Editor: Scarlet
Black Dog was a jerk by rough description, but a low-level jerk under careful analysis.
Qiao Jia had heard a lot about Black Dog’s daring “feats,” even though he’d had no dealings with him in the past. Now that he was spending time with the man, he’d gotten a thorough understanding of all the previous rumors. Black Dog was the kind of person Qiao Jiao used to avoid the most in the past. But now he had no way out but to bite the bullet and follow him around.
The silver lining was that Black Dog had many lackeys. So, unless there was something that required the attendance of all of them, no one would think of him.
That day was the birthday of the young lover whom Black Dog had recently been hooking up with. She demanded that all his “little brothers” come and greet her as their “sister-in-law.” Being just a young girl, not yet twenty, her insistence on flaunting her status as Black Dog’s girlfriend and displaying an air of superiority seemed rather futile. On top of that, her perfume was so strong that you could smell it from eighteen miles away, overwhelming their senses and further accentuating her pretentiousness.
Lying low at the end of the crowd, Qiao Jia bit into a lollipop that he’d snatched from someone—he’d already forgotten who—and followed the group into a fairly high-end restaurant.
When the lobby manager saw them, his face instantly turned pale and he looked distressed. He walked over to them and asked, “How many of you are there, guests?”
Black Dog was holding his woman in his arms. “Give us two private rooms! The best ones!”
Black Dog bellowed the words “Give us two private rooms” so loudly that they were audible to everyone in the foyer. Qiao Jia, who was at the back of the crowd, couldn’t hold back a snort in derisive amusement. Through the crowd, he saw the manager wiping away his sweat in a dilemma. “I’m sorry, all the rooms are fully booked today.”
“Fully booked?” Black Dog scowled. “They’re ‘booked’ means that people haven’t arrived yet, right? Let them sit outside!”
“Guest… this…” The manager tried to explain, but Black Dog directly rushed inside, and the manager was unable to stop him. Black Dog had been to this place in the past, but at that time he’d only been a little lackey. He knew that he wasn’t qualified to dine here. However, his lover expressed her desire to come to this place, so he brought everyone here to save face. Anyway, Black Dog was in a terrible mood.
No matter who was sitting inside the room, that person would have to give it to him, even if it was God himself.
Amidst the frantic attempts of the manager and a few male waiters to stop him, Black Dog persisted and barged his way into the private room area, determined to forcibly push open the door.
“Guest, this room is already occupied!” The manager stretched out his arm to stop him, but he was pulled aside by one of Black Dog’s little brothers. Too lazy to even use his hands, Black Dog directly kicked the door open.
The two people inside turned their heads at the same time, and for a while, the scene was extremely uncomfortable.
Qiao Jia had no interest in the unfortunate people inside.
People like Black Dog were bad news. Whoever offended them would be unlucky. All Qiao Jia could say was that this restaurant and the people who were there to eat today were all unlucky.
Three seconds after the door was kicked open, a high-pitched female voice shouted, “Who are you?” Immediately afterward, someone next to Black Dog reminded him in a not-so-small voice, “Brother Black Dog, it’s a policeman.”
Ordinary people were unlucky, and Qiao Jia had no interest in that. However, it’d be different if it were a policeman.
Turning the lollipop in his mouth twice, he squeezed from the back of the crowd toward the front. When he peered into the room, he found that the person opposite Black Dog was Guo Lin, who currently had a gloomy expression.
What kind of shitty luck is this?
For a moment, Qiao Jia found himself torn between the urge to laugh and the impulse to swear. Guo Lin hadn’t seen him yet. He was still wearing his customary stoic expression, except for the addition of a furrowed brow that hinted at his discontent. Despite the disturbance, not a single word escaped his lips.
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The manager, who’d been shivering the whole time, finally squeezed over and said, “Miss Shao… these guests want to find a private room…”
“So you just let them run wild?”
“I…”
Before the manager could open his mouth, a lackey next to Black Dog kicked the manager in the stomach. After that, Black Dog stood up with a lewd smile plastered on his face and approached Shao Qi. “Miss, you’re really beautiful… Huh, run wild? How did you see us running wild? You can’t talk nonsense in the presence of the police… The real ‘running wild’ is like this…” While laughing, he reached out to touch Shao Qi’s face.
