“Awesome!”
Li Fei gave him a thumbs up.
Tang Hao had managed to scare many people with that incident; no one dared to come up and toast him anymore. Thus, Tang Hao ate silently and only struck up conversations with Li Fei, Ma Fangfang, and a few of his close friends from time to time.
Ma Fangfang had also drunk some wine, and her small face was flushed. Not to mention, she became more and more flirtatious.
Whenever she heard someone at the table bring up a funny story, she would giggle and lean toward Tang Hao. This made all the men watching a little envious, they could only loathe that they were not Tang Hao and that they were not as blessed.
By the time they had finished eating, it was around 7 pm. Hence, many people began to suggest that they head over to a KTV for some fun, and the suggestion received a lot of positive response.
“Alright! Then it’s decided, to the KTV!”
Monitor Liu Xiaolong clapped and said.
After thinking for a moment, he added on, “I remember that there’s one nearby, let’s go over there!”
“Okay!” The crowd responded.
Initially, Tang Hao did not want to go. However, Ma Fangfang pulled at him, and Li Fei said he wanted to go as well. Hence, he decided to go along with it and agreed. Not to mention, it was still early, so it should be fine for him to go with them.
With that, the group of people exited the restaurant and headed toward the nearby KTV.
Chapter 73 - A Scumbag
The karaoke room was noisy as music was being played.
Tang Hao sat in a corner with Ma Fangfang stuck to his side, her soft and lithe body leaning against him. On the other hand, Li Fei was holding a microphone, singing to his heart’s content.
Li Fei was very good at singing. He had performed onstage as the class’s representative when he was in junior high. Zhao Li had taken a liking to him because of that incident.
The song he had performed was called “Endless Seas and Open Skies”, and Li Fei had sung with all his might as if he was pouring out all of his resentment and worries into his singing.
Back then, after he had finished singing, many people broke into applauses.
Tang Hao had clapped for him as well.
Li Fei put down the microphone and walked over.
“Li Fei, you were amazing!” Ma Fangfang clapped.
“No! No! I say, Hao’zi, you should sing a song too!” Li Fei said.
Tang Hao waved his hand hurriedly and said, “No thanks, it’s not like you don’t know that I can’t sing.”
“Haih! Don’t be so humble, you can sing. Fangfang, say something to him, quick,” Li Fei said.
“Come on, sing a song!”
Ma Fangfang pulled at Tang Hao’s hand and said in a coquettish tone.
“Fine, fine, fine! You both win!” Tang Hao could not escape, so he took the microphone and sang “Fairytale”.
Tang Hao’s singing was not that remarkable, but that was because he rarely sang. In the past, he was poor. Hence, when he was in junior and senior high, he rarely went out with his friends.
However, it was a little different this time when he sang.
At the beginning of the song, his voice was hoarse and he could not catch the melody. Nevertheless, very quickly, it was like he had an epiphany as he suddenly knew how to control his breathing and rhythm.
The more he sang, the smoother his singing became. Not to mention, the more he sang, the more he began to enjoy himself and became immersed in the song completely.
At first, no one in the room paid attention to him as they were chatting amongst themselves. However, their gazes soon shifted one by one as a look of bewilderment flashed across their eyes.
“Who’s that? They sound really good!”
They lifted their heads and looked around. When they saw that it was Tang Hao holding the microphone, they were stunned.
It was him!
When did Tang Hao get so good at singing? When they were in junior high, no one was aware he could sing!
The crowd was puzzled.
However, Li Fei’s eyes were wide open, and he was looking at Tang Hao with an expression of disbelief.
He was the most aware of Tang Hao’s singing skills, and he knew that they were average as he definitely would not have said that Tang Hao was good at singing. However, suddenly listening to Tang Hao, his friend’s singing skills were far beyond his imagination.
On the other hand, Ma Fangfang had her hands clasped over her mouth. She was looking at Tang Hao with a surprised look on her face.
