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"Isn't it a bit much to keep holding my hand when the show hasn't even started yet?" Ma Zhao felt extremely awkward as Chen Zao held onto her hand, almost on the verge of tears. She really had messed with the wrong person.
"Why are you still treating this like acting? You’re my girlfriend now, don’t you understand?"
Chen Zao finally let go of Ma Zhao's hand and lectured her, "Even though no one is watching us right now, you still need to treat me like your boyfriend. For the foreseeable future, our lives are going to turn into a real drama. In this drama-like reality, we are truly a couple. If I understand this, you should too."
Pointing at her own fierce eyes with two fingers, Chen Zao told Ma Zhao, "If you still don’t get it, just think of my eyes as cameras. Your life from now on will be captured through my lens until this drama ends, and only then will our relationship conclude. Do you understand now?"
Ma Zhao felt mentally exhausted by Chen Zao's words and replied, "I understand. So we’re officially a couple now."
"Exactly! That’s the mindset I want from you."
Suddenly, Ma Zhao felt confused and thought to herself, if that’s what you wanted, why didn’t you just agree when I tried to act like a girlfriend? Why go around in circles? What a peculiar person!
Since things had come to this point, Ma Zhao decided to let go and take the opportunity to get closer to Chen Zao.
So she said, "Brother Zao, since we’re officially a couple now, we should deepen our understanding of each other so that we can get along better."
"That makes sense."
"Then let’s have an honest chat?"
Ma Zhao intentionally took a detour in the car, planning to take a longer route to the restaurant Chen Zao had chosen, hoping to learn more about her in the process.
"Chatting is fine by me. I love talking."
"Besides eating Roujiamo, do you have any other hobbies?"
"That question is so cliché; you start off by asking about my hobbies."
"What should I ask you first?"
Just as Chen Zao was about to respond, his phone suddenly rang.
He pulled it out of his pocket to check; it was an unknown caller.
"Wait a moment, I need to take this call. We'll get to know each other better later," Ma Zhao waved his hand.
With that, he answered the call, "Hello?"
"Chen Zao?"
A strange man's voice came from the other end, sounding a bit cocky.
"Yes, who is this?"
"Damn! Sun Thief, you finally stopped hiding!" The man on the other end started off with a curse!
Chen Zao was taken aback; from the tone, he thought it might be one of the brothers from the orphanage.
The kids from their orphanage often spoke roughly and liked to express their strong friendships through insults.
Chen Zao chuckled and asked, "Who are you? Old Guo?"
"I’m your grandpa Guo! You idiot, I'm telling you, you're dead meat!"
Chen Zao's expression suddenly turned cold. Even if he were clueless, he could tell that the other party's tone was not friendly.
He brought the phone closer to his eyes and confirmed that he didn't recognize the number.
With a heavy voice like a bass speaker, he asked the other party, "Who are you? Are you just looking for trouble?"
"I'll mess with your mother! If you have the guts, stop hiding!"
"I'm not hiding from anyone! If you're tough, just tell me where you're from. Don't just babble on the phone! If you're not afraid, let's meet up and talk!"
"Sure! I was just looking for you to chat! Nine o'clock tonight at Sakura Bar in Ba River District. Whoever doesn't show up is a coward!"
"You mean the 'Silly Cry Bar' in Ba River District? Fine, I'll come meet you!"
Chen Zao hung up the phone, a surge of unnamed anger rising within him. The electric current surging through his right arm made his eyes flash with intensity.
"Who was that?"
Ma Zhao sensed something was off and asked Chen Zao.
"I don't know who it was, just some idiot who started cursing at me."
Chen Zao tilted his body and tucked the phone back into his jeans pocket.
"Was it a wrong number?"
"No, he asked me right away if I was Chen Zao."
"Then it really was looking for you."
"Yeah, but I don't know such an idiot. It's so annoying. I just started dating a girlfriend, and now my mood is ruined. This is like picking up dung with a lantern; I've never seen anyone look for death like this!"
Ma Zhao was almost losing his appetite for dinner because of Chen Zao.
Chen Zao patted his chest and took a breath, saying, "It's fine, let's not worry about him for now. Let's continue our conversation."
"Wait a minute, I just heard you say you're going to meet this person?"
"Yeah, he's trying to pick a fight with me at a bar called 'Silly Cry Bar.' I think it's in the Ba River District. Have you heard of it?"
Ma Zhao replied, "Isn't it Sakura Bar?"
"Yes, yes, that's the bar. Have you heard of it?"
"Of course I have."
Ma Zhao's expression became a bit serious as he asked Chen Zao, "Did you offend someone from Haitao?"
"Who is Haitao?"
"Fu Haitao. Don't you know him?"
"I don't know him; I only know Du Haitao."
Ma Zhao was stunned and said, "Fu Haitao is a rising crime lord in the Ba River District. He has a group of thugs under him, and they're causing chaos all over Chang'an. Sakura Bar is run by them. If they invited you to Sakura, it definitely has something to do with the Haitao Gang."
Chen Zao thought carefully and confirmed that he had no connection with the Haitao Gang. He didn't come to Chang'an often and wasn't very familiar with the local powers there.
Thinking back to what Fat Jin said earlier, there was a group of thugs from Chang'an who drove to Gubei Food Street to find him. It must be these people, right?
But he hadn't offended this group, had he?
Recently, the only ones he had trouble with were Rong Zhe and the Min Family Clan.
Could it be that the Min Family Clan openly said they wouldn't hold it against him but secretly sent thugs to cause him trouble?
Or perhaps Rong Zhe hired these bastards to take revenge on him?
To hell with it, let them do whatever they want!
Since he had run into them, he would teach these thugs a lesson.
Whoever wanted to act like his grandfather would end up as a grandson who wouldn't even have the chance to kneel and beg for mercy.
Ma Zhao was worried about Chen Zao getting into trouble, so he pulled over to the side of the road and picked up his phone to see what was going on.
Chen Zao pressed Ma Zhao's hand down: "Don't get involved in this; I can handle it myself. It's just a few thugs; there's no need to trouble Dragon Lord."
"They're not just a few thugs. Didn't I just tell you? This newly emerged gang is causing chaos throughout Chang'an! I might not even be able to manage it! You should find out exactly what's going on first. If it's too much, let Dragon Lord step in and help. Even Fu Haitao has to give face to Dragon Lord."
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