Three days later, in the early morning, Yin Jiu entered the Public Security Bureau again; this time, he went in voluntarily.
An hour later, Yin Jiu walked out, his face ashen, clutching a document tightly in his hand, a hint of despair in his eyes.
He—fell victim to a telecommunication scam! What he held was an anti-scam promotional leaflet.
Yin Jiu didn't understand what a telecommunication scam was; he only knew that it would be very difficult to get his money back, and he had nothing left.
Walking numbly down the street, Yin Jiu hated the current society—scammers! All of them were scammers!
He looked up at the gray sky, a surge of helpless anger rising in his heart.
His steps grew heavier, as if each one reminded him that the life once full of hope was now mercilessly torn to shreds.
What more could he do now?
Besides burglary, he knew nothing else, but now all residential areas had anti-theft windows and doors, leaving no chance to pick locks.
There were surveillance cameras everywhere, and Yin Jiu felt a sense of bewilderment, as if trapped in endless darkness, unable to find any way out.
Recalling his life, he thought he missed his Black Boss.
Yin Jiu, with not a single penny, walked for a full three and a half hours, finally reaching the prison; he missed his Black Boss, and he was there for a visit.
The iron gate of the prison slowly opened, and Yin Jiu walked with faltering steps into the visiting room.
His gaze fell upon his Black Boss, separated by thick glass, and he saw that his Black Boss, once so dashing, now had graying temples, long past his prime.
Yin Jiu immediately cried heartbrokenly, recounting to his former Black Boss all his experiences since leaving prison, feeling more and more wronged and stifled with each thought.
Black Boss was stunned for a long time before he remembered who this sobbing man in front of him was; after all, too much time had passed…
Listening to Yin Jiu's intermittent sobs, Black Boss's eyes were complex, and he gave Yin Jiu a deeply speechless look.
The half-hour visit quickly ended, and as he exited the prison gate, the numbness was gone from Yin Jiu's face, replaced by excited trembling, his eyes sparkling with hope; he had found a new direction.
His Black Boss was truly his second parent; he swore he would repay his Black Boss's kindness for giving him a new life.
Black Boss told Yin Jiu that the organization was still active, it had just transformed!
Now, all external affairs were handled by his Black Boss's two wives, the older and younger; Yin Jiu knew Black Boss's younger wife.
It was because he had stolen from Black Boss's younger wife's home that he and Black Boss had become acquainted through a fight and joined Black Boss's ranks; although he was beaten by Black Boss's subordinates the whole time, it was still a fight!
She was his 'ninth brother's' sister-in-law, Ye Wenwen; his ninth brother had found the organization! The former ninth brother was coming back!
Following the address provided by Black Boss, Yin Jiu walked for another two hours before finally standing in front of a luxurious villa; he took a deep breath and rang the doorbell.
The door slowly opened, and Ye Wenwen's familiar face came into view; Ye Wenwen was only two years younger than him, and though she had shed the youthful radiance of a girl, she was well-preserved, her eyes still full of charm.
After introducing himself, Yin Jiu was led into the luxurious living room by Ye Wenwen; old friends meeting again felt particularly emotional.
As they chatted, both their eyes became moist, and then Ye Wenwen's sofa also became wet…
Yin Jiu discovered that the more guilty he felt towards Black Boss, the longer he lasted!
After several rounds of intimacy, Yin Jiu's remaining guilt had long since vanished.
As the sun began to set, holding the limp Ye Wenwen, Yin Jiu remembered that he was there for serious business.
This soft, fragrant body had become a living dictionary, eloquently explaining the new rules of the underworld:
Nowadays, the underworld no longer used 'halls' or 'gangs,' but was renamed 'XX Group,' with numerous legitimate, registered subsidiaries under its banner, and the group's main headquarters secretly controlled operations. The old business of loan sharking now bore the gilded plaque of 'financing and leasing'; debtors were now dressed in suits and ties, transforming into legal collection specialists.
