Qin Ruojing smiled helplessly, "Go on, drink less alcohol, eat more food, and come back early."

Chu Ge breathed a sigh of relief. He had not actually expected Qin Ruojing to let him go so easily, and was surprised at how smoothly things went.

"Hmm, don't worry. You know your husband's capacity for alcohol." Chu Ge chuckled and stood up from the table.

This time, Qin Ruojing didn't push him back down. However, just as Chu Ge was about to turn around, she suddenly called out to him, "Husband."

Chu Ge paused, a sense of nervousness rising in his heart. Had Qin Ruojing noticed something? Otherwise, why would she suddenly use this term of endearment she had previously been too embarrassed to say?

"Yes?"

Qin Ruojing picked up a piece of rib and extended her chopsticks to Chu Ge's mouth, "Eat a rib before you go. It'll save you from drinking on an empty stomach and feeling unwell."

"Hehe, you're so good to me, wife. I'll try to come back early. If you're tired, don't wait up for me, go to bed early."

Chu Ge opened his mouth to take the rib, mumbled a response, smiled at the two sisters, grabbed his handbag, and walked out of the room.

Just before he closed the door, he faintly heard a sigh coming from behind him.

As he exited the apartment building, Chu Ge redialed the number from earlier. The phone rang once before it was picked up. Clearly, the other person was also waiting for his call back.

"Kid, it seems you've already guessed who I am and what I want from you?"

"I wasn't sure before, but now it seems there's no reason to doubt." Chu Ge smiled faintly, "Let's skip the chit-chat. Let's set a time and place to meet, shall we?"

"Straightforward, I like it," the other person laughed wickedly, "I'm not familiar with Lidu, so I'll let you decide since you know the area better for such affairs."

Just as Chu Ge was about to speak, the opponent's owl-like voice came through again, "Just remember... it would be best not to play any tricks. I hope the place you choose is quiet enough, or I guarantee you'll regret it."

Chu Ge snorted softly; he had heard such words many times. The world is never short of self-assured individuals. Unfortunately, many who have threatened him are now dead, while he remains alive.

"I know a construction site with a good environment. How about we meet there at nine o'clock?"

"A construction site? Haha, I'm liking you more and more."

After the opponent's eerie laughter subsided, Chu Ge reported the address of the construction site where he had previously faced Black Arrow and ended the call.

Although there was still quite some time before nine, Chu Ge decided to head directly to the construction site, choosing a spot with a wide field of view to quietly observe and wait.

At nine sharp, a man dressed in a black jacket, black pants, and black leather shoes, as if intending to blend into the darkness, appeared in Chu Ge's line of sight from afar.

Chu Ge smirked; the opponent had come alone, seemingly confident in his own abilities. Perhaps this was the descendant of the ancient martial arts family mentioned by Chen Jue.

"Click"

Chu Ge moved a lighter at a window on the sixth floor, causing a brief flash of light outside, both to greet the man and guide him on his way forward.

If his instincts were sharp enough, he'd notice the change in light here. If he couldn't manage even that, it would confirm he's a waste of space.

The opponent did not disappoint Chu Ge; even with nearly a hundred meters separating them and Chu Ge positioned at a window on the sixth floor, as soon as the flame flickered briefly, the man in black looked up, staring in his direction with a wicked smile.

However, neither Chu Ge nor the man in black had anticipated that the brief glint of light had not gone unnoticed by just the man in black.

"Stop the car!"

In a moving taxi, a woman abruptly shouted, startling the driver, who glanced at the rear-view mirror to see the female passenger's elongated eyes narrowing suddenly.

Standing by the sixth-floor window, Chu Ge's gaze was locked on the man in black until he stepped into the unfinished residential building.

Thud, thud, thud...

In the previously silent building, a series of footsteps gradually grew louder, approaching from afar. The person was evidently not concerned about revealing his presence, much like Chu Ge when confronting Black Arrow.

Finally, the man in black stepped into the room where Chu Ge was, their eyes meeting as he clasped his arms and cocked his chin arrogantly, scrutinizing Chu Ge with great interest.

Liang Chen sized up Chu Ge, and Chu Ge sized up Liang Chen.

Previously, Chu Ge had guessed from the voice that he should be under thirty years old, but upon meeting, Chu Ge discovered that he looked like just a seventeen or eighteen-year-old big boy.

Liang Chen was about 1.75 meters tall, of average build, and quite handsome, with a flawless fair face, starry eyes, and thick eyebrows. His expression was filled with a complete disregard for the world and a carefree attitude.

