Chapter 28: Brief Serenity

  "Want to stay over tonight? Keep me company?" Mo Xiuyao's words caused Chu Yan's mind to wander, but Mo Xiuyao seemed not to notice the ambiguous connotation in her words. Her gaze was calm, looking at Chu Yan, and she emphasized again, "Stay over, keep me company."

  "Alright." Chu Yan nodded, he understood that Mo Xiuyao had gone through too many things in these two short days, and at this moment, she must have a kind of inexplicable fear and loneliness, needing someone to accompany her was normal. "I'll go take a bath first, I'm covered in blood."

  Chu Yan's words made Mo Xiuyao nod, and she turned to take out a large bathrobe from the closet on one side. "This is mine, although it's a bit small, you can barely wear it."

  Taking the bathrobe handed over by Mo Xiuyao, he turned and walked into the bathroom. As for this bathrobe of Mo Xiuyao's, Chu Yan didn't have many messy thoughts about it.

  After more than ten minutes, Chu Yan walked out of the bathroom, wearing that big T-shirt-like bathrobe. At the entrance of the bathroom, a brand new set of sportswear was neatly placed, and next to it was a pair of Adidas running shoes.

  Chu Yan was slightly taken aback, but immediately took off his bathrobe and quickly put on the sportswear, which fit perfectly, even the shoes were just right.

  After dressing up, Chu Yan went downstairs and found Mo Xi Yao sitting quietly on the sofa in the balcony of the second floor, sipping her coffee.

  "The clothes fit well, thank you." Mo Xiuyao sat down next to him, and Chu Yan thanked her softly.

  "As long as you're satisfied, the only Adidas store nearby is where Tina bought those clothes and stuff. That girl has a good eye for things." At this moment, Mo Xiuyao's face was calm and seemed to have returned to normal, but Chu Yan saw a hint of emptiness in her eyes. This woman was clearly distracted, with no idea what was going on in her head.

  "Where's Keasar? I haven't seen him for a few days." Chu Yan, sitting next to Mo Xiuyao, hadn't said a word in half a day and felt a bit stifled, so he had to make small talk.

  "Oh, he doesn't live here, and I haven't seen him for a few days either. The more I see him, the worse it is for him." Mo Xiuyao's response left Chu Yan somewhat perplexed, but as soon as he thought of Caesar's identity, he immediately relaxed, only to find that this topic was not very good, because after Mo Xiuyao finished speaking, she fell silent again, and the coffee in her hand had cooled down without her noticing.

  Silence was the main factor that made people increasingly isolated. Chu Yan's coffee cup had been empty for a long time, and Mo Xiuyao sat there without saying a word. When Chu Yan wanted to say something, he found that this woman was actually sleeping in her chair, and even snoring softly.

  They say that people are most likely to feel drowsy in a safe environment, and this statement is absolutely true. With Chu Yan by her side, Mo Xiuyao felt an inexplicable sense of security, and she, who was not usually sleepy, unknowingly fell asleep. Looking at the sleeping Mo Xiuyao, Chu Yan shook his head with a hint of helplessness, "This little girl, it seems like this is the second time she's fallen asleep in front of me."

  Get up, quietly leave, come to the downstairs, Chu Yan saw Tina standing at the bar. "Tina, Miss Mo is sleeping on the second floor balcony, you go take care of her, she's been very tired these days and needs a good rest."

  "Oh, okay, then you won't sit for a while?" Tina looked at Chu Yan who was close by, her heart racing fast. She had mistaken him for a kidnapper the first time she saw him and now felt a bit apologetic about it. But Chu Yan shook his head, declining Tina's kindness "No need to sit, today is an unusual day, I should go back and rest properly."

  As Chuyan walked away, Tina's face was filled with a bright smile, and in that smile, there was a hint of shyness. This made Xiaoyuan, another waitress, unable to resist teasing her, "Tina, you've got a crush on that handsome guy? Your expression is just like the perfect 'love at first sight'!"

  "Go, stay there!!" Xuejuan's teasing made Tiana's face flush with embarrassment. She turned around and slapped Xuejuan's arm, then ran upstairs to the second floor, not forgetting that handsome guy's last reminder before he left.

  Leaving the Silver Palm, Chu Yan didn't choose to go back to the hotel directly, but instead wandered aimlessly along the road. However, strictly speaking, it wasn't entirely aimless either. After all, he had just finished exercising and taking a bath, and was feeling particularly spirited. Having returned to the city for some time now, Chu Yan couldn't help but feel an urge to go out and have some fun.

  At midnight, Nanshan City will not fall into silence with the arrival of darkness. The nightlife is colorful and there are countless young men and women seeking and indulging themselves in the neon lights, and many of their youth.

