The Quagmire of Desire: From Gambling Addict and Village Flower to Movie Queen

"Ding-dong! Ding-dong! Ding-dong!"

The doorbell rang like a death knell.

The boss, who had been so imposing just moments before, making them call him "Dad," suddenly turned pale, the red light in his small eyes vanished instantly, leaving only panic.

"Damn it! My wife!" he muttered under his breath, scrambling to get out of bed, not caring that Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling were still lying there naked.

"Quick! Hide!" He grabbed two bath towels from the floor and threw them haphazardly, pointing to the bathroom at the other end of the room. "Go in! Lock the door! Don't make a sound!"

Sun Xiaoyan was still in a daze, and it was only after Liu Meiling pulled her up that she managed to get up.

The two wrapped themselves in bath towels and stumbled into the bathroom.

The boss slammed the door shut behind him and shouted from outside, "Lock it!"

Sun Xiaoyan's hands were shaking so badly that she had to touch it several times before she could finally turn the small lock on.

The doorbell stopped ringing outside.

But then came even louder banging on the door, bang bang bang!

Interspersed with this was a woman's sharp cursing; the exact words were unclear, but the anger emanating from her could be felt even through the door.

Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling squeezed into the cramped bathroom, barely daring to breathe.

They could hear the boss's footsteps outside and the rustling sound of him adjusting his clothes.

About ten seconds later, footsteps approached the door.

Then came the sound of the door opening.

"old--"

The boss's voice had barely begun when it abruptly stopped.

Instead, there was a loud crash, chaotic footsteps, muffled groans from men, and sharp shouts from women.

"Push him down!"

"You bastard! You think you can mess around with women like that!"

"Sis, hold her down!"

The living room was in chaos, with the sounds of tables and chairs being knocked over, glasses shattering, and the boss groaning and begging for mercy.

Sun Xiaoyan was so frightened that her legs went weak and she almost sat down on the ground. Liu Meiling quickly supported her, and the two leaned close together.

"Search! Find that vixen!"

It was still that woman's voice, shrill and sharp, filled with boundless rage.

Footsteps began to echo throughout the room.

The drawers were pulled open, the cabinet doors were kicked open, and the bed sheets were lifted up.

Soon, the footsteps stopped at the bathroom door.

"It's locked!" a man's voice said.

"Smash it open!" the woman commanded.

"No! Wife! There's no one inside! There's really no one inside!" the boss cried out.

"Why are you locking it when there's no one here! Smash it!"

boom!boom!

They started banging on the door from outside.

The bathroom door wasn't very thick, and it shook violently from the impact; the small lock looked like it was about to give way.

Sun Xiaoyan looked at Liu Meiling, and Liu Meiling looked at her too; both of them had despair in their eyes.

"What should we do?" Sun Xiaoyan asked in a breathy voice.

Liu Meiling gritted her teeth, then suddenly reached out and turned the small lock open again.

"You..." Sun Xiaoyan was stunned.

"There's no escaping it now," Liu Meiling said in a low voice, a reckless determination on her face. "Anyway, we haven't gotten the money yet."

The very next second she turned the lock—

boom!

The door was kicked open by someone from the outside.

A middle-aged woman with a burly build, curly hair, and an angry expression stood at the door, followed by two tall and strong men.

The woman's eyes swept over Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling like searchlights, and seeing that they were only wrapped in bath towels and had messy hair, she became even angrier.

"Great! They really were hidden here! And there are two of them!"

She strode in, grabbed Sun Xiaoyan's hair, and yelled, "Get out here!"

"Ah!" Sun Xiaoyan cried out in pain.

Another man came in, grabbed Liu Meiling's arm, and dragged her out.

The two were forcibly dragged out of the bathroom and into the center of the living room.

The boss was pinned to the ground, his face pressed against the carpet, repeatedly begging for mercy: "Wife, I was wrong... I was really wrong..."

"Shut up!" The woman kicked him in the butt, then turned and stared intently at Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling.

"Squat down!" she shouted sternly.

Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling squatted down, shivering. The bath towels were not wrapped tightly and almost came undone when they squatted down, so the two of them quickly grabbed them with their hands.

