Lin Chuan thought for a mont, then continued to ask, "What's your relationship with this bar? And why did that Fei Yan steal the custors' wallets here?"
Baldy shot up to his feet the mont he heard Fei Yan had stolen from a guest, eyes turning razor sharp, flashing cold as he cursed, "That bitch, still hasn't kicked that old habit. Looks like I gotta give her a proper lesson again!"
"Huh? You just said Fei Yan stole from a guest, she didn't steal your wallet too, did she?" Only then did Baldy react, asking with a bit of fear in his voice.
"Heh, no, she didn't!" Lin Chuan took a sip of the red wine in his hand. He had no idea what it was called, but he had to admit, it tasted pretty damn good.
"Good, good!" The heart Baldy had been holding in his throat finally settled back down.
Seeing Baldy acting all fawning and humble toward him, Lin Chuan suddenly found it hilarious. The boss of an underground crew, reduced to being this scared of him? Still, he had to admit, it felt pretty nice.
Lin Chuan suddenly felt a kind of "who the hell else if not " dominance, like the fate of Baldy and his guys was all in his hands now. But he didn't let that fake sense of power go to his head, and looked at Baldy with a clear mind.
"Anyway, that underling of yours stole my friend's wallet. If it weren't for that, we wouldn't even be running into each other here tonight." Lin Chuan set down his glass, leaned back on the sofa, and said with a smile.
Baldy started swearing imdiately, "That damn slut, those hands really are cheap. Just wait till I chop both of them off!"
"Alright, drop the act. If you hadn't given her the nod, would she dare steal in here?" Lin Chuan poked straight through Baldy's performance, but his face stayed mild, not a trace of anger on it.
Baldy let out two awkward dry laughs and stamred, "Well, uh, actually, you can't really bla her for all of it. The main thing is, my n are a ss, all forr street punks. They're a pain in the ass to manage now, so I've been letting so stuff slide. But they still don't dare stir up anything too big. Otherwise, I'd sure as hell not let them off easy!"
"So this bar's under your protection too?" Lin Chuan heard the implication. Ordinary bars usually had people from the streets watching the place. If Baldy wasn't covering this joint, then with the temper of his boys, they'd have clashed with the bar's own people long ago.
"You could put it that way." Baldy answered with a big grin.
"Alright, I'm fine now, and it's getting late. Tell that woman Fei Yan to give us the wallet back. We've gotta hurry ho and sleep." Lin Chuan said as he stood up.
"I was planning to get you a private room in the bar tonight, then find a couple of fresh young girls to keep you company!" Baldy said with a face full of flattery.
Lin Chuan knew for Baldy now this was nothing but a small favor. Still, he shook his head and smiled. "No need. I've already got soone waiting at ho."
Baldy nodded knowingly, then quickly walked to the door, personally opened it for Lin Chuan, and followed behind him, looking utterly respectful as they walked out.
Outside, a few of the guys were sitting around in small groups drinking and playing drinking gas, while the ones acting as little lieutenants sat quietly to the side, waiting to see what would co out of that inner room.
Once Monkey and the others understood what had happened, their view of Lin Chuan totally changed. Deep down they were even more grateful they hadn't made a move earlier. Otherwise, their whole bunch probably wouldn't have lasted more than a couple punches and kicks against him!
Huang Liyong was sitting on the sofa. At first he'd been pretty relaxed, but as ti dragged on and Lin Chuan still didn't co out, he couldn't help getting more and more worried, standing up from ti to ti to glance toward the inner private room's door.
Fei Yan, on the other hand, had co out earlier and was now staring at Huang Liyong with eyes full of killing intent. Those eyes, which should've been full of tenderness, were now brimming with cold murderous rage.
The door to the inner room opened, and the first one out was actually Lin Chuan. That caught all the little punks off guard.
You had to know, even if an underground big shot of this city showed up, Baldy would usually just watch from the sidelines, never like he was now, all hunched over and servile.
Baldy stepped out, shot Fei Yan a sharp look, then said coldly, "Fei Yan, what are you spacing out for? Hurry up and give back the wallet you took off him!"
