It was late at night.
Li Hongtao personally drove to pick up Gu Chen and headed to the KTV.
Busy as a bee, Li Hongtao was even more sycophantic than a lackey.
The internet celebrities and models he found were all trying to outdo each other in seductiveness.
Fair-skinned, beautiful, with long legs, they barely covered themselves, displaying their charm.
Unfortunately, they were all fake!
Gu Chen wasn't very interested, but to maintain his playboy image, he didn't hesitate to flirt.
As he touched them, he felt a bit disgusted and went to wash his hands in the restroom.
He waited for Li Hongtao to reveal his true colors.
"Later, remember to spike this drink and make that kid drink it."
"As long as you take care of that kid, you'll get your share of the money."
"After we're done here, I'll personally take care of each of you."
"... "
Gu Chen returned from washing his hands, standing at the door of the private room, listening carefully to every word Li Hongtao said.
Then he pretended to be tipsy and entered the room, pulling a model into his arms.
The alcohol was too fake; he didn't even have a chance to get drunk.
"Mr. Gu, you're back."
The model's coquettish voice made him feel nauseous.
Li Hongtao took the opportunity to provoke: "Mr. Gu doesn't seem to have had a good drink. Come, have a toast with Mr. Gu."
"Ugh!"
The model playfully slapped his hand away, like a madam in a brothel soliciting clients.
Although she said "ugh," her body was honest, as she already had the drink in her hand and handed it to Gu Chen, saying, "Mr. Gu, come on!"
It was obvious it was the spiked drink.
Gu Chen casually took it but didn't rush to drink it. He said, "Mr. Li's hospitality is much appreciated. How about you have a drink with Mr. Li for me?"
With that, he pushed the spiked drink back toward Li Hongtao.
Li Hongtao quickly backed away and waved his hand, saying, "Mr. Gu, this isn't appropriate. You're my superior. How can I let you toast me?"
In his mind, he cursed, this useless idiot is causing trouble again!
He pushed the spiked drink back.
Gu Chen found it ridiculous, deliberately teasing him, raising the glass a few times but never drinking.
Ah, he won't drink it, just to tease you!
Li Hongtao was sweating nervously, his heart in his throat. Finally, unable to bear it, he signaled a few women.
They swarmed over, their chests hitting Gu Chen's face, and together they forced the drink into his mouth.
"At last, he drank it!"
Li Hongtao sighed in relief, loosening his tie and spitting on the floor.
Then he took out several wads of cash from his bag and handed them out one by one, saying, "You're done here, you can all go now."
"Thank you, Mr. Li. Remember us when there's another good opportunity like this in the future."
They all said one after another.
Accompanying a drink could earn them ten thousand yuan, and he was handsome too.
It was much more pleasant than sleeping with an old man, like finding money falling from the sky.
"Got it, next time, I'll personally take care of you."
Li Hongtao grinned lewdly, patting each of them on the buttocks.
This caused a wave of exclamations.
He felt very accomplished.
Although he knew they were faking it, it didn't diminish his happiness.
Especially when he thought that the position of general manager was beckoning to him, he grinned even wider.
"Kid, you think enjoying pleasures is that easy?"
Li Hongtao chuckled sinisterly, kicking Gu Chen.
Then, he took out a small pair of scissors he had prepared earlier, cut off a small lock of Gu Chen's hair, and took out a syringe, drawing a few milliliters of blood, and carefully put them away.
He dialed Master Zhang's phone.
"Hello, I've got the stuff. How do I hand it over to you?"
"Where are you? I'll send someone to pick it up."
"At the Feast Mansion KTV."
"Don't move from there."
After hanging up the phone, Li Hongtao felt satisfied and popped two broad beans into his mouth.
"Mm, the more you chew, the better it tastes. I must sing a song."
Anyway, that guy surnamed Gu had already taken his sedative. He wouldn't wake up even if there was an earthquake.
Li Hongtao had no worries and chose to sing "I'm Beautiful, I'm Drunk."
"I'm beautiful, I'm drunk, I'm..."
As he reached the climax of the song, he suddenly felt a chill behind him and instinctively turned his head.
On the sofa sat a figure, smiling at him.
"Ah!"
Li Hongtao was startled, as if he had seen a ghost, screaming in fear.
He threw the phone to the ground, emitting a piercing noise.
"Mr... Mr. Gu, when did you wake up?"
Li Hongtao forced himself to remain calm, pretending.
But his twitching eye corners betrayed his inner panic.
"I've never been drunk. How can I wake up?"
Gu Chen stared at him with interest. "Let me guess, you needed hair and blood, so you hired a sorcerer from Southeast Asia?"
"So you knew everything, and you've been acting with me all along!" Li Hongtao erupted with uncontrollable anger.
He thought Gu Chen was the clown, but he never expected the clown to be himself.
A great humiliation!
"But even if you know, what can you do? I still got the hair and blood, didn't I?"
"The one who should be afraid is you. You better think about how to survive!" Li Hongtao laughed maniacally, his face twisted.
"Do you really think you can take me away?" Gu Chen looked at him as if he were an idiot.
Li Hongtao's laughter abruptly stopped, and he cautiously stepped back. "I warn you, Master Zhang has sent someone over. If you behave yourself, you might suffer less. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless and letting Master Zhang tear you apart!"
As he finished speaking, the door to the private room was pushed open.
A young man with triangular eyes walked in.
"Mr. Li, there's no need to trouble my master to tear him apart. I can handle it for you."
"Little Zhang, Master Zhang's apprentice!"
Li Hongtao suddenly felt overjoyed. "Guy surnamed Gu, this is Master Zhang's top disciple. If you know what's good for you, you'd better leave now, or you'll find out how tough he can be."
Zhang Haoran, Master Zhang's direct disciple, had at least seventy to eighty percent of his skills.
With him here, Li Hongtao couldn't help but feel proud again.
"You're just a low-life, yet you dare to bark in front of me!"
Gu Chen remained silent at first.
But when he spoke, he made Zhang Haoran's face pale with rage. "Kid, who do you think you're calling a dog?"
"Who's calling who a dog?" Gu Chen replied indifferently.
"Surnamed Gu, are you itching for death? Why don't you kneel down and apologize to Little Zhang, Master Zhang's apprentice?" Li Hongtao shouted loudly.
Gu Chen shook his head disdainfully. "Southern witchcraft, nothing more than a trivial skill, just a stolen fragment of the Great Xia's occultism. How dare you claim to be a lineage? It's ridiculous!"
"If you blind yourself now, I might spare your life. Otherwise, today will be your end!"
How arrogant!
How audacious!
Zhang Haoran's lungs were about to explode. "You dare to call my Southern lineage trivial? Today, I'll show you just how powerful this 'trivial' skill of mine can be!"
As he spoke, Zhang Haoran bit his finger, drew a few strokes on his forehead, and muttered some words.
Suddenly, Li Hongtao felt a chill down his spine, as if something unclean had appeared.
"Zo!"
Zhang Haoran pointed his fingers at Gu Chen.
In an instant, a chilling wind howled, and a blurry shadow pounced towards Gu Chen.
Li Hongtao had never seen such a scene before and fainted immediately.
"A mere trivial skill after all!"
Gu Chen calmly raised his glass and took a sip of wine.
Then he realized it was fake wine and hastily spat it out.
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