Chapter 169 - 68: Fight in the Private Room, Hiring Private Bodyguards (Part 2)
Jiang Li strode forward, her hand already raised mid-air. Just as she was about to bring it down, she saw their big, fleshy faces and worried she’d hurt her hand. Instead, she grabbed a wooden serving board and started whacking them across the face with it.
As she hit them, she said, her voice filled with uncontrollable rage, "I must have been too easy on you! How dare you hit my husband! Don’t you know he’s under my protection?"
Shen Yanzhi watched from the side, his heart pounding. Seeing that the two men’s faces had already swollen up like steamed buns, he quickly tried to stop her. "Xiao Li, maybe that’s enough. Be careful."
Jiang Li was pregnant, after all. It wouldn’t be worth it if she harmed her health by getting too worked up.
He just hadn’t expected Jiang Li to care about him this much. All because he’d been punched once, she was now giving the men a thorough beating.
’Is this what it feels like to have someone back you up?’
’And you know what? It feels pretty damn good.’
Jiang Li snorted coldly, throwing the wooden board to the side. "You should be glad my husband pleaded for you. Otherwise, I’d have beaten you until your own mothers wouldn’t recognize you."
As the saying goes, a wise man knows when to yield. Old Three and Old Five immediately kowtowed. "Thank you, sir! Thank you, ma’am!"
Jiang Li waved her hand. "Scram! Don’t show your faces in front of us again, or I’ll beat you every time I see you!"
After Old Three and Old Five left, Jiang Li was about to pay the four men their commission. But when she unlocked her phone, she discovered the livestream was still on and quickly ended it in a panic.
She let out a long breath and asked, "How much do I owe you?"
The man in the lead replied, "500,000 per person will be fine."
After all, it wasn’t a particularly difficult mission, so 500,000 was already a very high price for them.
Jiang Li nodded. "Can I pay by scanning a code?"
The man pulled up his QR code, and Jiang Li directly transferred 4 million to him.
[Detected host has spent 4 million for her husband’s safety, triggering a 999x cashback. 3.996 billion has been deposited into your bank account. Please check your balance.]
Jiang Li’s eyes widened in surprise. She didn’t expect this expense would also be counted as being for Shen Yanzhi.
Not only did she not spend money, she actually made money instead.
"Thank you for your trouble coming all this way. If it’s okay, could I get your contact info? That way, I can contact you directly if anything comes up in the future."
For the extra 500,000 she’d given each of them, adding her as a contact was a must.
This was a big spender. They had to latch on tight.
After they exchanged contact information, Jiang Li pointed to the table. "Why don’t you join us for a meal?"
"That won’t be necessary..."
Before the man could finish, Jiang Li blinked and said sincerely, "I have a feeling it’s not just the two of them. I’m afraid they’ll come back later. With you guys here, we can at least eat our meal in peace."
The man nodded. "That works."
’It’s just one meal, anyway. No big deal.’
’Besides, they’d just earned an extra 500,000 for free. They weren’t in a hurry to leave.’
Just as Jiang Li predicted, after Old Three and Old Five returned to their private room, they first gave Guo Yao a beating, then explained what had happened in the other room.
"We have to get even today! They bullied us brothers this badly—do they really think we’re a bunch of pushovers?!"
"So what if there are four of them? There are eight of us here! You think we’re scared?!"
"Let’s go! Let’s get even!"
As soon as Old Three and Old Five spoke, the rest of the men were instantly fired up.
But when they reached the door, they stopped. Fearing Guo Yao would use the opportunity to escape, they tied her hands and feet with a drawstring from a pair of pants.
The eight men marched imposingly toward Jiang Li’s private room and kicked the door in.
Seeing this, the four mercenaries, who had been grilling meat, immediately shot to their feet. A fight was imminent.
Shen Yanzhi, meanwhile, pulled Jiang Li into a protective embrace. "These people are completely unhinged."
Jiang Li shook her head in disagreement. "The one who’s unhinged isn’t them, it’s Guo Yao. If it weren’t for her, they wouldn’t have come."
Shen Yanzhi pursed his lips, his eyes turning icy. "Someone like her should be sent abroad."
Jiang Li couldn’t help but shiver. "I didn’t think you were more ruthless than me."
At first, she had only wanted to drive Guo Yao out of the Capital City. But Shen Yanzhi had to one-up her, suggesting she be sent out of the country.
If she were really sent abroad, she probably wouldn’t come back with all her organs intact.
Shen Yanzhi let out a heavy breath. "It’s not that I’m being ruthless. If it weren’t for our four helpers, tonight wouldn’t have ended peacefully."
Even though he was trained and could easily take on two opponents at once, with a pregnant Jiang Li there, he really didn’t dare to gamble.
He didn’t even dare to imagine what would happen if Jiang Li fell into their hands.
The moment he thought of this, he wanted nothing more than to slice Guo Yao into a thousand pieces.
Jiang Li considered this and saw the logic in it. She nodded. "You call the shots."