"Girl, what are you pretending to be innocent for? So what if you're a college student? Spreading your legs is no different from me. Do you have diamonds studded down there?"
When Zhuang Rui was still more than ten meters away from where Xiao Lei was standing, a woman's extremely sarcastic words came over, "There are plenty of college students selling themselves in this hotel. I'm being lenient by not saying you're stealing my business, and you still dare to call me a prostitute?"
Even prostitutes have self-respect. Xiao Lei's words seemed to have provoked the woman, who was now hurling insults at Xiao Lei and looked like she was about to hit her.
Zhuang Rui quickened his pace and walked up to Xiao Lei. The Xinjiang girl's big eyes were already brimming with tears. She was gritting her teeth to keep from crying. Don't be fooled by how sharp-tongued she usually is. If they were to argue, she would be no match for these "ladies".
Zhuang Rui didn't have a younger sister. After spending a week with her, he grew to like this straightforward girl and already considered her a sister. Seeing Xiao Lei being humiliated, he couldn't help but feel angry and yelled at the girl, whose clothes were barely the size of a palm, "Shut your mouth!"
The woman was startled by Zhuang Rui's sudden shout and actually shut up. Zhuang Rui was truly enraged; he had never heard such vicious language before. He turned to Peng Fei, who had arrived before him, and cursed, "Peng Fei, are you dead? If she says another word, tear her mouth apart..."
"Hey, who are you? What are you so arrogant about? Let me tell you, don't think you're so great just because you have a few stinking bucks. Believe me, I'll make sure you don't leave Lintong alive!"
After a moment of stunned silence, the heavily made-up woman began to throw a tantrum, pointing at Zhuang Rui and cursing him, completely ignoring the heaving waves in her chest. But before she could finish speaking, she suddenly felt a heat on her face, heard a sharp "smack" in her ear, and then her head went blank, and she tasted a salty flavor on her lips.
After his lightning-fast attack, Peng Fei, with a wry smile on his face, looked at Zhuang Rui and said, "Brother Zhuang, I can kill women, but I never hit them..."
"Damn it, if you don't hit me, do you expect me to? I don't hit women either..."
Zhuang Rui muttered to himself, then turned to look at Xiao Lei. He still couldn't understand why he was arguing with these prostitutes out of the blue.
"Huh? You...you dare to hit me?"
Before Xiao Lei could speak, a scream rang out from inside the room. The young lady had been deliberately keeping her voice down when she spoke, but now she let loose completely, and the piercing scream made Zhuang Rui frown.
"Hit again."
Zhuang Rui looked at Peng Fei.
"Smack!"
Another sharp crack rang out, and the screams ceased. The woman covered her swollen cheeks, her eyes filled with resentment, but she dared not utter any more harsh words. People in the underworld are quick to judge, and the young lady could tell that these people in front of her were not people her lowlife friends could afford to offend.
"Sister, stop shouting. If the hotel finds out, we won't be able to continue operating..."
"Yes, that girl doesn't seem to be the one. If this gets out of hand, it won't be good for us..."
The two women next to them also tried to persuade the woman who had been beaten. The reason for the conflict was that their customer had taken a liking to Xiao Lei and said a few words to her, which made the women feel threatened. As the saying goes, every profession has its rules, and this profession also requires dividing up territory. That's why the woman was so aggressive and insulting Xiao Lei.
However, insulting a guest would definitely get her kicked out of the hotel, so the other two women pulled the woman who was being beaten back. They didn't want to make a big deal out of it. After all, making money by "providing services" in a five-star hotel was relatively easy, and the guests were of high quality, making it much safer than being a prostitute.
"Xiao Lei, what's wrong? You're usually so talkative, aren't you? Say something now..."
Seeing that the young ladies were silent, Zhuang Rui looked at Xiao Lei, who looked aggrieved. However, the girl kept biting her lip and wouldn't say a word, which made Zhuang Rui quite anxious. He couldn't figure out what was wrong with this young lady not saying anything.
"He...they..."
Xiao Lei pointed to the men next to the girls, "They asked me how much I charge for a night?"