Although the profits were thinner by thirty percent, they had carved out a gray area within the cracks of the law.
Gambling dens had long been uprooted, all relocated overseas to start anew, operating as 'online entertainment cities' to attract money across borders; a small number of enforcers had been disbanded, as this line of work carried higher risks than rewards, and a slight misstep could lead to jail time.
Red-light districts had transformed into private clubs, and the hostesses who solicited customers were now elegantly called 'etiquette consultants.'
Hearing the news about the red-light district, two clusters of dark fire ignited in Yin Jiu's eyes. Back then, he was the manager of the red-light district; could changing a name really be a complete escape?
“How can it be that easy!”
Ye Wenwen leaned on his sweaty chest, her slender fingers tracing his muscle lines, explaining softly, her breath like orchids:
“The operating model has completely transformed; the original KTVs have been upgraded to multi-functional high-end clubs, essentially integrating entertainment with discreet services.
Outwardly, we still operate as a legitimate licensed KTV; guests can select paid 'princess' services—this part of the income is shared between the princesses and the venue, which maintains the appearance of legal operation while ensuring the venue's commission earnings.
The key is to prohibit actual transactions from occurring within the premises, thereby avoiding inspection risks and increasing overall customer traffic through the princesses.
As for subsequent in-depth services, these are negotiated independently between the guest and the service provider, with additional fees being private transactions, completely detached from the venue; if both parties reach an agreement, we can also provide hotel room arrangements at the group's affiliated hotels, forming a closed-loop industry chain. The clever part is that even if issues arise during the transaction, all responsibility will be limited to individual behavior—the hotel, as an independent legal entity, has no direct documented connection to the club.”
Yin Jiu listened with bated breath, secretly marveling at this meticulously designed legal firewall.
Ye Wenwen continued to explain, in her soft voice and with clear analysis, how to use a multi-layered compliant structure to wrap around the gray areas, with each connection point meticulously vetted by legal counsel.
Yin Jiu couldn't help but once again marvel at Black Boss's wisdom; everything was just old wine in new bottles, only removing the most crucial illegal part. A formerly illegal red-light district, by removing the most critical link, still made money and even drove two industry chains: the KTV and the hotel, and the hotel and KTV were separate.
On the surface, no connection could be found, making it even safer; although the princesses were still recruited by their organization, the transactions were private and had nothing to do with them.
Thinking of Black Boss's shrewdness, Yin Jiu wanted to feel guilty again, but he really couldn't feel guilty anymore…
“Ninth Brother, you must help me. That scoundrel gave all the other businesses to that old hag, leaving only a high-end club for me, and even the hotel is still controlled by that old hag; I'll secretly tell you, that scoundrel was just a frontman; he has a big boss behind him.
That old hag, because she previously developed a new type of telecommunication fraud industry, the big boss now highly appreciates her. She's very rampant now and even wants to snatch my club; you must help me…”
Ye Wenwen's tongue traced circles on Yin Jiu's chest.
Black Boss had a big boss behind him; Yin Jiu really didn't know this, but telecommunication fraud—Yin Jiu was about to explode! So, he was scammed by Black Boss's older wife's business! Yin Jiu finally understood what Black Boss's look during the prison visit meant.
Soon, dusk fell, and Ye Wenwen was truly 'virtuous,' ordering him a nourishing feast in the restaurant: sea cucumber, okra, oysters, lamb, mussels, and even deer blood wine! As a result, that night, moans occasionally echoed from the villa rooms…
From then on… Yin Jiu became the boss of the club! He didn't dare to live in Ye Wenwen's villa, fearing that if Black Boss's older wife found out, he would be doomed.
So, Yin Jiu still lived in the rented apartment in the residential area. Whenever he thought of his Black Boss, he would go to Ye Wenwen during the day to express his guilt towards his Black Boss.
