The poverty district, located in the western part of Shallow Bay, was an old residential area built in the 1980s.

The Chang'an Restaurant was on a deserted street in the poverty district.

At this moment, deep into the night with a slight chill in the air, a waiter at the entrance of Chang'an Restaurant kept dozing off.

Creak!

Suddenly, the sound of brakes jolted the waiter awake, and when he saw a luxurious Bentley stopping in front of the restaurant, he was momentarily stunned.

This area was notoriously poor, inhabited by workers or dilapidated families; a luxurious Bentley like this was something one would only expect to see in the wealthy central area of Shallow Water Bay District.

"Are you two here for a meal or for accommodation?"

Upon seeing the two young men getting out of the car, the waiter immediately asked with enthusiasm.

Chang'an Restaurant was only nearly a hundred square meters in size; there was no place for accommodation. The waiter's words clearly carried another meaning.

"Accommodation!"

Zhao Tian obviously understood what the waiter meant and directly responded.

Upon hearing this, the waiter's eyes darted around and then sized up Ye Feng, asking, "Your surname is Ye?"

Ye Feng was expressionless and simply nodded lightly.

After getting confirmation, the waiter's expression turned icy, "Follow me, Brother Xiao is waiting for you!"

After saying that, the waiter led Ye Feng and the other person across the restaurant's main hall and into the back of the kitchen, where there was an iron-barred door.

The waiter knocked three times on the door, paused, and then knocked three more times.

The iron-barred door swung open, revealing a towering nearly two-meter-tall man covered in muscles poking his head out.

After scanning Ye Feng and Zhao Tian, the muscular man gave a ferocious smile and opened the door, "Come in!"

Hearing this, Ye Feng and Zhao Tian stepped into the room, and the tall and brawny man slammed the iron-barred door shut with a bang.

Inside the room were two spacious halls; one was extremely noisy, while the other was unusually quiet.

In the noisy hall, men and women gathered around the gambling tables—some played mahjong, some played poker, and there were two tables specifically for dice-enthusiast gamblers to indulge in their betting frenzy.

Upon entering, Ye Feng immediately spotted the figure of Old Jiang among the crowd playing dice, and his brow furrowed slightly, puzzled as to how the old man still had money to gamble.

At that moment, Old Jiang's face was ashen, his eyes fixed intently on the dice cup, as if they might bulge out of his head with sheer will.

"Big, big, big!" Old Jiang screamed with all his might, his face flushed red, his expression filled with madness.

But when the dice cup was lifted, Old Jiang was completely deflated, staring dead-eyed at the dice, his face the picture of despair.

Ye Feng did not bother with him and directly crossed the noisy hall to the other quiet one.

In this quiet hall, thick with smoke, several husky men waited with machetes in hand.

Once Ye Feng and Zhao Tian entered, these men immediately tensed up, looking at them with unfriendly faces.

"Ye Feng!"

Seeing Ye Feng come in, Xu Ningxue, who had been hiding in the corner, suddenly rushed over and clung to him, sobbing loudly.

Ye Feng looked at Ningxue, and after seeing that her clothes were in order and there were no signs of violation, he was somewhat relieved:

"Don't be afraid, I'm here!" Ye Feng comforted her, patting the back of Ningxue's head.

Upon hearing his words, Xu Ningxue cried even more violently, "Ye... Ye Feng, uncle sold me, for... for ten thousand yuan a pound, he sold me!"

What?

Ye Feng was slightly startled upon hearing this, and then his expression instantly turned icy cold.

Now he finally knew how Old Jiang still had money to gamble: by selling his own niece. Such a person was a hopeless, heartless gambling addict!

"Kid, let go of Ningxue right now, do you know that you are holding my woman!"

At this moment, Boss Zhang finally stood up from his seat. Seeing Xu Ningxue lying in Ye Feng's arms, flames almost spurted from his eyes.

The woman he had gone to great lengths to obtain was now lying in another man's arms, how could he not be furious!

"Who the hell are you to talk to Brother Ye like that!"

Zhao Tian had been holding back his anger for a while now. As a rich second generation, he had never seen such disgusting things before, especially Boss Zhang daring to buy Ye Feng's woman, angering Zhao Tian on the spot as he pointed at Boss Zhang and cursed:

"You're in your fifties or sixties and still thinking about buying a young girl, do you know how shameful that is! I'm embarrassed for you!"

Zhao Tian was not one to hold back. He was used to doing as he pleased in Jiangnan City and did not care about the figures in this small gambling den.

Boss Zhang, scolded and stunned, then flushed with rage, immediately slapped Zhao Tian across the face.

Slap!

Zhao Tian didn't even have time to react, let alone dodge, and was instantly staggered by the slap, covering his face in shock.

Not only him, but even Ye Feng was taken aback. He hadn't expected Boss Zhang would dare to lay a hand on Zhao Tian.

"You dare to hit me?" Zhao Tian's eyes widened, and his face was full of disbelief. In the circles of Jiangnan City, someone had dared to hit him.

"I did hit you! What are you gonna do about it!"

Boss Zhang looked fierce. He saw Zhao Tian dressed nicely, but with a pretty-boy face and felt no fear. Moreover, with Brother Xiao and his men backing him up, he was fearless.

"Do you know who I am?" Zhao Tian's face turned iron blue, as he glared fiercely at Boss Zhang.

"I don't care who you are! Even if you're the freaking son of Jiangnan City's mayor, I'm going to mess you up today!"

Boss Zhang, his anger already sky-high at seeing the woman he bought in another man's arms, was now furious at this pretty boy's ignorance. He immediately ordered his thugs who were standing around:

"What are you dawdling for! Go! Not just this pretty-boy, but also that Ye surnamed guy, beat them to death. If anything happens, I'll take the blame!"

Boss Zhang had a stake in this gambling house and was also one of the bosses of the thugs around. Upon hearing his command, they didn't dare to hesitate, picking up machetes and rushing toward Ye Feng and Zhao Tian.

Ye Feng's gaze turned frosty as he held Xu Ningxue in his arms, ready to leap into the fray.

It was then that a fierce shout suddenly echoed.

"Stop! All of you freaking stop!!!"

This voice was extremely loud, and upon hearing it, Boss Zhang and the thugs all paused mid-action.

"Brother Xiao, what are you doing! Didn't you agree to help me teach this kid a lesson?" Although Boss Zhang was quite intimidated by Brother Xiao, he still felt dissatisfied.

But Brother Xiao seemed not to hear him, his eyes fixed on Zhao Tian, sizing him up. As if realizing something, his body shook, and the folding knife in his hand dropped to the floor.

"You... you're Young Master Zhao Tian?"

Brother Xiao pinched himself hard, still unable to believe that Young Master Zhao Tian, the top scion of Jiangnan City's elite circle, could possibly have come to his modest gambling den.

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