Humiliation

"The Long Family is truly cold-blooded and heartless. Just because Long Fei and his sister's mother came from an ordinary family, they treated him like an outsider. Now that they've discovered Long Fei's talent and want him back, he refuses. You treated him like this, and your Long Family will pay the price sooner or later," Li Xiucheng said as he piloted the Proto Gundam Thunderbolt.

"Long Taotian, the MS you brought, even if they are newly developed by your Long Family, their performance is inferior to the GMs, let alone this Brave Tiger MS which is over ten years old."

Within minutes, Li Xiucheng's several GM MS squads quickly shot down all MS squads around Long Taotian and took control of all the frigates.

Long Taotian slumped onto his chair, knowing he was in for a terrible time.

Taiga and Gude were escorted onto a spacecraft, while Long Taotian, with handcuffs and shackles, was taken onto another.

Taiga and Gude looked out the window and saw two Albion MS carriers. The Skywing Arms Manufacturing Company could not only produce super high-performance Gundams but also such formidable MS carriers.

Both regretted their impulsive decision to provoke someone they shouldn't have.

The two spacecraft entered Albion 1.

After disembarking, they were led to a room by mercenaries.

As they entered the room, Long Fei was sitting on the sofa, making tea.

Long Fei gestured for them to sit.

Exchanging glances, they sat on the sofa opposite Long Fei, trembling.

Long Fei picked up the teapot, poured three cups of tea, and pushed two towards them, asking, "I wonder if you two can get used to the tea from our Hanxia Empire."

"Yes."

"It's fine."

They replied stiffly.

"There's no need to be nervous," Long Fei said with a smile, then picked up his teacup, blew on it, and took a sip.

Though nervous, their noble upbringing allowed them to quickly calm down and pick up their teacups to drink tea with a composed demeanor.

"Although the tea from the Hanxia Nation is bitter, it has a refreshing dry aroma and is quite invigorating," Gude said as he savored his tea.

"That's right. It's bitter when it first enters the mouth, but it leaves a refreshing and uplifting sensation afterward," Taiga said after draining his cup, fiddling with it.

Watching the three of them drink tea, an outsider might have thought they were having a friendly chat, unaware of their private armed forces having just engaged in combat.

Long Fei poured more tea and said, "You're right, different peoples have different styles of drinking tea."

Taiga and Gude continued to drink.

"I invited you two for tea to thank you for the excellent sparring session between your mercenary groups and mine. I'm thanking you for your hospitality."

Their eyebrows twitched as they understood Long Fei's implication.

"Yes, the three of us," Gude responded immediately.

"You two must be busy. I won't keep you any longer. Let's part ways here and talk another day," Long Fei said, pouring more tea into their cups.

They understood the tea table etiquette of the Hanxia Nation – pouring more tea signaled a farewell.

They drank it down, thanking Long Fei for the tea.

"See them out."

A mercenary escorted them out of the room, arranging for them to board separate spacecraft to return to their respective mercenary groups.

Shortly after they left, Li Jiaming entered the room and asked Long Fei, "Boss, does Long Taotian want to see you?"

Long Fei stood up and said, "Yes, I'd like to see him. Did our hospitality satisfy him?"

"I suspect he'll never forget it."

Long Taotian was now locked in a holding room, shirtless and wearing only underwear, with bruises all over his body.

Two mercenaries stood beside him, holding instruments and preparing to strike him.

He was now on the floor, begging for mercy, no longer the arrogant young master he usually was, but like a lowly commoner trampled underfoot.

"Please, don't!"

One mercenary grabbed his right leg, while the other held a wrench, ready to strike his right knee.

Just as the wrench was about to hit, the door opened. Seeing who had entered, the two mercenaries immediately stopped their actions and saluted Long Fei.

Long Fei walked into the holding room, followed by the Commander. A mercenary placed a chair behind Long Fei for him to sit down.

Seated, Long Fei looked at his disheveled cousin, who was being subjected to torture.

"Long Fei! Long Fei! If you dare treat me like this, my grandfather will never let you go!" Long Taotian yelled at Long Fei, his voice choked with tears.

"If he dares to seek revenge for you, I won't mind taking care of him as well. I just need to figure out how to do it properly, otherwise, he'll be dead before I can have much fun."

