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Tired of playing games, Jiang Xunzhi went to the balcony to light a cigarette. When a message alert sounded, she looked at it without any change in expression on her face, and continued to take a puff. He, lying on the sofa playing with his phone, occasionally glanced at her, but when she moved, he humbly returned his gaze to his phone. After finishing her cigarette, she walked into the living room and threw the cigarette butt into the trash can.
"Why are you smoking?" Lu Yanci asked casually while playing with her phone.
"I've always smoked," Jiang Xunzhi replied as she changed into a new outfit in the bedroom and then tidied herself up in the bathroom. Lu Yanci could tell she was going out to meet someone again.
"Are you seeing someone? Going out on a date?" His words clearly carried a hint of dissatisfaction.
"I don't have the intention to find a boyfriend." Jiang Xunzhi was wearing a pair of black trousers and a cropped T-shirt that revealed her waist, accentuating her curves. Lu Yanci looked at her with a shy smile and said, "You look so good, but you don't dress like this for work, right?"
"This is just my style, and by the way, you're talking a lot today, aren't you?"
"I'm just worried about you. Come on, where are you going?"
Lu Yanci finished speaking and quickly turned towards the wall. Jiang Xunzhi saw his ears turning red and immediately understood, teasingly said, "Are you afraid that you might like me, kid?"
Lu Yanci vehemently denied, "How is that possible?"
He refuted so quickly, yet his face was still so red. He really was a naive boy. Jiang Xunzhi didn't plan to tease him further, saying, "I was just joking, don't take it seriously."
"You haven't finished speaking. Where are you going?" he continued to ask.
"The bar."
Lu Yanci Upon hearing the word 'bar', he quickly got up from the sofa and said seriously, "I want to go too. I'll change my clothes in a few minutes."
He immediately walked into the bedroom and rummaged through the wardrobe, thinking of putting together a more attractive outfit. He walked out of the bedroom already changed. Black trousers and a white shirt, with a height of 186cm, he wouldn't attract too much attention going out like this. Jiang Xunzhi chuckled at his scratching head, like a naive boy. "Are you really going?" she asked him three times, but he insisted on going. "Well, you're a celebrity, it's better to wear a mask when you go out."
Driving out, Jiang Xunzhi sat in the passenger seat wearing sunglasses, looking at the navigation and directing Lu Yanci on the driving direction, finally arriving at the destination.
Carousel Coffee Shop.
"I thought we were going to a bar, why did we end up at a coffee shop?" Lu Yanci got out of the car and stood at the door of the shop.
"Let's go in and have a cup of coffee first." Jiang Xunzhi came to the counter and ordered two lattes.
The two of them sat by the window, with green plants nearby.
"You didn't come all the way here just to have coffee, did you?" he asked in a low voice.
"Definitely not." Jiang Xunzhi repeated what Su Yun had told her to Lu Yanci. She had been sending people to "have coffee" here every day recently, and today was her first time walking into this shop.
"What did you find out then?" Lu Yanci asked her.
"I've been sending different people to monitor around this shop every day, and I've summarized a few points. First, this shop opens at 4 pm and closes at 3 am the next day. Second, around 8 pm every night, this shop becomes extremely crowded, with people going in but very few coming out. Third, the people coming to this shop are mostly men." Jiang Xunzhi sniffed the cup of coffee in front of her and warned him, "Don't drink it, let's leave first."
Jiang Xunzhi pulled Lu Yanci and walked outside, stopping in a place with surveillance cameras.
"This location is moderately close to the city center, within the third ring road. A coffee shop that doesn't open in the center of a shopping mall or a place with heavy foot traffic, what kind of money can it make in this remote place?" Jiang Xunzhi said. "There's a mall just around the corner. Some of the shops inside haven't been rented out. If this coffee shop doesn't go there and stays here, wouldn't it be very suspicious? Do you understand?"
Lu Yanci had been sitting in a chair at first, then ran outside to listen to her chatter. He only caught some of it, but about that cup of coffee, "Why couldn't that cup of coffee be drunk?"
"Can you drink the stuff in this shop? Or should we be a bit more cautious?" Jiang Xunzhi opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat. "It seems like the girls in the shop are pretty normal too." Lu Yanci fastened the seatbelt. "You've only met her once, barely exchanged any words, and yet you've already made a judgment about her. It's a bit premature. Some people may seem harmless on the surface, but they are actually very cunning, while others may appear cold and indifferent, yet they are the most caring. The so-called 'knowing someone's face but not their heart,' it's always wise to be cautious. Jiang Xunzhi opened the car window, letting the cool breeze in, causing her long hair to flutter.
