Chapter 178: Jiang Lan

The night the Red Leaf Club was smashed.

Villa No. 1, Tianxie Manor.

This is a property of the Tianxie Group, and Villa No. 1, located at the very center of the manor complex, is the residence of the head of the Scorpion Society, the Beauty Scorpion, Jiang Lan.

Jiang Lan is wearing a plain, even somewhat tacky, goose-yellow pajama set, her hair hanging loose, her face bare; she has none of the airs of a big sister of the underworld, appearing instead more like a simple housewife.

Yet even without makeup and wearing tacky pajamas, one can still see her graceful, sexy curves and a face beautiful enough to outshine all others.

At this moment, just like any other housewife, she is lying on her side on the bed, softly humming a nursery rhyme to lull her child to sleep.

Only after confirming the child is asleep does she carefully get up, walk out of the bedroom, and come to the living room.

The lights are on in the living room, but it is very quiet.

Jiang Kui is standing in the living room, restless and nervous; even though the sofa is right beside him, he does not dare to sit down.

Seeing Jiang Lan come out, his already nervous mood becomes even more terrified.

"Sister..."

Jiang Kui calls out timidly, forcing a fawning smile, "Is Xiao Guo asleep?"

Jiang Lan does not answer, but instead gives him an annoyed look, straightens her face, and commands, "Come over and sit down!"

Jiang Kui's body shudders; he walks over stiffly and sits on the sofa.

Jiang Lan walks away, and when she returns, she is carrying a medical kit; she then sits down next to Jiang Kui, opens the kit, takes out disinfectant, dabs it on a cotton swab, and applies it to Jiang Kui's badly swollen face.

"Hiss—"

Jiang Kui gasps, baring his teeth as he begs for mercy: "Sister, be gentle, it hurts!"

"Endure it!" Jiang Lan scolds him without ceremony.

Jiang Kui immediately shuts his mouth; no matter how much it hurts, he does not dare to make another sound.

Five minutes later, Jiang Lan finishes treating Jiang Kui and packs up the medical kit.

Jiang Kui observes Jiang Lan's expression and asks cautiously: "Sister, what do you plan to do?"

"What do you mean, what do I plan to do?" Jiang Lan asks back without raising her head.

Jiang Kui says with an indignant face: "Take revenge for me, of course!"

"Take revenge on your head!"

Jiang Lan's face is full of anger as she glares at Jiang Kui, "Still haven't learned your lesson? It seems that beating was too light!"

"Sister, how can you say that? I am your own brother, and if I get beaten, you don't look good either."

Jiang Kui says with a dejected face.

"You still know it's shameful? Then who told you to go behind my back and cause trouble for the Qibao Association, hmm?"

Jiang Lan's willow eyebrows arch as she questions him.

Jiang Kui looks aggrieved and says righteously: "It's because you never let me participate in the affairs of the Scorpion Society. How many years older than me is Bai Fengye? He has been managing things in the Scorpion Society for a long time, and I want to be like him and help you share the burden!

But you never give me a chance, always thinking I don't have the ability. I just want to prove myself, to let you know that I have grown up and can fight side-by-side with you!"

"Oh?"

Jiang Lan sneers: "And the result?"

"I..."

Jiang Kui is very hurt and says aggrievedly: "Sister, can you not always discourage me?"

Seeing his sad, frustrated look, Jiang Lan cannot bear it; she sighs and says earnestly: "I don't let you get involved in the Scorpion Society's affairs to protect you. Neither the Scorpion Society nor the Tianxie Group is a place for you, and you cannot handle it."

"Do you really not believe in me that much?"

Jiang Kui is unconvinced: "You don't even give me a chance, how do you know I can't do it!?"

"Slap!"

Jiang Lan pats his head and says: "What about this time? A tiny Qibao Association cleaned you up; do you think you can handle those cunning people in the Scorpion Society?"

"I... I didn't expect that Chen Che would be so powerful; even Long Yi was slapped away by him."

Jiang Kui says with a face full of frustration.

Jiang Lan sighs, touches his head, and comforts him: "You don't need to be frustrated. After you and Long Yi were beaten, I specifically had Jiu Shu investigate. The Qibao Association is indeed not worth worrying about, but that Chen Che is truly not simple. Being taught a lesson by him is not something to be ashamed of."

"What do you mean?"

Jiang Kui is stunned and asks.

"Chen Che's name is a household word in the Shanghai underworld, but what he has specifically done cannot be found out; this is somewhat suspicious.

Also, his first stop after coming to Jinling was the Ma Family. Ma Zijun of the Ma Family has a very good relationship with him, and the place he is currently living in is exactly the private property previously owned by Ma Zijun."

Jiang Lan states the results of the investigation.

