of the car.
"There are transaction records on my phone... About two hundred thousand over seven years."
With his head drooping, Wang Qiheng felt an immense pain in his heart, his entire being muddled, completely unsure of what to do.
"Okay, you should have her ID documents, right? Send them to me!"
Lin Fan patted Wang Qiheng’s shoulder with a smile, and then the two entered the vibrant bar. As Wang Qiheng stepped inside, he was stunned by the scene.
In the vast bar, there were hundreds of scantily clad, curvaceous women grouped at booths, the deafening music and smoke making his face involuntarily flush, and their arrival did not draw the attention of the women, who coldly sat there unmoved, fiddling with their phones.
"Lin... Lin, why are we at a place ?"
Wang Qiheng, stiff-bodied, had never entered a bar in his life, especially not one with so many women, and felt completely out of his element.
"Of course, to have some fun. Are you ready?"
Lin Fan smiled, wrapping his arm around Wang Qiheng’s shoulder, and winked mysteriously.
"Ready... ready for what?"
Wang Qiheng widened his eyes, clueless about what Lin Fan was talking about.
"Get ready to be surrounded by women!"
As Lin Fan spoke, he waved his hand upward and dozens of Hundred-Dollar Bills instantaneously scattered across the floor. This act made all the women’s eyes in the venue shine like ravenous wolves at the sight of blood, as they crazily rushed towards the two men.
Wang Qiheng, having never seen such a scene, was dumbstruck. He watched as the women around him frantically scrambled on the ground to collect the money, feeling as if he were in a dream. Meanwhile, Lin Fan, who had been by his side, had already gone up on the stage and taken the microphone from the DJ.
"Sorry to trouble everyone, but tonight my brother is heartbroken. I just want the ladies to keep him company and help him out of this gloom. I definitely won’t skimp on your tips!"
Lin Fan’s voice echoed in the noisy bar, and the women’s gazes immediately fixed on Wang Qiheng, still stunned. In the next second, countless hands pulled him away.
"Handsome boy, who was so heartless to dump you?"
"Handsome boy, don’t be sad, you have a girlfriend now."
"Who says we broke up? Am I not here? Let’s never break up, okay?"
"With girlfriends, the more you have, the less you fear breakups."
Suddenly, Wang Qiheng felt like Tang Seng in the Silk Cave, surrounded by melodious voices. All the women wanted a piece of him, and their calls overwhelmed him into silence as pairs of tender lips sealed his mouth.
Watching Wang Qiheng’s flushed and heart-racing expression, Lin Fan, surrounded by two girls, had a faint smile on his lips. What better remedy for worry than opulence? It was just a breakup; add a few new romances and he’s guaranteed not to even remember that woman’s name.
"Handsome boy, you really are a loyal friend. He’s lucky to have a friend like you!"
The girl nestled in Lin Fan’s arms gave a thumbs up, chuckling. To her, while Wang Qiheng naturally needed attention, the real benefactor was the one spending the money.
"Who says I’m helping him? Can’t I help my past self?"
Seeing Wang Qiheng gradually smiling among the crowd, Lin Fan revealed a helpless, bitter smile. His own state of anguish was just like a few months ago when Li Huizhen unexpectedly broke up with him. He too had given up on himself, wandering under her apartment all night. That desolate figure still lingered in his memory.
Having learned from that past lesson, he knew that only by becoming stronger could one avoid being the one who suffers. If the current Li Huizhen, or any other acquaintance for that matter, decided to leave, he wouldn’t be upset anymore.
It’s like losing a dollar. To someone who only has one dollar, it is excruciatingly painful, but to someone with a million, it’s just a lost cause, and the same goes for women.