The Empress's Gigolo
The Empress's Gigolo - Chapter 654: Let Go of My Ear First

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

People around the stage were dumbstruck when they looked at the two people up there. Peng Kaihuai’s movements already seemed extremely fast to them, so fast that they definitely wouldn’t be able to react in time if they fought him.

However, his opponent merely walked around on the stage and dodged all of his attacks. Peng Kaihuai wasn’t even able to get close.

It was almost like an act where they had already rehearsed everything!

Peng Kaihuai was even more astonished than the audience below the stage.

Even if his opponent was a top class national level mixed martial artist who would have no difficulty taking him down, such an opponent couldn’t just idle around on the stage like what Ren Baqian was doing right now.

Peng Kaihuai felt as if he was playing with his baby nephew, but had switched roles and suddenly become the baby. His opponent was totally just playing with him.

At the start, he still thought of cutting his opponent some slack. However, even after giving it his best, he couldn’t even get close to the opponent… Were their differences that big?

Ren Baqian stopped moving and said faintly, “Let’s stop.”

Peng Kaihuai stood on the stage breathing heavily. It was clear from the look in his eyes that he couldn’t believe what had just happened. Boss was actually a super expert!

“Currently, you’re our only internal disciple, which proves that you have talent. However, you are still too slow. Train well.” Ren Baqian nodded at Peng Kaihuai in encouragement.

He originally thought that he would be very happy to be able to oppress someone after being oppressed for so long. Normally, he should be happy, right?

However, he didn’t feel a single bit of happiness at this moment. It was dull and ordinary—it felt a little meaningless.

Of course, there wasn’t any meaning in oppressing the weak. It wasn’t as exciting as fighting against Tong Lan.

Ren Baqian suddenly felt distracted.

Damn it! Could I suddenly have started taking pleasure in something weird?

“Ha, how could that be?” Ren Baqian immediately shook his head.

It seemed that he would only feel that kind of excitement when he competed with someone equivalent to himself. Unfortunately… He couldn’t find someone like that… It was so lonely being unrivalled…

With a tap of his feet, he leaped to the bottom of the stage and walked toward the stairs with his hands in his pockets.

“Boss… The third floor is that way.” The brothers Liu Chengwen and Liu Chengwu hastily ran after Ren Baqian.

“I’m not going up anymore. My purpose for coming here was just to take a look. I’m leaving now that I’m done. You guys better be more attentive and better not let those two idiots cause trouble. Have they been causing trouble lately?” Ren Baqian casually asked.

“No,” the Liu brothers immediately replied.

“You should also visit the other martial arts center more often. Even though Wannian is often there, he isn’t experienced enough.”

“Yes.”

When the Liu brothers followed Ren Baqian downstairs, the other students on the second floor couldn’t help but exclaim immediately.

“I didn’t expect the boss of this martial arts center to be an expert! What level do you think he’s at?”

“A top class national level mixed martial artist?”

“Seeing how idle he was on the stage, I believe that even a top class national level mixed martial artist couldn’t do that. Did anyone record it?”

Someone holding his cell phone immediately shouted out, “I did!”

“Send the video clip to me. In the future, if anyone says that martial arts are useless, I will show the video to them and give them a slap to the face.”

“Send it to me too.”

“I have sent it to the group chat. Download it yourselves later.”

…

“Go back and don’t worry about me.” Ren Baqian waved his hand when he reached the exit.

“Take care, Boss.” The duo earnestly bade him farewell.

Ren Baqian opened the door and saw the empress leaning against the other side of the car with her fine black hair drifting in the wind.

Sure enough, there were many people in the surroundings that were looking at her.

So many people?

Huh?

Even taking photographs with their phones?

Aren’t they ashamed?

With an imposing manner, Ren Baqian took big strides over. He immediately knew why so many people were looking at the empress when he walked to the car.

She was indeed leaning on the car and fiddling with her phone, but there was someone under her feet. It was a man in a suit with his face plastered to the ground. However, Ren Baqian could still tell that he was quite young.

Dressed in red, the empress was stepping on the back of his head with one foot. She didn’t really exert much force, but that man couldn’t seem to move at all.

“A senseless person?” Ren Baqian opened the car door and asked casually. It was almost pointless for him to ask about such situations. Even when the empress wore sunglasses, the exposed parts of her face and her imposing manner were enough to arouse someone.

“A weakling!” she replied faintly. When she exerted a little bit of force in her foot, the man passed out. Her main intention was that she didn’t want to hear this weakling shouting after she lifted her foot. She was afraid that she wouldn’t be able to take it and would slap him to death.

Soon after, the empress boarded the car from the other side before both of them swaggered off.

“They have left. Send the police over.” In a car not too far away, someone spoke into a walkie-talkie.

