68: Chapter 68: Ex-Girlfriend Comes to Make Trouble!

68: Chapter 68: Ex-Girlfriend Comes to Make Trouble!

“No, I can’t go to prison, and I certainly can’t just slink off, skulking around like a rat.”

Zhang Cheng didn’t even think before he rejected the two options suggested by the gangster.

Who does he think he is, Zhang Kuisan, the acting County Magistrate’s big nephew, and the Vice Director at the government office?

He liked the limelight too much to consider going to jail.

And as for laying low and hiding out, even less so.

If he just ran away like that, wouldn’t that brat Xu Qianli be living it up in Jiang City, untroubled?

How would he get his revenge?

The gangster said, “Then, young master Zhang, what do you have in mind?

Let’s hear it so I can see if it’s feasible.”

“I don’t have any special ideas.

I just want to stay in Jiang City.

Get me a safe place to hide out until things cool down.

Once the coast is clear, I’ll kill that bastard Xu Qianli!”

Zhang Cheng revealed his thoughts.

Now, all he had in his head was revenge.

It was all because of that bastard Xu Qianli that he was in this mess, being treated like vermin scurrying across the street.

Xu Qianli still looked good, and he couldn’t swallow that.

He had to make Xu Qianli pay a bloody price!

He wanted Xu Qianli dead!

The ruthless look in Zhang Cheng’s eyes made even the long-time gangster suck in a breath of cold air.

This guy was really messing up, serious about it, and it wasn’t just talk.

The gangster cleared his throat and said, “You better think this through.

The crime you’ve committed, while serious, isn’t that severe—it’s at most a year in prison.

But if you commit murder, and that too of a Director, you’re definitely getting shot.

Do you think it’s worth it to throw your life away over this grudge?”

“I don’t care if it’s worth it or not, I just want revenge!”

“That bastard Xu Qianli made my life a living hell, and I will never let him off the hook!”

“Don’t even try to persuade me.

Just tell me if you can do what I asked, can you?”

Zhang Cheng’s stubbornness surfaced, and he insisted on killing Xu Qianli no matter what.

The gangster nodded.

“It’s not hard to arrange, but I doubt the County Magistrate would agree.

It’d be bad if you make a big scene and it affects him.”

“Then don’t tell him.

Just say I’ve gone to lay low somewhere out of town.”

“It’s probably a headache for him too right now, best not to bother him.”

Zhang Cheng said.

“Alright, wait here.

I’ll go and make the arrangements now.”

The gangster dropped those words, left behind several large bags of food and supplies, and then took off.

The room was left with only one person again.

Zhang Cheng’s eyes were bloodshot as he stared in the direction of the city center.

Xu Qianli, you’d better wash your neck clean and wait for me!

…

Jiang City.

In Xu Qianli’s office, sounds that could make one’s cheeks flush and heart race echoed for a long time until, after a growl from Xu Qianli, they finally ceased, followed by a long period of silence.

After the storm had passed, Lan Xin was like a small boat that had finally escaped the violent waves, lying in Xu Qianli’s arms, utterly spent without a trace of energy left.

After a while, she barely regained some strength and timidly, bashfully, and with a face full of happiness, she looked up at Xu Qianli.

She blinked her beautiful big eyes and gazed at him, full of tender affection and shyness, and also a trace of fear.

Xu Qianli lit a cigarette, took a puff, and seeing Lan Jiao looking over, gave her a smile and softly asked, “You ok?”

Lan Jiao nodded and then shook her head.

“Not good, not good at all.

My heart is all a mess,” she complained.

“Director Xu, you’re really too mean.

To bully someone like that just now, I’ll never be able to forget you for the rest of my life.”

“Hey, you’re so mean.

Have you had lots of women before?

Are you like those men I’ve heard about, constantly changing partners as if on a carousel, one after another?”

Still a virgin, she had no idea how she had made it through an encounter with Xu Qianli just moments ago.

In any case, Xu Qianli was truly bad, and Lan Jiao couldn’t help but wonder if he was that kind of ultimate bad boy, someone with countless female conquests.

Xu Qianli pinched Lan Jiao’s pert little nose.

“I’m not a good person, but I’m not as bad as you think.”

“Just three days ago, there were only two women in my life, and both were my ex-girlfriends.”

“The beautiful woman you saw earlier, named Huang Ling, only got together with me yesterday.”

At those words, Lan Jiao suddenly felt a surge of secret delight.

It turned out that Xu Qianli wasn’t as complicated as she had thought.

That was great.

Recalling what had just happened, Lan Jiao couldn’t stop feeling shy and bashful, her gaze lowered, exuding a gentle warmth.

Seeing her like this, Xu Qianli got excited, and with a mouth still tasting of cigarettes, he moved in to give her a fierce kiss.

This scared Lan Jiao out of her wits, and she looked at Xu Qianli with a timid, pitiable expression.

“No, I’m afraid of you, please leave me alone, I really can’t handle it.”

Knowing her limits, Lan Jiao, whose very frame felt as if it might come apart at the seams from earlier, was terrified that Xu Qianli might take advantage of her again, almost to the point of crying.

Xu Qian chuckled lightly.

“Look at you, acting as if I’m a tiger or something.

Is that really necessary?”

“You’re worse than a tiger!”

Lan Jiao muttered softly.

Although she had never experienced such things herself, she had often heard the girls in her dormitory talk about how fierce men could be.

Especially one particularly open girl in the dorm who changed boyfriends as often as clothes and particularly fancied strong men.

Whenever she got a new boyfriend, she would boast about his prowess, shamelessly discussing all sorts of intimate details.

But even the most formidable man her roommate described paled in comparison to Xu Qianli just now.

Seeing Lan Jiao’s expression, Xu Qianli’s vanity was greatly satisfied, and he couldn’t resist giving her another affectionate kiss.

As the two were getting cozy, a shout suddenly came from outside.

“Xu Qianli, I know you’re in there!”

“Come out, I must have a clear word with you today, you owe me and the child in my belly an explanation!”

The voice was that of a woman, sharp enough to cut through anything, so much so that even the well-insulated door of Xu Qianli’s office did little to muffle it.

He knew this voice all too well; it belonged to none other than his ex-girlfriend Xu Shuman.

Crap, why had she come to the County Government?

Putting aside all else, Xu Qianli and Lan Jiao hurriedly tidied themselves up, clothed properly, and left the office.

There, they saw several people standing in the courtyard.

It wasn’t just Xu Shuman, her parents Xu Wangshan and Li Qiuyue, and her younger brother Xu Qiangqiang had all come as well.

That shout had drawn plenty of curious onlookers, and many had drawn close, asking what was going on.

Li Qiuyue, with an air of grievance worthy of Dou E, was telling anyone who would listen that her daughter Xu Shuman had been wronged by Xu Qianli, who impregnated her and ran off without taking any responsibility like a heartless beast.

They claimed to be out of options and came to the County Government to seek justice from Xu Qianli.

Unaware of the true circumstances, many felt sympathy for Xu Shuman.

Just then, Xu Qianli strode forward.

“You can eat whatever you want, but you can’t just say anything!”

“I didn’t want to make a fuss with you all, but you dared to come to my workplace in broad daylight and tarnish my reputation.

I must clear this matter up with you once and for all!”