Jimmy followed Su Xiaoqin to a bar called "1973." As soon as he entered, he felt the intense atmosphere inside—many young people were shouting loudly, and on the stage, a man was dancing street dance.
Jimmy could only awkwardly follow Su Xiaoqin. It was his first time at a place like a bar!
"Hehe, it feels noisy to you, huh? Actually, this bar isn't usually like this. It's just that there's a celebration event going on recently!" Su Xiaoqin turned to Jimmy with a smile.
"Mm!" Jimmy nodded and asked, "Do you come here often?"
"Not really! Just sometimes with a few friends," Su Xiaoqin smiled.
Jimmy shrugged and followed Su Xiaoqin into a private room. Once inside, Jimmy no longer heard the noise from outside, but the atmosphere inside this room felt very wrong…
There were four people inside—two men and two women. One was a girl with medium-short hair, about seventeen or eighteen years old; another was a similarly aged girl dyed blonde who was crying on the sofa. A bespectacled, refined-looking man stared angrily but dared not speak at the last man, who was wearing a tank top with short hair and a face full of violence.
Su Xiaoqin froze for a moment, then shouted at the short-haired man, "Lin (Biao), what are you doing?"
Hearing this, Lin (Biao) snorted and shouted fiercely at Su Xiaoqin, "Su Xiaoqin, shut up! I know you're involved this time too!"
"Hmph! Someone like you, Meixin should have broken up with you long ago!" Su Xiaoqin yelled back.
"What! So you're the one who encouraged her!" Lin (Biao) roared.
"It's rude to shout in front of the girls!" Jimmy stepped in front of Su Xiaoqin and said. The short-haired man glared at Jimmy in anger and asked, "Who the hell are you?"
"I'm just someone who can't stand this!" Jimmy stared coldly into Lin (Biao)'s eyes.
"Jimmy, this isn't your business!" Su Xiaoqin said, seeing Jimmy blocking the way.
Hearing the name Jimmy, Lin (Biao) froze for a moment, then coldly said, "So you're Jimmy, huh!"
Jimmy was confused—he didn't seem to know this man! But at that moment, Lin (Biao) swung his fist toward Jimmy's temple.
Jimmy instinctively grabbed Lin (Biao)'s fist. "Hiss, you're pretty strong!" Lin (Biao) gritted his teeth and tried to pull back his fist, but couldn't. He then swung a left punch at Jimmy.
Without hesitation, Jimmy caught that fist again and pushed Lin (Biao) away.
"What do you want to do?" Jimmy frowned. He wasn't afraid to fight but was worried about… killing someone…
"Hehe, what do I want to do? Kill you!" Lin (Biao) grabbed a broken bottle from the table, smashed it hard, and aimed the sharp shards at Jimmy.
"Ah! Lin (Biao), what are you doing!?" The crying blonde girl and Su Xiaoqin both shouted anxiously.
"Why don't you stop him!" The medium-short-haired girl yelled at the bespectacled man.
"I—I…" The bespectacled man hesitated, but the sharp bottle was already stabbing toward Jimmy's abdomen.
Jimmy's eyes darkened. Acting before the attack could land, he lifted his foot and kicked Lin (Biao) hard in the stomach. Instantly, Lin (Biao) was flung five meters away.
"Uh!" The three anxious girls and the timid bespectacled man were stunned.
"How are you so strong!" Su Xiaoqin asked Jimmy in amazement.
"Hehe, you didn't ask! I've always been this strong!" Jimmy smiled.
He looked at Lin (Biao), who was lying on the ground clutching his stomach like a dead dog, and said, "Now, can we talk about what's going on?"
"You… just wait!" Lin (Biao) spat a threat and hurried away holding his stomach.
"Who exactly is he?" Jimmy asked curiously, while Su Xiaoqin had already gone to comfort the blonde girl.
"I actually came to find you because of this! That guy is Meimei's boyfriend whom she met last week—some kind of gangster. He kept bothering Meimei. I just wanted to find someone to pretend to be Meimei's boyfriend so Lin (Biao) would give up!" Su Xiaoqin said dejectedly.
"Uh…" Jimmy felt a mix of anger and helplessness—he was actually the one blocking the bullets! Although he had vaguely guessed this…
"Jimmy, that guy clearly isn't a good person. You should be careful!" Su Xiaoqin warned.
"I'm not worried!" Jimmy shrugged indifferently.
"Okay then! I'll take Meimei home. What about you guys?" Su Xiaoqin asked the others.
"I'll take Kiki home!" the bespectacled man said quickly.
Hearing this, the medium-short-haired girl snorted coldly, "I don't need you to!"
Then the short-haired girl walked up to Jimmy and sweetly asked, "Handsome, you're Jimmy, right? I'm Fan Weiqi. Can we be friends?"
"Uh!" Jimmy felt a bit overwhelmed. He didn't know how to respond—it was his first time being approached by a girl! "Uh, sure!" Jimmy scratched his head awkwardly.
"Hehe, your headscarf is very pretty!" Fan Weiqi smiled at Jimmy.
"Hehe, I think so too!" Jimmy smiled back.
"Alright, you guys talk. I'm going to take Meimei home!" Su Xiaoqin said, helping the long-haired girl Meimei to the door of the private room.
"I'll go with you!" Jimmy, worried about the two girls going home alone, said.
"I'll come too!" Fan Weiqi saw Jimmy was about to leave and hurriedly said.
The bespectacled man remained silent but got up, showing he intended to leave too.
"No need! I can go alone!" Su Xiaoqin said quickly.
Jimmy said nothing, opened the door to the private room, and led the way out.
"I want to use the bathroom!" Meimei suddenly looked up and said to Su Xiaoqin.
"Ah, okay, I'll go with you!" Su Xiaoqin hurriedly helped Meimei down the hallway.
"Kiki, let's go pay!" the bespectacled man said to Fan Weiqi.
Fan Weiqi rolled her eyes at him, then turned to Jimmy and said, "Jimmy, want to go to the bar for a drink?"
"No, I want to use the bathroom!" Jimmy smiled and walked toward the end of the hallway.
"Let's go pay!" The short-haired girl said impatiently to the bespectacled man, then left first. The bespectacled man followed happily.
Jimmy reached the end of the hallway. To his left was the men's bathroom, to his right the women's.
Jimmy pushed open the men's door. Inside, two middle-aged men were smoking cigarettes and blowing out smoke.
The two men glanced at Jimmy, then continued smoking. Jimmy frowned and stepped into a stall.
"Hey, want to spice things up?" While washing his hands, Jimmy suddenly heard this sentence from one of the men smoking outside.
Jimmy frowned deeply; the voice came from one of the two men smoking outside.