"Yo, what a coincidence, isn't this Senior Lu Gang? What brings you here?" Chu Ge patted Lu Gang on the shoulder and said with a smile.

Although Chu Ge's smile was very amiable, in Lu Gang's eyes, it seemed so terrifying that he was nearly scared out of his wits. He always thought "scared to pee" was just a metaphor, but now...

Now he realized that those three words weren't just for exaggeration. At this very moment, he was really almost scared to wet himself.

What's called "trying to steal a chicken and losing the rice," this was it!

He originally wanted to get someone to teach Chu Ge a lesson. Now look, the person who was supposed to give the lesson became the one getting taught. The person who should've been taught became the teacher instead. What kind of situation is this?

He froze for several seconds. The muscles on Lu Gang's face twitched before he stammered, "Th-th-that is... is... quite a coincidence, um, Chu Ge, I... I went into the wrong room, um..."

Even though Lu Gang felt like his legs had turned to noodles, almost unable to support the weight of his body, he would rather leave here immediately than face Chu Ge and Tong Yaqi. Even crawling out of here, he would accept it.

"Senior, you're being distant, aren't you? Since you're already here, why the hurry to leave? The food's still hot, come sit down and have some."

Lu Gang wanted to leave, but unfortunately, Chu Ge gave him no opportunity. With an arm casually hooked over his shoulder, Chu Ge led him into the private room.

As the door closed with a "bang," feeling Tong Yaqi's increasingly cold gaze, Lu Gang almost broke down. Suddenly, he found the strength to break free from Chu Ge and quickly ran to the corner, grabbing Lu Bo's arm and shaking it frantically.

"Brother! Save me!"

Lu Bo smiled bitterly; he was having a hard time protecting himself, and now he felt utterly powerless.

Lu Bo never thought that with six of them against one, what should have been an easy group fight turned out like this.

Just a few minutes ago, when he hardly understood what was happening, Chu Ge had already taken all of them down while protecting that woman.

Chu Ge's swift and efficient methods left Lu Bo utterly baffled and made him fully realize a stark fact: the gap between them and Chu Ge was too great, not even on the same level. In front of Chu Ge, they were as weak as newborn infants.

Because Lu Gang was Lu Bo's younger brother, even when beaten, he didn't complain, just gave a bitter smile. But the five people who came with him didn't look at Lu Gang with such friendly eyes, filled with strong resentment and displeasure.

If it weren't for Chu Ge being present, they would've really wanted to give Lu Gang a few hard slaps and then point at his nose, asking, "What the heck is this, getting us to confront such an awesome figure and then making us clean up his mess, wasn't this clearly asking them to kick an iron plate?!"

With all those resentful eyes watching him, Lu Gang's heart turned completely cold. While he couldn't imagine what had happened just now, the process wasn't important. What mattered was that even Lu Bo and his bunch were thoroughly subdued. If Chu Ge wanted to deal with him next, wouldn't it be a piece of cake?

And even putting that aside, there was another extremely fatal issue — Tong Yaqi was also here. This meant he might also lose his job.

At this moment, Lu Gang felt both fearful and regretful, almost to the point of regretting back to his grandma's home.

Blankly watching Lu Bo for a few seconds, Lu Gang seemed soulless, slowly and mechanically turning his head to look at Chu Ge's ever-smiling face.

"Pa!"

With a crisp sound ringing in the private room, a crimson handprint appeared on Lu Gang's left cheek — it was a slap he gave himself.

Another "pa," and a bright red handprint appeared on his right cheek. Whether from fear, pain, or regret, tears started welling up in Lu Gang's eyes as he began to cry, sobbing.

"Chu Ge, I was wrong. I didn't recognize how great you are. Please, forgive me. If you really still feel angry, could you... could you let my brother and the others go? Whatever you want, I'll accept it."

After saying this, Lu Gang started slapping his own face again with loud, successive smacks, and his tears flowed even more.

"Gangzi, why the heck are you crying? Are you not a man? Chu, if you dare touch even a hair on my brother's head, I'll take your life!"

Seeing Lu Gang like this, Lu Bo's eyelids twitched violently, his eyes turned red. He jumped up from the ground, grabbing Lu Gang's hand like a protective beast shielding its cub, facing Chu Ge's gaze.

Chu Ge scratched his head and chuckled, "When did I say I would touch him? Alright, you two brothers stop being in the way, pay for the meal, and go do what you need to do."

