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"Xun'er, I'm going out to take care of something."

Inside the private room, Xiao Ze suddenly set down his cup, rose to his feet, and spoke to Xiao Xun'er.

"Mm-hmm, come back early, Brother Xiao Ze. Otherwise, if Miss Ya Fei leaves before you return, you'll miss this good show."

Xiao Xun'er said with a smile, her eyes narrowing.

"I'll be back as soon as I can!"

Leaving those words behind, Xiao Ze departed the private room, rubbing the black Gold Storage Card in his right hand as he planned to settle the bill first.

Xiao Xun'er looked at the tightly shut door and spoke.

"Elder Ling, what do you think Brother Xiao Ze went out to do?"

A faintly amused voice came from some corner of the room.

"He probably went to pay the bill. Surely he didn't go looking for a chance encounter with Miss Ya Fei?"

"Elder Ling... what nonsense are you talking about?" Xiao Xun'er rolled her eyes toward the corner where the voice had come from.

"Hahaha, I spoke nonsense. When Young Master Xiao Ze left just now, he was feeling the Gold Storage Card in his robes. He must have gone to pay the bill."

Ling Ying's voice turned much more serious.

Xiao Xun'er nodded and said, "Brother Xiao Ze was afraid I'd spend too much, so he planned to pay himself. But I already settled the bill."

After a while, the door quietly opened.

Xiao Ze poked his head in cautiously. When he saw Xiao Xun'er smiling lightly with the bill still in her hand, he immediately revealed a helpless smile.

"So you already knew what I went out to do... Xun'er, you'd already paid."

Xiao Ze walked over to Xiao Xun'er and gently rubbed her hair.

"You actually left a fully loaded black Gold Storage Card at the counter, so they could deduct however much the meal cost. That's incredibly extravagant!"

"Hehe, Xun'er said she would treat Brother Xiao Ze to a lavish meal, so of course I wouldn't be stingy."

Xiao Xun'er narrowed her eyes slightly, enjoying Xiao Ze's touch.

"But Brother Xiao Ze, didn't we agree that I would treat you to this meal?"

"Yes, you were treating me, and I was paying. But my plan fell through."

Xiao Ze returned to his seat and spoke helplessly. Xun'er's money power had utterly defeated him.

"After all, this is the first time I've gone on a date with you. It's rather meaningful, so I wanted to pay this time."

"Alright, Brother Xiao Ze, don't worry about such a small matter. Xun'er can afford a mere two thousand Gold Coins."

Xiao Xun'er grabbed Xiao Ze's hand and spoke earnestly.

"Besides, Brother Xiao Ze helped me master the Dou Technique Swallow Return Strike, saving me a lot of time. Time is money too. Once I add it all up, I've actually earned quite a lot of Gold Coins!"

"You silly girl, who calculates accounts like that?"

The two chatted and laughed when they suddenly saw a figure coming down the stairs.

"The show is starting!"

"Brother Xiao Ze, hurry!"

When Ya Fei appeared, the two immediately stood up and prepared to head downstairs. Xiao Xun'er suddenly stopped Xiao Ze.

With a flip of her wrist, two black cloaks suddenly appeared in her hands.

Xiao Ze looked somewhat enviously at the storage ring on Xiao Xun'er's finger.

A spatial ring—what a rare thing.

"Brother Xiao Ze, put on a cloak. It'll make things easier."

"Alright."

As the two walked down the corridor, the servants they passed were unsurprised. If they didn't see this sort of thing ten or twenty times a month, that would be unusual.

Those cloaked figures might have all kinds of reasons: ugly appearances, wanted criminals, or lovers meeting in secret.

None of that was Shengde Restaurant's concern.

As long as you came to the restaurant to eat, caused no trouble, and paid honestly, the restaurant would not bother with you.

In Wu Tan City's underworld, restaurants even had a strange sense of rivalry over this.

If no one wearing cloaks to conceal their identities came to spend money at a restaurant,

then the restaurant must not be attractive enough, and its business surely would not be very good.

After all, if a restaurant had plenty of such people, some of them might be wanted criminals.

They would rather risk exposing themselves than come to your restaurant for a meal.

