Chapter 7: Even If You Don't Touch, You Still Have to Pay

A few people entered the nightclub, and the manager immediately came over to greet them.

"Sir, would you like me to bring a few girls over to keep you drinking?"

"Of course, and they should be beautiful!"

The group followed the manager toward a private room, and Chen Mo glanced around the hall, seeing no floor staff at all.

Just as they sat down in the private room, a server came in carrying drinks.

Behind the server, the club mother Ruby, dressed in a tight cheongsam, led a line of girls and walked in.

Chen Mo didn't look at the girls at all; instead, he watched Ruby with interest.

"Your name is Ruby? Come sit!"

"Sure, sir, how should I address you?"

Ruby sat beside Chen Mo and enthusiastically poured him a drink.

"My name is Chen Mo. Do you know who I am?"

Chen Mo took the glass from Ruby with one hand, looped his other arm around her waist, and continuously rubbed his large hand on her waist.

"I know, Bo Lan Street Mo Ge! Mo Ge is young and accomplished, good-looking, and I bet countless sisters want to drink with Mo Ge!"

Although Chen Mo had been in Chi Zhu for a year, before arriving in Chi Zhu he already had some reputation around Yau Tsim Mong.

On top of that, he had recently taken up the Red Staff position, so many in the jianghu still know his name.

Ruby may only be a nightclub mother, but she has heard the names of some jianghu figures.

She doesn't know what Chen Mo looks like, but since he already gave his name, saying she doesn't know would be short‑sighted.

"Is that so? What about you? Do you want to drink with me?"

Chen Mo leaned close to Ruby's ear and whispered, his hand already sliding up and down Ruby's thigh beneath the cheongsam.

A few underlings, seeing Chen Mo already at play, each picked a girl and started their own game.

Only Gao Jin, though he also chose a girl to sit beside him, was only focused on drinking and gave the girl no attention at all.

The girl, seeing Gao Jin young and handsome, thought she'd get a good treat after being chosen, but ended up getting nothing.

"Handsome, you ordered... even if you don't touch, you still have to pay!"

In fact, Gao Jin isn't averse to women; he just lacks interest and is rather picky.

In his own venue, when he occasionally encounters new stock, he'll take a few bites.

Chen Mo is different; he has no reservations—if he's not sick, he'll eat whenever he's hungry.

Just like now, Ruby may be older, but Chen Mo is very interested in her.

Chen Mo tossed his wallet to a youngster playing with a ball, pointing at Ruby: "Take the money from the bag and buy her all night."

Ruby was about to say something when Chen Mo cut in: "What, you don't want to?"

"No, I do want to," Ruby lowered her head and agreed after seeing Chen Mo's cold expression.

Ruby used to be a hostess, but after becoming a mother, she only occasionally does drink companionship and hasn't performed on stage for years.

Now, looking at Chen Mo's young, handsome face and feeling his hard muscles, Ruby's lower abdomen warmed under his teasing moves.

She had no choice; after five years by Wei Jixiang's side, his mind was filled with his deceased wife.

She's thirty this year, and she also has needs.

Meeting a man like Chen Mo now makes her a little excited.

She had wanted to refuse earlier, but it was just habit.

After agreeing, she felt little resistance.

After more than half an hour, Chen Mo felt it was getting boring and signaled the group to prepare to leave.

As soon as the private room door opened, Wei Jixiang was standing in the doorway.

"Hey, Jixiang bro, something wrong?"

"Mo Ge, leaving so soon?"

"Indeed, a spring night moment is worth a thousand gold!" Chen Mo said, tightening his arm around Ruby.

"Mo Ge, Ruby is the mother here; she doesn't perform on stage!" Wei Jixiang said anxiously.

Chen Mo raised an eyebrow: "Is that so? But I've already bought her all night, and she's willing—what shall we do?"

"Mo Ge, I can refund you, or you can pick another; we have plenty of pretty women here!"

Wei Jixiang reached out to grab Ruby's arm.

Chen Mo seized Wei Jixiang's arm with one hand and pushed him backward, causing Wei Jixiang to stumble and sit on the ground.

"Jixiang!" Ruby shouted, about to go help him.

Chen Mo held Ruby tightly, pulling her into his embrace.

"Wei Jixiang, I'm giving you face by calling you 'Jixiang bro'; you really think you're the Red Staff of old?"

"I'm the one selling, I pay, it's consensual—what does that have to do with you?"

"What are you to her?"

"And you want a refund? I'm only short that little money from you, right?"

Having said that, Chen Mo led the group past Wei Jixiang and headed for the main gate.

"No, Ruby can't go with you."

Wei Jixiang scrambled to his feet and shouted at Chen Mo.

Hearing Wei Jixiang's shout, a dozen thugs immediately gathered around.

"Who's so bold as to cause trouble in my Prince's venue?"

From the gate, a swaggering voice rang out; the surrounding underlings stepped aside as Prince Hong Tai, accompanied by a few men, walked over.

"Who do you think I am? I'm the Fist Demon of Bo Lan Street!"

A lackey immediately ran to Tai Zi's side and whispered a summary of what had happened into his ear.

"What, is this how your Hung Tai establishment treats guests? Blocking guests from leaving?"

Chen Mo said coldly, his expression unchanged, not taking the Hung Tai Tai Zi seriously at all.

"You can leave, but the woman stays!"

The Hung Tai Tai Zi said arrogantly.

He had had his eye on Ruby for a while now — he'd invited her out to dinner with him several times and been refused every time.

Out of respect for Wei Jixiang, he hadn't wanted to make things too ugly, so he'd never made much of it.

Yet today Ruby had actually agreed to go out with Chen Mo — this was a slap in the face to the Hung Tai Tai Zi.

Even though they weren't in the right today, so what?

On his turf, his word was law.

"Tai Zi, you think you're the Tai Zi of our Great Prosperity? If I want to leave, can you really stop me?"

"A-Jin, let's go. Anyone who tries to stop us, hit them!"

With that, Chen Mo put his arm around Ruby and headed for the door, showing the Hung Tai Tai Zi no face whatsoever.

Gao Jin followed beside him, expressionless.

The girls in the arms of the two underlings behind them had already fled when the crowd closed in, and the two underlings followed closely behind Chen Mo, watching their surroundings with tense expressions.

"Fuck, hit them!"

Seeing that Chen Mo didn't take him seriously, Tai Zi was furious and directly ordered his lackeys to attack.

Seeing Tai Zi's lackeys make the first move, Gao Jin charged straight at them.

Tai Zi's men were all petty thugs — no match for Gao Jin.

Just a dozen or twenty petty thugs — in less than two minutes, Gao Jin had beaten every one of them to the ground.

Tendons snapped, bones broke, and screams filled the air.

Even the Hung Tai Tai Zi wasn't spared — he lay on the ground clutching his arm.

"Chen Mo, you just wait — this isn't over!"

The Hung Tai Tai Zi was still lying on the ground, shouting threats.

Chen Mo didn't even glance at him. He simply called out to Gao Jin and left with his arm around Ruby.

This matter, of course, was far from over.

Chen Mo had originally planned to wait until Little Tyrant crossed over to Tung Sing before making a move on Hung Tai, but who could have predicted that plans couldn't keep up with how fast things changed.

Wasn't tonight's incident a perfect excuse to start a war!

As for Little Tyrant, Chen Mo didn't take him seriously at all.

A Red Pole who didn't even have his own turf and could barely afford to keep his underlings — why should he fear him!