Chapter 547: "Packaging"

"What's going on?"

"Power cut due to the rain??"

"Tsk... We were just getting into the mood. When will it be restored?"

"Don't say that. Don't you think it's quite atmospheric in the pitch black? Hmm?"

"Fuck, which idiot is touching me!!"

“……”

The sudden power outage caused complaints from everyone playing in the dance hall, and it became noisy and chaotic. Even the singer stood on the dark stage with a microphone, at a loss for what to do.

Li Ruohong sat in the booth, his brows furrowed tightly. He stood up and asked toward the darkness on the side:

"What's going on?!"

"I don't know, boss... It seems the power is out."

"Then what are you standing there for?! Go and fix it!"

"I'll go take a look right now!"

After the bodyguard finished speaking, he felt his way toward the main power switch in the dark. Li Ruohong was still sitting in booth 888. After a few people were awkwardly silent in the darkness for a while, someone finally spoke first.

"It's raining outside today, and it seems there's thunder... It's normal for the power to go out."

"Yeah, I guess it will be restored in a while."

"Come, come, let's keep drinking, don't let it spoil the fun."

“……”

Seeing this, Li Ruohong had no choice but to drink with them in the dark while holding his wine glass. But hearing the increasingly loud commotion around him, and seeing that some people were already trying to leave in the dark, Li Ruohong really had no heart to drink and sat restlessly in the booth.

Just then, a few more drops of moist liquid landed on Li Ruohong’s cheek. He recalled the rainwater that had dripped on the second floor just now, and his heart became more and more irritable.

Leaking rain and power outages... When he had time, he must tell the Beidou Consortium to spend money to renovate the entire dance hall!

In the corner of the chaotic dance hall, the red cocktail swayed slightly in the glass.

In the darkness where everyone’s vision was obstructed, a pair of eyes dyed with apricot red took everything in, like a director sitting behind the scenes, or an audience sitting in the audience.

Chen Ling took out a sticky note filled with characters from his pocket and played with it casually at his fingertips. As the chaos and disorder gradually fermented, he dipped his fingertips in some wine and wrote two words lightly on the table.

—[Scene]√

Rumble—

A flash of lightning flashed past the window of the dance hall, briefly illuminating a corner of the dance hall. A half-drunk red cocktail swayed slightly on the small table in the corner. Beside it was an inconspicuous white sticky note...

And at this moment, the seat next to the small table was already empty.

Meanwhile,

Li Ruohong drank two more glasses of wine, but the power still hadn't been restored. More and more guests stood up to leave. Just as his patience was about to reach its limit, the bodyguard’s voice sounded again from the darkness.

"Boss, something seems wrong."

"What's wrong?!" Li Ruohong said angrily in a low voice. "What are you guys doing! Haven't you fixed it yet?"

"It seems there's a problem... Boss, you'd better come and see for yourself."

"A bunch of trash!"

Li Ruohong stood up from the booth, suppressing the anger in his heart, and after explaining a few words to the friends around him, he walked out in the dark.

—[Actor]√

Because the surrounding environment was too dark, Li Ruohong could only barely identify the situation under his feet. The burly bodyguard walked in front, and occasionally a few flashes of lightning flashed outside the window, illuminating the dim dance hall for a moment.

"Hey, what's the problem?" Li Ruohong asked in a deep voice.

"The fault in the line is quite serious, and there is not enough manpower for emergency repairs. You need to come and direct it yourself."

"Damn it... Do I have to come and direct a line fault myself??"

"We really don't have enough manpower..."

"Not enough manpower? So much money is spent on the dance hall every month, where did you spend the money?! If you know there isn't enough manpower, can't you recruit more?!!" Li Ruohong was extremely irritable at this moment and cursed loudly in the dark.

Before he could finish speaking, a lot of rainwater leaked from his head, all of which poured onto Li Ruohong. Li Ruohong, who was already on the verge of exploding, was so angry that his lungs were about to explode. When a person is unlucky, all kinds of bad things happen to him!

“And this broken roof! How leaky has it become? Is it trying to wash my face for me?!!!”

The more Li Ruohong thought about it, the angrier he became. Just as he was about to curse some more, an invisible giant python wound its way through the dark corridor and slowly coiled around his body. As it opened its blood-red maw, his pent-up rage suddenly dissipated without a trace, and he became completely calm.

“...Once the power is restored, send someone to fix it,” Li Ruohong said in a flat, indifferent tone.

“Yes, Boss.”

In the darkness, the giant python coiled around Li Ruohong’s shoulders flicked its red tongue silently, its pair of eerie, slit-pupil eyes fixed constantly on his head.

——【Emotion】√

Li Ruohong followed behind his bodyguard for a long time. He didn't know where he was in the darkness, only that the chaos and noise of the guests around him were growing louder. Just as he was feeling puzzled, the bodyguard in front suddenly stopped.

“We’re here, Boss.”

“Where is the wiring?”

“It’s in the electrical box in this corner... Boss, could you hold the tools for me for a second?”

As he spoke, the bodyguard handed something to Li Ruohong. In the darkness, he could vaguely make out that it was a wrench. Li Ruohong frowned instinctively, but under the devouring effect of the [Heart Python], his anger had vanished. Feeling completely calm, he took the tool and gripped it in his hand.

——【Item】√

Drip, drip—

More and more rainwater seeped from the darkness above, dripping onto Li Ruohong’s face.

He gripped the tool in one hand, wiped his face hard with the other, then dried it on the hem of his shirt and asked in a deep voice:

“How long will it take to fix this thing?”

In the darkness, the bodyguard stood with his back to him, motionless like a statue in front of the electrical box.

A low rumble of thunder sounded outside the window, and the noise not far away grew louder. As the mouth of the [Heart Python] gradually opened, the surging anger began to flow back into Li Ruohong’s mind, and his brow furrowed visibly.

“I’m talking to you! Are you deaf?!”

Li Ruohong growled angrily.

In the darkness, the figure slowly turned around, eyes full of disdain and sharpness glaring at Li Ruohong.

“Are you ever going to stop being so annoying?”

Upon hearing this, Li Ruohong was stunned for a moment. Then, as if he had finally processed it, an unprecedented look of fury and disbelief appeared on his face!

“What did you say???”

“I said, are you ever going to stop being so annoying?” The bodyguard walked up to Li Ruohong and looked down at him. “Just because I call you ‘Boss,’ you really think you’re a god? All you do is whine and nag all day long. I’ve been sick of you for a long time!”

“Damn it... I think you’ve lost your mind!”

Li Ruohong’s chest heaved violently, his neck turning bright red. He swung his palm fiercely at the bodyguard, but the moment his fingertips touched the other man, the bodyguard was sent flying backward with a bang, as if he had been hit head-on by a tank!

Li Ruohong’s hand remained mid-swing, frozen in place... Deep confusion and bewilderment appeared in his eyes.

What the hell is going on???

……

A few hours ago.

On the second floor of Jinghong Tower, Chen Ling looked down at the few people slowly walking back to the dance hall, and an idea suddenly came to mind.

He took a notepad from his pocket and, while deep in thought, slowly wrote down two lines:

——How to clear the suspicions of the Twilight Society members?

——Package a new “Twilight Society.” 【√】