Chapter 98: The Most Preposterous Reason for Being Beaten

Su Qianqian cast off every resolve she had ever made before.

The thought of divorce had been kicked clear out of the heavens and into oblivion.

Marrying this little rascal was bliss, pure and simple.

Those three simple words were enough to fling open her heart completely, even without the blue-and-white porcelain LaFerrari.

Because Su Qianqian knew that her little rascal would never say "I love you" lightly.

Like a wild thing, she drove a full circuit around the Upper Capital, venting the joy in her heart through speed and passion.

By the time she returned to the hotel room, it was already deep into the night.

Both Lu Ye and Su Qianqian were all aflutter.

Odd.

They had already been married for so long, yet somehow it still felt like the very beginning of a romance.

Lu Ye gritted his teeth, swept Su Qianqian into his arms, and pressed her down onto the bed.

Although Su Qianqian made a show of pushing him twice, she looked more like she was only half-resisting; there was even a trace of anticipation hidden in her eyes.

"Little rascal, I, I’ve never..."

Lu Ye scratched his head and laughed. "Actually, neither have I!"

Her cheeks burned so fiercely they seemed ready to drip with blood. Su Qianqian seemed almost breathless as she murmured, "I need to prepare myself mentally."

Lu Ye could not help panting as he asked softly, "Should I go take a shower first?"

Su Qianqian pushed him upright and urged, "Go on, go on!"

Lu Ye climbed out of bed with obvious reluctance and hurried into the bathroom.

When he came out again, a large bath towel was wrapped around him.

At some point, Su Qianqian had turned off the main light in the room.

Only two bedside lamps still glowed faintly, bathing the room in a dusky haze.

Under that light, Su Qianqian lay half-wrapped in the blanket, her face crimson.

Watching her little rascal slowly walk toward her, she whimpered, "W-wah, I can’t run away this time."

A sweet spring was about to moisten the dragon within the chamber!

Knock, knock, knock.

Several soft raps sounded on the door.

Then Bai Wen’s voice rang out: "Qianqian, I’m back after finishing my business!"

From across the hall, Feihong heard the commotion and opened her own door too. "Hahaha, I’m still not asleep either. Let’s keep playing cards tonight!"

Lu Ye and Su Qianqian looked at each other.

At the same time, they both said, "Damn it!"

Then they rustled into their clothes.

When Lu Ye opened the door, the resentful expression on his face startled Bai Wen badly.

Bai Wen asked in confusion, "Why are you glaring at me?"

Lu Ye roared, "You tell me!"

Bang.

After Feihong came out, he walked into the opposite room and slammed the door hard to show his displeasure, to show his intense, unmistakable displeasure!

By the time Bai Wen stepped inside, the blush on Su Qianqian’s face had still not faded. Seeing the room lit in that suggestive glow, and the pajama strap on her shoulder that she had not yet properly pulled back into place...

Only then did Bai Wen realize belatedly and smack her tongue. "So that’s why your husband was so resentful toward me. I ruined your good thing!"

Su Qianqian raised her pink fists and hammered her all over. "Waaah, shut up!"

Helplessly, Lu Ye had to spend another night alone in an empty bed.

But a small flame had been lit in his heart, one that would not go out. How could he possibly sleep early now?

He rolled around on the bed for a while.

Then Lu Ye sat up with a grunt and called Zhou Hong. "Old Zhou, a large number of Hongying Society members have already infiltrated the Upper Capital. Did you know about this?"

On the other end of the line, Zhou Hong froze.

He had only just received the intelligence himself, and had not expected that Special Envoy Lu would have heard the wind even earlier than he had.

Zhou Hong replied, "I know. I’m organizing the files and getting ready to upload them to the intranet. Does Special Envoy Lu have any orders?"

Lu Ye said, "No orders. Just give me one of their strongholds."

Zhou Hong pulled a file at random and read, "266 Xinghua Street, Yinghong Billiards Club."

Lu Ye said, "I’m planning to wipe them out tonight."

Zhou Hong asked, "Do you need me to send men over?"

Lu Ye said, "No need. You don’t need to cover for me afterward either."

