You Should Thank Me

Haochi Commercial Building, conference room.

This was Lin Jiatao's base of operations. The Lin Group went public three years ago, and with the support of the Far East Chamber of Commerce and his personal shrewdness, it rose rapidly, becoming the undisputed leader in Tongzhou for a time.

It even showed signs of entering the ranks of top-tier wealthy families.

Some people predicted that if the Lin Group continued to develop at this rate, it would be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the old-money top families like the Li Family and the Bai Family within ten years.

The meaning conveyed by this statement fully demonstrated the Lin Family's influence!

At this moment, the atmosphere in the Haochi Conference Room was extremely tense.

There were more than twenty people in the conference room.

Lin Jiatao stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, his expression cold and silent.

His aura was very powerful, the oppressive feeling of a superior evident. He stood with his hands behind his back, holding two Iron Walnuts in his hand, constantly turning them.

As long as Lin Jiatao was standing, no one dared to sit down.

In the conference room, a middle-aged胖子 wiped the sweat from his forehead, his expression tense.

He was Wang Chen, the owner of Fibi Bar.

Behind him stood several tall, burly young men wearing security uniforms.

"Mr. Lin, I really wasn't at the bar last night! If I had been, even if you put two holes in my head, I wouldn't have let anyone hurt Brother Tianyou..." Wang Chen explained with a dry mouth.

"I'm not here to listen to your explanation." Lin Jiatao's gaze was sharp as he slowly turned around. No one dared to meet his eyes. "The incident happened on your turf, you have responsibility."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Wang Chen nodded repeatedly. "I'll compensate, I will definitely compensate!"

Creak...

The door of the conference room was pushed open, and a young man walked in.

Su Rui scanned the conference room and smiled brightly: "Mr. Lin, quite lively, isn't it?"

The expression on Lin Jiatao's face became stern, and the Iron Walnuts in his hand stopped moving.

A moment later, his expression was unfriendly, his gaze sharp: "You actually dared to come here yourself."

He recognized Su Rui, who was identical to the image in the surveillance footage.

As Lin Jiatao spoke, a tangible deterrent spread, and the temperature in the conference room seemed to drop by several degrees in an instant.

"Are you that little brat?" Madam Lin immediately turned her gaze, like a knife, her tone extremely hostile. She directly pulled a handgun from a drawer in the conference room and slapped it on the table. "It was you, for a vixen, who injured my son?"

As Madam Lin took out the gun, the conference room instantly became silent, so quiet you could almost hear a pin drop.

"It's your honor that my son took a liking to your girlfriend!" Madam Lin took two steps forward, her ugly face fully exposed, aggressive and vulgar: "Where is that little bitch? I want both of you to kneel down and apologize to my son!"

Bang!

A whole case of red wine was thrown onto the floor. Lin Jiatao casually pulled out a bottle, expressionlessly unscrewed the cork, and poured the wine out with a splash.

"I'm a very fair person. However you injured my son, I will make you return it." Lin Jiatao gently placed the empty wine bottle on the table, picked up another bottle, and repeated the previous action: "You hit Tianyou twice, I will return two hits to you."

"But... you lied to me, that counts as one hit."

"Tianyou bowed and apologized to you, that counts as another hit."

"Because of you, the Lin Family lost face in Tongzhou, that counts as another hit."

"..."

Lin Jiatao's actions didn't stop. A moment later, the table was filled with empty red wine bottles. A rough count showed there were eighteen of them!

"In Tongzhou, no one has ever been able to humiliate my Lin Family like this."

Lin Jiatao's face was gloomy. He pointed at Su Rui and said word by word: "Are you going to do it yourself, or should I help you?"

"Clap clap clap clap!"

Unexpectedly, Su Rui smiled and actually started applauding.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Thank you, Mr. Lin, for letting me re-learn the meaning of the word 'fairness' today," Su Rui said with a smile, then continued: "Like father, like son. Now I finally understand why Lin Tianyou was raised into this kind of person."

As soon as these words came out, the temperature in the conference room dropped again.

Wang Chen gasped, his pupils constricted.

Is there something wrong with this brother's brain?! He was clearly in a dragon's den, yet he still said such inflammatory words. Did he really think his life was too long and want to challenge the Lin Family's bottom line?

"Slap!" A vein bulged on Madam Lin's forehead, her face was ashen, and she raised her hand to grab the handgun on the table. "I'll kill you, you little bastard!"

Su Rui was decisive and slapped her directly.

Slap!

Su Rui's strength wasn't very great, but it landed squarely on Madam Lin's face, making her stumble and leaving five red finger marks.

"Such an old age, and not a bit of upbringing..." Su Rui rubbed his palm, as if lecturing a junior.

Silence.

Dead silence.

The scene instantly fell into chaos.

The bodyguards behind Madam Lin immediately rushed out, their eyes filled with malice.

"You dare hit me?" Madam Lin was stunned.

"Nonsense!" Su Rui frowned and raised his hand for another slap!

Slap!

Sharp! Loud!

Two slaps in a row completely shattered Madam Lin's composure.

Her pride and arrogance were utterly demolished at this moment!

Even Lin Jiatao was surprised for a moment, then his face quickly turned extremely ugly. He sneered, grabbed the pistol from Madam Lin's hand, and racked the slide.

"I want you to die a horrible death! I want that little bitch to be a public whore!"

Madam Lin's emotions collapsed, and she shrieked hysterically.

She had decided to use her power and connections to ruin Su Rui's family.

She would force that woman out of Tongzhou, making her a prostitute available to anyone.

She would make everyone involved in this pay the price!

She believed the Lin Family had the power to do it!

Su Rui ignored her, merely staring at the gloomy-faced Lin Jiatao with a slight smile. "Boss Lin... you really think you have me cornered?"

"You should thank me! Do you know..." Su Rui ignored the muzzle of the gun less than two meters from his head, pulled up a chair, sat down, and said with cold eyes, "If I hadn't acted last night, your Lin Family would have faced utter destruction!"

Lin Jiatao was taken aback, but then the finger on the trigger tightened slightly, and he frowned again.

"Heh heh..." Su Rui propped his legs on the table, pointed his finger at Madam Lin in the air, and asked coldly, "Do you know who that woman Lin Tianyou was interested in last night, that 'little bitch' you mentioned, is?"

Lin Jiatao felt that something was slightly off.

Because the surveillance in Fibi Bar was incomplete and not high-definition, he had only seen Su Rui clearly, while the image of the woman had remained blurry.

He had hired someone professional to handle it, but there was no result yet.

"Who?" Lin Jiatao pondered for a moment, then finally asked.

"Her surname is Li." Su Rui smiled strangely.

Li.

Almost instantly, Lin Jiatao thought of the Li Family in Tongzhou.

But was it really that coincidental?

His breathing gradually became heavy, and Lin Jiatao sneered, "Are you bluffing?"

Buzz buzz...

Just then, Lin Jiatao's phone suddenly vibrated. A professionally processed photo appeared on his personal WeChat.

In the photo, the woman had bright eyes and red lips, with an air of arrogance!

Looking at the photo, Lin Jiatao's eyebrows twitched wildly, his scalp tingled, and he difficultly uttered a name.

"Li... Ruobing."