" Jeez that woman nearly dislocated my shoulder," said Mo Qiang as she rolled her shoulder while trying to check whether or not she needed to visit the doctor and get her shoulder placed back in the socket.
Mo Qiang had never lived in a family before, she was an orphan with only kids around her age to play along with in the orphanage where she was abandoned by her parents, when she grew eighteen and was going to leave the orphanage she asked the head of the orphanage whether the old woman knew something about her parents or not. To her surprise, the old woman did know about her parents who abandoned her at the door of the orphanage and told her that they left her here because she was a daughter and they wanted a son.
When Mo Qiang left the orphanage, she went to her parent's house and was stunned to see that the two really got what they wished for, they had three sons, all good for nothing while living in a small rented apartment but for some reason they were happy. Back then she was filled with anger and swore that she will make them regret which was why she not only studied architecture, she even joined a company which was far better than what her brothers could ever get into —— of course, her parents later came to look for her once they saw her face in an architecture magazine.
They asked for forgiveness and Mo Qiang of course replied by having them thrown out of the company back then those two people have cursed at her to the point that they literally murdered her with their words. Because of this reason, Mo Qiang was even more reluctant to the idea of getting married and having a family, since her own left a scar.
But now, not only did she have a family but she also had a mother who was as strong as mini King Kong! And she had no idea how to deal with that woman since the one who cursed her the most was her mother.
" Ahem, if you have calmed down, can you let go of me?" She heard the little squirrel speak and looked down at Little Jiao whom she was using as a ball to squeeze out her frustration. " I mean I do understand that you are angry but I am still your boss, aren't I?"
"That's where you are wrong," Mo Qiang was no longer as scared as she was of this little thing as she was in the beginning. She calmly squeezed little Jiao and then continued to speak ignoring the peep that the thing made, " I am your partner you see? You gave me materials and in return, I help you reclaim your lost glory, do not make our relationship one that of slave and master, got it?"
Little Jiao who was being held in the fist of Mo Qiang sputtered, she wanted to say something but under another squeeze she could only helplessly agree. " All right but I am still the one with the majority of shares."
" Yeah, Yeah," replied Mo Qiang as she looked around the street ignoring the people who were ducking their heads upon seeing her and trying to make their presence as inconspicuous as possible. " Help me find that runaway child, I need to get hold of him and bring him back home or else I will lose my extra bowl of chicken porridge."
"No wonder you had no boyfriend," muttered Little Jiao under her breath causing Mo Qiang to look at her, her glare startled Little Jiao as she pointed to a dark alley and then said, " He is there."
Mo Qiang looked at the dark alley where Little Jiao was pointing and frowned, what was that mer doing in that alley? She walked towards the mouth of the dark alley and went speechless the second she looked at what was going on inside the dark alley.
Shao Hui was standing in the middle of a few thug-like-looking women, his eyes were rimmed red but he still seemed to be quarrelling with them.
" I don't know! I have no idea when she is going to pay your money back, if you have the guts go and ask her why are you cornering me here like this?" Mo Qiang heard the mer say as she stepped inside the alley and only then did she recognise these women, they were hired thugs who worked in the bar where Mo Qiang went and gambled.
Though Mo Yan repaid almost everything, she still asked for a few months to repay the rest since they needed to pay the compensation to the imperial family.
Mo Qiang: "...." These people, they just want to see her dead, don't they?
And sure enough, she heard the constant ding ding ding of Shao Hui's favourability points going down with each second.
[ Current favourability points: -730]
Mo Qiang: "..." Shall I look for a coffin now?
She looked down at Little Jiao who was snarling, from the looks of it the little squirrel was not liking this show of watching a helpless mer getting cornered as well. With a raise of her head, she stared at the group of women who were surrounding Shao Hui and then rubbed the back of her head.
Shao Hui stared at the group of women who were leering down at him, this was why he hardly ever stepped out alone of the house with Xie Jie who was tall and learned martial arts for a small role, these women stayed away from him but when they saw him alone they will come looking for him, each time and will tease and taunt him!
Just like how they were doing right now!
" Oh come one, Hui'er.." said the woman in the lead as she placed her hand on Shao Hui's shoulder. " There is no need for you to be so rude to us, we have known you for such a long time and …." She dropped her gaze at the thin yet beautiful figure of Shao Hui before strapping her eyes back up on his ethereal face as she added, " And I intend to know you even more deeply, you get what I am saying right?"