Her pair of beautiful eyes were wide open, glistening with awe and a hint of adoration.
When the song ended, the room fell silent for a moment. Then, it erupted in a round of applause.
“Wow! That was amazing! Why did you say you weren’t good at singing? You were great!” The expression on Ma Fangfang’s face was full of excitement, and admiration was evident in her gaze as she looked at Tang Hao.
“Awesome, Hao’zi!” Li Fei grinned as he gave Tang Hao a hard smack. “In the last three years, you’ve haven’t stopped practicing!”
“Cough cough!” Tang Hao put down the microphone and coughed gently a few times, his face was beginning to become flushed with embarrassment.
He had not practiced at all. The only reason why he was so good at singing was that his cultivation base had increased. His ability to control his body functions had become more refined, and he had become better at imitating things.
That time when he was playing tennis, all he had to do was recall a simulated scene in his mind to learn a technique that ordinary people normally would not have been able to master.
Compared to that, singing was much easier.
“Hao’zi, let’s form a group sometime and participate in an audition. We’ll definitely stand out, and everyone will know our names!” Li Fei quipped.
“Sing another one!” Ma Fangfang urged.
Tang Hao wanted to test out his new skill as well, so he sang a few more songs. Everyone in the room was soon entranced by his singing, even Liu Bingyao whose eyes began to dazzle with a glint.
Looking at the Tang Hao standing before her now, he was completely different from the Tang Hao she remembered back in junior high.
He used to be quiet and plain in the past, but now, he was much more energetic. It was like he had become an entirely different person.
After he had finished singing, Tang Hao put down the microphone. Then, he grabbed a bottle of draught beer and drank from it.
The room became lively once again.
After a while, Tang Hoa excused himself to the bathroom and left the karaoke room. Outside, it was a lot quieter and brighter. He became much more aware of his surroundings, and his mind felt much clearer.
He went to the bathroom and washed his face.
When he went back, he saw that Liu Jiawei was standing at the entrance with a man who was dressed like a delinquent. The two of them were acting incredibly suspicious. The delinquent took out something and handed it over to Liu Jiawei.
Liu Jiawei took the item and quickly shoved it into his pocket.
“Master Liu, don’t worry. That thing is really efficient! It’s not your first time buying it either, so you should know very well yourself,” the delinquent said in a low voice.
Liu Jiawei nodded, took out a wad of cash from his wallet, and handed it to the man.
Then, he turned around and walked away.
Tang Hao made a turn and hid behind another hallway. He watched as Liu Jiawei walked back into the karaoke room.
They had booked two rooms because they were a large group of people. Hence, he and Liu Jiawei were in different rooms.
Tang Hao furrowed his brows, slightly bothered by it. ‘What was that? Was it drugs?’
However, because they were in different rooms, he had no way of making sure.
“Forget it, it’s none of my business!”
Tang Hao murmured and returned to his ro
om.
He sang a few more songs and even sang a duet with Ma Fangfang.
All of a sudden, at the other end of the room, Liu Bingyao stood up and took a few steps forward before her figure began to sway slightly.
“It feels a bit stuffy, I’m going out for some air!” Liu Bingyao said.
As she said that, she headed toward the door.
“Bing Yao, let me accompany you!” A girl stood up and held on to Bingyao. She then walked out of the room with her.
Tang Hao glanced at them but did not really care. In such a room, it was easy to feel stuffy and dizzy.
However, after a while, Tang Hao began to feel that something was wrong. A few minutes had gone by, and they still had not returned.
‘They should be fine!’
Tang Hao murmured silently.
Nevertheless, there was an unsettling feeling in his heart. It was just a hunch, but Tang Hao knew that he was now a cultivator, and that meant his intuition was more accurate than anyone else’s.
Once again, he recalled the scene he had witnessed at the entrance and felt that something was even more off.
“Was it… Liu Jiawei?”
Tang Hao muttered to himself and then stood up abruptly. He said to Ma Fangfang and Li Fei, “I’m going out for a bit!”
