Chapter 396 — How Do You Repay Kindness with Cruelty?

It was clearly impossible to go after Su Taiwei now. He had dashed out at top speed and by this point was surely already in a taxi; all they could do was pray he reached the hospital safe and sound.

"Heh, Brother Lin's got a point. We've all had a bit too much to drink and forgot about that!" An Liwen shot Su Taizao a look, signaling him not to do anything rash.

Only then did Su Taizao say nothing more, just drawing a deep breath to settle his emotions.

"I'm going to hit the restroom and drain the tank, then we'll pick it back up." Wei Zhao rose to his feet. This time he didn't opt to leave the private room—he walked straight into the washroom inside it.

After downing that many bottles of liquor, even if it had been water, Wei Zhao would have needed the toilet by now.

"Brother An, don't let this brat off easy!" Once Wei Zhao had gone into the washroom, Su Taizao lowered his voice and said, "Making Taiwei puke blood—I want him to pay for that!"

An Liwen nodded. "Execute plan two! Go tell the waiter that no matter what happens in this room later, they're not to open the door!"

"Heh heh! I told you ages ago, this trick is the way to go!" Su Taizao was overjoyed. He hurried out and gave the waiter a couple of instructions.

An Liwen, meanwhile, phoned his driver and said only one thing: "Bring up the inflatable doll we prepared in advance!"

"Is this reliable? Will it actually work?" Now that it came down to it, Su Taizao started to worry again.

"It should work, I'd say!" An Liwen said. "Brother Cihua gave it to me—there won't be any problem. He said it's the most advanced drug there is, called something like Invincible Eight-Times-Rōnin!"

As he spoke, An Liwen poured three glasses of red wine, then sprinkled a packet of powder into the glass on Wei Zhao's side.

"Good, then—hur hur, now we've got some fun in store..." Su Taiwei kept his voice as low as possible, trying not to laugh so loudly that Wei Zhao would hear him from the washroom. "Why's he taking so long just to drain the tank? Don't tell me he's taking a dump? I want to go myself—I drank too much just now!"

"Now that you mention it, so do I..." An Liwen frowned too, thinking to himself, why is Wei Zhao so damn slow?

In truth, Wei Zhao had pulled up his pants long ago. He had been in the washroom eavesdropping on what An Liwen and Su Taiwei were saying, and a cold smirk flickered across his face. So these two really hadn't given up—they still wanted to play tricks!

An inflatable doll? An Liwen really was a nasty piece of work!

Wei Zhao pushed open the washroom door, pretending to know nothing, and waved apologetically at An Liwen and Su Taizao. "Sorry, sorry! I drank too much, so there's plenty of water in my belly and it took a while. You two must have been waiting long?"

"No problem—we're going to the washroom ourselves!" An Liwen and Su Taizao were bursting and rushed to their feet into the washroom.

Wei Zhao gave a cold laugh. If the two of them hadn't been so desperate for a piss, he would have made them desperate himself by lingering in the washroom—at worst he'd have dawdled a while longer.

Wei Zhao glanced at the three glasses of red wine on the table, then smiled. Quick as anything, he poured one of the two glasses in front of An Liwen and Su Taizao into the corner by the wall, and brought the other over to set before himself.

That done, Wei Zhao took the glass An Liwen had tampered with and poured half of it into the now-empty glass, then topped up both half-filled, compromised glasses to the brim before sitting back down in his seat.

After a while, An Liwen and Su Taizao came out of the washroom and saw Wei Zhao fiddling with his phone. They assumed he was about to record again, but then they heard him say, "Let's have a little more to drink, then we'd better eat. Miss Gu called just now and told me to get back as soon as I can!"

"Oh?" An Liwen and Su Taizao exchanged a glance and were instantly overjoyed—overjoyed for two reasons. First, they had been racking their brains over how to coax Wei Zhao into drinking a glass of red wine, and here he was volunteering to finish it off himself! Second, Wei Zhao had taken a phone call in the private room earlier, and the two of them in the washroom hadn't heard a thing! That proved it: when they had been talking in the room before, Wei Zhao in the washroom couldn't have heard them either! So there was no risk of their plan being exposed!

"Good, then it's settled. I poured three glasses of red wine just now, and since Brother Lin has put it that way, let's make it one last glass!" Su Taizao grinned and raised the glass before him. "I'll down mine first!"

"Good—one last glass, then!" Wei Zhao nodded and picked up the glass in front of him as well.

An Liwen was overjoyed as well, and so the three of them each drained their glasses and made ready to start on the food.

"I... why am I so hot? And a little foggy-headed?" After a couple of bites, Wei Zhao suddenly pressed a hand to his forehead and spoke. In truth, he had no idea what the so-called Invincible Eight-Times-Rōnin looked like when it took effect—but surely it couldn't be this fast.

"Haha!" The moment An Liwen heard Wei Zhao's words, he burst out laughing. Wei Zhao had fallen for it! This time there was no need to fear him—it didn't matter if they tore off all pretense! Sure enough, Wei Zhao's symptoms now were much like what Li Cihua had described to him. The drug was clearly taking hold!

"You... what are you laughing at?" Wei Zhao asked, a little puzzled.

"Haha, Wei Zhao, didn't you know? You've already been hit with an aphrodisiac called Invincible Eight-Times-Rōnin. It's working on you now—in moments you'll lose all reason!" An Liwen laughed aloud. "The red wine you just drank—I dosed it!"

"You... why would you do this?" Wei Zhao glared at An Liwen, furious.

"Why? Heh, since you're so eager to know why, I'll tell you!" said An Liwen. "Last time you got us beaten up good. This time we originally meant to drink you into the hospital, but we never expected you could hold your liquor so well—instead you drank Su Taiwei into the hospital!"

"You gave my little brother a perforated stomach—how could I let you off?" Su Taizao chimed in. "Wei Zhao, the drug's effect will get stronger and stronger soon. If you don't find release, it'll be unbearable. But don't worry—An-ge and I prepared an inflatable doll for you. See how thoughtful we are?"

"You..." Wei Zhao's eyes went wide as he stared at An Liwen and Su Taizao in disbelief. "The two of you would do this to me? An Liwen, I saved your life. Not only do you show no gratitude, you scheme to harm me by every trick you can think of—how can you repay kindness with such malice?"

"So what? Who told you not to explain things clearly before? I like Gu Mengyao, and you pretended to be her boyfriend. If I ruin you, I can only say you deserved it—you brought it on yourself!" An Liwen roared. "So you saved me—so what?"

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