Chapter 1596 — What a Tragedy!

"Black Panther has been a loyal man of my Zhong family — we cannot let him lose heart!" Although Zhong Yongliang said this, what he was really thinking was that Black Panther still had his uses. To tell the truth, Black Panther's crimes weren't all that serious — there would come a day when he got out of prison, and by then he would still prove quite valuable.

Black Panther, by virtue of being the sect master's junior brother of the Mingri Fumingri Sect, had managed to have Zhang Naipao successfully recommended as an inner disciple. That kind of influence should not be underestimated — Black Panther's martial prowess wasn't much to speak of, but his network of connections was formidable!

So Zhong Yongliang figured that with this connection in place, future dealings with the sect master of Mingri Fumingri would go much more smoothly!

"So shall we go see him in a few days?" Gao Xiaofu asked.

"Sure, but first we need to deal with the trouble at hand..." Zhong Yongliang's throat had gone dry. His entire body was heating up, and the discomfort was beyond bearing.

Fortunately, it wasn't long before the lobby manager's call came through, and Zhong Yongliang announced his identity without preamble!

The lobby manager knew who Zhong Yongliang was and was aware that he was the one footing the bill for this event, so he treated him with great courtesy: "Young Master Zhong, what can I do for you?"

"Manager Zhang, hurry up and send two hostesses up — the pretty ones! We'll talk about everything else later!" Zhong Yongliang was consumed by desire and had no patience for idle conversation with the lobby manager!

"Ah? Young Master Zhong, that's a difficult one. Our resort doesn't currently offer that kind of service!" Manager Zhang recalled the orders from the general manager and Young Master Ming — how could he dare send any hostesses to Zhong Yongliang?

"Bullshit! My family runs a nightclub too — you think I don't know how this works? There were such services here last time I came! Cut the crap and don't give me that nonsense!" Zhong Yongliang's temper flared at once after hearing Manager Zhang's words.

"Young Master Zhong, we truly don't have any. This was specifically emphasized by the general manager earlier — our business has pivoted to legitimate industries, and we no longer provide this sort of service." Manager Zhang didn't want to offend Zhong Yongliang either — after all, he was one of their biggest patrons, and since he and Zhong Fabai were in the same trade, they'd be bumping into each other constantly.

"Then find two from outside for me — and hurry up!" Zhong Yongliang was well past the point of patience!

"Well... Young Master Zhong, I'm afraid we don't have any contacts of that sort either. How about you go out and look for yourself?" Manager Zhang said diplomatically.

Since the hostesses couldn't be brought into the resort, the only option was to have Zhong Yongliang step outside its grounds — once he was out, whatever happened was no longer the resort's concern!

But how could Zhong Yongliang be in any state to go out looking? He couldn't possibly wait that long, and besides, this place was completely unfamiliar territory — where was he supposed to go? Even if he called two girls over from his own nightclub, it would take over an hour's drive — it would be far too late by then!

Zhong Yongliang seethed with resentment. Was this resort broken? They'd switched to legitimate business — of all the times to do it, they just had to pick now! What were he and Gao Xiaofu supposed to do?

"Damn it! I'm never coming back to this wretched place!" Zhong Yongliang slammed the phone down in fury, but there was nothing he could do about it.

"Liang, what do we do? I can't take it anymore!" Gao Xiaofu had heard the conversation on the phone too, and he was sweating profusely.

"What else can we do? Go to the restroom and take care of it yourself!" Zhong Yongliang had run out of ideas. He didn't even know whether the drug's effects could be discharged this way — Zhang Naipao hadn't mentioned it!

"Huh?" Although Gao Xiaofu wasn't too keen on the idea, since Big Brother Liang had done it himself, he could only follow along...

Wei Zhao, Gu Mengyao, and Shen Yushu entered the room. Gu Mengyao was about to ask Wei Zhao what the phone call to Zou Ruoming had meant, but she saw that his face was flushed crimson, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead — he looked exactly like a red-shelled crab freshly pulled from the pot!

"Wei Zhao, what's wrong with you? How did you get like this? Where are you hurting?" Gu Mengyao asked with immediate concern.

"Oh? It looks like Arrow Guy has been boiled alive!" Shen Yushu said in alarm.

"Zhong Yongliang slipped an aphrodisiac into the wine." Wei Zhao managed a bitter smile as he spoke. He had no intention of deceiving Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu — there was nothing to hide about something like this.

"Oh my!" Gu Mengyao jumped in shock. "What do we do?"

"Arrow Guy, are you suffering? Do you need Little Shu to help you?" Shen Yushu asked hastily as well.

"..." Wei Zhao drew a deep breath and barely held himself back! What kind of timing was this for Shen Yushu to say something like that — wasn't she forcing him into things he shouldn't do? Luckily, Wei Zhao was a rigorously trained killer whose willpower far exceeded that of ordinary people; otherwise, he very well might have been thrown into a complete daze by a single sentence from Little Shu!

Seeing Wei Zhao's eyes suddenly turn scarlet, Gu Mengyao knew the little minx Shen Yushu had caused trouble. She shot her a glare: "Little Shu, what nonsense are you talking? If Wei Zhao pushes you onto the bed, don't expect me to save you!"

"Ah... but Little Shu isn't ready yet... Do you want me right now...?" Shen Yushu seemed either not to understand Gu Mengyao's meaning at all, or she had deliberately twisted it.

"Yao Yao, take her over there to play... Leave me alone for now!" Wei Zhao was out of options — this Shen Yushu was going to force him into making a mistake!

Wei Zhao kept Shen Yushu out of his thoughts while channeling his true qi to suppress the drug's effects within his body. Then he took out a box of silver needles from his pocket. Using silver needles to force out toxins was one of Wei Zhao's specialties, so as long as he could endure this stretch, everything would be fine.

"Little Shu!" Gu Mengyao could see Wei Zhao's pain. She shot Shen Yushu a glare and pulled her toward the inner suite, though Little Shu seemed a bit worried.

"Yao Yao, I've heard that people poisoned by aphrodisiacs can't be easily resolved. Arrow Guy won't be in any real trouble, will he? Should I... just take a little loss and help him out?" Shen Yushu said.

"How would you help?" Gu Mengyao was worried about Wei Zhao too, but she had no way of doing anything about it — she certainly couldn't offer herself up! So when Little Shu said that, she immediately asked.

"With my hands... or... with something else..." Shen Yushu puffed out her chest and said.

"Pfft..." Gu Mengyao nearly coughed up blood. What kind of idea was that?

"If it really comes to that, Little Shu will just have to give herself up — anyway, Little Shu has already decided to be Arrow Guy's little wife." Shen Yushu paid no attention to Gu Mengyao's reaction and simply kept talking to herself.

"..." Gu Mengyao was rendered speechless, but deep inside, Shen Yushu's words had stirred up an inexplicable ripple — she didn't know what to make of it...

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