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Rui understood what had happened. It turned out that the hotel guests had mistaken Xiao Lei for a prostitute and had asked her price, which had led to the conflict.
Chapter 1087 Conflict (Part 2)
"You, come here and apologize..."
After figuring out what was going on, Zhuang Rui decided not to get entangled with it anymore. These days, there are quite a few people who think they are Ximen Qing just because they have a little money. Someone who can do something like this in a hotel must be a nouveau riche.
Zhuang Rui doesn't like to cause trouble, but he's definitely not afraid of it. Although he has never relied on his maternal grandfather's power to bully anyone, Zhuang Rui knows that in this small corner of the country, as long as he's in the right, there's absolutely no problem he can't solve.
"Baka..."
Upon hearing Zhuang Rui's words, a short, stocky man who seemed to be the leader of the group walked over and uttered a few words in a foreign language. Although Zhuang Rui didn't understand a word, he could still tell that it was Japanese, and his face immediately turned gloomy.
"Japanese?"
Zhuang Rui asked with a dark face, his eyes sweeping over the young ladies, his expression growing even more gloomy.
A translator wearing glasses walked up to Zhuang Rui and said, "Sir, Mr. Nakagawa apologized for what happened earlier. He said he would no longer pursue the matter of this gentleman assaulting someone. We are all people of status, so let's just let this matter go..."
Luo Zhiping majored in Japanese. After taking the civil service exam two years ago, he was assigned to the local history office in the district because he didn't have any connections. He spent his days doing things like organizing data, which was completely unrelated to his major. This made Luo Zhiping think about resigning and going abroad. However, he had neither connections nor money, so going abroad was a luxury for him.
However, just three days ago, an opportunity presented itself to Luo Zhiping. A Japanese investor, who was very interested in Chinese culture, wanted to find a translator who was fluent in Japanese and had some knowledge of local cultural allusions. Luo Zhiping, who worked in the local history office, became Nakagawa's translator.
During this time, his task was to accompany this guest from Japan and arrange his food, clothing, accommodation and transportation. Since Nakagawa loved collecting Chinese antiques, Luo Zhiping also specially invited a local antique collector to accompany him, which made Nakagawa have a very good impression of him.
After several days of investigation, Luo Zhiping also figured out Nakagawa's background. Nakagawa was the president of a Japanese chemical company with assets of over one billion US dollars. This made Luo Zhiping's mind race. If he could please Nakagawa, could he go to Japan through him?
Having conceived this idea, Luo Zhiping went to great lengths to curry favor with Nakagawa. It is said that once a man puts aside his pride, he is capable of anything. For example, the three young ladies in front of him were all brought by Luo Zhiping, and his actions were approved by Nakagawa.
Yesterday, after the Japanese were satisfied, they said they could extend an invitation to Luo Zhiping from within Japan to study and visit Japan, and all expenses would be paid by Nakagawa's company.
When Nakagawa met Xiaolei earlier, he told Luo Zhiping in Japanese that Xiaolei looked very much like the portrait of Yang Guifei in Huaqing Pool. After receiving Nakagawa's hint, Luo Zhiping naturally wanted to get things done, so he stepped forward to ask Xiaolei if she was willing to accompany Nakagawa, but he never expected to cause such trouble.
Of course, Luo Zhiping was not afraid of trouble. He was a local government employee who was in charge of receiving foreign guests. If things really got out of hand, the other party would definitely suffer. However, in order to avoid trouble, Luo Zhiping still explained a few words to Zhuang Rui in a "pleasant" manner.
Luo Zhiping discovered that his humility had not earned him respect. Zhuang Rui completely ignored him, instead turning his gaze to Peng Fei and pointing at Zhongchuan, saying, "Make him bow, apologize, and then get lost..."
Zhuang Rui has never had a good impression of the Japanese. He doesn't deny that there are good people among the Japanese, but he prefers to believe that the vast majority of Japanese are bastards. Seventy or eighty years ago, the Japanese devils entered China with guns, and now they are waving money to abuse Chinese women. This has long been making Zhuang Rui furious.
