Chapter 18: Did I Say It Was Over?
Inside the bar, luxury and indulgence filled the air. The powerful drumbeats were deafening, the noisy crowd mixed with the clinking of glasses, and under the dim, ambiguous lights, Shen Chi felt as if he had stepped into another world.
He was still wearing the suit he had worn to work. Because it was too formal, he took off the jacket, pulled open two buttons of his meticulously neat white shirt to reveal his delicate collarbones, slightly messed up his hair, and even folded up his sleeves, exposing his fair, slender wrists.
After this series of adjustments, his whole person became somewhat lazy and relaxed.
Following the system’s directions, he first went to the bar counter.
[Little Chi, can you drink?]
Shen Chi said, “I’ve drunk before, but I rarely do.”
The system said, [Then let’s order the one with the lowest alcohol content. Don’t get drunk. This world…]
Before the system could finish speaking, its Little Chi had already been targeted.
First, several glasses of alcohol appeared in front of him, and they were not even sent by the same customer.
Then came an even more direct passerby, who walked up and flirted with him. “Sir, are you alone?”
Shen Chi did not accept the drinks others handed him. He glanced at the passerby who was trying to strike up a conversation and saw him constantly winking at him. After a moment of silence, he asked, “Is there something wrong with your eyes?”
A question mark slowly appeared on the passerby’s face because of his words.
Shen Chi said, “I’m not a doctor. I don’t know how to treat eyes.”
There was no smile on his face, and those eyes looked at the other person so seriously that the passerby who had come to flirt began to doubt life.
“You… are you serious?”
After receiving Shen Chi’s answer, the passerby spat in annoyance.
No matter how good-looking this person was, he was completely unromantic. Throwing flirtatious looks at him was like winking at a blind man. The passerby was even afraid that if he brought him to a hotel and they were already on the bed, he would suddenly say, “Do you want to see my glow-in-the-dark watch?”
“You’re the one who’s sick. You’re the one who needs to see a doctor.”
The passerby left angrily, while the system watched in stunned silence. [What kind of scene was that?]
Shen Chi said, “Never mind that. Tell me, where is the male lead shou now?”
The system said, [He’s still working normally as a waiter.]
Shen Chi asked, “Then can I request him?”
The system hesitated. [Better not. He’s a private-room waiter. You know, private rooms are very expensive. Opening one for two hours costs one hundred thousand.]
Shen Chi had just been about to say that he happened to have one hundred thousand on hand, money he had squeezed from the male lead gong, when the system slowly added, [In U.S. dollars.]
Shen Chi: …
That could buy his life!
“The bar counter is pretty good. Let’s just stay at the bar.”
The system said, [That’s right. When the commotion starts later, you just carry the inhibitor over and give the male lead shou an injection. We spend little money and do big things!]
That was the plan, but Shen Chi’s face was truly too tempting. After driving away one person, another appeared.
In the end, he grew annoyed and thought of hiding in the restroom for a while. But before he could even see the male lead shou, he ran into trouble first.
He was actually being followed.
Absolutely ridiculous!
At first, the bar was full of all kinds of people, so Shen Chi did not notice. Only when he was washing his hands in the restroom did he catch sight of a male Alpha behind him through the mirror.
In this world, because there were six genders, restrooms were divided very specifically.
Now, imagine a male Alpha appearing in a Beta restroom. Who would not become wary upon seeing that?
Through the mirror, Shen Chi met the other party’s gaze. In the next second, the other man visibly became excited.
The little prey had discovered him. The voyeur was ecstatic.
He licked his dry lips, his eyes glowing with greedy, ferocious light. “You found me.”
Shen Chi quickly scanned his surroundings before his gaze finally locked onto the mop in the restroom.
Although it was not a great weapon, fortunately, he was not picky.
“What do you want to do?”
His cool, clear voice sounded. That Alpha revealed an obsessed expression. “Want to hook up?”
Shen Chi crossed his arms as if he had heard some joke. Smiling, he said, “Hook up? How do you want to hook up?”
The man had already been dazzled by the beauty before him. Shen Chi did not scream, nor was he afraid. Instead, he even seemed interested.
What did that mean?
Did it mean he liked him too?
Of course. No matter how good-looking Shen Chi was, he was only a Beta. He, on the other hand, was an Alpha!
The arrogance Alphas were born with quickly made him ignore his own ordinariness. He said in a vulgar and excited voice, “How about we do it right here? Outside, there are people coming and going as the audience. Inside, there’s just you and me. We can be here…”
Shen Chi could not listen anymore. He grabbed the mop beside him and viciously jabbed it into the man’s weakest area.
His attack was ruthless and accurate, and there was still a smile on his face. “Your suggestion isn’t bad. Outside, there are people coming and going as the audience. Inside, there’s just you and me.”
Even a powerful Alpha could not withstand Shen Chi’s fatal strike, let alone the man in front of him, who was only a weak Alpha.
Although Shen Chi was a Beta and looked thin and fragile, his explosive power was decent. It did not last long, but it was enough.
In his previous world, this face of his had also brought him plenty of trouble.
Because of that, he had learned quite a few quick self-defense moves. Within three minutes, no matter who came, he could exchange a few moves with them.
The weak Alpha in front of him was clearly pathetically weak. Shen Chi inexplicably thought of the wild Alpha in the alley last time, and the displeasure in his heart immediately rose. New grudges and old hatred together—he vented all his anger onto this weak Alpha.
“Just because you’re an Alpha, you really think you can do whatever you want?”
“Excuse me?”
“No mirror? Fine, there’s always urine, right?”
As Shen Chi spoke, the hand gripping the mop struck down several more times with loud thuds.
The weak Alpha had already collapsed in pain, clutching his vital area after Shen Chi’s first attack. His face twisted as he tried to use his pheromones to attack him, but Shen Chi was a Beta. Unless it was a top Alpha like Lu Chenzhou, it would not affect him.
“You bitch!”
“I’m an Alpha!”
The weak Alpha wailed in pain. He wanted to stand up, but the mop in Shen Chi’s hand was faster than him. In the end, he could only crawl all over the floor like a dead dog with his tail between his legs.
Holding the mop, Shen Chi jabbed it repeatedly into the man’s face. “You dare ask for a hookup when you’re this ugly? I’ll wash your face first, then let you see whether you’re worthy.”
The restroom mop was both dirty and smelly. After being jabbed like this, the weak Alpha vomited.
Shen Chi was worried someone might come in and interrupt his fun. Taking advantage of the fact that the weak Alpha was in too much pain to get up, he saw a “Temporarily Out of Service” sign in the restroom and thoughtfully carried it outside.
This way, no one would come disturb them.
The weak Alpha had been beaten black and blue. How could he still have any other thoughts? Seeing Shen Chi pick up the “Temporarily Out of Service” sign, he immediately used both hands and feet to try crawling out. However, just as he crawled to the restroom entrance, he saw Shen Chi put down the sign and smile back at him like an evil ghost.
“Eh? Why did you crawl out?”
“Our game isn’t over yet.”
“Really now. You were the one who asked whether I wanted to hook up. I haven’t said stop, so how dare you end it?”
As he spoke, he slowly walked forward, grabbed the man by the hem of his pants, and dragged him back into the restroom like a dead dog.
And during this time, by complete coincidence, he happened to run into the male lead shou, who was stumbling toward the restroom.
