Sin City (Chapter 3: To Hell and Back)

  "The presidential suite of this hotel is not bad, I have stayed here for a few days, you like it then stay here, don't worry about the money, I will help you pay the room deposit. E3 looks better than E3GHK" Wu Junwen took a look around the luxurious suite and found nothing wrong with it, so he decided to go up to the rooftop sky garden, he also wanted to take a helicopter back to accompany Ya Yun, Xu Huaiqing said: "No way, who do you think I am? I'm your good brother, how can I let you waste your money like that? I have my own credit card, working hard is for a better life, we are all for this purpose, it's better for you to go back and accompany her, she will be our future reliance."

  "Alright, I'm off. If you need anything, go find Mark, he's an old friend of ours." Wu Junwen said and hurriedly left. Mark looked at Xu Huaqing, "You're still the same, spending lavishly when you have money, don't you want to save some for retirement?"

  "I'm not going to spend a lot of money at your hotel, how are you going to make money? Sit down and have a few drinks." Xu Huaiqing took out two beer glasses, added more than half a cup of ice cubes, and finally poured a bottle of several tens of thousands of yuan worth of Louis XIII into the beer glass. Mark smiled and said: "Being with you guys has turned me into an alcoholic, why not save such expensive wine for slow savoring?"

  "Drunk today, drunk today, who cares about drinking cold water tomorrow?" Xu Huaiqing raised his glass and clinked it with Mark's, the two of them taking big swigs of brandy. As he drank, Xu Huaiqing asked: "Mark, do you have a wife?"

  "There is, right in the hotel, she's the financial manager, helping me manage the hotel. I only have a small share of this hotel, actually I'm just a high-level employee, earning hard-earned money. How about you?" Mark put down his wine glass and chatted with him, Xu Huaqing said: "None, that's why it's troublesome. I actually have a yacht, but two women came on board, I'm really helpless."

  "Just pick one and eliminate the other, isn't that fine?" Mark suggested.

  "Yes, it should be like that. I need to think carefully about who to find." Xu Huaiqing leaned on the sofa and put his legs on the coffee table, hiding here he could get a moment of quiet, but wouldn't have too long of peace to enjoy.

  Only Lisa and Lily were left on the sailboat, both of whom were holding onto the railing watching Xu Huaiqing walk away. Neither of them knew what to do. Lily took out her phone to make a call, planning to rent a speedboat to go ashore and find someone. However, she found that there was no signal on her phone over the sea, as they were too far from land, and only satellite phones could be used. But did Lily, who was accustomed to city life, have a satellite phone? She was anxious but couldn't do anything.

  Lisa ran up to the deck and saw an F1 racing boat, which was definitely not suitable for a leisurely ride. There were also hot air balloons and seaplanes on the ship that she wouldn't know how to operate. The only thing she could use was the inflatable rubber dinghy. She pushed it off the sailboat with all her might and then jumped aboard herself, ready to leave. Lily wanted to come along too, so she carefully climbed onto the rubber dinghy, almost capsizing the small boat in the process. Lisa scolded loudly, "What are you doing up here?"

  I'm going to look for him.

  "You're so annoying, if you didn't come he would be fine, why are you like a sticky plaster that sticks and won't fall off? I'm telling you, here, I won't give you face. In the past, my sister protected you and I couldn't touch you, but I'm not afraid of you." Lisa started up the rubber boat and chased after Xu Huaqing in the direction he was swimming.

  Lily knew she was younger than herself, more capable than herself. If she had a falling out with her, she would be beaten by her until her nose was blue and her face was swollen. In severe cases, she might even be disabled by her. After all, she was a bodyguard and was best at fighting people. She didn't say anything else and honestly sat on the boat.

  Lisa reacted quickly, but she couldn't tell the direction on the sea surface and didn't know her position. When she met a luxury yacht with a nearly out-of-gas boat, a small bird helicopter flew towards the land. She saw a special flag hanging on the yacht, which seemed to be the logo of a professional security company. Without thinking much, she knew it was the kind of yacht that only someone like Wu Junwen could afford. She continued to maneuver the speedboat to chase after the helicopter towards the shore.

  The helicopter can be faster than the speedboat. When Lisa got ashore, she could only vaguely remember the direction of the plane's flight. She rented a car and headed to the city center. She opened a map she had with her and saw that there were many helipads on top of local high-rise buildings. This modernized city was very developed, but people's consumption concept was still focused on cars and villas. It seemed that no one went out to play yachts or planes, so when designing hotels, few local hotels had helipads, while a foreign-funded hotel did. Lisa quickly estimated that Xu Huaiqing entered this foreign-owned hotel.

  Lisa knew Xu Huaiqing's spending habits, he was a rich and reckless spender. He would definitely stay in the most luxurious hotel, take a helicopter to get there, and live in the top floor suite. If not, it wouldn't be worth his while. Just as she was thinking about this, a small black helicopter flew away from the top of the hotel, making her even more certain that Xu Huaiqing was staying here.