The woman walked up to them and looked down at them.

"She's pretty sexy," she sneered. "So, how much per time? Who sent you?"

Liu Meiling looked up, her face still flushed from the service she had just provided. She took a breath and said, "It was...it was this boss who sent us."

"You come just because he tells you to?"

The woman raised her hand and slapped Liu Meiling across the face with a crisp crack. "You kinds of sluts, you'll spread your legs for money, huh?"

Liu Meiling's face was slapped so hard it stung.

She turned her head, her eyes flashing with anger: "It was your husband who contacted us! This is what we do; if a customer calls, how can we not come?"

"You dare talk back?" The woman became even angrier and raised her hand to hit her again.

A burly man next to her stopped her: "Sister, don't do it, it's dirty."

The woman, panting heavily, pulled her phone from her pocket and pointed it at Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling: "Squat down! Lift your faces! Let everyone see what this slut who seduces other women's husbands looks like!"

Click!Click!

The flash went off several times.

Sun Xiaoyan closed her eyes, blinded by the light, and a wave of shame washed over her.

She lowered her head, wishing she could disappear into a crack in the ground.

"And you too!" The woman pointed the camera at the shop owner on the ground. "You're not getting away either! I've filmed it all. I'll show it to your parents when I get home and let them judge this!"

After taking the photos, the woman still seemed unsatisfied. She walked up to Sun Xiaoyan, pointed her finger at her nose, and yelled, "You're so young and already selling yourself! Do your parents know? Huh?"

Sun Xiaoyan trembled all over and didn't say a word.

"And you!" the woman turned to Liu Meiling. "Stubborn as a mule, aren't you? You're not happy about it, are you?"

Liu Meiling retorted, "We're just trying to make some money, what's wrong with that? If you want to control someone, go control your husband!"

"I'll tear your mouth apart!" The woman was completely enraged and reached out to grab Liu Meiling's hair.

The burly man next to her quickly pulled her back: "Sister, forget it, it's not worth getting angry with someone like that."

"Not worth it?" The woman shook off his hand, pointed at Liu Meiling, "Look at her! She's a hypocrite! I'm going to teach her a lesson today!"

She was about to rush forward again as she spoke.

Liu Meiling also got angry and suddenly stood up: "Come on! Who's afraid of who! Your husband can't control his lower body, and you're blaming us? Go ahead and castrate him if you dare!"

As she stood up, her bath towel almost fell off, and she quickly grabbed it with her hand.

But these words completely ignited the powder keg.

"Fuck!" The burly man who had been holding the boss down also stood up. "Say that again, you fucking idiot!"

"Fine, I'll say it!" Liu Meiling retorted defiantly. "What kind of skill is it for your whole family to bully two women like this!"

"Meiling..." Sun Xiaoyan tried to pull her, her voice trembling.

But it was too late.

The burly man strode over and shoved Liu Meiling, saying, "You think you're so great, huh?"

Liu Meiling was pushed backward by him and stumbled, bumping into the coffee table, causing the ashtray and water glass on the coffee table to fall to the ground with a crash.

She panicked and grabbed a glass ashtray that had fallen to the ground, intending to smash it.

"You still dare to lay a hand on me?" Another burly man joined in.

The living room instantly descended into chaos.

Two burly men grabbed Liu Meiling, who struggled while brandishing an ashtray. Her bath towel came undone in the struggle and fell to the ground.

Sun Xiaoyan screamed in fright and tried to pull him away, but the burly man pushed her away, causing her to fall to the ground.

The boss was still lying on the ground, watching the scene, repeatedly shouting, "Stop hitting him! Stop hitting him! Someone's going to die!"

The woman stood to one side, her chest heaving with anger: "Rebellion! Rebellion! Two butchers dare to resist!"

Amidst this chaos—with coffee tables overturned, cups shattered, and several naked people wrestling—

Bang bang bang bang!

A sudden, even more frantic and forceful pounding on the door erupted.

Immediately afterwards, a man's rough, angry roar pierced through the door and boomed in:

"Open the door! You son of a bitch, open the door! Sun Xiaoyan! Liu Meiling! I know you're in there! Get out here!"