Chapter 194: The Jianghu is Truly Too Sinister!

Outside the bar.

A sedan was parked there quietly.

Inside the car, Tang Ye and Wan Ming sat opposite each other.

Tang Ye held a bottle of cola in his hand and took a large gulp.

Beside him sat a box of freshly unwrapped roast duck, the heat still rising in wisps.

He pulled out a plump roast duck leg, handed it toward Wan Ming, and said, "This duck leg is really fatty, Old Wan, let's each have one."

Wan Ming took the duck leg and began to devour it.

Once finished, he skewered the duck's tail onto the gnawed-clean leg bone, a wicked smirk on his face.

"Don't make a sound, let Little Ren try my special duck leg in a moment."

Tang Ye was both annoyed and amused, "You really are wicked."

Wan Ming put away his smile and said with a straight face, "I am doing this to let Little Ren know that the world is full of Hidden Plot."

Tang Ye chuckled twice, then reminded Wan Ming, "Contact Mayor Jiang through Ren Jun and see how things are going inside the bar. Don't let Jiang Rou suffer a major loss."

Wan Ming, however, was indifferent; he shrugged and said, "If you ask me, we should let this young lady suffer a bit. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. Society isn't her parents; how could everything go as she wishes?"

Tang Ye glared at Wan Ming with annoyance and chided, "Your heart is quite hard."

Wan Ming couldn't help but laugh out loud and teased, "I was merely speaking your own thoughts."

Hearing this, Tang Ye tacitly followed with a chuckle.

With the abilities Tang Ye and Wan Ming possessed at this moment, they could have easily charged into the bar and taken Jiang Rou away.

However, they knew clearly that for Jiang Rou, such an action would not earn gratitude; instead, it would make her resentful, feeling they were meddling in her business, and might even further worsen the already strained relationship between Jiang Rou and Jiang Jing.

Jiang Rou was already seventeen; she was no longer a child.

If she did not experience the dangers personally, she would never be able to mature.

Tang Ye sighed softly and remarked with emotion, "I didn't expect Young Master Huang to be so calculating, having started laying his plans several weeks ago. He conducted in-depth research on Mayor Jiang and knew that Jiang Rou was Mayor Jiang's greatest weakness, so he specifically arranged for a little hoodlum to approach Jiang Rou."

Tang Ye paused and continued, "Those gangster movies really do a lot of harm. This yellow-haired guy named A Gang has a personality and background tailored exactly to the type young girls like nowadays; to Jiang Rou, he is extremely deceptive."

Wan Ming couldn't help but start cursing, "Scheming against a young girl—I look down on this kind of tactic from the bottom of my heart."

Just then, Wan Ming's phone rang abruptly.

He took out his phone and saw it was a call from Ren Jun.

Answering the phone, Ren Jun's urgent voice came through: "Bureau Chief Wan, it seems A Gang has drugged Jiang Rou and is currently supporting her as they head out. Should we stop them now?"

Wan Ming subconsciously glanced at Tang Ye.

Tang Ye shook his head slightly.

Wan Ming secretly admired him; Tang Ye was indeed able to keep his cool.

He then said into the phone, "Stay calm. Continue to monitor closely."

A moment later.

A Gang supported the limp and powerless Jiang Rou, walked out of the bar, and headed toward a van.

Meanwhile, Ren Jun quietly arrived beside the car lurking in the shadows and agilely pulled open the side door.

"Damn it, this kid is truly cunning. He intentionally didn't drug the first cocktail just to lower Jiang Rou's guard, but put a heavy dose in the second one."

Tang Ye understood what Ren Jun was worried about.

It was nothing more than the fear that the drug was too strong and would cause irreversible damage to Jiang Rou's body.

Ren Jun picked up that "duck leg" and took a bite without any suspicion, a strange expression appearing on his face.

"Why does this duck leg taste so foul and rank!"

Inside the van.

Several people had already been waiting for a long time.

"This little girl is really quite pretty," one of them said, licking his lips with malicious intent.

"Why don't you ask the boss for permission and let us have a taste?" another chimed in.

"Her father is the Executive Vice Mayor of Hanzhou City, do you dare?" someone questioned.

"What's there not to dare! Better to die under the peony flower, even as a ghost one is still romantic," the instigator shouted indifferently.

Jiang Rou's consciousness was blurred, yet she could still hear their conversation clearly.

Tears welled up from the corners of her eyes uncontrollably; she finally woke up as if from a dream, realizing that A Gang's pursuit of her was not love at all, but a meticulously planned, chilling Hidden Plot.

Recalling how she had absurdly skipped school for A Gang.

When her father questioned her, she not only failed to reflect at all but stubbornly resisted him.

She was filled with regret, hating herself for being too foolish.

A figure also emerged in her mind.

If she had listened to Tang Ye's dissuasion at the school gate and not gotten into A Gang's car, perhaps she could have avoided this terrible tragedy.

A Gang's accomplices had already booked a room at a nearby Reception House.

To prevent being recognized by the Reception House staff, A Gang specifically put a hat on Jiang Rou.

This Reception House was in a remote location, and the staff member was fully focused on playing a computer game, fingers tapping away on the keyboard with a clatter, completely unaware of the abnormality nearby.

After A Gang brought Jiang Rou into the room, his accomplice immediately took out a camera and frantically pressed the shutter at Jiang Rou.

A Gang was panting with exhaustion and said to his accomplice, "I didn't expect this little girl to look thin but actually be quite heavy. I'll catch my breath first, you help her take off her clothes."

The accomplice smirked and approached Jiang Rou, reaching out to take off her coat and trousers.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Rou was left with only her underwear.

Jiang Rou's mouth was stuffed with something, her heart filled with despair, wishing she could die right then and there to end this nightmare.

A Gang took a syringe out of his bag, filled it with the liquid, removed the cloth gag from Jiang Rou's mouth, then leaned into her ear and whispered, "After this shot, the two of us will be the same kind of people. Don't worry, it won't hurt at all; you'll only feel your body floating, it's so comfortable."

Jiang Rou was sobbing uncontrollably, choking out a plea: "A Gang, I beg you, let me go. If you let me go now, I promise to act as if nothing ever happened."

A flash of complex emotion crossed A Gang's eyes.

"Actually, I quite like you. But a person like me, what right do I have to like you? The gap in our status is too great; there would never be a result."

"In your eyes, I'm nothing more than a toy that can bring you a moment of excitement; once you get tired of playing, you'll throw me away like trash. As long as I get this done, I can get a huge sum of money, and this money can change my destiny."

Jiang Rou watched helplessly as A Gang slowly pierced the needle of the syringe into her skin.

She felt a bone-chilling coldness strike from the depths of her soul.

She knew clearly in her heart that once the drug was injected into her body, her life would be completely ruined.

Moreover, she understood that the other party was doing this because of her father. If the outside world knew that the Executive Vice Mayor's daughter had become addicted to drugs and had also been photographed in disgraceful pictures, it would trigger terrifying consequences.

Just at this moment, a loud bang suddenly came from her ear.

The door was kicked open violently by a powerful force!

Ren Jun rushed to A Gang's side, snatched the syringe from his hand, pinned him down with the momentum, and skillfully handcuffed him.

Wan Ming lunged directly at the accomplice, throwing two punches that made the other man see stars.

Jiang Rou felt herself being gently picked up.

She struggled to open her eyes and saw clearly that it was Tang Ye.

A thousand emotions welled up in her heart, and tears burst from her eyes once again.