Chapter 13: Sister Ling's Deterrence

Not long after, the bald guy returned, looking at me angrily: "Damn, kid, are you messing with me? Brother Huang doesn't know who you are at all. You made me get scolded by Brother Huang. Are you looking to die?"

"No, big brother, I really know Brother Huang!" I hurriedly explained.

"I believe you, my ass! Get lost, I'm in a bad mood right now. If you keep blabbering, I'll beat you to death!" The bald guy roared at me viciously.

I was very unwilling. I felt that the bald guy definitely hadn't told Huang Laohu. From the fact that he didn't want to ask my name earlier, it was highly likely that this was his plan all along. This guy was clearly just playing with me.

"Big brother, just tell me where Brother Huang is, and I'll go find him myself!" I wasn't willing to leave just like that.

"Damn you, didn't you hear what I said?" The bald guy was so angry that he slammed the bar counter beside him and roared.

This startled everyone around. The people around were used to this kind of situation; they were just surprised for a moment and then hid far away with expressions of watching a good show.

I wasn't scared by the bald guy's aura. Mainly, I had seen this kind of scene quite often. I used to be threatened like this, but I had to see Huang Laohu today. This was for the future, and also for Su Xueyan.

I suppressed my fear and stood there without speaking, which already indicated my attitude.

Seeing that I still wouldn't leave, the bald guy grabbed my collar and cursed: "I think you're looking to die, aren't you?"

I looked at him quietly, just about to speak, when suddenly a familiar voice sounded from the side: "Hua Zi, what are you doing?"

The voice sounded like Sister Ling. I turned my head to look, and sure enough, it was Yu Manling. I wasn't surprised to see Yu Manling here, because Huang Laohu had said before that this bar was also Yu Manling's. However, I had to admit that Sister Ling's background could truly be described as terrifying.

When the bald guy saw Sister Ling, he hurriedly let go of me and respectfully called out: "Sister Ling, what wind blew you here?"

"Hua Zi, you've broken the rules a bit today. Do you know the consequences of breaking the rules?" Yu Manling's expression and temperament changed instantly, as if she had become a queen.

When the bald guy heard this, he was terrified. He knelt directly on the ground and begged for mercy: "I'm sorry, Sister Ling, I'm sorry, Sister Ling, please spare me this once, please!"

Seeing the bald guy's appearance, I was shocked. The bald guy, who was just acting all-powerful, was now begging for mercy like a lapdog in front of Sister Ling. This was simply unbelievable.

Yu Manling didn't speak. She calmly took a cigarette out of her pocket and handed me one: "Do you want to smoke one?"

The people around saw Yu Manling hand me a cigarette and were envious. At the same time, they all started guessing my identity. Actually, I don't really smoke, but at this moment, I knew I couldn't refuse, nor could I say I didn't know how to smoke. I could only grit my teeth and take the cigarette, but I didn't light it.

Yu Manling lit her own cigarette and didn't look at the bald guy on the ground, as if the person in front of her didn't exist. This made the bald guy even more panicked. However, the bald guy was, after all, a person who had been struggling in society for so many years. He clearly saw that my relationship with Yu Manling was unusual, so he knelt directly in front of me and begged for mercy: "Big brother, big brother, it was my fault before, please let me go, please!"

I was still in a daze at this moment, not expecting the scene to turn out like this. The bald guy had actually started begging me. I didn't know how to answer at all. After all, I didn't know if a word from me could decide his life or death. However, looking at his appearance, it felt like my words were useful. But I didn't need to waste a favor on this kind of person. Since Sister Ling's background was so big, I couldn't use favors recklessly.

Yu Manling's expression was clearly displeased. She frowned and signaled to the two people beside her. The two understood and rushed to the bald guy, preparing to carry him out.

The bald guy was even more desperate, begging me bitterly: "Big brother, big brother, please let me go, I'll be your servant in the future, please!"

Seeing his desperate expression, I felt that the matter seemed quite serious. Originally, I thought it might just be a simple beating or punishment, but from his eyes, it was clearly not. Just as the bald guy was about to be carried out, I said: "Wait a moment!"

The two people clearly paused. They weren't sure of my relationship with Yu Manling, so they were waiting for Yu Manling's result.

I said to Yu Manling: "Sister Ling, why don't we just let this matter go?"

I didn't know if my words were useful. I was thinking to myself that I had felt a sense of fear toward the usually approachable Sister Ling at this moment.

Yu Manling looked at me, then looked at the bald guy on the ground, and smiled slightly at me: "Of course I have to give face to Little Yunyun!"

Then she said to the bald guy on the ground: "You're lucky this time, someone is pleading for you!"

"Thank you, Sister Ling, thank you, Sister Ling!" The bald guy hurriedly kowtowed to Sister Ling to thank her.

"You don't need to thank me, you must remember that it wasn't me who saved you!" The meaning of Yu Manling saying this was clearly to make the bald guy grateful to me. Regarding this operation of Sister Ling's, I roughly understood, but I didn't understand why Sister Ling would help me so much, sparing no effort to pave the way for me. Could it be that she really took a fancy to a pretty boy like me? If Sister Ling's background was so powerful, and she used force on me, wouldn't I have no way to resist?

"Thank you, big brother, thank you, big brother!" The bald guy kowtowed to me gratefully.

"Then I'm leaving. By the way, don't forget, you owe me a meal! Plus this time, I'm going to have a big one!" Yu Manling smiled at me and winked, completely indifferent to the reactions of the people around.

The people around who were watching the fun naturally dispersed, but quite a few were very interested in me. I maintained a "strangers stay away" attitude, and they were sensible enough not to come up and bother me.

I said to the bald guy beside me: "Can you take me to see Brother Huang now?"

"Yes, yes, big brother, you should have said earlier that you knew Sister Ling, and I wouldn't have been like this. I really didn't know who you were, please don't take it to heart!" After speaking, the bald guy actually handed me the packs of cigarettes he had taken from my hand earlier, plus some extra.

I smiled and didn't take them: "It's okay, you keep them!"

"No, no, I don't dare!" The bald guy didn't dare to take them.

"If I tell you to take them, take them! Why so much nonsense!" I was also impatient. I don't really smoke, and I have no use for these cigarettes, so they were useless. Instead of this, it was better to just give them to him.

"By the way, what was the situation just now? Were you really that scared? Could Sister Ling kill you?" I was still quite curious about the bald guy's fearful reaction earlier.