144: This is called gender equality!

Yiner didn't have time to react, nor did she even see how Ye Chen moved.

She only felt a burning pain on her left cheek, and the immense force made her stumble uncontrollably to the side, crashing heavily into the nearby coffee table!

"Crash—"

The teacups on the coffee table were knocked over, rolling onto the carpet, and dark tea stains quickly spread.

Half of Yiner's cheek swelled visibly, and a clear five-finger imprint quickly appeared.

She propped herself up with one hand, kneeling on the ground, her long hair disheveled, completely stunned.

She, was really hit?

He, actually dared to strike??

A few seconds later.

Yiner slowly raised her head, staring at Ye Chen in disbelief.

"You... you dared to hit me?"

Ye Chen asked back with a curious expression.

"Didn't you tell me to hit you?"

"I'm always happy to help others."

"Especially fulfilling requests like this... asking for a beating."

Yiner trembled with rage, a breath caught in her chest, almost making her faint on the spot.

Humiliation!

Unprecedented humiliation!

She came representing the Hidden Sect's Young Lady, yet in an ordinary office in the secular world, she was slapped loudly as if being taught a lesson like a subordinate!

"Ye Chen!"

Yiner squeezed out these two words from between her teeth, each syllable laced with icy hatred.

"This slap... I'll remember it!"

"Young Lady... and the Sect Master, will definitely know!"

"You will pay a hundred, a thousand times the price for your arrogance today!"

Ye Chen smiled, a somewhat playful smile.

"Oh?"

"You dare to threaten me?"

Before his words finished.

He raised his right foot and mercilessly stepped on Yiner's chest, which was wrapped in a cheongsam!

"Ugh!"

Yiner groaned, the immense force pressing her hard onto the ground, her back flat against the carpet. The pressure on her chest made it difficult to breathe, and her face instantly turned from red to white.

She struggled desperately, but she was like a butterfly pinned to the ground, unable to move at all.

Ye Chen slightly increased the pressure on his foot and slowly asked.

"I don't like being threatened."

"Those words you just said..."

"Were you serious?"

Yiner felt her sternum groaning, and the suffocating sensation almost made her pass out.

She glared at Ye Chen, screaming.

"You... you hit a woman!"

"You're not a man!!!"

Ye Chen, hearing this, simply spread his hands with a helpless expression.

"Strange."

"Don't some of you women constantly clamor for gender equality?"

"I'm putting your philosophy into practice with actual actions, fulfilling your wishes."

"How is it that when it comes to you, it becomes me hitting a woman?"

He paused, his tone full of confusion, "This logic... I can't quite follow it."

Yiner: "???"

She gasped, a breath caught in her throat, almost choking to death.

What the hell is gender equality!

What the hell is putting philosophy into practice!

This bastard was simply sophistry!

He was humiliating her!

Looking at Yiner's flushed face, Ye Chen shook his head.

"Forget it, I can't reason with you."

"I'm actually quite simple."

"My woman, I will cherish, I will spoil, I won't let her suffer even a bit of grievance."

His gaze suddenly turned cold, like an ice pick piercing Yiner.

"But those who aren't mine, especially a bitch like you who thinks she's superior, constantly spouting threats of violence, and always trying to threaten me..."

Ye Chen paused, then smiled slightly.

"I will treat everyone equally."

"What does 'treat everyone equally' mean? It means—peo-ple, are, e-qual."

"Understand?"

Yiner: "???"

Her head buzzed, completely stunned by Ye Chen's twisted logic.

For a moment... she couldn't find any words to refute, only boundless anger remained.

This young man simply didn't play by the rules!

His strength was absurdly high, and his mouth was deadly venomous!

Reason with him? Talk about status? Threaten him?

All useless!

He was like a stubborn piece of meat, impervious to persuasion, neither soft nor hard, yet holding an iron hammer that could crush people!

Ye Chen saw the shifting emotions in Yiner's eyes and knew the time was right.

He slowly withdrew his foot.

Yiner immediately felt a release in her chest, as if a thousand-pound burden had been lifted, and she coughed violently, greedily gasping for air.

Ye Chen stepped back two paces and sat back on the sofa next to Bing Lan.

Then.

He crossed his legs, his tone returning to normal.

"I'll let you off this time."

"Go back and tell your Young Lady, and your Sect Master."

"One week."

"I'm only giving them one week."

"Within one week, come here yourselves, kneel before me and apologize."

"If your attitude satisfies me, I might consider only crippling their cultivation and letting them live out their dog lives in prison."

