Chapter 12: Great Sage, where is your Golden Hooped Rod?

  "Go ahead and show off!" Chen Dashi glared at Liu Yunshi with a bad attitude, "Standing here, be careful not to be mistaken for a streetwalker!"

  "Bastard, you're the streetwalker!" As soon as Chen Daxing described himself as a streetwalker, Liu Yunshi immediately blew up and chased after Chen Daxing with her fists flying.

  "Hey, beauty, your price is too high, it's 500 yuan for just one night, you'd better find someone else!" Chen Dasheng shouted loudly while dodging.

  As soon as he finished speaking, many people around him cast strange glances at him.

  "Chen Dasheng, you bastard, I'm going to kill you!" The strange gazes around her shot towards herself like poisonous arrows, Liu Yunshi suddenly felt a mix of shame and anger, baring her teeth and claws, truly wishing she could tear Chen Dasheng's stinking mouth into shreds.

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  "Hey, once we get up there, don't you dare say I'm with you, let's pretend we don't know each other!"

  They soon arrived at Rongxiang Teahouse, Liu Yunshi tidied up her clothes and threatened Chen Dasheng, she was here to watch the excitement, didn't want to be implicated by Chen Dasheng.

  Chen Dàshèng rolled his eyes, "Sister, can you be any more tacky? Does seeing me embarrassed benefit you?"

  "It's not just beneficial, it's extremely beneficial!" Liu Yunshi chuckled and took a few steps back, keeping a distance from Chen Daxing.

  "Damn it, if you were a man, I'd beat the crap out of you!" Chen Dasheng turned around and spat at Liu Yunshi before storming off into Rongxiang Teahouse.

  The first floor is a family selling buns, and the second floor is Rongxiang Teahouse. It's connected by a side staircase from the first floor to the upper floor. Although the place is quite secluded, it never lacks customers. On the surface, this is a place for drinking tea, playing cards, and leisure, but in reality, it's a full-fledged gambling den.

  Chengdu is a paradise for entertainment and leisure, with countless restaurants and hotels. Just pick any street in the city center, you'll see small massage parlors everywhere, with many young and beautiful 'female masseuses' sitting under dim lights, opening their black silk wrapped legs, warmly welcoming customers. And places like Rongxiang Teahouse are even more numerous, just search for "teahouse" online, and you'll see a map of Chengdu covered in dots.

  Rongxiang Teahouse isn't very big, but it's decorated quite luxuriously. Chen Dasheng and Guo Hui often came here to play cards together in the past, so they're considered regular customers. As soon as he went upstairs, the teahouse owner recognized him.

  "Your friend lost money and was taken away!" The owner of the tea house, named Li Ning, was a middle-aged fat man, not very tall, with small beady eyes, looking somewhat like a city merchant. However, he was still a decent person, but Chen Daxin knew that someone who dared to open a gambling den couldn't be too good after all.

  Li Baozi didn't know Chen Daxing's name, he just looked familiar. Chen Daxing nodded, "I know, where is he?"

  Li Baozi pointed to the corner, Chen Dasheng raised his eyes and looked over, behind a screen in the corner came occasional quarreling sounds.

  As Chen Daxing was about to leave, Li Pangzi grabbed him and lowered his voice, saying "Be careful, those few people have some background, in my opinion, they're intentionally targeting your friend!"

  "What's going on?" Chen Dasheng stopped in his tracks and asked Li Ning.

  Li Ning said, "Among them was a bald-headed man named He Liang, who was notorious for his mahjong skills. Your friend won some money playing mahjong here this afternoon and boasted about how great he was. He Liang overheard him and invited him to play together. After a few rounds, your friend lost all his money. Then your friend accused them of cheating and refusing to pay up, so the three men beat him up and took his money."

  Chen Dashi furrowed his brow, really didn't know what to say about this kid Guo Hui, this kid liked to show off everything, and now he's finally shown off into trouble.

  "Thanks a lot, boss!" Chen Dashi thought he had thanked Li Ning and immediately lifted his legs to head towards the screen.

  Li Ning turned his face to look at the empty tables in front of him, shook his head with a bitter smile. Normally, this place was bustling with people, but today, due to the commotion, all the customers had run away. Li Ning thought to himself, maybe he should close up shop early, otherwise, if the police came, it wouldn't be fun at all.

  "Boss, give me a pot of Emei Mao Feng!" Liu Yunshi immediately ran over excitedly as soon as Chen Dasheng left.

  Li Ning turned around and saw that it was a beautiful girl who caught his eye, so he quickly put on a smile and said, "Alright, sis, we'll be there soon."

  "Hurry up!" Liu Yunshi urged, and immediately excitedly walked towards the screen, picked a spot by the window and sat down, just in time to see everything behind the screen.

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  "Come on, kid, we've been waiting for so long, where's your friend?"

  "He'll be here right away, don't worry!"

  "Listen up, kiddo! I'm warning you, if your friend doesn't bring the money in ten minutes, watch out or Grandpa will give you a slap!"

