Chapter 25
'There doesn't seem to be a camera around.' Wei Jun observed the building he was getting in. From the looks of it, it was a strip club given its name and the bouncers standing outside of it. Wei Jun observed as much as he could before he entered. How many exits it had, whether or not it had a fire escape, and most importantly, how private it was.
Done with everything, Wei Jun approached the main entrance only to be stopped by a bulky bouncer. "We're closed. Come back at eight."
Wei Jun simply replied without getting angry, "Your boss called me here. It is related to Xiao Heiling."
The bouncers looked at each other and the left one nodded. He called someone and then turned to Wei Jun, "Go in. Head straight to the manager's room."
Wei Jun entered without any reply or indication of a reply and headed straight to the manager's room. He observed on the way as well. Although there were cameras in the building, they were currently turned off given they weren't blinking. But he couldn't be too sure since they might not necessarily need to have a blinking light.
Wei Jun counted the men who could fight and noticed that there were only seventeen of them outside, he was relieved. His current stats weren't so great that he could take on a large number of people.
'It would have been a different story if I had guns.' Wei Jun thought. For some reason, there was everything in the system shop except for guns. 'Still, it might not even come to a fight.'
Although Wei Jun was in a bad mood, he wasn't going to resort to extreme measures just to hire an actor. He would try to solve things as peacefully as he could. If that didn't work, well, then there were a lot of different choices at his disposal.
He reached a section that was secluded from the rest. A man was standing outside the sole door in that area and Wei Jun guessed it would be the manager's room. He was stopped by the man outside and he was searched thoroughly before he was allowed to go in. Wei Jun didn't resist and chose to cooperate for now.
The door opened and Wei Jun passed through. The first thing he noticed were seven laughing men and one injured person with his face severely swollen from the beating he received.
'Tch. They had to aim at his face.' Wei Jun internally clicked his tongue in annoyance. Xiao Heiling's face was his true value. If it was damaged, it would be bad for business.
Wei Jun turned his attention to the men who had stopped talking to each other and turned to look at Wei Jun with intimidated gazes. Wei Jun didn't cave under their stares but made sure to analyze all of them properly from head to toe. Although he wasn't expecting a fight, he would be too careless as well.
"Who are you?" The man behind the table rudely asked while Wei Jun still observed his surroundings. He kept on observing and didn't reply for a few minutes. He didn't say anything even when the boss slammed his hand and said, "What the hell are you looking around for?"
Wei Jun remained unconcerned and kept up his observation. After a few minutes, when the boss didn't like his behavior, he signaled a man standing near Wei Jun who pulled out a gun and pointed it at Wei Jun's head.
"I will ask you one more time. Who are you?" The boss asked while the man with the gun brought the gun dangerously close to Wei Jun's head.
Wei Jun stopped and turned his gaze to the boss while he simply replied, "You called for me here. Regarding Xiao Heiling."
The boss slumped back with a small chuckle, "Oh, so you are that guy. Well, it's good you're here. I wanted to see who it was."
The boss didn't say anything further and waited for Wei Jun to reply. Wei Jun simply pulled something out of his pocket and passed it on the table while saying, "Here you go. A check of 100,000 Yuan. Leave Xiao Heiling with me."
Although Xiao Heling was a lot more expensive, Wei Jun still chose to offer only this much money. 'This is all I can afford right now.' He thought inwardly. The reason was simple. He only had a few million Yuan left and even all of that was settled for the next month. He could only manage this small amount of money for now.
The boss examined the check and laughed out loud. Following his lead, the rest began to laugh as well. The laughter carried on for a while before the boss spoke amidst short cackles, "Just this?" His tone was full of mockery as he threw the check back at Wei Jun.
"That pretty face makes me ten thousand Yuan every day. I can make this much money in just ten days. Why would I let go of a golden goose just for a few gold coins?" The boss said, his tone full of arrogance and pride.
It was true. Xiao Heiling's business would make more than ten thousand Yuan every day because of how many women would come to his stall. Xiao Heiling was paid one thousand for that and the rest went to the gang. Such a small amount of money never mattered to the gang since the beginning.
"Then why have you called me here?" Why was Wei Jun there if they didn't intend to make a deal over Xiao Heiling?
The boss smirked sinisterly and replied with menace marred over his face and tone, "Because I wanted to see which bastard had the guts to covet something that belongs to me."
Wei Jun perfectly understood what he meant by that. They wanted to kill Wei Jun.
'Well, if they want to kill me, then that's an entirely different story.' Wei Jun thought as he equipped simple gloves from the inventory.
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Let me know if you find any typos. I'm kind of on auto-pilot today.