For the past two days, Black Dog had been acting so cocky that even his mother might not recognize him. Qiao Jia watched everything unfold from the sidelines. As expected, the next second, a mournful wailing that was neither too loud nor too soft rang out.
Grabbing Black Dog’s wrist, Guo Lin bent his arm and shoved it up his back. It looked twisted no matter from which angle you looked at it.
Black Dog was in so much pain that he could barely stand. He turned back and shouted at the group of dumbfounded people behind him, “Why are you still standing there? Beat him up for me!”
Attack a police officer?
That was something an ordinary person wouldn’t dare to do.
The gangsters who usually hung around Black Dog hesitated for a moment, but eventually, clenching their teeth and closing their eyes, they swung a few punches at the policeman. Guo Lin released Black Dog in order to avoid the incoming attacks and took two steps back to protect Shao Qi.
Holding his twisted right hand, Black Dog trembled—whether it was from pain or anger, no one knew. He pointed at Guo Lin and said, “Give him a beating. Fight him to the death!”
The manager, who’d finally managed to get up, pulled at Black Dog with a pale face. “Guest… Can I arrange another private room for you? Don’t make things big…” What scared him was not that Guo Lin was a policeman, but that Shao Qi was Shao Dong’s daughter. If something really happened to her in their restaurant, he’d have to deal with a lot of trouble in the future.
At this time, Qiao Jia finally cut in, “Brother Dog, you can’t beat the police here. Why don’t we go outside?”
As soon as he opened his mouth, Guo Lin noticed his presence. The two people exchanged glances for less than two seconds. The next moment, the man beside Black Dog came forward and caught Guo Lin. Black Dog gnashed his teeth in hatred and roared, “Drag him out!”
Cursing and grumbling, a group of people carried Guo Lin out.
Shao Qi was terrified by the turn of events. She hadn’t expected these people to resort to violence against a police officer. She stood frozen, too afraid to move until Black Dog’s group had left. Only after their departure did she tremblingly take out her phone and call Shao Dong. “Dad! Guo Lin and I are in trouble! Come quickly!”
Guo Lin was dragged outside by Black Dog and his gang. Qiao Jia enjoyed everything from the sidelines with a lollipop in his mouth.
The woman just now is probably Shao Qi, the same woman who’d previously called Guo Lin, right?
Since the manager had just addressed her as Miss Shao, he should be right. What he hadn’t expected was that Guo Lin, the petty policeman, would perform the classic scene of a hero rescuing a damsel in distress. After all, provoking people like Black Dog was basically akin to courting death.
They walked to an alley next to the restaurant. The restaurant next door was brightly lit, but there was not even a street lamp in this alley. The dark alley was wide enough to accommodate four people standing side by side. Black Dog ordered his little brothers to hold Guo Lin down before he approached him and kicked him in the stomach with his knee.
Guo Lin didn’t even make a muffled grunt in response.
He just bent over in silence for a while, then slightly straightened up his body.
Qiao Jia couldn’t help but raise his eyebrow when he saw this. He hadn’t expected Guo Lin to be so tough.
However, the tougher you were at this moment, the worse your death would be.
Shaking his head inwardly, Qiao Jia watched along with the crowd as Black Dog punched and kicked Guo Lin. But his right hand had been twisted by Guo Lin earlier and he could only use his left hand, so even after beating for a long time, he couldn’t do any significant damage to the other party.
So he stepped back, out of breath. “Beat him to death!”
Once again, the people next to him didn’t move.
After all, they were just a group of small-time gangsters. In normal times, they indulged in eating and drinking and gathered together to cause trouble or bully ordinary citizens. However, this time, their opponent was Guo Lin, a criminal police officer. If they really beat him, their future would be bleak.
Black Dog had only recently gained power, so in the case something happened, he wouldn’t be able to protect any of them.
Because of this concern, even though the alley was crowded with many people, no one moved. Black Dog’s eyes were red with rage. He grabbed a knife from someone, and while brandishing it, he walked over to Guo Lin and shouted, “Damn it! If you bunch of losers dare not do it, I’ll do it myself!”
The two who were restraining Guo Lin were also scared out of their wits. “Brother Black Dog…”
What should they do if he really stabbed the police to death?
It was at this moment that Qiao Jia jumped forward and held Black Dog. “Brother Black Dog! You don’t need to do it yourself. Isn’t it just teaching a policeman a lesson? Let me do it,” he said while putting the knife in Black Dog’s hand away. Black Dog looked up at him and let him put the knife back in his pocket.
