Chapter 33

The faces of the men in the room turned unsightly. The 1. 8m tall man whom Mr. Kim was gambling with stood up, his unbuttoned shirt revealed his bare chest and well-developed pectoral muscles.

As he stared at Lisa, he squinted his eyes until they formed a thin line, "Brat, get your brain working. Look carefully at who this territory belongs to. Paying a debt is right and unalterable, it's only right for a father to punish his daughter. You better mind your own business!"

Mr. Kim was released by Lisa, and was once again enraged from the humiliation. He pointed at Lisa and Jennie saying, "Good... little slut, so you've found a person to help you today! You want me, your father, to be put to death days after arriving at Zhong Hai, don't you? To bring about a comfortable life for yourself in the future!?"

After he heard Jennie refuse to give him the money, Mr. Kim was angered to the point of shivering, and began to swear as soon as he opened his mouth.

Teary-eyed, Jennie looked at him full of despair and resentment, and formed a sneer with her lips, "You can say whatever you want, but the money you owe will be paid by yourself! Lisa, let's go!"

As she said that, Jennie pulled on Lisa's hand, intending to leave.

Lisa naturally didn't mind, there was truly no compliment she could give to Mr. Kim, this guy was either brain-dead or a retard, the words 'no medicine can save' would fit him better than anyone else. If he wasn't Jennie's stepfather, Lisa would have been broken his arm.

However, the men in the room obviously wouldn't let the two leave so easily.

The leader coldly snorted, "If you don't pay up, don't even think about leaving!"

The construction workers wore wicked smiles as they rushed out of the door to block the two's path of return, and also gazed at all the skin Jennie had exposed with a lustful light.

It could be said that Lisa had experienced something new today, which is being forcefully held from leaving in broad daylight. She couldn't help but smile towards Jennie and say, "I wonder why this feels like we're filming a movie."

But Jennie wasn't in the mood to joke with her. She tried very hard to resist the terror in her heart as she wiped away her tears and yelled: "What are you guys trying to do!? Do you believe that I wouldn't call the police!? What you're doing is illegal gambling! You will all be detained and fined!"

The men present heartily laughed, as if they heard the biggest joke in the world.

The leader who looked cruel and untamed walked over, then said with a sardonic smile, "Little girl, let me tell you, in the past, people who owed me money in construction sites all said the same thing. They say that they would report it to the police, and will have us squat in a jail cell. But do you know what happened to them afterwards?"

"What?" Jennie fearlessly stared at them and asked.

The man sneered, "In this world, the one with a stronger fist is reason. Once I beat someone to the point their parents can't even recognize them, how would they manage to report it to the police? Something like the law is just a piece of shit! In the end, they would still have to obediently pay up!"

The man sized Jennie up from top to bottom repeatedly, clicked his tongue and said, "However... today's situation is a little special, I'm not a person who likes to beat women. If this beautiful young lady is willing to give us some pleasure, then the matter regarding the money can be negotiated, and you'll be released later."

The meaning behind those words were already very clear, which was to use her 'flesh' to pay.

The men who were already harboring sinister thoughts looked at Jennie wickedly, as if they were already awaiting to be served by this delicacy.

Mr. Kim who was afraid of getting beat up nervously stood at the side. Once he heard that there was hope regarding his debt, his spirits were immediately raised, and he shouted at Jennie, "Bitch! What are you blankly staring for!?"

"What the fuck does this have to do with you!?" The leader walked up and gave Mr. Kim a slap, "Do I look like someone who would force myself on a woman? Besides, how could twenty thousand be of the same value as this tender lady?"

Hearing that Mr. Kim actually wanted her to agree to the man's request, Jennie nearly fainted from anger, but it was as if her eyes had already run dry, and there was only resolve and anger left, with a grim smile she said, "Stop dreaming, you people can't scare me. If you're intelligent enough you'd let me go right now, otherwise I'll really call the police!"

Jennie's performance gained admiration from Lisa, as expected of a successful career woman, despite having lost control of her emotions earlier, she managed to quickly regain her composure.

