My Wife Is Going To Great Lengths/Putting In A Lot Of Effort To Turn Me Gay - Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Even

Not much time had actually passed, but girls usually carry their bags when going to the restroom, whether for convenience or to touch up makeup.

She hadn’t returned for it.

Xu Zhi retracted her gaze, slowly poured the shaken cocktail from the shaker, garnished the rim with a lemon slice, inserted a straw after two rotations, and pushed it to the waiting customer. “Here is your ‘Cool Summer.'”

At this moment, a new customer beside her ordered, “One ‘Bloody Mary.'”

“Please wait a moment,” Xu Zhi told that customer. She then picked up the high-quality, designer handbag from the bar counter, left the mixing station, and took a few large steps toward the restrooms.

There were many restrooms on the first floor, and this area was closer to the private rooms.

Customers dancing in the dance hall or partying were usually using other, closer restrooms.

The hallway was deserted.

Xu Zhi took a few large steps into the restroom area, heading straight for the women’s room, then paused at the entrance and knocked on the door. “Yaoyao? You forgot your bag.”

There was no answer.

At that moment, a loud crash came from the men’s restroom behind her—”Clang!”

Xu Zhi immediately turned back, alert.

Qi Yaoyao struggled fiercely: “Mmm, mmm, mmm—!”

She had been struggling hard, but she was weak and her mouth was covered. Hearing the noise outside, she kicked the partition door hard.

The yellow-haired man was already seven parts drunk, filled with lust and malice. Seeing her non-cooperation, he became enraged, forcefully shoved her against the partition door, and gave her a heavy slap!

“Slap!” The sound was very loud!

Qi Yaoyao’s brain buzzed. She was instantly stunned by the blow.

Xu Zhi, who had rushed to the entrance of the men’s restroom, witnessed the entire scene.

She instantly recognized who was being grabbed by the drunk man. She immediately walked into the men’s restroom, grabbed the yellow-haired man’s wrist, and said, “Please let go!”

The yellow-haired man thought it was the girl’s friend who had arrived and was disappointed and annoyed. Seeing that the newcomer was a bar staff member in uniform, he immediately got aggressive, shouting, “Get lost! She’s my girlfriend, what the hell are you interfering for!”

Qi Yaoyao’s vision had momentarily blackened from the slap. When she cleared up and heard this, she was instantly sickened!

The yellow-haired man saw her about to vomit and let go immediately.

Xu Zhi took the opportunity to catch and support Qi Yaoyao.

Qi Yaoyao bent over and dry-heaved for a while. When she was done vomiting, she leaned against Xu Zhi. After a moment to clear her drunken head, she spat at the ugly yellow-haired man. “Pah! You should go find a mirror and see how ugly you are! Your girlfriend?!”

Xu Zhi: “It’s this way.”

Xu Zhi kindly helped Qi Yaoyao adjust the direction she was speaking in, so she was facing the yellow-haired man instead of the partition door.

The yellow-haired man could no longer tolerate this. He cursed, “Screw you,” and immediately threw a punch!

He was drunk, after all.

Xu Zhi quickly moved, hugging Qi Yaoyao to dodge, then kicked the yellow-haired man in the back of his knee.

The man, having been kicked in a weak spot, lost his balance and fell to his knees with a “thud,” his face hitting the floor directly.

Xu Zhi asked, “Guest, are you okay?”

It was as if she hadn’t been the one to kick him down; he had just tripped.

“Damn, damn!” The yellow-haired man was furious. He scrambled to his feet, his knees trembling. He turned back fiercely and pointed at the two girls. “You two f***ing wait for me!” He then ran off to call for backup.

Xu Zhi supported Qi Yaoyao with one hand and used the other to straighten her fitted camisole, which had ridden up to her navel, and her messed-up jeans. “Are you alright?”

Qi Yaoyao was fine, but she couldn’t speak.

No one had ever hit her since she was a child.

Not even her mother.

Yet, hearing those three words, all she felt were the words “safe after calamity.” She was relieved and fearful, and finally started crying loudly, raising her hand to wipe away her tears of grievance as she sobbed.

A male customer, flushed with intoxication, humming a tune and unbuckling his belt, walked in.

Seeing two girls standing in the restroom, he was startled. He retreated two steps in disbelief and looked up at the sign.

Xu Zhi said, “Let’s go out first.”

Qi Yaoyao’s face was swollen from the slap, her eyes were slightly red, and her perfect makeup was half-smudged. She said, “You absolutely must find out that bastard’s name and tell me! I’m going to kill him!”

“Mm-hmm,” Xu Zhi responded perfunctorily. She scooped up a spoonful of ice cubes, wrapped them in a towel, and handed it to Qi Yaoyao, who was sitting on a small stool inside the bar area. “Hold this and put it on your face.”

Qi Yaoyao took it and placed it on her face.

Whether it was from the cold or the pain, she immediately hissed, which distracted her from making any more threats.

The detour to the restroom had taken a moment. The previous customers were gone, but new ones were constantly arriving.

Xu Zhi resumed her work.

Qi Yaoyao held the towel to her face, tilting her head slightly to watch Xu Zhi mixing drinks for others—silent, focused, and organized in her movements.

Just then, some strange commotion started outside.

—”Move aside, move aside! Everyone move!!”

Customers scattered like birds.

A group of thugs with large tattooed arms and iron rods entered.

The leader, a fat man with a big head, wearing a large gold chain and a scar on his lip, walked toward the bar. His posture was arrogant, and he took the cigarette out of his mouth as he walked.