Lu Gang was stunned, Lu Bo was stunned, Tong Yaqi was stunned, and the other five young men squatting in the corner were also stunned.

Chu Ge rolled his eyes and continued, "Why are you standing there like fools? You still want to join us for a meal?"

Lu Gang finally came to his senses, sniffed heavily, wiped his tears randomly, and asked in surprise and disbelief: "Chu Ge, are you, are you letting us go?"

"Or what? Play face-reading with you all? One by one, get out of here."

"Hey! Hey! Thank you! We're out, we're leaving now!"

As if afraid that Chu Ge would suddenly change his mind, Lu Gang forcefully pulled Lu Bo, who still wanted to say something, nodded and bowed to Chu Ge a few times, then hurriedly ran out. The five people who were squatting in the corner before also felt as if they were granted amnesty, calling Chu "Bro" with every step, and disappeared in an instant. The last one out even considerately helped Chu Ge gently close the door.

"You... just let them go like that?"

When the private room was left with only Chu Ge and Tong Yaqi, Tong Yaqi hesitantly asked.

Looking at Tong Yaqi's strange expression, Chu Ge was really speechless, "Why are you asking the same thing? What's the big deal? If I don't let them go, what am I supposed to keep them here for?"

"Don't forget, they just insulted you, and it looked like they were going to beat you up severely."

Chu Ge smiled, "Didn't they fail to do so?"

"But..."

"Director Tong, stop with the 'buts'. We didn't suffer any loss, and besides, I made them pay a price. At least someone paid for this meal."

At this point, Tong Yaqi suddenly realized something, rubbed her forehead, and laughed wryly, "You didn't lose anything, but I lost a lot!"

Chu Ge blinked in confusion and asked, "Huh? What did you lose?"

Seeing Chu Ge's puzzled look, Tong Yaqi was even more speechless, punched his chest, "Why are you so annoying? Aren't you just asking knowingly?"

The same phrase "asking knowingly," said by Tong Yaqi now, compared to her previously icy demeanor, made Chu Ge feel like a different person.

Although Chu Ge thought for a moment and understood what Tong Yaqi meant, seeing the good atmosphere, he decided to continue playing dumb, wearing his signature smile, and teasingly said, "I truly don't know, Director Tong, what did you lose?"

Tong Yaqi looked at Chu Ge, both amused and annoyed, but overall in a very good mood.

"You said if I treat you to a meal, you'd let the matter from last night be a secret forever. But after they stirred things up, doesn't it mean I still owe you a meal? Wouldn't you say I lost a lot?"

If anyone from Tianjiao Film and Television were here and saw Tong Yaqi smiling so warmly, they would definitely not believe their eyes!

Who could imagine that always appearing strictly professional, especially lately as if refusing any man from a thousand miles away, Tong Yaqi could show such a radiant smile to a man?

Faced with such a smile, Chu Ge quickly averted his gaze, chuckled awkwardly, and said, "Hey! Why are you being so serious? Just consider the treat as done."

Normally, Chu Ge saying this should have made Tong Yaqi happy, but at this moment, while she finally exhaled a sigh of relief, there was also a feeling of grievance in her heart.

How could this guy be so insensitive? With her Tong Yaqi's looks, temperament and status, probably any other man in this situation would happily go along with her words, eager for her to treat again, right?

But Chu Ge was the opposite, as if afraid of having another meal with her. Can you believe that?

Thinking of this, Tong Yaqi shook her head resolutely and said, "What do you mean just consider it done? A treat is a treat, if not done, then it's not. Anyway, I owe you a meal, and I'm definitely treating you to this meal!"

Sometimes people are like this, once their rebellious nature kicks in, they forget their original intention. Tong Yaqi was clearly in such a situation now; the more Chu Ge said it wasn't necessary, the more determined she became.

Seeing Tong Yaqi's resolute attitude, Chu Ge could only smile bitterly and nod, thinking what kind of situation this was, refusing her treat is not making her happy. If he knew it would be like this, it would have been better to let Lu Gang and his group leave directly.

Oh! Perhaps they rushed out and forgot about paying Tong Yaqi's bill.

Unfortunately, when Chu Ge and Tong Yaqi left the private room and got to the counter, the cashier responsibly told him that not only had someone paid for their meal, but they even paid an extra thousand, in case they wanted to order more.

Taking the thousand yuan from the cashier, Chu Ge only felt the money was burning hot in his hand.

Leaving the restaurant, seeing Chu Ge's regretful expression, the corners of Tong Yaqi's mouth curled into a satisfied smile again.

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