Chapter 890: The Dignity of a Villain

Tao Yueyue was startled and had no idea what Zhou Xiao was up to.

The boss walked over, looked at the money in Zhou Xiao’s hand, then at Tao Yueyue, and deliberately put on a show, saying, “Wow, you’re really brave. How do you plan to compensate me? Come, go wash dishes in the back!”

Zhou Xiao laughed heartily, and only then did Tao Yueyue realize that the two of them knew each other.

“I was just teasing her. I said that if I couldn’t pay after eating the wontons, I’d kill the boss. This silly girl believed it.”

“Haha, I should thank her then. Brother Zhou, who is this little girl?”

Zhou Xiao didn’t answer, glanced outside, and his smile suddenly faded. “Yueyue, you and the boss go to the back. Let him find something for you to do.”

“Don’t just stand there, come with me!” the boss grabbed Tao Yueyue’s arm and led her to the kitchen. Just then, a dwarf in a suit walked into the shop. His face looked as if a part of it had caved in. The dwarf walked straight to Zhou Xiao, climbed onto the chair Tao Yueyue had just vacated.

In the kitchen, the boss pointed to the greasy cutting board, “Help me cut the pork into strips.”

Tao Yueyue picked up a heavy meat cleaver, almost unable to grip it. She pressed down on a piece of pork and struggled to cut a thick strip. While working, she eavesdropped on the conversation outside and heard the dwarf say, “Five people, four million, think it over.”

Zhou Xiao replied, “I don’t want to take any jobs these days. Find someone else.”

Seeing her pause, the boss slapped her butt, urging, “Don’t stop, keep cutting.”

A wave of nausea swept from Tao Yueyue’s tailbone to her head. She gritted her teeth and continued to cut the meat. The boss grew impatient and said, “At this rate, you’ll never finish. Give me the knife.”

The boss grabbed the knife, scraped it quickly on a sharpening rod, then rapidly chopped the whole piece of pork into strips, which automatically flew to the right side of the cutting board.

“Put these into the meat grinder,” the boss ordered.

Tao Yueyue silently fed the meat strips into the nearby electric meat grinder. Halfway through, the grinder suddenly started, scaring her. The crafty boss ambushed her from behind, placing his large, rough hands on her waist, his stubbly face appearing over her shoulder, exhaling warm, foul-smelling breath. “Haha, scared you, didn’t I?”

Sensing his lewd intentions, Tao Yueyue struggled to shake him off and tried to escape, but the boss kicked the door shut and raised his eyebrows, saying, “Brother Zhou told you to work here. He’s discussing business. What are you afraid of? Uncle won’t eat you.”

Goosebumps erupted all over Tao Yueyue. The hum of the meat grinder became the best cover. The boss approached slowly, his face twisted with a lecherous smile. He reached out, trying to touch Tao Yueyue’s face. “You’re so cute. How about being Uncle’s goddaughter?”

“Zhou Xiao will kill you!” Tao Yueyue warned.

“Oh, I’m so scared!” the boss laughed dismissively. “Why are you leaning against the wall? Come here, your clothes are all dirty!”

The boss’s huge body exuded a sense of oppression. Tao Yueyue took a few deep breaths, then suddenly grabbed the door handle. The boss used his foot to block the door, seizing her arm and pressing her hand against his nose, taking a deep sniff. “Wow, you smell so good. Such pretty hands shouldn’t be wasted on cutting meat. How about we do something fun?”

“Get away from me!” Tao Yueyue shouted, slapping the boss hard across the face.

The boss touched his cheek, his smile growing even more wanton.

Tao Yueyue remembered what Chen Shi had said about the most vulnerable part of a man. She kneed the boss hard in the groin.

Only then did the boss taste the pain, clutching his crotch and spinning around. Seizing the opportunity, Tao Yueyue tried to open the door again, but the boss pressed down hard on her. This time, the noise was a bit loud.

The boss wasn’t angry and said, “You hurt Uncle there, so you need to blow on it for him.”

“Get lost, you fat pig!” Tao Yueyue gritted her teeth. She eyed the knife stuck in the cutting board, a wicked thought rising in her mind.

The words “fat pig” truly enraged the boss. His smile froze, and he pointed a sausage-like finger at her nose, ready to threaten her. Just then, the door opened, and Zhou Xiao stood there with a murderous expression.

Seeing him, Tao Yueyue felt a sense of relief. Her rational mind warned her not to let this feeling develop, or it would turn into a hopeless case of Stockholm syndrome.

“What’s going on?” Zhou Xiao asked coldly.

“This little girl is too rude, hitting and cursing people. I was just joking,” the boss said, looking innocent.

“A joke?”

Zhou Xiao suddenly punched the boss in the stomach, then pressed his head onto the greasy cutting board, placing the meat cleaver against his ear. “Do you think a featherless phoenix is inferior to a chicken now? Do you all think you can take me lightly? A dog like you dares to touch my people?”

“Brother Zhou, Brother Zhou, Brother Zhou…”

“Your singing won’t help!”

The boss suddenly screamed. The knife had already made a shallow cut on his ear. The boss shouted, “You can’t hurt me! I’m Shuke’s man! If you hurt me, you’re dead… Mr. Qin, Mr. Qin, help me!”

The dwarf in the suit came in and said, “Brother Zhou, calm down. You can’t cut his ear. He’s Shuke’s man.”

“Do you not know who I am?” Zhou Xiao asked.

“You’re a stray dog. Everyone knows you have no backing now,” the boss said, gaining confidence after mentioning his backer.

Zhou Xiao kicked the boss’s butt from behind, and the boss yelped. “Hitting me again! Zhou, I’m not done with you… unless you let that little girl spend the night with me.”

Tao Yueyue shivered. It was absurd that the person being threatened with a knife was threatening the one holding the knife.

She feared Zhou Xiao would succumb to this power play and let her spend the night with this disgusting fat man.

Zhou Xiao laughed angrily, “I’m cutting off your ear today.”

“Mr. Qin, call my boss!” the boss shouted.

The dwarf raised a hand, “Zhou Xiao, calm down. I’ll contact Shuke. Let’s try to resolve this peacefully.”

The dwarf took out his phone and dialed. His attitude suddenly became respectful. “Mr. Shu, there’s a little conflict between your man and Zhou Xiao…” After a brief explanation, he turned to face Zhou Xiao. “Mr. Shu says you killed Mr. Lie. Half the underworld is hunting you now. I’ve only let you go because of my past friendship with Mr. Zhou. How dare you act wildly on my turf? Let him go now!”

The boss breathed a sigh of relief. “Mr. Qin, add that I want the girl to spend the night with me as an apology.”

The dwarf said, “Forget about that. If your boss can’t control himself, how did you end up like this?”

Zhou Xiao said, “Tell Shuke, I’m taking this ear. In exchange, I’ll help him get rid of the guy selling ecstasy at Night Paris.”

The dwarf sighed, relayed the message, then turned back. “Mr. Shu says if you kill that guy’s whole family, he agrees.”

“No, one life for one ear. But I can make him die painfully.”

The dwarf relayed this and then said, “Mr. Shu says deal!”

Zhou Xiao sneered. Amidst the boss’s screams, a bloody piece flew into the meat grinder…