When he passed by Liu Bingyao’s seat, he glanced around and saw that in her drink, at the base of the glass, there was some kind of undissolved powdery substance.
“This isn’t good!”
Tang Hao screamed silently. He walked out of the door and looked around, there was no sign of those two. He entered the other room and realized that Liu Jiawei had gone missing as well.
“Damn it, that scumbag!”
Up until then, Tang Hao still had no idea what had happened.
He raced to the receptionist at the entrance and found out that the girl had helped Liu Bingyao out of the KTV. Shortly after them, Liu Jiawei followed suit as well.
Tang Hao rushed outside and looked around the streets, they were nowhere to be found.
Chapter 74 - Rescuing the Beauty
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
On the long street, traffic was sparse.
Tang Hao looked around, but there was no sign of Liu Jiawei and the others. A few minutes had already passed, if they did not take a cab, then it meant that they walked off.
Tang Hao furrowed his brows, slightly annoyed.
He did not have a lot of time. If he was late by even a second, Liu Jiawei would have already made his move, and it would be enough to ruin a girl’s life.
“That filthy animal!”
Tang Hao cursed.
Previously, when Li Fei told him that Liu Jiawei was not a good person, he thought that Liu Jiawei was just a playboy.
He had not expected Liu Jiawei to be such a repulsive beast!
That delinquent had said that it was not Liu Jiawei’s first time buying those drugs. That meant that he had done this more than once.
Tang Hao stood still and thought things through calmly.
So far, there were only two possibilities. One, they had left in a cab and gone to a hotel that was farther away. Two, they had walked to a hotel. Tang Hao recalled that there was a big hotel nearby.
There were two possibilities, but the probability of the latter being reality was much higher.
Without further ado, Tang Hao started racing toward the hotel.
A gust of wind swept past the sidewalk as he ran.
The people on the sidewalk saw a shadow fly past them, followed by a strong gust of wind. They were baffled. Nevertheless, very quickly, the silhouette disappeared.
“Holy sh*t, it’s the devil winds!1” Someone muttered.
Tang Hoa was running at superhuman speed. In just a few breaths, he had managed to run down the entire street and reach the entrance of the hotel.
The moment he entered the hotel, he rushed to the reception desk and asked, “Did a guy and two girls come through here just now? One of the girls was passed out?”
“That…” The receptionist was slightly hesitant.
With just one look, Tang Hao knew that they were there. Otherwise, the receptionist would have denied it immediately.
“Which room did they book? Hurry, that man intends to rape her. If something happens, your hotel will end up being involved too!” Tang Hao said sharply.
The receptionist began to panic. She stuttered as she said, “That…That can’t be!”
“Hurry up! Which room is it?” Tang Hao snapped loudly.
“In…In 503!”
Intimidated by Tang Hao’s imposing manner, the trembling receptionist blurted out the room number.
“Where’s the card?”
“Use… use this card…” The receptionist took out a card frantically and passed it to him.
Once Tang Hao took the card, he sped off. He did not take the elevator, opting to run up the stairs. Very quickly, he arrived at the fifth floor. The moment Tang Hao reached the door of room 503, he could hear Liu Jiawei’s voice coming from within the room.
“Stupid b*tch, who asked you to act so prissy? In the end, you still ended up here with me.”
He paused for a moment and then said, “Good job, Zhang Qi. I’ll give you the money that was promised.”
“Thank you, Master Liu!” It was the voice of the girl that had helped Liu Bingyao out of the karaoke room, Zhang Qi.
“Hold the camera properly, make sure you get a good shot!” Liu Jiawei said.
Zhang Qi hesitated and then said, “Master Liu, this…”
“Relax, I’ll increase the pay. It’s just money, I have a lot more where that came from!” Liu Jiawei said.
“Thank you, Master Liu!” Zhang Qi responded quickly, she sounded rather excited.
