Chapter 364: Professional Beggar

After Yamaguchi Seiko was led out, Yumiko came up to Chen Qingdi.

“According to tradition, I should take part in an inauguration ceremony.”

As she spoke, she lifted the hem of her skirt and sat on Chen Qingdi’s lap.

At that moment, the Shuang’Er twins had gathered together. Sakurai Hatsune was startled to see the two identical sisters.

“Are you here to serve the master?”

Li Shuang’Er smiled. “He doesn’t need our service right now. That woman, Qingzi, is coming out, and we don’t want to see her. Let’s go hide in your room.”

The three of them went to the room.

So when Qingzi came out, she was all alone.

She felt a wave of fear. Just as she stepped out of the suite, someone approached her. She recognized him; it was Chen Qingdi’s personal bodyguard, Chen Yuan.

“Guard Captain Chen, you’re here?”

Chen Yuan held the woman before him in utter contempt. He was also deeply displeased that his boss had taken her in, and he snorted.

“That lover of yours is in some shack right now, hiring an online mob to smear the master. It’s up to you whether you go over and deal with him.”

Yamaguchi Seiko felt wronged. “I admit I’ve attended many gatherings with that man, but we truly don’t have that kind of relationship. You’ve misunderstood us. Mr. Qian Laoliu knows this best.”

Chen Yuan snorted. “Liu is off contacting others. I’m in charge here now. You can chase after love, or you can chase after your career, but you absolutely can’t have both. The choice is yours.”

He already had a plan. If Yamaguchi Seiko dealt with Hundred Slashes Spring Ox, his job would be to dispose of the body and erase all traces.

If Yamaguchi Seiko tried to protect the man, however, his job would be to dispose of them both and erase all traces.

Yamaguchi Seiko realized Chen Yuan was also full of prejudice against her, and she didn’t know how to explain herself. She quickly made a call to mobilize the Yamaguchi Group’s internal crisis response team.

To her relief, the team was still under her command. She sent them a set of coordinates and then drove over herself.

When she arrived at the little shack, Hundred Slashes Spring Ox was thrilled to see her.

“I’ve made up my mind! I’m going to retire from acting and live a quiet life. I want to build a cozy little home with you. Let’s forget what the world thinks, forget all the backstabbing in the business world, and just run away together.”

Yamaguchi Seiko dodged his embrace. “Our relationship is purely professional. We’ve never had the kind of connection you imagine. Mr. Spring Ox, please have some self-respect!”

“Impossible!”

Spring Ox had just had his face beaten to a pulp for no reason and his head shoved in a toilet. Someone had posted it all online, and he’d become a viral “influencer.”

All of this caused his fans to rapidly abandon him, and he was met with a storm of online abuse.

He knew he was disgraced and his career was over, so he latched onto this wealthy woman as his last lifeline.

“You accepted my flowers and my date! You promised you’d be with me forever, so why are you backing out now?”

Yamaguchi Seiko was left utterly speechless by the narcissist.

“When did I ever agree to sleep with you? You tell me!”

In truth, while they had often appeared together at public events and were once seen by outsiders as being very close, they had never been improperly intimate.

He had wanted to take advantage of the romantic evening to make a move, but had unexpectedly gotten beaten to a pulp instead.

What he’d hoped for had ended before it even began, which gave Yamaguchi Seiko the perfect opportunity to turn on him.

‘She knew how powerful Chen Qingdi was, and she knew she wasn’t irreplaceable in the Yamaguchi Group. The moment she stopped being useful, Chen Qingdi would replace her with a more obedient puppet.’

‘Now my sister-in-law is back, and she’s a powerful rival. That scheming woman is probably trying everything she can to win Chen Qingdi’s favor.’

‘If I don’t do something, I’ll soon end up just like this Hundred Slashes Spring Ox—disgraced and ruined.’

She clapped her hands. “Come in.”

A group of young men bearing Yamaguchi Group tattoos walked in from outside and surrounded Hundred Slashes Spring Ox.

Hundred Slashes Spring Ox tried to scream for help, but someone clamped his mouth shut. They used an iron hook to drag out his tongue and, with a swift motion, sliced it off.

He could only make gurgling sounds that no one could understand.

“Gouge out his eyes, cripple his legs, and toss him a broken bowl. Let him live out the rest of his days like that!”

Her underlings held the man who had jeopardized their mistress’s future in utter contempt.

“Why keep this piece of trash around? Better to just finish the job.”

Yamaguchi Seiko’s hatred for the man had reached its peak. She gave a cold laugh.

“We’re all law-abiding citizens. Why would we kill anyone? It’s always best to leave a little leeway, so you can meet again on good terms. Besides, we still need to see the ‘Nation’s Husband’ in his future glory, right?”

With that, she walked out of the shack, got into her car, and sped away.

The men she left behind found a wheelchair for Hundred Slashes Spring Ox. They hung a broken bowl and a pair of iron chopsticks on it, then spoke to him.

“With your ‘Nation’s Husband’ good looks, begging should be a breeze. The sun’s coming up, and it’s time for you to get to work. If we find you slacking off… well, sorry, but someone will come to ‘persuade’ you.”

When Yamaguchi Seiko returned to the suite, it was already after four in the morning.

She saw her sister-in-law emerging, leaning against the wall for support. The woman’s face was flushed with a post-coital glow, but the moment she saw Yamaguchi Seiko, her fighting spirit flared to life.

“My dear sister-in-law, you’re finally back. It seems that ‘Nation’s Husband’ of yours has a lot of stamina, hm? But this isn’t your home anymore. When are you moving out?”

This hotel was also a Yamaguchi Group property, and as the group’s current chairwoman, Yamaguchi Yumiko had every right to say so.

Yamaguchi Seiko snorted and ignored her. She went into the adjoining bathroom, washed herself thoroughly, changed into a very sexy set of lingerie, and entered Chen Qingdi’s bedroom.

Chen Qingdi was reclining at one end of the tatami mat, watching her with an icy gaze.

She slipped off her geta and crawled onto the tatami mat from beside Chen Qingdi’s feet.

“Is it taken care of?”

Yamaguchi Seiko didn’t dare to speak, simply handing Chen Qingdi the phone with the video she had filmed.

Chen Qingdi merely glanced at it before turning off the phone.

“It’s still early, and you haven’t rested all night. Get some more sleep.”

Hearing this, Qingzi was overjoyed. She knew her master had forgiven her past behavior, and she threw her arms around him, kissing him wildly.