Chapter One

  Chengdu, late at night.

  Tang Yin sat in front of the bar counter at a dance hall called "Night Fire" drinking. This was his fifth day in Chengdu.

  He likes alcohol and also enjoys the environment of this dance hall, even more so the energetic music inside.

  "Are you alone?"

  A girl in her twenties sat beside Tang Yin, smiling at him.

  Tang Yin's appearance is handsome and elegant, with fair skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, the corners of his mouth are naturally raised, even when he is serious, it seems like he is smiling, a handsome smile can easily make people feel good, but that is for strangers, for those who know him well, his smile makes people feel creepy.

  Because he is an assassin, a killer who doesn't bat an eye when taking lives.

  Tang Yin turned his head and looked at the woman with a puzzled expression, asking inexplicably: "Do we know each other?"

  The girl's appearance was not particularly beautiful, but she was absolutely not ugly either. She wore a cool and revealing midriff-baring top on her upper body, and a pair of hot shorts below, showing off two full and slender legs that were both plump and long. Her sexy outfit made her already attractive figure look even more alluring. The girl smiled slightly, shook her head, and said: "I'm the waitress here, I've seen you come alone to drink for several days in a row now."

  "Ah!" Tang Yin shook the wine cup in his hand and smiled without saying another word. His mind was very clever, at least much cleverer than ordinary people, and he could remember those who caught his attention, even if he had only taken a glance, after many years. It's just that there weren't many people in this world who could catch his attention.

  Tang Yin's smiling face invites people to get close, but when you really come into contact with him, you can clearly feel the indifference behind his smile, a kind of indifference that comes from the bone.

  "Judging from your accent, you're not from Chengdu, right?! What brings you to Chengdu? Are you here on a business trip?" The woman seemed to be very interested in Tang Yin, ignoring his coldness and asking with familiarity.

  Tang Yin looked at the wine cup in his hand and remained silent. He didn't want to bother with people who wouldn't say another word to him.

  Just as the girl was feeling embarrassed, a large hand suddenly stretched out from behind Tang Yin and pressed on his shoulder. At the same time, a loud and rough voice sounded from behind him: "Brother, someone has taken this seat, let it go!"

  Upon hearing this, Tang Yin and the woman beside him simultaneously turned their heads back.

  Behind Tang Yin stood four young men dressed in a stylish and elegant manner, nothing else caught his attention, but the four shiny bald heads were particularly eye-catching, like four large light bulbs lined up behind him. As soon as she took a closer look at these four people, a look of disgust appeared on the girl's face, but her eyes also showed a few points of respect and fear.

  Tang Yin's face was filled with bewilderment as he said, "I've always been sitting here."

  "Really?"

  "Yes!" Tang Yin said seriously: "It's been five days already."

  "Hmph... " The bald-headed man, who was pressing down on his shoulder, sneered and pointed to his own nose with his thumb, saying: "Damn it, we brothers have been mixed up in this place for five years. Kid, you'd better get lost quickly, don't look for trouble, or else you'll be the one who's in for a hard time!" As he spoke, he slightly lifted the lapel of his clothes, revealing a hidden dagger tucked under his clothes.

  Tang Yin stared straight at the knife, and after a while, he seemed to swallow his saliva with a look of fear, stood up, smiled and said: "This seat is indeed yours." As he spoke, he picked up his wine cup and walked towards an empty table in the distance.

  "Haha——" Watching Tang Yin's fleeing figure, the four bald men burst out laughing loudly. Then, they swarmed around the young woman, sitting on either side of her.

  The woman was disappointed by Tang Yin's weakness and looked at the four bald men with even more disgust on her face. She pretended to get up and leave, but the leading bald man grabbed her wrist and asked with a smile: "Jiao Jiao, where are you going? Why do you want to leave as soon as we arrive?"

  The girl shook off the bald man's hand with force and said irritably: "I have to go to work!"

  The bald man said with a fake smile: "Just now when that little white face was sitting here, you didn't have the intention of going to work at all, and you were chatting and laughing with him. How come when we brothers arrive, you want to go to work? Jiao Jiao, you're not giving us brothers any face!"

  "That's right, that's right!" The other three bald men followed and shouted in agreement.

  The girl knew these four men, knowing they were notorious thugs in this area, and seemed to have a connection with the local underworld organization. She was both disgusted and afraid of them. Taking a deep breath, she said in a soft voice: "What do you want to do?"

