"Heh heh, did you see that? Do you still think someone can save you?"

Dou Dou Shoes approached the woman in the tank top step by step. The woman's face paled as she retreated, and she slipped and fell to the ground.

Dou Dou Shoes stepped forward and stomped on the woman, sneering, "Run, why don't you fucking run? Cunt! You don't know what's good for you, you bitch! Pui!"

Dou Dou Shoes spat on the woman, who began to sob, her body trembling like a leaf, her shoulders rising and falling.

The surrounding people were angry, but dared not speak.

Some clenched their fists, then relaxed them, then clenched them again, but when Dou Dou Shoes' eyes behind his sunglasses swept over them, the courage they had just mustered quickly dissipated.

"Take her away!"

Dou Dou Shoes waved his hand, and the thugs by the door immediately surrounded them, moving forward to seize the woman in the tank top.

"Sigh..."

Just then, a sigh suddenly rang out.

"Can't even eat a meal in peace. What a fucking disappointment!"

Chen Xiao shook his head and sighed, looking displeased.

For him now, eating was simply a matter of satisfying his appetite and enjoying himself.

Being disturbed naturally made him very unhappy.

While the other diners were all as quiet as cicadas in winter, Chen Xiao's disgruntled sigh naturally caught the attention of Dou Dou Shoes.

"Huh? Disappointment?"

Dou Dou Shoes took steps that recognized no relatives, slammed Chen Xiao's table, and said arrogantly, "Boy, are you saying I'm spoiling your fun?"

Chen Xiao looked up at him and spat out a single word: "Scram!"

"Oh, wow!"

Dou Dou Shoes suddenly perked up. "Boy, you've got some backbone! Do you know who I am? How dare you talk to me like that? Are you tired of living?"

"Come here."

Chen Xiao beckoned to Dou Dou Shoes, as if wanting to whisper something to him.

"What's up? What do you want to say?"

Dou Dou Shoes leaned in, cupping his ear, still arrogant.

Chen Xiao didn't say anything, but pressed down on Dou Dou Shoes' head and slammed it onto the dining table!

Bang—

The table shattered, and Dou Dou Shoes' head shattered too!

Blood splattered everywhere, and brains flowed all over the ground.

Everyone was dumbfounded. After a brief silence, cries of alarm erupted.

"Murder!"

"Someone's been killed!"

"Run!"

The diners scattered and fled, some running away, some reporting to the authorities, and the scene was chaotic.

Seeing this, the other four thugs didn't bother with the girl in the tank top anymore. They pointed at Chen Xiao and cursed, "Who the fuck are you? Do you know who we work for..."

Before the man could finish speaking, Chen Xiao kicked out, and another head shattered, brains spilling all over the ground.

Hmm, it's still more satisfying to hit people with fists and feet!

Chen Xiao felt a surge of dark satisfaction in his heart, using it to compensate for the pleasure of having his meal disturbed.

In just a dozen seconds, Chen Xiao killed two people in a row. The remaining three thugs exchanged glances, then turned and ran.

Chen Xiao naturally wouldn't let them go. He grabbed three peanuts from a nearby table and tossed them out casually.

Bang—

Bang—

Bang—

The heads of the last three thugs also exploded.

At this point, the entire porridge shop, apart from the five corpses, was left with only Chen Xiao and the woman in the tank top. Everyone else had run away.

The woman in the tank top seemed to have been frightened silly by the scene and had forgotten to run.

Even now, she was still sitting timidly on the ground, her little face filled with astonishment.

In addition, her face was covered with dark red blood and white brains.

"You're okay. You can leave."

Chen Xiao glanced at the dazed girl and said indifferently.

He didn't bother to care about the grievances between the woman in the tank top and the thugs. Saving her was just something he did on a whim.

Hearing Chen Xiao's words, the woman in the tank top woke up as if from a dream and came back to her senses.

However, instead of screaming and running away as Chen Xiao had expected, she knelt down in front of Chen Xiao with a thud.

"Benefactor... Great hero, save me!"

The woman was so excited that her words were jumbled and incoherent.

Chen Xiao frowned. "Didn't I already save you? What are you still calling for help for? You can leave. I'm about to leave too."

"Benefactor... Great hero, please do a good deed to the end and help me! If you succeed, I'll be your slave, I'll do anything!"

The woman begged on her knees, but she didn't seem to have figured out what to call Chen Xiao yet.

Moreover, she seemed very confident in her posture, and as she spoke, she deliberately leaned forward, exposing her full breasts even more blatantly in front of Chen Xiao.

There seemed to be something else behind the story.

Chen Xiao thought that since there were still a few hours before dawn and he had nothing else to do anyway, he might as well ask her what was going on.

If it wasn't too much trouble, he might as well deal with it. If it was too much trouble, then forget it. Chen Xiao's time was limited, and he couldn't waste it on being a chivalrous hero.

