Chapter 150: Dragon Soars, Peace Prevails

Initially, Yang Meng had planned to go to the hospital with Long Teng. However, an emergency arose at Long Yun Fitness Club, requiring Long Teng to handle it personally. Since Yang Meng was extremely reluctant to deal with He Changsheng and the others, he decided to stay behind with Long Teng.

Today’s incident was something Long Teng simply had to deal with personally—someone had come to cause trouble again! This time, the intruders were a veritable women's brigade!

When Yang Meng and Long Teng arrived at the equipment area, it was already in utter disarray. Several women were holding a young woman down on the floor and beating her. Not only were they physically assaulting her, but they were also tearing at her clothes as they struck her.

"Stop right there!" Long Teng shouted at the top of his lungs when he saw the scene, and strode over. "What the hell am I paying you people for? You're just going to stand there and watch?" The latter part of his remark was directed at the security guards of the Long Yun Fitness Club.

A few security guards were indeed standing there, watching the unfolding chaos with complete indifference.

One of the guards hurriedly explained, "President Long, there is really nothing we can do about this. This is a mistress-busting raid. The one getting beaten on the floor is the other woman; the two of them were caught red-handed by the legal wife."

Yang Meng recognized the speaker. He was the head of security here, a man with the surname Cai in his fifties. He had also been present the last time Zhao Hai came to Long Yun to cause trouble for Yang Meng.

At that time, Yang Meng had curiously asked Long Teng how someone of such advanced age could hold the position of head of security. Long Teng had given him a lesson on the matter. In truth, being the head of security here was a very comfortable gig; leaving aside the high salary, how many people would actually dare to come here and make trouble? There were two reasons he was appointed as the captain: first, he was a veteran employee of the Long Group; second, as head of security here, there was almost never any need to get into physical fights. Most of the people who came here to work out had a certain status and would not rashly start conflicts. Therefore, interpersonal and communication skills were far more crucial. In this regard, Captain Cai did a fine job.

Upon hearing Captain Cai's explanation, Yang Meng furrowed his brow and looked at the girl on the floor whose clothes were being ripped off. Goodness, wasn't this that "black-silk woman" from the other day? Right now, she bore no resemblance to the confident and beautiful woman Yang Meng had seen previously. Her hands were desperately trying to protect her private areas, and her face was a mask of sheer terror.

Standing timidly to one side was a scrawny man in his forties, already half-bald. This must have been the cheating husband. Meanwhile, the ones doing the beating over there were presumably his legal wife and her entourage of best friends.

For some inexplicable reason, the moment Yang Meng laid eyes on the man's lawful wife, his mind's immediate association was none other than Zhang Cuijian!

He even suspected that the two women had rolled off the exact same assembly line! Setting aside her sheer bulk, she was decked out in gold and silver from head to toe. The thick chain around her neck was heavy enough to leash a large guard dog! The various gold accessories on her hands flashed brilliantly, enough to blind a person's eyes. Yang Meng mentally calculated that her various trinkets practically had to be weighed by the pound!

Her group of girlfriends was cut from almost the exact same cloth. It truly proved the saying that birds of a feather flock together.

Crucially, the woman possessed a fierce, hardened look on her face, instantly marking her as someone not to be trifled with. Glancing back at her puny, withered husband, Yang Meng felt an odd surge of sympathy for the man.

Startled by Long Teng's roar, the group of women finally paused their assault. The legal wife pointed straight at Long Teng and barked, "Listen to me! I'm here to bust a homewrecker! I'm going to beat this shameless little minx to death today! None of you better try to stop me, or I'll beat you right along with her!"

Long Teng glanced at Yang Meng, his gaze filled with a silent inquiry.

Yang Meng shrugged. "You're the owner of this place. Naturally, you should handle whatever happens here!"

Long Teng nodded. He first pointed at Captain Cai and declared, "Cai Quanyou, you're fired."

Captain Cai—whose full name was Cai Quanyou—froze at Long Teng's words. "President Long, why?"

Long Teng replied coldly, "You are the head of security here. Both the personal safety of our members and the order of the Long Yun Fitness Club are your responsibility to maintain. I don't care what grievances exist between them; when something like this happens inside Long Yun and you stand by as a mere spectator, I hold you accountable! Go down to HR right now and process your resignation."

Cai Quanyou's eyes bulged in disbelief. "President Long, you can't treat me like this! I know this situation is messy, but what did you expect me to do?"

"How could you not do anything? What are you lot standing around for? Separate them!" Ignoring whatever else Cai Quanyou had to say, Long Teng barked direct orders at the remaining security guards. With that, he spotted a bath towel nearby, picked it up, and walked over to drape it over the "black-silk woman."

The legal wife watched Long Teng's actions with a sneer. "Oh? So you're the boss of this establishment? No wonder all these little homewreckers flock to your place. What's the big idea? Are you planning to shield this home-wrecker too? Does that mean all the mistresses around here are trained by you?"

She didn't recognize Long Teng, but her husband did. The terrified husband hurriedly chimed in, "Honey, how can you talk to President Long like that?"

The legal wife glared daggers at him and roared, "Shut your damn mouth! It's not your turn to speak yet! How I speak to him is my business! Just look at him playing the knight in shining armor. What? Are you going to stick up for this little slut too? Second Sister, contact someone right now and have a banner made to hang right at his entrance. Put 'Professional Homewrecker Training Base' on it! I'll make sure this Long Yun Fitness Club gets famous!"