Zhou Hong replied, "Understood."

...

He turned grief and rage into fuel.

Lu Ye intended to unleash all that pent-up fury on the Hongying Society.

Half an hour later, the blue-and-white porcelain LaFerrari stopped in front of the gates of Yinghong Billiards Club, instantly putting the two guards on alert.

Seeing that Lu Ye said nothing and simply strode straight inside, the two guards reached out to stop him. "Sir, we’re not open to the public. Please leave at once."

Lu Ye pressed their heads together.

There was a dull bang.

The two guards dropped together.

He strode into the billiards club.

The Hongying Society members inside were stunned at once.

A young man in a suit vest, gripping a billiard cue beside the railing on the second-floor mezzanine, pointed at Lu Ye and barked, "Who are you?"

"Special Envoy Y6."

Lu Ye accelerated, planted a foot on the statue in the center of the first-floor hall, and launched himself upward, flying straight to the second floor...

Crack!

A whip-like kick snapped the cue in the young man’s hand, and the next instant a punch sent him crashing over the railing and down to the first floor.

Thud.

The sound of a broken tailbone was especially harsh in that cavernous room!

The several dozen Hongying Society members in front of him all glared furiously at Lu Ye.

"All of you, charge! Kill him!"

Bang!

A billiards table weighing several hundred pounds was sent flying by a single kick from Lu Ye, smashing over the Hongying Society members who were rushing him head-on.

Then Lu Ye rushed forward, a cue in each hand!

Thwack, thwack, thwack!

The dull, heavy impacts of solid wooden cues flogging flesh rang on and on without end.

In an instant, all those dozens of Hongying Society members were left covered in bruises and wounds...

"Special Envoy, stop!"

A greasy, overweight middle-aged man ran hurriedly down from the third floor, shouting, "Special Envoy, is there some kind of misunderstanding between us?"

This greasy middle-aged man was the boss of the Hongying Society stronghold. His name was He Bin.

Lu Ye looked at him coldly. "No misunderstanding."

He Bin pressed on, "Then did someone under me offend you?"

Lu Ye shook his head again. "No one offended me."

He Bin was baffled. "Then why are you making a scene here and beating people up?"

Lu Ye let out a sigh. "Today I worked up the courage to confess to my wife..."

"The confession went pretty well, because she said she loved me too."

"Then we went back to the hotel room, and just before we were about to start the final step, I went to take a shower..."

The corner of He Bin’s mouth twitched. "Special Envoy, what does that have to do with me?"

Smack!

Lu Ye raised his hand and slapped him across the face, sending waves rippling through the fatty flesh on He Bin’s cheek.

He barked, "Can you let me finish? I’m in a terrible mood right now!"

He Bin covered his face and said aggrievedly, "Go on, go on..."

He thought to himself: Damn it! Once I drag this out until reinforcements arrive, I’ll pay this pretty boy back for that slap a hundredfold, a thousandfold!

I’ll even jump down from upstairs myself!

I’ll come crashing down on you like Mount Tai. Are you scared of Mount Tai or not?

Lu Ye first wiped the grease from his hand onto He Bin’s clothes, then asked, "Where was I?"

He Bin said expressionlessly, "You went to take a shower."

"Oh, right, I went to take a shower."

"When I came out, my wife had turned the lights in the room all dim and dusky, that kind of soft yellow gloom. It really had atmosphere, you know? And my wife is very beautiful, you know?"

He Bin nodded along. "Yes, yes."

Lu Ye cried out in indignation, "I had just pounced on her... and then, at that exact moment, her best friend suddenly came over to play cards!"

"Do you know how pissed I was?"

He Bin nodded again. "Yes, yes."

"I was about ready to explode!"

"But I couldn’t exactly beat her best friend to a pulp... So after thinking it over and over, I decided it would be better to come beat you all up and vent my anger."

After hearing the reason, He Bin was completely dumbfounded.

This was, without question, the most absurd reason he had ever heard for getting beaten in all his life.

"Damn it!"

"You couldn’t sleep with your wife, so what the hell does that have to do with us?"