"I always say women are stupid, do you think I'm bullshitting?" the man scratched his ear, and spoke disdainfully, "Let me be honest with you, the chief of the local police station in this area has ties with my brother-in-law, even if you called the police, nothing would happen. You should know my brother-in-law, he's the boss in the other room, and he's been watching us. My money is his money, you think you guys can leave so easily?"

Lisa understood everything in a flash, 'so that fatty was this man's brother-in-law, it's no wonder that he let this man gamble in the neighboring office, it was all a ploy for them to fraudulently take the workers' money.'

Jennie didn't plan on staying any longer, and said, "Lisa, let's go, ignore them!"

The two were about to move, but several men immediately blocked the path and stared at the two with an ominous glint in their eyes.

"Seize them and bring them in!" the leader no longer bothered with words, he decided to use force.

When Mr. Kim saw that this bunch were about to make a move, he hastily wailed and cried out, "Boss, it's them who don't want to give you the money! This has nothing to do with me!"

"Get the hell in!" the man violently kicked Mr. Kim's butt, and Mr. Kim tumbled back into the room.

The other men walked forward, intending to capture Lisa and Jennie separately, and haul them into the room, but how could Lisa possibly let things go according to what they wanted? She kept Jennie who was a little hesitant by her side, and then lifted her leg to kick several of those who came near!

The few of them who was about to close in on Lisa couldn't put up a stance in time, and were blown away by the abrupt kicks. It was like their chest bones were broken, but fortunately for them, they had good health, so they didn't directly spit out blood.

Lisa saw their leader staring blankly, so she sneered, went up to him and grabbed him by his hair. She simply didn't give the man any chance to react, and as she threw him back into the room, s he pulled off a large handful of hair.

The man fell so hard that he was seeing stars; he always thought that he would be afraid of no one with this robust body, but he never would have thought that he couldn't even make half a move in front of this ordinary-looking woman. He instead fell hard on the ground without the slightest chance to react!

The pain was so excruciating, it was like he lost a layer of skin on his head. He touched his head, and felt a large bundle of hair was already pulled off, there was even blood flowing. With this touch, half of his hand was covered in dark-red blood, immediately terrifying him!

In an instant, the tables were turned. Lisa was like a shepherd directing a flock of sheep, with one toss and a string of kicks, she beat these built men to the point that they were crying for their mother.

Mr. Kim's eyes which was full of dismay and fear a moment ago revealed being pleasantly surprised when he witnessed this scene. He hastily endured the pain on his butt and ran to Lisa's side, with a grateful smile he said, "So you are an expert, hehe, help me give them a proper beating! How dare they beat me earlier! Haha!"

Lisa apathetically glanced at him, then lifted a leg to give his butt another kick!

"OWW!"

Mr. Kim once again fell on his face and into the room.

"You! What are you kicking me for!? I'm Jennie's father!" Scolded Mr. Kim.

"I don't have a father like you!!" Without waiting for Lisa to reply, Jennie coldly stated.

"You..." Mr. Kim wanted to rain curses, but after seeing Lisa's grim stare, he swallowed it all back down, he didn't dare make a sound.

Jennie had yet to recover from her fright, but after seeing how this situation was already under Lisa's control, she was both in awe of Lisa's might and glad of her decision to get Lisa to accompany her.

In the beginning, all she thought of was how inappropriate it was for her to come to a construction site alone, she never expected that Lisa would be such a big help. If Lisa wasn't here, the consequences would be dire!

"What is going on!?"

A voice came from the back, it was the fat manager who just returned from his rounds, who was also the leader's brother-in-law. After he saw that there was a messy fight, he cried out.

When the leader saw the fatty coming over, it was like he found his savior. Without caring about his bleeding head, he loudly wailed, "Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law! You've returned! They refuse to pay up and even beat my people up!!"

Fatty's face immediately turned black, his fleshy fierce face shook as he said, "What the hell are you guys made of! So many men and you can't even settle two women!?"

"This brat knows some kung fu, owww it really hurts......." One of the men who was on the ground cried out in pain.

