The moment those words were spoken!
The security guards, who were in the middle of kowtowing, all grew visibly excited.
They felt they hadn’t kowtowed enough.
One by one, full of gratitude, they kowtowed three or four more times.
“Auntie, Master Jiang, I know I was wrong, too!
Please forgive me!”
Just as Zhang Shuai was about to be dragged out of the hall, he broke free and scrambled madly to Jiang Ning’s side.
He kowtowed desperately!
“You?
You’re a dead man.”
Jiang Ning’s expression was indifferent.
“Get lost!”
Zhang Shuai’s face instantly turned deathly pale.
His survival instinct kicking into overdrive, he fled madly for the exit.
Escape!
That was the only thought on his mind!
The two men escorting him were about to give chase, but Jiang Ning waved a hand.
“No need to chase him.
In less than three days, his whole body will rot, and he’ll die.”
“Auntie, I’ve been a poor hostess.
Please give me a chance to make it up to you.”
Long Jiaojiao quickly took Su Qingwan’s arm and led her toward the top-tier presidential suite that had been prepared…
“Master Jiang, I found a few of the people you asked me to look for.
They’re right here in East Sea City, and…”
After getting Su Qingwan settled, Long Jiaojiao came to Jiang Ning’s side, holding five of the marriage contracts in her hand.
For some reason, as Long Jiaojiao bit her lip lightly, her cheeks were flushed red.
Moreover, the deep blush was enough to send an ordinary person’s imagination running wild…
But Jiang Ning, as if he hadn’t noticed, simply raised his hand and took the five marriage contracts.
Long Jiaojiao’s face turned even redder.
She was exquisitely delicate!
Her skin looked so supple you could almost squeeze water from it!
“Hm?”
Jiang Ning looked at the first of the five contracts, where the words “Direct Heiress of the Long family” were written in bold.
‘Direct Heiress of the Long family?’
‘Isn’t the only direct heiress of the Long family Long Jiaojiao?!’
Jiang Ning’s eyes widened.
He finally understood why Long Jiaojiao’s cheeks were so red, so radiant…
“You’re my fiancée too?”
Jiang Ning exclaimed in surprise.
He couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement.
“Yes…” Long Jiaojiao said shyly, lowering her head to explain.
“After I took it home, I looked through it carefully.
See here?
It even has my grandfather’s personal seal.”
Long Jiaojiao took out a painting from behind her back.
The seal on it was identical to the one on the marriage contract.
“Er…”
Jiang Ning was rendered speechless on the spot.
Originally, he had planned to take these marriage contracts and cancel the engagements one by one.
But who would have thought he’d have one of his own fiancées standing right in front of him?
To cancel it to her face right now would be a little inappropriate.
“Master Jiang…
just say the word…
How much of a dowry do you need…”
Long Jiaojiao already had a favorable impression of Jiang Ning.
Now, with the marriage contract in hand, she grew bolder despite her shyness.
‘An opportunity like this is fleeting, and I don’t want to miss it.’
“Ahem…” Jiang Ning coughed awkwardly and said hurriedly, “No rush, no rush.
I’ve only just returned to East Sea.
I’m not in a hurry to get married.”
“Besides, there are the other four families.
I plan to visit them one by one.”
As Jiang Ning finished speaking, a hint of resentment appeared on Long Jiaojiao’s face.
‘Visit them one by one…’
‘Does that mean he’s not satisfied with me?’
‘Or does he want to scoop them all up in one go?’
“These are all prominent families in East Sea, right?”
Jiang Ning picked up the others and glanced at them.
In the blank spaces on the contracts, detailed addresses and contact persons had been written down.
Suppressing her feelings, Long Jiaojiao nodded.
‘Even though men from wealthy families can have three or four wives…’
‘I have to be the primary wife…’
“Alright, you can go now.
I need to rest.”
Jiang Ning put away the five marriage contracts and tried to send Long Jiaojiao on her way.
“Ah?”
