329: Chapter 329 Nonsense and Unreasonable Argumentation!

Wangjiang Tower.

In a private room on the third floor, pushing open the window revealed the winding Yuan River. In the distance, the green mountains looked like dark eyebrows; the scenery was exquisite.

Zhao Wu took charge and ordered a table full of dishes.

Western Hunan Blood Tofu Duck, Miao-style Sour Fish Soup, Stir-fried Bracken with Preserved Meat, Steamed Ribs with Chopped Chili... The table was packed, steaming hot and overflowing with fragrance.

"Instructor Ye, Miss Jin, try this Blood Tofu Duck!"

"This is a specialty of our Western Hunan. The ducks are free-range from the mountains, and the blood tofu is made from glutinous rice and duck blood!"

"You absolutely can't find this flavor anywhere else."

Zhao Wu greeted them warmly, personally serving food to Ye Chen and Jin Meiting.

Ye Chen looked at the food piled high in his bowl, caught between laughter and tears.

"Boss Zhao, with the way you're going, I'm afraid I'll have to lean against the wall to walk out of here."

Zhao Wu laughed heartily.

"That won't do, that won't do! This is just the beginning."

"In a moment, there's a Clay Pot Simmered Soup made with wild mushrooms gathered from the mountains. It's been stewed for a full eight hours; it's incredibly fresh!"

As he spoke, he filled Ye Chen's glass with wine again.

With such attentiveness, an outsider would think he was serving some incredibly important figure.

Although... Ye Chen truly was.

After three rounds of drinks and five courses of food.

Zhao Wu put down his chopsticks, the smile on his face fading slightly as he spoke solemnly.

"Instructor Ye, to be honest, I suppose this counts as bribery."

"I just hope that in the future at the Hidden Dragon Pavilion, you can look after my daughter a bit more."

"That girl has a stubborn streak. She lost her mother at a young age and carries everything on her own shoulders."

"I'm afraid she'll push herself too hard during training and won't say anything even if she gets hurt..."

He continued speaking.

His eyes reddened slightly again.

It was clear.

This "mine owner" who commanded the wind and clouds was also a sentimental man.

Ye Chen looked at him and nodded.

"Shen Qing has good talent; she's a fine prospect."

"I've already treated that old injury on her right ankle. As long as she trains normally from now on, there won't be any issues."

"As for looking after her..."

Ye Chen paused.

"I treat all students of the Hidden Dragon Pavilion equally."

"I'll teach what needs to be taught and train what needs to be trained."

"How far she can go depends on her own ability."

Hearing this, a grateful smile appeared on Zhao Wu's face, and he nodded repeatedly.

"That's enough, that's enough!"

"With those words from you, I can rest easy!"

He picked up his wine glass, drained it in one gulp, and let out a long sigh.

"It really hasn't been easy..."

"Going back eight generations in our Zhao family, we were all farmers scratching a living from the earth."

"In my generation, I worked myself to death to open a mine and made some money, but so what?"

"In the eyes of those true prestigious families, we're just nouveau riche, country bumpkins."

"It wasn't easy to produce a martial artist like Qing'er who could enter the Hidden Dragon Pavilion..."

"I truly hope she can make something of herself, to do her mother proud and to do the Zhao family proud!"

Ye Chen looked at him without replying.

But he could feel the earnest expectations this Western Hunan mine owner had for his daughter.

Miao Renfeng chimed in from the side.

"Brother Zhao, don't you worry."

"With the Master at the Hidden Dragon Pavilion, nothing will go wrong for the girl."

Zhao Wu laughed and raised his glass: "Right, right, right! With Instructor Ye there, what do I have to worry about?"

"Come, come, come, let's drink!"

The group raised their glasses and drained them.

The atmosphere was at its peak.

Suddenly.

A commotion came from outside the private room door.

"You can't go in!"

"There are distinguished guests inside, you..."

It was the waiter's voice, tinged with anxiety and panic.

Immediately after.

The voice stopped abruptly.

BANG!!!

The door to the private room was kicked open, and seven or eight burly men filed in, led by a man in his fifties... it was Li Meng.

Following behind him were the uncles and brothers of the Li family, each clutching clubs or sticks.

The waiter was pushed aside, face pale, standing there helplessly.

"I... I'm sorry, they forced their way in, I couldn't stop them..."

Zhao Wu's expression darkened instantly.

He set down his wine glass, his cold gaze sweeping over the uninvited guests.

"Who are you people?"

"How dare you barge into my room?"

Li Meng didn't even acknowledge Zhao Wu; his eyes scanned the room before finally locking onto Jin Meiting's face.

"Jin Meiting!"

"You bitch, I've finally found you!"

Jin Meiting's expression changed.

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and asked indifferently, "Who are you?"

Li Meng gave a cruel smile and took a large step forward.

"I am Li Huai's eldest uncle!"