The car parked near the shopping mall, and they arrived at the shopping center. Jiang Xunzhi casually found a store, picked up a black coat, and went to the front desk with the hat to pay: "I'll wear it right away, cut off the tag and pay by card."
Lu Yanci looked at her black card: "My brother gave you all the cards."
"What's your situation?"
Jiang Xunzhi put on his clothes and said, "I helped him with some things, so of course he paid for these expenses." He casually put on a hat and asked, "Aren't you going to buy some clothes for yourself?"
"I think this outfit looks good on me."
"We're not going to a fashion show. Change into something more convenient, mainly in black." Jiang Xunzhi turned around, grabbed a few more items, paid for them, and threw them at him, saying, "Go inside and change."
A few minutes later, Lu Yanci came out of the fitting room. Jiang Xunzhi glanced at the time, it was half past six. Walking out of the mall, the two of them stood on the roadside attracting the attention of many people. Lu Yanci thought she had exposed herself and put on her sunglasses again.
Passersby were all holding cameras and taking pictures of them, thinking they were models out on the street.
"They are so tall, and that sister looks so cool."
"I also think that sister is awesome. Is she a model from some agency, out here for a street shoot?"
"That guy looks kind of familiar, but they look really good together. Are they a couple?"
Jiang Xunzhi whispered in his ear, "Are you exposed? So many people are looking at you."
"Impossible, my face is covered. No one can tell who I am," Lu Yanci murmured in her ear. These actions only made onlookers more excited, and more and more people started taking pictures.
Suddenly, a little girl beside her asked, "Are you a celebrity, big sister? You look so handsome. Is this guy your boyfriend?"
"I'm not a celebrity, he's my little brother," Jiang Xunzhi patted Lu Yanci's back.
"Can you give me an autograph?" The little girl was innocent and lovely. She looked warm in her heart, signed her name on the card, and smiled at her.
Two people crossed the road, walked for a while, and returned to the car.
Jiang Xunzhi said, "Next time, I won't bring you. You attract too much attention."
Lu Yanci replied, "Can you blame me? It's all because of genetics. What can I do? Should I be remade in the furnace?"
Is it really okay to indirectly praise yourself like this?
Jiang Xunzhi: "Your family's genes are indeed good. Your brother is also very attractive, appealing to both men and women."
Lu Yanci: "How would My brother feel when he hears this?"
"The truth cannot be spoken yet." Jiang Xunzhi applied black lipstick and added a circle around the eyes, looking like a witch, just a few shiny gems away from being complete. Jiang Xunzhi looked at herself in the mirror and was somewhat satisfied with this simple makeup. It's getting dark.
Jiang Xunzhi returned to the vicinity of the carousel coffee shop again. It's now past 7 o'clock, and more and more people are entering the coffee shop. Clearly, there were only a few people in the afternoon, but now there is a line to get in. Lu Yanci noticed that people were going in, but very few were coming out.
Immediately, he thought of the several suspicious points that Jiang Xunzhi had mentioned today. Most of the people going in were men, and around 8 o'clock, the flow of people was at its peak. It all matched up. He spoke up, "Are we just going to wait here and do nothing?"
Turning around, he didn't see Jiang Xunzhi anywhere. He looked around in panic. At that moment, a figure dragging something was walking towards him. He pretended to be calm, lowered his head, and then there was a thud as a man fell in front of him.
"What are you trembling for?" Jiang Xunzhi thought he was too nervous.
"I thought some strange person was coming this way. Where did you just go?" Lu Yanci didn't dare to say he was scared.
"I went over there and caught someone, to ask for information from him." Jiang Xunzhi poured water on the man's face to wake him up, then patted his face. After a while, the man woke up and saw two people in front of him. He knelt down and begged, "Brother, I will definitely pay you back next month. Please be lenient and give me a few more days."
"You come to a place like this without money, are you trying to deceive ghosts?" Jiang Xunzhi kicked the wall and then pulled out a dagger from his lower back, waving it in front of him.
"Sis, it's true, I really have no money. I came here to try my luck and make some small money." He knelt down, crying and explaining.
"What kind of money can you make in this rundown coffee shop?" Jiang Xunzhi continued to play with the knife in his hand.
"This place looks like a coffee shop on the surface, but underground it's a dedicated gambling and underground fighting venue."
