Jim left, leaving Bernie alone, collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath, his face not only looking extremely ugly, but also filled with terror.

As if just now, he had gone through something unbelievably horrifying.

After a long time, Bernie slowly climbed up from the ground, then lowered his head and glanced downstairs.

Just that one glance made his legs shake uncontrollably, and he hurriedly took several steps back!

After retreating a few steps, Bernie took two deep breaths to calm his restless heart.

After a few deep breaths, Bernie slowly turned and left. He was going to do what Jim had ordered him to do, and he absolutely had to succeed.

Otherwise, Jim really would throw him down from here.

He hadn't lived enough yet; he didn't want to die, so no matter what, Bernie absolutely wouldn't allow himself to fail.

Because failure meant death.

Everything happening in the shadows was naturally impossible for Ye Xunhuan to know. Right now, Ye Xunhuan was out shopping in Moscow with Qiu Ruoxi, taking in the foreign scenery!

This time, unlike the last, they didn't run into any danger.

Ye Xunhuan and Qiu Ruoxi stayed out wandering until evening, and only planned to head back after having dinner outside.

But just as Ye Xunhuan was about to return, Qiu Ruoxi suddenly said, "Xunhuan, can you take me to check out a bar here…?"

Qiu Ruoxi's voice was very soft, and she looked at Ye Xunhuan with a pleading face, as if afraid he would refuse.

A look of surprise flashed across Ye Xunhuan's face. He never would've thought Qiu Ruoxi would actually take the initiative to say she wanted to go to a bar.

You had to know, bars had always been chaotic places, and Qiu Ruoxi had never had a good impression of bars.

"What, you suddenly want to hit a bar?"

"I just suddenly felt like going!" Qiu Ruoxi said softly. "And I rarely go. I always heard people say bars aren't safe, so even when I wanted to, I felt uneasy. Later once I started working, I didn't have time anymore."

Qiu Ruoxi had been to bars before, but that was back in her school days. In recent years, she really hadn't gone.

After all, Qiu Ruoxi's work was so busy; how would she have the leisure to go to places like this?

Now that she'd come to Moscow, walking all the way and seeing the neon-lit streets and row after row of shopfronts, Qiu Ruoxi's heart started to stir, wanting to go in and take a look.

To see whether bars were really like what people said.

Ye Xunhuan glanced at Qiu Ruoxi a couple of times, then nodded. "Alright, I'll take you to a bar to have a look!"

Joy immediately flashed across Qiu Ruoxi's face. "You mean it?"

"Of course!"

The next moment, Ye Xunhuan grabbed Qiu Ruoxi's hand, casually hailed a taxi, and told the driver in Russian to take them to the best bar in Moscow!

Perhaps because Ye Xunhuan and Qiu Ruoxi were foreigners, and because Ye Xunhuan's Russian was very authentic, the cab driver was especially enthusiastic and quite good at joking around.

All the way, Ye Xunhuan chatted and laughed with the driver, and the driver also asked which country he and Qiu Ruoxi were from.

When Ye Xunhuan said they were from Huaxia, the driver got even more excited, immediately bringing up Bruce Lee and Huaxia martial arts, and even told Ye Xunhuan he'd admired Huaxia for a long time, and so on!

He even asked Ye Xunhuan if he'd learned Huaxia kung fu.

To this, Ye Xunhuan only gave a faint smile.

Because Qiu Ruoxi didn't understand Russian at all, she could only stare blankly, quietly watching Ye Xunhuan chat with the driver.

No one knew how long it was before the car finally stopped.

Once they stopped, after paying, Ye Xunhuan got out of the car with Qiu Ruoxi and headed toward the bar.

As soon as they stepped into the bar, heavy metal music exploded in their ears.

Bars abroad weren't much different from those back home; they were pretty much the same. On the dance floor, handsome men and pretty women were shaking and dancing wildly, and some bolder women and men had already rubbed up sparks between them, actually starting to kiss right there on the dance floor.

Maybe this was the biggest difference between bars at home and abroad!

Then again, it made sense. Europe and America had always been more open about sex; running into this kind of thing in a bar was completely normal!

After Ye Xunhuan and Qiu Ruoxi arrived, they headed straight for the bar counter.

At the counter, Ye Xunhuan ordered himself a cocktail. As for Qiu Ruoxi, he only ordered her a juice!

"Are all bars like this?" Qiu Ruoxi glanced around and asked Ye Xunhuan softly.

"Not necessarily," Ye Xunhuan said casually. "Some bars are relatively quiet."

"Did you used to come to places like this a lot?"

"Occasionally."

Qiu Ruoxi snorted at that. "You really like places like this, huh?"

"Why?"

"Lots of women." Qiu Ruoxi said evenly, "And foreign women are pretty open. Gives you a bigger target pool!"

Three metaphorical black lines popped up on Ye Xunhuan's forehead.

He suddenly felt that he really shouldn't have brought Qiu Ruoxi to a bar. Otherwise, she wouldn't be asking questions like this.

Just as Ye Xunhuan and Qiu Ruoxi had barely sat down—

A group of men and women in a booth not far away immediately fixed their gaze on Qiu Ruoxi. When the men looked at her, their faces were full of greed.

"Barry, that woman's hot as hell!" One burly man with a full beard said to the man beside him.

"Yeah," Barry nodded in strong agreement. "When was the last time we ran into any yellow-skins?"

"Over half a month ago, right?"

"Yellow women are really a whole different flavor to play with." Barry licked his lips in a disgusting way. "But I've never had such a pretty yellow girl before!"

"Wanna give it a try?"

"She's got company, though."

"Just a yellow-skinned monkey!" the other man said with utter disdain. "You think we can't drop him?"

Barry burst out laughing. "Now that makes sense!"

Maybe Barry had used a bit too much force, because the woman immediately let out a cry of pain, her brows knitting together. But she didn't dare show a trace of dissatisfaction. On the contrary, she leaned even closer into Barry's arms, gazing up at him with sultry eyes!

"You little slut, wait till I get her. Tonight the two of you are gonna serve me together!"

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(PS: I still owe one chapter from yesterday. I'll make it up today. Around 9:30 tonight there'll be another update!)