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Chapter 32: Secret Struggle

  Chen Ergou's newly established gentle image was quickly ruined by himself. Cai Huangmao brought over those little rascals who had slipped away from behind, Chen Ergou patted the dirt off his cloth shoes, stood up and without saying a word, kicked Cai Huangmao in the knee with one foot. This small head, who had already been injured in the scuffle, immediately knelt down, sweating profusely. The force of this kick was not light, not a bit of it. The inexplicable Xiao Yao covered his mouth, unable to understand how friends who had fought side by side just moments before could turn on each other. A man's world is indeed unpredictable.

  Chen Ergou squatted down, grabbed his hair with one hand, and smiled with a hint of ferocity: "Don't think I don't know about your little tricks, trying to give me a warning? Cai Huangmao, you're not stupid, but it's a pity you're wasting your talent on being a small-time hoodlum. You already know how to use borrowed knives to kill people. Don't bother making excuses, I'm too lazy to listen. In short, one sentence: if you don't have the skills, then don't try to be a show-off in front of me, you little punk!"

  Cai Huangmao and his gang of thugs must have been protecting him. Seeing this situation, although they were wary of Chen Ergou's twice-accumulated prestige from the previous battles, they had to make a move to surround and beat up this Dog Brother who still didn't know the depth of the situation. Cai Huangmao raised his hand, shook his head, indicating that the group shouldn't act rashly, endured the heart-piercing pain, lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Dog Brother, this time it was my fault, I hope you won't hold a grudge."

  Chen Ergou let go of his hand, stood up, and suddenly remembered that there was a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes in his pocket that Xiao Yao had handed to him. As soon as he took it out, Xiao Yao hurriedly helped him light it. After taking a puff, he slowly said: "Today's matter I can consider as if it didn't happen. In the future, don't bother me with small matters. I'm making this clear: if you have any resentment in your heart and feel that you've lost face, want to harm me, I'll wait for you. If you can kick me to death with one foot, that's your skill. Just don't leave me a breath."

  Cai Huang's face was pale and it was unclear whether it was due to pain or shame, his complexion turned greenish and frightening. He raised his head and said: "Doge, I admit defeat, I wholeheartedly admit defeat!"

  Chen Ergou helped him up, with a completely nonchalant and carefree smile on his face, as if the kick wasn't even from him. He even patted the dust off his knee for him, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth that would make him jump when he found out the price. Coughing occasionally, he said: "Whether you admit it in your heart or just pretend to on the surface, I don't care. If someone shows me respect, I'll give them even more; if a dog bites me, I'll smash it with a brick. That's basically how things work when you're eating at the edge of a knife. Now go and take a look at the situation. If Huang Yukei that turtle egg still has some tricks up his sleeve, he should know what to do now."

  Cai Huang Mao nodded vigorously, leading a group of younger brothers who had been fooled by Chen Er Gou's words and returned to the SD bar with reverence. Chen Er Gou narrowed his eyes, slightly bowing his head to gaze at the backs of the group, appearing once again to be mysterious and profound in Xiao Yao's eyes. In reality, Chen Er Gou was secretly pleased that he could come up with such a speech, wondering how it was possible that his Chinese composition had never received high marks before. Suddenly, he discovered that the cigarette in his hand was much better than the one Wang Hu left behind, and he took out the cigarette box to look at the brand, muttering: "Wow, Great China."

  "Is this bill for cigarettes included in the wine?" Chen Ergou asked Xiaoyao.

  "I'll pay for it." Xiaoyao said softly, she didn't expect that today's events would be one wave after another, seemingly causing a lot of trouble for the mysterious dog brother in front of her, making her more and more uneasy, full of gratitude, almost to the point of having the idea of dedicating herself to him.

