Chapter 207 Today, You Can’t Escape
"Zhou Qi."
Su Cheng smiled with narrowed eyes, his gaze sharp, "It's hard for me to find it."
When the man heard that she was looking for Zhou Qi, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly dragged a few friends to the corner.
As friends, they couldn't interfere in matters of love, so they could only pray silently in their hearts for Mr. Zhou's safety.
Su Cheng stepped on the shattered door panel, her long sword drooping on the ground, making a harsh friction sound. She slowly walked to Zhou Qi, saw the geisha huddled in his arms, and opened her pink lips softly, "Get lost."
The two geishas were so frightened that their legs went limp. They hurriedly closed their open collars and crawled to the side.
Xiangyu disappeared. Zhou Qi closed his eyes, whimpered in dissatisfaction, and cursed loudly, "Damn it, which bastard dared to steal my Hongmei and Luying! Are you itching for trouble?"
The next moment, the long sword suddenly pierced his thigh.
"ah--"
Suddenly, screams like pigs being slaughtered broke out in the private room.
Zhou Qi was almost sober, and blood flowed down the wound like a winding snake, staining his trouser legs red.
"Awake?" Su Cheng drew his sword swiftly, and Zhou Qi screamed again.
At this moment, Zhou Qi noticed who was standing in front of him, and his face turned pale instantly, "You...you are not from the Zhao family..."
Su Cheng pursed her lips and chuckled, looking innocent and harmless, provided one ignored the long sword in her hand that was still dripping with blood.
"You recognize who I am. It seems you're not too drunk." Su Cheng lifted his chin with the tip of his sword, looked at him with interest, and asked with a frown, "Zhou Qi, Zhou Qi, did I give you a favor yesterday?"
Zhou Qi's breath was choked, and he realized how terrifying the person in front of him was. He quickly turned over and crawled backwards.
Unfortunately, the sword in Su Cheng's hand pierced his clothes and stabbed into the thick carpet, making him unable to move.
"Want to escape?" Su Cheng slowly walked around to him, his eyes teasing, "What did you promise us yesterday? Do you need me to help you recall it?"
"Miss Zhao... No, Lady! Lady, spare me!" Zhou Qi was nearly frightened to the point of peeing his pants. Tears streamed down his face, and he felt immense regret. Why had he been so foolish as to provoke Zhao Sheng'er? "Sister Sheng'er and I are indeed in love, but my grandfather disagrees. Since ancient times, marriages have been decided by parents and matchmakers. I'm really helpless, Lady!"
"I think you've misunderstood. Whether you and Zhao Sheng'er are good or bad, it has nothing to do with me." Su Cheng raised her foot, stepped on his fingers, and crushed them hard. As he screamed, she raised the corner of her lips, "You broke into my house in the middle of the night without even an apology. How can I let you go so easily?"
"If there's no severe punishment, then what's the difference between my Zhao family and the vegetable market?" Su Cheng chuckled and leaned forward slightly, her delicate and pretty face close to Zhou Qi, her eyes devoid of any gentleness. "Or, Master Zhou, do you think the Zhao family is a place where you can mess around?"
"No... Of course not!" Zhou Qi had a sad face, his body shaking like a sieve. "Lady, I have no intention of disrespecting the Zhao family! Please, have mercy on me and let me go..."
Zhou Qi was really scared.
He has been a playboy for many years and has always been the type to ignore people once he puts on his pants. He has indeed met a few difficult ones, but they were too concerned about their reputation to dare to make their private love affairs public, so they could only swallow their anger.
Today was the first time he encountered a tough guy. A grown man was actually scared to tears.
"You and your grandfather are the same kind of people, both trying to shift the blame onto each other. If you were to meet someone with a thin skin, I'm afraid you two would be forced to hang yourself." Su Cheng drew his sword and pressed it against his neck, a hint of interest on his lips. "Unfortunately, if you mess with me, you've hit a brick wall."
"Since you two have decided to mess around, I'll show you some tricks."
After he finished speaking, Su Cheng slowly opened his purse with one hand, and with a flick of his finger, a thumb-sized piece of silver fell in front of the group of geishas.
"Whoever can report this to the authorities and help me deal with this evildoer who abused this woman will receive these ten taels of silver, and I will redeem her."
As soon as he finished speaking, the group of geishas swarmed over and started fighting over a piece of silver. Some of the smart ones had already slipped away and headed straight for the government office.
Zhou Qi's expression suddenly changed, and he looked at Su Cheng in a daze.
Su Cheng raised an eyebrow and smiled at him, saying leisurely, "You playboys gather together, and what you love most is to make a fuss about girls, right? Whose little hand did you hold yesterday, whose rouge did you eat today? I believe no one knows better than these geishas what bad things you have done."
"Miss Zhao..." Zhou Qi forced out a laugh uglier than crying, his voice choked with sobs, "As long as you let me go, I'm willing to marry Sister Sheng'er. I'll persuade Grandfather to do it myself. Please..."
"Idiot." Su Cheng tapped his face with the tip of his sword, a sneer flashing in his eyes. "At this point, why don't you understand? Apart from the father and daughter from the eldest wife's family, no one in the Zhao family really cares about your marriage to Zhao Sheng'er."
Zhou Qi swallowed his saliva and spoke hurriedly, "It was indeed wrong for me to trespass into the Zhao family. I admit my mistake. As long as you don't report it to the authorities, I will accept your punishment!"
"Admit your mistake?" Su Cheng shook his head slowly, "It's too late."
Under Zhou Qi's dazed gaze, Su Cheng smiled and said softly, "I sent people to investigate you yesterday and found that you were secretly involved with several wealthy ladies. The situation may be minor or serious. You might as well think about it carefully. If they write a secret letter together and send it to the government, you will have to deal with more than just the Zhao family's affairs."
Zhou Qi's face gradually turned pale, without a trace of blood. His ears were buzzing, his brain was blank, and he lost his response.
"If you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet. You want to owe a debt of love and then walk away without a care in the world? Where in the world can such a beautiful thing happen?" Su Cheng smiled and looked at him with lowered eyes. "Today, you can't escape even if you have wings."
"Wait a minute!"
A path had been cleared at the stairwell, and Zhou Yue hurried over, sweat dripping from his forehead. He had lived for over sixty years, but this was his first time setting foot in a brothel. His face flushed red with embarrassment, and when his eyes fell upon the blood on his grandson's leg, his expression turned even uglier. "Miss Zhao, don't forget. Provoking trouble and maliciously wounding are serious crimes!"
Su Cheng nodded slightly and said softly, "I admire the old minister's courage very much. In my life, I hate being threatened the most."
"You've pushed me to the limit—" The long sword pressed against Zhou Qi's neck, leaving a bloody mark. Su Cheng pursed his lips and smiled, "I can do anything."
"You!" Zhou Yue's face turned pale. He subconsciously looked at Zhao Hu standing at the door and said in a deep voice, "Minister Zhao, are you just going to watch your daughter hurt others? Is this the family education of your Zhao family?"
With the mentality of never letting his daughter down, Zhao Hu looked up at the sky and completely ignored the old man.
"Miss Zhao, you—"
"Su Cheng!"
Before Zhou Yue could speak again, a hysterical scream suddenly came from downstairs.
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