Chapter 43: He Fei Stirs Up Trouble
A voice rang out from the dark stairwell, and a young man with dyed yellow hair stepped into the dim light.
The moment Wu Li Hong saw him, her face changed drastically. “He Fei!?”
“You… What are you doing here?”
Chen Xue Wen also recognized him immediately. This was Wu Li Hong’s former boyfriend, He Fei! He had seen him once before when he went to take Wu Li Hong away.
He Fei strode forward without hesitation and delivered a sharp slap across Wu Li Hong’s face. “You slut! Why the hell can’t I come here?”
“So, you can sneak around with another man, but I can’t come looking for you?”
Chen Xue Wen frowned slightly, his expression turning cold. However, he remained silent. After all, Wu Li Hong was once He Fei’s girlfriend. This was their business, and it wasn’t his place to intervene.
Wu Li Hong’s face turned red and swollen from the slap, but she didn’t back down. She glared at He Fei and yelled, “Watch your damn mouth, He Fei!”
“Who the hell is sneaking around?”
“This is my classmate, my friend!”
He Fei sneered. “Fuck off with that bullshit! You think I don’t know what’s going on?”
“Do you even know what day it is today?”
Wu Li Hong scowled. “What day?”
He Fei barked, “It’s payday at your club!”
“I went to your club to collect your pay, and guess what? Your damn manager only gave me a measly 800 bucks! I’d make more working in a damn factory screwing bolts!”
“So, I confronted your manager. You’ve been out every night, not coming home. You should’ve made at least four or five grand by now, right?”
“But your manager told me you’ve been acting all virtuous lately—just singing and drinking with customers, refusing to go upstairs with them. And every night, as soon as the clock hits midnight, you leave like some damn saint!”
“You haven’t been home in over twenty days, you’re not working the rooms, and you’re hanging out with this punk. And you’re telling me you two aren’t screwing?”
He Fei grew angrier as he spoke. With another loud slap, he struck Wu Li Hong across the face again. “You think I’m an idiot?!”
Chen Xue Wen finally had enough. “He Fei, that’s enough!”
“If you have something to say, say it. But don’t hit her!”
He Fei’s rage flared. “Who the hell do you think you are?!”
“This isn’t your damn business!”
He turned, his anger boiling over, and lunged toward Chen Xue Wen.
Before he could strike, Wu Li Hong rushed forward and shoved He Fei back a few steps. “He Fei! This is between us. It has nothing to do with him.”
He Fei roared in fury. “You slut! You’re defending him?!”
“You still wanna tell me you haven’t been screwing behind my back?!”
“Fuck this! If I don’t kill you tonight, I swear I’m not He Fei!”
He seized Wu Li Hong by the throat and slammed her against the wall.
Chen Xue Wen’s expression darkened. Slowly, he slipped his hand into his pocket, gripping the bone-cutting knife hidden inside.
Wu Li Hong held her head high, her voice firm. “He Fei, let’s settle this once and for all!”
“First of all, you have no right to accuse me of cheating.”
“We were never in a real relationship. I only borrowed money from you. I never once called you my boyfriend!”
He Fei’s face twisted in fury. “Bullshit!”
“You lived in my place for months! We slept together how many times?! And you say you weren’t my girlfriend?!”
Wu Li Hong’s eyes burned with anger. “You’ve had dozens of women stay at your place. Were they all your girlfriends?”
“I owed you money. You forced me to stay with you. You pushed me to work at the club to pay you back.”
“You were never anything more than just another client to me.”
Enraged, He Fei delivered another vicious slap. “Say that again, you bitch!”
Wu Li Hong shouted, “I’ll say it as many times as I want!”
“You lent me three grand when my brother needed surgery.”
“But over the years, you’ve taken at least ten grand from my wages at the club!”
“I’ve already paid you back, and then some! We owe each other nothing!”
“From this moment on, we have no ties. Don’t ever come looking for me again!”
He Fei’s face turned purple with rage. He tightened his grip on her throat and slammed her head against the wall. “You dare say that to me?! You think you can just walk away?!”
He banged her head against the wall twice more before throwing her to the ground.
Then, turning his fury on Chen Xue Wen, he spat, “You worthless coward. She’s throwing herself at a weakling like you?”
