Chapter 107 Creating Friends from Nothing
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"Damn! Isn't this the guy from that Bilibili video?" As an experienced user of the Bilibili remix community, even though this old man's face was swollen from the kick he had received, his human shape was still distinguishable.
This man, named Ma Baoguo, had been bluffing abroad under the guise of Huaxia martial arts, taking money from some foreign students. Now he had returned to Huaxia and started something called the Hunyuan Xingyi Taiji School.
Once, to prove himself, he had challenged an amateur Sanda athlete and got knocked out with a punch. Afterwards, while bleeding from the nose, he claimed he had just given the young man some face and that he would be in seclusion for a while. In the past few months, Bilibili had been running low on remix materials.
Unexpectedly, he ended up here, seemingly turned into Ding Yuxi's bodyguard?
"Young man, we take money to avert disasters for others. I won't hold it against you since you're ignorant. I was caught off guard just now. If you don't leave, I'll have no choice but to unleash my Five Continuous Lightning Whips."
"Zhang Menglong, what are you still standing there for? He's just a damn fool of an old man, hurry up and help me!" Wang Ling was already scuffling with a young man nearby.
"I'm on it!" Zhang Menglong leapt up with a kick, knocking the con artist to the ground, and suddenly, the three of them were entangled in a brawl.
Don't be fooled by Wang Ling's slightly pudgy body; he used to practice karate. As for Zhang Menglong, he learned martial arts in the first grade of elementary school, took up taekwondo in the third grade, and in college, he became the president of the university's jujitsu club. When it came to rough brawling, he really wasn't afraid of anyone!
Together, it didn't take long for them to knock the young man to the floor.
"Fighting me? You're courting death!" Wang Ling was still furious and viciously kicked the two, one old and one young.
But by this time, the shouting in the room had quieted down considerably.
"Damn! Rescue first!"
The room was locked from the inside, and Wanda Hotel's security infrastructure was excellent. Under normal circumstances, a forced entry from outside would be very difficult.
"Where's security? Stop the damn drill and get back here, someone's causing trouble in the hotel!" Wang Ling started to make calls in a panicked rush.
This wasn't just a matter of face anymore; if such a scandal got out, Wang Ling guessed he would inevitably be subject to another round of online condemnation.
"There's no time!" Zhang Menglong smashed the glass door of a nearby fire cabinet and grabbed the fire axe, "Move!"
The two bodyguards, despite being in extreme pain, hurriedly rolled away from the door when they saw Zhang Menglong's fierce approach.
"Thud!"
"Thud!"
Zhang Menglong swung the axe repeatedly against the door. His strength was immense, and soon he had distorted the door's shape, "One, two, three, charge together!"
"Boom!" Without a second thought, the two men charged at the already deformed door.
"Bang!" The door flew off its hinges, rolling in the air before crashing loudly to the floor.
"What the hell? Weren't you supposed to be on watch outside?" A young man came out from another room, swearing. His shirt was off, and under the dim light, faint scratch marks could be seen on his body.
"Wang... Wang Ling?" Upon seeing Wang Ling, the young man immediately showed a hint of panic, "I mean, wasn't it agreed we'd go out for late-night snacks at 9:30? Why did you come so early?"
"So this is Brother Menglong, right?" Ding Yuxi tried to smile awkwardly and extended his hand to Zhang Menglong.
"Get lost!" Zhang Menglong slapped the hand away and barged into the room. Inside, a girl who looked about twenty was tear-stricken, wrapped in a bedsheet, with fragments of clothing scattered on the floor. It was obvious she was almost stripped bare.
"Wuuu..." Upon seeing someone burst in, the girl immediately began crying pitifully.
"Mr. Zhang, what's happened?" At that moment, a group of security guards rushed into the room, and Hong Yi somehow got the news and even led the way.
Seeing it was another girl, the distressed girl immediately hugged Hong Yi, tears streaming down from her eyes unceasingly.
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"Boss!" Six security guards stood respectfully in front of Wang Ling.
"What are you all good for? Such a thing happened in my hotel?" Wang Ling rebuked angrily.
"Boss, didn't you tell us to do a temporary drill today and not to hang around on these two floors?" one of the security guards said with a sense of grievance.
Zhang Menglong glared fiercely at Wang Ling—sure enough, it was this guy's doing!
"Shut up! Did I ask you to speak?"
"Old Zhang, what should we do? Call the police?" Wang Ling asked.
"Wang Ling, you..." As soon as Ding Yuxi heard about calling the police, she panicked immediately; these days, it wasn't all about money, of course, if you were rich like Zhang Menglong, then it was a different story, but she, Ding Yuxi, was definitely not above the law.
"Let's not call the police for now!" Zhang Menglong said, "She's a young girl; if we call the police, her reputation will be ruined."
Although the girl looked quite miserable, the two of them had probably arrived just in time.
Hearing they would not call the police, Ding Yuxi instantly relaxed; as long as there was no police, there was room for discussion.
"Break the legs, all three of them!" Zhang Menglong said viciously.
He had always despised men who forced themselves on women the most. Wang Ling, though he liked to play with Internet celebrities, they were all willing participants, a mere transaction of body for money.
But this girl in front of them was clearly coerced.
"What? Zhang Menglong, you are abusing private justice!"
"Do you believe that even if I threw you into the Qiantang River today, I would still lead a fine life?"
"Old Zhang, don't be rash!" Wang Ling quickly grabbed Zhang Menglong, fearing he would do something impulsive.
"Fine, you handle it!" Zhang Menglong stood aside, huffing with anger, "Let's see how you handle it."
"You explain!" Wang Ling said coldly.
The Wangyi Group was indeed a large corporation, but it should be noted, Ding Sanshi, Ding Yuxi's father, did not own much of a stake, while Wang Ling and his father nearly had complete ownership of the Wanda Group—the stronger and the weaker were clearly evident.
"Old Wang, Brother Menglong, calm down, it's just a woman!" Ding Yuxi, obviously a rich second generation with no real skills, suddenly tried to cozy up to them.
"She's just a little Internet singer. It's not worth getting so angry over," Ding Yuxi glanced at the girl, who immediately shrank back, obviously traumatized.
"Here's the thing, one million as compensation for emotional distress, that should settle it, right?" Ding Yuxi put on his clothes, "Getting a million for doing nothing, you're getting off cheap!"
"Look at that!" Zhang Menglong immediately laughed; such a brazen person was a first for him, "One million? That's not enough! You want to talk about compensation? Let's see how much money the Wangyi Group has to pay up!"
"You're unlucky today. This is my brother's girlfriend. To settle this matter, one million is definitely not enough!"
"Your brother's girlfriend?" Wang Ling was momentarily taken aback, but he quickly understood; Zhang Menglong was clearly trying to demand a hefty sum, playing the 'make friends out of thin air' card!
"Bullshit! If you can say this girl's name, I'll castrate myself right here and now!" Ding Yuxi cursed Zhang Menglong's ancestors in his mind, but he didn't dare say it out loud. For a stranger, was it really necessary to stick his neck out?
But since he had been caught, he had no choice but to opt for a peaceful resolution.
"There's such a situation? Then I'm truly at fault!" Ding Yuxi put on a guilty face, "How about this, Brother Menglong, you name a figure, as an apology to your friend."
"How about this, 50 billion, and I'll pretend this incident never happened!"