The men had long since lost their patience. One stepped forward, grabbed Ning Shile's collar, and gave it a tug.
Smack!
Ning Shile, who had been kneeling on the floor, suddenly raised his hand and caught the man's wrist.
"?" Bai Hai froze for a moment, staring at Ning Shile in surprise.
Ning Shile looked up and flashed him a smile.
Then he tightened his grip, forcibly twisted the man's wrist behind his back, and casually flung him aside.
"You!" Bai Hai's expression changed dramatically. "How is that possible?"
Su Jinyu raised an eyebrow, looking a little surprised, as though this had piqued an interest.
"Why wouldn't it be?" Ning Shile arched a brow and slowly rose from the floor.
Then he spat out the pill in his mouth, tilted his head, and smirked. "You're a little too green to drug me."
Bai Hai frowned at the scene before him, apparently caught completely off guard.
He had never expected Ning Shile, who looked so innocent and harmless, to have another trick up his sleeve.
But drugging someone wasn't guaranteed to work every time.
Naturally, Bai Hai had a backup plan.
"So what?" Bai Hai's gaze sharpened. "Everyone, come out!"
At his command, an interior door swung open, and more than a dozen bodyguards poured into the room.
Bai Hai knew Ning Shile was with Zheng Ye, so there was no way he could buy his silence.
He had intended to leave no survivors tonight anyway.
Bai Hai leisurely picked up his wineglass and ordered, "Do it."
At his words, the bodyguards stopped pretending and pulled on leather gloves covered in sharp iron spikes.
[!?? Is this really the twenty-first century??]
[This old bastard wants to kill him to shut him up!?]
[This is outrageous!! He has no respect for the