He wasn't distressed about the money; rather, he felt like he was shattering a beautiful dream from his past life with his own hands.
"No... sir..."
Ma Xiaoying glanced at the euros on the coffee table, then lowered her head and said firmly, "I think you might have made a mistake, sir. I'm just a waitress here, not a hostess. If you need a hostess, then... I can call one for you. I don't know what type of hostess you prefer, sir, but I can tell the manager to arrange one for you..."
"Haha...no need, no need..."
Ma Xiaoying's reaction startled Zhou Ziwei slightly. He immediately picked up the banknotes on the coffee table and said with a smile, "I really don't need a lady to keep me company. I just want to sit here for a while and kill some time... Hmm... If you're interested in chatting with me for a while, I'd be very happy. If you're not, then forget it and don't bother calling anyone else."
Zhou Ziwei was really happy to see Ma Xiaoying like this. At least it proved that this woman had not completely succumbed to the dirty world of the Japanese. It was quite remarkable that she could still hold on to her principles in such a place full of money and sex transactions.
Ma Xiaoying didn't react much to Zhou Ziwei's change of attitude. In her view, this was probably just a little trick to lure her guest with ulterior motives. If she relaxed her guard even slightly, anything could happen next.
If it weren't for the fact that the proprietress here was a fairly good friend of her mother and had given her some special treatment, she wouldn't know how many times she would have been humiliated in the past few days.
"I'm sorry, sir... I have to go to work and don't have time to chat with you. If you don't want to hire a prostitute, then... I'll go order you some coffee..."
As Ma Xiaoying spoke, she turned around and hurriedly retreated.
Zhou Ziwei paused for a moment, then gently shook his head.
It seems I should help this woman if I get the chance. It's obvious... she hasn't been working in this kind of place for very long.
Although she hasn't been completely corrupted by the filthy atmosphere here yet, how many people can truly remain untainted when they're in the mud?
Sigh... I don't know how Ma Xiaoying has managed all these years, how she's managed to end up in a place like this, acting like a princess.
Zhou Ziwei had important business to attend to, and the identity he was playing today wasn't suitable for him to have any interaction with Ma Xiaoying. So he didn't mind Ma Xiaoying's rejection. He just watched Ma Xiaoying leave, smiled slightly, and then went back to fiddling with his laptop.
Just as Zhou Ziwei was enjoying the thrill of clearing five levels in one go, he suddenly heard a soft gasp... followed by a light "thud" and a crisp sound, as if some porcelain had fallen to the ground and shattered.
Hearing the exclamation, Zhou Ziwei frowned and turned around sharply. Following the sound, he saw Ma Xiaoying being forcibly pulled into the arms of a lewd old man who had entered at some point. The old man was reaching out with a large, claw-like hand, trying to forcefully reach inside the collar of Ma Xiaoying's clothes...
Zhou Ziwei was furious when he saw this. That was the most beautiful girl in his department in his previous life... In his previous life, he only fantasized about her occasionally, and it seemed that he had only touched her hand once by chance. He never expected that this beautiful girl would be so humiliated by a lewd Japanese devil right in front of him.
Zhou Ziwei suddenly stood up and was about to step forward when he saw Ma Xiaoying struggle to get off the lecherous man and quickly run to hide next to the two security guards at the door.
"Baka—" The sleazy-looking Japanese guy had obviously been drinking all night and was no longer thinking clearly. He couldn't even speak properly. Otherwise, even though he was weak, a grown man wouldn't have let Ma Xiaoying slip out of his grasp.
"Give her to me...bring her over here...let me...let me have a taste..."
The lewd old man swayed to his feet, emitting a series of lewd laughs. He pointed at Ma Xiaoying and beckoned with his finger, then gave stern orders to the two security guards beside Ma Xiaoying.
"Hey—" Ma Xiaoying never expected that the two security guards would actually listen to the drunkard. They even bent down to the drunkard and then grabbed Ma Xiaoying's shoulders on either side, forcibly dragging her towards the drunkard.
Upon seeing this, Ma Xiaoying was terrified and hurriedly said to the two security guards, "Let go... what are you doing? Didn't Ms. Chanel instruct you... I... I won't do that kind of work, please... let me go right now!"
"Excuse me..." One of the security guards took the opportunity to secretly pinch Ma Xiaoying's buttocks hard, then said with a lewd grin, "You probably don't know, this is the owner of our music plaza. Although the owner's wife is in charge of the operation, in reality... everything here still belongs to the owner, so... we can only follow the owner's orders, hehe... Actually, since you're here to work, why be so pessimistic? It's just playing around with men, you won't lose a piece of flesh, and you can make a lot of money, why not? Tsk tsk... Since the owner has taken a liking to you, you're going to be rich in the future, hahaha..."