As for the club's operation, Yin Jiu didn't manage it; Ye Wenwen ran everything. He just had his name on it, to take the fall if anything happened;
According to him: “Wenwen, go ahead and do it; if anything happens, Yin Jiu will take the blame.”
And he himself, with Ye Wenwen's financial support, recruited many subordinates and took over a five-star hotel near the club. He wanted to declare war on Black Boss's older wife! Give me back my hard-earned money!
Black Boss's older wife had many businesses. Starting with the hotel was to make the club independent, a separate industry chain, first pushing out Black Boss's older wife's hotel business so she couldn't covet Ye Wenwen's club anymore.
Yin Jiu didn't understand anything; he wouldn't have thought of these things. These were all Ye Wenwen's ideas. As for why Ye Wenwen, despite having money, didn't open it herself, it was mainly because she didn't dare.
She knew that old hag's methods, and Black Boss had always been wary of her. She always felt that the hotel being in Black Boss's older wife's hands was a deliberate arrangement by Black Boss.
But Yin Jiu was different; he was the one who voluntarily took the blame for his Black Boss. Using Yin Jiu as the breakthrough point was best, and the best thing about Yin Jiu was that he was foolish, easy to control. Otherwise, did she really think Ye Wenwen was sleeping with Yin Jiu because she was attracted to him?
Yin Jiu didn't know Ye Wenwen's thoughts and still felt that Ye Wenwen was too good to him!
She gave him everything, and now Ye Wenwen was his woman;
Yin Jiu knew he wasn't good at schemes, but now he had a woman who could come up with ideas!
He was responsible for conquering the world, and his woman was responsible for coming up with ideas. How well-matched he and Ye Wenwen were!
Behind every successful man stands a woman who provides him with money, effort, and schemes!
The hotel's initial takeover was not smooth; people caused trouble every now and then, and police checked rooms intermittently, making it impossible to connect with the club.
However, after a few months of the hotel being open without any other disturbances, Ye Wenwen felt at ease. She knew that Black Boss had tacitly approved it.
It's probably to have that hag and Yin Jiu split the hotel business.
The hag has been too prominent lately, and Black Boss also doesn't trust her.
Don't think that just because he was sentenced to life imprisonment, he can't get out.
Black Boss is just waiting for an opportunity; when the time is right, he will naturally find a way to get out.
The troublemakers and the police were arranged by that hag, who was unconvinced and wanted to struggle a bit more...
At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh, Black Boss really trusts this Yin Jiu, and he's worthy of the 'beauty' she sacrificed.
But Yin Jiu is also truly fierce, like a wild bull; she really likes him.
This day, Yin Jiu missed his boss again...
He was currently fondling Ye Wenwen's roundness after a session of roughhousing with her in the villa.
Ye Wenwen then told him that the police room checks and the troublemakers at the hotel were all arranged by Black Boss's wife.
Yin Jiu's temper immediately flared!
Without a word, he wanted to take his subordinates to smash Black Boss's wife's hotel, but Ye Wenwen stopped him.
Smashing the hotel directly would surely lead to arrest.
She whispered something in Yin Jiu's ear...
Yin Jiu's eyes lit up.
He secretly praised Ye Wenwen as his good, capable wife, and then vigorously 'roughed up' Ye Wenwen again until both were satisfied.
The next day, at the entrance of Ye Wenwen's hotel, a group of burly men, wearing only boxers and thin vests, covered in tattoos, were distributing flyers.
As soon as anyone dared to walk towards the hotel, a group of big men would fiercely surround them.
They wouldn't do anything else, just aggressively shove flyers into their hands.
Don't want them? If you have the guts, squeeze past them!
They didn't completely block guests from entering the hotel; after handing out flyers, they wouldn't make things difficult at all, and would even apologize fiercely.
It was impossible to stop guests from entering; preventing guests from entering would be causing trouble.
They were just distributing flyers, didn't you see—everyone walked in safely, didn't they?