With that, Long Fei stood up and stomped on the back of Long Taotian's head.

"Look at your pathetic state now. This isn't the Long Taotian, the young master of the Long Family, who looks down on people of ordinary birth and always tramples on commoners."

"Now look at the situation. Isn't this exactly how you usually bully ordinary civilians? Except now the protagonist has changed. It's me, the mongrel with the blood of inferiors in the eyes of the Long Family, trampling on you, the young master of the Long Family with noble blood. Tell me, how do you feel now?"

"Go to hell!" Long Taotian stubbornly retorted.

"Hahaha, you've got some backbone. But I heard your pig-like cries for mercy outside. What's the matter, young master Long? Do you want to maintain your proud status in front of me?"

The mercenary who had been holding the wrench prepared to strike Long Taotian's right knee.

Long Fei raised his right hand to stop them.

"Come, help this young master of the Long family up. Don't let him kneel; it would be beneath his status."

As Long Taotian was helped up, his legs still trembled, and he couldn't stand steadily.

Long Fei landed a heavy punch on Long Taotian's stomach.

"Waaah!" Long Taotian cried out in pain, spitting up stomach acid. He clutched his abdomen and knelt down.

Long Fei crouched down and taunted Long Taotian, "Young Master Long Taotian, why have you knelt down? You are the high and mighty young master of the Long family. You should stand tall as you always do, looking down on everyone with that dismissive gaze, treating all commoners like ants. Kneeling like this, you can't possibly look down on everything with your usual haughty eyes."

Long Taotian looked up at Long Fei with hatred.

"Yes, that's the look. Many people you trampled on looked at you with just that kind of gaze. I will never forget how you bullied my third sister back then, how you stepped on her face in front of everyone and insulted her with those hateful words. Today, I'll let you taste what it feels like to be trampled by those you've wronged."

After speaking, Long Fei stood up and ordered the mercenaries to throw him into the hangar.

In the hangar, Long Taotian was thrown into the center, and everyone present surrounded him.

Long Fei, standing above, addressed everyone, "My dear mercenaries, allow me to introduce this young master of the Long family, Long Taotian. Although he is my cousin by status, he has never considered my sisters and me as family. It's all because my mother came from a humble background, and he believes my sisters and I are mixed-bloods of lower-class people. This young master Long Taotian has no real ability; he relies solely on his birth to constantly trample on and look down on ordinary people. Furthermore, he has committed countless evil deeds."

"Once, he took a liking to a beautiful campus belle from an ordinary background. When he was rejected during his pursuit, his pride was wounded. In his mind, only he could reject the requests of lower-class people; they had no right to refuse his requests, as it would be an insult, and he would punish them. So, he found some people, kidnapped the campus belle, and then assaulted her. To get revenge for her initial rejection, he even had the people involved in the kidnapping defile her."

As Long Fei spoke, all the mercenaries present, both men and women, had anger burning in their eyes as they glared at Long Taotian.

Long Fei continued, "Later, the campus belle's parents, unable to bear seeing their daughter so defiled, went to the police hoping to get justice for their daughter. However, Long Taotian used his family's influence to bribe the police, turning the tables and claiming the campus belle had willingly been with him and was now trying to extort him. He then bribed countless media outlets to smear the campus belle and her family. Unable to bear the defamation and the violation of her purity, the campus belle couldn't cope and ultimately committed suicide."

"Scum!!"

"Bastard!!!"

"Animal!!!!"

The mercenaries roared.

Long Fei continued to recount Long Taotian's evil deeds one by one. At this point, the mercenaries looked at Long Taotian as if they wanted to skin him alive or torture him to avenge the victims.

The two mercenaries who had been "serving" Long Taotian in the detention room, upon hearing their boss list Long Taotian's crimes, regretted not having been rougher with him earlier.

Long Taotian was trembling at this moment, feeling that everyone around him wanted to kill him.

Long Taotian was filled with regret. Why had he tried to capture Long Fei? Why hadn't he listened to his aunt?

Long Taotian failed to realize that his current predicament was not a consequence of trying to capture Long Fei, but rather the result of his past misdeeds.

If Long Taotian hadn't committed these wicked acts and hadn't oppressed Long Fei's sister, at most, he would have been beaten and given a warning by Long Fei before being let go.