That afternoon, Tang Jinyan didn't go anywhere. He just stayed in Lee Yoon-rim's room and chatted with her.
For dinner, they ordered takeout to deliver plain porridge. Jiang Minjing mixed it with sugar and gave a bowl to Lee Yoon-rim.
Lee Yoon-rim covered herself with the quilt and half sat up, leaning against the bed. When she was about to take the bowl, a big hand reached over and took the bowl away.
Lee Yoon-rim was stunned. She stared at Tang Jinyan who was sitting beside her and asked, "What, what are you doing?"
Tang Jinyan scooped a small spoonful of porridge, blew it gently, and handed it to her mouth. "I'm feeding you."
Lee Yoon-rim sat there in a daze and didn't respond for a long time.
Jiang Minjing sat on the sofa and watched the show while eating. The more she watched, the more interested she became.
"Hey, hurry up. My hands are sore." Tang Jinyan put the spoon directly into her mouth and said, "Open your mouth."
Lee Yoon-rim passively opened her mouth and took a small bite. Then, she pointed to her nose and said, "I'm a man."
"Well, I know you're a man." Tang Jinyan handed her another spoonful as if nothing had happened. "Can't I feed my brother?
You're so noisy. "
"…" Lee Yoon-rim seemed to sigh and ate happily. Her eyes inadvertently looked at Tang Jinyan's face, which was full of charm.
Jiang Minjing finished eating in a few seconds. With goosebumps all over her body, she tidied up the bowls and chopsticks and went to the kitchen. She had to wash the dishes tragically.
After a while, Tang Jinyan also came in with an empty bowl and threw it into the sink in front of Jiang Minjing.
Jiang Minjing took it angrily and said, "He's not seriously ill. He can eat by himself."
"Okay."
"You still want to feed him?
So you're gay? "
Tang Jinyan looked at her with a faint smile. "Jiang Minjing, you are so bold …"
Of course, Jiang Minjing was not courageous, but she could not hold back her curiosity. She wanted to test whether Tang Jinyan knew the truth and whether Lee Yoon-rim's poor acting skills were a joke or not …
However, she was blinded by the sweet atmosphere just now and forgot about the attributes of the man in front of her.
Tang Jinyan leaned forward and stuck to her curvy back. His arm naturally stretched forward and hugged her waist. He smiled and said in her ear, "You can feel if I'm gay."
Jiang Minjing struggled with numbness all over her body and cried, "I know, I know. Don't … I was wrong …"
Tang Jinyan could not help but laugh. He quickly moved away from her body and said in a gentle tone, "Yoon-rim's body is weak. I'll have to trouble you to take care of her.
As long as you can take good care of her, I won't let anyone bully you, including myself. "
Jiang Minjing wanted to say, "Before you appeared in my life, no one bullied me at all …" But she did not say it in the end. She carefully watched Tang Jinyan leave and breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. She muttered to herself, "He came to me without a word and said 'won't let anyone bully you'. These two people are a match made in heaven. They are both so shameless …"
Back to Lee Yoon-rim's room, Lee Yoon-rim was still leaning on the bed in a daze. The sweet blush on her face had not faded.
Seeing her come in, Lee Yoon-rim asked expectantly, "Where is he?"
"Gone."
"Gone?
Where to? "
"He didn't say." Jiang Minjing added with some hesitation, "Look at his straight face, as if he was going to beat someone."
"Oh …" Lee Yoon-rim nodded thoughtfully. "He is indeed going to beat someone."
Jiang Minjing asked carefully, "He is such a big boss. Does he still want to fight?"
Lee Yoon-rim said lightly, "Some people are afraid of not being beaten. They don't learn from their mistakes."
Jiang Minjing's palms were sweating. From these simple words, she seemed to be able to smell the faint smell of blood in the air …
She had to remind herself all the time that she was in the nest of the underworld, not a kiln … Uh, not a clumsy third-rate soap opera set.
*****
"Clang!"
The door of a splendid nightclub was smashed open. Several security guards were about to come out and ask questions when several pistols were pointed at them. The security guards were so scared that their faces turned pale. They threw away the electric batons in their hands and raised their hands to retreat.
The tango in the nightclub stopped abruptly. The dancing men and women stood in the middle of the nightclub in a daze. The drinkers on the tables around held their glasses and looked at dozens of policemen breaking in.
"God, how could such a high-end club be raided so violently by the police?
Is the world changing too fast? "
The policemen's attitude to the guests was very good. They kindly asked the guests to cooperate with the police and leave the place.
The guests, who thought that they were going to be arrested for drugs, breathed a sigh of relief. There was no more nonsense. Within a few minutes, everyone left.
The guests, who were lucky to escape, did not know that not long after they left, the policemen in the venue retreated and were replaced by a group of burly men. They walked in swaggeringly with baseball bats.
The nightclub security guards shrank against the wall and did not dare to make a sound. After a while, a man who looked like a manager ran out breathlessly. When he saw the leading burly man, he hurriedly bowed and said, "Brother Zesheng, we are in the alliance's territory …"
"Bullshit alliance!"