Jiang Kui is shocked; he originally thought Chen Che was simply the boss of the Qibao Association, never expecting that he would actually be on good terms with Ma Zijun!

To be given a house by someone from a powerful family, this is indeed not simple!

Jiang Kui wants to say something, but Jiang Lan's phone rings at this moment.

Jiang Lan picks it up and sees it is a call from her personal Bodyguard, Long Jiu; at the same time, Long Jiu is also Jiang Kui's bodyguard and Long Yi's master.

"Hello, Long Jiu, how is Xiao Yi?"

Jiang Lan answers and asks first.

"Don't trouble yourself, Madam, Xiao Yi only has superficial injuries."

Long Jiu's voice comes through, very respectful.

"Did something happen?"

Jiang Lan asks again.

Long Jiu ponders for a moment and says: "The people from the Qibao Association smashed the Red Leaf Club. Bai Fengye's twin bodyguards are dead, and Bai Fengye was also beaten."

"What?!"

Jiang Lan's body trembled, and she nearly dropped the phone in her hand out of shock.

"When did this happen?"

Jiang Lan controlled her tone, not letting herself sound too shocked, and asked.

"It was right after Young Master Jiang left the Qibao Association; the people from the Qibao Association went straight to the Red Leaf Club."

Long Jiu's tone was also somewhat surprised; he clearly had not expected that the Qibao Association would actually dare to smash up the Red Leaf Club.

"Alright, I understand."

Jiang Lan took a deep breath, letting her mood calm down.

However, Long Jiu's next words made her lose her composure once again.

"Madam, there is one more thing."

"What?"

"After the people from the Qibao Association left the Red Leaf Club, Bai Fengye issued a challenge letter to the Qibao Association in the name of the Scorpion Society, demanding a Gambling Battle."

Long Jiu paused, then continued: "The Qibao Association's reply was four words—we will accompany you to the end."

Jiang Lan's eyes widened, and waves surged in her heart once again.

It had been a long time, a very long time since anyone had dared to go head-to-head with the Scorpion Society like this!

Perhaps because it was Bai Fengye who was being targeted, Jiang Lan felt a trace of schadenfreude amidst her shock.

She was quite happy to see Bai Xiangjin and his son suffer misfortune.

"When is the Gambling Battle set for?"

Jiang Lan did not know why, but she felt a trace of excitement.

"In three days."

"Alright, I understand."

The call ended, and Jiang Lan took a deep breath, her gaze profound, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Sister, what's wrong?"

Jiang Kui sensed the emotional fluctuation in Jiang Lan and asked.

Jiang Lan glanced at him and said: "The good deed you did has provoked a tiger."

"Huh?"

Jiang Kui did not understand.

"After you left the Qibao Association, Chen Che led people to smash the Red Leaf Club. To wash away the shame, Bai Fengye invited the Qibao Association to a Gambling Battle, and the Qibao Association agreed. The Gambling Battle begins in three days."

Jiang Lan said it all in one breath.

Listening to this, Jiang Kui was completely dumbfounded; he stared at Jiang Lan, stunned, unable to believe it.

He had not expected that Chen Che would be so bold as to dare accept a Gambling Battle after smashing the Red Leaf Club!

He really wanted to start a war with the Scorpion Society!

"How does Chen Che dare to do this? Besides, didn't Bai Fengye have a pair of twin Martial Artist bodyguards who could kill a Grandmaster? How could they have their place smashed by the Qibao Association?"

Jiang Kui looked at Jiang Lan with a puzzled expression.

Jiang Lan also looked at him without saying a word.

Jiang Kui guessed something, and once again, stormy waves surged in his heart; he said with a trembling voice: "Could it be... Chen Che killed that pair of twins? He is at most twenty-five or twenty-six years old, how... how could he kill a Martial Artist comparable to a Grandmaster? Could he be a Grandmaster? But this is completely impossible!"

Jiang Kui's face was horrified; recalling what he had done today, his back felt inexplicably cold, and he felt extreme lingering fear in his heart. The thought of taking revenge had vanished completely!

Jiang Lan was also quite shocked, but she was more mature and steady than Jiang Kui; she quickly calmed her mood and said: "No wonder Ma Zijun would appreciate him. Regardless of whether he is a Grandmaster expert, what is certain is that he absolutely possesses the means to kill a Grandmaster."

"Then, for the Gambling Battle in three days, can Bai Fengye win? Should we do something?"

Jiang Kui had not yet recovered from his shock and asked another question.

This time, Jiang Lan did not answer; her gaze was profound and her expression somber, as if she were thinking about something.

At the same time, Bai Fengye also returned home with a face full of injuries and met his father, Bai Xiangjin.

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