Master Jiu's face instantly turned from livid to the color of liver.
He had been in the underworld for most of his life and had never been publicly humiliated by someone young enough to be his daughter.
If Aqi really knelt today, what face would he have left to show his men afterwards?
At this moment, his men were also getting restless, their hands unconsciously reaching towards the small of their backs.
Yun Cheng and those core members of the Ten Thousand Dragons Society almost simultaneously took half a step forward, ready to protect the young lady at any moment.
Just then, Huang Yu, who had been watching from the sidelines all along, spoke up again: "Old Jiu."
Just two words were enough to instantly calm the about-to-erupt Master Jiu.
When Huang Yu looked at Liu Yutong again, the initial gentleness was gone, replaced by a trace of displeasure.
Having navigated the business world for many years, he had met all sorts of people, but this was the first time he encountered a young person like Liu Yutong who showed him absolutely no face.
No matter how unhappy he was inside, he had to resolve this matter, otherwise it would be troublesome if it affected his upcoming financial maneuvers.
He was counting on making a huge profit this time to ease the financial pressure from the group's expansion.
Then, Huang Yu gave a slight nod towards Master Jiu.
This action completely confirmed Liu Yutong's earlier suspicion—there was definitely an interest binding them together. Huang Yu would absolutely not allow Master Jiu to ruin his major plans at this moment over a fit of temper.
Master Jiu understood the meaning in Huang Yu's eyes. Even though he felt utterly humiliated, he forcefully suppressed his rage and roared at the bespectacled man beside him:
"What the hell are you still standing there for? Are you deaf? Get the hell over there and kneel!"
The bespectacled man shuddered all over, a flash of venom in his eyes. But he also knew he had to bow his head today, otherwise he wouldn't get past his boss.
Then, gritting his teeth, he fell to his knees with a thud and began shuffling towards Liu Yutong on his knees.
He could feel the gazes from his brothers behind him—anger, pity, shared indignation, and even a faint, almost imperceptible trace of disdain.
Honestly, being humiliated like this in front of so many people was worse than killing him.
What chilled his heart even more was his boss's attitude.
He had initially followed Boss Master Jiu because he admired his boldness, domineering aura, and sense of brotherhood, believing he had a future with him.
To help the boss grow bigger and stronger, he, Aqi, had done plenty of dirty and hard work. He considered himself Master Jiu's most capable right-hand man, his strategist, at the very least far more useful than that waste, Brother Pao.
But today, this right-hand man was personally pressed under the enemy's feet by his own boss, just to exchange for a pitiful bargaining chip.
He was truly disappointed.
"After all these years of risking my life for you, this is what I get?"
Aqi's resentment towards Liu Yutong unconsciously shifted partly onto Master Jiu.
When it came down to it, it was Master Jiu's incompetence, Master Jiu's weakness, that made him suffer this extraordinary humiliation!
So-called underworld brotherhood and loyalty turned out to be so fragile and easily shattered when it really mattered.
While Aqi shuffled over on his knees, Liu Yutong didn't even glance at him. She turned her head and whispered a low instruction to the somewhat stunned Su Mansu beside her.
Su Mansu, snapping back to reality, immediately walked out of the private room.
As she turned her back, she couldn't help but purse her lips slightly. Is this the way of a proper company?
The scenes from the past few days could still be explained away.
For instance, the boss's good fighting skills are for self-defense. It's perfectly reasonable for a girl to have some means of self-protection.
The large number of core members in the Ten Thousand Dragons Society is because the company is large-scale. The black clothes are just the company's employee uniform, which is also perfectly reasonable.
But how do you explain this now?
"A man's knee holds gold beneath it." Did he come here to deliver gold to someone?
Internal sarcasm aside, the boss's moment of commanding aura just now was truly handsome!
Finally, Ah Qi shuffled his way to Liu Yutong's front, head bowed low. The veins on his neck bulged from humiliation, like a mangy dog ready to bare its teeth at any moment.
