The Tempting Road to Becoming an Official

After bidding farewell to Cen Qingmin.

Momo cheerfully came to Chen Fang.

She said, "That dinner we just had, messed up by Cui Qisheng, we didn't eat properly. Come on, I'll take you for a late-night snack to taste the delicacies of Longxing."

Normally.

Chen Fang wouldn't really be interested.

But now he was genuinely hungry.

As Momo had said.

He had eaten very little at the previous dinner.

After exiting the hotel, Momo hailed a cab, and seventeen to eighteen minutes later, they stopped in front of a large gateway.

The words "Dadao Food Street" were clearly visible.

By then, it was around ten at night.

The food street was bustling with people.

Momo proudly pointed to the street and said, "This is the largest food street in Longxing City, Dadao Food Street. But don't go into the alley nearby—if you do, you won't come out."

After speaking.

Momo pointed at the dark alley beside the food street.

"Why?"

Chen Fang asked.

Momo gave a mysterious smile and said, "Just trust me, don't go in."

His interest was piqued by her words.

He intentionally said to Momo, "Then wait here for a while, I'll go for a walk in the alley and see if I can get out."

Momo was instantly anxious.

She grabbed Chen Fang, somewhat unhappily, and said, "Alright, I'll tell you. That alley is called Willow Alley, it's our city's most famous red-light district, where women do flesh trade. Do you think you could come out once you're in?"

I see.

Chen Fang asked, "Since it's a famous red-light district, why doesn't the city shut it down?"

"Let me tell you, places like this have leaders invested. In other words, they're protected from above, so who dares touch them?"

Momo whispered.

Chen Fang asked, "Your dad's a leader in the Disciplinary Committee, can't he do anything about it?"

"If he could, my dad would have done it long ago. Ah, let's not talk about this anymore, come, I'll take you to eat something delicious."

With that.

Momo boldly took Chen Fang's hand and led him into the food street.

It was indeed a very large food street, offering snacks from all over the country. Within just a short walk of less than a hundred meters, their stomachs were already full.

Wanting to eat this and that, yet their bellies were already too full.

Just at this moment.

Chen Fang keenly sensed that they seemed to be followed.

Initially, he hadn't realized it.

It was only when he unintentionally glanced back that he saw two sneaky young men watching them. As Chen Fang observed them, they pretended to chat nonchalantly.

To verify his suspicion.

Chen Fang deliberately hid behind a stall.

And sure enough.

The two young men promptly began searching anxiously.

After confirming this.

Chen Fang whispered the truth to Momo, leaning against her ear.

Momo suddenly became tense.

Chen Fang immediately hugged her neck and said, "Don't panic, we'll shake them off."

After Momo nodded.

Chen Fang intentionally quickened his pace.

Simultaneously.

The two young men quickened their steps too.

Struggling through the crowded throng, Chen Fang knew that merely walking on this street wouldn't make them escape quickly. His eyes spotted a pitch-dark alley nearby.

Without a word, he took Momo and went in.

Those two tailing them followed to where Chen Fang and Momo disappeared.

Glancing around but couldn't see them.

One of them pointed to the alley and said, "They must have gone in there."

A sneer appeared on the man's face.

He said, "Perfect, entering this alley means no return, call Ironhead to go in and find them, we'll block this exit."

...

The alley was quite long.

And there were no streetlights.

If not for the faint light from a few windows, they would have been completely blind.

Momo had never walked such an alley before, and she clung tightly to Chen Fang in fear.

They walked about thirty meters, and then a scene opened up in front of them.

Both Chen Fang and Momo paused almost simultaneously.

Neither had expected that the dark alley was actually a shortcut connecting the food street and Willow Alley.

A long street lay ahead.

On both sides of the street were various massage parlors, foot baths, KTVs, and other establishments.

The colorful neon lights highlighted the whole street.

In front of each establishment stood clusters of scantily-clad women.

They dressed provocatively, exposing as much white skin as possible, enticing passing men.

For them, this kind of scene seemed commonplace.

"Chen Fang, let's go back..."

Momo, deep down, felt somewhat intimidated by such a scene.

She looked up at Chen Fang and said.

Chen Fang glanced back.

He said, "Without a doubt, they should be waiting for us at the alley entrance, going back is unsafe, let's go through this street and get out!"

Just as they prepared to exit the alley.

A group of people suddenly rushed over from afar.

It seemed like about a dozen people.

And these people were evidently of the hooligan type.

Upon entering the alley, they immediately started questioning in the shops nearby, asking if the street women had seen a man and a woman. From their description, it was clear they were looking for Chen Fang and Momo.

"They're after us."

Chen Fang leaned back a bit and told Momo.

Hearing this.

Momo became even more nervous.

They were just about ten meters away from those people.

In a few minutes.

Those people would inevitably reach there.

Chen Fang steeled himself.

He removed his jacket.

Revealing the T-shirt underneath.

Then crouched down.

Grabbed Momo's long skirt and tore it with force, making a ripping sound.

Momo's skirt originally reached her ankles.

But now, it became very short, not even to her knees, making it essentially a mini-skirt.

Two fair legs were thus openly exposed.

"What are you doing?"

Momo asked in panic.

Chen Fang didn't answer.

Immediately, he untucked the shirt hem inserted in her skirt.

Exposing her slender waist.

Then he tied a knot, fixing the hem above her waist.

As a result, Momo's modest outfit instantly turned somewhat sexy.

Without a word, Chen Fang wrapped an arm around Momo's waist.

When his fingers touched her skin.

Momo's face immediately flushed.

"Stay calm in a bit, we'll walk right out. See that foot bath place? There's no one at the entrance, we'll go straight in."

Chen Fang gestured to a dimly lit doorway diagonally opposite.

Momo's heart leapt to her throat.

She understood Chen Fang's intention.