"I've come today to get justice for Li Huai!"

The Li family members behind him also stepped forward, surrounding the room so tightly that not even water could leak through.

"That's right! Demand justice!"

"Jin Meiting! You drove Li Huai to his death; you must give us an explanation today!"

"A life for a life, a debt must be repaid!"

...Watching this scene.

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow and spoke slowly, "Sister Meiting has been in Xiamen City the whole time; how did she become a murderer?"

Li Meng slammed the table, spit flying everywhere.

"It was you people who forced him!"

"Forcing him to sell his body to pay back the money! He couldn't take the humiliation, so he committed suicide!"

"It's written clearly in his suicide note; you're the ones who killed him!"

Hearing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but chuckle: "Debts must be repaid; it's only natural. Is there a problem?"

Li Meng: "???"

Ye Chen continued.

"Telling him to sell himself was just talk; no one actually forced him. If he couldn't handle it, that's his problem."

"If you have the guts to borrow, you should have the guts to pay it back."

"Even a three-year-old understands this logic."

Li Meng: "???"

Ye Chen shrugged and leaned back in his chair.

"Now, get out."

"Don't let me see you again, or I'll throw you all into the Yuan River in a moment."

Li Meng: "???"

Shocking!

Absolutely shocking!

He never expected... this young man to be! To be! To be! This arrogant!

Facing seven or eight burly men armed with weapons, he actually dared to tell them to get out?

And even throw them into the Yuan River?

Did he damn well think they were just for show?

Li Meng laughed out of pure rage.

"Who the hell do you think you are?"

"I'm putting it plainly right now!"

"I'm going to hand the evidence over to the police station and let them judge!"

"We'll see then whether it's you who ends up behind bars or me!"

Ye Chen looked at him and sighed helplessly, "Do I need to give you a lesson on criminal law?"

Li Meng was stunned.

Ye Chen explained with mock seriousness.

"Even if you hand over your so-called evidence, no crime can be established."

"Why?"

"Because debts must be repaid; it's only natural."

"His suicide was his own choice; what does it have to do with the creditor?"

"Moreover..."

Ye Chen paused, his gaze suddenly turning cold.

"It was your Li family that owed the debt first."

"Since you're here, you might as well pay back the money you owe Sister Meiting."

Li Meng was completely dumbfounded.

He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

Debts must be repaid... yes, that's true.

But that was Li Huai's debt; what did it have to do with them?

Besides, the person is dead; what money is there to repay?

He suddenly snapped back to his senses, his expression becoming even more distorted.

"Stop making these damn unreasonable demands!"

"Li Huai is already dead; what more do you want?"

"If you don't give my Li family an explanation today, no one is leaving!"

The Li family members behind him echoed his words, their grip on their clubs tightening.

The atmosphere was tense, like a bowstring drawn to its limit.

Zhao Wu's face had completely darkened.

He set down his wine glass, slowly stood up, and stared coldly at Li Meng.

"An explanation?"

"What kind of explanation do you want?"

Li Meng glanced at him, not taking him seriously at all: "And who the hell are you? This is none of your business!"

Zhao Wu gave a cold laugh.

"Who am I?"

"My name is Zhao Wu, Chairman of the Yuanshan Group."

The expression on Li Meng's face instantly froze.

Yuanshan Group... Zhao Wu... that mining tycoon of Western Hunan?!

The uncles and brothers behind him couldn't hold it together.

Wait... why would that busy man, the elusive Zhao Wu, appear here?

But soon.

Li Meng, being the quickest-witted, reacted and threw his head back in laughter.

"Hahaha... You? Zhao Wu?"

"If you're fucking Zhao Wu, then I'm the top official of the province!"

"Keep pretending!"

"Go ahead, keep it up!"

"A big shot like Zhao Wu is busy with a thousand things; why would he be having dinner with a bitch who runs a nightclub?!"

As soon as those words were spoken.

Jin Meiting bit her lower lip, her fists clenched so tightly that her nails dug deep into her palms.

Ye Chen's face also turned cold.

He put down his chopsticks, lifted his eyelids, and fixed his gaze on Li Meng's face: "Try saying that one more time?"

Stared at by those eyes, Li Meng felt a chill run down his spine and instinctively took half a step back.

But in the next second, he was infuriated by his own reaction.

Damn it!

Why was he afraid of a kid in his early twenties?

He puffed out his chest, and his spit flew even more aggressively.

"Bitch!"

"Whore!"

"Stinking woman!"

"I said it, so what?!"

"You killed Li Huai; you must give us an explanation today!"

"Otherwise, I won't let you walk out of Baisha Town!"

Zhao Wu's face turned icy.

This group of bastards simply didn't know whether they were dead or alive!

What kind of existence was Ye Chen?

And they actually dared to provoke him!

Just as he was about to have his Bodyguards throw them out... suddenly!

Ye Chen spoke first: "Throw them out."