"He's the boss." Upon hearing this, Ma Xiaoying was shocked again and turned pale. She had already heard that there was another boss at this music plaza, and it was said that the boss was quite lecherous and that several of the girls working there had already been abused by him.
However, the boss was quite generous, and the girls he had slept with would receive special treatment. So, some naturally promiscuous girls would actually take the initiative to cling to that old lecher when he occasionally came to the store.
"Hahaha...Yoshi..."
When the lecherous old drunkard saw Ma Xiaoying being forcibly dragged over by two security guards, his face lit up with joy. He excitedly licked his lips, and then, ignoring the two security guards still standing there, he immediately pressed his stinky mouth against Ma Xiaoying's face...
With a "slap," just as the old drunkard's lips were about to touch Ma Xiaoying's beautiful face, a slap suddenly flew from the side and landed hard on his old face.
"Ah..." The old drunkard screamed, and was spun around several times by the slap before finally collapsing to the ground.
The two security guards were stunned for a moment before they realized that the young customer who had just come in had actually run over and slapped their boss in front of them... This was truly... This slap not only hit their boss's face, but it was also a slap in the faces of the two security guards.
"You brat, don't you know where you are? How dare you cause trouble here?"
The two security guards roared and were about to rush forward to fight when suddenly everything went black. Before they could figure out what was happening, they were both slapped across the face at the same time and fell to the ground, dizzy and disoriented.
"Are you alright?" Zhou Ziwei helped the panicked Ma Xiaoying up and asked with concern.
"I...I'm fine...Ah...you...you actually hit someone here." Ma Xiaoying was slightly taken aback when she saw the two security guards also knocked to the ground. She quickly reached out and pushed Zhou Ziwei, saying, "Thank you for your help, but...you should leave quickly! These people seem to have triad backgrounds, you can't afford to mess with them...really...I'm very grateful for your kindness, but...this is terrible, I'm afraid I can't stay here any longer..."
Zhou Ziwei's expression turned slightly cold as he said, "This place...has a triad background? Hmph...that's perfect..."
After saying that, Zhou Ziwei turned around, picked up a security guard from the ground, and asked coldly, "I'm going to cause trouble here, so what? You tell me... who's in charge of this place? Let's see if you can scare me."
The security guard gritted his teeth and said, "You're finished... Hmph... This is a property of the Mita family, and our boss is a collateral descendant of the Mita family. You dare to hit someone from the Mita family? You'd better wash your neck and prepare to go!"
"What... this is a property of the Mita family? That drunkard is a collateral descendant of the Mita family?" Zhou Ziwei exclaimed in surprise upon hearing this.
"Haha...yes..." The security guard straightened his back and said fiercely when he saw that Zhou Ziwei seemed to be scared. "What...you know to be scared now? Hehe...but it seems to be too late...you've offended the Mita family, do you still want to leave Donggang City alive? Heh...kid...let's see if you dare to be arrogant now."
"That's great... haha..."
Zhou completely ignored what the security guard was saying, laughing loudly as he said, "I couldn't go all out just now, but since this is the Mita family's territory, then I won't hold back..."
As soon as Zhou Ziwei finished speaking, his smile vanished, and a murderous glint appeared in his eyes. He grabbed the security guard's hands and twisted them violently. A cracking sound was heard, and the security guard's neck was snapped by Zhou Ziwei. His head was twisted back in a bizarre way...
"Ah—" Upon seeing this horrifying scene, the waiters and waitresses who hadn't paid much attention before were all startled and screamed. The other security guards in the room were also alerted and rushed over, but they all stopped a few steps away from Zhou Ziwei, and few dared to take the initiative to make a move.
The boss was instantly sobered up by the fright. He looked Zhou Ziwei up and down a few times and said fiercely, "You dare to kill my men in front of me, Mita Yuufu, you brat... State your name and let me see what you ate to grow up with such audacity."
Zhou Ziwei smiled faintly and said, "It's just killing a security guard, right? How much guts do you need? Believe me or not, I'd dare to kill you too."
"Hmph... Who do you think you are? You dare to kill me... I'll give you a hundred more lives..." The old drunkard certainly didn't believe Zhou Ziwei's words. In Japan, especially in Donggang, he had never heard of anyone daring to openly and ruthlessly attack the Mita family.
In the island nation... the Mita family is the underground royal family.
