"Ye Xingchen, you bastard, all of this was caused by you. If it weren't for you, none of this would have happened. It's all your fault..." Cheng Qiang gritted his teeth and slammed his intact arm into the table in front of him.
"Hey, Young Master Cheng, why are you so angry?" a teasing voice came over.
"Fuck your mother..." Cheng Qiang instinctively cursed back. He was in a bad mood and had no desire to joke with anyone.
But after he uttered those words, he suddenly realized what he had said, and he quickly stood up, looking ahead in surprise.
Sure enough, Ye Xingchen was standing directly in front of him.
"Someone come quick!" Cheng Qiang roared. What were the bodyguards on the ship doing? Ye Xingchen had barged in so openly, didn't they know anything?
"Stop yelling. Your subordinates are too tired. I let them lie down and rest for a while. I've already thrown some of the disobedient ones into the river." Ye Xingchen said with a smile, "But don't worry, I think those few who fell into the river are pretty good swimmers. They won't die."
"How...how did you know I was here?" Cheng Qiang's face was ashen, as if his father had just died.
No, it seems his biological father is indeed dead.
"What's so difficult about that? Of course, I found out by asking around." Ye Xingchen said with a smile, "You, Young Master Cheng, really know how to enjoy life. Even after turning the Cheng family upside down like this, you can still comfortably run around here enjoying your retirement?"
"Where's my dad?" Cheng Qiang suddenly had a bad feeling. Since Ye Xingchen was able to find his way here without him having received any prior notice, it meant there was a big problem. Had something happened to the Cheng family?
"He died. He was bitten to death by the dogs he kept. The scene was truly gruesome." Ye Xingchen said with some regret, "Isn't it ironic? He really liked keeping dogs, and even fed them human flesh and blood. But he never expected that he would end up being bitten to death and swallowed alive by his own beloved dogs?"
“Impossible, he trained all his dogs. Oh right, it’s you, it must be you…” Cheng Qiang pointed at Ye Xingchen, feeling his hands and feet go cold.
This guy seems like a ruthless person, but actually, the more ruthless a person is, the more cowardly they become when things get to the crucial point.
Cheng Qiang now seems to have lost his momentum.
"Whether it's true or not is no longer important, is it?" Ye Xingchen laughed: "Young Master Cheng, I've warned you at least twice."
"I've told you twice, both openly and subtly, not to make an enemy of me unless absolutely necessary, but you wouldn't listen. Did you just ignore my words?"
"Now that things have come to this, it's no one's fault but your own because you were too greedy."
"I'm greedy? Ye Xingchen, I've been high and mighty since I was born." Cheng Qiang suddenly roared in anger: "If I want something, I will definitely get it. No one dares to disobey me."
"Who do you think you are, an outsider? What gives you the right to lecture me? What gives you the right?"
"The Cheng family has been established in Jinling for a century, a veritable old tree with deep roots. Your father entrusted the Cheng family to you, and you've given him a mess instead?" Ye Xingchen sneered. "I'm just an outsider, and I've managed to mess things up for you like this. What do you have to complain about?"
Cheng Qiang shut his mouth tightly and stopped talking; in fact, he didn't know what to say.
Yes, Ye Xingchen, an outsider, had managed to make him wish he were dead, so he really had nothing to say to him.
"Tell me, what do you want to do? Take my life?" Cheng Qiang asked angrily.
"There's no need for empty talk. Are you going to end it all yourself, or should I take care of it?" Ye Xingchen said with a smile, "Actually, Young Master Cheng, you are a respectable person."
"I'm sure you're not happy about being forced into this situation. How about this: you just end it all yourself. That way, I won't have to do anything about it, and you can save yourself some dignity."
"Don't even think about it, don't even think about it..." Cheng Qiang roared, "Ye Xingchen, even if you've pushed me to this point, I still won't accept it. I... I don't believe you dare to touch me."
"Young Master Cheng, you really make people look down on you." Ye Xingchen said speechlessly, "Even now, you still won't give up?"
"If you're magnanimous enough to end your own life, or if you have enough leverage to negotiate with me, I might think more highly of you."
"But what do you have left now? You have nothing left. What can you do besides screaming in terror here?"
Cheng Qiang's face was deathly pale; he knew that Ye Xingchen would not let him off this time.
But he was out of options; he had brought this situation to this point entirely on his own.
"Save some dignity for yourself." Ye Xingchen sighed. "After all, you're a person of some standing. Your father wasn't cowardly at all when he passed away."
Actually, Ye Xingchen's words were problematic. When his father passed away, it wasn't that he wasn't afraid, but that he simply didn't have the chance to be afraid.
After all, when a pack of wild dogs swarms in, no one has a chance to back down.
Cheng Qiang's face was ashen, and his lips trembled.
Suddenly, he knelt down in front of Ye Xingchen.
"What are you doing?" Ye Xingchen was also startled. He had considered countless possibilities regarding Cheng Qiang.
He had considered that this guy would be stubborn and refuse to admit defeat, and that he would struggle to the death and fight him to the death. But he never expected that this guy would be so cowardly. Of all the paths that could make others look up to him, he chose the one that Ye Xingchen despised the most.
"Ye Xingchen, I admit defeat. Please spare me. I won't fight you. Just spare my life, and I promise no one in the Cheng family will ever oppose you again," Cheng Qiang said through gritted teeth.
"Oh, you're not admitting defeat, you're just being flexible." Ye Xingchen suddenly realized that this guy wasn't really a coward; he was just flexible.
"No matter what, what happened between us shouldn't have happened. But since it has happened, let's choose the simplest way to resolve it. Let me go, and I will fully support all your plans in Jinling from now on."
"Are you negotiating with me?" Ye Xingchen asked.
"I guess so," Cheng Qiang nodded.
“But unfortunately, you don’t have enough leverage.” Ye Xingchen shook his head: “Cheng Qiang, stop struggling. It’s too late to say anything now. Don’t blame anyone but yourself for being blind and messing with the wrong person.”
"Is there really no room for negotiation?" Cheng Qiang looked up resentfully.
"That's all. I guess I've wasted a lot of time talking to you." Ye Xingchen shook his head. "Will you go on your own, or should I see you off?"
"Ye Xingchen, you've gone too far..." Cheng Qiang roared.
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