Diary of Getting Rich Quick in the South

"Su Wan, what's wrong with you? Mr. Liu has been looking for you for ages! Get going!"

Upon hearing the name "General Manager Liu," Su Wan instinctively moved to the side.

"Manager Feng, could you please let my brother and I talk for a bit longer before we go over there?"

Manager Feng urged impatiently, "Don't you know it's working hours? What are you saying? Hurry up and leave. We can talk after get off work!"

Su Wan looked a little awkward, but still managed a forced smile at me: "Chen An, I'll go to work now."

I could tell Su Wan was resisting, so I pulled her over.

"Sister Wan, who is Mr. Liu? Has he ever bullied you?"

Su Wan quickly waved her hand: "No, no, it's just that when I was in the bar upstairs, he often requested songs and even sent me flowers. He hinted several times that I should go out for a late-night snack with him, but I refused. An hour ago, President Liu asked me and ten PR people to go to a private room to sing. I saw them getting handsy, so I came out after singing two songs."

I instantly got angry and said to Manager Feng, "Manager Feng, Su Wan won't go."

The thought of Su Wan dressed like this to accompany someone for drinks, and that person having ulterior motives towards her, makes my heart clench. Naturally, I can't let her go.

Even if nothing really happens, it won't work.

Manager Feng glared at me with displeasure: "Your sister works here on our paycheck, and now that customers have to hire her, she has to go."

Hearing the word "dot" made me feel even more uncomfortable.

I stood in front of Su Wan and said, "Manager Feng, right? My sister-in-law resigned, so she can't go."

"Resign?"

Manager Feng sneered, "We signed a contract back then. You think you can just come and go as you please? There's no such rule! Tonight, the customer specifically requested her, so she has to go and serve him! If we collect the customer's service fee and then run away halfway through, how can our shop do business?"

I often bring clients to these kinds of fireworks venues, so I naturally know the rules there.

Su Wan was indeed in the wrong this time.

A quiet bar is different from a karaoke bar.

In a quiet bar, customers can leave after paying and singing.

But it's different in a karaoke bar. Nominally, you're just singing two songs, but once you've taken the money and accepted the job, you have to keep the customer company. You can't leave until the customer leaves.

I said, "Manager Feng, how much money did General Manager Liu give? I'll compensate her double."

Manager Feng lit a cigarette, squinted, and looked me up and down: "You look familiar. You're a regular customer, right? Then you should know that this isn't something that can be solved by just adding money."

No matter the venue, once you've taken a customer's money, you must do your job properly. Not showing up at the last minute not only offends the customer, but it will also affect the store's future business. Money is a small matter; how will you compensate us for our reputation?

I knew he was right, so I took half a step forward and said, word by word, "I understand the rules, but I must protect this person today. I will bear all the consequences and will not involve the club."

Manager Feng knew I was determined not to let Su Wan go, so he didn't bother to say anything more. He flicked his cigarette ash and left a warning.

"Fine, since you put it that way, I can stop Su Wan from going, but you should think carefully. President Liu is no ordinary person, and you won't get away with offending him."

Upon hearing this, Su Wan panicked instantly, hurriedly grabbing my arm and shaking her head in terror.

"Chen An, why don't I go? He won't do anything to me, at most he'll take a small advantage. Boss Liu is in the mining business, he has a lot of thugs under him, we can't afford to offend him. There's no need to bring disaster upon ourselves for my sake."

If I didn't know, that would be one thing, but now that I do know, how could I just stand by and watch her be taken advantage of in the past?

In my heart, Su Wan is not only my cousin-in-law, but also a family member who is closer than my own sister.

Anyone would stand by and watch their loved one drink with a greasy man and be harassed.

Let alone a mine owner, even if the King of Heaven himself came, I would never back down.

I gripped her cold hand tightly and said firmly.

"Sister Wan, no matter who the other party is, I won't allow you to go there. If he has the guts, let him come and cause me trouble. I, Chen An, am just a worthless person. If anyone tries to bully you, I'll fight them to the death."

Su Wan's eyes instantly reddened, and tears streamed down her face.

Seeing my resolute attitude, Manager Feng knew that further persuasion would be useless, so he snorted coldly and slammed the door as he left the lounge.