"Is that so... then I'll show you how bold I am..." Zhou Ziwei sneered, then grabbed a shard of a porcelain plate that had just been knocked to the ground by Ma Xiaoying and smashed it, and without hesitation, stabbed it into the old drunkard's chest.
With a "thud," the old drunkard, his face filled with terror and doubt, stared wide-eyed at the wound on his chest from which blood was gushing out. He pointed at Zhou Ziwei in horror... and then slowly collapsed until he died... He couldn't understand how anyone in this world could have such audacity to dare to touch him, the underground royal family.
Zhou Ziwei smiled calmly again and murmured: "The killing has only just begun..."
Volume 2, The Killer's Nightmare, Chapter 282: Want to know what happened?
When the young security guard was killed, the people around him were just shocked, but when they watched in disbelief as the old drunkard was also killed by Zhou Ziwei in public, everyone was stunned.
A short while later, one of the men, who appeared to be the head of the security team, suddenly pulled out a pistol from his waistband, pointed it menacingly at Zhou Ziwei's head, and roared, "Don't move... You're finished! You even dared to kill members of the Mita family... Now, even if you want to die, it won't be so easy for you."
Facing the gun barrel, Zhou Ziwei didn't even lift an eyelid. He snorted coldly and said, "Oh... so you can't even die? You mean you'll make me wish I were dead? Then I'll see if you have the ability."
The security captain shook his head angrily and said, "I... what the hell am I? I have no right to do anything to you. Now we can only beg the Mita Group not to wipe out us small fry as well. We'll be burning incense for you. You're finished... really finished... of all people, why did you dare to touch the Mita family? Haha... you really are a madman!"
The security captain appeared somewhat hysterical, then pointed his pistol at a corner and said, "Now listen to me... have my men tie you up immediately, and then you just wait there obediently until the Mita Group comes to deal with you! Don't even think about escaping, otherwise... this gun doesn't have eyes. As long as you behave yourself, we won't make things difficult for you, and we'll let you suffer less pain... Yamamoto... go and cuff him, be quick. Whether we live or die today depends on the mood of the Mita Group boss."
As soon as the security captain spoke, a burly man stepped forward, casually pulled out a pair of police handcuffs, and walked directly towards Zhou Ziwei...
"Oh... will the boss of the Mita Group be here later? That would be quite interesting..."
Faced with these minor characters, Zhou Ziwei didn't even need to lift a finger; with just a thought, the ladybug could easily wipe them all out.
These few guys think they can trap Zhou Ziwei here? That's just wishful thinking.
However, Zhou Ziwei had originally intended to cause trouble for the Mita Group, but because he was unfamiliar with the area, he couldn't find the Mita Group's hideout for the time being. Now that someone was offering himself up, Zhou Ziwei naturally wouldn't refuse. So he simply and obediently let the Japanese guy named Yamamoto handcuff his hands to a handcuff in the corner.
"And that princess...it seems today's events were caused by her, so handcuff her too...we'll hand her over to the Mita Group boss later..." The security captain said, and seeing that Zhou Ziwei was already firmly handcuffed, he finally let out a long sigh of relief.
He wasn't stupid. Although Zhou Ziwei hadn't displayed many amazing abilities, the way he swiftly took down two people, especially the way he twisted the security guard's neck with his bare hands, showed that he was definitely a terrifying thug.
So he was genuinely worried that Zhou Ziwei might suddenly retaliate. In that case... even if he had a gun and could kill Zhou Ziwei with one shot, he would have no way to explain the boss's death once the Mita Group arrived.
Zhou Ziwei's hands were handcuffed to the water pipe. The security captain finally put away his pistol and then ordered his men to clear the area, kicking out all irrelevant people. He also had Ma Xiaoying handcuffed.
Although their boss was just a down-on-his-luck member of a collateral branch of the Mita family, once he bore the name Mita, his life and death were no longer his own business.
Anyone who dares to mess with him, a nobody from a collateral branch, is essentially slapping the face of the Mita family. In short... once the Mita family finds out about this, they'll definitely be furious. The more scapegoats the Mita family can find to vent their anger on, the less likely these lowly security guards who are just trying to make a living here will be affected.
After making some arrangements, the security captain immediately took out his phone and called one of the leaders of the Mita Group in the vicinity, giving a brief report on what had happened.
Just as the security captain had predicted, when the boss heard that a member of the Mita family's collateral branch had been beaten to death, he flew into a rage, spitting so hard that it almost flew through the airwaves into his face.