Luo Zhiping hadn't expected this seemingly quiet, refined young man to be so difficult to talk to. His expression immediately turned ugly. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Sir, we didn't harm this lady, while you used violence against our female companion. I think we should just apologize. If we make a scene, you'll probably be the ones who suffer..."
The incident just now was actually caused by Luo Zhiping. He didn't want Mr. Nakagawa to have a bad impression of him because of this. Speaking of which, the matter of inviting him to study abroad is still far from being finalized.
"Peng Fei?"
Zhuang Rui didn't even glance at Luo Zhiping, but instead raised his voice and called out to Peng Fei.
Peng Fei treated Zhuang Rui's words as gospel, and immediately walked up to Nakagawa, saying in fluent Japanese, "You, bow to this lady and apologize..."
"Baka!"
Upon hearing Peng Fei's words, Nakagawa flew into a rage. In Japan, women had an extremely low status, and he never expected that the other party would ask him to bow and apologize to a woman. Since entering China, Nakagawa had always been fawned over, and he was immediately enraged.
Seeing that his future master was angry, Luo Zhiping immediately stepped forward, pointing at Zhuang Rui and the others, and said, "You've gone too far! I demand that you apologize to Mr. Nakagawa, or I'll call the police..."
Upon hearing Luo Zhiping's words, Zhuang Rui laughed in anger: "Apologize to us? Heh, the world has really changed. Is it because there are too many scoundrels like you willing to be someone's dog that these foreigners come to China to bully and oppress?"
In fact, many foreigners are quite humble when they first come to China. It is because the Chinese people are not proud and treat them like royalty that those foreigners have become arrogant and domineering. This is all because the Chinese people have spoiled them.
Zhuang Rui once heard of a case where a black man claiming to be a member of the royal family of an African country cheated and swindled more than a dozen female students in Guangzhou three years ago, defrauding them of more than one million RMB.
In the end, one of the victims felt something was wrong and reported it to the police. After an investigation, it was discovered that this black student was nobody in his own country and even his visa in China was expired. He was essentially an undocumented foreigner. Yet, it was precisely this kind of person who had manipulated so many highly educated people.
"How dare you swear at me? Don't you have any manners? Let me tell you, I'm a government employee, and Mr. Nakagawa is an important guest of ours. Don't push your luck..."
Luo Zhiping blushed with embarrassment after Zhuang Rui's words. He knew that his behavior was somewhat despicable, but since it concerned his own interests, he certainly wouldn't back down. Although he was just a small employee in the local history office, he was still a receptionist appointed by the government.
"Manners? Talk to you about manners? Humph, Xiao Lei, forget about their apologies, let's go to the hot springs..."
Zhuang Rui snorted coldly, tugged at Xiao Lei, and turned to leave. Just as Luo Zhiping and Zhongchuan thought Zhuang Rui was scared, Zhuang Rui's voice came over: "Peng Fei, slap that Japanese guy once, and slap that lackey twice. Give him a good beating."
Although he had gotten into many fights as a child, Zhuang Rui had been involved in the antique circle since graduation. He was a cultured man after all. This was the first time in his life that he had the urge to hit someone with his own hands. However, Zhuang Rui knew that he was too strong and could not control his strength, so he suppressed the urge to take action himself and let Peng Fei teach these Chinese and foreign bastards a lesson.
"Brother Zhuang, listen carefully..."
Peng Fei chuckled and approached Luo Zhiping. He had killed people even when he was naked, let alone when he was beating someone up in shorts.
"You, you mustn't hit me, the security guards are coming..."
Luo Zhiping had never seen such a scene before, and he loudly called out to the security guards.
"Go to hell, there are still traitors like you these days..."
Peng Fei cursed under his breath and slapped him hard across the face.
"Slap, slap, slap slap..."
Peng Fei always strictly followed Zhuang Rui's orders. Of the three men, he first slapped Zhongchuan hard across the face, then slapped the traitorous translator twice across the face.
"Baka...baka!"
Although Peng Fei wasn't as strong as Zhuang Rui, one slap from him immediately swelled up one of Nakagawa's cheeks, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood, which included a tooth.
