Have You Been Feeling Overheated Lately

"I... I'll give you money, anything you want, just please don't kill me..."

Li Dabiao, beaten to a pulp, lay on the ground like a dead dog, pleading with an extremely weak voice.

"Remember Lin Yong?" asked Lin Fan with a mocking tone.

Li Dabiao's eyes widened like brass bells as his memories rapidly rewound.

He remembered immediately.

Lin Yong was one of his former underlings.

Not exactly clean-handed either.

That time, when their drug trafficking operation was exposed by a mole, the police coordinated from both inside and out. Following the principle of saving his own skin, Li Dabiao had set Lin Yong up.

He made Lin Yong take the fall.

Wait... Lin Yong had a nephew. Lin Yong had a nephew!

Li Dabiao's face filled with horror as he croaked out, "It's you?"

"Yes, it's me. Go apologize to my uncle in the underworld!"

Lin Fan delivered a powerful kick with fierce momentum, directly snapping Li Dabiao's head sideways.

A loud crack of breaking bones echoed through the air.

This fight hadn't left Lin Fan unscathed either. Though the bullet hadn't hit him directly,

it had grazed him.

Lin Fan took off his jacket and wrapped it around his wound.

Then he glanced in Xu Mo's direction.

"You worthless playboy, you got lucky this time. You're next!"

Lin Fan stepped backward, then sprinted forward.

With an elegant leap, he jumped from the second floor to the first.

He hadn't expected Li Dabiao to be carrying firearms.

Otherwise, he would have taken him out earlier!

Leaving slight traces at the scene didn't matter.

Han Xiong would take care of everything.

As the Han Family was the underground power of Magic City,

even the legitimate authorities had to show some respect.

Simply put, they each minded their own business, turning a blind eye to minor matters.

Lin Fan had taken care of Li Dabiao in less than fifteen minutes!

After all, it was a sudden assault.

The target hadn't received any warning, let alone expected

someone would try to kill him tonight.

Therefore, Lin Fan's operation went quite smoothly.

The bar patrons became even more panicked after hearing the gunshots.

Nobody yielded to anyone else, all cramming together, desperately rushing toward the exit.

Lin Fan quickly seized the opportunity, blending into the crowd and squeezing his way out.

Meanwhile, at the central bar counter on the second floor,

Xu Mo's table remained the calmest.

From start to finish, unlike the other tables,

they didn't frantically run downstairs at the sound of gunfire.

Oh, correction...

Actually, only Xu Mo remained relatively calm.

Tao Xiaoyi cowered under the table, trembling. His eyes were tightly shut.

He frantically muttered every deity's name he could think of, real or imagined,

all in hopes of divine protection and survival.

Shen Manni was similarly affected. In the darkness, her face had lost all color, and like an octopus,

she clung tightly to Xu Mo, refusing to let go.

Xu Mo, trapped in her embrace,

couldn't even reach for his drink on the table.

Xu Mo was incredibly frustrated!

Being groped by Shen Manni!

And having to pretend to enjoy it!

Well, he didn't need to pretend to be happy.

After all, in the pitch darkness, Shen Manni couldn't see his expression anyway.

Might as well save the energy.

But he couldn't just push her away either.

Xu Mo felt both conflicted and uncomfortable.

[This stupid woman is such a coward! It's been three minutes and seven seconds since they left, and she still won't let go of me]

[Have you no shame?]

[Good thing you're flat-chested, that's a blessing in disguise. If it were Little Shi holding me like this, I'd probably suffocate]

[...Damn? Fine, hug me if you must. But why are you suddenly squeezing harder? Are you trying to strangle me?]

Xu Mo's unique masculine aura had an indescribable charm.

Though he appeared lean,

he felt surprisingly solid when embraced.

It gave people a sense of security.

Shen Manni was happy to embrace this inexplicable feeling of safety.

But she wasn't happy about hearing Xu Mo's internal monologue!

'I should strangle you to death, you bastard!' she thought secretly.

It wasn't that Shen Manni didn't want to let go of Xu Mo.

Rather, when facing death, people naturally experience a kind of pervading fear.

Until safety is confirmed,

these unusual emotions,

if unable to bear them alone, can only be entrusted to others.

Xu Mo wore a gloomy expression.

Just as he was looking for a way to vent his frustration,

the smell in the air grew slightly stronger.

This time he couldn't take it anymore.

He kicked the table leg.

"Tao Xiaoyi, are you having digestive issues or something?"

Under the table, Tao Xiaoyi had soiled himself.

Through tears, he stammered: "Bro... Bro Xu, I... I'm not sure... maybe... a little... waaah... I don't want to die..."

[Oh god, it's confirmed!]

[Stupid woman, please calm down, didn't you hear what this guy just said?]

[He's got stomach issues, how can you stand the smell here?]

[If you want to stay, stay by yourself... I can't take it anymore]

"Manni, let's move somewhere else... Xiaoyi's got stomach issues, it stinks here..." Xu Mo said awkwardly.

Before he could finish speaking,

the soft flesh at his waist, his most vulnerable spot,

was pinched hard!

"Ouch..." Xu Mo drew in a sharp breath.

In the darkness, Shen Manni's face was as red as a monkey's bottom.

Xu Mo was completely bewildered by her actions.

SNAP----------

The lights suddenly came on.

Having just adjusted to the darkness, the sudden return of light

made Xu Mo squint his eyes.

At this moment, Shen Manni was embracing him in quite an intimate position.

Her small face was flushed red,

as if blood might drip from it.

Shen Manni blinked, taking a moment to process the situation before finally coming to her senses.

With an embarrassed shriek, she released Xu Mo.

Like a startled rabbit, she stumbled backward.

BANG-----

Shen Manni was too flustered.

Her foot caught on something.

She fell onto the sofa, and in her panic, her hand knocked over a glass of alcohol.

It spilled all over her.

Talk about terrible luck.

Xu Mo's mouth twitched.

At this moment, Xu Mo felt

that calling Shen Manni a stupid woman wasn't unfair at all.