Seeing her eyes open, Third Brother He grabbed her arm and pulled her up, slinging her over his shoulder.
Then, with his other hand pinching her chin, he said to her fiercely.
"Alright, stop playing dead. Come with me. When you wake up, you'll be mine. Let's see how you dare to talk back to me then."
The hall was lively, with people coming and going. Everyone was immersed in their own little circles; no one would notice an extra drunk woman.
So, Third Brother He dragged the stumbling Tang Nannan out of the hall with ease.
There was still some distance from the hall to the parking lot. Feeling the cool evening breeze, he smugly thought:
He'd have his way with her right here, then record a video to show all the young masters in Sucheng who thought she was great and wanted to get close to her but couldn't.
He'd show them what she was like now.
"Alright, Manager Ma, you can go back."
Manager Ma stood at the doorway, looking at him with a teasing smile.
"Take it easy. There's plenty of time. Take care of yourself."
"I know more about this than you do, don't worry."
However, before he could even walk ten feet with his triumphant stride, Manager Ma's butler ran up to him with a panicked, ghost-like expression.
"Miss Ma, a group of people are outside, asking for someone named Tang Nannan. They want me to open the door, but I refused, and they're threatening to break it down. What should I do?"
Manager Ma's face turned cold, and she stepped forward.
"Who are these people? Men or women? What are their names?"
"Men, a whole lot of men. They arrived in many luxury cars, and they're all carrying weapons. I don't know who they are. I asked, but they wouldn't say. They just said I have one minute."
Didn't Madam Gao say Tang Nannan didn't know many people in Nancheng?
Why were people showing up before anything even happened?
She hurriedly yelled at Third Brother He, "What are you waiting for? Hurry and take her back. It'll be trouble if someone sees her!"
With that, she hurriedly followed the butler towards the main entrance.
The door opened, and Hu Jiasheng stood outside with A Cheng, A Biao, and two teams of bodyguards.
Each of them had a stern expression and a cold aura, looking as if they were about to devour them, making Manager Ma gasp.
"Who are you people? What are you doing here so late at night?"
"You're Ma Chunmei, aren't you? I'm looking for Tang Nannan." Hu Jiasheng said coldly.
Manager Ma was taken aback again. "You know me?"
"Cut the nonsense. Where is Tang Nannan? Tell her to come out immediately, or I don't care if you have guests, I'll go in and find her myself."
"Heh, who do you think you are, talking so arrogantly? Did you get my permission to enter my house? This is trespassing, do you understand?"
Manager Ma, being forty years old, wasn't easily intimidated.
"Why should you just hand over Tang Nannan because you ask? What if you're a bad person? Stop trying to scare people, leave now, or I'll call the police!"
Hu Jiasheng completely ignored her words.
With a cold expression, he waited for her to finish, then gestured to the people behind him. The crowd surged forward.
Manager Ma and the butler were instantly swallowed by the crowd.
"Stop! Everyone stop! What are you doing? Hey, this is trespassing, do you understand?"
Hu Jiasheng, walking last, passed by her and said indifferently.
"Feel free to call the police. I'm not stopping you."
Because Tang Nannan was disoriented and couldn't walk, Third Brother He was moving slowly.
He had just slung her over his shoulder and returned to the lounge, closing the door, when he heard the noisy voices outside.
Fearing trouble, he placed Tang Nannan on the sofa, covered her with a blanket, and opened the door to go out.
He bumped into A Cheng, who was pushing the door open.
Their eyes met. Seeing the panic in A Cheng's eyes and sweat on his forehead, A Cheng grabbed his collar and shoved him back.
Just as Third Brother He was about to curse at him, A Cheng saw the woman lying on the sofa.
He spoke into his walkie-talkie to Hu Jiasheng.
"Brother Sheng, it seems we've found her. She's in the lounge. I don't know if she's asleep or unconscious."
Soon, Hu Jiasheng also arrived at the lounge.
There was no smell of alcohol on her, yet she was sleeping so soundly. Hu Jiasheng patted her face and called out several times, but she didn't stir.
No one was foolish enough not to guess what had happened. A surge of anger shot up to Hu Jiasheng's forehead.
He turned back, his gaze fixed on Third Brother He. "What did you give her?"
Third Brother He felt this man looked familiar, like he had seen him somewhere before, but couldn't recall.
Seeing his distinguished demeanor and the large entourage with him, he knew he was not someone to trifle with and showed some weakness.
"I don't know. I just came in. I was about to rest and saw a woman lying on the sofa. Not wanting to disturb her, I went out. Who knew I'd run into you all?"
A useless scoundrel, pretending not to know Tang Nannan at a critical moment?
Hu Jiasheng sneered, "Is that so? Such a coincidence?"
"It is indeed a coincidence. I'm also a guest invited by Manager Ma, just like those people outside. If you don't believe me, ask Manager Ma."
The woman surnamed Ma was pushed forward by A Biao. She exchanged a glance with Third Brother He and pretended to be calm.
"I don't know what happened. Perhaps she had too much to drink and fell asleep, or maybe she's just tired. There were many people at the banquet today, so I asked her to help out in the kitchen."
Asked her to help out in the kitchen?
Hu Jiasheng stood up and walked towards Manager Ma step by step, repeating her words slowly.
"Are you out of your mind, Ma Chunmei?"
"If you don't need an assistant, you don't need one. Why stoop to such low means under the guise of hiring an assistant to humiliate Tang Nannan?"
"How did she offend you that you keep coming up with such despicable ideas to make things difficult for her? Huh?"
Manager Ma, less than 1.6 meters tall, was completely outmatched by the 1.8-meter-plus Hu Jiasheng.
Moreover, due to her guilt, she looked less like her usual fierce and venomous self and more like a bullied widow.
"Who humiliated her? Who came up with despicable ideas to make things difficult for her? I paid her a salary, isn't it normal for her to do some work?"
"How much do you pay her per month?"
Manager Ma faltered, "Huh?"
Hu Jiasheng asked again, "I'm asking you, how much do you pay her per month, enough for her to sacrifice her dignity to work for you?"
"I didn't force her to come work for me. If she feels it's not good, she can just quit."
"Don't change the subject. I'm asking you one last time, how much do you pay her per month?"
At this moment, she definitely couldn't say too little, as this man clearly had money, and saying too little would make her a laughingstock.
But saying too much made Manager Ma feel very pained.
So, she carefully considered a suitable figure.
"Base salary of ten thousand, plus performance bonuses and sales commissions for the month, it's around twenty to thirty thousand."
"For someone with her education, earning twenty to thirty thousand a month is practically me doing charity. What's wrong with asking her to do a bit more work?"
"Fine. You said it."
Hu Jiasheng didn't bother arguing with her further and turned to look at Third Brother He again.