"Yo, you came pretty early, huh?" After a few seconds of eye contact, Liang Chen broke the silence first, his face full of undisguised disdain, clearly not taking Chu Ge seriously at all, as if everything around was entirely under his control.

Chu Ge shrugged, "I'm the host, you're the guest. Of course, it's appropriate for me to come earlier. Should I let you, the guest, wait for me?"

"Talking to you is really interesting." Liang Chen let out a sinister laugh, "But, are you trying to please me, begging for mercy to spare your life?"

"If you think so, then so be it." Chu Ge rubbed his forehead, helplessly spreading his hands, "By the way, can I ask, did you kill Gao Wei and that woman?"

"Gao Wei? Who remembers his name, you say it's him, then maybe it is. Anyway, I came this time prepared to kill three people, two men and a woman, and now there's only one left alive."

Liang Chen scratched his head, giggling as if he were not talking about a few lives but a few ants that could be squashed without any concern.

"By the way, killing those two people was really boring, I just found them a bit noisy and casually knocked out a few of their teeth, and they completely gave up resisting. Especially that man, in order to beg for his life, he even offered me his woman."

Liang Chen looked entirely disinterested, let out a yawn, and sat down on the ground with his head tilted.

"Hey, what's the saying? I think it's 'a favor hard to decline', right? Since he was so generous, I couldn't be stingy, right? But that woman didn't interest me at all, so I just kicked her around, but listening to her scream was kind of amusing."

"You say when I was kicking that woman, wasn't it the best opportunity for him to attack me? Even if he didn't dare hit me, he could've escaped, right? But he just stood there trembling, boring, so boring. Hey, don't you think so?"

Ignoring Liang Chen's words, Chu Ge quietly stood still, contemplating what the best decision for him today would be.

Seeing Chu Ge remain silent, Liang Chen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "Hey, hey, you aren't scared stiff too, are you? I heard you were quite a fighter, that's why I specially came out, don't disappoint me too, at least let me warm up?"

With impatience barely concealed, Liang Chen stood up from the ground. Chu Ge, having finally figured out what he needed to do, faintly smiled, "What if I say I don't want to fight you?"

"Don't want to fight me?"

Liang Chen echoed, his smile gradually vanishing, looking at Chu Ge as if looking at a corpse, "If you don't want to fight me, then what did you call me here for? To be killed without any resistance? Don't you think that's really stupid?"

"I called you here to settle this matter, but unfortunately, you're just a youthful and arrogant brat. I don't think you have enough weight to make decisions on this matter; meeting you here was simply a waste of my time."

"Ha! Youthful arrogance? Haha! Not enough weight? Hahaha!"

Liang Chen never expected Chu Ge to say such things so calmly, and he looked at Chu Ge with a strange gaze for a few moments before bursting into laughter.

Chu Ge found it somewhat irritating. This brat's personality was quite similar to Chen Yujie's, but the biggest difference between the two was probably their strength.

Chu Ge lit a cigarette and exhaled lightly, "Is it that funny?"

Liang Chen's laughter abruptly stopped, and he pouted, "It's not really that funny, but I'm really curious, what makes you qualified to say such nonsense about youthful arrogance?"

Chu Ge didn't answer directly, "Killing those two who posed no threat to you and had no ability to resist, does it really merit you going on and on about it with me?"

Liang Chen's eyebrows furrowed, "What do you mean?"

Chu Ge let out a faint sneer, "You say it's boring, but I can see through your facade. In reality, you think you're remarkable. People like you in your family are just lackeys, right? Why would I bother talking to a lackey like you?"

"You're talking bullshit!" Liang Chen's face shifted several times, and finally, in a fit of rage, he raised his hand swiftly, pointing at Chu Ge's nose.

"Let me tell you! I don't know what youthful arrogance means. I only know that the winner takes it all—they're dead, I'm alive, so that means I've won! Today, here, one of us must die, and it can only be you!"

Chu Ge faintly smiled, satisfied with Liang Chen's reaction. A brat is a brat after all, so easily provoked. And what he needed to do now was to continue provoking Liang Chen, making him increasingly lose his cool.

"No, today here, no one will die. I don't want to kill you, and you don't have the ability to kill me. Like I said, a youthful, arrogant brat like you, who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, should just go home to your mother's milk."

Under Liang Chen's fiery gaze, Chu Ge shook his head lightly and dismissively.

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