After spitting out the lollipop stick in his mouth, Qiao Jia swayed toward Guo Lin and gave him an elbow strike, sending him flying to the ground.
The two men holding Guo Lin also released him. The alley was too narrow. There was no room for all of them in that small space. When they returned to Black Dog’s side, they saw Qiao Jia holding Guo Lin’s hair and lifting him up.
“Officer, be clear about this. The one who taught you a lesson today is our brother Black Dog. From now on, take your eyes with you when you go out, and don’t go digging for trouble!”
After yelling, Qiao Jia used his arm to block Black Dog’s view and looked at Guo Lin with a huge grin that showed his white teeth. “Are you still not going to escape?”
Guo Lin just stared at him without making a sound.
At this time, he was still calm.
However, Qiao Jia didn’t care whether the other party replied or not. He couldn’t hold back his smile and deliberately softened his expression. Then he leaned toward Guo Lin’s ear and whispered, “If you want to leave, just let me punch you a few times first.”
Guo Lin still didn’t say anything.
Qiao Jia let go of the officer’s hair and clenched his fist arrogantly—it was all an act. The cracking sound of his knuckles could be heard in the dark. And following the angry Black Dog’s prompt, with a proud smile on his face, he seriously punched his opponent.
Fuck.
He must have hit the jackpot today.
Beating Guo Lin?
When his punch landed, Qiao Jian felt that his smile was about to reach the back of his head.
He felt so happy that even if he had to call that idiot Black Dog “big brother” ten times, he’d readily do it!
Qiao Jia performed the act to the fullest, putting in a lot of effort to show off his skills.
Seeing all this, Black Dog couldn’t help but grab the person next to him and ask, “Who is this kid? I’ve never seen him before.” How could he have no impression of a person with such good skill?
Immediately someone nearby replied to him, “Last time, Second Young Master had a conflict with this guy, and he immediately trembled with fear when you showed up.”
Qiao Jia had set up a group fight, but as soon as Black Dog had arrived at the scene, he’d immediately wilted. He’d offered tea and called Black Dog “brother,” flattering him. Black Dog later accepted him as his henchman.
However, no one had thought that this guy, who’d acted like a scaredy-cat in front of Black Dog, would have the audacity to assault the police.
After listening to this account, Black Dog nodded in recollection of the event.
When Black Dog saw that Qiao Jia had beaten Guo Lin so badly that the officer couldn’t get up from the ground, he finally shouted, “That’s enough.” Then he walked over to Guo Lin and delivered a kick to his stomach, declaring, “Boy, this is a lesson for you!”
He laughed loudly for a long time and patted Qiao Jia on the shoulder, praising, “You are not bad! Follow me from now on.”
In response, Qiao Jia eagerly nodded in gratitude. The “sister-in-law,” who’d been ignored by the crowd, came over with a swaying gait. “Brother Black Dog. You’ve beaten him up. Let’s go eat now. We still have my birthday to celebrate, don’t we?”
The way she said “don’t we” made Black Dog wish that it had ten meanings, and his lower body almost became hard. He squeezed the woman’s cheeks and nodded in agreement in a good mood. “Of course. I can’t let you be hungry. Let’s go and eat.”
After having been given a way out, the group of people departed the alley in a line, without anyone looking back at Guo Lin.
Qiao Jia walked at the end, and he also didn’t look back.
Guo Lin waited until he could no longer hear anyone around him before getting up from the ground. He winced in pain and leaned against the wall in a pitiful state.
Damn it!
Qiao Jia was really ruthless.
The pain in his abdomen was like a fire eating through his stomach wall. It took him a long time to gather the energy to leave the alley with slow steps.
He’d only taken a few steps when he heard Shao Qi’s voice, followed by that of the lobby manager. Two male waiters quickly came to support him and carry him out.
“Guo Lin…” Shao Qi began to weep after taking two steps, and her hand holding Guo Lin was shaking profusely.
But Guo Lin only half-lidded his eyes, letting his consciousness drift into the darkness at ease.
There was only one thought left in his mind.
—Now, Qiao Jia should be able to become the main force next to Black Dog.
Oh shit, that was crazy!
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Ohhh!!!! So crazy!!!!!! Thanks for the chapter ❤️
Lmao damn that was intense!