In the darkness of the room, Lu Qi turned his head to look for sharp objects.

There was a mini fridge in the room, and he wondered if there was beer. If there was a glass bottle, he could smash it and harvest the broken glass to use for self-defense…..

But he would have to perform a series of actions such as rolling out of bed and opening the refrigerator without using his hands. It would be impossible to not make noise, and with the carpet beneath him, it would be difficult to break the bottle. Looking at the soundproof cotton on the walls, Lu Qi finally focused on the small coffee table.

At this height, even if he knelt down and held an alcohol bottle behind his back, he could break it.

Wang Liang might come in at any time. Even though the plan seemed unfeasible, Lu Qi had to put up a fight. He stretched his bound legs off the bed, turned sideways, and used his elbows and shoulders to support himself. He landed feet first and then stood up.

Very good. The first step was successful, and there was no noise.

The rope tying his feet was a ribbon pulled from somewhere, a bit like the kind you would use to wrap a bouquet with and tie it in a bow. It was a tender pink hue. Although the color was cute, it was definitely strong enough for Wang Liang to tie him with, and the binding was firm.

Lu Qi could only move his knees forward and backward a little, and with small steps and jumps, he finally reached the front of the mini fridge.

Fortunately, there was carpet. The second step was successful! No sound!

He turned his back, opened the mini fridge with his hands, and turned his head to look.

Lu Qi frowned in disappointment. There was no bottled beer inside, only canned. In addition, there was a bottle of foreign wine he couldn’t name. The wine was sealed in a thick glass bottle, which looked strong enough to cut Wang Liang’s head open.

If he knocked this on the coffee table, as long as Wang Liang was still breathing, he would definitely be able to hear it.

He squatted down, took out the bottle, and gently closed the refrigerator door. Lu Qi glanced at the door to the room.

As long as the door could lock, it should be enough to keep Wang Liang out. The only misfortune he feared was that this bastard had a key, but Lu Qi decided to take a gamble. This bad-tempered playboy didn’t look like someone who would carry a key around with him.

Lu Qi took two jumps toward the door, but footsteps suddenly came from outside.

Wang Liang was here!

The huffing and puffing sounds, along with curse words coming from his mouth, were getting closer and closer. Lu Qi couldn’t care less about making noise and jumped hard, only one step away from the door. The muffled bump also caused the footsteps outside the door to pause, and then suddenly speed up.

The door was pushed open a crack. Lu Qi slammed it shut and pushed the door back with all his weight. Outside the room, Wang Liang cursed and began to push hard at the door.

Lu Qi couldn’t stretch out his hands, and it was difficult to compete with him using only his shoulders and back. During the struggle, the door slowly opened a small crack.

“Baby…..” Wang Liang’s gloomy voice sounded from the crack. Because he was pushing hard on the door, the sound was intermittent, like a broken radio. “Don’t…..waste your effort in vain…..you might as well stay in bed and serve me…..and…..suffer a little less…..”

Lu Qi was so disgusted by this “baby” that he gritted his teeth without saying a word and pushed the door back hard.

Perhaps because he was venting his anger at these words, the cracked open door was pushed back with a bang by Lu Qi. He quickly groped for the door lock.

Click—

This subtle sound was like fairy music to Lu Qi at this moment. The resistance behind him disappeared at once. Lu Qi turned another lock and then leaned weakly against the door panel, gasping for breath.

Wang Liang kicked the door with a bang. Lu Qi stepped away carefully. He found that the door was relatively strong, but the door frame shook violently.

Not daring to delay, he jumped to the mini fridge and grabbed the wine bottle inside, then jumped to the marble coffee table and knocked it against it twice with his back to it.

The sound of glass and stone colliding was muffled. One could imagine how thick the bottle was, and Lu Qi couldn’t use much strength.

Outside, Wang Liang was still kicking the door like a mad dog. After kicking twice, he suddenly stopped and stood there at the door with a scoff.

“Fuck…..you’re really willing to die to protect your chastity.” Panting, he said: “The more you act like this, the more I want to taste you, much more than those ones who sell themselves…..”

He called someone, and Lu Qi faintly heard the word “key.”

He was so anxious that his whole body was shaking. Trying his best to restrain his panic, he smashed the bottle again.

A slight cracking sound was heard, and Lu Qi blinked in surprise, beads of sweat on the tip of his nose. When he turned to look at the bottle, he almost cried.

The wine bottle was fine, but the corner of the marble table was chipped.

“What kind of garbage bottle is this, ah……” He was so nervous that he didn’t realize what he was saying. “Mu Nanqiao also has this in the wine cabinet…..I’ll throw it away for him when I get back…..”

He must go back!

Taking a deep breath, he bashed it again.

Dong— 

The corner of the table was broken even more.

Wait…..

