The newcomer was none other than Ling Qingyue!
SWISH!
SWISH!
SWISH!
In that instant, everyone’s gaze was drawn to her.
The men, in particular, looked completely captivated.
CLICK, CLACK, CLACK!
Each step Ling Qingyue took was like a hammer striking everyone’s heart.
They desperately wished she was here for them.
“President Ling, you’re finally here!” The portly middle-aged man sounded as if he were grabbing a lifeline.
“If you’d been any later, this place would have completely erupted.”
“What’s the situation?” Ling Qingyue asked.
The portly middle-aged man quickly gave Ling Qingyue a brief rundown of what had just happened.
Now that Ling Qingyue was here, he no longer had to face such immense pressure.
He could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Ling Qingyue’s fine brows furrowed slightly.
‘This Chen Jiang is really nothing but trouble.
How did he end up in a conflict with someone like Zhou Shijie?’
At the same time, Zhang Xiaozhi, her face wreathed in smiles, gestured with her hand.
“Hello, Miss Ling.
I’m Zhang Xiaozhi.
Young Master Zhou is over there.”
For someone like her, just showing her face and leaving an impression on these big shots was another opportunity gained.
It wasn’t just Zhang Xiaozhi; nearly everyone was convinced that Ling Qingyue had suddenly appeared here for Young Master Zhou.
Ling Qingyue glanced in the direction she pointed and saw Zhou Shijie’s bruised and swollen face.
‘This is bad,’ she thought.
‘That Chen Jiang really went too far.’
Her gaze shifted, and she saw Chen Jiang sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, calmly savoring a glass of strong liquor.
“…”
Ling Qingyue was speechless.
‘He caused such a huge mess, and he still has the nerve to sit here drinking?’
Although Zhou Shijie was just a good-for-nothing rich kid and not someone to be feared, his father, Master Zhou, was one of the three great pillars of the Jiulong Association!
His power was immense.
A stomp of his foot could cause a major tremor in Lin City!
There was no time to overthink it.
She walked straight toward Chen Jiang.
Seeing Ling Qingyue walk toward him, Zhou Shijie broke into a grin.
“Miss Ling, did you know I was here and come especially to entertain me?”
But to his surprise, Ling Qingyue turned a deaf ear to his words, treating him as if he were invisible as she walked right past him.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, she came to a stop in front of Chen Jiang and said with exasperation, “You really know how to find trouble.”
Everyone present was stunned, their eyes wide with shock.
‘What is going on?’
‘The ice queen president isn’t here for Young Master Zhou?’
‘Did this kid really summon her?’
Zhou Shijie stood frozen in embarrassment, his face turning livid with anger.
Chen Jiang smiled faintly.
“Your people were about to surround me just now.”
“A misunderstanding!
It’s all a misunderstanding!” The portly middle-aged man trembled as he scrambled to explain.
“You’re our most honored guest!
Even if you gave me a hundred times the courage, I would never dare to lay a finger on you!”
SLAP!
Ling Qingyue’s slap left a red, swollen mark on the portly man’s cheek.
“Mr.
Chen is the most honored guest of our Ling Group.
You dared to think of making a move against him?”
“I didn’t know before!
If I had known…”
SLAP!
Ling Qingyue slapped him again.
“As the restaurant manager, is this how you treat your guests?”
SLAP!
“Does not knowing give you the right to act so recklessly?”
SLAP!
“Starting today, you’re stripped of your General Manager position.
You’re demoted to cleaning toilets for three months!”
‘Chen Jiang is the one person who can cure my illness.
What if this incident with a minor employee makes him change his mind and refuse to treat me?
I can’t let that happen!’
After several slaps, the portly man was dizzy and disoriented, but he immediately turned to Chen Jiang and began apologizing profusely, begging for his forgiveness.
“Mr.
Chen, I’m sorry!
I’m so sorry!”
“Please forgive me!
I’ll never do it again!”
“You’re noisy.
Scram.”
“Yes!
I’ll scram, I’m scramming right now…”
The portly man didn’t dare hesitate, tucking his tail between his legs and scurrying away.
Zhang Xiaozhi and the others were dumbfounded.
No one could have imagined that Chen Jiang actually possessed a Celestial King Card from the Ling Group!
‘Is he really just a handyman from some small clinic?’
“Useless trash!” Zhou Shijie cursed, then glared coldly at Ling Qingyue.
“Ling Qingyue, what’s the meaning of this?”