As for Luo Zhiping, who was slapped twice, he fared even worse. If the slap to Nakagawa Pengfei used six-tenths of his strength, the slap to Luo Zhiping's face used a full eight-tenths of his strength, causing the traitorous translator to spin around twice before collapsing to the ground.
"Oh my god, that was scary! It scared me to death..."
It took Luo Zhiping almost a minute to react. He covered his swollen cheeks with both hands and howled with a sob. However, when he opened his mouth, the word "murder" turned into "scary." He had lost four teeth and his speech was slurred.
"Damn it, if you wail again I'll slap you twice more..."
Peng Fei glared at him, startling Luo Zhiping into immediately shutting his mouth. Although he was filled with resentment and his eyes were full of venom, he kept his mouth tightly shut, afraid that if he made a sound, he would be slapped twice more.
Not to mention Luo Zhiping, even Dr. Ren and Xiao Jia, who were standing to the side, were dumbfounded. Everyone had been slapped before, but they had never imagined that a slap could be so earth-shattering, with blood and teeth mixed in with each slap.
The fact that Peng Fei was the one who made the move shocked them even more. Over the past week, Peng Fei had always been smiling and gave off a harmless vibe. None of them could have imagined that Peng Fei would turn into such a fierce and menacing person so suddenly.
Chapter 1088 The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Power (Part 1)
Although Peng Fei wasn't very tall, once he made a move, he seemed like a completely different person. His usual lazy demeanor was gone, and he was filled with murderous intent. Not only did he intimidate the Japanese man, Nakagawa, and the traitorous translator, who didn't dare to utter a sound, but even Dr. Ren and his own people were frightened by him.
"What are you doing? How...how could you hit someone?"
Just as the traitorous translator was shouting that someone had been killed, the hotel security guards rushed over and witnessed Peng Fei slapping someone's ear. The slap, which included a tooth, startled the security guards.
"How much strength would it take to pull a tooth out?"
Several security guards, out of duty, had to stop Peng Fei, but hesitated to approach. The rubber batons in their hands were only meant to scare the common people. As the saying goes, when the King of Hell fights, the little devils suffer. Those who live here are all rich people, and they can't afford to offend any of them. It would be a real injustice to get slapped for meddling in other people's business.
"Some people didn't brush their teeth this morning and their breath smelled awful, so I just cleaned their mouths for them..."
Peng Fei grinned and didn't take the security guards in front of him seriously at all. He had been bored and frustrated all the way here, except for being the driver. The trouble he had caused was exactly what he wanted. This guy was a troublemaker back in the army and never afraid of trouble.
"Providing oral hygiene services?"
Peng Fei's words left the security guards speechless. What kind of excuse was it to clean someone's mouth? Having worked as security guards for years, they had never seen such a shameless rich person. For a moment, they didn't know how to handle the situation, because they didn't know the cause of the incident either, and they couldn't help but look at the victim.
Seeing the security guards arrive, Luo Zhiping grew bolder. He cautiously walked around Peng Fei, hid behind several security guards, and shouted, "He...he's lying! Arrest him! I'm going to sue him for intentional assault..."
Although he was just a low-level civil servant in the local history office, Luo Zhiping still felt a sense of superiority when facing the hotel security guards. He unconsciously adopted a commanding tone when speaking, which made the security guards frown.
"You little brat, looking for a beating again? If you don't learn your lesson, I'll slap you a few more times..."
Upon hearing Luo Zhiping's words, Peng Fei's eyes widened, startling the traitorous translator who covered his mouth and retreated repeatedly. This was no slap! Even a wooden board couldn't achieve the same effect. Luo Zhiping really didn't want to experience it again.
"You...you all heard it, he...he threatened me..."
Luo Zhiping gripped a tall, burly security guard tightly, as if only this could give him some sense of security. He secretly glanced at Zhongchuan, who stood silently with a gloomy face, then puffed out his chest, pointed at Peng Fei, and said, "Hurry up and arrest him and send him to the police station. What kind of security guards are you?"
"Excuse me, sir, we don't have law enforcement authority or the right to arrest people, and... this gentleman doesn't seem to be making any moves yet?"