“President, last time the Qiao Corporation supplied us with goods, the total value was twenty million.”

“However, because the quality of the goods wasn’t up to standard, we refused their payment request.”

“The CEO of the Qiao Corporation, Qiao Qiumeng, then approached me, wanting to ask me for a favor…”

Before Zhao Heilong could open his mouth to ask what was going on, Yu Kaihe spoke up first, talking endlessly.

“Moreover, this Qiao Qiumeng even prepared to seduce me. But what kind of person am I? I am a loyal cadre under you, President, with a red heart always facing the sun!”

“Naturally, I rejected her on the spot. But I didn’t expect her to turn angry from shame and even play a badger game on me, calling her husband over to beat me up.”

“Look, these injuries on my face were all left by her husband!”

As Yu Kaihe spoke, he pointed to his own face, which was covered in bloodstains and bruises.

Zhao Heilong frowned impatiently. Hearing Yu Kaihe slinging mud wildly at her, Qiao Qiumeng became anxious.

Disregarding her fear, she took three steps in two to reach Zhao Heilong, bowed, and said, “Mr. Zhao, please don’t listen to his nonsense.”

“There were absolutely no problems with that twenty million worth of goods. He was just deliberately making things difficult for our company…”

“Also, what he said about me seducing him is completely false. He was the one who wanted to use his authority to enforce some disgusting unspoken rules.”

“My husband hit him because he laid hands on me first. There are still injuries on my face! If you don’t believe me, take a look!”

Zhao Heilong, however, waved his hand, directly interrupting Qiao Qiumeng’s defense. With a face full of sneers, he said, “Do I need to care about who is right and who is wrong between you two?”

Qiao Qiumeng froze.

Zhao Heilong said coldly, “At the entrance of my Black Dragon Chamber of Commerce, hitting my man means you are in the wrong!”

“Since you dared to bring someone to beat him here, you are not giving me, Zhao Heilong, any face!”

“Do you think I need to listen to your explanations?”

As he spoke, Zhao Heilong leaned forward slightly, staring into Qiao Qiumeng’s eyes with intense pressure, and sneered, “I simply don’t care!”

The moment these words came out, Qiao Qiumeng’s expression changed completely.

Beside them, Yu Kaihe began to feel triumphant. Zhao Heilong had always been protective of his own. Getting beaten into this bear-like state right at the chamber’s entrance meant that even if the other party had heavenly reasoning, Zhao Heilong would absolutely punish them!

“President Zhao has always done things this way, domineering and leaking aura, never listening to these things.”

“Yeah, last time someone from the chamber did something wrong and got beaten by outsiders. But President Zhao didn’t say a word and directly crippled the guy’s two hands!”

“Reasoning with President Zhao doesn’t work. He only looks at the person, not the matter. He’s autocratic and extremely domineering!”

Zhao Heilong’s words didn’t exceed the expectations of the onlookers. They seemed to have predicted long ago that things would trend this way.

Qiao Qiumeng was badly frightened by Zhao Heilong’s imposing manner. Subconsciously, she retreated a few steps, bumping into Qi Dengxian’s embrace with a thud.

Qi Dengxian reached out to support Qiao Qiumeng’s body, looking at Zhao Heilong with a faint smile that wasn’t quite a smile.

Zhao Heilong snorted coldly, raising his eyelids to meet Qi Dengxian’s gaze.

The moment their eyes met.

Zhao Heilong’s body shook violently, and the sunglasses on his face nearly fell off.

“I tried my best!” Qiao Qiumeng gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice.

Qi Dengxian smiled and nodded, then squinted his left eye slightly.

Having squatted in Ghost Capital Prison for a full five years, how could Zhao Heilong not know that the Second-in-Command liked to make this gesture right before he dealt with someone!

To this day, he still remembered clearly how he was taken down by Qi Dengxian with one hand, then tied up by those lackey-like prisoners and hung from a utility pole for three days and three nights.

