316: Chapter 316 Hang him up and beat him until he cries out for his grandmother!

Yan Qingwu gave a cunning smile, her eyes twinkling with a hint of mischief.

"Then I'll have to follow your arrangements, Instructor."

"Anyway, I bought the apartment right above yours, so I'm definitely living upstairs from you."

Ye Chen's expression tightened, and he immediately became alert. "You're not going to make me pay again, are you?"

Accommodation fees for a hundred and twenty people—that was no joke!

He wasn't short on money, but he couldn't just be a sucker!

"Pfft~"

Seeing him look like he was facing a formidable enemy, Yan Qingwu couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"How could I?"

"This trip counts as official training, so the state will naturally reimburse the costs."

Hearing this, Ye Chen let out a long sigh of relief.

"That's good then."

"Just thinking about a hundred and twenty mouths and a hundred and twenty beds makes me feel like the sky is falling."

Yan Qingwu laughed so hard she trembled like a flower in the wind.

"Oh?"

"There's actually something you, Ye Chen, are afraid of?"

"You're the man who killed the Black Prison Master. Even experts of the Celestial Master Realm have knelt before you, and now you're telling me you're afraid of accommodation fees for a hundred and twenty people?"

Her words left Ye Chen momentarily speechless.

He rubbed his nose, not bothered to respond to that.

To be honest.

When she first learned that Gongsun Long had died at Ye Chen's hands, Yan Qingwu had indeed been greatly shocked.

She had always thought that no matter how strong Ye Chen was, he was at most at the late Heaven Realm.

But the result?

He had directly slaughtered a formidable figure of the Celestial Master Realm!

At that moment, she truly realized that her understanding of this man probably didn't even cover the tip of the iceberg.

The more mysterious and powerful he was, the more she wanted to find out... However, she wouldn't delve deeper into this topic right now.

Some things were better left at a subtle hint.

Ye Chen didn't plan on wasting more words on the matter either.

He walked toward the buffet area and casually tossed out a sentence.

"Let's go, eat first."

"After dinner, we'll find a place for them to stay."

Yan Qingwu followed him with a smile.

As soon as the two entered the buffet area, they saw a scene of complete devastation.

The buffet tables, which were originally neatly arranged, now looked as if they had been ransacked by bandits.

Lobster shells were piled up like small hills, abalone rice plates were stacked higher than a person, the cakes in the dessert area were full of holes, and not a single grape was left in the fruit section.

The hundred and twenty people were eating with grease all over their mouths, yet their faces were still full of lingering desire.

Lu Nan was holding the last roasted lamb leg, gnawing on it with great relish, the grease on the corners of his mouth reflecting the light.

Guo Qinling squatted in a corner, clutching half a lobster, looking around warily as he ate, for fear that someone would come and snatch it.

There were also several female students who were clearly so stuffed they couldn't move, leaning back in their chairs, yet their eyes were still fixed on the buffet tables, looking conflicted about whether to keep grabbing food.

The lobby manager stood to the side, looking at the mess, wanting to cry but having no tears.

These people... were they really not bandits?

The only consolation was... these "bandits" weren't actually eating for free.

They were legitimate guests.

She could only watch helplessly, silently calculating in her heart how much time it would take to restock.

Ye Chen glanced at the battlefield, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.

He could see it now; although these guys might not be great at fighting, they could definitely eat for two.

When not a single drop of food was left in the buffet area... After finishing the meal, Ye Chen went to the front desk to settle the bill.

"Hello, the total is 53,200 yuan."

The cashier smiled, her tone impeccably polite.

The hand Ye Chen used to hold his phone trembled slightly.

Fifty-three thousand.

He took a deep breath and silently swiped his card.

When he walked out of the hotel entrance, he couldn't help but look back at the magnificent lobby.

Fifty thousand yuan.

If it were in the past, this would have been enough for his living expenses for a whole year.

Yan Qingwu followed beside him and leaned in with a beaming smile.

"Heartbroken over the money?"

Ye Chen said expressionlessly, "I'm not."

"Really?"

"Liar."

Yan Qingwu giggled.

Behind them, the hundred and twenty people filed out, their faces filled with satisfaction.

Lu Nan rubbed his round belly and approached with a grin. "Instructor, when's the next meal?"

"The next meal?"

Ye Chen glanced at him. "Wait until you can last three minutes against me."

Lu Nan's smile instantly froze on his face.

The group of students behind him, who were still savoring the delicious food, all lowered their heads in unison, pretending they hadn't heard a thing.

Three minutes?

Just now, each of them hadn't even lasted three seconds on average!

How long would it take to reach that level... Ye Chen didn't bother with their expressions and waved his hand.

"Let's go."

"I'll find a place for you to stay."

As he spoke.

He pulled out his phone and scrolled through the nearby map.

Xiamen City was a tourist city; if it lacked anything, it wasn't guesthouses.