Didn't that prove just how appealing that restaurant was?

Of course, this also carried many risks. Only restaurants with powerful backing were willing to receive more such customers.

After the two went downstairs, Ya Fei had already left the restaurant.

That short, fat Young Master Aoba was sneaking along behind Ya Fei.

Xiao Ze noticed that the short, fat Young Master Aoba actually had a Dou Zhe guard.

The two followed Young Master Aoba as he, wearing a lecherous expression, trailed Ya Fei with his guard.

"That young master from the Aoba Family has clearly indulged in excess. He must have done plenty of evil in Wu Tan City."

"Yet the people in charge of the Aoba Family not only failed to stop him, they even assigned him extra guards, further enabling his evil!"

Xiao Ze whispered to Xiao Xun'er.

Xiao Xun'er nodded in agreement. She seemed to have noticed something and leaned closer to Xiao Ze as she spoke.

"Brother Xiao Ze, don't you think the roads we're taking are getting more and more secluded?"

"It seems so. Looks like Miss Ya Fei intends to lure him somewhere deserted and teach that Young Master Aoba a lesson."

"Hehe, just as Brother Xiao Ze said, that man's lust has clouded his mind. He didn't even notice such an obvious trap."

The two followed all the way, utterly unconcerned about encountering any danger.

Xiao Xun'er had Elder Ling protecting her, while Xiao Ze knew that a Dou Emperor guarded Xiao Xun'er, so he had nothing to worry about.

In all of Wu Tan City, was there anywhere safer than Xun'er's side?

Finally,

when they reached a secluded alley, Young Master Aoba could no longer restrain himself. With a wicked grin, he said, "Miss Ya Fei, what a coincidence. We can meet even in such a secluded place. It must be fate's arrangement. Just submit to me."

In the alley, Ya Fei's expression remained calm, though a trace of disappointment showed in her eyes.

She had originally thought that Young Master Aoba would be more patient and wait until they reached an alley that was completely empty before making his move.

"This isn't fate, Young Master Aoba. I deliberately led you here."

Ya Fei spoke with a false smile, her tone slightly cold.

Unfortunately, Young Master Aoba failed to notice it entirely, and the wicked grin on his face grew even more unrestrained.

"Hehehe, so Miss Ya Fei likes me too? Then I won't hold back."

Young Master Aoba staggered toward Ya Fei, the lechery in his eyes nearly taking solid form.

Ya Fei felt a chill run through her. That man's gaze seemed almost tangible, making goosebumps rise all over her skin!

Bang!

A sudden surge of Dou Qi came from behind him, and Young Master Aoba whipped around.

He saw that his Dou Zhe guard had already collapsed on the ground, his head covered in blood, dead or alive unknown.

Beside him stood a fierce-looking young man. The Mitel Auction House emblem embroidered on his chest immediately brought Young Master Aoba back to his senses.

"N-No... you can't touch me! I'm a young master of the Aoba Family! If you touch me, my father will never let you go!"

Seeing the fierce-looking young man approach, Aoba hurriedly shouted, trying to sound tough despite his fear.

Bang!

Even a Dou Zhe had been utterly unable to resist this fierce young man and was killed in a single blow. What chance did a Dou Zhi Qi Practitioner have?

Ya Fei, in the alley, also let out a sigh of relief.

Xiao Ze and Xiao Xun'er, hidden in the shadows, had finished watching the show and were about to leave when the situation suddenly took a sharp turn.

"What is going on? Why did you kill him?"

Ya Fei suddenly frowned and questioned the fierce young man.

A huge dent had appeared in the short, fat Young Master Aoba's head, blood constantly flowing from it. There was no way he could still be alive.

"Didn't I tell you that you only needed to teach him a lesson?"

"Hehehe, that's what you told me, but unfortunately, I don't want to do that, Miss Ya Fei..."

The fierce young man laughed as he stepped toward Ya Fei, the ferocity on his face swiftly replaced by lechery.

"I like you too, Miss Ya Fei!"

Outside the alley, Xiao Ze and Xiao Xun'er exchanged a glance. Xiao Ze cried out inwardly.

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