Lu Qi tossed away the diamond-like wine bottle, raised his wrists, and angled them at the broken corner of the table.

At the same time, there was the slight sound of a key being inserted into the lock, and then the door was pushed open with great force, hitting the wall with a loud bang.

Lu Qi didn’t pay attention, and just pressed his wrists down hard. The moment the sticky restraints were loosened, there was a severe pain in his arm. The broken table corner had gouged his skin, and slightly cool blood dripped down his fingertips onto the carpet.

Lu Qi’s eyes reddened, but he didn’t hesitate for a second as he reached down to pull the knots around his ankles.

Before his hands could touch them, the scumbag had already come over panting and kicked him in the chest.

Lu Qi whimpered and curled up like a small animal.

He really looked hurt, huddled there and shaking. When Wang Liang saw this, his laugh was dark and cold. He came over and crouched next to Lu Qi. Holding his chin with his fingers, he looked at Lu Qi with those triangular eyes, which grew brighter the more he looked.

“So tasty, ah…..look at how pitiful you are…..” He laughed obscenely and maliciously, then eagerly took a small bottle out of his pocket and unscrewed the cap.

Lu Qi initially thought that the drug was going to be poured into his mouth, but Wang Liang raised his head and drank it himself.

Lu Qi: ……

He picked up the wine bottle to the side and hit Wang Liang hard, the force so strong that it made a whoosh.

Dong—

A good sound meant a good bottle!

Wang Liang staggered and fell. Lu Qi rolled on the spot and quickly pulled the rope from around his feet.

His legs had been tied for so long that he limped when he ran.

Passing the coffee table in the private room, he staggered out of the lounge and put his hand on the outer room door lock, pressing it hard.

The door didn’t move at all.

In the lounge, Wang Liang staggered up. It was unknown if the bottle of “Viagra” he drank just now contained stimulant ingredients, but in any case, the wine bottle hadn’t knocked him out. Viewing his figure from behind, he looked as if he was starring in a zombie movie.

Lu Qi pulled the thing out of his mouth and pounded the door, shouting for help.

“How dare you hit me…..” Wang Liang gasped as he drew closer. “Laozi is going to kill you…..”

No one answered outside the door. Lu Qi took a deep breath, and when Wang Liang rushed over, he staggered away and took two steps back, warning Wang Liang: “If you come over here, whatever happens will be legitimate self-defense, do you understand?!”

Wang Liang covered his bleeding head. A normal person would choose to bandage it at a time like this and would not be concerned with anything else, but this beast had taken drugs and was clearly not normal. He stared at Lu Qi with bloodshot eyes, like a jackal staring at meat.

“Come here, ah…..” He laughed and reached out to grab Lu Qi. “Let me see what you’re capable of…..ah!!!”

Lu Qi punched him in the face with a left hook.

The bones in his fingers ached. Lu Qi shook his hand and stepped forward, assuming a stance that should earn him at least an 8 out of 10 score. He stared at him with wide eyes: “Don’t come over here! You locked the door! And you took my phone, so why don’t you call the police!”

Wang Liang: ……

His head was buzzing. 

He braced himself on his knees and shook his head. Then, to his horror, he realized that it was not his brain making the noise. Something was buzzing outside the door. Soon after, under his incredulous gaze, sawdust flew out of the heavy box door as a thin crack appeared…..

A chainsaw burst through the crack!

It was like a scene in a large-scale horror movie. Even Lu Qi took a couple of steps back, and Wang Liang’s brain died on the spot.

The chainsaw cut vertically and retracted, then cut horizontally until it was about to cut the lock off the door. Wang Liang finally returned to his senses and rushed two steps in Lu Qi’s direction, seeming to want to capture him as a hostage. But Lu Qi wrinkled his nose and shook his fist fiercely a couple of times, and Wang Liang turned around and ran into the lounge again, slamming the door shut.

Lu Qi: ……

The tables had turned.

The lock was nearly separated from the door. The person outside kicked open the heavy wooden door, and a tall, straight figure appeared, still holding the buzzing chainsaw.

His dark expression relaxed at once when he saw Lu Qi. As soon as he turned off the chainsaw in his hands, Lu Qi had already limped forward and threw himself into his arms.

The cool, woody fragrance poured into his nose. Lu Qi’s dangling heart finally settled, and the tears he hadn’t shed fell down as if the floodgates had opened. He tightly hugged Mu Nanqiao’s waist and said with a whimper in his voice: “In the future…..you’re not allowed to drink that wine anymore…..wuwuwu…..”

How could Mu Nanqiao care about whatever wine he was talking about? At this moment, he was willing to let him take out his heart and liver. He held Lu Qi’s back with one hand and felt warmth on it.

“Are you hurt?” He carefully grasped Lu Qi’s arm. A wound as long as his forearm made his eyes turn red. Gently holding the arm, he looked him up and down. “Where else are you injured?”

