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Chapter 16 - Chapter Sixteen: Fight

A chill ran down Tadashi's spine. Flashbacks from the worst beating he had ever gotten were racing through his mind. The only thing that seemed to be getting through to him were the last two words that Jin Lei had spoken. "Punish her."

Tadashi's survival instincts kicked in. A switch flipped in his head. It was fight or flight for him. He couldn't just listen to the words of an insane man. Wouldn't that only make things worse? Without any situational awareness or an ounce of self-control, Tadashi starting throwing punches.

This was completely out of Tadashi's character. He was usually the smart one. He was the one that made rational decisions. Picking a fight in the middle of a busy party with a madman was not rational. With famous people around there is always a chance of paparazzi or trained bodyguards on standby. None of that registered in Tadashi's mind, only survival...that and Zhi Ruo's safety.

Blow by blow Tadashi kept fighting.

Unfortunately two swift hits from Tadashi were equal to just one hard hit from Jin Lei.

Jin Lei was made for battle. He used everything from his hands to feat even things around him to severely inflict pain on his opponent.

Before Tadashi knew it, he was on the cold hard ground only to be pulled to his feet by the collar of his shirt. He heard the slight rasp of material ripping.

A foot came up from the ground and kicked him in the face.

People in the crowd were starting to stare.

The music in the background started to fade.

"Isn't this a pretty pathetic site? You were always better than this." Jin Lei sounded disappointed.

"F**k it, let's do this." Tadashi spits the blood from his mouth and charged. The two struggled for a while. Each one put in a deal of effort.

By this time a crowd surrounded them. Some people were there to instigate the fight hoping for a good show and others backed away from shock. The two seemed to really want to kill each other.

Things were starting to escalate until a battle ending blow struck Jin Lei right in the face.

Tadashi was the victor. He was about to feel proud that he had actually beat his longtime rival when Zhi's cold voice instantly pierced Tadashi's heart. "How could you?"