Chapter 36: Encounter with Blackmail

  "How dare I, you're so fierce, where do I dare to?!" Chu Tian Shu was almost crying with laughter and had no choice but to change the subject, asking: "Hey, Wan Qing, how did you think of taking action, aren't you afraid of death?"

  Wan Qing said with a light smile: "I'm not afraid at all? I used to be a war correspondent in Iraq."

  Chu Tian Shu hugged Xiang Wan Qing's shoulders and said in admiration, "Wow, you're so brave! That must be even more thrilling than this!"

  Xiang Wan Qing pushed away Chu Tian Shu's hand and asked: "You seem to be quite familiar with that policewoman."

  What is this and what is that?

  Chu Tian Shu is concerned about Xiang Wan Qing's experience as a war correspondent, while Xiang Wan Qing is concerned about Chu Tian Shu's relationship with Du Yu Fei.

  "Not very familiar." Chu Tian Shu smiled and said: "It was the night I called you to leak information that we met."

  "Oh, it's just been a week." To Wan Qing said: "It seems that you two had some misunderstanding, and now you're fine again."

  "Wow, impressive, you've noticed this too."

  Toward evening, Qing sank into thought for a moment, then said: "After the case is cracked, can you help me get her to come out? I want my camera back and also interview her."

  Chu Tian Shu felt uncertain: "This... I'll try to think of a way."

  Wang Wanqing refused: "No way, it must be done, otherwise I'll expose your glorious image."

  "How did you expose it?" Chu Tian Shu smiled and looked at her with a smile.

  "I..." Just then it occurred to Wan Qing that the button camera had been taken away by Du Yu Fei. "Never mind, she'll have to return it to me eventually."

  "Ah, if it weren't for me, you might be dead by now, how dare you still threaten me?"

  "It's one code for one code." Xiang Wanqing's expression turned stern: "Whether or not we save lives is a personal matter between us, interviews are work-related matters, don't mix them up."

  "You're not making sense."

  "I'm not going to reason with you, what's wrong?"

  "Alright, alright, I'll do it then."

  Wan Qing smiled complacently: "No cheating, tell me your contact information."

  Chu Tian Shu shook his head and reported his own mobile phone number.

  "Haha, you can't escape this time." Wan Qing's fingers flew quickly as she stored the number into her phone. "Let's go, take me to find your classmate."

  What a workaholic who doesn't care about his own life but also wants others' lives!

  Xiang Wan Qing was getting closer and closer, Chu Tian Shu was on the verge of collapse.

  Chu Tian Shu gazed at Xiang Wan Qing again, and suddenly burst out laughing: "I say, journalist comrade, take a look at yourself, disheveled hair, covered in blood, no waistband, and your skirt is torn. Going out for an interview like this would be too damaging to the glorious image of the Crownless Queen."

  Xiang Wanqing finally looked down at herself and felt embarrassed too. She smoothed out her skirt and said in a commanding tone, "For now, I'll let you off the hook. This reporter is going to go change clothes. You hurry up and go find your classmates."

  After finishing, he hailed a taxi and got in. Suddenly remembering something, he rolled down the window and said to Chu Tian Shu with a malicious tone: "Chu Tian Shu, you helped me today, I will remember it, but also please remember, my cheapness cannot be taken advantage of."

  Chu Tian Shu stood by the side of the road, laughing and crying at the same time.

  The streetlights are on, the city is entering night, the streets are flowing with colorful lights, and the neon lights on the buildings are flashing.

  Chu Tian Shu stood on the side of the street for a while, unsure where to go next or what to do.

  He suddenly thought of Wei Shijie: "Damn it, I almost lost my life helping you with matchmaking, but you're having a good time with the mayor's daughter. No way, can't let him off so easily, gotta go find him and settle the score."

  He got through to Wei Shijie's phone, and there was a lot of noise on the other end.

  "Hey, where are you?"

  "Haha, you're done for?" Wei Shijie was very excited.

  Chu Tian Shu said angrily: "You're finished."

  "Ah, another blow?" Wei Shijie probably walked out, the noisy sound got a bit smaller. "How's it going? Is that chick okay?"

  "My god, what have you done? I've been ruined by you and still haven't eaten yet."

  "Haha, you're also too stingy, you can't bear to spend my money either." Wei Shijie joked. "Alright, come over and we'll go to the Dongfang Venice Bar. It's just by People's Square."

  The bar was crowded with people, and when Chu Tian Shu entered, a strongly rhythmic music was being played. Many men and women were packed together in the dance pool, dancing wildly.

  Chu Tian Shu couldn't find Wei Shi Jie's figure, so he wandered around the bar. Due to the dim lighting and loud noise, he had no choice but to look around awkwardly, which caused the men who were flirting with girls to show disdain and dissatisfaction.

  The dim lighting combined with the stimulation of alcohol put almost everyone in a state of frenzy.

  Chu Tian Shu was infected as soon as he came in, moving his body with the music while looking around.

  The music ended and people returned to their seats. Chu Tian Shu finally saw Wei Shi Jie, who was holding a girl's hand and returning to their seat.

  Chu Tian Shu shouted and rushed in, accidentally bumping into a girl wearing white clothes. He nodded and apologized hastily, not paying much attention, squeezed through the crowd, and arrived at Wei Shi Jie's seat.

