—Arrogant!
Lu Chen's actions had caught everyone off guard, yet they carried the wild arrogance and brazenness of a man smashing the cauldrons and sinking the boats!
Everyone present felt their hearts tighten.
Everyone had assumed that Lu Chen would have no choice but to swallow Zhao Wanliang's show of force.
Never had they expected Lu Chen to turn around and give him a taste of his own medicine, even daring to threaten the Zhao family in public!
He had clearly yet to formally join the ranks of the New Nobility, yet he already dared to openly challenge the Zhao family, currently at the height of their power in Jiangdu City.
Seeing that the two sides were evenly matched,
for a moment, no one could tell whether this was recklessness or deliberate intent.
At that moment, the atmosphere outside the City Lord's Residence had grown tense to the extreme—and subtle to the extreme. One wrong move, and a shocking clash would erupt in an instant!
"Little Friend Lu, you and I are both figures of standing in Jiangdu now. Is it not somewhat inappropriate for you to say such things?"
There was no doubt that Zhao Jiutang was furious at being provoked like this by a brat barely out of the nest.
But considering this boy's ties with the Sun family, his friendship with City Lord Yu Feng, and the foundation provided by those three thousand Rakshasa Cult members...
The current Lu Chen—or rather, the Lu Family—indeed possessed the confidence to contend with any great family in Jiangdu City.
Even Zhao Jiutang had no choice but to weigh matters carefully in secret.
Suppressing his anger, he said coldly, "Besides, Zhao has already apologized to Little Friend Lu for my servant's earlier rashness. Little Friend Lu keeps pressing the issue. Could