?54: Section 54: You Just Need to Get Drunk 54: Section 54: You Just Need to Get Drunk Hai Mingzhu didn’t know whether she was genuinely weak in the knees or just pretending to be.

    As she half-leaned on Shen Yue, walking down a dim hallway that would normally intimidate women, she felt a strange sense of anticipation.

    She yearned for the path to be a bit longer.

    Disappointingly, they had reached the end within a few steps, affording her no time to savor the experience.

    Stealing a glance at Shen Yue’s handsome face under his wild tousled hair, Hai Mingzhu finally said, “Does your face still hurt?”

    She regretted the severity of the slap she had given him earlier.

    Only under normal lighting, she noticed five red handprints on Shen Yue’s cheek.

    How much force had she used to cause that much damage?

    Shen Yue had not shown any anger, but Hai Mingzhu felt a sense of guilt.

    “We’re almost there,” Shen Yue murmured.

    The path they had taken appeared as an ordinary emergency exit, with two diverging routes ahead.

    Steps echoed from a distance as two hulking men emerged silently from one of the corridors before slowing down as they approached Shen Yue.

    “Where… where are we?” Hai Mingzhu feigned drunken confusion, genuinely curious whether Shen Yue had gotten them lost.

    This is just a normal hallway, isn’t it?

    “We’re almost home,” Shen Yue assured, “Just hang on a bit longer and I’ll get you home safely.”

    His response drew an understanding smile from the two vigilant men.

    Without asking anything further, they headed towards the Suiyuan Bar.

    One of them commented, “This chick doesn’t come here often.”

    The other replied, “These types of guys are common.

    Did you see the handprint on his face?”

    “He’s had his share, he’ll get a tenfold return tonight.

    Women are soft-hearted, you see.

    They slap a man and feel guilty about it.

    A few sweet words from the right man and they willingly reconcile,” another man directed lewdly.

    A chill ran down Hai Mingzhu’s spine and from that simple conversation, it was clear these types of incidents were common, and the bouncers were no longer phased by it.

    Shen Yue opened a door ahead, followed by another, to a heavy curtain.

    Pulling back the curtain, a blast of cold air and piercing music hit them.

    Even though Shen Yue had briefed her on the Wild Bar, the heart-wrenching music shook her to the point of bewilderment.

    It was a completely different world altogether.

    As if it represented the flip-side of humanity.

    They were in a massive dance club filled with strobe lights.

    The blue sky-like ceiling glowed with shooting stars, illuminating the underworld-like atmosphere.

    Bathed in an mismatched glow, everyone looked distorted and off-colored.

    The young female DJ, drenched in sweat, swayed her hips and her fiery red hair danced like flames.

    Despite the heat, she passionately maintained the high-energy atmosphere with ear-splitting music.

    And the dancers – men and women alike, moved their bodies in primal movements, screaming unintelligible yet ecstatic shrieks.

    While Shen Yue and Hai Mingzhu were disheveled and reeked of alcohol, compared to the crowd here, they seemed like perfect straight-A students.

    Every so often, men with shifty glances lurked in and out of sight around the dance club, blatantly leering at a “drunken” Hai Mingzhu with unhidden wild ambition in their eyes.

    Feeling the wolfish gazes around her, Hai Mingzhu clutched Shen Yue’s arm, her heart thumping like a hammer.

    “Relax, when you’re drunk you tend to lose control over your movements.

    You won’t have such a purposeful grip,” Shen Yue whispered in Hai Mingzhu’s ear, “Most of these guys are into ‘dead bodies.’ As long as you’re seen with a man, these men, hollowed out by alcohol and stimulants, find interest only in ‘female corpses.’ They won’t purposely pick a fight with another man.”

    ‘Bodies?’ Hai Mingzhu shivered understandingly.

    In places like this, there always are thrill-seeking women getting dead drunk, leaving them defenseless to be led away by these men.

    She had heard about it in the news, but didn’t realize why a woman would willingly lower themselves to this point.

    She now sees why there were, in fact, not a few women drunk to stupor here.

    Doing her best to appear normal, Hai Mingzhu followed Shen Yue to a darker corner of the dance club. sea??h thё n?velFire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    The indecent sounds echoing around her caused Hai Mingzhu to abruptly throw her arms around Shen Yue’s neck, pressing her face against his.

    Shen Yue froze, he had not anticipated such a move from Hai Mingzhu.

    “Advisor Shen,” Hai Mingzhu’s breathing grew rapid, “how can we find Li Yawei?

    Let’s find Li Yawei quickly and leave this place as soon as possible.” She had initially thought she could infuse some fun into her fear, but the dread was too overwhelming.

    If Shen Yue wasn’t by her side, she wouldn’t spend another second in here.

    For those who were drunk and high, this place was heaven.

    But to people like her, it was a living hell!

    “Li Yawei’s not in the dance club,” Shen Yue said with a grimace.

    “How do you know?” Hai Mingzhu leaned closer into Shen Yue, distancing herself from the fear, “President Jin hasn’t given us any updates, we can’t locate Li Yawei…”

    “Jin Xin is unable to pin down Li Yawei’s location now,” Shen Yue’s gaze swept across the dance club, remaining keenly aware of his surroundings.

    “Why?” Hai Mingzhu questioned, before she realized her impropriety and tried to distance herself from Shen Yue.

    The dim lighting encourages uninhibited behavior, but if Jin Xin had been listening all along, that was a different story.

    “You think they need signal here?” Shen Yue retorted, “The people here just want to vent, they don’t want to stay in touch with the outside world.

    Because of that, signal jamming devices are installed nearby.

    Moreover, the walls are really thick here, locator signals can’t penetrate them.

    Jin Xin hasn’t been able to contact us for a long time, haven’t you noticed?”

    When Hai Mingzhu heard that Jin Xin wasn’t able to contact them, she heaved a sigh of relief and confidently said, “So he can’t hear our conversation.” Pretending to conceal her relief, she asked, “Are you sure he can’t detect the tracking device?”

    “That’s how it is.

    Once we’re here, we’re on our own.

    Jin Xin knew about this from the start.”

    “So how do you know Li Yawei’s not here?” Hai Mingzhu returned to her previous question, “I can’t see the people clearly here.

    The lighting’s so chaotic, it hinders me from identifying faces effectively.

    Plus, everybody looks so similar…”

    Shen Yue on the contrary, gave a slight chuckle, “You don’t have to look for her, you just play the part of being drunk, that’s it.” It seemed like he was about to get up, but then he suddenly sat even heavier, pulling Hai Mingzhu closer to him.

    Hai Mingzhu, sensing trouble, act like a deadweight leaning against Shen Yue.

    Her eyes were nearly shut, but she left a sliver of space to watch the changes ahead.

    “I thought you looked familiar, so I came to check it out,” an irritating voice drawled, “I didn’t expect to find upright Advisor Shen and the ‘innocent’ Miss Hai here — what a surprise.” The man exaggerated, putting particular emphasis on the word ‘innocent’.

    A furrow formed in Hai Mingzhu’s brow, it was none other than Xun Jiasheng who had arrived and to make things worse, the infamous playboy heir to a large business empire, Li Jizu, was standing right behind him!