“Look at you! You just stood there while she got smacked around. Not even a peep from you! You really think she’s worth defending?”
“Disgusting. Just looking at you pisses me off. Pah!”
He spat forcefully at Chen Xue Wen.
Chen Xue Wen lifted his arm, allowing the spit to land on his sleeve.
He Fei exploded. “You dare block it?!”
He reached out to grab Chen Xue Wen’s arm.
But Chen Xue Wen had been waiting for this moment.
The instant He Fei grabbed his arm, Chen Xue Wen sprang into action. With a swift step forward, he closed the distance between them in a flash.
One hand wrapped around He Fei’s neck, while the other drew the bone-cutting knife, pressing it firmly against He Fei’s throat.
The cold Bone Cutting Knife pressed against He Fei’s neck, piercing the skin. Blood trickled down, staining his collar in a dark crimson patch. His breath hitched, eyes widening in terror.
“You… what the fuck are you doing?!” he stammered, voice laced with fear.
“Fuck you! Try moving and see what happens!” He Fei barked, trying to mask his panic.
But Chen Xue Wen wasn’t interested in words. The Bone Cutting Knife flashed, and in one swift motion, He Fei’s left ear was severed. Blood gushed instantly, his agonized scream slicing through the air.
His lackeys froze, their faces drained of color. They were nothing more than low-level thugs, used to intimidating students and preying on the weak. But facing a true predator? They hesitated, uncertain.
Chen Xue Wen wiped the blade clean on He Fei’s shirt, moving with chilling calm. Then, pressing the knife back to He Fei’s throat, he spoke in a cold, measured tone.
“You still think I won’t touch you?”
He Fei trembled. He was all talk—scaring school kids, deceiving naive girls. But this? This was real. His voice quivered.
“W-What do you want?”
Chen Xue Wen laid out his terms.
“First, apologize to Wu Li Hong.
“Second, she owed you thirty grand, but you extorted a hundred. You’re giving her seventy back.
“Third, from this moment on, you don’t go near her again.”
He Fei’s face turned red with anger. “Kid, you’re standing up for her? Do you even know who my Big Bro—”
Before he could finish, Chen Xue Wen drove the Bone Cutting Knife into his arm. He Fei howled in pain, immediately breaking into a sweat.
“Alright! Alright! I’ll do it! I swear!”
Chen Xue Wen yanked the blade out, his expression unmoved.
“Apologize.”
He Fei turned to Wu Li Hong, shame twisting his features. He gritted his teeth. “S-Sorry.”
Chen Xue Wen frowned. “Louder. Unless you want more?”
“I’m sorry! I was wrong!” He Fei practically shouted.
Tears welled in Wu Li Hong’s eyes. She looked at Chen Xue Wen with gratitude, overwhelmed by his unexpected kindness.
With a shove, Chen Xue Wen sent He Fei stumbling backward. “Seventy grand. Three days. Or I’ll come find you—and it won’t just be seventy.”
He Fei’s face twisted with fury. “You’ve got guts, kid! Mess with me, and you’re dead!” His eyes darted to his men. “Get them!”
The lackeys, emboldened by numbers, charged at Chen Xue Wen and Wu Li Hong.
Without hesitation, Chen Xue Wen pulled Wu Li Hong behind him, shielding her from the onslaught. Fists flew as the thugs swarmed him. He didn’t fight back—just braced himself, guarding his head as blows rained down.
Then—
“What the hell is going on here?!”
The sudden roar of authority froze everyone in place.
“Stop! Right now!”
A squad from the Law Enforcement Team stormed in, their presence sending a shockwave through the alley. He Fei paled.
Truth was, Chen Xue Wen had released him earlier because he’d already spotted the Law Enforcement Team’s vehicle in the distance.
Before He Fei could react, officers pinned him and his men to the ground.
“Wait! This is a mistake! I’m the victim!” He Fei protested desperately.
His pleas fell on deaf ears.
Leading the squad was Captain Wang. He wasted no time snapping cuffs onto He Fei.
“You? A victim? You and your gang, armed, ganging up on one man—and you think we’re stupid enough to believe that?”
He sneered. “You must take us for pushovers. Take them away!”
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