Fatty looked at their wretched appearance, and was a little fearful in his heart as well, but he knew that this wasn't the time to cower, so he pretended to be calm as he said, "Brat, so what if you can fight? Society is now ruled by the law, you'd have to go to jail for beating people up. Do you believe that I can call the police here to arrest you now!?"

"Go to jail?" Lisa smiled, "You people operate illegal gambling like this, and even colluded to rob workers of their money, if this matter was to be exposed, it wouldn't be as simple as just being locked in a jail cell for a couple of days, would it?"

Hearing this threat, the fatty's face flushed, "Don't speak off the cuff! It's Mr. Kim himself who wanted to gamble! What does that have to do with us!?"

"Is that so? It has nothing to do with you?" Lisa nefariously smiled, then slowly walked up to the fatty, and said, "Since you say it has nothing to do with you, then we'll turn this into something that has to do with you, what do you think?"

"What... what do you mean?" Fatty was a little startled.

Lisa suddenly grabbed hold of the fatty's neck, without waiting for the fatty to react, she dragged fatty into the room like she was dragging a dead dog; that two hundred pound body seemed insignificant in her hands!

After dropping the fatty off in the room, Lisa turned around and smiled at Jennie, "Go to the other room and get me some blank papers and pens, I need them."

Jennie realized that things had already progressed far beyond her imagination, and everything happened too quickly, but she didn't have any choice other than to trust Lisa, so she looked deeply at Lisa and nodded.

Very soon, Jennie brought over some paper and pens from the opposite room. After handing them over to Lisa, she wanted to ask something, but didn't know how to say it.

Lisa understood what she meant, and gave her a relieving smile, "Don't worry, there won't be any fatalities."

Everybody in the room were already frightened by Lisa to the point where they dared not make a sound.

All they wanted was to get some money out of this activity, they weren't some martyrs of a revolution, and they were afraid of getting beaten. So while being fully aware that they were no match against Lisa, they obviously wouldn't invite a beating if they could.

After Lisa had Jennie leave the room, she locked the room's door. Then she turned to the bunch of men who were trembling in fear and displayed a harmless and gentle smile.

Nearly an hour had passed from when they left Zhong Nan Corporation’s construction site.

When she left the room, Lisa rolled up all the papers she held in her hand, and wore a tranquil expression. She didn’t say a thing, which made Jennie very stifled.

Back in the car, Lisa remained taciturn and Jennie finally couldn’t resist asking, “What is that in your hand?”

“You obviously wanted to ask me all along, yet purposefully waited for such a long time. You saw that I didn’t take the initiative to tell you, so you only asked after you finally couldn’t contain your curiosity, Miss Kim, could it be that this is what they call being reserved?”

When Lisa exposed what was in her heart, Jennie blushed, then charmingly rolled her eyes at her and snatched the paper from her to take a look.

After reading a few pages of it, Jennie's pair of feline eyes widened but she couldn’t get a word out, she looked at Lisa with a weird expression, and said, “I suddenly feel sorry for them, just what kind of threat did you used for them to write such a suicidal admission of guilt……”

That’s right, the paper that was in Lisa's hands were all detailed documents containing a series of confessions of crimes regarding those men’s gambling, brawling, coercing and swindling. It didn’t matter whether it was true or false, these were written by themselves with their handwriting, all of them had their signatures, handprints; blood was even used for the handprints…….

If these things will be handed over to the police, then all that’s left is to find a lawyer to sue them. In that way these fellas would have to go to jail for at least two to three years, and there’d be things like fines as well.

Lisa pointed at one of the papers, and said, “This piece is an IOU from the leader, if you need money, you can request a repayment of a hundred thousand debt from him or his brother-in-law. But if you feel too lazy to punish them, you can just throw it.”

Jennie looked at it, this was indeed in standard format, an IOU with both signature and thumbprint. If this was brought to court, it would also be considered as valid evidence.

Originally she was the one who owed them a debt, but now for no reason at all she became the creditor!

“You couldn’t possibly have used torture to force a confession, like those in the movies, right?” Jennie skeptically asked, and in her mind a bloody and terrible scene surfaced, causing her to tremble.