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Shao Hui's eyes filled with disgust as he slapped the hand that was sitting on his shoulder and coldly looked at the woman before saying, " My mother-in-law has paid back the majority of the debt and only a few hundred thousand golden star coins are left, there is no need for you to jump the gun, all right?"
There was no way he was going to sleep with a woman just to pay the debt of his wife!
" But I want to jump the gun, what to do eh, Hui'er," the woman licked her lips as she leered at Shao Hui and then raised her hand to hold the chin of the mer in front of her, such that she dragged him forward while holding onto his chin. " You see your wife has a debt of millions and yet even after six months, she hasn't paid back… I don't think that with your family's condition, you will be ever able to pay the remaining balance for the next two years and I have no intention of waiting till then."
The woman with brown hair tilted her head and smiled at Shao Hui with a greedy glint in her eyes and then added, " Come on, I am offering you a wonderful opportunity. You wanted to become an idol right? Sleep with me a few times and I will help you get what you want…" her gazed dipped at the virginity mark that was on the back of Shao Hui's wrist and immediately a sort of satisfaction filled her heart as she continued, " Your wife won't even find out about it since she has no interest in you...if she did, then you wouldn't have been untouched till now."
Shao Hui's eyes widened as he looked down at his wrist, upon seeing that his sleeves were rolled back he immediately pulled them down hiding the mark from the woman in front of him but it was already too late.
He closed his eyes and then gritted out, " No matter what you say, I am not going to agree to such a disgusting offer! Unless my wife divorces me, I will never sleep with another woman! And that too without a wedding band!"
Shao Hui might act recklessly because he was young but he was not a fool, he knew that the world outside was full of bad people, especially women. They can never be trusted! He knew that this woman called Big Li only wanted to sleep with him because he looked pretty and at the same time wanted to put a green hat on his wife. After all, there was one time when his wife entangled in a fight with this Big Li, this woman was not sincere and he was not a fool to get into bed with her!
And more importantly, his dream was his own to achieve, if he succeeded once, he can succeed again in the future! There was no need for him to take the back door.
Big Li's eyes narrowed when she heard the reply of the mer, she had been keeping her eyes on this mer for a long time and wanted him to follow her but of course, she had no plans to marry him. Other than his face, Shao Hui did not have anything else, he might have been a better asset if he had become an idol but Mo Qiang stopped him in fear that he will start taking back doors one after another if he went to the show biz, though her worries were correct and even Big Li agreed with her…it did drop Shao Hui's usefulness.
Seeing that the mer was still refusing, she clicked her tongue and decided to simply drag him with her since he was here alone and she was with her gang, there was no way a mer as frail as him could fight her. And after she was done with him, who will be able to do anything to her? Mo Yan might have been a general in the imperial family but now she was living in exile. And her life was like that of a criminal, there was no way she will be able to fight her.
With that thought in her head, she stretched her hand and then reached out to grab Shao Hui but before she could even touch his wrist, a weird thing popped out in front of her eyes.
For a while, she did not realise what it was until she saw that it was a flying squirrel as her eyes fell on the wings and the curled horns.
" What the—-" Big Li frowned when she the little thing snarling, she wanted to smack it away but the thing was faster. It dodged her hand and then rushed to her face where it started to scratch her face and that too with such a ferocity that it looked like Big Li cursed its ancestors. " What are … ouch, hey! Someone come and stop this damned thing!" She tried to catch hold of the flying squirrel while dancing around, " If I get my hands on you, I will roast you alive!"
Who knew whether the squirrel understood what she said to her or not but she started to claw Big Li's face even more quickly causing blood to ooze out of the wounds.
" You want to roast me? Even Mo Qiang does not dare to roast me! How dare you!" Little Jiao shouted but of course, no one was able to understand her screeching, Big Li jumped around before she turned to look at her gang members, furious that they were just watching the drama but when she turned around, she was stunned to see that they all were on the ground with Mo Qiang holding a metal bat in her hands.
The woman raised her head and smiled at her with a dangerous glint in her eyes causing Big Li to shiver as she walked past the women who were on the ground. " So….you want to sleep with my husband?" Mo Qiang asked with a smile on her face while the droplets of red blood dripped down from her chin as she smacked the bloodied bat in the palm of her hand.