"Tell me, what else do you want me to do?"

Chen Xiao asked.

"Please, benefactor, help me rescue my sisters!"

The woman finally chose how to address Chen Xiao.

"Your sisters have been caught too? Where are they? Also, my name is Chen Xiao. You don't have to call me benefactor this and benefactor that. By the way, what's your name?"

Chen Xiao said in one breath.

"Benefactor Chen, my real name is Lin Qian, and my stage name is Xiao Shishi."

The woman said.

"Xiao Shishi? Stage name?"

Chen Xiao was full of question marks. "Are you an actress?"

"No..."

Lin Qian shook her head, a look of embarrassment on her face. "I'm a technician at Yuquan Palace."

"Yuquan Palace? What kind of place is that?"

Chen Xiao asked.

"Huh? Benefactor Chen, aren't you from around here? Yuquan Palace is the largest bathhouse in the area. Even if the locals haven't been there, they've definitely heard of it."

Lin Qian said.

Chen Xiao suddenly understood. "I see."

What a technician does was self-evident.

"Benefactor Chen, Yuquan Palace is not a legitimate bathhouse!"

Lin Qian said.

Chen Xiao nodded, looking like he knew everything.

How much money could a legitimate bathhouse make? It wouldn't do without some high-end services.

When Lin Qian saw Chen Xiao's expression, she knew he had misunderstood and quickly explained, "Benefactor Chen, that's not what I mean. It's not that kind of 'illegitimate.' Something's wrong with that place!"

Chen Xiao gave her a look, signaling her to explain in detail what was wrong.

"Benefactor Chen, I'm from out of town. I came to work at Yuquan Palace three months ago. At first, everything was normal, except that the turnover rate was very high. Almost every day, colleagues were leaving, but soon, new colleagues would be hired to fill the vacancies."

"In our line of work, it's normal for people to come and go, but I made a good friend at Yuquan Palace. Her stage name was Xiao Diandian. She told me that those colleagues didn't leave normally, but were caught by the boss. She told me to run away quickly."

"Of course, I didn't believe her. I even thought she was jealous of me, because I've been quite popular at Yuquan Palace lately..."

At this point, Lin Qian was a little embarrassed, but noticing that Benefactor Chen's face didn't show any strange expression, she continued, "Who knew that the day after Xiao Diandian told me this, she disappeared? I asked the manager, and the manager said Xiao Diandian had left."

"I realized something was wrong and made an excuse that something had happened back home and I needed to take a few days off, but not only did they not give me leave, they also beat me up and then kept a close watch on me."

"Today, I took advantage of the time when I was on duty and escaped through the window..."

Hearing this, Chen Xiao understood why she was dressed so scantily on the street. It turned out that she had escaped.

"And then? You ran here, and they chased you all the way?"

Chen Xiao asked.

"No."

Lin Qian shook her head with a wry smile. "The first thing I did after escaping was to report the case, because when I ran away, I didn't bring anything with me. I didn't have a penny on me. Where could I escape to?"

"But I didn't expect that after the officers took my statement, they kicked me out. I explained the situation to them, but they were indifferent..."

Although Lin Qian didn't say it explicitly, Chen Xiao understood.

Clearly, the local officers were colluding with Yuquan Palace and were in cahoots with each other.

"Those people just now were all thugs raised by Yuquan Palace. After I was kicked out by the officers, they started watching me. I ran for my life and escaped here. You know everything that happened after that."

After saying this, Lin Qian sighed, and her face darkened. "I'm sorry, Benefactor Chen. I was a little excited just now and lost my composure. You've already saved my life. I won't bother you with anything else."

After telling her story, Lin Qian calmed down.

And after calming down, she realized what a wrong decision she had made.

This Mr. Chen was a stranger, possibly just on a business trip to Xuzhou, or even just passing through Xuzhou... What ability did he have to rescue people from Yuquan Palace?

Even if Benefactor Chen was very capable, as could be seen from the way he killed people, why would he risk his life for her few words?

After all, the owner of Yuquan Palace was a powerful figure in the area, not only raising a group of vicious thugs, but also colluding with the government. He wasn't someone that just any outsider could deal with.

Chen Xiao silently calculated the time. It was just a bathhouse. Going there to rescue people wouldn't waste too much time.

The boss had some background, but there weren't many problems. He could be dealt with completely before dawn.

When Lin Qian saw that Chen Xiao hadn't said anything, she thought she had guessed right. She kowtowed to Chen Xiao three times and then stood up silently.

"Benefactor Chen, thank you for saving my life. I hope I have the opportunity to repay your kindness."

Lin Qian said with a sad expression. After saying that, she turned to leave.

At this moment, Chen Xiao suddenly looked up and said indifferently, "You can lead the way for me!"