In the quiet alley at night, the streetlights flickered like fireflies.

From the corner where stacks of sandbags were piled up, weak cries of pain could be heard intermittently.

Gu Kai, covered in a sack, collapsed beside the sandbag, groaning and moaning. Suddenly, as if in a final burst of energy, he mustered his strength and demanded angrily, "You know who I am—"

A scream cut off the second half of the sentence.

The person in front of him kicked Gu Kai in the beer belly, and the soft, yielding sensation made him immediately feel disgusted and pull his foot back.

Scarface, in a high-pitched, thuggish voice, sneered, "Of course I know who you are! It's you, the thief who stole my lighter worth 6,888 yuan a week ago!"

"Nonsense... I didn't steal it... You've mistaken me for someone else!"

Who said he stole anything? He's the CEO of a major corporation, why would he need to steal your broken lighter?!

Unable to see anything, Gu Kai, who had been beaten twice in one day, collapsed to the ground like a maggot, filled with rage and despair.

Could it be that this time it wasn't Huo Qin who sent people to mess with him?

He can't really be that unlucky!

Hearing the man's anxious yet feeble explanation, Scarface lazily picked at his ear: "Oh, you didn't steal it."

"So what if you didn't steal anything?" His henchman immediately stepped forward and chimed in, his true thug persona perfectly captured. "Look at yourself! An old man with a big belly walking around at night, the fat jiggles around, aren't you just asking for a beating? Bah!"

Don't look down on him; he was a handsome and charming man back in the day!

"You, you all..."

With his hands tied, Gu Kai trembled with anger. He was a grown man of his age, and to be humiliated by his body was simply too much.

"If you bark again, I'll unleash the dogs."

Scarface grimaced.

Gu Kai, who was about to curse, suddenly fell silent, leaving only a hissing sound in his throat.

Scarface nodded in satisfaction.

Another henchman took out a found plush earmuff and snapped it onto Gu Kai's forehead through the sack.

What should I do if I get heat rash from being cooped up?

Scarface raised an eyebrow and looked at his underling.

The younger brother scratched his head nonchalantly: "Just tell him to go back and put on some floral water."

That makes sense; I've learned my lesson.

Scarface gave them a thumbs up, then turned and slowly walked towards the other end of the alley.

Seven or eight meters away.

The tall, slender young man was half-hidden in the shadows of the wall, a thin black jacket casually draped over his shoulder, one hand in his pocket, as if he were caressing something.

As the scarred man approached, his gaze involuntarily drifted downwards to the boy's slender, well-defined forearms, silently criticizing him in his mind.

That's really powerful; he punched me so hard my hand didn't even turn red.

"Xie Jingcheng, it's really rare that you would actually challenge me to a fight."

The vocational high school student with a scar was amazed.

The underling whispered a reminder: "Boss, it's Xie Jingcheng who came to ask you to beat someone up."

"...Isn't that still fighting?" Scarface glared back unhappily.

You brat, how dare you embarrass Xie Jingcheng in front of him!

Xie Jingcheng looked at him with his phoenix eyes and said calmly, "Thank you."

The sudden politeness from his former rival made Scarface a little uncomfortable. He clenched his fist, coughed a few times, and his eyes unconsciously drifted to the side.

"No need, anyway, Chao... your sister is quite cute."

Xie Jingcheng's previously indifferent expression subtly changed: "?"

Scarface's underling excitedly answered first:

"Xie Jingcheng, our boss is a huge fan of your sister!"

Scarface, his face turning bright red, turned around and gave him a loving flick on the forehead: "What are you saying?!"

"I didn't say anything wrong... Boss, aren't you a level 15 big fan of Chaochao's Super Topic?" The younger brother covered the bump on his head and retorted aggrievedly.

Sensing Xie Jingcheng's subtle gaze, Scarface's back stiffened, and he didn't want to turn back for a moment: "..."

He also glared fiercely at his talkative henchmen.

I was just praising you guys for being smart!

“Um…” Scarface turned around, scratched the back of his head, and thought to himself, “That blockhead needs to come up with a reason to save face for the vocational high school’s security force!”

"This... please don't misunderstand..."

"I--"

His nonchalant voice suddenly choked.

Xie Jingcheng raised an eyebrow and pulled a peach lollipop from his pocket.

The fans of Chaochao in the super topic all recognize him.

This is one of Chaochao's favorite brands.

Scarface: "...Your sister gave it to you?"

Xie Jingcheng replied casually, "Mm."

Exporting and then selling domestically, I guess that counts too.

"Then..." are you going to give them to me?

Xie Jingcheng only showed it to his fans for two or three seconds before putting it back in his pocket without changing his expression.

Scarface's slightly expectant voice suddenly choked up: "..."

The fist hardened.

...Damn it, he can't beat him.

"Wait."

With a curt remark, Xie Jingcheng glanced one last time at Gu Kai, who was huddled in the corner, before turning and leaving.

Scarface frowned, his voice gruff: "What does he mean?"

The underling asked anxiously, "You're not going to be waiting to fight him, are you?"

Scarface: "..."

Surely not?

"Boss, what about this pot-bellied man?"

He pointed to the man lying on the cement like a dead pig.

After being locked in a dark room and beaten by the Huo family in the afternoon, Gu Kai finally came out of the hospital after completing various examinations. Before he could even get into the car, Xie Jingcheng grabbed him and beat him up again.

Passersby would all say that he deserved it and was a hapless loser.

Since Xie Jingcheng said back then that they were only responsible for fighting—

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