  After giving the taxi money, Lisa and Lily quickly walked into the hotel. The front desk staff were about to ask them something when they swiftly darted into the elevator and headed straight for the top floor. The top floor had several presidential suites, which were mostly empty due to poor business, so there were few staff members around. Xu Huaiqing's room had its living room door open, and Mark was sitting in the living room chatting with Xu Huaiqing, who was still wearing a set of pajamas that Wu Junwen had given him.

  "What are you hiding here for?" Lisa stormed in and asked angrily.

  "Just like that?" Xu Huaqing said helplessly, hanging his head low. Mark saw two beautiful women standing at the door and although he knew what was going on, he didn't want to get involved. Of course, having two more young ladies stay would mean he could earn some extra money. He politely asked: "Do you ladies need anything? Do you need me to prepare dinner or book a few more rooms?"

  Lisa took a look at his suit and knew he was a staff member, so she didn't say much to him. "We need dinner for three people, all kinds of wine are required, you can choose, you can prepare now, hurry up and arrange the kitchen to cook, choose the most characteristic dishes here, one serving per person, got it?"

  "I understand, I'll go right away." Mark took a look and saw that there was business to be done, so he happily retreated, leaving behind a difficult stall for Xu Huaqing. Xu Huaqing was even more troubled and didn't know how to deal with these two people. He still hadn't had the heart to find a girlfriend or wife. Lisa's personality was very straightforward, she simply didn't want to waste time like this. "You quickly say something, get rid of this old woman, tomorrow there is still work to be done."

  "This?" Xu Huaiqing was a bit embarrassed, he knew Lili had liked him for some time, he had felt it the first time he went to his sister-in-law's house, and his sister-in-law had also told him about it privately. Moreover, Lili was quite sincere, she had been working with his sister-in-law since graduating from university, and over the years, his sister-in-law had introduced many boyfriends to her, but she seemed to have never gone on a blind date or asked anyone out, as if she had already set her sights on him. Besides, they were several years apart in age, Xu Huaiqing was only in his twenties, while Lili was over thirty, he didn't want to marry an older woman, that would make people think he would always be controlled by his wife, which would be humiliating.

  "You want to give her face and don't want to say it clearly, so I'll say it for you." Lisa turned around and looked at Lily. "You know yourself that you're already very old and ugly, with two master's degrees but nothing to show for it. Don't think that just because you have a degree, you can be arrogant in front of others. I'm not afraid of you. Having a diploma is nothing special, he himself has no culture and doesn't like people who have attended university. What else do you have to show off?" Lisa was actually saying what she herself thought, but Xu Huaqing had never thought that way. He just thought that he and Lily were indeed not suitable for each other. Her birth environment was much better than his own, his life was like dancing on the tip of a knife, where one misstep would mean disaster, while her life was like being in a safe, completely unable to accept someone like him. She was used to a peaceful and stable life, but he was most afraid of peace and stability, because that meant he had accomplished nothing.

  Lily was so angry with Lisa that she turned around and ran out, Xu Huaiqing knew she was stimulated, but not only did he stimulate her, she must have gone out to find a place to jump off the building, she is the eldest sister's most beloved assistant, if something happens to her, how can he face people in the future, it's all because of today's situation.

  Lily, who had just run up to the rooftop, was caught by Xu Huaiqing, "What are you doing?"

  "Mind your own business and let me die."

  "She said a few words to you and you're so worked up, how can I dare speak in front of you again? Might as well just be mute. Look at you, such a big person still getting so worked up. Your parents spent money sending you to famous schools abroad, spending so much money, have you earned it back from working these few years? If you die, won't your parents lose everything? The stocks are being locked in and there's no way to unlock them, what's the point of dying like this? Letting the old folks' money go down the drain. You're really overdoing it, hurry up and come back! That's all she said, I never thought that way." Xu Huaiqing didn't know what to say, just saying whatever came to mind, earlier still wanting to die.

  Lisa looked at Xu Huaiqing and said: "What else can you do besides being a dead weight?"

  Actually, having this skill is enough to control Xu Huaiqing. He stood in the living room and said to them: "You are not allowed to make trouble again. If you continue to make trouble, I will find a cage to lock you two up. If you don't obey me, go and sue me, let the judge put me in prison, understand?" He can only say so, lest the two of them get into more trouble.

  Xu Huaiqing sat on the sofa, drinking heavily. The waiter pushed a cart in, followed by Mark, who personally arranged the dishes on the dining table in the suite. After everything was set up, he left with the waiter. Mark wondered how Xu had managed to smooth things over, as it was usually difficult to handle situations like this.

  Xu Huaiqing sat down at the dinner table, eating and drinking heavily. With each bite of food, he would drink a whole glass of brandy. Before the meal was even over, he had become drunk and fell onto the floor of the dining room. Fortunately, there was a high-quality carpet on the floor, or else he would have hurt himself badly.