Jin Ziliang and Gong Jiu were both shocked, nodding repeatedly.
"No need, just your group will do," Lu Chen said to Nie Rong.
Nie Rong cheerfully replied, "Okay! The food court on Fuqi Road, right? I'll be there in fifteen minutes!"
After hanging up the phone, Lu Chen saw two perfectly straight thumbs.
"Hey bro, how do you know so many beautiful women? Are they all really that pretty?" Jin Ziliang asked, his eyes wide.
Lu Chen looked around. There were quite a few pretty girls in the food court, especially the beer girls, dressed scantily and sexily, looking particularly beautiful. But compared to those mermaids, they were really far inferior.
Lu Chen nodded firmly, "More beautiful than any woman you can see right now!"
Gong Jiu asked curiously, "Hey, Chen, that woman you were talking to on the phone earlier, she kept saying something about...it was all expected, what exactly was it?"
"Uh," Lu Chen said awkwardly, scratching his head, then said, "Well, it's a long story. Let's drink! Come on, let's drink!"
Everyone downed another drink.
Gong Jiu's mood didn't improve much despite the impending arrival of eight beautiful women. He kept glancing at Su Qing, his eyes filled with pain, then at Xin Zhida, the pain turning into deep-seated hatred.
Although they were at different stalls and under different tents, they weren't far apart, and Gong Jiu's gaze was particularly powerful. So soon, the girl named Su Qing noticed him. She looked up, then trembled slightly, her face showing discomfort and embarrassment.
Immediately afterward, Xin Zhida and Bald A Dao also noticed them and looked over.
Gong Jiu didn't avoid his gaze, but stared sharply at them.
Bald A Dao chuckled, "This kid's not dead? He really is like a cockroach, surviving until now with both legs broken. Not bad."
Xin Zhida glanced at Gong Jiu, then his gaze fell on Lu Chen. A slight chill ran through him.
Xin Zhida certainly remembered Lu Chen; he'd seen him show off his skills at the construction site that day. That thumb could open a beer bottle cap—that required incredible strength; he wasn't someone to mess with.
Now, the burly young man sitting next to him also made Xin Zhida feel threatened. That ramrod-straight posture—very military-like!
Ah Dao gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Xin, should I gouge that kid's eyes out? Damn it, daring to stare at us like that, does he have too many eyes?"
His voice was quite loud, and the three people on Lu Chen's side heard him.
Su Qing, looking nervous, said, "Let's...let's not make a fuss, let's just drink and not spoil the fun, come on..."
Suddenly, a loud slap was heard, followed by Su Qing's scream of pain.
It turned out that Xin Zhida had slapped her.
The slap was hard enough that a five-clawed dragon appeared on Su Qing's fair face, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Xin Zhida said calmly, "What are you doing, woman, interrupting when men are talking? You deserve to be hit!"
Ah Dao also gave her a cold look.
At that glance, Su Qing trembled like a lamb.
Gong Jiu took a deep breath, picked up his glass, and shouted, "Come on, bottoms up!"
Without waiting for Jin Ziliang and Lu Chen to pick up their glasses, he downed his own in one gulp.
Lu Chen patted him on the shoulder again and said casually, "It's alright. That kind of woman deserved to be beaten. Consider it as them teaching her a lesson for us."
Tears welled up in Gong Jiu's eyes. He sniffled, "That woman has nothing to do with me. Keep drinking!"
The three of them continued drinking, seemingly ignoring Xin Zhida's table.
A-Dao whispered again, "Boss Xin, I'll take the brothers to teach them a lesson. Don't worry, I know those two guys next to Gong Jiu are capable, I can tell, but we have several men here, we'll win easily!"
Xin Zhida waved his hand and chuckled, "No rush, we haven't even had much wine yet. Let's drink some more, everyone's more excited, then we'll talk!" He then rubbed Su Qing's cheek, which had been slapped.
Su Qing felt a sharp pain from the rub, but bit her lower lip, not daring to speak.
Xin Zhida patted it a few more times, coldly saying, "Remember? From now on, when men are talking, women shouldn't interrupt. If you do, you'll get a beating."
Su Qing nodded repeatedly, "I...I understand."
"Come on, give me a kiss here!" Xin Zhida pointed to his own cheek.
With a soft smack, Su Qing obediently kissed it.
This scene, witnessed by Gong Jiu, ignited a torrent of anger in his eyes, and he gulped down another glass of wine. Lu Chen chuckled, "Brother, don't rush! We'll give them a good beating tonight. But for now, let's enjoy the beauties coming later!"
