Yehuanchen truly lived up to its name as Hong City’s largest song-and-dance hall. As soon as night fell, a different kind of revelry began inside.
“You!”
Ting Wan decisively knocked out two waiters and, grabbing one in each hand, dragged them into a utility closet. Her movements were so swift and efficient that Bai He was left dumbfounded.
“Stop gawking. Change your clothes so we can move.” Ting Wan started stripping off the clothes, not glancing once in Bai He’s direction.
There was a simple reason for this: at Bai He’s strong insistence, she had given her an exceptionally masculine face with makeup. The thought of this being Bai He, combined with the sight of that face, made Ting Wan afraid she would burst out laughing.
As for her skills, the best explanation was no explanation at all. She had never claimed to be helpless.
Once they had changed, they picked up the drinks the original waiters had been carrying and headed for the sycophantic adjutant’s private room.
Yehuanchen was quite large and had many waiters. As long as the two of them didn’t run into the foreman, it would be a while before anyone noticed these two new faces.
In the private room, Xiao Tang’s sycophantic adjutant was negotiating terms with a foreigner about doing business in Hong City. A stack of documents lay on the table.
However, exceeding the information they had, Xiao Tang was also inside.
When Ting Wan and Bai He entered, the foreigner was saying something about how a twenty percent cut was already mutually beneficial, while the adjutant argued that Hong City was the Xiao family’s territory and twenty percent was too little. They were haggling.
Meanwhile, Xiao Tang was leaning back against the sofa with his legs crossed and his eyes closed. Hearing someone enter, he opened his eyes for a quick glance before closing them again.
An idea suddenly sparked in Ting Wan’s mind. She met Bai He’s gaze and gave her a meaningful look.
Bai He saw the look but was a little baffled—what did she mean just now? Xiao Tang is here, so we’re not going to beat up the adjutant first? But hadn’t the drug already been put in the wine?
That wasn’t what Ting Wan meant at all. She had originally prepared something for the adjutant and the foreigner, guaranteed to land them on the front page of Hong City’s gossip papers the next day. But now that Xiao Tang was here, she planned to add a main character to the show.
They would naturally drink the wine they had ordered. Fortunately, because they were discussing business, there were no female companions present for the time being.
“What do we do next?”
After pouring the wine, Ting Wan and Bai He left the private room. The wine was drugged, and although they had watched the men drink it, the two of them had come out. Was the original plan to beat them up still on? They hadn’t even looked at the documents on the table yet!
Ting Wan glanced at her watch. “We go back in one minute.”
Bai He said, “The knockout drug doesn’t work that fast.”
Ting Wan smiled faintly. “That’s why I switched it for the veterinary version.”
That’s why I switched it for the veterinary version…
I switched it for the veterinary version…
Veterinary version…
Version…
Every word was understandable, but strung together, they sounded rather bizarre.
Bai He had been afraid of losing the drug, so she had let Ting Wan hold on to it.
But when had Ting Wan switched the drug?!
The second hand made a full circle on the watch face. Ting Wan pulled Bai He back to Xiao Tang’s private room. Opening the door and looking inside, they saw the men had indeed passed out, sprawled in disarray.
In Hong City, everyone knew Young Marshal Xiao. The Xiao family’s soldiers were frequent patrons of places like Yehuanchen, so they had no suspicions about the wine here.
But it was precisely because they had no suspicions that they were now drugged and down for the count.
Confirming that they were well and truly unconscious, Bai He quickly put on a pair of white gloves and began to flip through the documents.
Ting Wan, however, pulled two syringes from her pocket. What a pity, she had only brought two. It looked like the other two would have to share one. She then picked one up and prepared to jab it into Xiao Tang’s neck.
“What is that?” Bai He watched Ting Wan’s actions. She didn’t stop her, but she was curious.
Ting Wan’s hands didn’t pause. She plunged the needle in, pushing the pale yellow reagent into him, while answering Bai He’s question, “A veterinary aphrodisiac.”
Bai He’s gaze gradually went slack. “Where… where did you get this stuff?”
Ting Wan was truly shattering her perception of the rumored delicate young lady.