“Understood.” On the other side of the road, two men put their phones down and said to the policemen in front of them, “Sorry to trouble you. Also, tell that man to shut up and not to look for trouble.”

“Understood!” The two policemen had no doubts about this. After all, the other party’s credentials had already explained everything.

…

“Brother, I apologize to you on behalf of Qingyun.”

Halfway on the road, Ren Baqian received a call from Ren Wannian. This caused a slight smile to appear on his face.

While keeping one hand on the steering wheel, he replied by asking, “Why are you apologizing? Because she called the police?”

“Yeah…” Ren Wannian answered softly before adding, “And also for running away that day at the villa.”

Ren Baqian replied unhurriedly, “You don’t actually have to apologize. I could tell that her family raised her well since her first response when encountering problems was to call the police. I could tell that she knows how to protect herself… However, this also shows that she would easily sell out anyone aside from you and that she might even do so to you if she had to…”

“Brother!” Ren Wannian tensed up and shouted hastily, wanting to put in a good word for her.

Ren Baqian interrupted him and said, “Listen to me—do you know why I said that? It’s because her values are normal, values that belong to ordinary people. This could be seen when she called the police the moment she left the villa. She has experienced too much reverence and apprehension while growing up. There are too many people and methods that can make her submit. In fact, I have no objections about you being together with her. However, you must know that you will have to keep many things from her. When that happens, when she knows that you are keeping many things from her, it will all be up to you as to how long the relationship will last.”

“Do we have that many things that we need to hide from her? What are you talking about, Brother?” Ren Wannian grew even more puzzled after listening.

“There are many things that have to be kept from her. Even though they are things that people might know about, there are many things that I control that other people are spying on. For instance, the ninth set of guiding techniques that I taught you and our parents. Those techniques are the simplest things, but are also among the most important secrets of the nation. As such, you have to be well aware of the situation. Recognize what you can tell her and what you can’t”

“I understand,” Ren Wannian replied.

“If you one day find her probing into things that you never told her about, that means there’s someone controlling her. Do you understand this?”

“Will it really be like that?” Ren Wannian found it a little hard to accept.

“Do you know why I don’t object to your relationship? If you break up with her, the subsequent women in your life may very possibly have all sorts of backgrounds and motives. There will definitely be people who will try all kinds of means to send all sorts of women to you. As for her, I can tell that she’s clean from her current actions. As such, I don’t mind that she called the police—I just wish for you to keep some things from her. Still, even though she’s clean now, there’s no guarantee that she will be clean in the future,” Ren Baqian added.

“Isn’t this too exaggerated?” Ren Wannian felt that his brother was exaggerating a little. It was as if he was being overly paranoid.

Ren Baqian sighed and felt that he should tell Ren Wannian more, so he continued, “It’s far more exaggerated than you think it is. Remember the cow bone that you saw at the villa previously? I can instead tell you that it was actually a human bone that belonged to a secret agent of a foreign country. I possess a lot of things that many people are after. If they can’t get stuff from me, then you become a good target for them. You are my brother, and you will gradually come into contact with some things that many of the foreign nations want to obtain. Even people in our own nation desire to acquire these things. As such, you are a very good point of attack for them.”

“Sss…” Ren Wannian took a deep breath and started to regret making this call. Due to these few sentences that Ren Baqian had said, Ren Wannian felt as if he had fallen into a gigantic spider web.

“I currently have cooperation from the nation, so you don’t need to overthink it. The reason I’m telling you this is to let you know about part of the situation. You actually still have another way out and that would be to leave the martial arts center. Do whatever you like and no one will bother you. You won’t have any more worries in the future and will be able to lead a life like an ordinary rich man,” Ren Baqian said unhurriedly.

“We are blood brothers, aren’t we?” Ren Wannian replied from the other end of the call.

“That’s right.” Ren Baqian smiled. “I’m telling you all this so that you can be mentally prepared. As for the rest, you can think about it yourself.”

He later joked about something that sounded pretty real and said, “In fact, I would be more at ease if you went to nightclubs to look for women. I know about one that’s pretty good… Sss… Ouch!”

“How do you know?” Unruffled, the empress turned around and looked at him, giving him a half smile.

Ren Baqian looked straight at the empress and replied nonchalantly, “Of course I was just teasing him! How would I know about such stuff?”

Then, he asked, “Who did you learn this move from?”

“Television!” she replied confidently.

“Television has misguided many people! Ever since the invention of the television, society no longer understands harmony!” Ren Baqian lamented before saying in a serious tone, “It’s a misunderstanding—let go of my ear first!”

“Say it. How do you know about that place?”

“… Injustice… Even more than Dou E[1.The Injustice to Dou E – A popular drama in China]… Even more than Chang’e[2.Chang’e – Goddess of the moon from Chinese mythology]…”