"He... how dare he?!" Liu Tian's face turned ashen as he snarled under his breath, his fists clenched until they crackled.
He had been pampered by the Liu Household since childhood and had run rampant through South River. When had he ever seen anyone dare to show the Liu Household so little respect, and slap them in the face in public at that?
Lin Zihao was dumbfounded too, his heart pounding wildly. It's over, it's over. Why doesn't this Inspector play by the rules?
He had accepted the gifts and then turned hostile. Wasn't that tantamount to offending the Liu Household to the death? Would the Liu Household let this go? This banquet... was probably about to erupt into a major incident!
The atmosphere in the main hall had already fallen to freezing point.
The muscles in Liu Wuxin's face twitched slightly. The last trace of feigned "kindness" in his eyes vanished completely, replaced by cold gloom and suppressed fury.
He had lived for so many years and met all kinds of people, but this was the first time he had seen someone like Lin Ming—someone who accepted an astronomical bribe and could still so righteously turn his back on his word.
This was no longer merely refusing to show respect. It was blatant humiliation and provocation!
"Inspector Lin," Liu Wuxin said, his voice turning cold with a hint of threat.
"What do you mean by this? You accepted the gifts. Do you truly consider the sincerity of South River's major households so worthless? Or does Inspector Lin think the noble families of South River are easy to bully?"
"Sincerity?" Lin Ming seemed to have heard something amusing, a mocking curve rising at the corner of his lips.
"Your so-called sincerity is using the blood sucked from South River's citizens