"I see you still have money to go out and gamble. Today, I will ruin your hand." Jiang Xunzhi prepared to use the knife, and the man immediately took out all the money he had on him: "It's all here, take it, sis."
It turned out to be only a thousand yuan. Jiang Xunzhi held onto the money and said, "I can give you a few more days, but you know my brother, right? He's been wanting some excitement lately, wanting to play in there."
The man immediately understood her meaning: "It's not difficult to enter, you just need to use your ID card as collateral, and then they will give you a number tag. When you come out, they will return your ID card based on the number tag."
Jiang Xunzhi said, "I don't want this money. You can have a few more days for the money. You can leave first."
The man quickly got up and fled, without a hint of hesitation.
Lu Yanci Watching her performance just now, I feel that it would be a waste if she doesn't enter the entertainment industry to act.
They lined up and entered the coffee shop's kitchen. There were two big guys standing there with fierce expressions. When it was Lu Yanci's turn, one of them said, "Take off your mask, I need to verify your identity."
He took off his mask, was recognized at a glance, and was allowed to pass.
Jiang Xunzhi took out his ID card openly, and within three seconds, he passed immediately. After passing the winding staircase, ahead was pitch black, but a burst of shouting could be heard. Lu Yanci followed behind her until they arrived at a door, pushed it open, and found a large group of people surrounding an octagonal cage. Inside the cage, two people were dueling on the platform, and the enthusiastic cheers from the crowd outside were resounding and passionate. Lu Yanci had seen many boxing and fighting matches, and even though the commentators described them as tense and exhilarating, they couldn't compare to the cheering at the scene before her eyes.
In the private room, the red-haired man and the woman were passionately entwined on the bed. After they finished, he emerged in a bathrobe. His younger brother handed him a phone: "President, the Shen Second Young Master is in the underground meeting room with a woman by his side."
"The woman came uninvited. Bring them up and entertain them properly."
Jiang Xunzhi pulled Lu Yanci towards the direction of a door, when suddenly, some people were walking towards them.
"Somebody followed us, hold on to me." Jiang Xunzhi lowered his hat brim and continued walking. When they arrived at the door, Lu Yanci opened it and hurried inside, with Jiang Xunzhi following. But when he turned around, he saw four tough men standing guard here. One of them spoke: "Young Master Shen, President is requesting your presence." The two followed them to a presidential suite, where a red-haired man, upon seeing them, said, "the Shen Young Master could have just informed us directly if he wanted to visit our premises, no need for sneaking around."
Jiang Xunzhi Seeing this man reminds me of the red-haired man from the bar that night. Is it also him?
Lu Yanci fearlessly said, "So this casino is yours, Nan Shiye."
Nan Shiye replied, "Why come to my place if you're not going to be a star? And you even brought a woman with you."
He looked Jiang Xunzhi up and down, while Lu Yanci shielded her behind him, saying coldly, "Don't pay attention to her."
"If she's your girlfriend, I won't have any thoughts, but if not, the woman I set my eyes on has yet to resist me," Nan Shiye stared at Jiang Xunzhi, seeing her as a shy and adorable little cat.
Lu Yanci said, "She's my girlfriend."
Nan Shiye said, "How do you prove that you are boyfriend and girlfriend?"
At this moment, Jiang Xunzhi pulled down Lu Yanci's collar, kissed his thin lips, and then quickly separated.
"This is the proof."
Jiang Xunzhi held Lu Yanci's hand and turned to leave. The people in the room all aimed their guns at them. Nan Shiye laughed, "This is not a place where you can come and go as you please."
"What, do you want to shoot us? I've already called for backup. This is the second young master of the Shen. If something happens to him, you will be enemies of the Shen, and the Shen family will use all their resources and influence to strike against your guild. You must be aware of what kind of person Shen Tingsi is," Jiang Xunzhi said confidently, keeping an eye on Nan Shiye's expression.
The Four Directions Guild is a guild that operates in both the light and dark sides, belonging to the Nan family. The current president is Nan Shiye. They have connections and influence in both the political and business world, and the Shen has had cooperative relationships with the Four Directions Guild.
Nan Shiye Suddenly felt that this woman is very interesting, charming and fearless, the key is that her appearance deeply captivates his heart.
"Put down the guns."
Immediately, everyone put their guns back at their waists.
Nan Shiye walked up to her, whispered a few words in her ear, and then went to Lu Yanci: "Come by often when you're free."
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