  The bald man smiled and said, "No other meaning, just want to invite you for a drink." As he spoke, he nodded to his companion. One of the bald men understood, took out a bottle of red wine from his pocket, poured a full cup, and pushed it in front of the woman.

  The girl's face changed slightly, and she shook her head saying: "I don't drink..."

  Before he could finish speaking, the bald man interrupted him: "I'm inviting you to drink, even if it's just one sip, that's what it means. Otherwise, it's not giving me face!"

  The girl knew that these rascals valued their face the most, and if she didn't drink this cup of wine today, they would definitely not let her off easily. To get rid of them, the girl reluctantly took a deep breath and said: "Then... I'll just take one sip."

  "Good, good, good! Haha——" The bald man laughed triumphantly, nodding his head repeatedly.

  The woman picked up her glass, mustered up her courage, and took a big gulp of wine.

  The liquor went down her throat, a spicy flavor surged from her stomach to the tip of her hair, she felt like she was going to spit out fire when she breathed, and her pale face suddenly turned red, making her look even more beautiful. The bald man's eyes were about to pop out, it took him a while to come back to his senses, he clapped his hands and laughed loudly, saying: "Good drinker, good drinker, haha, have another sip, come on, have another sip!"

  "The girl wanted to push it away, but the bald-headed man also picked up his wine glass and forcibly poured it into her mouth. In an instant, more than half of the remaining wine was forced into the girl's belly, and her face turned even redder. She wiped the wine stains from the corner of her mouth, panting heavily and said: "Can I leave now?"

  The bald man and several companions exchanged a glance, simultaneously revealing sly smiles, nodding and saying: "Alright! You go ahead!"

  Upon hearing this, the young woman felt a great weight lifted off her shoulders and hastily stood up, but as soon as she did, she suddenly felt dizzy and like the whole world was spinning around her.

  She couldn't stand still, her body swaying back and forth, before finally sitting back down in the chair. Her head was spinning and throbbing with pain, feeling both dizzy and bloated. It wasn't until this moment that she realized something was off - even if she had a low tolerance for alcohol, it shouldn't be affecting her this badly. The other person must have put some kind of hallucinogenic drug in her drink. But by the time she thought of this, it was already too late. Her consciousness slowly faded away, and as she sat in the chair, her body swaying back and forth, her face expressionless, occasionally staring blankly at the people around her with a foolish grin.

  Having succeeded, the four bald men's faces showed even thicker sly smiles, exchanging glances with each other, and then seven hands eight feet quickly helped the woman up, saying from time to time: "You've had too much to drink! If you can't drink, don't drink, we'll send you to rest!"

  Four bald men carried a dizzy woman across the dance floor and headed straight for the back door of the ballroom.

  Everything that happened on their side was seen clearly by Tang Yin not far away. He had an impulse to rush forward and stop them, but soon he suppressed this impulse. He wasn't a good person, there was no need to save anyone, and getting involved would only create trouble for himself.

  Although reason had prevailed, however, the girl's figure would occasionally appear in his mind, making him feel somewhat restless and anxious.

  Damn it! Tang Yin cursed in his heart, he hated this impulsive and uncontrollable feeling. He raised his head, drank the wine in the cup dry, and immediately lifted his hand to snap his fingers with a crisp sound.

  A waitress walked over from a short distance away and asked with a smile: "Sir, what can I get for you?"

  "Wine!" said Tang Yin bluntly.

  "What wine?" The waitress was amused by him, as eight or nine out of ten people who came to the dance hall ordered wine.

  "Hard liquor!"

  "Volga?"

  "Okay!"

  "A cup?"

  "A bottle!"

  The waitress was stunned, looked at Tang Yin with suspicion, and after a pause, smiled and said: "Okay, sir, please wait!"

  Not long after, the young woman walked back with a tray, placed a bottle of vodka in front of Tang Yin, and then looked at him deeply again before slowly walking away.

  He opened the lid, Tang Yin poured a full cup, and with just one toss of his head, the wine in the cup was drained.

  High concentration of alcohol down the hatch, as if countless knives were slashing back and forth inside his body. He closed his eyes, his fingers tapping rapidly on the table surface. After a while, he slowly opened his eyes, and in that instant, it seemed like two rays of light shot out from his eyes, but only for a brief moment, flashing by in an instant.

  After drinking a bottle of high-proof vodka, Tang Yin stumbled back to the hotel for rest!