"Bring liquor here!" Zhu Da roared at the waiter outside. "How can one sing without a drink? Let your brother sing you a hero's ballad first!"
Cai Jingjing stepped forward and snatched the microphone from Zhu Da.
"Fatty brother, go cool off somewhere else. I want my husband brother to sing for me."
Zhu Da was too embarrassed to snatch it back from a child, so he went to a corner with Cai Bao'er to drink. Seeing how hard the two of them had worked tonight, I pulled them and sang a chorus of "True Hero" with them. Cai Bao'er then ordered the waiter to bring a pile of food. After the song, the two of them hid to the side and started eating and drinking heavily.
Su Xue said to me, "Junior Brother, I didn't expect you to sing so well. You really keep your talents hidden."
Ouyang Qian and Fang Yanmeng also chided me, "If you sing so well, why didn't you sing earlier? Don't do that again next time. Here, sing two more."
Their praise energized me, two little vixens making such a fuss. I threw my head back and started belting out songs again. If only I could hold both vixens close while singing! I could manage to embrace either one from behind, but having both at the same time would take a bit more time to cultivate.
Bang! The door was kicked open, and the waiter shouted from behind, "Brother Biao! Don't be like this! You’ll make the Young Master angry!"
A burly man strode in, one foot planted firmly inside. "Stop trying to fool me. Everyone knows the Young Master is traveling abroad. Who are you trying to fool?"
Damn it, who did I manage to provoke now? Could Chen Tianqiao have lost his mind and sent someone else? Good, send a target right to my doorstep. He doesn't even need me to lift a finger to get beaten.
Only the colored mood lights were on in the room, casting a faint, misty glow that wasn't very bright. The music was loud, making it hard to hear conversations from a distance. The large man pointed at me. "You are Zhao Qian from Longteng University." I switched off the microphone. "Yes, I am. What advice might you have for me?"
The big man suddenly grabbed my arm, pulling hard. "Get out here with me. You dared to ** my brother's wife! Now that you're on our turf, you’ll pay in blood!"
If I didn't want to move, no one could budge me. Cai Jingjing saw someone manhandling me, and she wouldn't stand for it. Being just a child, she didn't understand that I wasn't afraid of the brute at all. She ran forward and tried to bite the man's hand.
"Bad guy, stop! You’re touching my husband brother! I’ll have Fatty Brother beat you!"
Su Xue chimed in, "Who are you to come into our room and act so aggressive?"
The big man got annoyed and flung his hand out, accidentally shoving Cai Jingjing away. I quickly caught her, holding her in my arms, or she would have landed hard on her backside. Cai Jingjing burst into tears. The brute snapped back to reality, recognized Cai Jingjing, and instantly looked terrified, nearly collapsing to his knees.
"Eldest Young Miss! How is it you!"
With such an incident unfolding, the singing had to stop. Ouyang Qian walked over and pulled the power cord on the amplifier. The room instantly fell silent. Zhu Da was still raising his bottle in a toast with Cai Bao'er, looking confused. "Why stop singing? Are we heading home?"
Cai Bao'er heard Cai Jingjing crying and shot up from his seat. "Commander Zhao, look how you made your own wife cry! She's my older sister! What am I supposed to do as her older brother?"
Before I could explain, Cai Jingjing ran over and hit her younger brother.
"Stupid fatty! Don't you dare call him my husband! It was that bad guy trying to hit me! Husband brother was protecting me, not bullying me."
The big man finally took in the scene in the room.
"Young Master! Why are you here too?" "I... I didn't mean to bully the Eldest Young Miss, I just accidentally bumped her."
Zhu Da scoffed at Cai Bao'er. "Look at you. This is practically the headquarters of your Hualong Society, and your sister gets bullied here. You might as well let her go back to Commander Zhao’s place. She’ll only be safe with Commander Zhao protecting her."
"You... you... you are Boss Zhu from the Brotherhood Alliance?" The big man, being someone involved in the underworld, knew that his Young Master and Fatty Zhu of the Brotherhood Alliance were inseparable. Considering both were so plump, even if the dim light made it hard to see clearly, he realized there was no mistaking it.
Cai Bao'er's anger boiled over, and he charged