Chapter 2565 — Zhu the Leader Takes Action
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She had definitely been tricked. The person who had summoned her out was absolutely not Wei Zhao, and the only person she had crossed recently was Chen Xiaoba. The answer was staring her in the face.
Ying Ziyu slipped noiselessly out of bed and crept to the side of the bathroom. The door was unlocked—Chen Xiaoba had not even thought to lock it while he bathed. Peering through the crack, Ying Ziyu could vaguely make out the figure inside.
It really was Chen Xiaoba! A ruthless glint flashed through Ying Ziyu's eyes. She had always been a ruthless one—back when she used to hack at people with a cleaver, she never so much as blinked. She had mended her ways now, entirely because of Wei Zhao, but she could never change the cruelty buried in her bones.
Chen Xiaoba had dared to abduct her even after Li Cihua's warning—the man had nerve! Ying Ziyu had never feared heaven or earth, and with Wei Zhao at her back she was all the more reckless. Since Chen Xiaoba had shown her no mercy, he could hardly blame her for showing him none.
Ying Ziyu returned to the room, collapsed onto the bed once more, feigned unconsciousness, and waited for Chen Xiaoba to come to her.
Chen Xiaoba hummed a little tune as he soaked in a bubble bath, utterly delighted. He was about to enjoy a beauty. So what if Li Cihua had warned him? What was so remarkable about Li Cihua? Daring to ruin this young master's good business—if he could not do it openly, he would do it in the dark. They were all in the underworld anyway; let Li Cihua swallow a bitter pill and have no one to complain to.
After his bath, Chen Xiaoba threw on a bathrobe and stepped out of the bathroom. Catching sight of Ying Ziyu lying on the big bed, her fine figure wrapped in tight leather, he drooled at once, grinned, and walked toward her.
"Heh heh heh heh, little lady, in the end you still couldn't escape this young master's palm, could you? Li Cihua, so impressive? This young master plays dirty—what are you going to do about it?" Chen Xiaoba muttered smugly to himself. He was just about to pounce and tear Ying Ziyu's clothes to shreds when, all at once, everything changed!
Ying Ziyu, who had seemed unconscious on the bed, suddenly sprang up and drove a kick straight into the towering pillar between Chen Xiaoba's legs! She put every ounce of strength into that kick—a blow to shake heaven and earth and make ghosts and gods weep—and Chen Xiaoba, caught completely off guard, took it square!
With a crisp "crack," Chen Xiaoba let out a miserable howl, a sound more chilling than the Ten Great Tortures of the Qing dynasty, a wail of utter, utter agony…
Eggs shattered, bird broken. Chen Xiaoba's eyes bulged wide, his mouth gaped wide, and he dropped to his knees, face ashen, bawling and shrieking, crying for his father and mother…
Zhu the Leader had in fact been crouched the whole time on the air-conditioning unit outside the hotel window, like Spider-Man. He was a dark-hearted old man, and he wanted to see how Ying Ziyu would deal with Chen Xiaoba. If she were in danger, he would strike at once; if she were not, he would let her give free rein to her fury and vent her grievance!
Zhu the Leader had thrown in his lot with Wei Zhao now, so Ying Ziyu's happiness was his true happiness! Seeing Chen Xiaoba's wretched state, the corners of Zhu the Leader's mouth twitched twice. Had he struck, one palm would have crippled the man—worse than this, perhaps, leaving him a vegetable for the rest of his life—but it would not have hurt like this…
"Chen Xiaoba, you've got some nerve! Didn't you bother to find out who I am? My brother is Wei Zhao!" Ying Ziyu jabbed a finger at Chen Xiaoba and shouted, chin held high.
"…" Chen Xiaoba actually had no idea who Wei Zhao was. Otherwise Li Cihua would not have had to hint so laboriously back then—he could simply have named Wei Zhao outright. The truth was that Chen Xiaoba moved in circles far too low to have heard of Wei Zhao's illustrious name.