When Jiang Changfu heard his subordinates say Jiang Yuanxiu was [Remnant Thought], he immediately roared, "What [Remnant Thought]?! Who said my Fourth Uncle was [Remnant Thought]?! My Fourth Uncle was just an ordinary mayor! Don't listen to that thug Lu Daoxing's lies!"
Someone beside him said calmly, "President, you're at death's door yourself. Stop worrying about everyone else's business and deal with what's right in front of you."
Seeing that not a single person stepped forward to help him, Jiang Changfu was shocked and furious. All he could do was point at them and roar, "You! All of you!! A bunch of ungrateful good-for-nothings!!"
The man chuckled. "President, stop taking the moral high ground to condemn us. Lu Daoxing took care of even Vice President Huang with ease. Everyone saw how powerful he was. Who could possibly stop him besides the former president?"
"But you're all members of the Jiang Family!"
Another man could not resist cutting in. "The benefits the Jiang Family gives us aren't nearly enough to buy our lives. You pay us to work, then expect us to die for you. That has never been reasonable, in any age."
Everyone from the Bright Sun Merchants' Association who had accompanied him chose to stand by and do nothing.
Jiang Changfu trembled all over, whether from anger or fear, he did not know.
He dared not look Lu Daoxing in the eye. Just a furtive glance from the corner of his eye immediately engulfed him in a bone-deep chill, leaving him without the slightest will to resist.
Lu Daoxing watched him silently, like the god of death.
Everyone's silence was like an invisible mountain pressing down on Jiang Changfu's back.
Only now did he finally realize that death was within arm's reach.
No one could help him.
He would