Watching his departing figure, Su Wan's body went limp, and she squatted down, covering her face and sobbing softly.

I don't know if she cried because she was relieved that I had done everything I could to protect her, or because she was afraid that we would face Mr. Liu's revenge.

Manager Sun, who hadn't dared to interrupt until Manager Feng left, finally dared to speak up and offer advice.

"Brother Chen, I know you feel sorry for Su Wan, but you really can't afford to offend President Liu. It's no use for you to stubbornly resist. Why don't you take your wife over to apologize, explain things properly, and soften your stance? That way, the matter can be put on hold. There's no need to completely ruin the relationship and end up suffering a great loss yourself."

I know that Supervisor Sun genuinely cares about me.

He had witnessed the methods of many powerful figures in the club and knew how terrible the consequences of offending President Liu could be.

I didn't object. We were in the wrong first, so we definitely need to apologize.

I nodded and said, "Okay, I've been out for too long. I'll go back to the private room to appease President Wang first, and then take Sister Wan to apologize to President Liu."

But we had only just reached the corner of the corridor when I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my lower back; someone had kicked me hard from behind.

I was completely unprepared and fell straight forward to the ground.

Before I could even get up, I felt a lot of feet kicking me, and the pain almost made me gasp for breath.

"Stop hitting him! Stop hitting him!"

The sound of Su Wan's heart-wrenching cries rang in my ears.

She tried desperately to rush over and protect me, but was blocked by someone.

A moment later, the punches and kicks suddenly stopped.

I scrambled to my feet and saw Su Wan being dragged along by a fat man in his fifties with a fleshy face and wearing a floral shirt.

Su Wan, crying, grabbed the man's arm and pleaded repeatedly, "Mr. Liu, please don't hit him anymore. He's my younger brother. He was just being silly and offended you. Please, be magnanimous and don't hold it against him. I'll go with you. I'll go drink with you right now. I'll do anything. Please let him go!"

It turns out this guy is the mine owner, Mr. Liu.

Before I could fully recover, I was kicked in the stomach again.

The force was so great that it felt like my internal organs had shifted, causing excruciating pain.

"You little brat, trying to steal our boss's woman?"

"Hold!"

With red eyes, I roared that I would fight him to the death, but I had only taken one step when someone kicked me from the side.

Then another seven or eight punches landed on me.

The seven or eight people following Boss Liu were all young men in their twenties, and they didn't know their own strength when they hit him.

There was a guy with dyed yellow hair, who looked short and small like a minor, holding a ten-centimeter-long folding knife and staring at me menacingly.

I reckon he'd stab me with a knife if I fought back.

I could only try my best to protect my head and prevent them from hitting my temple.

Seeing my face covered in bruises, Su Wan cried until she almost fainted.

She clung to Mr. Liu's arm, pleading desperately, "Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu, I beg you, please stop! I'll do whatever you say, I'll obediently drink with him, I won't resist anymore, please don't hit him anymore!"

Mr. Liu put his arm around Su Wan's waist and looked down at me.

"Weren't you so arrogant just now? You even told me to come and cause you trouble, why are you chickening out now? Go ahead and fight back if you dare, damn it!"

He turned his head and spat, his face full of disdain: "Someone like you, if you were in my mine, I could bury you alive without a second thought, and nobody would even ask you if you believe me."

Ignoring Su Wan's struggles, he forcibly pulled her into his arms, turned around, and left.

I don't care about being beaten, but his public humiliation of Su Wan and his attempt to forcibly take her away completely crossed my bottom line.

The rage in my chest completely overwhelmed all my reason.

I have only one thought right now, and that is to kill that beast!

The guys who hit me earlier probably thought I wouldn't dare to fight back, so they followed behind Boss Liu, chatting and laughing, and even bragging to each other about how many punches they had thrown at me.

Seeing them walk forward smugly, I ran over, grabbed the ashtray from the coffee table, pushed aside the people blocking my way, and kicked Mr. Liu hard in the back.

Mr. Liu didn't expect me to actually fight back. I kicked him over, and his head hit the ground hard.

Even Su Wan was thrown to the ground by the force.

Before he could get up, I climbed on his back, raised the ashtray, and smashed it over his head.

"Fuck your mother! How dare you bully my sister-in-law! I'll kill you today!"