Especially the area around Dijing Garden, which was nestled against the mountains and faced the sea; the scenery was good, transportation was convenient, and many popular internet-famous guesthouses were clustered there.

"Near Dijing Garden, those clusters of guesthouses."

Ye Chen put away his phone and said to Yan Qingwu, "Check if there's a whole block we can book."

Yan Qingwu moved quickly and had everything settled in five minutes.

"Egret Island Villa, it's on the street right next to Dijing Garden."

"A whole row of sixteen detached guesthouses, all owned by the same boss."

She showed her phone screen to Ye Chen. "Just finished negotiating—800,000 yuan to book the whole place for a month."

Ye Chen glanced at the number and did a silent conversion in his head.

800,000 for a month.

On average, that was only about two hundred yuan per person per day.

"Fine."

He nodded, then looked at Yan Qingwu. "You pay."

Yan Qingwu blinked, looking innocent. "Why me?"

"Because you just said this trip is official business and the state will reimburse it."

Ye Chen looked at her as if it were only natural. "So you advance the payment first, and later you can get it back from the state."

Yan Qingwu: "..."

Fine, fine, fine!

This guy was too vengeful; he actually remembered something she had just casually mentioned... She silently pulled out her phone and transferred the money.

To her, 800,000 yuan was just a day's worth of pocket money; it was nothing.

But she was frustrated.

Why was it that whenever she contended with Ye Chen, she always ended up at a disadvantage?

The group of students behind them watched this scene, each of them stifling their laughter, their shoulders shaking like sieves.

Lu Nan leaned into Guo Qinling's ear and whispered, "See that? Even Officer Yan is being handled by the Instructor."

Guo Qinling nodded like a woodpecker.

"Too ruthless. The Instructor is crushing her in every aspect."

No sooner had he spoken.

Yan Qingwu swept a murderous gaze over them, and the two of them quickly shut up.

Then.

The group made their way to Egret Island Villa in a grand manner.

That cluster of guesthouses was indeed beautiful, with white walls and black tiles scattered in an orderly fashion across the hillside. Each villa had its own independent courtyard and terrace, and from the terrace, one could see the distant sea.

The owner was a middle-aged woman in her forties with permed wavy hair, wearing a qipao; she looked like someone who knew how to enjoy life.

She stood in the courtyard of the frontmost villa, her smile gradually freezing as she watched the hundred and twenty people file in.

"Miss Yan..."

She leaned toward Yan Qingwu and asked in a low voice, "Are you sure these kids are here for... team building?"

She had originally thought that the group booking the entire area was some high-end corporate team-building event, but instead, it was a bunch of young people in training uniforms, each looking like a wolf cub fresh out of the cage.

Yan Qingwu nodded without changing her expression. "Yes, team building. A team-building company with military-style management."

The landlady: "..."

Do I look like an idiot?

But she couldn't ask any more questions; after all, the money had already arrived.

Ye Chen stood in the center of the courtyard, watching the students rush toward their respective rooms like wild horses off their leashes, and couldn't help but shake his head.

"Everyone, stop right there."

The hundred and twenty people all froze in place.

Ye Chen glanced at them.

"I'll give you ten minutes to put down your luggage, change your clothes, and gather in the courtyard."

"Anyone who's late won't get dinner tonight."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the hundred and twenty people vanished in a flash, like cats whose tails had been stepped on.

The courtyard instantly became quiet.

Yan Qingwu walked over to Ye Chen, the corners of her mouth curling up slightly. "These boys—they were like wolves just now, but now they're more obedient than rabbits."

Ye Chen didn't respond.

He leaned against a stone pillar at the courtyard entrance, pulled out his phone, and checked the time.

Ten minutes later.

The hundred and twenty people stood neatly in the courtyard, their training uniforms replaced with matching short-sleeved shirts and shorts. Each was full of energy, their eyes filled with anticipation.

Ye Chen put away his phone and was just about to speak.

Yan Qingwu spoke first, asking the most crucial question, "Chief Instructor, the people are settled. Next... don't you need a training plan?"

She blinked her eyes, looking expectant.

She wanted to see what special training methods Ye Chen, who had transformed from an ordinary person into a peerless expert, would have.

As a result... Ye Chen looked at her and fell silent for two seconds.

"Training plan?"

"I don't have any training plan."

Yan Qingwu was stunned. "Huh?"

"Do you know how I usually train Chu Niubi?" Ye Chen shrugged and asked back.

Yan Qingwu couldn't help but ask, "A very special method?"

"Indeed special."

Ye Chen nodded. "I just hang him up and beat him—beat him until his skin is torn and his flesh is gaping, beat him until he calls for his Great-grandma!"

Yan Qingwu: "..."

No... looking at Ye Chen's expression, it didn't seem like he was joking!

But could a guy like Chu Niubi endure such "abuse"?

He wouldn't happen to have some kind of special fetish, would he!