Chapter 43: Tianhao Entertainment

The sun was sinking in the west, and dusk was falling.

The blood-red afterglow decorated the entire sky with a dazzling, brilliant splendor, displaying the final glory of the day.

On the provincial highway, a black Toyota Highlander was speeding toward Qingzhou City.

Jiang Cheng hung up the phone, gazing at the orange-red clouds on the horizon, his eyes turning fiercely grim.

In this day and age, scammers were actually this arrogant.

The man's final sentence was clearly a threat using his younger sister, Jiang Ling.

He wanted to call the police right away, but he was held back by the fear of provoking disaster.

For a moment, he had no idea what to do!

No matter how this so-called "Bee Sect" chose to retaliate against him, he would take it on.

But if anyone dared to touch his sister, he would not spare a single one of them.

Jiang Cheng's phone was a cheap imitation model with a very loud speaker.

Murong Xue and Wang Hao had heard every single word of the conversation clearly.

Their complexions had all turned grimly dark as well.

Wang Hao looked at Murong Xue in the rearview mirror with a complicated gaze, hesitating to speak: "Miss..."

Murong Xue was also in a state of utter panic. She picked up her phone and called her father, Murong Shan.

"What? The Bee Sect? How could that bastard Lin Zhou provoke a group of madmen like them?" Murong Shan's voice was filled with shock and apprehension!

Murong Xue looked at Jiang Cheng beside her with a complex gaze: "Dad! It... it was me who sent Lin Zhou. A friend of mine was set up in a trap by them, so..."

"Xiaoxue, this is not something I can manage, and you must not muddy yourself in these troubled waters. Qingzhou City is far more complicated than you think! Right now, immediately and at once, have Wang Hao send you home!"

"But Lin Zhou was captured by that so-called Bee Sect because of me!"

"Xiaoxue, Lin Zhou is merely a bodyguard. The Murong family pays him hundreds of thousands of dragon coins in salary every year. Do you think this hard-earned money is given for free? When trouble arises, a bodyguard is supposed to take the fall for our Murong family!" Murong Shan said in an icy tone.

"But..."

"There are no 'buts'. Get your ass home immediately, and you are not allowed to go anywhere!" Murong Shan commanded.

Hearing this, Wang Hao's brows furrowed instantly, a sense of sorrow inexplicably welling up in his heart.

Jiang Cheng was not too surprised by Murong Shan's attitude.

Murong Shan was a businessman, and in a businessman's world, all interests came first.

How could he possibly care about the life or death of a small bodyguard?

It was just that Lin Zhou had gone to provoke the so-called Bee Sect at his request.

He could not be indifferent and heartless like Murong Shan.

Furthermore, that man had used his sister to threaten him; how could he possibly stay out of it?

An hour later, the Highlander stopped in front of an entertainment club in the Dongxing District.

Jiang Cheng looked through the car window at the neon sign of "Tianhao Entertainment," his expression intensely complex.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Cheng said to Wang Hao, "Wang Hao, take your young miss home right now!"

Wang Hao and Jiang Cheng exchanged a glance and silently nodded.

Beside them, Murong Xue said with a face full of anger, "No! I am going with you! Lin Zhou was sent by me! I must bring him back!"

Jiang Cheng retorted sternly, "How is a woman like you going to bring him back?"

Murong Xue pouted slightly: "I... at the worst, I'll settle it with money!"

Jiang Cheng laughed: "This is no longer a matter of money! Alright! Do you want to deliver yourself to the Bee Sect, use yourself as leverage against your father, and let them demand an exorbitant ransom?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Murong Xue instantly fell silent.

Disregarding Murong Xue's state of mind, Jiang Cheng opened the car door and got out.

Murong Xue tried to follow him out, only to find that the car doors had been locked tight.

"Wang Hao, what do you mean by this? Open the door!" Murong Xue raged.

Ignoring Murong Xue completely, Wang Hao nodded at Jiang Cheng, stepped hard on the gas pedal, and shot forward.

In no time, the Highlander vanished from view.

Jiang Cheng did not go directly into the Tianhao Entertainment Club. Instead, he rented a room in a small hotel across the street, paying an extra two hundred to secure a room facing the street side.

Although the proprietress was slightly curious, she had gained two hundred bucks for nothing, so she was happy and asked no further questions.

Once inside the room, Jiang Cheng immediately locked the door from the inside, walked over to the window, and pulled the curtains shut, leaving only a crack two fingers wide.

Although the field of vision was narrow, it was enough to encompass the entire Tianhao Entertainment Club!

By now, the sky had grown almost dark. The lights were just turning on, and the entire entertainment street, illuminated by colorful neon lights, exuded an aura of desire everywhere.

As an old district of Qingzhou City, the Dongxing District was synonymous with crowding, chaos, and dilapidation.

All sorts of people from every walk of life mixed together, and public security was abysmal.

Especially the vast areas of shantytown redevelopment zones within Dongxing District; their terrain was intricate, and roads crisscrossed like a maze. If you did not have someone familiar with the terrain to lead the way, you would never find your way out, even with GPS.

Of course, Dongxing District also had relatively prosperous areas—namely, the entertainment street where Jiang Cheng was currently located.

Entertainment clubs, bars, saunas, massage parlors, and internet cafes formed a comprehensive one-stop destination with everything one could possibly want—a paradise for night owls!

Yet Jiang Cheng knew very well that this entertainment street was far less glamorous than it appeared on the surface.

The darkness hidden beneath the ground was something ordinary people could never imagine.

He glanced at his phone.

It was already 6:35 PM.

There was one hour and twenty-five minutes left until eight o'clock.

Jiang Cheng had no idea what that man was actually planning to do.

Jiang Cheng immediately exerted his vision, using X-ray sight on the entire Tianhao Entertainment venue.

In an instant, the entire Tianhao Entertainment Club became as transparent as an X-ray film, lying completely exposed before Jiang Cheng's eyes.

The club had a total of eight floors!

Six floors above ground and two floors underground.

The first floor was a themed restaurant, the second floor was a bar, the third and fourth floors were bathhouses and guest rooms, and the fifth and sixth floors appeared to be offices.

The first basement level was a parking garage, but he could not see through the second basement level.

The distance was too great; it was impossible for him to instantly pinpoint Lin Zhou's exact location.

He had merely glanced at it roughly to get a general idea in his mind.

Though called a club, it was a hodgepodge of things, resembling a bath center, though its entertainment facilities were much more complete than ordinary bath centers.

Yet there was nothing particularly unusual about it.

Clubs in Dongxing District were basically all like this; there were no high-end venues.

However, what Jiang Cheng did not know was what purpose that man had in bringing him here.

Was that man the owner of this establishment, making this his turf, or had he simply picked a random place to meet him? Jiang Cheng could not determine.

If he were to charge in blindly like this and actually end up trapped inside, the loss would truly outweigh the gain.

Yet that man's threat using his younger sister left him with no choice at all.

Just as Jiang Cheng was torn with hesitation, a black BMW X5 slowly pulled to a stop in front of the entrance of Tianhao Entertainment, and a familiar figure instantly entered Jiang Cheng's field of vision.

Sister Xu had appeared!