Long Jiaojiao had been lost in her wild thoughts and hadn’t heard what Jiang Ning said at all…
“What?
We’ve only known each other for a day and you already want to warm my bed?”
Jiang Ning said teasingly, and a frightened Long Jiaojiao immediately fled in panic.
“Son, do you really have ninety-nine marriage contracts?”
The moment Long Jiaojiao left, Su Qingwan walked out of the suite.
She had been listening at the crack in the door the whole time.
When she heard that Long Jiaojiao was one of them, she’d wanted to rush out and accept on the spot.
“Of course it’s true.
Aren’t there five of them right here?”
Jiang Ning said with a nonchalant air, placing the five marriage contracts directly in front of his mother.
Su Qingwan snatched the five contracts into her arms, grinning from ear to ear.
“Oh my, son, this one is from the Chu family!
One of the eight great families!”
“This one is from the Yun family, another of the eight great families.”
“…”
After listening to Su Qingwan’s shocked exclamations, Jiang Ning felt like his ears were about to fall off.
Chu Yunyun!
‘I can’t believe that spoiled and willful little princess is also one of my fiancées!’
‘What a small world for enemies!’
“Oh, son!
Of these five, which one do you like the most?”
Just as Jiang Ning snapped out of his thoughts, Su Qingwan looked at him and asked meaningfully.
“Ahem…
Mom, nothing’s set in stone yet!
They’re just marriage contracts…”
Speechless, Jiang Ning pushed Su Qingwan toward her room, telling her to go to sleep.
After Su Qingwan was sound asleep, he looked up at the dawning sky, then vanished from the room.
Jiang Sihai!
Mei Changyan!
When Jiang Ning left the Four Seas Gang’s headquarters, he had spared their lives.
By now, they should have made it back to the Jiang family estate.
「At the Jiang family estate.」
The estate was ablaze with lights.
All the bodyguards were on patrol, not stopping for a moment.
It was as if they were facing a great enemy.
Disheveled and battered, Jiang Sihai and Mei Changyan had locked themselves in a room, the fear not yet faded from their faces.
“I can’t believe he’s become so powerful after just five years,” Mei Changyan said, unwilling to accept it.
Her face was filled with resentment.
“Old man, what do we do now!”
“How should I know!”
Jiang Sihai waved his hand in frustration, and with a look of pure annoyance, swept all the expensive bottles of liquor before him onto the floor.
Not only had Elder Ghost failed…
…but the entire Four Seas Gang had been wiped out.
They had no one left to call on!
Only the Xu family had the contact information for the truly important people.
The Xu family’s situation was currently unclear; they wouldn’t necessarily use their connections to save the Jiang family.
“Old man, isn’t there an Enforcement Hall in East Sea City?
Why don’t we pay the price and ask them to deal with this.”
Mei Changyan’s expression became incredibly excited.
For a long time, the Enforcement Hall had few dealings with the eight great families of East Sea.
After all, the eight great families were in business.
Although they had Martial Artists protecting them, their influence was mostly in the ordinary world.
“The Enforcement Hall?” Jiang Sihai’s heart stirred.
His eyes glinted—he thought it might just work.
“The Enforcement Hall specializes in managing Martial Artists.
If they’re willing to step in and suppress Jiang Ning, maybe we won’t have to die,” Jiang Sihai said, overjoyed.
“Right!
I’ll contact the Enforcement Hall right away.
Old man, you go find something valuable we can offer them…”
「On the roof of the Jiang family villa.」
Jiang Ning, who had been sitting cross-legged, absorbed the first ray of dawn and then rose to his feet.
‘So!
The Jiang family really doesn’t know anything!’
‘It seems Jiang Ruyu’s deception back then was premeditated, all so she could latch onto a powerhouse like the Xu family.’
After calming his thoughts, Jiang Ning left the Jiang family villa.
To Jiang Ning, whether he killed those two or not made little difference.
The only reason he’d let them live was to bait the mastermind hiding in the shadows!