  Wei Shi Jie stood up and loudly introduced to a little girl beside him: "Junior sister, this is the guy I was just telling you about."

  "Chu Tian Shu stretched out his hand: 'Chu Tian Shu, Lao Wei's university classmate.'"

  The girl blinked and said: "Ning Xi, your junior sister."

  Chu Tian Shu looked a bit surprised, and Wei Shi Jie hastily explained: "She just got accepted into Linjiang University this year."

  Chu Tian Shu concentrated her mind and looked away, Ning Xin was about 10 years old, delicate and smooth as jade, with a round face, big eyes, and an extremely sweet appearance, like a lovely Barbie doll. Probably because she had danced and gotten hot earlier, her cheeks were flushed red, and she untied the silk ribbon on her ponytail, letting her long black hair scatter over her shoulders.

  Ning Xin's smile was radiant and pure, and Chu Tian Shu suddenly felt a wave of youthful energy rushing towards him.

  Wei Shijie beckoned the servant over and added a set of wine cups and tableware.

  "Come on, little sister, congratulations." Chu Tian Shu filled up a cup and raised it towards Ning Xin.

  Ning Xin was very enthusiastic and poured a full cup, smiling and saying: "I toast the two masters."

  A light touch, and it's all gone in one gulp.

  "Refreshing!" Ning Xin wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and looked at Wei Shijie discontentedly. "Old Wei, why aren't you drinking?"

  Wei Shi Jie laughed and said: "Ning Xin, drinking so much, aren't you afraid that your dad will spank you when you get home?"

  "What's there to be afraid of? After all, it was you who brought me out here."

  "Wow, if you're going to say that, your dad should let my dad spank me!"

  Chu Tian Shu and Ning Xin burst out laughing.

  Don't look at Ning Xin's young age, but her personality is very generous, when drinking, she doesn't hold back at all.

  Chu Tian Shu later, the amount of wine is also good, and constantly told Ning Xin about Wei Shi Jie's story of flirting with girls in college, listening to the little girl's interest overflowing, and drank several cups with Chu Tian Shu.

  Wei Shijie's alcohol tolerance was slightly worse, and he couldn't withstand Ning Xin's entanglement, gradually becoming a bit overwhelmed.

  After laughing for a while, Ning Xin suddenly felt embarrassed, secretly grabbed a few paper towels and whispered: "I'll go out for a bit."

  Wei Shijie quickly stood up and said eagerly: "I'll go with you."

  Ning Xin ignored Wei Shi Jie and headed in the direction of the bathroom.

  Wei Shi Jie made a weird face at Chu Tian Shu and followed him with a swagger.

  Chu Tian Shu was staring blankly at the back of Ning Xin and Wei Shi Jie, when a girl in white ran over, pointing at Chu Tian Shu and shrieking: "Brother Bao, it's him!"

  A tall, sturdy man stood beside the girl in white, obviously her boyfriend, with a toothpick in his mouth, asking: "What's going on?"

  Chu Tian Shu looked up and saw that it was the white-clothed girl he had bumped into when he came in. He quickly stood up and said, "I'm sorry, I accidentally bumped into you just now, I really apologize."

  "Brother Bao said stubbornly: 'You got someone's little sister's skirt all wet, just say sorry and that's it?'"

  The light was dim, Chu Tian Shu lowered his head to look at the white-clothed girl's skirt, and was pulled by Bao Ge, scolding: "Where are you looking?"

  Chu Tian Shu didn't mind and smiled: "Let me see how my skirt is doing?"

  "Brother Bao glared at him and said: 'Damn! You got someone's skirt all wet, you're still so smug, huh?'"

  "Speak of the matter at hand, don't just curse and swear, okay?"

  "Damn it, scolding you is too easy, if you don't behave yourself, I'll beat you up!"

  The girl in white pulled Bao Ge and gave him a signal with her eyes.

  Bao Ge turned his head and asked the white-clothed girl beside him: "Jiao Jiao, listen to you, what do you think we should do?"

  Jiao Jiao said: "Bao Ge, this skirt was just bought for me by Shuang Ge, it's over 2,000 yuan."

  Bao Ge said to Chu Tian Shu, "Did you hear that? The little sister's skirt was bought by her boyfriend today for over 2,000 yuan. You just say sorry, is it worth over 2,000 yuan?"

  Chu Tian Shu didn't want to cause trouble either, so he said: "Brother, what do you think we should do?"

  "It's your fault, what can you do about it?"

  "It was I who did it, but whether Miss is satisfied or not, let her say it herself."

  "Miss? What nonsense are you talking about? She's not a miss."

  "Oh, Jiao Jiao."

  "Is Jiaojiao the one you called?"

  Jiaojiao had been bowing her head to tidy up her skirt, and now she cried out again: "Oh no, it's such a big stain, what can I do?"

  Chu Tian Shu only then saw clearly that the white-clothed girl's skirt had a big red wine stain, and said: "Don't be in a hurry. Just now when I bumped into you, it was my fault, but when I bumped into you, you weren't even holding a wine glass. You say, how should I compensate you? I admit it, who made me bump into you?"

  Chu Tian Shu nodded in agreement, and Bao Ge immediately said: "Alright then, you'll have to pay 3,000."

  Chu Tian Shu said discontentedly: "Three thousand? Just now you said more than two thousand, how did it suddenly become three thousand?"