Ling Qingyue smiled faintly.
“Young Master Zhou, we’re all friends here.
People come here to have a good time.
Why get so angry?”
“Angry?” Zhou Shijie’s voice was frigid.
“Ling Qingyue, since when did you go blind?
Should I make an appointment for you with an eye doctor?”
“Damn it, can’t you see what this bastard did to me?”
“This is your territory.
Something happened to me on your territory.
Don’t you owe me an explanation?”
“You know perfectly well why he hit you,” Jiang Yuning snorted.
“Zhou Shijie, I can tolerate you pestering me endlessly on a normal day, but tonight you actually conspired with Zhang Xiaozhi to set a trap for me.
You’re a beast!”
Ling Qingyue added, “Young Master Zhou, that’s where you’re in the wrong.
She’s just a young woman.
When you couldn’t win her over, you resorted to such underhanded and shameless tactics.”
“So, the fact that he only threw a few punches is already showing you a great deal of respect.”
“Ling Qingyue, what do you mean by that?!” Zhou Shijie’s eyes narrowed.
“You’re determined to protect this kid and oppose me, is that it?”
Ling Qingyue said pensively, “Young Master Zhou, I’m not determined to protect anyone.
Everyone here saw what happened.
I’m just stating the facts.”
“It’s fate that brought us all together today.
I hope you can give me some face.
Let’s all take a step back on this matter tonight and just treat it as an opportunity to make a friend.
Wouldn’t that be better for everyone?”
But Zhou Shijie wasn’t buying it.
“Everything you’ve said, inside and out, is to protect this kid!
Since you have no respect for me, then I’ll just have to deal with you, Ling Qingyue, as well!”
He was so incensed that he took out his phone and called Master Zhou.
“Dad, bring some men to Wanli Restaurant, 10th floor, private room 09!
Your son has been beaten up!”
“What?!”
“In all of Lin City, someone actually dares to touch my, Master Zhou’s, son?
They must have a death wish!”
“Wait there!
I happen to be nearby.
I’ll bring my men over right away!”
An enraged voice roared from the other end of the line.
After hanging up, Zhou Shijie revealed an arrogant smirk.
“Once my dad gets here, you’re all finished!”
Hearing that Master Zhou was coming, Zhang Xiaozhi and the others couldn’t help but gasp.
Once Master Zhou arrived, even three Ling Qingyues wouldn’t be enough to handle the situation.
Ling Qingyue’s brows knitted tightly.
The very thing she had hoped to avoid had happened after all.
Once Master Zhou arrived, the situation would be completely out of her control.
At this thought, she turned to Chen Jiang and said, “You two should leave now.”
Chen Jiang said lightly, “I’m not the type of person who likes others cleaning up my messes.”
“You…”
Ling Qingyue was at a loss for words, then snapped, “You idiot!
I’m trying to help you, and you’re throwing it back in my face?”
“Do you have any idea who Zhou Shijie’s father is?
Master Zhou is one of the three great pillars of the Jiulong Association!”
“And what’s more, he’s an Inner Strength master!”
“When he gets here, forget you—even my Ling Family wouldn’t dare to confront him head-on.”
“Oh?” Chen Jiang paused.
‘It’s a small world.’
“Now you’re scared, right?
That’s why I’m telling you, I can still protect you and get you out of here before he arrives.”
“As the eldest daughter of the Ling Family, no matter how unhappy they are, they won’t dare to do anything to me.”
Ling Qingyue urged, “Hurry up and go!”
“Trying to leave?
No way!” Zhou Shijie ordered, “You lot, block that door and don’t let them move!”
“If you let them leave, I’ll twist your heads off and kick them around like sandbags!”
Ling Qingyue was about to speak, but Chen Jiang stopped her.
“Alright, you don’t need to get involved in this.”
“With just these small fries, who do you think could stop me if I wanted to leave?”
“Since he doesn’t know how to behave, I’ll just wait for his old man to get here and deal with them both at the same time.”
The entire room erupted.
“Holy crap!
Where did he get those balls?
Were they on sale?”
“That’s Master Zhou we’re talking about, one of the three great pillars of the Jiulong Association, a man who dominates his own territory!
And this guy is yelling about wanting to ‘deal with’ Master Zhou?”
“He has no idea what he’s up against.
The moment Master Zhou arrives, he’s a dead man!”
Just then, the door to the private room was violently thrown open.
A cold and majestic voice rang out, “Who has the gall to say they’re going to deal with me?”