“What are you afraid of? I’m just here today to test how hard your skull really is.”
As she spoke, Jiang Youli placed a hand on Yu Hongtu’s head, pressing her fingers against his skull as though she were genuinely testing its hardness.
Yu Hongtu instinctively tried to fight back, only to discover that he could no longer move a muscle.
“Jiang Youli, what the hell are you trying to do?” Yu Hongtu asked in a trembling voice, forcing himself to suppress his fear.
The others heard him. Though they could not see what was happening in the pitch-black room, they knew that Jiang Youli was only targeting Yu Hongtu and did not seem interested in troubling them. They all remained silent, praying that nothing would go wrong in the darkness.
Only Yu Linglong was not afraid, because she knew Jiang Youli would never hurt her.
But then, to her surprise, a large hand wrapped around her shoulders, and a deep voice sounded beside her ear.
“Are you scared?”
It was Long Yuan.
Yu Linglong froze, then softly lied, “A little.”
“If you’re scared, move closer,” Long Yuan said.
“…All right.”
Left with no choice, Yu Linglong pretended to move toward him until she was pressed tightly against his side.
Touched?
Of course not.
She knew exactly what kind of man Long Yuan was. He merely regarded her as his personal possession!
How could she be moved by such cheap concern?
Elsewhere, Li Zixuan was somewhat worried about his own safety. He had originally been holding Jiang Yonghe, but had now curled up by himself on the sofa, using Jiang Yonghe as a shield in front of him.
Jiang Yonghe gritted her teeth and cursed inwardly: He was just swearing up and down that he would avenge me! What a coward!
Jiang Youli ignored everyone else and answered Yu Hongtu’s question. “What am I doing? I already told you. I’m just testing whether your skull is hard enough.”
“Why are you testing my skull?” Yu Hongtu continued to ask in a trembling voice.
“Of course, it’s for the sake of…” Jiang Youli drawled, then lowered her voice until only Yu Hongtu could hear her. “That innocent child whose skull you claimed wasn’t hard enough.”
Yu Hongtu froze at those words.
At first, he did not understand. But once he did, his entire body became rigid.
Could she be talking about the time two years ago when he had driven drunk and killed a family of three?!
But… how? How could she know about that?
“Are you trying to avenge them?” Yu Hongtu asked, attempting to remain calm.
Jiang Youli continued pressing down hard on his head. Every now and then, she even pounded on it as she said, “That’s right. What’s the matter? Are you scared?”
“What were they to you?”
“I didn’t know them,” Jiang Youli replied.
“If you didn’t know them, why are you avenging them?” Yu Hongtu could not understand why she would meddle in the affairs of ordinary strangers.
“Because I happened to find out about it, and I just happened to be looking for an excuse to deal with you.” As she spoke, Jiang Youli tapped him on the head again.
Yu Hongtu gritted his teeth. “Jiang Youli, do you think you’re still that village girl you used to be? Getting your hands bloody for people who have nothing to do with you isn’t worth it! As long as you let me go, I’ll have all the scandals about Chen Wang and Zhou Zerui removed from the internet!”
Jiang Youli let out a soft laugh. “Yu Hongtu, is that all the backbone you have? I thought your bones would be as hard as your mouth. Looks like they’re nothing special after all.”
The moment she finished speaking, the hands covering Yu Hongtu’s head loosened. Bathed in sweat, Yu Hongtu sighed in relief.
But in the next second, something heavy slammed viciously into his head.
“Ah!”
The pain tore a scream from Yu Hongtu.
Crack!
At the same time, the sound of glass shattering rang out through the darkness.
Clearly, Yu Hongtu had been hit over the head with a liquor bottle!
Several people in the private room sucked in sharp breaths, but no one dared to make a sound.
In this pitch-black space, they could barely move, let alone challenge Jiang Youli. Acting rashly would only put them in danger.
What was more, even Long Yuan himself did not dare say a word!
“All right, Yu Hongtu. I’ll spare your life for now.” After saying this, Jiang Youli straightened up. Although the room was pitch-black, she could still find her way and head straight for the door.
When she stepped outside, a faint glimmer suddenly appeared in the previously dark corridor.
Fireflies.
The fireflies gathered together, forming a glowing trail that guided Jiang Youli through the darkness and allowed her to leave with ease.
“Stop her!” Long Yuan shouted.
But no one answered him. The only response was Jiang Youli’s mocking laugh.
“Long Yuan, why don’t you take a look at your own situation first? You still want to stop me? Calm down the guests in the Evernight City tonight, and then we’ll talk.”
The sound of her footsteps gradually faded into the distance.
On the first-floor dance hall…
“Where’s Young Master Long? What exactly is going on tonight? Why hasn’t he come out to explain?”
“Exactly! Why did the power suddenly go out? Are they playing some kind of special game?”
“We need an explanation for what happened tonight!”
The customers, who had been restless and grumbling, all turned toward the approaching light source with curiosity.
“What’s that? How is it glowing?”
“I think I’ve seen it in a book somewhere…”
“That’s right! They’re fireflies! I think they’re called fireflies!”
“So fireflies really exist? I’m seeing one for the first time in my life!”
“Where did all these fireflies come from?!”
“No idea!”
As the discussions continued, a figure appeared not far from the source of the light.
“There’s someone there!”
“I saw them!”
Following the fireflies that guided her, Jiang Youli calmly moved through the crowd’s line of sight and stepped out of Evernight City.
“Why do I feel like that person looks like Jiang Youli?”
“It must be her! Didn’t she come to Evernight City looking for Yu Hongtu? And don’t forget, there were rumors that she could control poisonous insects and snakes!”
“Damn, she’s incredible!”
“So the power outage at Evernight City tonight was her doing?”
“That makes her even more incredible! This is Young Master Long’s territory, and she made the power go out just by saying so! How did she manage that?”
“You’d have to ask Jiang Youli herself. But could it be that, since she can control poisonous insects and snakes, she also used some strange creature to cause the blackout?”
“That’s actually possible!”
…
Inside the exclusive VIP room, no one dared make a sound even after Jiang Youli had left.
Only Long Yuan reacted. Furious, he kicked over the coffee table and rose to leave the room.
When he stepped outside and saw the bodyguards slowly getting to their feet, Long Yuan planted one foot on the chest of a guard lying nearby and cursed, “Useless!”
Jiang Youli had actually walked out of his territory with ease!
It was the same as slapping him directly in the face!
His prestige—and that of Evernight City—in Beijing’s elite social circle would suffer a serious blow.
He absolutely had to find out how Jiang Youli had caused the power outage at Evernight City!
The assistant, using his phone as a flashlight, glanced at Yu Linglong before hurriedly following Long Yuan.
After an unknown amount of time, the private room finally lit up again, allowing everyone inside to see the scene before them clearly.
Yu Hongtu was curled up on the sofa with both hands clutching his head. His head was covered in blood, which had run down onto the sofa in a horrifyingly vivid stain.