Takeshi Tamazawa slapped the manager, who staggered and almost fell. "Brothers, do it!"
Behind him, dozens of burly men broke in and smashed everything they saw.
The manager covered his face and looked at the high-end decorations in the field being smashed clean one by one.
After smashing things, they continued to smash people. The security guards, who had been standing by the wall, were overturned by the burly men. All of them had their legs broken. Screams echoed in the nightclub. It was extremely miserable.
It was not until the chaos inside stopped that someone walked in slowly from the door with his hands in his pockets.
The manager's face was ashen. "Nine … Nine Masters …"
Tang Jinyan casually sat on the only intact sofa and casually picked up a bottle of wine. He leisurely took a sip and said calmly, "Why? Your Master Song still can't bear to show his face?"
"Song, Master Song is on the way. He, he will be here soon."
Tang Jinyan looked around. There was a group of dancers standing in the corner. He pointed to one at random. "Come here."
The dancer trembled as she walked over. With a sobbing tone, she said, "Ninth Master …"
Tang Jinyan pointed to his shoulder. "Massage it."
The dancer breathed a sigh of relief and put on a charming smile. She stood behind Tang Jinyan and massaged his shoulder.
The nightclub was silent. The groans of the security guards on the ground were extremely ear-piercing.
After waiting for about three to four minutes, a burly man with a scar on his face rushed in, panting. He said, "Nine Masters, this is against the rules!"
"Oh?" Tang Jinyan said lazily, "Master Song, did you come here after communicating with the higher-ups?"
Master Song puffed out his chest and said, "Nine Masters is going against the rules. Tomorrow, the City Council …"
Smack!
Takeshi Tamazawa swung the baseball bat and hit Master Song's knee in a perfect home run pose. Master Song screamed and knelt down.
Tang Jinyan picked his ear. "The association's rules are there. Who is the one who doesn't follow the rules?
Each and every one of you knows how to play tricks just because you have some backing. If everyone follows your rules, is there even a need for the association to exist? "
"The association has promised not to interfere with our autonomy!"
"So you can pretend to comply but secretly go against your wishes?" Tang Jinyan sneered. "I heard that your income this month has increased by twenty to thirty percent. Very good.
The association's law-abiding families have been screwed over by you. Who are they going to cry to? "
Master Song hissed, "Don't make everyone's interests sound so dignified. It's just you, Tang Jinyan, who wants to be the local tyrant and suppress your dissidents!"
"Idiot …" Tang Jinyan sighed. "To be honest, I don't even have the interest to suppress an idiot like you who only knows how to stare at the petty profits in front of you."
Master Song sneered. "Don't pretend …"
Takeshi Tamazawa slapped him again, forcing him to swallow the latter half of his words.
Tang Jinyan said calmly, "This time, three of your families are acting strangely. Even with Lee Jae Yong behind the scenes, it didn't lead to such an alliance. I don't believe that a short-sighted person like you can take the lead. I also don't believe that a mere city councilor would dare to interfere with my affairs.
Tell me, who's behind this? "
Master Song chuckled. "So you, Tang Jiu, also have times when you're afraid … If you can't stabilize your base in Seoul, it's useless no matter how big your Tang Jiu company is, right?"
Tang Jinyan said calmly, "You're right. But how can you make my base unstable?"
Master Song's face turned red.
Tang Jinyan felt bored and waved his hand. "Bring him in. Let's see how tough the famous Master Song in the northern city is."
Takeshi Tamazawa dragged Master Song into a private room with a sinister smile on his face. Soon, screams of agony could be heard from the private room.
A few minutes later, Takeshi Tamazawa walked out while wiping his hands. He said with a smile, "I've tested him. It's just a few minutes."
Tang Jinyan smiled. "What's the result?"
Takeshi Tamazawa's expression turned strange. "There's really no one behind this. It's just that a few of them were drinking, and they slammed the table and said that they didn't want to be ridden by someone.
Those in the underworld want to be free and unfettered. They can do whatever they want, and they'll do it when they get home. "
Tang Jinyan closed his eyes and sighed. "A motley crew … It's not without reason that the underworld has been looked down upon for decades."
Takeshi Tamazawa asked hesitantly, "Can't we try to unify the underworld?
Such a loose association isn't very useful. Each and every one of them thinks that they're still big shots, and they need to be bold … "
Tang Jinyan sighed. "It's really boring to play with these low-level people. But I still have to play.
A strong and powerful underworld will provoke too much backlash, and we can't afford it.
It's not like no one has tried to unify this group of idiots in the past few decades, but they ended up in jail. "
Takeshi Tamazawa sighed unwillingly. "It's so frustrating to look at a cake that's clearly edible but not dare to eat it."
Tang Jinyan smiled and said, "It's not just us. Even Li Jianxi and the others have tried to do something similar.
Even they didn't succeed. In the end, they only controlled a few underworld forces … Eh … Wait … "
Takeshi Tamazawa became excited. "Brother Nine, what did you think of?"
Tang Jinyan didn't answer. The nightclub's colorful lights swept over him, and his face flickered in the light.