“Two beasts!” Tang Hao was enraged by what he heard. He slid the access card down the door lock and opened it. Then, he rushed inside.
Once he entered the room, he saw Liu Jiawei walking toward the bed. On the bed was Liu Bingyao, she was lying motionless on top of it.
On the other hand, Zhang Qi was standing at the side with a camera in her hands. The camera was aimed straight at the bed.
When the two heard the sound of the door being opened, they were stunned. Their expressions slowly froze. In addition to that, Zhang Qi’s hands began to shake, and she dropped the camera.
Liu Jiawei turned around and exclaimed in shock, “Tang Hao, it’s you!”
He was in disbelief. He had thought that his plan was flawless and that no one would find out, what more find him.
Very soon, Liu Jiawei realized that Tang Hao was alone. He gradually calmed down and even began to wear an expression of disdain on his face.
Tang Hao was nothing but a poor rascal to him. Not to mention, he had never bat an eye at him before. Tang Hao was no threat, all he had to do was bribe him off.
However, he did admire Tang Hao a little, even a poor fool like him managed to hook up with a woman like Ma Fangfang.
“Hey! Here’s 1000 bucks, Tang Hao, take it! Just pretend that you saw nothing!”
As he said that, he took out his wallet and counted ten bills. He then threw them at Tang Hao.
Tang Hao only stood motionless with a terrifyingly dark look on his face.
When Liu Jiawei noticed Tang Hao’s expression, he furrowed his brows, slightly unhappy. To him, 1000 bucks were more than enough.
“Not enough! Then 2000 should do it! I heard that you didn’t go to college, these 2000 bucks should equal your monthly salary!”
Liu Jiawei took out ten more bills and threw them at Tang Hao with a slight look of disregard on his face.
“Oh right, have you had your fun with Ma Fangfang yet? It must be really pleasurable! Her body is amazing! How about I give you ten thousand bucks and you lend her to me?”
Tang Hao’s expression turned darker, and he tightened his fists.
This guy’s shamelessness had exceeded his imag
ination, he was without a doubt worse than a beast.
Tang Hao’s pupils narrowed slightly and glinted with a hint of coldness. All of a sudden, he took a huge step forward and kicked out with his leg. He struck Liu Jiawei between his legs, right in the middle of his crotch.
“Ah –!”
A horrible scream escaped Liu Jiawei’s mouth. He held on to his crotch, his face scrunched up in pain. He began to tremble and an unpleasant expression covered his face as cold sweat dripped from his forehead.
When Zhang Qi the state Liu Jiawei was in, she yelped in shock. She took a frightened step backward, almost collapsing on the ground.
“You… you… you dare to hit me?”
Liu Jiawei said in pain as he clutched his crotch.
Tang Hao scoffed, took another step forward, and slapped him across the face.
Whack!
Liu Jiawei flew across the room. His face was red and swollen, and blood was beginning to flow from the corner of his lips.
“You bastard, you dare to hit me? You… do you know who I am? I’ll kill you!” Liu Jiawei struggled to get up as he yelled frantically.
Tang Hao was expressionless as he walked over and hit Liu Jiawen across the face again.
Whack!
Liu Jiawei flew across the room again, the other side of his face was now swollen too. He looked extremely disheveled.
Zhang Qi had turned pale upon witnessing the entire situation unfold. She was so scared that she had shrunken and retreated into a corner in the room.
‘When did Tang Hao become such a terrifying person? He even dares to hit Liu Jiawei!’
“You want to kill me? You can go ahead and try!”
Tang Hao walked over, stepped on Liu Jiawei’s right hand, and pressed down hard with his toes that were at the front of his foot.
“Ah–!”
Another terrible scream was heard, and Liu Jiawei almost passed out due to the pain. He did not understand why Tang Hao was not even remotely afraid of him!
Tang Hao squatted down, grabbed Liu Jiawei’s hair, yanked his head up, and then whispered in his ear, “A scumbag like you doesn’t even deserve to live in this world!”
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