The newcomer was none other than Lin Yunlong, son of Lin Dong from Jiangcheng's Lin Group.
Xiao Gang's eyes lit up when he saw the man in the suit. He hurried over, exclaiming excitedly, "I just knew it was thanks to you that Ye Feng made it out alive! I guessed right!"
He then turned to Xiao Yufei and shouted, "Yufei, I told you Wenlong has pull with Master Cui! Now do you believe me? Hurry up and thank him!"
Xiao Yufei walked up to Lin Yunlong and said gratefully, "Wenlong, thank you!"
Lin Yunlong replied magnanimously, "Yufei, saving someone is as simple as me saying the word. Besides, between the two of us, is there any need to be so formal?"
Yesterday, when he had called Cui Biao, he had been flatly rejected. Too embarrassed to reply to Xiao Yufei, Lin Yunlong had simply turned off his phone.
But this morning, he had still rushed over to the Xiao family's home. Even though he hadn't actually saved that Ye Feng fellow, he had to let Xiao Yufei know he had tried. 'This is all an investment, after all!'
He never would have imagined, however, that Ye Feng would be standing right here, alive and well.
'It seems that even though Cui Biao talked tough, he still gave me face in the end!'
So when he heard Xiao Gang's question, he stepped forward without hesitation.
Ye Feng stared at Lin Yunlong and asked, "You're the one who saved me from Cui Biao?"
Before Ye Feng could even finish, Xiao Gang shot him a glare. "If not for Wenlong, do you think Master Cui would have let you go? He saved your life, and you don't even have the decency to be grateful. What kind of person are you?!"
Lin Yunlong quickly waved his hand and said magnanimously, "This kind of country bumpkin has never been taught any manners. It's only natural that he's impolite. I won't lower myself to his level."
Xiao Gang nodded eagerly in agreement, then glared at Ye Feng and said with contempt, "See that? That's the difference between you two."
Ye Feng could see that Xiao Gang was trying to set Xiao Yufei up with Lin Yunlong, but he just chuckled. He couldn't care less.
The only thing connecting him and Xiao Yufei was the Jade Pendant. Once he got it, he would leave. Whether Xiao Yufei married a king or a beggar in the future had absolutely nothing to do with him.
As for Lin Yunlong, he was just an ant, not even worth his notice.
Seeing Ye Feng's silence, Lin Yunlong assumed he had backed down. A flash of contempt crossed his eyes, and he completely ignored him from then on.
He turned back to Xiao Yufei, his eyes raking over her stunning face and delicate figure. Swallowing hard, he pulled a check from his pocket, handed it over, and said with a smile:
"Yufei, I know your company, Qingya Cosmetics, is in some trouble right now. Here's a million. Take it and use it for now. If it's not enough, just let me know."
But Xiao Yufei just shook her head with a wry smile. "Yunlong, the biggest problem for Qingya Cosmetics right now is nearly thirty million in uncollected payments. Without that money, the company can't recover. This one million is just a drop in the bucket."
Hearing this, Lin Yunlong slapped his chest and boasted, "Oh, so people owe you money? You should have said so sooner! Why are you even worrying about something so trivial? For me, that's just a single phone call away from being solved."
With that, he pulled out his phone and directly called his old man, Lin Dong. As soon as the call connected, Lin Yunlong spoke arrogantly:
"Dad, a few short-sighted fools owe my friend some money. Give them a call and tell them to pay up as soon as possible."
A confident voice came through the phone: "Give me the names."
Xiao Gang nudged Xiao Yufei, shouting excitedly, "Yufei, quick! Give him the names of the debtors!"
Xiao Yufei agreed, quickly grabbed a pen and paper, wrote down a few names, and handed the list to Lin Yunlong.
Lin Yunlong lit a cigarette, took a drag, and casually read off the names, "Liu San, Huang Yunhai, Cheng Xin..."
The other end of the line went silent.
Lin Yunlong asked in confusion, "Dad, did you not hear me clearly? I can read them to you again..."
Before he could finish, Lin Dong's voice came through the phone, seething with anger, "You brat, do you have any idea who those people are?
Let me tell you, every single one of them is a notorious scoundrel in Jiangcheng! Offending just one would be enough to cause me endless trouble. If I offend all of them, I, Lin Dong, can forget about ever sleeping soundly again!
Now you listen to me! Back off immediately and stop causing trouble for me, you little shit! Or I'll break your legs!"
With that, he slammed the phone down!
Lin Yunlong's face turned pale with fright. He never imagined that these debtors would be so difficult to deal with.
Seeing Lin Yunlong standing there silently with his phone, Xiao Gang hurried over. "Wenlong, did your dad agree? Will we be able to get all the money back?"
Lin Yunlong snapped back to reality. He put down his phone, turned to Xiao Gang, nodded, and said with an air of great importance:
"Mhm, my dad said it's just a matter of a phone call for him. Just you wait. Those people will obediently deliver every last cent of what they owe very soon."
'I'll just agree for now and max out Xiao Yufei's affection meter. If she's moved enough, maybe she'll even sleep with me tonight.'
'As for the debtors not showing up with the money in the end, no worries. I have a hundred excuses to fob them off.'
'No matter how vast the underworld, I'll con my way through it all!'
Upon hearing this, Xiao Gang burst out laughing. "Good lad! Your Uncle Xiao wasn't wrong about you!"
Then he looked at Ye Feng and said sarcastically, "Some people try to collect a debt and almost get beaten to death. Then you look at someone like Yunlong, who solves everything with a single phone call. Why is the gap between people so huge!"
Ye Feng had overheard the call between Lin Yunlong and his father. He laughed inwardly. 'This guy really knows how to put on a show!'
'Heh, in a little while, I'll let you see the price you pay for pretending to be a big shot.'
As for actually fighting Lin Yunlong, heh, Ye Feng was afraid of getting his hands dirty.
Seeing Ye Feng remain silent even after being so thoroughly put down by Lin Yunlong, Xiao Gang's contempt for him grew even stronger.
Just then, a flurry of hurried footsteps sounded at the door. Moments later, a middle-aged man rushed in.
He glanced around, hurried over to Xiao Yufei, pulled out a check, and handed it to her respectfully, crying out urgently:
"President Xiao, I was short on funds and fell behind on my payments to you. I realize my mistake now! I sold my factory to scrape the money together and rushed it over. Here's the eight million, every last cent!"
As he spoke, he glanced at Ye Feng out of the corner of his eye, his gaze full of fear.
Xiao Yufei took the check and exclaimed in surprise, "So fast?"
She had been to his company no less than ten times, talked until her mouth was dry, and had nearly gotten on her knees to beg him, but the guy wouldn't give her a single penny. He'd even arrogantly declared that even if Xiao Yufei came a hundred more times, he wouldn't pay a cent. He was determined to default on the debt.
But after a single phone call from Lin Yunlong, not even ten minutes had passed before he obediently delivered the money. 'It really is true that money makes the world go 'round!'
Hearing Xiao Yufei's words, Huang Yunhai almost burst into tears.
Half an hour ago, Cui Biao had stormed Huang Yunhai's company with a thousand of his men. They had pinned every single employee to the ground and roughed them up.
Cui Biao had issued an ultimatum: if he didn't pay back Xiao Yufei and get Ye Feng's forgiveness within the hour, Cui Biao would personally rip off Huang Yunhai's head and kick it around like a ball.
With his life on the line, how could Huang Yunhai not be fast!
Huang Yunhai was so frustrated he was on the verge of tears. 'I just owed some money, that's all! Was it really necessary to make such a big scene?!'