Fang Yi arrived outside the private room, and instead of heading to the restroom, he lit a cigarette by the door, waiting for Zhou Peilan to return so he could explain.
However, three full minutes passed, and adding the few minutes she had been gone before, it had been almost ten minutes, yet Zhou Peilan’s figure hadn’t appeared.
Just then, two gangsters walked past him, excitedly discussing something, and Fang Yi happened to overhear.
"Hurry up, Brother Ji wants to pick up a chick. They say that woman is a real beauty, with legs that go on forever."
"I wonder if it’s really like that, let’s hurry."
The two gangsters were extremely excited, running towards the end of the corridor, and Fang Yi, feeling a sense of urgency, followed.
At that moment, in front of the public restroom, Zhou Peilan was surrounded by several burly men, who blocked the restroom entrance, not allowing passage.
The leader, with a flat-top haircut, ogled Zhou Peilan unabashedly, especially captivated by her graceful figure and her office lady style of dress, exuding uniform temptation, which stirred desire in him, and he was visibly restless.
"Beauty, are you alone?" The flat-top chuckled, lecherously.
Zhou Peilan just glanced at him and didn’t speak.
"Hey, you’ve got quite the temper. Our Boss Ji is speaking to you, beauty. Get smart and don’t play dumb," called a blond guy from behind the flat-top.
"Don’t shout and scare the beauty. That’s not nice," said the flat-top, all smiles as he signaled with his hand, adding with a smirk, "Beauty, what’s your name?"
Zhou Peilan remained silent, still not speaking.
The flat-top, having been rebuffed twice, became annoyed, his lascivious smile fading into a cold expression, "Beauty, don’t refuse the toast only to drink the penalty later. Today, Toad has taken a liking to you, and you won’t be able to escape."
As he spoke, the flat-top reached out to lift Zhou Peilan’s chin, but his hand was suddenly grabbed.
"Who did you say couldn’t escape?" A chilly voice rang near Toad’s ear.
Toad was startled, finding the voice vaguely familiar. He turned his head, and upon seeing the face of the person who had grabbed his arm, his eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost.
Fang Yi just smiled coldly, not saying anything, only using force to twist Toad’s arm at a ninety-degree angle.
Toad’s arm broke, causing him to scream like a pig being slaughtered, his lecherous face twisting grotesquely.
Regarding the gangsters who had earlier helped him strut around, they were now terrified by this scene and hastily retreated.
Fang Yi had previously gone to buy a bicycle, and this Toad, leading a group, had shown up to cause trouble and even harassed Shen Binan, which led Fang Yi to give Toad a beating.
"It seems breaking one of your legs last time didn’t teach you a lesson. Maybe this time I should break your third leg," said Fang Yi coldly.
Toad was thrown to the ground, making a raspy ’heh heh’ sound in his throat. He tried to crawl away, but Fang Yi stepped forward and pinned him to the ground, leaving him unable to move.
"Don’t... don’t... Big brother... I won’t dare again..." Toad screamed for mercy, realizing that if his third leg was indeed broken, his life would be ruined.
Toad was bitterly regretting running into Fang Yi here; it was downright fatal. He didn’t ask for anything else but to flee quickly and save himself first and foremost.
"In this life, what goes around comes around," said Fang Yi indifferently, lifting his foot.
Just then, a man in his thirties pushed through the crowd and hurriedly shouted, "Please stop!"