Surrounded people?
No, no!
They were just enthusiastic about their work...
But a bunch of fierce men standing at the hotel entrance distributing flyers, how could that not affect business?
Black Boss's wife, who was pruning flowers, heard the news and angrily smashed several pots of flowers...
The profits from the hotel were not something the wife cared about, but the hotel was linked to her taking over the clubhouse later, so nothing could go wrong.
It wasn't that the clubhouse was so profitable; she simply wanted to squeeze that little vixen out.
But she never expected Yin Jiu to suddenly appear.
She knew Yin Jiu, a brainless brute, but Black Boss just liked such people—loyal and brainless.
When Black Boss came out, he would inevitably have to hide behind the scenes, and people like Yin Jiu were the best foot soldiers to put in front.
Moreover, the wife also knew Black Boss didn't trust her, and Yin Jiu was clearly placed there by Black Boss on purpose.
She couldn't touch Yin Jiu; if she did, Black Boss would definitely suspect her even more, which would be detrimental to her later plans...
What she had to do was completely replace Black Boss.
The big boss was trusting her more and more; she had a chance to replace Black Boss...
She even felt that Yin Jiu's appearance meant Black Boss was preparing to come out.
This foot soldier, Yin Jiu, was sent by Black Boss to lead the charge.
Sure enough, the wife's suspicions were quickly confirmed.
A few days later, the lawyer brought a message from the boss from prison: the hotel under the wife's name was to be transferred to Yin Jiu.
The hag was so furious that she smashed things in the room.
This was a signal that Black Boss was coming out; he was going to be released!
Black Boss was beginning to take over the group's subsidiaries that were no longer under his control, one step at a time.
Unlike the wife, Ye Wenwen secretly rejoiced when she heard the news, realizing she had bet on the right person.
She excitedly ordered a lavish meal and rewarded Yin Jiu generously all night.
However, the next day, the lawyer informed Yin Jiu that Black Boss wanted to see him...
The first thing Black Boss asked Yin Jiu when they met was, "How does Ye Wenwen taste?"
This scared Yin Jiu out of his wits.
Then Black Boss casually waved his hand, saying he was sending Yin Jiu over, meaning he intended to give Ye Wenwen to Yin Jiu.
Yin Jiu was too reckless.
Giving Ye Wenwen to him was to have Ye Wenwen help Yin Jiu fight against his own wife.
Black Boss didn't care about women at all, especially a 35-year-old woman he had long grown tired of.
He had kept Ye Wenwen because the clubhouse she managed was the breakthrough he had left behind.
Black Boss had long sensed his wife's restlessness; he hadn't acted against her because she had entered the big boss's sight.
By the time he noticed, it was already too late.
He hadn't expected that woman to actually create the highly profitable industry of telecom fraud.
Did Black Boss trust Yin Jiu?
Outsiders might think so, but in reality, Yin Jiu had long been a pawn to be discarded.
Otherwise, Black Boss would have sent people to find him right after Yin Jiu was released from prison.
The reason he used Yin Jiu again was because he never expected Yin Jiu to remember him as his boss, even visiting him in prison and crying about being scammed by telecom fraud.
Black Boss knew Yin Jiu was not a vengeful person.
But if anyone dared to swindle Yin Jiu's money, he would definitely hate them for life.
Based on this alone, Yin Jiu was the best candidate to deal with his wife—his wife absolutely could not win him over.
So, the boss decided that day to use Yin Jiu, and he genuinely intended to give Ye Wenwen to Yin Jiu.
A woman with ambition and some cunning, but without a complete overall view, was a perfect match for Yin Jiu.
Black Boss was not at all surprised that the two would hook up.
Even if it wasn't Yin Jiu, just any man he sent over, that woman would definitely seduce him into bed.
Ye Wenwen had been suppressed too severely by his wife...
Yin Jiu, having walked out of prison, completely let himself go.