The customers waiting for cocktails by the bar were also terrified and ran away.

The leader reached the bar, propped the iron rod on the counter with one hand, and flicked the ash from his cigarette into the cocktail Xu Zhi had just finished mixing with the other.

He looked at Xu Zhi: “You’re the one who beat up my little brother?”

Xu Zhi didn’t say much. She pressed the speakerphone button and dialed the landline number next to the bar. “Boss, someone is causing trouble. Please call security.”

Before the words had even finished, the man lifted his hand and swung it!

The landline was smashed into pieces.

Xu Zhi was splashed by the plastic fragments and frowned. She turned to tell a colleague to call the police, but another figure suddenly darted out.

—”I’m the one who hit him!”

Qi Yaoyao still had the towel covering her face with one hand. She charged at the thug leader and shouted, “You social scum, you thugs and hooligans, so what if I hit him? Not only did I hit him this time, but I’ll hit him every time I see him in the future! Contributing to a harmonious society!”

Xu Zhi’s eyebrows twitched violently at this.

Did this innocent girl know the meaning of danger in society?

How could these people possibly be threatened by you so casually?

Sure enough, the thug leader laughed loudly at her words, and the group of thugs behind him burst into laughter as well.

He looked at Qi Yaoyao, sizing her up.

The yellow-haired man, his eyes full of lewdness, timely crept up beside him and said, “Brother Hao, this is the chick. How about it, isn’t she hot? Let’s have a good time with the brothers tonight?”

The thug leader immediately smiled lewdly as well.

Qi Yaoyao was almost sickened by them. “You guys are really looking for death!!”

“Oh? How are we looking for death? By getting f***ed by big brother in bed?” The thug leader was completely unafraid. He leaned against the bar counter with a vulgar look and reached out to touch Qi Yaoyao’s face.

Xu Zhi frowned. Just as she was about to intervene, she saw the fat man’s arm grabbed by another person. The following scene happened too quickly to see clearly. The two-hundred-pound guy was already fiercely slammed onto the floor, letting out a pig-like shriek!

The scene instantly descended into chaos!

A group of people were shouting and fighting, rods were swinging wildly, and glasses and tables shattered everywhere.

Qi Yaoyao saw that the people who intervened were her two bodyguards. Her eyes instantly lit up, and she immediately cupped her hands to her mouth and cheered: “Good! Hit them, hit them hard! Beat them to death! Especially that yellow-haired guy and that fat pig! I’ll tell Mom to give you a raise tomorrow!”

“Bang!” A rod flew and smashed into the counter, breaking a liquor bottle.

Qi Yaoyao jumped in fear.

Xu Zhi’s mouth twitched. She quickly pulled this heedless young lady, who was enjoying the spectacle, away to safety.

It seemed, however, that her background was indeed one of extreme wealth and influence.

The chaotic scene was quickly calmed down.

The boss, security, the police…

The thugs who caused the trouble were all apprehended.

But when the half-beaten thugs saw the police arrive, they were practically crying tears of gratitude, scrambling to beg the police to handcuff them and take them away.

The police needed to question witnesses.

Qi Yaoyao, who was fiercely stomping on the yellow-haired man’s fingers just thirty seconds ago, now, with one side of her face swollen red, was crying pitifully and breathlessly. “Police uncle, it was them, they bullied me, hit me, sexually harassed me, and dragged me into the men’s restroom to try to r*pe me, wah wah wah, I was so scared…”

The police were a bit flustered. They comforted her, “Don’t be afraid, little girl. Are you injured anywhere? You should go for a check-up first. These bad guys all have criminal records and previous offenses. We will definitely punish them severely this time!”

Qi Yaoyao sobbed tearfully, “Thank you, Police uncle…”

Xu Zhi, who witnessed everything: “…”

If you hadn’t arrived so quickly, this ‘crying’ young lady would have broken that yellow-haired hooligan’s hand.

The police handcuffed and took away all the offenders. One bodyguard followed to give a statement.

The bar was pretty much smashed up.

The boss had no choice but to close the bar for a few days.

The remaining bodyguard was responsible for taking Qi Yaoyao home. Qi Yaoyao offered to take Xu Zhi home.

Xu Zhi refused.

Qi Yaoyao: “Thank you for tonight.”

Xu Zhi: “I didn’t help much.”

Even without her, with two personal bodyguards present, Qi Yaoyao wouldn’t have been seriously harmed.

Qi Yaoyao, however, was frank and looked at Xu Zhi, saying, “One thing at a time. You offended me before, and today you saved me. We’re even now~”

Xu Zhi thought, Can “one thing at a time” be counted this way?

But it was not a bad outcome.

Xu Zhi replied, “Mm.”

Qi Yaoyao added, “Don’t worry, I will compensate the boss for all the damage to the bar today, so you won’t have any trouble.”

Xu Zhi thought, The bar can’t open for several days, so I won’t have income for those days. That’s already quite a bit of trouble.

But she didn’t say it.

She just replied with another “Mm.”

Qi Yaoyao quietly observed Xu Zhi’s expression. Her hands were hidden behind her back, her fingers gently twisting together. She had a lot more to say in her heart, but she hesitated and held it all back.

Finally, Qi Yaoyao asked, “Do you really not need me to take you home?”

“No need.”

“Okay, goodbye then.”

“Mm.” Xu Zhi watched her leave with the bodyguard, then turned and walked into the bar’s staff corridor.

Halfway there, she suddenly heard a shout from behind—”Hey! You!”