Lu Qi sniffled and showed him his other hand. “N…..nowhere. I just boxed without gloves…..it really hurts…..”

Mu Nanqiao’s expression relaxed a little, and he kissed those tear-reddened eyes. “Baby is amazing…..”

He said in a low, gentle voice: “You go out first, Young Master Gao is outside. You pleaded on his behalf, remember?”

“En…..” Lu Qi nodded with red eyes.

“Tell him to take you to the hospital. I’ll be there soon.” Mu Nanqiao raised his hands to wipe away his tears. “I need to keep an eye on Wang Liang and call the police. What if he runs away?”

When he looked at the person he relied on the most, his tense heartstrings relaxed. Lu Qi slowly stopped crying. There was an unconcealable fluster in those wet eyes, but he knew that Mu Nanqiao’s worries were justified, so he nodded. “En, then come quickly…..”

Even with such a big commotion, there were not many people watching outside the box. When Lu Qi came out, they didn’t dare to stop him, because Wang Liang often did dirty things here and people rarely came up to this level.

This bar was located on the sixth floor of a shopping mall. Lu Qi and Young Master Gao took the elevator down. The prompt sounded for the elevator door closing. When Mu Nanqiao heard it, he walked over slowly and closed the unlocked door, blocking the view from outside.

He turned around. Looking at the door of the lounge, he hooked his fingers and turned on the chainsaw.

In the lounge, Wang Liang listened in horror as the buzzing sound approached. He reached to fumble for the mobile phone in his pocket, but found in despair that he had lost it somewhere. He stared at the door, but the expected chainsaw breaking through didn’t happen.

The door lock turned and opened directly.

He then remembered that he’d forgotten to take out the key!

Mu Nanqiao stood in the doorway with the light at his back. Wang Liang couldn’t see the expression on his face. He was also wearing a suit and vest, which made him look lean and powerful. When he looked down at him with the chainsaw in one hand, that strong sense of oppression did not allow Wang Liang to doubt his intentions.

He was here to kill him, and perhaps to cut him into pieces!

Wang Liang was truly scared. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, his face covered in tears and snot. “Boss Mu! Boss Mu!! It is me who deserves to die! I really deserve to die, ah, Boss Mu! Let me go! Let me go and the Wang family will give you whatever you want!”

He howled so terribly that Mu Nanqiao said two expressionless words: “Shut up.”

Wang Liang covered his mouth and gasped for air, not daring to make a sound.

Blood-stained leather shoes stepped over the carpet. Mu Nanqiao sat down on the sofa, his tone as calm and emotionless as an A.I. “I know this is a misunderstanding, right, Young Master Wang?”

Wang Liang nodded as if pounding garlic.

“But my person was injured, after all. Fortunately, it’s not serious. We still need to discuss this matter.” Mu Nanqiao smiled, his handsome face becoming increasingly sinister in the dim light. “Only his arm is injured. How about you cut yours too, and we’ll move on?”

“Just…..just like that?” Wang Liang asked tremblingly.

“Just like that.” Mu Nanqiao narrowed his eyes happily and pointed at the buzzing chainsaw: “Come on, give it a try.”

Wang Liang swallowed hard. He hopped over on his knees and rolled up his sleeve, his whole body shaking violently. He could hardly breathe, and the tattoo on his arm of a tiger going down a mountain turned into a large patch of brightly-colored light and shadow in his eyes.

As his arm got closer and closer to the blade, Mu Nanqiao’s hand shook.

Wang Liang jumped up with a cry and rushed out the door, clutching his unscathed arm. As he drew closer to the door of the box, his triangular eyes grew brighter and brighter.

His fingertips were almost touching the doorknob when his pleasantly surprised smile froze on his face – as a pair of iron-like hands grabbed his collar and pulled him backward.

Wang Liang hit the coffee table heavily, and as he was dizzy, he heard Mu Nanqiao’s dark, cold voice.

“It seems you don’t want to do it yourself.” He walked over slowly. “Shall I do it?”

“Ah—-!!!”

Wang Liang cried out and collapsed. The effects of the drug still remained, and he thought deliriously that he must escape from here!

But the door was blocked…..

He got up, turned, and rushed toward the window.

Someone finally couldn’t help but open the door to investigate the situation, but all they could see was Wang Liang’s back as he crashed through the window and fell, and Mu Nanqiao standing far away.

A large swath of sunlight shone in when the tinted glass was broken, refracting beautiful light on the broken glass. Mu Nanqiao turned off the chainsaw, then turned around and handed it to the stunned attendant.

“Excuse me, please return this to the construction crew downstairs.” He smiled politely. “I have an urgent matter and need to go to the hospital first. You can call the police, and I’ll come back to cooperate and give a statement.”

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T/N: Guys, the chainsaw made me crack up. I love the dramatics.

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