Chapter 57 Trouble

"Ciro!"

Vincenzo's furious voice came from the chaotic gambling table, and his aura of a general with the swift steps of a tiger and the dragon gradually spread throughout the conference hall.

Vincenzo strode towards Cheng Yi, with the silver pistol stuck in his waist already pulled out and pointed accurately at Cheng Yi's forehead.

Cheng Yi ignored it, as if the person the gun was pointing at was not him.

"You hurt Jesse and you still want to leave!"

Cheng Yi lowered his eyelids and snorted coldly: "If I want to leave, who can stop me? You?"

The voice was filled with strong contempt and disdain.

“Click.”

Qi Huang and Ling Shuo, who had been hiding somewhere, suddenly appeared and pointed their loaded pistols at Vincenzo from the left and right.

"Don't be rude to the head of the household."

Vincenzo never expected that a great admiral like him would be ignored and threatened like this. His eyes were wide open, and the whites of his eyes were bloodshot due to anger.

"Cheng Yi!"

He almost roared out a sentence in Chinese, yelling Cheng Yi's name.

Cheng Yi remained indifferent, his cold eyes slightly lowered, "Those idiots praised you too highly."

"when--"

Cheng Yi slowly raised his hand, and the muzzle of the gun that Vincenzo was pointing at him made a crisp sound. His narrow eyes coldly swept over all the military honors on Vincenzo's body.

He let out a sneer of extreme contempt.

"Vincenzo, have you been living too comfortably these years and forgotten who helped you secure your position?"

"I respect you, so I call you General."

Cheng Yi's tone suddenly took a turn for the worse, overflowing with anger, and a sinister aura dissipated between breaths.

"Otherwise, I have plenty of candidates for your current position."

Those golden-brown eyes, which were already filled with coldness, were gradually filled with a layer of murderous bloodthirstiness, as if to freeze the air around them.

The limbs of the people present seemed to be frozen by the cold, and they could not move at all.

"If anyone wants to touch my woman, Cheng Yi, they have to think about how much they can afford to pay."

Cheng Yi spoke in a romantic Italian tone, carrying with it a gloomy chill.

Vincenzo's overwhelming momentum collapsed at this moment. He stood there in a daze, and the hand holding the gun seemed to become uncontrollable at this moment.

This man was completely different from when I first met him all those years ago.

He has completely grown from a lone wolf with only cold-blooded fangs to the decisive and murderous leader of a pack of wolves.

Vincenzo's voice had gradually calmed down. "It's just one woman. Is it worth it? Falling out at a royal banquet will do no good to either you or me."

"The woman is mine, and I have the final say on whether she is worthy or not."

Cheng Yi restrained his murderous aura and calmly put on the silk gloves he had taken off before the gambling game.

"Huang, Shuo, step back."

"yes."

Qi Huang Ling Shuo respectfully put away the gun and left the scene quietly.

Cheng Yi raised his extremely elegant hand and smiled at Vincenzo, "Admiral, have fun."

Then he gently bent down his broad back and kissed Lu Qian's forehead, "Let's go."

The eyes of the entire reception room followed Cheng Yi and Lu Qian as they left.

The situation changed completely in the blink of an eye.

Lu Qianchen lowered her head, feeling complicated. She was so thin-skinned that she would blush even when being stared at, but she ignored the gazes of the guests.

Cheng Yi sat on the sofa in the rest area, hugged Lu Qian tightly around the waist, and raised his hand to stroke her wrinkled little face.

"What's wrong?"

Lu Qian looked down at Cheng Yi, his eyes flashing with apology, and he said in a tangled tone: "Have I caused you any trouble..."

She didn't understand much else, but "women" were mentioned in their conversation.

"hiss--"

Lu Qian felt a stinging pain on her face, which made her gasp in pain.

"It hurts, it hurts," Lu Qian's tears were almost pinched out by Cheng Yi. She slapped Cheng Yi's big hands and said, "Let go."

Doesn't this man know how strong his hands are?

Cheng Yi withdrew his hand from pinching Lu Qian's pink cheek and said casually, "You are so small, how big a trouble can it be?"

Lu Qian raised his hand and rubbed his face, which was pinched stiff by Cheng Yi, "You can't say that..."

"Don't think too much." Cheng Yi picked up a glass of champagne on the table and handed it to Lu Qian. "It has nothing to do with you."

"Brother, you're making such a big show."

Qu Le walked out of the reception room holding Luo Chuan's arm and went straight to Cheng Yi.

Luo Chuan smiled brightly and said, "I didn't see the heroic figure of the master! What a pity!"

"You can let my brother shoot you right now," Qu Le said with a smile as he slashed Luo Chuan's chest and stabbed him hard in the heart, "and restore it to you."

"Le Le, you are so cruel," Luo Chuan picked up Qu Le's scattered hair, "I like it so much."

Lu Qian got goosebumps all over his body from the interaction between the two people, and he kept shrinking his neck.

Cheng Yi looked at Lu Qian, who had her eyes wide open and looked cunning, and smiled softly, "It's very corny, isn't it?"

Qu Le left Luo Chuan aside and sat next to Cheng Yi, holding a glass of red wine. "Hey, anyone can say this, but you two can't."

After hearing this, Lu Qian's face turned red again. She raised her hand and pressed it against Cheng Yi's solid chest, wanting him to let go.

Cheng Yi was so happy when he saw Lu Qian becoming shy that he didn't want to let go at all.

Qu Le supported his chin with both hands, narrowed his eyes softly, and looked at Cheng Yi with a half-smile.

"Brother, you are becoming more and more like a human being."

When Cheng Yi heard Qu Le's words, his hand caressing Lu Qian paused for a moment.

The pause was so natural that even Lu Qian didn't notice it.

But the perfect smile on Cheng Yi's face remained unchanged.

"When did I, your brother, stop being human?"

Qu Le smiled, neither admitting nor denying, just staring at Cheng Yi in silence.

Lu Qian just watched the two of them playing charades, unable to understand a single thing.

"Hey, idiot, you're back?"

Luo Chuan saw Jiang Luan walking out of the side hall and jokingly walked up to him and started a conversation.

Jiang Luan hunched his back and slapped Luo Chuan's hand away impatiently, "Don't bother me."

Luo Chuan just laughed it off and asked, "What's wrong? Did your uncle not treat you well?"

Jiang Luan ignored Luo Chuan's provocation and turned to Cheng Yi. "Master, Duke Dai Wei asked me to tell you that the German deployment is ready. As soon as foreign munitions arrive in German territory, a letter will be sent immediately."

"And the Duke hopes to use Tavia's drug research laboratory to allow me to develop military stimulants for the German army."

"As a return gift," Jiang Luan took two steps forward and approached Cheng Yi, whispering, "The European Investment Bank will provide research funding to Tavia."

After hearing this, Cheng Yi smiled calmly.

"Duke Daiwei is really generous. Jiang Luan, you have worked hard this time."

Jiang Luan subconsciously tried to push up his glasses, but when his bony hands reached his nose, he didn't touch anything.

He put his hand down in disappointment, lowered his eyes and replied, "It's nothing. After all, the research is mine."

"Don't be so stubborn, idiot," Luo Chuan said, putting his arm around Jiang Luan's shoulders with a smile, "Everyone knows that you are completely devoted to the boss."

Jiang Luan pushed Luo Chuan away and said, "As expected of a thief leader, all he does every day is steal things and spread rumors."