When he arrived at the private room, more than a dozen people were already seated.
Cheng Xiaofan's gaze swept over them. They were all young beauties, dressed scantily, fashionably, and exuded exceptional elegance. They were clearly no ordinary women.
"Dr. Cheng, hello!"
"Wow, Dr. Cheng is so handsome!"
"Dr. Cheng, let's be friends!"
"Dr. Cheng, can I have your contact information?"
It was evident that the Fu brothers had already briefed these beautiful women about Cheng Xiaofan beforehand. His appearance caused their eyes to light up.
This young man was too handsome! It was as if Cheng Xiaofan's arrival was predestined for them. They immediately surrounded him, clamoring for his contact details.
"Everyone, could you let me sit down and catch my breath for a moment?" Cheng Xiaofan quickly raised his hands, parting them. "I've been busy all afternoon and haven't had a bite to eat. My stomach is empty!"
The beauties were stunned. How disappointing! So many beautiful women surrounding him, and all he could think about was being hungry. Didn't he know the saying that beauty is a feast for the eyes? Looking at beautiful women could also sate one's hunger!
Upon hearing Cheng Xiaofan, Fu Xiangrui immediately instructed the waiter, "Don't just stand there. Go get the food servers and have the dishes brought up immediately!"
"Yes!" The waiter hurried off to find the food servers.
"Ladies, I apologize, but our Dr. Cheng is indeed hungry!" The second brother, Fu Xianghe, quickly explained to Cheng Xiaofan. "Something happened at our home today, and Dr. Cheng has been busy from noon until now without eating."
"Cheng Xiaofan, I have a piece of rice cake candy here. Mr. Cheng, please have this to tide you over!" One of the beauties immediately took a candy from her handbag, unwrapped it, and offered it to Cheng Xiaofan's mouth.
*Whoosh!*
Cheng Xiaofan snatched the candy. He quickly stuffed it into the beauty's mouth.
"Awooo—" The beauty twisted her neck, trying to spit out the candy. However, Cheng Xiaofan's movements were too swift. He then slapped her mouth, and a surge of dragon energy directly forced the candy down her throat.
"Ah, no..." The beauty let out a scream and fell to the ground, spitting a mouthful of blood. Her face instantly turned purple, and she writhed in pain on the ground for a few moments before transforming into a large black rat.
This sudden transformation left the Fu brothers dumbfounded. How did a beautiful woman turn into a black rat? The other beauties, realizing their companion had died in Cheng Xiaofan's hands, turned pale with fright.
"Kill him!" One beauty, regaining her composure, shouted at the others. The previously elegant beauties suddenly became ferocious, let out a shrill cry, and a terrifying killing aura emanated from them as they lunged at Cheng Xiaofan.
*Bang!*
Cheng Xiaofan met them head-on, waving his hand. A dragon qi, like a sharp blade, sliced through the air.
"Ah—"
Accompanied by screams, the more than ten ferocious beauties fell one after another in a pool of blood. As they breathed their last, each of them transformed into a black rat.
"Ah, how could this happen?" Fu Xiangrui exclaimed in shock.
Cheng Xiaofan sneered and said, "Boss Fu, you're something else. You invited me to dinner and brought a bunch of rat spirits to ambush and kill me!"
"Brother, explain this to me. What's going on?" Fu Xianghe demanded of his elder brother.
Fu Xiangrui said, "Younger brother, I'm being framed! I don't know what's going on!"
"I am truly grateful to Dr. Cheng. How could I possibly harbor murderous intentions towards my benefactor!"
Fu Xianghe asked, "Brother, then tell me, honestly, where did you get these so-called beauties from?"
Fu Xiangrui spread his hands. "Where else? I rented them from an external etiquette company."
"I just wanted them to liven up the atmosphere and entertain Dr. Cheng. I never imagined they were all rat spirits!" Fu Xiangrui complained incessantly. He never dreamed that inviting Cheng Xiaofan for dinner with sincere intentions would lead to such an unexpected situation.
*Bang!* He slammed his fist on the table, his face dark. "What the hell is Niu Hao up to!"
Niu Hao, whom Fu Xiangrui mentioned, was the general manager of the external etiquette company and an old friend of his for many years. The so-called external etiquette company specialized in training beautiful hostesses and renting them out for events, accompanying guests for meals, entertainment, and even companionship. These hostesses were billed by the hour.
"Niu Hao, you call yourself my friend of many years, are you even human?" Fu Xiangrui dialed Niu Hao's number and began to curse him. "I asked you to find me some beautiful women for the hotel, why did you send me some rat spirits?"
"Brother Fu, I'm so sorry!" Niu Hao said from the other end of the phone. "When you called me asking for beautiful women, I was busy with other matters and didn't have time to explain."
"For the past two years, due to a shortage of staff, I've had to recruit some spirits to work as hostesses."
"However, after careful training, they all have excellent temperaments. Whether accompanying for meals, entertainment, or companionship, the feedback has been very good."
"Good my foot!" Fu Xiangrui shouted in exasperation. "Your rat spirits tried to harm my esteemed guest today, attempting to take his life."
"Give me an explanation! What is going on?"
Niu Hao was terrified upon hearing this. "Brother Fu, how is that possible?"
"They have all been carefully trained and would never do such a thing." However, he also knew that Fu Xiangrui's fury meant the rat spirits must have committed some transgression. But why would they act so out of character and try to kill Fu Xiangrui's guest? Niu Hao knew that Fu Xiangrui was a formidable figure in Beijing with a volatile temper, and if he truly angered him, his own life might be in danger.
"Brother Fu," he said quickly, "I'll come over immediately to investigate and question these rat spirits as to why they attacked Brother Fu's guest!"
"Don't bother coming. Those rat spirits have already been killed by my guest!" Fu Xiangrui said angrily, his tone unpleasant.
*Snap!* He hung up the phone.
"I'm sorry, Dr. Cheng. Fu Xiangrui offers his apologies!" Fu Xiangrui apologized to Cheng Xiaofan.
Cheng Xiaofan waved his hand. "Forget it. It's not your fault. Have the food servers bring the dishes up and clean up the bodies of the rat spirits in the room!"
The food servers arrived. However, upon seeing the bodies of the rat spirits on the floor, they stood at the door, holding their trays, too frightened to enter.
Fu Xiangrui said to the startled food servers at the door, "You can all come in now!"
"Place the food on the table, then get rid of all these rat corpses on the floor and wipe the floor clean!" The food servers recognized the Fu brothers and dared not disobey his orders.