Chapter 16: Chapter 16: The Ruthless Person
Chapter Sixteen
"Brother Xiaoshan, don't be angry, I'll take you to little Ling right now, just let go of me first," Fang Fang said.
"Fine, take me to her now," Long Xiaoshan spoke, yet his grip on Fang Fang's wrist didn't loosen entirely, it just wasn't as tight as before.
"Little Ling is inside, come with me," Fang Fang led Long Xiaoshan toward the inside of the corridor.
They had only walked a few steps when a man wearing a hotel uniform approached from the opposite direction.
Upon seeing him, Fang Fang suddenly strained to break free from Long Xiaoshan's arm and ran towards the man, shouting, "Brother Da Wei, save me!"
However, Long Xiaoshan reacted quickly. Before Fang Fang had made it two steps, he grabbed her neck from behind and yanked her back.
"What do you think you're doing?"
The uniformed man named Da Wei charged at Long Xiaoshan, who kicked him squarely in the chest, sending him crashing into the wall. Then he rushed forward, slammed his head against the wall with a thud, and Da Wei slowly collapsed onto the ground, leaving a trail of blood on the wall.
"You killed him," Fang Fang's legs almost gave out from fear.
She hadn't expected the country boy to be this vicious.
Long Xiaoshan had indeed been very angry just now, and his attack had been fierce, but he still knew restraint; that one hit wouldn't kill the man, at most it would cause a concussion.
He didn't bother to argue with Fang Fang because he was certain there was a problem with his sister.
He grabbed Fang Fang by the neck and hoisted her up, saying, "If you don't tell me where my sister is right now, you'll keep this man company."
"Don't, don't kill me, I'll talk, I'll talk."
Fang Fang pleaded in utter terror, thinking Long Xiaoshan had killed Da Wei and her joining Da Wei meant he would kill her as well.
Fearing someone might come down the corridor, Long Xiaoshan dragged Da Wei and Fang Fang under the staircase, throwing Da Wei into the stairwell. Under the cold gaze of Long Xiaoshan, Fang Fang did not dare to play any more tricks and began to spill everything, "Brother Xiaoshan, please don't blame me, I really wanted to help little Ling find a job. A client saw little Ling, liked her a lot, and I told him little Ling had just arrived and she doesn't go with customers. However, the client said it's fine if she doesn't go with someone, and he offered little Ling thirty thousand to accompany him for drinks. She seemed tempted, and little Ling had told me before that her family owed a lot of money, so I let her go with him."
"Bastard!" Long Xiaoshan slapped Fang Fang across the face.
He never hit women, but today he really couldn't hold back and shouted fiercely, "Take me to little Ling right now. If I can't find her, I'll kill you."
"Brother Xiaoshan, I—I'll take you there," Fang Fang said in fear, feeling that Long Xiaoshan really would do it.
Guided by Fang Fang, they arrived at a building behind. As they walked in, Long Xiaoshan sensed something was wrong; it was very dim, the hallway lights were pink, and from several tightly shut rooms emanated vague, suggestive sounds.
"I only know they brought little Ling here, but I'm not sure which room exactly," Fang Fang said with a shiver.
From her expression, he guessed she wouldn't dare to lie to him, but the building was quite large; searching room by room would take forever.
Suddenly, Long Xiaoshan remembered he had the special ability of clairvoyance.
He focused, holding his breath, and expanded his invisible vision outward. Indeed, he was able to see through each room, and after peering into several, anger appeared on his face. All the rooms contained men and women engaged in promiscuous acts; it was clear this was a brothel.
His anxiety grew, and he forced his sight even further outwards.
Finally, he saw a scene that drastically changed his expression. Without another word, he dashed upstairs.
Within just a few seconds, he had reached the third floor and charged towards the innermost room.
"Bang!" Long Xiaoshan kicked the door open.
Inside stood two men, shirtless, one holding a syringe filled with some red liquid. Tied to a chair was Long Xiaoling, stripped down to only her bra and shorts, her face flushed with the obvious signs of heavy drinking.
As Long Xiaoshan kicked open the door, the man with the syringe was just about to inject it into Long Xiaoling's slender arm.
"Who are you?" the two men shouted upon seeing Long Xiaoshan burst in.
"Fuck your mother!" Long Xiaoshan completely lost his temper.
Rushing forward, he began to beat and kick the two men mercilessly. Amid their agonized screams, they were quickly knocked to the ground by Long Xiaoshan.
"Do you know who I am? How dare you hit me!"
A long-haired youth yelled out.
"All I know is that you're a fucking beast!" Long Xiaoshan stepped on his face, breaking off half of his teeth.
Soon, the two men were reduced to begging for mercy, and within moments, they could barely scream. Long Xiaoshan still had some sense left and didn't kill them. He picked up the syringe from the ground and said, "You like to play, huh? Let's see how you like this."
He injected half of the liquid from the syringe into each man.
Then, he hurried to Long Xiaoling's side, took out his Golden Needle, and applied it to her, causing her to throw up a large amount of alcohol. Once she'd thrown up, she came to her senses a lot more. Seeing Long Xiaoshan, she immediately burst into tears, "Brother."
"Silly girl, why were you so foolish?" Long Xiaoshan took off his own clothes and draped them over Long Xiaoling, preparing to carry her out.
A group of about ten tattooed young men barged in through the door, wearing tank tops and armed with weapons, their arms covered in a mishmash of tattoos.
Long Xiaoshan knew that the people here were now aware of him.
A gaunt, ash-faced man walked in, clearly someone who rarely saw sunlight. Noticing the two young men now holding each other and biting in pain on the floor, his expression changed as he yelled, "Young Master Hao! Young Master Ma!"
He hurried over and shouted to his underlings, "Take down this guy. I'll take the blame."
The tattooed men, holding knives, charged at Long Xiaoshan with a murderous glint in their eyes, their blades glinting coldly.
"Brother, be careful!" Long Xiaoling screamed in fright.
Long Xiaoshan furiously grabbed a chair from the ground and smashed it towards one of the tattooed men. Bang! The chair shattered, and the man was knocked down. Long Xiaoshan picked up a broken knife blade and charged into the fray, hacking away at his assailants.
Screams of pain soon filled the air.
Amidst the flashing of knives, chaos reigned.
It didn't last long, though, before the chopping sounds ceased.
The gaunt man turned around and his face contorted with fear. At the doorway, there stood only one person. All his men were either holding their hands or their feet, lying on the ground moaning. Long Xiaoshan had several wounds rolling on his body, but his expression remained unchanged, as if the slashes didn't affect him at all.
Seeing this scene, the gaunt man realized that he had hit a snag.
Anyone capable of taking down more than a dozen men in such a confined space had to be formidable, especially someone who didn't even flinch at a knife wound, certainly a tough character.