“Brought it from my old home.” After injecting the full syringe into Xiao Tang, Ting Wan took the other one and gave half a dose each to the adjutant and the foreigner. “Hurry up and read. When you’re done, help me move them to the bed. This Yehuanchen isn’t just a proper song-and-dance hall, is it? The private rooms even come with beds.”
Watching Ting Wan heave the adjutant onto the bed first, Bai He quickly focused on the documents.
She had a rough idea of what Ting Wan was planning.
Thinking about it, she suddenly felt a thrill of excitement.
The documents the foreigner had brought were, to put it plainly, a business proposal. He wanted to get into the pharmaceutical business in Hong City and monopolize it.
Knowing that Young Marshal Xiao had the final say in Hong City, he had come with a sincere offer—to give twenty percent of all future profits to the Xiao family’s army.
However, Xiao Tang felt it was too little and wanted fifty percent. That was why they had been negotiating for so long, which led to the rumor that the adjutant was out carousing at Yehuanchen with a foreigner.
“Insatiably greedy,” Bai He muttered with a pout.
Her Bai family had to pay a large sum of money to the Shaoshuai Residence every year, but it wasn’t like Hong City’s development had improved much. The Xiao family’s residence, on the other hand, was becoming more and more magnificent, and the people in the Xiao family’s army, especially those with some status, were all sleek and well-fed.
After finishing the documents, Bai He went to help Ting Wan move the men.
The three men were all tall and not light, so the two of them were quite tired after moving them.
“Strip them.” Looking at the three men lying fully clothed on the bed, Ting Wan felt it was necessary to help them shed some of their burdens.
“Huh?” Bai He’s eyes widened.
But Ting Wan’s next words made her spring into action.
“The veterinary aphrodisiac doesn’t kick in instantly, but it will soon. You don’t want to stay here and see something indecent that will give you a sty, do you?”
Bai He did not want to get a sty, so she chose to strip them, completely ignoring the fact that she might see something she shouldn’t while doing so.
After stripping the three men down to their boxer shorts, Ting Wan threw a blanket over them, then carried the wine bottle and glasses out.
After destroying the evidence of the drugged bottle and glasses, and before leaving Yehuanchen, Ting Wan also ordered a meal to be delivered to the three in the private room in fifteen minutes.
Amen!
When the time came and the door was opened, what everyone would see would be up to fate!
After leaving Yehuanchen, Ting Wan and Bai He ducked into a hidden alley, entered a room to wash the makeup off their faces, changed their clothes, and then, carrying a small satchel, took a different route back to school.
Fifteen minutes later, the pre-ordered meal arrived on time, but no matter how much the waiter knocked, the door wouldn’t open.
The waiter didn’t dare to enter on his own, so he went to get the foreman. The foreman pressed his ear to the door and listened for a while. It seemed like there were sounds, but also not. It didn’t sound right, but given that Young Marshal Xiao was inside, he didn’t dare open the door either, so he found the owner.
And the owner? He was a clever man, but not a brave one. Afraid of what he might encounter if he opened the door, he called the police.
So, in the end, the scene was even more explosive than Ting Wan had anticipated.
Since it involved the Young Marshal, the police went to the Shaoshuai Residence to fetch the head steward, Uncle Xiao. The moment the door was opened, strange sounds and strange smells filled the air. Xiao Tang, his sycophantic adjutant, and the foreigner were caught on the bed by the crowd.
The commotion was explosive, but who would dare to watch such a spectacle?
Even the police chief who had come wished he were on vacation today.
Thus, the crowd descended into chaos, everyone fleeing as if their feet were on fire.
This was Young Marshal Xiao’s private affair, and this kind of affair at that. Watching it was a death sentence! They came to this sort of pleasure ground for fun, not to get themselves killed.
The police chief wanted to run too, but he couldn’t. He could only cast a pleading look at the Shaoshuai Residence’s head steward, Uncle Xiao.
The smile on Uncle Xiao’s face was frozen, about to crack.
“Clear the area! And warn those people not to spread rumors about what they shouldn’t!”