Chu Hai stood up, walked over to the window, and glanced down.
Then his expression changed.
In the courtyard below, a group of men in black had appeared out of nowhere.
They wore matching black suits, each with a dragon-shaped pin on the chest.
All of Yunlu’s security guards had been dragged out, pinned to the ground, unable to move.
Chu Hai sucked in a sharp breath.
He knew that dragon-shaped pin all too well.
It was the emblem of the Wanlong Society.
Back when he was negotiating investments in Mingzhu City, he had personally witnessed how these lunatics—right in front of the authorities—had physically deleted a local crime boss.
That scene was still etched in his memory.
And now, with the men in black showing up here, it could only mean…
Chu Hai’s gaze followed the line of black-clad figures toward the entrance of the private room.
Sure enough, he spotted a figure he knew very well.
It was a girl in a light apricot-colored cotton and linen dress, her straight black hair casually draped over her shoulders, her figure graceful—like a lily swaying in the breeze.
She looked so gentle and pure, yet surrounded by those men in black, she radiated an almost unbearable pressure.
The moment he saw her, the girl below seemed to sense it too. She looked up.
Startled, Chu Hai quickly shut the window.
“Damn it, why did this little mistress have to show up too?”
Lin Bing and the others were thrown off by his sudden reaction.
“Chu, what’s wrong? What’s going on down there?”
Chu Hai forced himself to stay calm and waved it off. “Nothing, nothing. Just a few drunks causing trouble. Everyone, have some tea. Tea.”
The more he tried to cover it up, the more curious Lei Yun and the others became.
Everyone present was a tycoon worth billions—they had seen their share of storms.
If a man like Chu Hai, head of AEG Capital, was this shaken, it couldn’t just be a few drunks brawling.
Lei Yun exchanged a glance with Huang Zhangming. They stood up, walked to the window, and reached for the latch.
“Hey! Hey!” Chu Hai tried to stop them, but it was too late.
As soon as Lei Yun opened the window and looked down, he gasped.
“Holy hell! They’ve arrested everyone from Yunlu Club?”
“Who the heck are these guys in black?”
“No idea, but they look serious. Reminds me of some foreign gangs.”
“…”
Seeing them still gawking out the window, Chu Hai lunged over, yanked them back, and slammed the window shut.
“Stop looking! Do you have a death wish?”
Huang Zhangming was annoyed by his reaction.
“Chu, you’re overreacting. We’re on the second floor, door closed. What are they gonna do, storm in and bite us?”
“Besides, this is the capital!”
Chu Hai looked at these clueless fools and nearly lost it.
“Mr. Huang, Mr. Lei, you have no idea who these people are. If you did, you’d run faster than rabbits.”
That hooked everyone’s interest.
“Chu, isn’t that an exaggeration?”
“Who are they? What’s their story? Tell us why a big capitalist like you is so terrified?”
Chu Hai took a deep breath and uttered a single name: “The Wanlong Society. Ever heard of it?”
Lei Yun paused. The name did ring a bell.
“Wanlong Society? Isn’t that the parent company of Wanhui Preferred—the one you invested in? Based in Mingzhu City? Pretty strong enterprise, right?”
Chu Hai gave a bitter smile. “Enterprise? Ha… that’s just the surface.”
“The real Wanlong Society is deeply criminal. They have thousands of these thug-like thugs in black on their payroll.”
“Thousands!”
At that, every business tycoon in the room shot up from their seats.
“Chu, are you serious? Thousands? Are we hearing that right?”
Damn, the men downstairs didn’t look like corporate employees or security guards—they looked like mobsters.
And this outfit supposedly had thousands of them?
Their first thought was: Is this still Dragon Country? How such a huge fish slip through the net without getting wiped out?
What kind of protection would it take to sustain such a terrifying force?
Chu Hai nodded heavily. “Yes, thousands. And they’re not just many—they’re ruthless. I’m telling you, in Mingzhu City… no, in this whole country, you’re better off offending some rich second-generation heirs or even officials than crossing the Wanlong Society—especially… their young lady.”
Lei Yun’s mind flashed back to the girl in the apricot dress downstairs. “You mean… the girl in the dress?”
Chu Hai: “Exactly! That little mistress!”
“Don’t let her looks fool you. I’m telling you, she’s cold and merciless. Those old gang bosses in Mingzhu City—Brother Dragon, Brother Tiger, Brother Leopard—she uprooted them one by one. They were either physically deleted or sent to rot in prison. Not a single one walked away.”
"I once went over there to sign an investment agreement, and I saw with my own eyes a very influential local crime boss. Just because he offended her, she brought in a few hundred people and took him out! The craziest thing is, the cops were standing right there watching, and they didn't do a thing—they even helped seal off the scene!"
Lei Yun: "!!!"
Lin Bin: "!!!"
Huang Zhangming: "!!!"
They were all just dying to ask Chu Hai: "Are you sure that isn't some horror story that happened overseas?"
