After the taxi driver left, I quickly told Cheng Minglang about my new plan.
A cigarette’s worth of time passed…
“You’re crazy?!”
As he asked this, Cheng Minglang’s eyes were filled with shock and disbelief.
“Not crazy, I’ve thought it through!”
After stomping out the cigarette butt under my foot, I said in a deep voice, “Spending ten thousand at such a high-end club, the boss will at most send you an extra fruit platter. Meeting him is definitely impossible!”
“There are many rich people in Xingjia, and not every rich person who spends a hundred thousand or eighty thousand and specifically asks to see the boss will be fawned over by the boss.”
“To put it bluntly, even after shelling out a hundred thousand or eighty thousand, you might not even get a chance to meet him!”
“Instead of ending up with nothing, it’s better to change the approach!”
Hearing this, Cheng Minglang repeatedly shook his head and said, “No, no! Applying to be a male escort, that’s too absurd!”
“What if I actually get hired? I’ll have to go out with them! Didn’t you hear what that driver just said?”
“Women nowadays are more experienced and play rougher!”
“When it comes to avenging Uncle Tuo, I can contribute and I can go through fire and water for you, but if you want me to be ‘inserted’ by someone else, I definitely can’t do it!”
He paused, and before I could speak, Cheng Minglang added, “Can’t you just reveal your identity and go in directly? Didn’t Brother Shan say that Yun Jin was Uncle Tuo’s former lover?”
“The Thousand King Token was entrusted to her by Uncle Tuo for safekeeping, it’s not hers.”
“You are Uncle Tuo’s disciple, so it’s normal for you to ask for the Thousand King Token back. Why do you have to overthink things?”
Hearing Cheng Minglang’s words, I directly shook my head and said with a wry smile, “If only this matter were as simple as you say!”
“Let’s not talk about other things, just about revealing my identity and going in directly!”
“If Yun Jin asks about Uncle Tuo’s whereabouts and news, after I tell her the truth, do you think she’ll hand over the Thousand King Token to me?”
Before Cheng Minglang could retort, I answered my own question first, “A person, only when they are alive, is everything they own… truly existent.”
“Everything I refer to includes all private property, as well as all interpersonal relationships.”
“Familiarity breeds contempt, and when one dies, the lights go out. I don’t need to elaborate on this, do I?”
Hearing my words, Cheng Minglang was instantly rendered speechless.
After a long while, he frowned and said, “But your idea is a bit too bizarre, isn’t it?”
“Honestly, I can’t accept it!”
Hearing this, I didn’t say a word and directly took out ten thousand yuan from my pocket and handed it to Cheng Minglang.
“Wh-what do you mean by this?”
Cheng Minglang didn’t take the money, but instead asked with wide eyes.
“You spend, I apply!” After stuffing the money directly into Cheng Minglang’s hand, I held up two fingers pointing downwards and said, “Two birds with one stone!”
“Are you sure?!”
After sizing me up from head to toe, Cheng Minglang lowered his voice and asked, “Aren’t you worried about being drained dry by a canary, or having your kidneys crushed by a rich woman weighing two or three hundred pounds?”
Hearing Cheng Minglang’s words, I glared at him fiercely and said, “Who told you that going out with clients means you have to do that kind of thing?”
“Even prostitutes have a saying about performing but not selling their bodies, let alone male escorts?”
“As long as I can talk to Yun Jin during the interview later, I’ll propose this condition first.”
“If she doesn’t agree, then I’ll leave!”
“I get it, you’re a craftsman!” Cheng Minglang quipped, which was rare.
If it were any other time, I would have burst into laughter due to Cheng Minglang’s change.
But now, I couldn’t laugh.
Because Uncle Tuo’s matter was like a hundred-thousand-foot mountain, weighing heavily on my heart.
My mind was occupied with only one thing: revenge!
“Heh.”
Concealing the hatred in my heart with a cold laugh, so as not to make Cheng Minglang feel awkward on the spot, I immediately changed the subject and said, “Do you have any other questions? If not, then proceed according to the plan we agreed on earlier!”
“Once you’re inside, act like a rich young master. Don’t look like you have something on your mind! And don’t be an idiot trying to ask questions to get information!”
“The female escorts in the club, whether in terms of cunning or judgment, are much more ruthless and experienced than the women in hair salons and bathhouses!”
“Walking in with a new face is enough to make them wary. If you start asking questions there, I guarantee you’ll be blacklisted by this club immediately!”
“Remember, your only task today is to spend money! Play your heart out!”
Hearing this, Cheng Minglang repeatedly waved his hands and replied, “Alright, alright! Stop talking, I know what to do.”
Seeing that Cheng Minglang had agreed, after reviewing the persona of a rich young master and the relevant details again, we walked into the Yun Jin Club, one after the other.
Cheng Minglang went first, I followed behind.
He took the main entrance, I took the back door.
The reason we walked separately wasn’t because I wanted to be unconventional, but because there was a sign at the entrance that clearly stated: “Applicants, please enter through the back door.”
Yun Jin Club Back Door.
Led by a bodyguard in a suit, I followed him directly through the back door into the club.
As soon as I entered, the club was filled with the sound of the slow-rock hit song “Lonely.”
Following the bodyguard in the suit to the elevator, he pressed the button while saying to me, “Although we have all sorts of people applying to come here! However…”
“No one can escape our boss’s eyes! So, if you’re here with other intentions, you can turn right and leave now. It’ll save us from an awkward situation later!”
“If not, then just answer honestly whatever the boss asks you later.”
Although I scoffed at the bodyguard’s words, I still nodded calmly.
Seeing this, the bodyguard stopped speaking and remained silent, his eyes focused forward, as if in meditation.
Ding!
After entering the elevator with the bodyguard, I watched him press the “6” button.
Within a few seconds…
The moment the elevator doors opened, my phone in my pocket suddenly vibrated.
I picked it up and saw it was Han Jinlun.
At this critical juncture, I didn’t want to answer the call, but as soon as I remembered his special talents, I decisively pressed the answer button.
“Brother Xiang, where are you?”
As soon as the call connected, Han Jinlun’s flamboyant voice came through the phone.
“I’m out.”
For someone like Han Jinlun, the best way to pique his curiosity was to simply reply, “I’m out,” when he called to ask where you were.