Fei Yan very reluctantly slipped a hand into the front of her top, groped around for quite a while, then finally pulled out Huang Liyong's purple n's wallet and tossed it to him with obvious reluctance.
Huang Liyong took it, checked the cash and all his cards. Other than a few big bills missing, everything else was intact, so he didn't say anything more.
But the way Fei Yan pulled out the wallet left both Lin Chuan and Huang Liyong speechless. If there weren't so many people around right now, Lin Chuan would've already been cracking dirty jokes at Huang Liyong's expense.
"So, is your wallet now even fatter than before? If it is, I'd say it's from drinking too much of Fei Yan's milk."
"What the hell am I gonna do with you lot? Was this Monkey's idea again?" Baldy suddenly barked coldly.
"Boss, I'm innocent!" Monkey looked at Baldy with a bitter face, mouth twisted like he was one step away from dropping to his knees to beg for rcy.
"Alright, alright. This ti you ran into Lin Chuan. Lin Chuan's generous and doesn't hold grudges against small fry, so we'll let it go. But if I hear again you're stealing wallets on your own turf, I'll chop your hands off myself!" Baldy waved impatiently, letting them off the hook this once.
Watching this, Lin Chuan couldn't help being a bit impressed with Baldy. This was a real boss—just a few words and his n were tad and obedient. Seed he himself still had a lot to learn.
But just as he finished sighing over that, what Baldy said next almost made Lin Chuan's jaw drop.
"How much did you lot pull in tonight? Hand it all over. If I didn't catch you this ti, were you planning to keep it for yourselves?" Baldy said, not the least bit embarrassed.
"…" Lin Chuan was at a loss for words.
Hearing this, Monkey imdiately strutted forward with a goofy grin, pulled out a few wallets from his clothes, and said ingratiatingly, "Tonight's not as good as the last few days, this is all we got! And none of them had much juice in them."
"Enough." Baldy waved, casually picked up one of the wallets, glanced at the cash inside, then started giving orders. "From today on, you cannot do this anymore. Otherwise, who the hell's gonna dare co to this bar? If no custors co and the place goes under, who the hell are we supposed to leech off then?"
"Yes, yes, yes, Boss, you're right, we'll rember!" Monkey and a few others responded in a rush.
Lin Chuan couldn't help finding it funny. Baldy's performance was pretty decent, but if you asked him, the one who most deserved to have his hands chopped off was Baldy himself.
But he didn't really have much to do with Baldy, and it wasn't his place to ddle in other people's internal affairs. As long as his own interests weren't hard, that was enough. Besides, Baldy had started as a street-level thug from the very bottom. Even if he had so power now, those old bad habits were hard to shake.
"Where's my phone?" After checking his wallet, Huang Liyong was still grossed out that it had been stuffed into Fei Yan's bra, but he still pocketed it, only then rembering his phone had been taken too.
Fei Yan snapped impatiently, "Such a pain. It's just a crappy phone, not worth shit. Never seen a man this stingy before."
She was cursing under her breath, but still reached her hand into her short skirt…
Yes, straight into her skirt. Huang Liyong and Lin Chuan were both stunned. Fuck, this woman was hardcore—she actually shoved the phone down there?
What, did she take Huang Liyong's phone for a vibrator or sothing? That'd be way too freaky!
No wonder she could dress this skimpy, swipe things so easily and not get caught. This woman really was hiding deep.
Fei Yan fumbled around inside for quite a while before finally pulling out a candy-bar phone, tossing it at Huang Liyong and sneering, "Here, it's still warm."
"Hahaha…"
At that line, everyone, including Lin Chuan, burst out laughing.
Holding his own phone, Huang Liyong really did feel so body heat on it. He was a bit embarrassed, but still put it away.
"Alright, we're heading out now." Seeing that everything had been wrapped up nicely, Lin Chuan finally smiled and spoke to Baldy.
Baldy smiled back, said a few polite lines, and didn't insist on making them stay, just kept saying he hoped Lin Chuan would co here more often, that he'd make sure to set him up properly next ti.
Lin Chuan understood perfectly well what Baldy ant between the lines, and just nodded perfunctorily, counting it as agreeing.
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