All eyes were focused on Liu Yutong, waiting for her next move.
Liu Yutong finally moved. She lowered her gaze slightly, looking at Ah Qi.
"Look up."
Ah Qi's body stiffened for a moment, then he slowly raised his head, meeting Liu Yutong's deep, unfathomable dark eyes.
"Who ordered you to attack us last time? Please point them out. And don't you dare say it was you."
Ah Qi's pupils contracted sharply. His eyes instinctively flickered towards Master Jiu, unsure how to answer.
"I... I..."
He never expected Liu Yutong to not play by the usual rules, to ask a question she already knew the answer to. How was he supposed to reply?
Say he did it himself, that he alone was responsible? She had already blocked that path.
But if he said it was Master Jiu, could he still survive in the Great South City underworld?
Not only was he caught off guard, but Huang Yu and Master Jiu also didn't anticipate Liu Yutong's sudden question.
It seemed she wasn't planning to negotiate with them!
Master Jiu slammed the table hard. "Liu Yutong! What do you mean by this? My brother has already knelt for you. Don't push your luck! Push a man too far, and you will definitely not leave Great South City in one piece!"
He had a feeling Liu Yutong had ulterior motives and could only try to seize the initiative by threatening her.
Liu Yutong: "I was asking him. Master Jiu, why are you so agitated? Or was it you who gave the order?"
Huang Yu interjected again: "President Liu, harmony is most precious. I am also invited to your school's 50th-anniversary celebration."
He could see now that this young lady was also a hardliner and could only continue playing the emotional card.
Liu Yutong remained completely unmoved, looking at Huang Yu. "Mr. Huang, I respect you as a senior. Don't blame me for not warning you: you won't be attending our school's anniversary celebration."
Huang Yu frowned deeply. "What do you mean by that?"
Liu Yutong didn't answer him. "I, Liu Yutong, have always acted with clear distinctions between gratitude and grievance. If others respect me by an inch, I respect them by a foot! But if anyone dares to touch me or my people..."
She paused, her voice suddenly rising sharply. "...then I will tear down their temple and smash their pot. It doesn't matter if they're some local snake; even if they were a real dragon, I would pull out its sinews!"
Yun Cheng didn't react much to the first part of the young lady's words, but hearing the latter part, he felt something was off and really wanted to say, "Young lady, pulling out a dragon's sinews... that really won't do!"
Liu Yutong looked at Ah Qi again. "Ah Qi, is it? It seems your boss doesn't want to protect you."
At that moment, Yun Cheng, standing behind Liu Yutong, moved.
He directly had someone toss a steel pipe, wiped clean of fingerprints, in front of the other party.
"Pick it up!"
Ah Qi had no idea what they were trying to do. Could it be they wanted to start a fight right here?
But he knew very well a fight absolutely couldn't break out today.
So what did they mean by this?
However, despite his confusion, he still picked up the steel pipe.
The moment he picked up the steel pipe, Yuncheng suddenly made his move.
The next second, a sharp crack echoed through the private room!
"Ah—!"
Aqi let out a shrill scream. The arm holding the steel pipe was bent at a grotesque angle, clearly disabled by Yuncheng in an instant.
Yuncheng's strike was swift, and his withdrawal even faster.
From the moment he entered and saw this Four-eyes, he had already sentenced the man to death.
Whether in Wushui County or in Pearl City, anyone who had ever threatened the young lady's safety had met a bad end.
Crazy Dog Brother was still inside, serving a twelve-year sentence.
Of the Zhao father and son, one was left an idiot, the other dead.
There was no reason to let this Four-eyes get off unscathed.
After doing all this, Yuncheng turned to the brothers in black behind him and said, "Located the principal offender from the assault on the pedestrian street last time. To prevent the suspect from attacking the victim with a weapon again or fleeing, we were forced to subdue him."
"Brother Yun, it's all recorded. We were acting righteously!"
Master Jiu: "???"
Huang Yu: "???"