He had already decided that he would teach those guys a lesson tonight.
Damn it, they made my brother suffer so much, and even stole his girlfriend, do they want to die?
Jin Ziliang sighed, "Sigh, there are too few of them, a fight probably won't be very satisfying."
Meanwhile, the reckless thugs started chattering:
"Hey, those three cowards, see them? They're all cowering like turtles!"
"What can they do? Look at that one, both his legs were broken by our Brother Dao, and his girlfriend has become our Boss Xin's plaything, hahaha!"
"Being a coward is definitely the right thing to do, be careful they don't stick their heads out and get chopped off."
...
Hearing their arrogant words, Jin Ziliang's face turned murderous, and he crushed a wine glass in his hand. However, this was far superior to Gong Jiu's. While crushing something requires strength and not everyone can do it, Gong Jiu's hands were covered in blood after crushing it, while Jin Ziliang's palm remained intact.
Moreover, Gong Jiu crushed chunks, while Jin Ziliang crushed slag.
This level of strength was probably unmatched even among a thousand martial arts practitioners.
If Jin Ziliang hadn't been facing away from that arrogant table, they probably would have been terrified.
Jin Ziliang said in a deep voice, "Go beat them up now. Damn it, I'm a soldier, and I've never seen such arrogant thugs! If they piss me off, bring my brothers, and wipe out that real estate company!"
His expression turned ruthless and decisive.
Lu Chen waved his hand slightly: "Brother Liang, we don't need to rush. Let them come to us. If they do, it'll be self-defense. It won't damage your reputation."
So, he had this in mind.
Jin Ziliang chuckled: "Reputation? Doesn't matter! We love fighting gangsters! I've taken down several groups of these guys with my men before!"
However, he still listened to Lu Chen and decided to drink and wait for the beauties.
At this moment, Xin Zhida called over several glamorous and scantily clad beer girls, embracing them and groping them, making them moan and cry. It was clear they weren't happy, but firstly, for the money, and secondly, not daring to provoke these thugs, they could only submit.
The gang's arrogant words came again:
"Tsk tsk, three bachelors drinking there, that's quite something. But what kind of women can these lowlifes find?"
"You can't say that, there's a group of middle-aged women over there selling their tongues! These three guys still have some energy, go find one of those women, they'd be happy to serve them!"
"Hahaha! They look like gay buddies, maybe they'll get drunk tonight and have a threesome!"
"That makes sense! These guys are really pathetic, maybe they've never even tasted a woman's flavor, tsk tsk, three virgins, haha! Hey, you three guys, want me to introduce you to some older women to keep you company?"
Hearing this, Xin Zhida was really happy, and hugged Su Qing even tighter, groping her all over.
Just then, three identical pink mini SUVs drove into the food court and stopped on the side. Then, the doors opened, and eight tall, sexy, and exceptionally beautiful girls stepped out.
They were all around twenty-three or twenty-four years old, dressed in various styles of leather jackets, over which draped themselves in colorful gauze robes. Their fair, delicate skin was faintly visible, and their high, firm breasts visibly trembled slightly.
They swayed gracefully as they walked over, their eight alluring bodies moving like water snakes. The void seemed like a vast ocean, and they were mermaids in the water.
Their movements were unlike those of ordinary beauties; they were exceptionally captivating, incredibly alluring. Watching them, one's blood would involuntarily boil, and both those that should and shouldn't stir would become restless.
Indeed, these were specially trained beauties, capable of dancing in the sea; they were different from ordinary beauties.
Almost everyone in the square turned to look, their eyes filled with undisguised lust.
This, of course, included Xin Zhida's table.
Xin Zhida, as the CEO of a real estate company, had slept with countless beautiful women, including numerous escorts and minor celebrities, and had even attended lavish parties like the Hainan Rendez-Vous. However, he had never seen a woman with such alluring and seductive charm!
Compared to her, Su Qing in his arms was practically a middle-aged woman.
Bald Ah Dao muttered, "Damn, I've never seen such a hot girl in my life. I'd gladly shorten my life by ten years just to have her for one night!"
The other thugs chimed in:
"Yeah, if a girl like that were willing to marry me, I'd rather only live to forty!"
"Damn, take a good look at yourself! You think you're good enough? I reckon only our Boss Xin is worthy of that kind of beauty! But seriously, getting to know one is a blessing from eight lifetimes!"
"Look, they seem to be walking towards us, right?"
"They seem to be… wait, no! Why did they go over to those three guys?"
"Damn! What does that mean?"
...
Not long after, Xin Zhida's face turned extremely ugly, contorted in pain.