Since Ye Wenwen was given to him by the boss, there was no need to be secretive anymore.
He publicly declared that Ye Wenwen was his woman from now on, and took his 'little sister-in-law' everywhere to experience sweet love...
In six months, Yin Jiu successfully took over the loan and collection businesses from Black Boss's wife.
That day, Ye Wenwen discovered she was pregnant, which thrilled Yin Jiu.
He never imagined that he, Yin Jiu, would actually have an heir; this was something he had never dared to dream of before.
To ensure Ye Wenwen could rest easy during her pregnancy, he even took her to get a marriage certificate and held a wedding banquet.
Ye Wenwen, having received the certificate, cried with emotion.
She was almost 36, and legally speaking, she was still single.
Even Black Boss's wife hadn't registered her marriage with Black Boss, let alone her, the 'little wife,' who was only one in name.
And now, legally, she, Ye Wenwen, had a husband, the father of her future child.
Yin Jiu had long since moved into the villa and was living a shameless life with Ye Wenwen every day, but the apartment he rented in Ye Feng's community, he had never given it up.
Occasionally, he would still come to stay, just to catch a glimpse of that charming figure.
This was not love, purely a craving for that body, which was a masterpiece in bed.
"Maozi, that woman didn't run away, did she?"
Thinking of that enchantress again, Yin Jiu's heart burned with passion.
He had come to check out and clear out his belongings, but then the apocalypse descended, trapping him here.
Originally, due to Ye Wenwen's pregnancy, the ripple in Yin Jiu's heart for the landlady had faded considerably.
But he never expected that the enchantress he yearned for was now trapped across from him.
Yin Jiu didn't know what the apocalypse was, or what zombies were.
If Maozi hadn't told him, he would have thought everyone had gone crazy, but he only knew that X City was in chaos, a complete mess, with no rule of law.
At this time, heaven had sent that enchantress to him.
This was simply a godsend opportunity.
Catching that enchantress and then properly training her would be the most perfect bed partner.
Yin Jiu couldn't even imagine further; his heart was itching unbearably.
"Hey, Brother Jiu, don't worry, that woman can't run away.
Her door is tightly blocked!"
Maozi had a head of dyed blonde hair, and his body was as thin as a bamboo pole.
He was skinny with long hair.
Yin Jiu, seeing his cleverness, took him in as a subordinate and kept him by his side.
He had been with Yin Jiu for half a year, and people on the streets called him Maozi.
At this moment, Maozi was peeking through the peephole, staring at the door opposite, which was already blocked by several heavy pieces of furniture.
Because he had always followed Brother Jiu, he had seen that woman before.
The first time he saw her, Maozi felt something just by looking from afar.
Seductive, with a flirtatious charm emanating from her bones.
But Maozi knew Brother Jiu had his eyes on that woman, and he had always suppressed his inner impulses.
But Brother Jiu didn't understand what zombies were, or what the apocalypse was; he, Maozi, knew!
As long as that woman surrendered, Brother Jiu would eat the meat, and he would drink the soup!
So he worked extra hard, always staring at the opposite side whenever he had a moment.
Of course, what he didn't know was how could Brother Jiu let him drink the soup; such an enchantress was simply inexhaustible...
Maozi was hunched over, not knowing what he was thinking, occasionally scratching his crotch.
He knew the room opposite was an unfinished apartment undergoing renovation, with absolutely no supplies inside.
This was already the third day; that woman definitely couldn't hold out much longer.
"There's only a tiny sip of water left, and only two candies."
In Room 1104, Yun Qianqian leaned against the door, her arms wrapped around her knees, curled up in the corner behind the door.
This was originally an unfinished apartment, now undergoing renovation, with no food inside at all.
She had thought about escaping, but the furniture at the door had completely blocked it; she couldn't get out at all.
She knew the bald man's intentions, but she would rather jump out of the building than comply with his wishes.