Chapter 421

Chapter 421 I Would Rather Die Than Submit!

Zhang Ziwei was leaning against the railing, letting the sea breeze wash over her, lost in thought. For a woman who devoted herself entirely to the growth and development of the Qinglong Gang, moments of relaxation like this were rare.

“Hey there, beautiful. You look a little down — did you have a fight with your boyfriend?” Bai Jiaming sauntered over with a cigarette dangling from his lips, looking like he was trying to appear elegant, and leaned against the railing beside Zhang Ziwei.

She gave him a blank, expressionless glance, then turned her face away. Zhang Ziwei had never had any interest in men whose intentions were this obvious.

Seeing her reaction, Bai Jiaming didn’t mind at all. He knew that beautiful women always had attitude. This little firecracker looked hard to approach, but once you got her, she’d give you a kick that was absolutely worth it.

“Beauty, fate has brought us together. Allow me to introduce myself — my name is Bai Jiaming. May I ask your name?” Bai Jiaming said, fancying himself quite charming, while sneaking a glance toward his friends. Seeing them making faces and winking at him, he couldn’t help but smile with quiet satisfaction.

“I have no interest in knowing your name, and no interest in telling you mine.”

Zhang Ziwei said flatly without turning around. Young and beautiful as she was, she had recently risen to become the first deputy leader of the Qinglong Gang, second in status only to Li Yang. In the underground world of Ninghai, this pretty young woman was already someone who stood above tens of thousands — why would she give a second thought to cheap pickup tricks like these?

Even though this man was dressed head to toe in designer brands, like some kind of walking luxury goods display, how could a man who was all surface and no substance compare to Su Rui?

After getting to know Su Rui, ordinary men would probably never catch Zhang Ziwei’s eye again. That man always carried a kind of unique personal charisma that was impossible to resist, impossible to shake free from.

Seeing Zhang Ziwei speak so bluntly, a shadow of displeasure flickered across Bai Jiaming’s face.

This woman really had no respect for him. Whenever he went after a girl, all he had to do was reveal his identity and things always went smoothly — when had it ever gone like this?

“Sounds like you really love your boyfriend, beautiful.” Bai Jiaming quickly adjusted his expression and said.

“That’s none of your business either.” Zhang Ziwei still didn’t turn around. In her view, even bothering to exchange a couple of words with Bai Jiaming was already doing him a great favor.

“Beauty, you know what they say — don’t hit a man who’s smiling at you. Surely you understand something that simple?” Bai Jiaming flicked his cigarette butt into the sea and said with a cold expression.

Watching him toss the cigarette butt like that, a flash of disgust crossed Zhang Ziwei’s eyes. Small things reveal big character — a man who casually litters in the ocean, just how high could his personal quality really be?

“Don’t hit a man who’s smiling at you — of course I understand that. But when it comes to someone like you, smiling with bad intentions, I don’t see any reason to bother with you at all.”

Zhang Ziwei gave him a cool sideways glance and said, “I suggest you leave while you still can. Otherwise, when my boyfriend gets here, things won’t go so well for you.”

When she said the words “my boyfriend,” a brief gleam of light passed through Zhang Ziwei’s eyes.

“Is that so? I’d actually like to see just who this boyfriend of yours is!”

Having been rejected again and again, Bai Jiaming’s anger had reached its peak. From the past until now, he had never once encountered a woman he couldn’t conquer. This was simply a joke of the highest order!

With that, Bai Jiaming reached out and gave Zhang Ziwei a hard slap on her rear.

“Ah!”

Caught completely off guard, Zhang Ziwei jumped. She spun around and glared at Bai Jiaming with fury in her eyes.

This woman, who carried herself with such poise, had never imagined that in this day and age, someone could openly behave in such a brazen and shameless way.

“I knew my eyes didn’t deceive me — the feel really is quite something. I swear, I’m going to have you today!”

Bai Jiaming said smugly. If this guy had any idea that the woman he was harassing was the number two figure in Ninghai’s underworld, one could only wonder what he would think.

A cold, piercing look came into Zhang Ziwei’s eyes. In that instant, the woman who oversaw both the Discipline Hall and the Intelligence Hall of the Qinglong Gang finally revealed the aura she truly possessed.

Smack!

Zhang Ziwei raised her hand and slapped Bai Jiaming hard across the face.

She put her full strength into it. He hadn’t been on guard, and his dark face instantly turned bright red from the blow.

After taking that slap, the violent streak in Bai Jiaming was completely unleashed.

He rolled his neck and sneered coldly, “You little bitch, how dare you hit me. Try hitting me again if you’ve got the guts.”

Smack!

Zhang Ziwei didn’t hold back — she hit him again with a backhand slap.

Bai Jiaming hadn’t expected Zhang Ziwei would actually dare to slap him a second time. He rubbed his numb cheek and said, furious and humiliated, “You’re really asking for it!”

With that, he turned and waved to his friends, “Brothers, this woman is way too feisty, I can’t handle her alone. Let’s all go at her together — strip her right here and now. Let’s see if she still dares to act so wild!”

