Chapter 3207: Saving the Zero Egg Bai Ze Love Story 08

The club looks like an inconspicuous four-story building from outside, with a plain façade and a sign only palm-sized, easy to miss if you're not looking closely. But once inside, the décor reveals thoughtful touches, altogether giving it a high-end vibe.

As the private room door was pushed open, the good-for-nothing heirs were already scattered about, filling the seats.

Three or five young masters and mistresses lounged on the sofa playing cards and drinking, the atmosphere relaxed and loose; hearing the door, they lifted their heads, ready to greet Qiqi as usual… then they saw the person following Qiqi, a face so handsome it was almost excessive, just standing there exuding an aura that made people dare not overstep.

Who is this? He looks a bit familiar, but I can't recall where I've seen him.

I had thought he was some new friend Qiqi brought, preparing to tease him a bit, when I heard Qiqi introduce, "This is my older brother."

Older brother……older brother!?

Jin Family. Older brother. Who could make Qiqi call him older brother?

The good-for-nothing heirs' pupils quaked; their minds raced through all the things their parents had nagged them about at home.

What… look at Jin Chen—he's only a few years older than you and already handling the conglomerate's affairs!

It's said that even the military district has to give face to the Jin Family heir!

Everyone's gaze locked on Jin Chen's face for an instant, then snapped back, utterly obedient.

The young master who had just been putting his arm around a girl's shoulder silently lowered his arm, and within a few seconds the private room's vibe shifted seamlessly from a decadent gathering of good-for-nothings to a well-behaved, sensible successor's tea party.

"Hello, Elder Brother Jin." They spoke in unison, their voices tinged with uncontainable nervousness.

Jin Chen glanced around the private room, his gaze sliding over the faces trying hard to look obedient, the corners of his mouth curling as he said in a nonchalant tone, "Hello."

He followed Qiqi to sit in the inner spot, casually picking up the sake the server brought and taking a sip, his long legs slightly bent, his whole posture in the sofa relaxed yet noble.

The private room stayed quiet for about ten minutes; seeing that Jin Chen indeed had no airs and no intention of using them as a negative example, the good-for-nothing heirs gradually relaxed, and the atmosphere livened up a bit.

But although the atmosphere livened, some people's thoughts became overly lively as well.

The young lady seated diagonally opposite lifted her wine glass and glanced at Jin Chen several times.

From her angle, the Jin Family elder brother leaning on the sofa was truly pleasing to the eye—his knuckle-distinct fingers holding a slender glass, the corners of his lips tipped with a lazy arc, his eyes and brows exuding a languid, flirtatious air.

She lifted her wine glass to bolster her courage, then rose and walked over in a graceful, swaying manner.

"Elder Brother Jin," she said softly, raising her wine glass to his face, "Let me toast you."

Jin Chen had been wondering what plot this club visit might trigger, when a waft of perfume suddenly drifted to his nostrils.

He leaned back slightly, his refusal obvious: "Sorry, I don't like girls."

That young lady: "……"

She froze there, glass in hand, expression blank for two seconds—damn, why is it happening again!

Meanwhile, the few young masters on the other side who had been listening with perked-up ears were almost simultaneously energized.

"He doesn't like girls? That would mean…"

As it turned out, Jin Chen then added, "I have a boyfriend; he doesn't let me drink recklessly outside."

Those present: "……"

The expressions on several young masters' faces shifted in a dazzling variety, then they turned their heads to chat with the person beside them, pretending they hadn't heard anything.

Qiqi sat beside Jin Chen, eyes wide round, "When did you get a boyfriend!"

He hadn't heard Uncle and Mom mention this at all.

Although this convenient older brother had always been busy in the Tenth District, the family had never said he had a partner, let alone a boyfriend.

Qiqi somehow suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of responsibility, feeling obliged to keep an eye on his older brother so he wouldn't mess around outside.

He quickly waved his hand: "You guys, don't go fooling around!"

Jin Chen stood to the side, cup in hand, his gaze drifting aimlessly.

Hey, I'm thinking about my boyfriend.

Halfway through the drinking session, Qiqi felt the time was right and slipped out while a crowd was gathered around playing cards.

Before leaving, Qiqi still uneasy, told Jin Chen, "If you don't come down for too long, you must come up and find me."

After saying that, he emphasized again: "Definitely!"

Jin Chen waved back at him, chuckling, "You're still quite keen on staying alive."

Qiqi took his bodyguard team and rode the elevator straight to the top floor.

The club's top floor is a private zone ordinary guests can't enter; the doors on both sides are tightly shut. He had previously figured out Qibuman's regular room number, led his people all the way to the suite door at the end of the corridor, and the decoder, once stuck on, popped the lock open in three seconds.

The instant the door was pushed open, the ten bodyguards behind Qiqi simultaneously raised their guns, pitch-black muzzles all aiming in unison at the interior.

Yet inside the suite, Bai Ze appeared to be changing clothes, his shirt slightly rumpled; evidently he had turned upon hearing the commotion at the door, staring bewilderedly at the visitors.

"Qiqi?" Bai Ze blurted out instinctively.

"Wait… how are you here?" Qiqi stared at him, his amber-brown pupils contracting slightly.

In that instant his mind flooded with countless thoughts; he had braced himself for two days, prepared for every worst-case scenario, imagined all sorts of people who might be behind that door—but never this one.

"Are you Qibuman?" Qiqi's voice trembled a little.

Bai Ze still hadn't grasped the situation, and besides fearing that the person in the next room might hear Qiqi's presence and go berserk—that individual had been injected with a frenzy stimulant, and Bai Ze had no confidence he could protect Qiqi well.

Bai Ze anxiously glanced inside, heard his alias, and stared in surprise at Qiqi, "How do you know?"

And Qiqi didn't miss that glance.

He saw Bai Ze's disheveled state and the red marks appearing on his neck and collarbone, spreading up from beneath the collar.

Qiqi's gun barrel nearly pressed against Bai Ze's chest; at the last moment he jerked it downward, stepped back two paces, and stared at Bai Ze in astonishment.

"……How could you do this……you lied to me."

Those assassins must indeed be connected to Bai Ze.

Qibuman is Bai Ze; he has his own influence and business here, and everything I didn't know about.

And that person in the adjoining room might very well be the adulterer, those hitmen sent by him, and Bai Ze letting those people go that night might have been… to protect the adulterer!

The string in Qiqi's mind kept tightening, almost to the breaking point.

Bai Ze stepped forward, wanting to take his hand, "Xiaoqi, I didn't deliberately conceal my identity; I am……"

"Enough!"

Yiqi jerked his hand back, he stared at Bai Ze, his eyes swelling with too intense, too fierce emotions, his chest feeling blocked and painful.

"Don't touch me, you're simply not worthy of trust."

He glanced at the marks on Bai Ze's neck; those red traces stood out starkly against Bai Ze's pale skin, like indisputable evidence.

The voice in his heart kept saying: Look, look, he's with someone else, he's hiding so many things from you, he's simply not the person you thought he was.

"You..." Yiqi's voice choked, his eye sockets burning hot, he desperately fought not to let Tears fall, spilling out words incoherently.

"You lecher! I hate you!"

Yiqi squeezed past the bodyguards still holding their guns, at a loss, and ran out of the suite, thinking as he ran.

He had originally come to take revenge, to find the mastermind behind the scenes, to drag out the adulterer who made Bai Ze change his heart, and then retaliate fiercely.

But the moment he saw Bai Ze, he knew he couldn't do it.

But he never wanted to see Bai Ze again!