Lisa shook her head, with a serious face she answered, “Do I look like that kind of person? All I did was discuss with them about their life in the future.”

“Life in the future?”

“Yeah, I just asked them, 'do you want to continue your family’s bloodline? Or do you want to end it now?' ”

“……”

After a good while, Jennie casually placed these papers that held the fate of that bunch into the glove compartment, then started the car. After she drove the car out of the construction site, she sighed, and said with a clear voice, “Although I don’t know how you specifically did it, I have to say thanks, you’ve saved me again.”

“Those people tried to make a move against me, so it wasn’t just to help you. I won’t let them have a good time for my own reasons.” Lisa thought for a bit, then hesitantly spoke, “I made that stepfather of yours get lost, it wouldn’t be a problem, right?”

“Yeah, I’ve rented a house near this place for him, he can go there.” Jennie creased her brows, obviously laden with grief by her stepfather's actions. She made a deep sigh then said, “I don’t want to think about that person. Lis, can you accompany me to some place? I want to properly thank you.”

“You wouldn’t treat me to a meal at a roadside stall again, right?” Lisa pouted, “The foods there are pretty spicy, my lips swelled a little because of it.”

Jennie's mood appeared to turn better, for she once again displayed the confidence that only she possessed. She looked at Lisa with a wide smile, “Right now it’s tea time, let’s forget about eating, I’ll bring you to a place you’d definitely like.”

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Lisa was once again determined that wherever she went with Jennie would definitely be a strange place.

Half an hour later, Jennie brought Lisa to the coastal area in the east of Zhong Hai and into a place that resembled a forest park, then drove along the two-way road full of greenery. The red Audi slowly passed through the forest.

The woods in the surroundings were verdant and lush, the mountain’s scenery had streaks of yellow as autumn was gradually approaching; occasionally there were birds flying amongst the trees. The fallen leaves at the side of the road were lifted and scattered as the car passed through.

Only after another dozen or so minutes did Lisa see something on the hill, it was a sports center that took up a huge amount of land. To be precise, it’s a sports centre for rich people who were way too bored and wanted a place to exercise. Gazing at it from afar, other than various outdoor ball game courts, there was even a racing track.

“The place you said that I would definitely like is this sports center?” Lisa asked with a bitter face.

Jennie nodded, “Whenever I’m in a bad mood, I would often come to this place to exercise. Once I exercised till I’m sweating all over, it’d be like nothing matters anymore.”

“But I don’t like to exercise.”

“You’re so good at fighting, how is it possible that you don’t like exercise?” Jennie doubtfully asked.

'Fighting depends on killing people, killing till one becomes proficient, exercise is just a waste of strength' Lisa said in her heart, but just willfully said with her mouth, “I’m just a lazy person, even when I play games, I don’t play those that involve sports.”

“Then you can just sit somewhere in the centre and look at girls exercise, I know you will like that.”

“Are there many girls here?” Lisa became a little excited.

Jennie looked at her with disdain, “Hmph, you’re already married yet still so lecherous. Let me tell you, this place, Maple Forest Fitness and Leisure Centre has been open for at least twenty years now, an overwhelming majority of high level businesswomen and young ladies of rich families come here to exercise. Rather than calling it a sports centre, you could even call it an all-around top grade country club, it goes without saying that there would be plenty of beauties here.”

“I may not be someone who has a stubborn character, but for your well-being, Miss Kim, we need to enter as soon as possible.” Lisa said with a ‘sincere’ expression.

Just as Jennie had said, after entering Maple Forest Leisure Centre, there was an unceasing flow of women walking about, and adding on to that a majority of them wore hot pants for exercise that were of various colors, showing their bare thighs. Countless pairs of spotlessly white and slender legs swayed in front of Lisa's eyes, it could be considered a pleasurable experience for any man or woman.

Due to exercising, many ladies had some sweat on their body, the scent of their body and their perfume became extremely distinct; as long as they walked by, their fragrance would seep into one’s nose.