“Sure thing, Jiaming. You say strip her, we strip her!” The group of playboys all snickered and walked over.

These words were loud and utterly offensive, yet there were at least twenty or thirty passengers on the deck. Upon hearing what was said, every single one of them looked away and pretended not to hear a thing. Not one person stepped forward to stand up for Zhang Ziwei.

“Mommy, those people are bullying that big sister.”

At that moment, a clear child’s voice suddenly rang out. On the rather quiet deck, that voice was jarring and impossible to ignore.

The speaker was a little girl who looked about ten years old. She was tugging at her mother’s arm, glaring at Bai Jiaming and his group with indignation.

Her mother, hearing her daughter say this, was so frightened she quickly covered the girl’s mouth and whispered, “Sweetie, don’t say things you don’t understand. Those older kids are just playing around — they’re friends.”

As she said this, the mother anxiously kept an eye on the group of young men. When she noticed they were also looking over at her with amusement, her heart sank.

Because the look in their eyes was unmistakably hostile.

The little girl pulled free from her mother’s hand and cried out, “Mommy, they’re clearly bullying that big sister! They’re about to get into a fight!”

“You don’t understand, they really are just joking.” The mother was nearly beside herself with anxiety.

“You and my teacher always taught me that when you see bad people doing bad things, you should be brave enough to stop them. So why, when you can clearly see them doing something bad, are you not only not stopping them, but also telling me not to say anything?”

Children speak without filters.

Only a child’s heart is truly clear.

Those simple words were like sharp slaps, striking the faces of everyone around, one after another.

In some ways, they were truly no match for a child.

“Stop talking and come back with me right now! You’re this young and already this disobedient — what’s going to become of you?”

The mother dragged and pulled, ignoring her daughter’s cries, and forcibly hauled her away from the scene.

If they stayed any longer, there was no telling what those men might do to her daughter.

“Smart move! Keep your daughter’s mouth shut! Otherwise we won’t go easy on her either!” Bai Jiaming shouted.

Hearing those words, the mother’s retreating figure visibly shuddered. She then quickly scooped up her crying daughter and disappeared from the deck at a near run.

Another man stepped forward — his name was Jiang Linhao, one of Bai Jiaming’s closest friends. The two of them drank, gambled, and fooled around together almost every day, sharing drinks and women alike.

He looked at the remaining men and women still standing on the deck with a vicious grin and bellowed, “What are you all standing around for? Why haven’t you cleared out yet? We’re about to do something not suitable for children here — do you actually want to stick around and watch?”

At those words, everyone on the deck immediately lowered their heads and walked away. Not one of them stopped.

Even though their numbers were several times that of Bai Jiaming’s group, not a single one of them had any instinct to resist.

Aside from this corner, the vast deck was soon completely empty.

“What exactly do you think you’re doing?” As the group closed in and surrounded her, Zhang Ziwei pressed her back against the railing with nowhere left to retreat.

As the daughter of the previous gang leader Zhang Fantian, this young lady of the Qinglong Gang had never once encountered a situation like this in her entire life.

If this were Ninghai, she wouldn’t even need to lift a finger — her subordinates would have already taken these people down.

But right now, she had no subordinates by her side. Even Su Rui was far away in Jin Taizhu’s cabin, and no matter how loudly she screamed, he would never be able to hear her.

The passengers who could have helped her had all chosen to retreat out of fear of these men’s brazenness.

“What do you think we want to do?”

Jiang Linhao’s eyes swept up and down Zhang Ziwei’s shapely figure a few times and smiled, “We’ve had our fun with girls out in the open before, but doing it on a deck like this, in plain sight of everyone — now that’s a first.”

Just thinking about it filled all of them with a twisted sense of excitement.

These words weren’t just indecent — they were outrageously bold.

“I’m warning you, don’t do anything reckless. The law will deal with you!”

Zhang Ziwei shielded her chest with her arms. Even as she said it, she could feel how hollow her words sounded.

If a few words from her could stop these men, they never would have acted this inhumanely in the first place.

The law — what did the law mean to people like these, with powerful backgrounds and no regard for rules?

“The law will deal with us? Are you talking about Eastern Ocean law, or Huaxia law?” With the beauty right in front of him, Bai Jiaming was in no rush, and said with a mocking smile, “I have to tell you — this ship is currently in international waters! Which country’s law has any jurisdiction over us?”

Jiang Linhao eyed Zhang Ziwei’s alluring figure and couldn’t help swallowing. “Beautiful, as long as you cooperate with us, I promise to make it a little less painful for you. No wait, why call it painful — we’ll make you feel like you’re flying. Right, boys?”

“Absolutely!”

“We’ll take good care of her, naturally!”

“One look at a beauty like this and we all go soft-hearted!”

The group pressed closer and closer, until there was almost no distance left between them and Zhang Ziwei.

Zhang Ziwei’s heart was nearly leaping out of her throat. She glanced back at the deep blue sea behind her, gritted her teeth, planted her foot on the railing, and was about to throw herself over.

Even if she drowned in the ocean, she would never allow herself to be defiled by these animals.