  Chen Ergou simply nodded, looking up again at the neon sign of the SD bar, this might be his starting point. He was actually quite content, although the risk was not small, but he had already been luckier than many gold prospectors who were similar to him in origin. Killing off Cai Huangmao's arrogance, Chen Ergou wasn't sure if his methods were too extreme, but now too many things were beyond his control, which made him very uncomfortable. Just like in that den filled with newspapers and books, he was used to finding everything with his eyes closed. So Chen Ergou instinctively wanted to grasp more resources, clutching the cigarette box tightly, he took out the one-yuan coin that Cao Jingjiang had given to Zhang Shengli to pass on to him, placed it on the back of his hand, and stared blankly into space.

  "Gege." Xiaoyao called out in a timid voice after waiting for a long time.

  "Huh?" Chen Ergou finally came back to his senses.

  "Can I go to work now?" Xiaoyao asked in a low voice, raising her head and blinking those exceptionally beautiful eyes. She suddenly felt that she had put on too much makeup today, the clothes were not the most suitable set, and the shoes were not satisfactory. Fortunately, she didn't follow that bad roommate's example and paint her nails, or else her self-confidence accumulated over twenty years would have been ruined in an instant as she stood in front of this young man.

  In front of her, the man who was two or three years older than her wasn't traditionally handsome, but whenever she gathered the courage to take a glance at his face, she felt a kind of wildness that bordered on arrogance, yet wasn't reckless. Xiao Yao had always trusted her intuition, and now she gazed intently at Chen Er Dog in front of her, as if trying to solve a difficult calculus problem that had been plaguing her.

  "Go ahead." Chen Erdog smiled, no reason to drag this beautiful woman along, just let out a long line to catch a big fish. Although he said that recently seeing beauties didn't make him nervous anymore, and he was also desperately studying the **** between men and women, but in the short term, he didn't plan to rush into action, if the first attack ended in defeat, it would be embarrassing.

  Xiao Yao first walked elegantly towards the bar, but then seemed to realize that a pair of eyes were staring at her back, so she quickened her pace and slipped into the bar.

  He put away the coins, and Chen Erdog walked into the bar, patrolling his territory like a Northeastern tiger. Although small, he wouldn't allow those jumping clowns to make trouble. Some customers who had watched the fight before avoided him when they passed by, with a hint of respect in their eyes. After all, this little guy was able to make the police, led by Laughing Tiger, helpless. This composure and strength made people dare not underestimate him. Those real bottom-of-the-barrel thugs saw anyone with a police badge and didn't get weak-kneed?

  The biggest feature of SD bar is that the female waitresses are beautiful, and the male waiters are handsome. Those who don't have a good face or figure are not hired. Although they also follow the usual rules of bars to calculate wages based on basic salary plus commission, the basic salary here is almost twice as high as that of ordinary bars. It can be seen that the boss's courage is not small either, otherwise it would be impossible to keep beautiful girls and handsome boys selling smiles and doing business here. These employees, including the security guards who were quickly called back, all bowed their heads and greeted Chen Er Gou with respect, calling him "Dog Brother".

  "Brother Dog, boss is looking for you."

  Cai Huangmao came to Chen Ergou's side and whispered, "This young man who has been receiving scholarships at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics every year no longer had any arrogance in his eyes. He immediately told Chen Ergou the information, 'Elder brother Dog, the boss here is called Liu Qingfu, a Shanghai fatty, with a pale complexion, nobody knows what he's really like, we only know that he used to hang out in Zhejiang province some years ago. After opening SD bar, he made a lot of money, at first glance, he seems easy-going, but actually very stingy, all his promises are discounted by 50%.'"

  Chen Ergou followed Cai Huangmao to the quietest corner of the second floor, where two rows of large sofas were arranged. The coffee table was piled high with wine, water, and food, which roughly added up to several thousand yuan. Chen Ergou felt a pang in his heart and silently cursed the extravagant display, thinking that it would be better if all this money were directly put into his pocket.

  Liu Qingfu, the fat guy, sat stably like Mount Tai on the central sofa, with one beautiful woman on either side of him. One was a stunning girl from the bar who rivaled Xiao Yao's beauty, while the other was more mature and didn't seem to be a student. She exuded a seductive aura, the kind that made men want to throw her onto a big bed and roll around with her at first sight.

