Chapter 155: Ma Hongjun: Boss Dai, Someone is Stealing Your Girl!
Chapter 155: Ma Hongjun: Boss Dai, Someone is Stealing Your Girl!
Joking aside, Lin Qingmo soon put away that playful look.
He rubbed his chin, pondering for a moment.
Candlelight flickered in his eyes, reflecting a hint of contemplation.
"Alright, let’s get down to business."
He spoke, his tone becoming serious.
"I can teach you how to become stronger, but as I said just now, this isn’t a free public class. I have conditions, which are the price you must pay."
Zhu Zhuqing immediately looked up. The blush on her face hadn’t completely faded, but her gaze had returned to being clear and focused.
She leaned forward slightly, like a cat ready to pounce.
"Please, go on."
She said, her voice filled with anticipation and a faint, imperceptible tension.
"As long as it’s something I can do, I won’t refuse."
Lin Qingmo looked at her, the corners of his mouth curling into a slight arc.
There wasn’t much warmth in that smile; instead, it exuded the sense of control belonging to a superior.
"The condition is simple."
He said, word by word, crystal clear.
"Join my faction, or rather, from now on, follow my orders. Of course, I won’t command you to do anything evil."
Zhu Zhuqing’s pupils constricted slightly.
Clearly, this answer exceeded her expectations.
She froze in place, seemingly unable to fully process the meaning of those words for a moment.
Follow his orders?
Join his faction?
But soon, these questions were suppressed by more realistic concerns.
Lin Qingmo’s master is a Titled Douluo, and his identity is that of a mysterious Transmigrator.
Wouldn’t she be attaching herself to someone powerful who was willing to give her a chance to grow stronger?
Once this thought arose, it quickly bound her thoughts like vines.
Between being a manipulated puppet and being a chess piece with choices and power, which was more worthwhile?
The answer was self-evident.
She pursed her dry lips, her throat bobbing.
"Alright."
When she spoke again, her voice had regained its stability, even carrying a sense of relief and determination after the dust had settled.
Without any hesitation, she said: "I agree."
Lin Qingmo didn’t seem surprised by this answer.
He nodded, his face showing no particular expression.
He just raised his hand to rub his brow, looking a bit tired.
He glanced at the thick night outside the window and waved his hand. "Go back and rest first. I’ll find another time to discuss the details with you."
"Remember your words tonight, and remember my condition. Once you step onto this path, there’s no turning back."
"..."
Zhu Zhuqing gave him a deep look, then looked at Xiao Wu, who had been listening quietly beside them.
Her gaze lingered on Xiao Wu for a moment, and there seemed to be something more in her eyes.
She didn’t say anything more, just gave a light nod, then turned and walked toward the door.
The door closed, separating the two spaces.
The coldness of the hallway instantly enveloped her... almost at the same time Zhu Zhuqing left Lin Qingmo’s room.
At the corner of the other end of the hallway, the public restroom door creaked open.
Ma Hongjun, holding up his loose pants and shuffling in slippers, walked out wobbly, rubbing his bleary eyes.
"Drank too much water tonight. Getting up in the middle of the night is such a pain."
He thought dizzily, letting out a huge yawn.
Just as he was about to turn back toward the boys’ dormitory area.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of that door that had just closed nearby, and the slender figure in black tight-fitting attire about to leave.
"?"
Ma Hongjun’s yawn was cut short halfway.
He blinked hard and rubbed his eyes again; his sleepiness instantly vanished.
"Is that... Zhu Zhuqing?!"
He recognized those clothes and that cold temperament.
There was no mistake!
Then he looked at that door... "Hiss, isn’t that Lin Qingmo’s room?"
"It’s so late, why would Zhu Zhuqing be coming out of there? And looking at her hair, it seems a bit damp, like she just took a bath?"
Suddenly, an extremely shocking and melodramatic thought crashed into Ma Hongjun’s mind.
A lone man! A lone woman! Late at night! In the same room! And the girl just bathed!
This, this, this... he was familiar with this script; storytellers in the brothels told it every day!
"Oh my goodness..."
Ma Hongjun gasped, instinctively covering his mouth tightly.
His plump body retreated behind the corner with an extremely agile "whoosh," only daring to peek out with half an eye.
He watched as Zhu Zhuqing’s figure silently disappeared at the other end of the hallway, before finally letting out a long breath.
He felt a layer of cold sweat on his back.
"Bad news, bad news! Something big is going to happen!"
"If Boss Dai finds out, he’s going to explode!"
It was so obvious that Dai Mubai had feelings for Zhu Zhuqing; everyone knew it.
His mind was a mess, and he didn’t even care about holding his pants up. He hurriedly tied his belt and ran toward the dormitory, his slippers almost falling off.
He picked up a slipper without even putting it on and, with one bare foot, charged toward the boys’ dormitory like a cannonball of flesh.
He had only one thought: hurry and tell Boss Dai, something big happened!
Ma Hongjun burst into the dormitory room, panting.
By the moonlight filtering in from the window, he saw the sleeping Dai Mubai and Angela at a glance.
As for Tang San, he wasn’t there; who knows where he went in the middle of the night.
Ma Hongjun didn’t care about anything else and shouted urgently, "Dai, Boss Dai, it’s bad, something big happened!"
Without even catching his breath, he rushed to Dai Mubai’s bedside in one stride.
Then he slapped the bedboard, his voice urgent and panicked.
"Wake up quickly, Boss Dai, something really big happened!"
Dai Mubai actually hadn’t fallen into a deep sleep at all.
Ever since he was knocked down by Lin Qingmo’s punch.
That unprecedented humiliation had been haunting him.
His mind kept replaying the faces of Lin Qingmo and Tang San, both so detestable they made his Killing Intent go wild, as well as Zhu Zhuqing’s cold and disappointed face.
Anger and resentment gnawed at his heart like venomous snakes.
Startled by Ma Hongjun, he snapped his eyes open.
"What’s all the noise! In the middle of the night!" he growled.
His eyes were bloodshot, filled with the irritation and impatience of being disturbed.
"!!!"
Ma Hongjun was startled by his murderous appearance.
He swallowed hard but still lowered his voice to say: "No, Boss Dai, something really happened!"
He spoke with an exaggerated tone: "When I just got up to use the bathroom, I saw with my own eyes Zhu Zhuqing coming out of Lin Qingmo’s room."
He specifically emphasized the names "Zhu Zhuqing" and "Lin Qingmo."
"You didn’t see it, the way Zhu Zhuqing looked... her hair was still a bit wet!"
"In the middle of the night, what good could two people be doing in a room? It must be that kid Lin Qingmo, he’s... he’s stealing your girl, Boss Dai!"
Ma Hongjun spoke rapidly, spit flying, with an expression as if the sky were falling.
(End of Chapter)
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