  Chu Yan was also one of them, only he was looking for prey that could bring him a night of passion. Bars and nightclubs had undoubtedly become Chu Yan's first choice. It seemed that back in the days on Zi Lan Xing, he had even managed to hook up with the general's precious daughter at the largest military bar on Zi Lan Xing. However, what happened afterwards was not something he liked to recall.

  Up to now, Chu Yan rarely goes to bars to pick up girls anymore. Most of the time, the lobby bar at Shangri-La has become his favorite place. A cup of strong cappuccino, admiring the various people sitting in the lobby bar, and of course, the full-bodied and sexy lead singer of the band.

  Recently, he made a concerted effort to take out 7 or 8 members of the Blood Scorpion gang under the cover of darkness, and the thrill of one-hit kills brought him a long-forgotten rush of adrenaline. It had been ages since this kind of bloodlust was exclusive to the brutal yet solemn battlefield.

  Huozhiliaoyu Bar, located near Nanshan University Town, is the most popular place for nightlife enthusiasts in Nanshan. The reason is simple: most of the girls are students, with high quality and easy to get along with. So at night, this place becomes a hunting ground, and some people even come here specifically to "pick up corpses", that is, to target those girls who have already had too much to drink but can still walk around unsteadily.

  In the taxi, the driver was a young man in his twenties. When Chu Yan got on and asked to be taken to a better bar, he immediately recommended this place. Of course, the young driver didn't forget to boast about his glorious record of conquests here.

  "Thanks, bro." After paying the taxi fare and getting out of the car, Chu Yan stood at the entrance of this street filled with bars. In his line of sight, there was a sea of neon lights, and the most eye-catching one was a fire-engine-red sign of a bar less than 200 meters away from him - Huo Zhi Le!

  The entrance of the bar was bustling with people, many young drinkers were vomiting on the street, while at the entrance of Huo Zhi Le, six tall and sturdy security guards stood, here, fights are too common, so it's often seen that people with broken heads and bleeding are thrown out of the bar.

  Chu Yan's sporty outfit accentuated his tall and lean physique, making him a top-notch catch in the bar.

  As he stepped into the bar, Chu Yan's ears were suddenly filled with the explosive sound of music. On the first floor hall, countless people were swinging their arms to the rhythm of the music in the dance pool. In the middle of the dance pool, a man and a woman were taking off each other's clothes one by one on the high platform. With the encouragement of the night DJ, the atmosphere inside became more and more intense.

  Chu Yan didn't linger in the first-floor hall, but instead went straight up to the second floor. On the second floor, there were all glass-enclosed small card rooms. In the middle of the card room was an elliptical and narrow bar counter. Around the bar counter, team after team of either already paired-up or still pairing-up actors and actresses emerged endlessly.

  "Beer." Chu Yan wanted to find a place, it was here, he ordered a bottle of beer and sat down at the bar, his body swaying gently to the rhythm of the music. At the same time he sat down, he became the target of several women. His tall stature, cold smile, and sharp facial features made him look like a supermodel!!

  "Alone?" Chu Yan continued drinking his beer, and suddenly a woman with almost her entire body exposed appeared beside him. Her figure was not bad, but she had too much makeup on. "How about I buy you a drink?"

  Chu Yan's line of sight had been wandering around the second floor, and although the indoor lighting was very dim, with the strobe light flashing non-stop, he still got a clear view of the general situation on the second floor.

  "You're not my type." Chu Yan's response was straightforward, and the meat-selling girl didn't say much either. With a disgruntled face, she got up and left. In a bar, being rejected is a normal thing, although it's a bit regrettable. After all, Chu Yan's score is very high, but he continues to look for his next target.

  A bottle of beer down the hatch, Chu Yan refused six passionate women, of course, these women's scores were not low, but Chu Yan's requirements were a bit higher.

  For the time being, there was no suitable target, so Chu Yan got up and walked towards the restroom. The soundproofing in the bar's restroom was very good, and as soon as he pushed open the door to enter, someone rushed into his arms.

  "Are you looking for death? Walking without keeping your eyes open!!" Before Chuyan could say anything, the person in his arms had already blurted out a curse. What surprised Chuyan was that the person who had crashed into his arms was actually a woman, and a very beautiful one at that.

  Approximately 1.7 meters tall, around twenty years old, with a melon-shaped face, willow eyebrows and vermilion phoenix eyes, slender waist and long legs, conservatively estimated to be above C-cup, wearing a shiny mini skirt that barely covers her key areas.

  "What are you looking at? Be careful, my husband will beat you up!!" The woman looked at the tall and strong man in front of her, with a strong smell of alcohol, stretched out her hand and waved it several times in front of Chu Yan's face, then turned around and walked back into the bar.

  Chu Yan didn't have the heart to bother with a woman who was drunk beyond recognition, what's important is to solve the excess bodily fluids, just as Chu Yan was about to enter the men's restroom, a figure appeared from the women's side that made him very surprised.

  "What is she doing in a place like this?"