44: Chapter 44 The Young Master's Trouble

In the hallway, Lai Yifan was shielding Du Meiyan behind him, surrounded by five or six well-dressed young men.

Lai Yifan's face was full of fury, the veins on his forehead bulging as he argued loudly with them: "Do you have any sense of reason? It was clearly you who started touching her!"

Du Meiyan hid behind him, her eyes red-rimmed, her hands clutching the hem of her clothes tightly.

Li Dakang stepped forward quickly, standing calmly beside Lai Yifan, and asked with concern: "Yifan, what happened?"

His voice was not loud, but it carried a reassuring strength; back in the private room, everyone had already introduced themselves to each other.

"Brother Li."

Lai Yifan pointed at one of the men wearing a designer suit, his voice trembling slightly with anger: "This bastard took advantage of Du Meiyan! Not only does he refuse to admit his mistake, but he also called people to surround us!"

It turned out that a few minutes ago, when Du Meiyan was coming out of the restroom, she had accidentally brushed past a drunk young man.

Seeing how pure and lovely she was, the man had actually used his drunken state to grope her.

Du Meiyan screamed, and Lai Yifan rushed over at the sound, only to be surrounded by the man's accomplices.

At this moment, the perpetrator stepped forward.

He was in his early twenties, with several distinct acne scars on his face, wearing a meticulously tailored designer suit, and an expensive watch on his wrist.

He looked Li Dakang up and down with bleary, drunken eyes, pointed at him with breath reeking of alcohol, and asked arrogantly: "Kid, are you with these two?" His tone was full of contempt, as if interrogating a servant.

Facing the rude questioning, Li Dakang did not change his expression and replied indifferently: "That's right."

Seeing him admit it, the man in the suit sneered: "Since you're all together, that makes things easy."

He deliberately shook his suit: "This woman bumped into me just now and got my high-end, imported suit dirty."

"Looking at your pathetic, poor appearance, I don't want to make things too difficult for you. Pay ten thousand yuan, and this matter will be settled."

Li Dakang was dressed casually today and looked like an ordinary college student, so it was no wonder he was looked down upon.

But the calm and composed aura he exuded was not something an ordinary student would possess.

What was the concept of ten thousand yuan in 1993?

At that time, the monthly salary of an ordinary worker was only around two hundred yuan, which meant it would take five years of saving without eating or drinking to scrape that together!

For this person to demand ten thousand yuan right off the bat, he clearly had a significant background and was used to riding roughshod over others.

But who was Li Dakang?

The direct grandson of the Li family in the capital!

In this territory of Jiang Province, there was no one he couldn't afford to offend.

Although he didn't look for trouble, he was certainly not afraid of it.

Li Dakang raised the corner of his mouth, revealing a look of contempt: "They say Qilin Restaurant is a high-end establishment in Mingzhou, so how did a toad jump out? It seems it doesn't live up to its reputation."

"Kid, are you tired of living?!"

A man who looked like an underling immediately roared: "How dare you speak to our Young Master Lu like that! Do you know who Young Master Lu is?"

"Dakang, what's going on?"

It turned out that Division Chief Hu Weihang and the others, seeing that they hadn't returned for a long time and fearing something had happened, had also come out to check.

Seeing his parents had arrived, Lai Yifan immediately recounted what had happened.

Deputy Director Lai Chengwei was about to lose his temper after hearing this, but his expression changed drastically upon seeing who the other party was. Wasn't this Young Master Lu, the son of the head of their Municipal Government?

Cold sweat seeped from Deputy Director Lai Chengwei's forehead, and he quickly apologized with a smile: "Oh my, so it's Young Master Lu! It's really a case of friends failing to recognize each other!"

"I am Deputy Director Lai Chengwei of the Nanfu District Finance Bureau, and these two are my son and future daughter-in-law. They are still young and ignorant."

"Young Master Lu, for my sake, can we let this slide? I'll have them apologize to you."

One has to bow when under the eaves; Deputy Director Lai Chengwei knew very well that he couldn't afford to offend the son of the Municipal Government's top official, otherwise his position as deputy director might not be safe.

"So it's Deputy Director Lai."

Young Master Lu lifted his chin arrogantly: "Normally, giving you face wouldn't be an issue, but this kid dared to curse at me just now."

He pointed at Li Dakang and said: "He must kneel down and apologize to me, otherwise this is not over!"

The atmosphere in the hallway instantly froze.

Deputy Director Lai Chengwei's face turned pale; he knew this demand was too excessive, but he was even more aware of the consequences of refusing.

"Division Chief Hu, he is the son of Mayor Lu of our Mingzhou. What do you think about this?"

Deputy Director Lai Chengwei lowered his voice and leaned in to ask Division Chief Hu Weihang, his voice filled with obvious anxiety, fine beads of sweat already seeping from his forehead as his fingers rubbed together unconsciously.

Hearing this, Division Chief Hu Weihang's mouth curved slightly upward, revealing a meaningful smile.

He straightened his suit cuffs, turned his gaze to Young Master Lu, and said slowly: "Young man, let me give you a piece of advice: don't be too arrogant."

His voice was unhurried, yet it carried the authority of someone who had long held a high position.

After hearing this, Young Master Lu exchanged glances with the few underlings beside him, and then burst into a burst of shrill laughter.

The laughter echoed in the hallway, full of disdain and provocation.

Young Master Lu laughed until he was doubled over, even exaggeratedly wiping away non-existent tears from the corners of his eyes.

"If you aren't arrogant, can you even call yourself a young man?"

Young Master Lu stopped laughing abruptly, raised an eyebrow, retorted, and deliberately drew out his tone, his words full of arrogance.

After speaking, he took a provocative step forward, almost pressing himself right in front of Division Chief Hu Weihang.