Chapter 77
“Why are you yelling at me? You can’t even get in the door yourself, can’t offer him anything better, and won’t let me be kind enough to introduce him to some business, to expand his ventures.” The woman known as Hu Xue raised her eyebrows at Lin Mengyao, her words full of hidden meanings that both belittled Xu Ke’s status and insinuated Lin Mengyao’s infidelity and chaotic private life.
Lin Mengyao was so enraged by her shameless words that her whole body trembled, her pretty face turning red. Xu Ke’s gaze darkened, for the first time looking at this woman who was not worthy of his notice with deep, dark eyes that seemed to reflect nothing.
“Watch your mouth. If you don’t want to keep your tongue, I can help you take it out.”
“Ungrateful thing. Honey, listen to what he said, he’s threatening me right in front of you. You have to stand up for me.” Hu Xue glared fiercely at Xu Ke, then clung to Zhou Bo’s arm, whining with a deliberately sweet voice that gave people goosebumps.
“Okay, okay, I will definitely stand up for you.” Zhou Bo stroked Hu Xue’s hand, softly coaxing her.
“I don’t like the way he just talked to me. Slap him for me until he apologizes.” Hu Xue pointed at Xu Ke and said to Zhou Bo.
“Okay, whatever you say.” After Zhou Bo said this, he raised his hand to slap Xu Ke. In his view, this person who left no impression on him was a minor character, not worth mentioning, no matter how intimidating his demeanor was. As long as the Zhou Family stood, he could handle such people however he liked.
Not only he thought so, but everyone present did as well. No matter how fierce Xu Ke appeared, as long as he lacked sufficient power and family background, he was just a paper tiger. Zhou Bo dealing with him was a trivial thing. They could even foresee what would happen next: Zhou Bo would beat him up a bit, toss him some money as a token gesture.
Just when everyone was feeling uninterested, a change occurred.
“Ah!”
The Xu Ke, who they had predicted would be beaten by Zhou Bo, was now holding Zhou Bo’s arm behind his back with one hand, and after the first scream, directly dislocated his arm. Meanwhile, his other hand was firmly covering Lin Mengyao’s eyes, preventing her from witnessing this scene.
“Ah! You actually hit someone! Do you know who he is? He’s the second uncle of the Zhou Group’s president. You dare do this to him? Your Lin Family can wait to face the Zhou Family’s wrath and go bankrupt, and you, you won’t escape either.” Hu Xue screamed first, then supported Zhou Bo, whose arm had been dislocated by Xu Ke, speaking shrilly.
“I won’t let you off. Just wait, I want you to kneel and beg me.” Zhou Bo shouted furiously, clutching his dislocated arm.
The servant, who had been watching everything from the door, quickly called the security team over. Then he walked up to Xu Ke and Lin Mengyao, speaking with a cold and serious expression: “The Yun Family is not a place you can come and cause trouble. I’ve reported this to the Yun Family, and neither of you can leave until this is fully resolved.”
The security team, summoned by the servant, surrounded Xu Ke and Lin Mengyao, making them look like criminals, which made Lin Mengyao so angry that her eyes turned red. Being treated this way as invited guests was a humiliation to anyone.
“They provoked us first, they hit us too. Why are we the ones being surrounded? The troublemakers aren’t the only ones at fault. Both parties bear responsibility; you shouldn’t treat only us like this.” Lin Mengyao tried hard to control her trembling voice, speaking clearly.
“They have an invitation and are guests of the Yun Family.” The servant only spoke half a sentence, but his tone was clear; without an invitation, they deserved to be treated like this.
Xu Ke’s expression gave away nothing, just gently patting Lin Mengyao’s back with a steady rhythm to calm her, then he spoke with a clear voice: “We also have an invitation.”
“Bullshit. If you have an invitation, I’ll take your last name. If you really had an invitation, why didn’t you take it out earlier, lingering at the gate for so long without producing it? Now you claim you have it; what, are you going to say you left it at home and forgot to bring it?”
The security team included someone skilled in bone setting, and while the servant and Lin Mengyao spoke, he reset Zhou Bo’s dislocated bone. At this moment, Zhou Bo, sweating profusely and pale, walked up to Xu Ke, his eyes filled with malice and mouth spewing vicious taunts.
“Take your last name? You think too highly of yourself.” Xu Ke looked coldly at him, devoid of the previous murderous intent, but this didn’t mean Xu Ke would easily let him off.
If anyone who knew Xu Ke were present, they would know that when Xu Ke looked at someone like this, it meant they were irrevocably placed on his blacklist, and those on Xu Ke’s blacklist never had a good ending; losing everything was just routine.
However, the man in front of him didn’t know Xu Ke. He only felt provoked, simultaneously fearing Xu Ke’s lethal moves and wishing to ruin him, with the latter thought overpowering his fear.
“You’ve reached this point and still act arrogant. Truly reckless. If you really have the guts, show me the invitation now, and I’ll call you daddy. But if you can’t, I’ll ruin you and ensure you never find a foothold in Luo City again,” the man sneered viciously.
“Yes, exactly.” Hu Xue clung to Zhou Bo’s arm, pointing and echoing, “She’s the source of all this; she can’t be let off either.”
Hu Xue and Zhou Bo wanted to see fear and trepidation on Xu Ke and Lin Mengyao’s faces, but they only saw Lin Mengyao looking at them with a complex gaze mixed with a hint of sympathy. Her invitation was undoubtedly stolen and couldn’t be retrieved, but Xu Ke said he had an invitation when he came, so he must have it, making the forthcoming outcome for these two people obvious.
Seeing Lin Mengyao’s barely suppressed schadenfreude, Xu Ke also curved his lips into a smile. Amid Zhou Bo and Hu Xue’s mocking stares, he took out the invitation that should have been presented earlier.
“I don’t have a son as big as you.” Xu Ke coldly looked at Zhou Bo, whose face had turned liver-red.
The people around, witnessing this reversal, tried hard to hold back, but Zhou Bo still heard their snickers, which cut into him like blades over his face. He had never been so humiliated, never!