Chapter 128 The Six Street Bosses
Qiu Lan, Dong Qing, and the two guards originally followed the rules and did not eat at the same table as Meng Lingge.
Meng Lingge said that when you're traveling, there's no need to be so particular. She invited them to sit down together, and since they didn't want to be the odd ones out in the restaurant and attract attention, they obeyed and sat around the table.
The food at the restaurant was not as good as the private chef's at the Meng family mansion, nor as good as the big restaurants in the capital, but it was still fresh and delicious, and everyone ate very happily.
Halfway through the meal, six burly men arrived at the next table. They spoke rudely and acted aggressively, immediately ordering the waiter to bring out the best dishes and the strongest liquor.
While waiting for the food, the six men kept staring at Meng Lingge with extremely frivolous eyes.
Meng Lingge knew the rule of not flaunting one's wealth when traveling.
Therefore, the clothes she wore when she went out were made of ordinary fabric, and the jewelry she wore was simple and inexpensive. She didn't even use rouge or face powder, which made her less glamorous and dignified than usual. But after all, she was very beautiful, and she still attracted a lot of attention along the way.
There were expressions of admiration, envy, and jealousy in those eyes... but the eyes of these six people were completely different.
Their eyes were naked, wicked and wanton.
Meng Lingge felt annoyed. She had only left the capital today and had not expected to encounter a lecher so soon. If she had known this would happen, she should have disguised herself before going out.
Her disguise skills were not as good as Su Leyan's; she couldn't disguise herself as a man, but she could still make herself look ugly.
This group of people didn't look like good people; they were dressed like local thugs and hooligans. They must have been lusting after her.
Meng Lingge and her group of five noticed the lecherous eyes of the six men, and their food suddenly lost its appeal. Another guard named Chen Ling gripped his sword tightly, preparing to confront them.
Besides their two tables, there were two other tables of customers in the small restaurant. With everyone watching, he didn't believe that these people would have no shame at all.
Chen Luo grabbed his hand and whispered, "Don't go, don't cause trouble."
When the group noticed their uneasy expressions, they whistled triumphantly, clearly intending to cause trouble.
The other side had a large number of people and was powerful. If they really fought, he and Chen Ling might not be a match for them, not to mention that they also had to protect three girls.
A wise man doesn't suffer a loss he can avoid.
If you can't win, running away is the best option.
Chen Luo stood up and said to Meng Lingge, "Miss, I'll go settle the bill."
Meng Lingge understood and nodded, saying, "We've almost finished eating, let's go."
The two maids agreed and followed Meng Lingge out of the restaurant in a hurry.
After paying the bill, Chen Luo and Chen Ling quickly caught up, and the five of them calmly left. Behind them, six lecherous men let out lewd laughs, their eyes following them relentlessly.
Meng Lingge and the others ignored them and went straight back to the inn. When they got to their rooms, they found that each of the three rooms they had booked had a small circle carved on its door.
The inn had ten rooms in a row, and the three rooms they stayed in were in the middle. However, only these three rooms had this sign on their doors, and according to their recollection, there shouldn't have been this small circle when they checked in.
Chen Luo said, "We're probably being watched. Miss, I'll check out of the hotel and we'll go to another inn."
“We need to change inns, but we can’t check out,” Meng Lingge said. “Since we’re being watched, checking out will only alert them, and they’ll continue to follow us. It’s better to let them think we’re still staying here, and then we can sneak away. That way, we can get rid of them completely.”
If you pay a deposit when you check into an inn, you can't get it back if you don't check out. But compared to safety, a few dozen taels of silver is naturally not that important.
Meng Lingge left the inn through the back door with Qiu Lan and Dong Qing. Chen Luo and Chen Ling secretly took out their luggage and drove a carriage to meet the three of them at the back door.
Fortunately, it wasn't too late, and they quickly found another inn to stay at.
Midnight (11 PM - 1 AM).
A shadowy figure crept up to the entrance of the inn where Meng Lingge and her companions had stayed, lit an incense stick, and slipped it under the door crack.
After placing one candle in each of the three rooms, the shadowy figure sat quietly outside the door waiting. After about fifteen minutes, Xiao Songyan approached with the candlelight, and the shadowy figure immediately went to meet him.
By the candlelight, one could see that the dark figure was one of the six lecherous men who had been rude to Meng Lingge at the restaurant.
"Young Master Xiao, the beauty is in this room. The incense has burned long enough, so you may go in and enjoy yourself."
Xiao Songyan stopped in front of the door and asked coldly, "Zhao Da, did you not alert her? Have you dealt with her two guards?"
When Xiao Songyan followed Meng Lingge, he originally brought several guards with him.
However, fearing that news of his dealings with Meng Lingge would leak out and reach Meng Xingyuan, he decided not to use the guards in the capital when he made his move. Instead, he bribed a few local thugs to carry out the deed, and then he would reap the benefits.
These thugs were the six notorious street bullies in the area. Unaware of Meng Lingge's identity, they gave her one hundred taels of silver and then allowed Xiao Songyan to do as he pleased.
Zhao Da said guiltily, "No, no... It's just that my brothers and I glanced at them a few more times when they were eating this afternoon. But don't worry, we didn't alert them. Those two guards live in the room next door, and I even put out some incense. They're definitely lying down by now."
"What? You glanced at her a few more times? Didn't I tell you not to let that beauty find out?"
Xiao Songyan was furious. Meng Lingge was very shrewd. She might have been on guard if she were being stared at by a few vulgar-looking people. She was probably no longer here by now.
Zhao Da was also somewhat dissatisfied when he heard the reproachful tone in his voice.
This rich man thinks he's the boss just because he's given a little silver. He got such a beautiful woman, but his brothers can't even look at her.
"Looking at her won't hurt you. When have we ever seen such a beauty in this area? If it weren't for the deposit you gave us, we wouldn't have been willing to hand her over to you. Don't worry, we've already bribed the innkeeper to make sure this young lady hasn't checked out. You can go in now and take her home."
After saying that, he took a wire and fiddled with it at the door a few times. He heard a crisp sound and knew that the bolt had been opened. He then made a gesture of invitation.
Seeing his decisiveness, Xiao Songyan, half-believing and half-doubting, pushed open the door and walked into the room. Zhao Da followed beside him, asking, "Young Master Xiao, this beauty is yours, but could those two girls help us brothers relieve our pent-up desires..."
Xiao Songyan walked to the bedside with a candle in hand. He saw a human figure emerging from under the quilt and smiled with satisfaction: "The girl is yours. Just don't kill anyone for now."
As soon as he finished speaking, he lifted the quilt with one hand. Zhao Da also wanted to peek at the sleeping beauty's face, and the two of them opened their eyes wide and looked at the bed.
However, there was no beauty under the quilt as expected. Instead, a flash of silver light appeared, followed by several writhing snakes hissing and lunging at the two men's faces.
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