Hidden Assassin 303

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**Volume 3, Co-habitation Era – Chapter 303: Letting Go**

2013-02-08

As the son of a former provincial party secretary, Huang Haojun used to be quite popular when he was young, but overall, he didn’t turn out to be too depraved. Although he had bullied Jia Ming when he was under ten years old, causing him to run away from home, later on, even after being beaten up by Sha Sha, he wouldn’t use his status as the son of a provincial party secretary to intimidate people. As he grew older, he developed a passion for playing basketball, and as a hot-blooded athlete, he occasionally got into fights, but compared to some of his peers, he wasn’t entirely beyond redemption.

However, a flower sheltered from the wind and rain cannot withstand the tempests. After Huang Bingxiang was brought down, and all evidence pointed to his guilt, Huang Haojun was on the verge of collapse. At first, he even tried to use all his private savings to bribe people, but even the entire Huang family couldn’t do anything. On top of that, people are naturally selfish, and after Huang Bingxiang’s downfall, a chain reaction ensued, with many small companies going bankrupt, and some members of the Huang family, who had previously been helped by Huang Bingxiang, started to hate him. They thought that if it weren’t for Huang Bingxiang, they would have succeeded, and they wouldn’t be in their current predicament. These words, although not mainstream, were whispered among themselves in private. Huang Haojun, who was once the object of everyone’s affection, was suddenly abandoned by all, and he heard these words. Over the past few months, Jia Ming could sense the increasingly corrupt aura emanating from this young man.

With his experience, Jia Ming could easily tell that Huang Haojun was likely to have started taking drugs and would soon be trapped in a vicious cycle. In essence, Jia Ming was a ruthless person who believed that blood ties were not enough to form close relationships between people. He had helped Xu Yiting quit drugs because of Ya Han’s kindness, and now, he maintained a cold and detached attitude towards Huang Haojun’s situation – or rather, he didn’t even have the interest to watch.

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In the midst of the chaos, a beautiful girl suddenly appeared in the bar, surrounded by rowdy boys and gangsters. It was predictable that men would harassment her. However, Huang Haojun’s appearance still caught Jia Ming off guard. It seemed that he had also come to the bar to drown his sorrows. When he got drunk, he coincidentally ran into a familiar classmate, and then…

During the altercation, the bartender, who had previously gone out of the room, quickly walked over and knocked on the door. Afterwards, he entered the room and said, “Brother Meng, look at this situation…” He hinted at the impending chaos outside.

Little Meng frowned, “What’s going on?”

“It’s just a normal fight, but that girl seems to be brought in by Brother Ming,” he said respectfully, addressing Jia Ming as “Brother Ming”. “And that drunk guy is Huang Haojun. Old Yang has been giving him face lately, I heard…”

“That’s enough, of course…”

Just as Little Meng was speaking, Jia Ming waved his hand and said indifferently, “Let them fight, don’t intervene.”

The bartender glanced at Little Meng, received his nod, and then retreated.

Not long after, Huang Haojun was violently pushed to the ground, and the crowd around him started to riot. A few people rushed over to attack him. With his basketball skills, although he was tall and strong, he hadn’t had much experience in fighting, and recently, he had started taking drugs. Surrounded by several people, he had no chance of resisting, even if he got drunk and started a fight. Among the chaos, the man who had been talking to the girl, Yue Xun, stood up and seemed to be saying something.

Sitting on the sofa, Jia Ming watched the scene unfold with indifference. Suddenly, he thought of something, “Has Old Yang been providing Huang Haojun with drugs lately?”

“It should be God-Handed Width, Old Yang’s underling,” Little Meng replied. “I’m not very clear about the details, but a few days ago, Sha Sha apparently spoke to Old Yang, and God-Handed Width started to fawn on him, treating him like a brother. I heard that two days ago, he got drunk and caused trouble at a bar in the west of the city, which belongs to the Three Qing Gang’s territory. Later, God-Handed Width intervened, and almost got into a fight with the Three Qing Gang.”

“Sha Sha…” Jia Ming frowned. “I didn’t know about this. Why would Sha Sha help Huang Haojun find Old Yang?”

Little Meng seemed unsure about the details either, but at this moment, the surrounding atmosphere had become tense, and the girl had pushed the man who was trying to grab her hand, and he stumbled backwards, directly flying out of the bar.

The atmosphere in the bar was stunned, with people gawking and whistling. The girl still sat calmly on the stool, her right hand pressing the man’s head, and her left hand holding the broken bottle against his throat. Her expression was cold and beautiful, like a perfect crystal. The lamp in the bar cast a warm glow on her face, making her seem like a work of art.

Jia Ming thought about Huang Haojun’s situation and shook his head, “Forget it, don’t bother saying anything. I’ll leave now, and I still need your help with the K2 matter.”

“I’ll send you off,” Little Meng said.

As Jia Ming left, two bodyguards followed behind him. At the entrance of the bar, people were still in shock, and the men who had been attacking Huang Haojun stopped, looking at the girl with fear. Some people whispered to each other, while others threatened to disfigure her with acid or gang-rape her.

Jia Ming listened from a distance, couldn’t help but laugh, “These little gangsters are really something…”

“I heard they did something similar a year ago. Someone in school dared to offend one of them, and later got gang-raped and had their nude photos taken,” Little Meng replied, asking one of the bodyguards, “Is this true?”

“Yes, I’ve seen the photos, but they didn’t spread widely. I heard the woman involved later left or committed suicide, but there are also rumors that she was a gangster too, and the two women fought over a guy…”

“Wow, that’s really impressive…” Jia Ming exclaimed with interest.

At this moment, the beaten and bruised Huang Haojun suddenly stood up, fiercely attacked someone, and then got beaten back down. Although one of his companions was being held back by the cold and beautiful girl, it didn’t seem to be related to him, and didn’t stop the others from attacking Huang Haojun. The man who had been hit earlier stood up, cursed, and tried to grab a beer bottle from a nearby table. Just as he was about to swing it, Small Meng’s right hand swiftly knocked the bottle away, shattering it into pieces.

In the chaos, the girl who had been holding back her anger finally stood up, her eyes flashing with anger. The people around her seemed to be intimidated, and the music in the bar seemed to stop.

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