CHAPTER 151: CHAPTER 151: RUN? CALL YOUR PARENTS! (EXTRA!)

All he relied on was the mysterious boss behind him.

Not long ago, he had finally learned his boss’s name.

Xia Liang.

After the call connected, Wen Qiang asked in a deeply respectful tone, "Hello, Boss. Is there something you need?"

Xia Liang glanced at the door before responding. "I’m at Splendor KTV, Room 10. Something happened here. Come and handle it."

Upon hearing this, a cold sweat broke out on Wen Qiang’s back. "What? Boss, you’re at the KTV? What happened? Are you alright?"

"It’s nothing serious. Someone invited me out, but they ran off and left a huge bill. Come over and handle it. Remember not to reveal my identity."

"Yes! Director Xia, I will be there immediately."

"Mhm."

After hanging up, Xia Liang looked at Tong Dongnuan and nodded reassuringly. "It’s fine. I know the manager here, and we have a decent relationship. I’ve already told him, and he’ll be down to deal with it in a moment."

Although Tong Dongnuan didn’t know how Xia Liang could possibly know the manager, she felt an inexplicable sense of relief.

"Who are you kidding?"

"Exactly! This is Splendor Entertainment City, the largest entertainment venue in all of Qingyun City. To be a manager here, the annual salary must be over a hundred thousand yuan, right? How could a big shot like that possibly know you?"

"Aren’t you afraid of biting your tongue making such a boast?"

"If no one comes, let’s see what you’ll do then."

Listening to the crowd’s snide remarks, Xia Liang didn’t get angry. He simply memorized the faces of those who spoke.

Before long, a middle-aged man with an imposing aura rushed over.

"Manager Wen, good to see you!"

Upon seeing the man, the security guards hurriedly saluted in unison and stepped aside. The newcomer was none other than the general manager of Splendor Entertainment City, Wen Qiang!

Wen Qiang, however, ignored them, his eyes scanning the crowd for Xia Liang.

Fortunately, Xia Liang approached him first with a warm demeanor. "Brother Wen! I really appreciate you coming!"

As Wen Qiang looked on, baffled, Xia Liang gave him a brief hug and whispered, "I am Xia Liang. Don’t expose my identity."

Hearing this, Wen Qiang’s pupils narrowed sharply. He had never expected his mysterious boss to be such a handsome young man. However, his astonishment lasted only a second. Wen Qiang immediately started to play along, taking his cue and running with it. He clapped Xia Liang on the shoulder as if they were lifelong friends.

"Brother Xia, long time no see! How come you came to Splendor Entertainment City without letting me know? If it weren’t for this incident, I wouldn’t have even known you were here."

With that, he slung an arm around Xia Liang’s shoulder, turned to the server, and demanded, "What exactly happened here?"

The server immediately explained everything in detail.

When the group of classmates saw that Xia Liang genuinely knew the manager of the entertainment city, their eyes widened in disbelief.

"No... it can’t be, right?"

"Isn’t Xia just a delivery guy? Since when does he have a ’brother’ like this?"

"And judging by their relationship, they seem quite close."

It didn’t take long for Wen Qiang to understand the whole story. "That kid! To think he’d play a trick like this on me!" he said angrily. "Call Luo Si! Tell him to have his son bring the money over, or his company can forget about ever operating again!"

Luo Si was, of course, Luoyang’s father. Wen Qiang spoke with overwhelming authority, and he certainly had the power to back it up. Even without Xia Liang’s help, he had the power to do it. With the connections he had forged over his years as a manager, toppling a company was child’s play, let alone with the unfathomable power of Xia Liang behind him.

「Five minutes later.」

Luoyang was smugly playing on his phone at a nightclub. He was waiting for Jin Xinqiao or Tong Dongnuan to call him. In his opinion, there was no way they could come up with that much money. They would inevitably have to call him. Then, he could make some demands that they would be forced to accept.

But why haven’t they called yet?

As he was wondering, his phone suddenly rang, and a surge of joy went through him. He checked the screen but saw it wasn’t a call from either of the women. It was his father.

A sense of foreboding flashed through his mind, but he answered anyway.

"You little bastard! What have you done? I just got a call from Splendor Entertainment City..."

The moment Luoyang picked up, he was bombarded with a deafening tirade. After a full minute, Luo Si finally paused.

"Where are you?"

Still clueless, Luoyang responded mechanically, "Fraudsters Nightclub."

"Get to the entrance of Splendor Entertainment City and wait for me! I’m on my way!"

BEEP BEEP—

Luo Si hung up without giving him a chance to ask any questions.

What’s going on?

Though confused, Luoyang obediently left Fraudsters Nightclub and went to wait for his father at the entrance of Splendor Entertainment City.

「Fifteen minutes later.」

A pot-bellied man came stomping over, fuming with anger. Luoyang quickly walked up to him. "Dad! What’s—"

SLAP!

Before he could finish, Luo Si slapped him hard across the face.

"Dad! Why did you hit me?" Luoyang’s face was a mask of disbelief. He couldn’t understand why his father, who hadn’t hit him in years, had suddenly slapped him.

Seeing his son still dared to talk back, Luo Si slapped him again. "You still have the nerve to ask? Do you know what kind of place this is? How dare you cause trouble here?"

Seeing his father’s look of utter exasperation, Luoyang didn’t dare argue anymore. Finally letting out a breath, Luo Si glared at him. "Come with me and apologize!"

With that, he led the way into the entertainment city.

The two quickly arrived at KTV Room 10. Luo Si immediately spotted Wen Qiang in the crowd. He hurried over with a fawning smile, looking utterly ridiculous.

"Manager Wen, I’m so sorry. I can’t believe this kid had the gall to pull a stunt like this in your KTV. I truly apologize."

Turning his head, he faced his son.

SLAP! SLAP!

Two more slaps landed on Luoyang’s face, earning cries of approval from the onlookers.

"He deserved that! How shameless to do something like that."

"Exactly! And his family owns a business. After seeing this, who knows, maybe their housekeeping company is crooked, and the employees all have sticky fingers."

"If it weren’t for Xia Liang today, we would’ve been in deep trouble."

"We really have to thank Xia Liang..."

"That’s right! Back in school, I could tell with one glance that Brother Xia Liang was no ordinary person. Look at him, calling the manager of the entertainment city ’brother’!"

The crowd immediately began to lavish praise on Xia Liang again.

"Heh."

Watching Luo Si strike his own son, Wen Qiang, however, showed no reaction. He simply clapped his hands with a smirk that didn’t reach his eyes. "You don’t need to apologize to me. You need to apologize to this young man beside me."

Saying this, he looked toward Xia Liang.