The boss first berated the security captain regardless of right or wrong, then ordered him to detain all those involved in the incident at the scene, promising to arrive immediately... within about ten minutes...
The security captain was berated mercilessly, but dared not utter a single word of dissent. He had just carefully hung up the phone when a henchman leaned over and said, "Boss... there are no handcuffs left, what are we going to do with that Chinese girl?"
"Idiot, if you don't have handcuffs, you can't use a rope; if you don't have a rope, you can't find an electrical wire... When you're playing with women, you can come up with all sorts of tricks, so why are you asking such a stupid question now? Is your brain filled with shit?"
The security captain had just been scolded and was still fuming when his underling crossed him, so naturally he didn't hold back.
"Oh...yes, yes, yes...Brother, please don't be angry, I'll take care of it right away..."
Hearing this, the unlucky guy could only grimace and agree repeatedly. He then went to find a rope, walked menacingly up to Ma Xiaoying, and said fiercely, "Put your hands behind your back and let me tie you up properly..."
"No, no..." Ma Xiaoying was already so frightened that her legs went weak. When she saw the man's appearance, she immediately backed away in fear.
The unfortunate man, already seething with anger, immediately slapped Ma Xiaoying across the face, furiously yelling, "You bitch! It's all your fault the boss was killed, and you've made us all live in fear! You bitch, all the boss wanted was to have sex with you, right? Just cooperate, why pretend to be so virtuous? Aren't you women born to be fucked by men? What's there to be ashamed of..."
"Slap—" Just as the unlucky guy was cursing and spitting as he did so, he suddenly felt a sharp pain on his face. He had been slapped so hard that his head was jolted and three teeth flew out of his mouth. Immediately, half of his face swelled up.
The guy let out a miserable howl and plopped down on the ground.
The slap was so loud that it startled the people who were busy in the hall. When they turned around, all their eyes naturally focused on Ma Xiaoying.
"No... I didn't hit him... I didn't hit him..."
Seeing the security guards' murderous gazes, Ma Xiaoying's face turned even paler with fear.
"Not you? If it wasn't you, then it must be him! His hands were handcuffed to the water pipe, how could he possibly hit someone?" Upon seeing this, the security captain immediately came over, first using rope to firmly tie Ma Xiaoying's hands behind her back, and then glared fiercely at Ma Xiaoying, saying, "You're something else... I didn't expect even a little girl like you would dare to hit someone. Do you really think we security guards are made of clay?"
The security captain grew angrier as he spoke, and raised his hand to slap Ma Xiaoying across the face. But as soon as he raised his hand, he felt a gust of wind and a loud "smack" as he was slapped hard across the face.
"You..." The security captain felt a sharp pain on his face, then spat out two teeth. He had completely lost face. He immediately yelled and wanted to draw his gun to shoot Ma Xiaoying in the legs twice to vent his anger, but then he saw that Ma Xiaoying's hands, which he had just bound tightly, were still behind her back, and he was suddenly shocked...
Wait a minute... her hands were tied up and behind her back just now, so where did she get the hands to slap my face?
Could it really have been that person who did it?
The security captain then suddenly turned his head... looked at Zhou Ziwei, who was handcuffed in the corner, but shook his head again.
If it was Zhou Ziwei, it would be even more impossible. Zhou Ziwei was at least five or six meters away from him just now, and Zhou Ziwei's hands were handcuffed to the water pipe. Even if he really had a third hand, how could he hit him from that distance? But... if neither of these two people hit him, then... there was no one else around. Could it be a ghost?
The thought of ghosts sent a chill down the spine of the security captain, who stumbled back several steps, nearly dropping his gun.
"I saw it...it was him just now...he's the one who hit you, boss..."
At this moment, a security guard standing not far away shouted loudly, pointing excitedly at Zhou Ziwei and saying, "But he moved so fast! If it weren't for the fact that your face is so swollen, I would have thought my eyes were playing tricks on me..."
"What...you saw it clearly? It really was him who hit you?"
Although the security captain was somewhat incredulous, he still turned around and walked up to Zhou Ziwei, pointing his gun at Zhou Ziwei's head while carefully checking the handcuffs on Zhou Ziwei's hands.
There seems to be no problem... The handcuffs are locked very tightly, showing no signs of being opened or loosened, and even the water pipes are sturdy; it's impossible for anyone to break free...
The security captain stared blankly at Zhou Ziwei, about to ask something else, when suddenly Zhou Ziwei winked at him, then abruptly pulled one hand out of the handcuffs, slapped him hard across the face, and then swiftly pulled his hand back in, locking it firmly in the handcuffs again.