He looked up, his gaze like a knife, pinning Yiner's pale face.

"If after a week, I don't see anyone..."

Ye Chen bared his teeth, revealing a chilling smile.

"Then I'll have to personally go and dismantle your sect's mountain gate, and your Young Lady's and your Sect Master's heads..."

"I'll twist them off and kick them around like balls."

"Did you understand?"

Yiner lay on the ground, her chest heaving violently: "...I will relay your words exactly!"

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, leaning slightly forward, his gaze fixed on her face.

"I asked..."

"Did you understand?"

The bone-chilling words made Yiner tremble all over.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

When she opened them again, the surging hatred in her eyes was forcibly suppressed.

"Un... understood."

"Wrong tone."

Ye Chen reminded her with a smile.

"Be gentler. Those who are inferior should have an inferior attitude."

"Even conveying a message has its rules."

"Who are you showing that 'parents died' expression to?"

"You—!" Yiner suddenly looked up, her eyes practically spitting fire, her fists clenching with a cracking sound.

If she could, she would have punched Ye Chen to death.

But the disparity in strength between them was too great... She gritted her teeth, her chest heaving a few times, but in the end, she forced herself to unclench her fists and lower her head.

Then.

Her tone also softened a bit.

"I, understand."

Only then did Ye Chen nod in satisfaction.

"Now..."

"You can scram."

Yiner said nothing more.

She struggled to her feet, spun around abruptly, quickly walked to the door, pulled it open, and her figure swiftly vanished outside.

Once the person left.

The tense atmosphere in the office instantly relaxed.

"Yay!"

Li Qin was the first to cheer, excitedly waving her fist.

"Younger Male Cousin, you're so cool!"

"That slap just now was so satisfying!"

She leaned closer to Ye Chen, her face beaming as she said.

"You wouldn't believe it, when that woman first arrived, her chin was practically in the sky!"

"She kept talking about 'my Young Lady' and 'Hidden Sect,' looking down on everyone, gesticulating at me, and even complaining that the tea I brewed wasn't classy enough!"

"If she hadn't specifically asked to see you, I would have kicked her out long ago!"

"So infuriating!"

Ye Chen, hearing this, gave her a speechless glance.

"It's a good thing you didn't actually kick her out."

"Otherwise..."

He paused, his tone calm but serious, "You'd be dead by now; that woman would have killed you."

It wasn't that he was exaggerating; that woman was inherently not a good person... and she reeked of blood, indicating she had killed many.

Li Qin's excitement instantly froze, and she instinctively shrank her neck: "No... no way? She's that powerful?"

"Peak Grandmaster." Ye Chen uttered four words.

Although Li Qin didn't understand the specific levels of martial arts, she knew the weight of the words "Grandmaster."

She immediately stuck out her tongue and muttered softly.

"Well... then she's lucky, I won't bother with her."

But then, she puffed out her chest, resuming her fearless and arrogant demeanor.

"But then again, even if I really died, eighteen years later, this girl will still be a hero!"

"But her, and that Hidden Sect behind her..."

Li Qin winked slyly, looking at Ye Chen, "You'll definitely wipe them out completely, leaving not even a speck of dust, right?"

Ye Chen looked at her righteous expression of "I can't beat them, but you'll definitely avenge me" and was momentarily dumbfounded.

This girl's thought process was always so unique.

At this moment.

Bing Lan, who had been sitting quietly to the side, gently put down her coffee cup and asked, "Were you deliberately provoking her?"

Ye Chen nodded, his expression becoming a bit more serious.

"According to Shadow Demon, the inner sect of the Hidden Sect is hidden on an island somewhere overseas, its location fluctuating, and the entry and exit methods are probably only known to core members."

"Instead of us spending time and effort to find them, it's better to let them come out themselves."

"The more arrogant I act, the more ruthless my methods, the greater the humiliation I inflict upon them..."

"The proud Young Lady and the Hidden Sect's Sect Master will be more likely to be unable to sit still and come knocking on our door themselves."

"It saves us a long journey."

Bing Lan listened quietly, then nodded gently.

"I understand."

"But this way, they will inevitably come out in full force, using their true foundation."

"You... be careful."

Ye Chen met her gaze and smiled: "Don't worry."

Seeing the two fall silent.

Li Qin couldn't help but speak again, looking eagerly at Ye Chen.

"Younger Male Cousin, why don't you teach me martial arts?"

"I also want to be able to slap people flying like you just did! How cool is that!"