Because of Qi Dengxian’s special “hobby” of hanging people upside down, the prisoners were influenced by what they saw and heard. Plus, since they had all suffered this loss themselves, they were very happy to help the Second-in-Command hang up disobedient newcomers for a lesson.

“Motherfucker, it really is him… The one I saw in the sports club that day was also him!” In this instant, Zhao Heilong felt his calf muscles cramp up, giving him the sensation of being unable to stand steady.

Of course, Zhao Heilong wouldn’t think that just because he was out of prison and more powerful, he would be bold enough to challenge Qi Dengxian.

Damn it, which one of the people locked in Ghost Capital Prison wasn’t a big shot? There was even a fierce man who trafficked nuclear warheads!

Is the Second-in-Command, who tamed those fiends into obedience, someone I can afford to provoke?

“Fuck!”

Zhao Heilong suddenly cursed, clenching his fists.

“President Zhao is angry. The Qiao family is probably completely finished this time!”

“I haven’t seen President Zhao this angry in a long time. These two probably won’t have a good ending.”

“It’s too scary. Everyone move further away to avoid touching President Zhao’s reverse scale.”

Yu Kaihe, standing aside, was full of smugness. He said to Qiao Qiumeng and Qi Dengxian, “You two, why haven’t you knelt and kowtowed to beg President Zhao to spare your lives?”

“Ants like you—me being willing to meet you was already giving you face, yet you dared to lay hands on me?”

“Now that President Zhao is here, try being rampant again for me to see?”

Pa!

Zhao Heilong turned his head and smashed an old fist onto Yu Kaihe’s face. The blow sent Yu Kaihe’s body flying straight out. After crashing to the ground, he slid another three to five meters.

This punch directly shattered Yu Kaihe’s teeth. Clatter, clatter, he spat out several large, bloody molars, looking at Zhao Heilong with a face full of confusion.

Zhao Heilong rushed up and kicked Yu Kaihe in the stomach, cursing, “I pay your salary and let you work at the Black Dragon Chamber of Commerce so you can earn money for me, not so you can rely on my reputation to act like a tyrant everywhere!”

“A heroine as capable as President Qiao would invest the capital to seduce you? Why don’t you take a piss and look at your own reflection carefully!”

“Relying on a little power to make things difficult for others and ruining the reputation of our Black Dragon Chamber of Commerce, huh? Today I’ll cripple you!”

Beaten by Zhao Heilong until he cried for his parents, Yu Kaihe curled up on the ground holding his head, screaming, “President, I won’t dare again, I’ll never dare again! Forgive me, give me a chance…”

The surrounding people watched in stunned silence. This plot twist… isn’t it a bit too fast?!

While kicking Yu Kaihe, Zhao Heilong’s back was already covered in a layer of dense cold sweat. He could only continue to bite the bullet, pretending not to know Qi Dengxian, acting deeply righteous as he listed Yu Kaihe’s crimes while delivering heavy kicks to his body.

“This bastard, daring to hit even the Second-in-Command’s wife. He’s trying to get me killed!” Zhao Heilong truly wished he could beat Yu Kaihe to death on the spot.

Qiao Qiumeng was stunned, her eyes wide open, looking at this scene in disbelief.

Meanwhile, sitting in the coffee shop, Li Yunwan was trembling with excitement, spilling some of her coffee.

“I picked up a leak. I picked up a leak, and it’s a national treasure-level leak!” Li Yunwan’s lips trembled, and she was somewhat incoherent, taking a long time to finish this sentence.

She had been observing seriously the whole time. Zhao Heilong’s attitude shifted from arrogance when he got out of the car, to shock, then to fear, and now to impotent rage…

All these changes started from the moment he took that one look at Qi Dengxian.

NOTES

Badger game: Specifically “Immortal Jump,” a classic trap where a woman lures a man into a compromising situation, and an accomplice (usually posing as a husband/boyfriend) bursts in to extort money or beat him up.

Reverse scale: A mythical dragon’s scale that grows in the opposite direction; touching it causes the dragon to kill instantly. Used metaphorically for someone’s berserk button or untouchable soft spot.

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