Yang Meng lit a cigarette, thoroughly amused and curious to see how Long Teng intended to resolve this mess.

However, the moment he sparked the lighter, a security guard strode over. "Sir, smoking is strictly prohibited here!"

"Huh?" Yang Meng tilted his head and eyed the guard. "Are you kidding me, Tang Xinsen? What on earth are you playing at?"

This Tang Xinsen was the security guard in charge of the upstairs martial arts zone. He had even stepped into the ring to challenge Long Teng and Bai Ze during their trial, so he was quite familiar with Yang Meng. Yang Meng smoked in the martial arts zone all day long without the guard batting an eye. Yet here he was, policing him over a cigarette!

Tang Xinsen shrugged. "Consultant Yang, it's not that I want to disrespect you. There are no smoking regulations upstairs, but here in the equipment area, it's explicitly forbidden. No exceptions for anyone."

With a helpless expression, Yang Meng found an empty mineral water bottle and jammed his cigarette butt into it. "You really are a stubborn mule, aren't you? Long Teng, make Tang Xinsen train alongside the rest tomorrow! You just wait, I'm going to give you a proper thrashing later!" With that, he shot a fierce glare at Xu Xingde.

Hearing this, Long Teng immediately ordered, "Tang Xinsen, starting tomorrow, you won't be stationed upstairs anymore."

"Huh?" Yang Meng blinked in surprise. "Long Teng, I was just joking with him. Don't get addicted to firing people! He didn't do anything wrong."

Long Teng shook his head. "Master, you misunderstood me. I mean he should be promoted to head of security. The position of head of security is precisely for someone who follows the rules like this!"

Yang Meng burst out laughing. "Fine by me! That was a well-executed move. But listen here, Tang Xinsen: even as the head of security, you're still going to join the training sessions. It'll drive me crazy if I don't get to work you over."

Tang Xinsen didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Are you two done chatting yet?" the legal wife suddenly interrupted, screeching, "What are you idiots standing around for? Tear that little vixen's face apart!"

However, none of her girlfriends made a move. Standing directly in front of each of them was a burly security guard, blocking their path the moment they attempted to lunge forward.

"What exactly is your game?" the legal wife demanded, glaring at Long Teng.

Long Teng shook his head and raised three fingers. "First, assault is illegal. Since you hold the moral high ground, you didn't need to resort to this. You could have filed a lawsuit; whether you want a divorce or financial compensation is entirely your own business. But what you are doing right now has crossed the line into breaking the law. Your husband straying is a violation of social morality, and we can condemn and despise him for it, but it is not a criminal act. You, on the other hand, have committed a crime by assaulting someone, and you even stripped her clothes off. Let me tell you, your actions actually constitute the crime of 'insulting a woman.' This is a public place, and with so many of you involved, it counts as a 'gathering of a crowd,' which can carry a prison sentence of under five years or criminal detention, along with fines. Furthermore, to the one recording this on your phone: I strongly suggest you delete the footage. If that video spreads, your charges will be even heavier. Oh, let me remind you all: this constitutes joint criminal activity, and you will all bear criminal responsibility together! I can understand wanting to vent anger for your good friend, but don't come crying when you find yourself with nowhere to turn!"

One of the legal wife's friends had been recording the whole spectacle while providing running commentary—remarks like "Look at this little vixen, seducing someone's husband and getting what she deserves," "See this man? He's the owner of this place, and all the mistresses here are trained by him," and "Everyone remember this shop, it's called 'Long Yun Fitness Club,' keep a close eye on your husbands and don't let them come here." Upon hearing Long Teng's warning, she nearly hurled her phone to the floor in a panic.

Had she really committed a crime? Was she actually facing jail time? The legal wife's girlfriends exchanged terrified glances and took a collective step backward. Joining in on the gossip and excitement was one thing, but landing themselves behind bars was definitely not worth it.

"Second!" Long Teng continued, "If you're going to beat someone up, it shouldn't be the mistress. The root cause of infidelity is your husband. If he doesn't have the inclination, no matter what kind of woman throws herself at him, it's useless. And if he does have the inclination, even if it weren't this girl, it would be someone else. I honestly don't understand what goes through your heads. Whenever infidelity happens, the primary target of condemnation is always the third party. I'm not saying the third party is blameless, but surely the person who actually cheated bears the greater responsibility, right? Once he had that mindset, the mistress was bound to appear sooner or later. Instead of closing your doors to resolve this privately—whether through a divorce or by forcing yourselves to muddle through—you deliberately drag all your relatives and friends into it, turning everything upside down into a chaotic circus. What is the meaning of that? Are you just satisfying your desperate urge to put on a public performance?"

"You!" The legal wife pointed a trembling finger at Long Teng, utterly lost for words.

Paying her no mind, Long Teng raised a third finger, his expression turning icy. "Third, honestly, if you had beaten her up out on the street, I wouldn't have given a damn. But you did it inside my club! I don't care who you are, and I don't care what your family does. Within three days, if you don't issue a public apology in the newspaper regarding this incident, I swear to heaven, Long Teng will make you regret crossing this threshold!"