Diary of Getting Rich Quick in the South

But Ruan Dong wasn't buying it at all, and tightened her grip on my arm.

"Danger? Liu Ming targeted you because of me. You were kidnapped because of me, and now you're going to settle accounts with him. Why can't I participate?"

Ma Wencai thought for a moment, then said seriously, "Can you be 100% sure Liu Ming will be home tonight?"

Ruan Dong nodded: "I just casually asked a few of Liu Ming's regular customers, and he turned down all his drinking engagements tonight, saying he wasn't feeling well and went back to his apartment complex early. He'll definitely be home tonight."

I still disagreed: "No, it's too risky."

Ruan Dong looked up at me and said bluntly, "Chen An, let me make this clear: if you insist on not letting me go, you can go your way. I'll secretly take a taxi and follow you. You can prevent a direct confrontation, but you can't prevent me from following you secretly. Either take me with you, or I'll go alone. The choice is yours."

Zhang Qiang was dumbfounded: "Why is this girl so stubborn..."

After a two-second pause, Ma Wencai nodded: "Alright, take her with you."

"Brother Ma, you..."

Ma Wencai turned to me and said, "It would be even more unsafe for her to secretly follow us; she might as well come with us."

I sighed and nodded helplessly: "Okay, we can take you, but you must listen to us the whole time. You are not allowed to act on your own or be impulsive."

Ruan Dong immediately smiled and nodded vigorously: "No problem, I'll listen to you the whole time, I won't cause any trouble, and I won't hold you back!"

Ma Wencai's eyes darkened, and he immediately finalized the plan: "Now that we've confirmed Liu Ming is home, let's settle all our previous scores tonight."

……

Once the KTV got lively, the four of us quietly packed up and headed straight for Liu Ming's upscale residential area.

Twenty minutes later, the car came to a steady stop downstairs in Liu Ming's residential complex.

The four of us got off the bus and went straight to Liu Ming's house according to the house number Ruan Dong had given us.

Standing in front of the security door, I took a deep breath and pressed the doorbell.

A few seconds later, the door clicked open.

The person who opened the door was not Liu Ming, but a middle-aged woman who looked to be in her fifties.

She was wearing faded cotton pajamas, her hair was casually tied up, and her face was covered in wrinkles. She looked very plain, just like an ordinary housewife.

No wonder Liu Ming spends all his time having a wild time outside, while his wife at home looks so old; it's no wonder he's not interested.

Liu Ming's wife looked us up and down, then asked suspiciously, "Who are you looking for?"

I quickly smiled and said, "Hello, sister-in-law, we're from Mr. Liu's company. We have an urgent document that requires Mr. Liu's personal signature. It's quite urgent. I don't know if Mr. Liu is home? I tried calling him but he didn't answer."

The woman shook her head, her expression indifferent: "No, she went out, she's not home."

I continued, "Do you know where he went? Or could you make a call and ask? This document really can't be delayed; if it is, something terrible will happen."

She listened without getting impatient, then shook her head blankly: "I don't know. He never tells me where he's going when he goes out, and he never reports his whereabouts to me. He doesn't answer my calls, and I can't find him."

Judging from her reaction, I couldn't tell whether she genuinely didn't know Liu Ming's whereabouts or was deliberately pretending to be clueless and hiding it from us.

Since we can't get any information from them, there's no point in staying any longer.

I smiled politely and said, "Okay, thank you for your help, sister-in-law. We'll come again another day."

After we finished speaking, the four of us turned and left the room, and the woman casually closed the door behind her.

Stepping out of the building and standing downstairs in the community, Zhang Qiang and I were both a little worried.

They had planned to go directly to Liu Ming's house to settle accounts, but they came up empty-handed and didn't even see a trace of him.

Zhang Qiang scratched his head, looking frustrated: "What a waste of time! Where did that bastard run off to? What are we going to do now?"

I frowned and remained silent, at a loss for words.

Just when we were at our wits' end, Ruan Dong, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up: "No need to look anymore, I know where he is."

We both turned to look at her at the same time.

Zhang Qiang looked at him with suspicion: "Huh? You knew? You said you were at home, but when I came here I didn't see a single hair on your head."

Without saying a word, Ruan Dong took out his phone, opened the chat interface, and handed it to us.

I leaned over to take a look and saw it was a short video of the scene.

The scene depicts booths in a chic, upscale bar.

The lighting was dim and hazy, and Liu Ming was clearly visible in the center of the video.

He was wearing a floral shirt, his legs crossed, with a young, beautiful woman in a tight-fitting tank top and sexy makeup in his arms.

Around the booth were several men and women, a group of them swaying and dancing to the music, having a great time and looking incredibly carefree.

Ruan Dong explained, "This was just sent to me by my sisters at the nightclub. They work at this bar and happened to see Liu Ming having a great time in a booth there."

Looking at Liu Ming in the video, and then thinking about his plain, old, and clueless wife at home, I felt nothing but mockery.

This guy keeps his wife at home while having affairs outside.

I looked at Ruan Dong in surprise: "Wow, you're really good at finding information. You can find out his location anytime, anywhere."

Ruan Dong puffed out her chest: "We PR people are in the nightlife circle. We know all the girls in bars, lounges, and KTVs. If I want to find out who's having fun, I can get the information in no time."

Ma Wencai nodded, "Then there's no need to search blindly. Let's set off with a clear goal."

We didn't linger and immediately took a taxi to the upscale bar that Ruan Dong had mentioned.

After entering, we pretended to be ordinary customers who had come to drink, as we had agreed beforehand.

Instead of heading straight to a booth, he randomly picked a corner seat and sat down, keeping an eye on the activities at Liu Ming's table.

Liu Ming really put on quite a show tonight; the booth was huge and packed with people.

He was sitting next to four or five sexy hostesses.

There were also seven or eight burly men with short haircuts and tattooed arms sitting next to them, who looked like thugs who had been involved in the underworld for many years.

I quickly counted them silently; the other side had more than a dozen people, while we only had four.

Me, Zhang Qiang, Ma Wencai, and Ruan Dong.

If we were to break off relations and start fighting on the spot, we would be at a significant disadvantage in terms of numbers. A direct confrontation would definitely not yield any benefits, and we would likely suffer losses.

Zhang Qiang leaned close to my ear and whispered, "That bastard is really cunning, bringing so many people. We're at a disadvantage."

Ma Wencai crossed his arms and analyzed in a low voice: "He has something to hide. He knows the kidnapping incident is not over and he's afraid we'll come looking for trouble, so he deliberately brought people to bolster his courage. It's unwise to confront them head-on now; there are too many of them, and things could easily go wrong."

For a moment, we were all at a loss.

We were planning to catch him alone, but he was on high alert and didn't give us a chance at all.

Just when we were in a dilemma, Liu Ming suddenly made a move.

He casually placed his wine glass on the table, put his arm around the sexy long-haired beauty beside him, and whispered something in her ear with a smile.

The two then got up and walked slowly toward the restroom.

Zhang Qiang nudged my arm, covering his mouth and chuckling, "These two are probably drunk and planning to have a wild time in the bathroom. Want to join them?"

The opportunity is here.

I turned and gave Ma Wencai and Zhang Qiang a look.

"Keep up."