Disguised as a man, she became the biggest villain in the book.

Pei Wenyu gently knocked on the door of the next room and waited quietly. After a while, the door opened, but it wasn't an ordinary person who opened it; instead, it was a burly thug with a fierce face. The thug glared at Pei Wenyu and shouted in a threatening tone, "Who are you? What do you want?"

Pei Wenyu didn't react much, instead calmly watching him. Through the crack in the door, Pei Wenyu saw what was happening inside.

A dozen thugs stood neatly in the room, while a young woman knelt on the floor, her face pale and seemingly injured. Seated in the center of the room was a richly dressed man with a somber expression.

Pei Wenyu roughly guessed what had happened from the scene.

The thug who opened the door was enraged when he noticed that Pei Wenyu didn't respond and was staring intently into the room. He warned, "Kid, are you tired of living? Don't look at things you shouldn't, or I'll gouge your eyes out."

Pei Wenyu didn't react much to the thug's threat. Instead, he turned around and looked coldly at the thug.

The thug was even more enraged that Pei Wenyu dared to glare at him. He raised his fist, ready to attack Pei Wenyu. But just as he raised his hand, Pei Wenyu swiftly moved, grabbing the thug's wrist and twisting it forcefully. A crisp "crack" was heard, and the thug's wrist broke.

The thug cried out in pain, "Ah! My hand! My hand!" He was covered in sweat from the pain, and his body was trembling uncontrollably.

The richly dressed man sitting inside also realized what was happening and sneered, "Young master, are you here to cause trouble?"

Then he signaled his thugs to go up and take Pei Wenyu down, and the thugs swarmed forward instantly, eager to fight.

Seeing so many people, Pei Wenyu realized he couldn't fight them all by himself, so he immediately went back to his room to find help. Lin Zifeng, seeing Pei Wenyu suddenly burst open the door, asked in confusion, "Brother Pei, what happened?"

"We've accidentally gotten into some trouble, and I doubt Zheng Luoqi will let us off the hook," Pei Wenyu said irritably.

"What's going on?" Lin Zifeng was confused by his words and looked at him with some doubt. Then he turned his head and saw that Pei Wenyu was followed by more than a dozen thugs. They all looked unfriendly and seemed to be coming for Pei Wenyu. They were aggressive and obviously there to fight.

"Holy crap!" Lin Zifeng couldn't help but swear. What the hell was going on?

He Jinyu and Wen Yixuan also noticed that something was wrong. They turned to look at the thugs who were coming towards them menacingly, and their expressions became serious.

"What do you want to do?" Wen Yixuan asked coldly, looking at the dozen or so thugs.

"Kid, you're not getting away today!" one of the thugs said viciously, his eyes flashing with malice.

Pei Wenyu saw Lin Zifeng and the others as if they were his saviors, and Lin Zifeng and the others went forward to help.

A chaotic battle erupted instantly, with Pei Wenyu and his group fighting against the dozen or so thugs inside the restaurant.

This news quickly reached Zheng Luoqi's ears.

"What? A fight broke out?" Zheng Luoqi frowned slightly as she listened to her subordinate's report.

“Yes, sir,” the subordinate replied respectfully. “And they… they don’t seem to have fought. Shall we intervene, sir?”

Zheng Luoqi pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "No need, let's see first. After they've finished fighting, I'll report back to you."

Zheng Luoqi thought to herself, "It's good that they get another beating, they're such a pain in the ass!"

"Yes!" The subordinate respectfully withdrew.

Pei Wenyu and his group had been fighting for quite a while. He discovered that all the thugs were quite skilled in martial arts. If it were four against eight, they might still be able to take down the other side. But now there were more than eight of them, at least a dozen.

"What should we do? It seems like we can't win. And we've been fighting here for so long and made such a commotion. Zheng Luoqi must have received the news by now. Why hasn't she come to our rescue yet?" Lin Zifeng asked in confusion.

"You don't have any hope for that devil, do you? He'd love for us to die here," Wen Yixuan said from the side.

“You seem to know him quite well,” Pei Wenyu remarked sarcastically from the side.

After a while, the leader of the thugs realized that Pei Wenyu and his men were putting up a fight, and said disdainfully, "Run? Aren't you all very capable? How dare you lay a hand on my men."

"Take them down!" At the man's command, his men rushed over and tied up Pei Wenyu and his group.

The man in fine clothes walked in front of Pei Wenyu and said disdainfully, "Your face is comparable to mine, but with your strength, don't try to play the hero and save the damsel in distress."

"Bah! You outnumber us and have the upper hand, do you even know who we are? I advise you to release us, or you'll get yourself into trouble!" Lin Zifeng shouted angrily from the side.

"Hahahaha!" The man laughed so hard he almost fell over, tears welling up in his eyes, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world. He finally managed to stop laughing, but he still looked at Wen Yixuan with a mocking expression and said, "You're about to die, and you're still being stubborn!"

"Stop! We are..." Wen Yixuan wanted to say that he was the nephew of the current Grand Commandant, but he swallowed the words back. After all, the Grand Commandant was so far away from him, and that distant water couldn't quench his immediate thirst; bringing up that title probably wouldn't do any good.

So, he had a sudden inspiration and changed his words, saying, "We are the subordinates of the current prefect of Xuzhou!"

“You know the newly appointed prefect of Xuzhou, right? You must have heard of his name these days!” Wen Yixuan looked at the man provocatively.

The man hesitated for a moment, as if pondering something, then smiled disdainfully and said, "I thought you were someone important, but you're just a few underlings. Besides, you were the ones who forced your way into my room first. Even if we reason with you, you're not in the right. Even if the prefect came today, he couldn't save you!"

The man didn't want to waste any more words with them. Just as he was about to lead them away, soldiers surrounded the restaurant. A voice came from outside the door: "Young master, where are you taking my men?"

They're here! They're here! Zheng Luoqi, dressed in official robes, arrived with her guards and soldiers. Pei Wenyu and his group looked at her like she was their savior. They swore it was the first time they'd ever seen Zheng Luoqi so pleasing to the eye.

Zheng Luoqi glanced at the people who were tied up, then casually found a place to sit down.

"Sir, you've come to save us!" He Jinyu felt incredibly unlucky. They were just having a nice meal and this happened. They couldn't stay calm for a moment.