Jennie led the way, when she turned around and saw how Lisa looked all over without the slightest bit of concealing her gaze, it left a slightly bad taste in her mouth, “Hey, even if you want to look, can you not make it so obvious? What if their boyfriend or somebody is here? A conflict might arise, and that would be troublesome.”

“What kind of conflict could arise?” Lisa indifferently smiled, “In the worst case, I could just shamelessly refuse to admit that I looked, wouldn’t that be the end of it?”

Jennie rolled her eyes, she couldn’t be bothered to care about this pervert.

They walked towards Maple Forest Leisure Centre’s main lounge, the main lounge was made up of transparent reinforced glass, its design seemed very bright and fashionable. The silver modern-looking stereoscopic logo and perfectly-fitted bonsai plants, made the whole lounge feel spacious and full of fresh air.

The employees who walked about were also beautiful young ladies or young men with sunshine-like smiles; they all wore t-shirts with a maple leaf logo. When they saw Jennie and Lisa they revealed cordial smiles.

They walked to a gantry in the main lobby. Once they passed this gantry, they would be in the actual fitness centre. A lady with a sweet smile asked Jennie for her pass.

Jennie drew out a deep red card, passed it to the lady, then pointed at Lisa, “This is my assistant, can we go in together?”

“Miss, your card is a VIP card, you have the rights to bring one person in.” The lady patiently answered.

“Miss Kim, it has been a while since you last came.”

They only took a few steps when a familiar and mature voice came from the side, expressing a sincere welcome to Jennie.

Jennie turned back, and gave the person who approached a happy yet reserved smile. It was unknown if this was a PR worker’s trained smile or her innate charm.

As for Lisa, the moment she turned around she was startled. Why is it her?

Tzuyu who had a casual attire also noticed that the one who entered was Lisa. Seeing Lisa's startled expression, she playfully smiled and greeted her as well, “Lisa, we meet again.”

Lisa noticed the sudden ‘knowing’ look from Tzuyu, and felt incredible awkward, she knew what Tzuyu was thinking of.

The first time they met, Lisa asked Tzuyu for a one night stand, but in the end she rejected her. The second time, was in Mina's office, and now, only a few days passed and Lisa appeared alongside the confident and charming Jennie in this leisure centre.

Don’t even mention a woman like Tzuyu who looks intelligent, any woman would think in that direction.

“Ms. Tzuyu, you’re acquainted with Lisa?” Jennie curiously asked, in her eyes, it was simply inconceivable for Lisa to be acquainted with this woman who possessed an extraordinary position in Zhong Hai’s high society.

Tzuyu laughed in a gentle and refined manner, “Met twice by coincidence, this is the third, but it seems like Lisa and I are brought together by fate.

*Cough cough* Lisa awkwardly smiled and said, “It’s indeed a great coincidence, to be able to bump into each other even at a remote place like this.”

Jennie couldn’t help but smile and mock Lisa, “What coincidence are you saying? Ms. Tzuyu is the owner of Maple Forest Leisure Centre, this is her territory.”

Lisa was immediately speechless. It’s no wonder this woman could drive a limited edition Land Rover, she isn’t just ordinarily rich. Therefore she grudgingly said, “Sorry for being silly and ignorant.”

This bullied expression caused the two amazing beauties to chuckle out loud, the mood also became a lot more harmonious.

Tzuyu seemed to have thought of something, and in a blink of an eye she amiably asked, “What have you two come to play? Gym? Swim? Yoga? Or something like racing?”

“We haven’t decided, I just came to relax, do you have anything to recommend?” Jennie asked.

Tzuyu nodded, “I was just going to watch a tennis match, the ones playing are all frequent visitors, and are all Maple Forest VIPs like Ms. Kim. You’d likely bump into quite a number of acquaintances, everybody gets together to play, I wonder if the two of you would do me the honor of coming?”

Lisa was just thinking of rejecting, she wasn’t a VIP, how could there be acquaintances? But Jennie pulled her arm, and quickly said, “Since there’s something great like this going on and Ms. Tzuyu has invited us, it’s only natural that we go, come on!”

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