  Originally standing on the first floor next to the DJ at the bar, playing with his buddies, Xiaoyao specially ran to a not-too-far place on the second floor, sneaking a peek at Chen Ergou's side.

  The fat man didn't get up to greet him, and Chen Erdou had no intention of sitting down either.

  Two people sat and stood facing each other, making onlookers feel anxious.

  "Brother Dog, nice to meet you." It was finally Liu Qingfu, the fatty, who broke the silence first, stretching out a white and greasy big hand, gesturing for Chen Erdog to sit down.

  "Just now, the frame was hurt by a short-eyed kid and can't sit down. Sorry, Liu boss, I can only stand and talk." Chen Erdou said with a smile.

  The fatty frowned, but quickly squeezed out an unnatural smile, glanced at Xiaoyao, waved at her, and when she walked over, he made a round of applause: "Xiaoyao, today is a rare opportunity for Dog Brother to be here, go on stage and sing a song, it's been a long time since I've seen you get the whole audience excited to the point of explosion."

  Her face flushed slightly red, wearing a slightly cooler outfit today, she wasn't particularly daring enough to go up to the high stage next to the dance pool to perform.

  "Never mind, it's all made up like a peddler's sales talk." Chen Ergou said with a shake of his head.

  Xiao Yao bit her lip, at a loss for what to do, she clearly felt that the boss who had always been smiling and being overly friendly was suddenly displeased. She subconsciously looked towards Chen Er Gou, rather than the boss who gave her salary every month.

  Cai Huangmao also stood tightly beside Chen Ergou, his eyes fixed on Liu Qingfu who sat quietly like a Maitreya Buddha, but with a sinister glint. As a mountain man who had been bitten or shot at before, he was particularly ferocious and would pounce on people at the sight of them. The current Cai Huangmao was a wolf waiting for an opportunity to strike, and this wolf knew that if it stood on the wrong side again, it would be finished.

  The originally somewhat restless fatty inadvertently saw Cai Huang Mao's expression, twisted his massive body, and the sofa creaked. This time, the smile looked even more harmonious. He slowly stood up, opened a bottle of red wine with a bottle opener, and said: "Dog brother, you don't sit, I dare not sit either."

  "Listening to 'you' instead of 'you', I'm a bit unaccustomed." Chen Ergou said with a gloomy tone, his two fingers playing with the coin.

  The fat man's face was deathly pale, his mood unpredictable. He held an expensive bottle of red wine, but neither poured a drink nor put the bottle down.

  "Just kidding, just kidding, Mr. Liu don't mind me, I'm just used to being a bit of a jokester." Chen Ergou laughed and showed off his facial expressions, clearly more skilled than Liu Qingfu.

  Pangzi Liu Qingfu secretly let out a breath of relief and burst into loud laughter, pouring himself a cup of wine first and handing it to Chen Ergou, then letting the stunned woman next to him pour another cup for himself.

  Chen Ergou turned his head to look at Xiao Yao and said, "Xiao Yao, it's rare for the boss to be here too. Sing a song to help with the excitement. As long as you don't sell your body, just sing, I'll have money, every day I'll spend money to let you sing, go ahead."

  A heart that had been hanging thoroughly let go, and the little guy was extra bouncy, didn't feel a bit dissatisfied with the phrase "selling a song", hummed, and ran downstairs quickly.

  "I'll take the lead for now, I have another engagement to attend tonight, so I won't keep Dog Brother company for now. In two days, I'll make some time and treat Dog Brother to a good meal, lest others say that Liu Baozi is neglecting Dog Brother - a crime I cannot bear." With that, Baozi downed the red wine in his cup in one gulp, laughing loudly as he cast a meaningful glance at Chen Ergou, who remained silent. He then put his arm around the charming woman and walked downstairs.

  Chen Ergou took the wine cup and turned around to lean on the railing, ready to openly appreciate Xiao Yao's voice and singing posture. He watched as Liu Qingfu's stout figure disappeared into the crowd on the first floor, and quietly put the sweat-drenched one-yuan coin back into his pocket.

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