Upstairs.
Huang Daqiang witnessed this scene and couldn't help but swallow hard.
Just moments ago, he had been urging his mother to call the police. He never expected the situation to change so completely in the blink of an eye.
Looking at the dense crowd of black figures on the street, the midday sun, which had been fairly bright, seemed to dim at a visible rate.
That silent, oppressive feeling was so intense that even Huang Daqiang, on the fifth floor, felt almost suffocated.
After a long pause, he finally managed to utter a sentence.
"Mom, it's starting to rain. Should we bring in the laundry first?"
"O... okay."
Meanwhile.
On their knees on the ground, Brother Scarface and his men were sweating profusely.
It wasn't until this massive crowd of black-clad figures appeared that they suddenly remembered exactly who these people were.
—The Ten Thousand Dragons Society!
Scarface had always thought he was ruthless enough, hardly fearing even the well-known gang bosses of Danan City.
But the group before him was on a whole different level of ruthlessness, far beyond his own.
They had all heard rumors about the fate of the infamous Master Jiu from the Sky Club.
It was said Master Jiu had offended a group of people in black suits. In the end, over twenty of his establishments were raided, and his headquarters clubhouse was literally reduced to rubble in broad daylight by those same black-clad figures.
Rumor even had it that Master Jiu himself was "dealt with" right on the street.
Lawless and utterly terrifying!
Even more terrifying was the background of this group. Despite the huge incident, they emerged completely unscathed. On the contrary, they heard that the police had rounded up all of Master Jiu's men, essentially cleaning up the mess for the Ten Thousand Dragons Society.
The more you thought about it, the more horrifying it became!
"Boss, boss, sir... ahem! Grandfathers, have mercy!"
Scarface crawled forward a couple of steps, banging his head heavily on the concrete ground three times in succession.
"This lowly one has eyes but failed to see! This dog has a lowly gaze! I didn't know the esteemed grandfathers of the Ten Thousand Dragons Society were here! I was wrong! I truly know I was wrong!"
The twenty-something hoodlums behind Scarface were equally terrified. While they usually acted tough following Scarface, facing this group—who seemed even more "societal" than regular gangsters—their courage had completely deserted them.
"Grandfathers of the Ten Thousand Dragons Society, spare us!"
"We'll never dare again!"
"Grandfathers! We'll kowtow! We apologize! We want harmony!"
At this moment, they all wished they could tear Jing Long, that troublemaker, to pieces. How could he have provoked these living embodiments of the King of Hell?
They were all terrified of ending up like Master Jiu.
"Alright, alright, enough with the weeping and wailing like you're at a funeral. How annoying!"
Ma Da waved his hand dismissively. "Our Ten Thousand Dragons Society is a legitimate company. Making it sound like we'd kill you or something—that's illegal."
"Knowing the law and not breaking it is our company's consistent principle."
Scarface hurriedly agreed, "Yes, yes, yes, what the grandfather says is right. The grandfathers of the Ten Thousand Dragons Society clearly look like particularly righteous individuals, full of moral integrity!"
After saying this, he instinctively glanced at the surrounding black-clad figures, who looked even more like movie gangsters than actual gangsters.
The hell kind of legitimate company is this?
What legitimate company goes out with hundreds of people in black suits?
What legitimate company can wipe out a big shot like Master Jiu, him and his whole operation?
And "knowing the law and not breaking it"?
Yeah right, you crafty fatso, you're full of it!
If I hadn't been smart and knelt down fast enough, my fate would probably be the same as Master Jiu's.
"Fine. Seeing as your apology seems somewhat sincere, Brother Ma won't hold it against you."
"However..." Ma Da glanced at Yaya's uncle's family, kneeling there trembling.
Scarface understood immediately. "Brother Ma, I get it, I get it."
Ma Da, of course, wouldn't leave them any leverage, not even verbally: "After we leave, you do what you were gonna do, alright? Remember, do it well! Do it slowly! Do it step by step!"
"Yes! Grandfather Ma! We will definitely follow your instructions and do it well! Slowly! Step by step!" After saying this, Scarface looked at Jing Long and revealed a sinister grin.
That look alone nearly scared the piss out of Jing Long's family.
Just as they were crying and begging for mercy, Ma Da suddenly turned and walked towards the side gate of the residential compound to greet someone.
They saw Liu Yutong, holding little Yaya's hand, walk out.
The moment they appeared, every single black-clad figure on the entire street bowed in unison.
"Young Miss!"
The sheer scale and the thunderous sound of their voices directly scared Brother Scarface and his men, who had just gotten up, into kneeling back down with a thud.
Scarface cautiously looked at the woman of extraordinary bearing before him, feeling particularly shocked.
The Young Miss of the Ten Thousand Dragons Society was so young, unbelievably young!
Yet the aura she carried was even stronger than the fat man's from before, significantly stronger.
Yaya was still holding her rabbit plushie. Her beautiful big eyes saw so many adults kneeling on the ground, and she couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Sister, why are they kneeling on the ground? Is it New Year?"
Hearing Yaya's words, a faint smile appeared on Liu Yutong's cool, elegant face.
"It's not New Year. They're just playing a game about recognizing their mistakes."
Yaya: "So if they recognize their mistakes, does that mean they're good children?"
"Yaya is exactly right. Only by making them deeply recognize their mistakes will they seriously correct them." As Liu Yutong spoke, her gaze swept lightly over Yaya's uncle's family.
That one glance made that family's hearts grow even colder with fear.
Yaya nodded, not fully understanding. She actually didn't recognize her uncle's family at all, because from the time she could remember, she had never met them.
They had always been avoiding her family.
Now, even if her uncle's family wanted to acknowledge this little girl, they wouldn't know how to begin, let alone dare to with all these black-clad figures surrounding them.
They could only swallow their bitterness.
Liu Yutong picked Yaya up and walked towards the Maybach parked by the roadside.
A black-clad figure had already respectfully opened the car door.
"Young Miss, take care!"
"Young Miss, take care!"
Yun Cheng and Ma Da each bid farewell to the Young Miss.
Apart from some Ten Thousand Dragons Society members escorting Liu Yutong back to Pearl City, the majority of the personnel remaining in Danan City also shouted in unison.
"Young Miss, take care!"
At that moment, a man and a woman carrying gifts got out of a car at the main entrance of the residential compound.
They were Liu Yutong's classmates, Fang Yaqiong and Lin Bin.
After Master Jiu was captured, his underlings were gradually rounded up, and Lin Bin was finally rescued.
Later, they learned from Gao Min that Liu Yutong had helped a great deal. Upon hearing that Liu Yutong was about to return to Pearl City, Lin Bin, against his doctor's advice, left the hospital and rushed over, wanting to thank her in person.
However, the moment they stepped out of the car, they were met with this shocking scene and froze on the spot.
The girl they remembered from class—once inconspicuous and introverted—now stood like a queen, surrounded by a crowd of intimidating black-clad figures.
The change was so drastic it was as if they didn't know her anymore.
"Lin Bin, should we... should we still go over?"
Lin Bin watched as Liu Yutong, holding the child, got into the car worth millions. His throat felt dry.
"Forget it, she and we... no longer belong to the same world."
In the end, they still didn't have the courage to go over. They just watched that black motorcade depart, and only after it had vanished from sight did they slowly speak.
"Thank you, Liu Yutong!"
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