  Behind the screen, there was a mahjong table. Chen Dasheng walked over and saw Guo Hui's stout body. Guo Hui sat in the innermost seat, blocked by the table and unable to come out. On the table, a shiny fruit knife was inserted. Guo Hui's face, with two palm prints on it, was full of panic.

  "Guo Hui!" Seeing Guo Hui safe and sound, Chen Daben finally put his mind at ease.

  "Big victory, my grandfather, you've finally arrived!" This voice stopped in Guo Hui's ears, completely a heavenly sound. He looked up to see Chen Da Sheng, and suddenly he was overjoyed, shaking his messy big head, almost crying with joy.

  When Guo Hui called out, the man who was facing away from Chen Dashi turned around. He was a bald-headed man in his 40s or 50s with a black mole on his left cheek. He should be He Liang, the mahjong player that Li Ning just mentioned! The other two young men were dressed like thugs, one wearing a white T-shirt and the other wearing a black T-shirt. They looked like they were from the underworld, with well-developed muscles and tattoos on their arms.

  "Is this the friend you called?" He Liang looked Chen Da Sheng up and down, although he was ugly, but his eyes were extremely sharp, just like a hawk, giving Chen Da Sheng an extremely uncomfortable feeling.

  "That's right, Lian Ge, this is my friend, Chen Da Sheng!" Guo Hui hastily replied, looking very frightened by the three men in front of him.

  "Great Sage? Haha, what a great name!" The young man in the white T-shirt on the right couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  The black youth playfully glanced at Chen Dasheng and smiled, "Dasheng, where is your golden hoop rod? And what about your tiger skin skirt?"

  As soon as the voice fell, Liu Yunshi, who was drinking tea opposite, couldn't help but snort, and a mouthful of tea water suddenly sprayed out. She laughed while being choked, coughing non-stop.

  Chen Daxing's face twitched slightly, and he immediately said, "The Golden Hoop Stick must be carried with me, I'm afraid to take it out and scare you. As for the tiger skin skirt, it was left on your mother's bed last night!"

  "Grass!"

  The smile on the face of the man in black suddenly stopped, and he slapped the table and stood up. The mahjong on the table fell to the ground with a crash.

  "You little brat, you're looking for death!" The black-clad man pointed at Chen Dashi's nose with one hand, his eyes wide with anger, and a fierce expression on his face. He wasn't an idiot either, so he naturally heard that Chen Dashi was cursing him in a roundabout way. How could such a ruthless person tolerate such humiliation?

  Chen Daxing's eyes flashed a cold light, and he said lightly, "I advise you to put down your paws, otherwise, I can't guarantee that you'll be able to use them for the rest of your life!"

  They had just met and the atmosphere suddenly became tense. Guo Hui immediately shrunk his neck and didn't dare to make a sound.

  Liu Yunshi, who was watching the play opposite, was also startled by Chen Daxing's words. Isn't this deliberately looking for a fight? The two men opposite were so strong and sturdy, Chen Daxing's physique might not be able to withstand their three punches and two kicks. At this moment, Liu Yunshi wanted to retreat, feeling some regret at having come here.

  "Damn it!" Chen Daxing's attitude was so arrogant and domineering that he immediately provoked the black-clad youth, while the white-clad youth also stood up with a flip of his chair, seemingly wanting to teach Chen Daxing a lesson.

  "Ah Hu, Ah Biao!"

  Just as Chen Daxing was about to take action to teach the two a lesson, the bald He Liang stretched out his hand and stopped them, looked up at Chen Daxing and said, "Little brother is quite bold, I appreciate you, but appreciation aside, we still have to talk business! Did you bring the money?"

  Chen Dashi's mouth corners slightly rose, and he immediately pretended to be silly, saying, "Money? What money?"

  "Hah!" He Liang was amused, "Your friend lost money to me in mahjong, and if you don't return the money today, I won't guarantee your friend can walk out of here intact!"

  "Gambling is against the law, aren't you afraid I'll call the police?" Chen Dashi said.

  "Haha, call the police?" He Liang laughed, "If you think your police can catch up with it, then go ahead and try!"

  He finished speaking and took out an object from his waist, placing it on the table with a clang.

  Gun!

  Chen Dasheng's pupils contracted, and Guo Hui was so frightened that he almost shouted out loud. It was an old-fashioned 54-style handgun, which Chen Dasheng had never seen before in real life.

  "Oh no, don't report it, don't report it!" Just then, Boss Li Ning rushed over, lowered his voice, pulled Chen Daxing, and immediately went forward to He Liang, "Brother Liang, don't bother with them, hurry up and put things away, it's not good for people to see!"

  This teahouse is run by Li Ning, so he wouldn't let Chen Dashi report to the police. After all, what he's doing isn't a legitimate business. If the police came, his teahouse would definitely be shut down, and he might even end up in jail.

  "This is none of your business, get out of here!" Seeing Li Ning reaching for his gun, He Liang turned around and glared at him fiercely, quickly putting away his pistol.

  Li Ning was startled and quickly dodged, he knew that He Liang was a ruthless man, if he provoked him, he would not be able to withstand the consequences.