Chapter 94: Then I’ll Kneel for You

“What do you want?!”

Li Hong stopped in his tracks and turned around, glaring at Xu Shaochen. He squeezed a few words out through clenched teeth.

Today, his face had already been slapped multiple times by Xu Shaochen. Now, Xu Shaochen wanted to trample his dignity into the ground. He was furious.

“I don’t want anything. I just want you to accept the consequences of your actions.”

Xu Shaochen smiled faintly, his tone calm as he looked at him.

“Don’t push me too far!”

Li Hong gritted his teeth.

There was no way he would fulfill this bet.

If he actually did it, wouldn’t that be a huge slap to his own face? And he’d have to kneel in front of Xu Shaochen to say those words.

He would become a complete laughingstock in the industry, which was something he absolutely could not allow.

“You won’t kneel?”

Xu Shaochen’s eyes narrowed slightly.

“And what if I don’t kneel?! I, Li Hong, have lived my life on my terms. You don’t get to dictate anything to me!”

Li Hong stood arrogantly, pointing at Xu Shaochen with disdain.

Bang!

The next second, Xu Shaochen kicked him squarely in the knee.

Ah!

Thud!

Li Hong let out a scream as he involuntarily dropped to his knees. Just as he was about to stand up, Xu Shaochen pressed a leg onto his shoulder, holding him down.

“You won’t kneel? Then I’ll help you kneel!”

Xu Shaochen looked at Li Hong and said coldly.

Hiss—

Everyone drew in a sharp breath. They hadn’t expected Xu Shaochen to not only be skilled in medicine but also in fighting.

“You f**king want to die!”

Li Hong’s eyes turned bloodshot, filled with intense malice. He struggled to rise but failed.

“Speak.” Xu Shaochen spat out one word coldly.

Li Hong clenched his fists, gritting his teeth, staring daggers at Xu Shaochen but remained silent.

Bang!

Ah! Ugh—

Xu Shaochen suddenly swept his foot from Li Hong’s shoulder across his face, causing Li Hong to vomit a mouthful of blood on the spot.

“I’ll give you one last chance. Speak.” Xu Shaochen looked down at him with a cold, indifferent gaze as if staring at an ant.

Everyone was scared stiff, not daring to make a sound. Xu Shaochen’s imposing presence was so overwhelming, it made it hard for them to breathe.

“No… I’ll say it, I’ll say it.”

Li Hong spat out a tooth. The searing pain made him lower his head and slowly say, “Western Medicine is inferior to Traditional Chinese Medicine.”

He realized that Xu Shaochen’s threat wasn’t a joke, so he didn’t dare to risk anything and had to back down.

“A useless piece of trash like you dares to jump around in front of me? If you try this again, I’ll make sure you don’t even have the chance to regret it. Know your place.”

Xu Shaochen coldly threw out these words, then kicked Li Hong to the ground. “Get lost.”

Li Hong looked at Xu Shaochen with a mix of fear and resentment before wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth and scrambling to his feet, running away.

It wasn’t until this moment that everyone let out a sigh of relief. The heavy pressure they felt from Xu Shaochen finally lifted.

Sun Hai stared at Xu Shaochen’s retreating figure, his eyes flashing with a complex expression. This kind of confidence, or arrogance, wasn’t something an ordinary person could have.

After all, ordinary people don’t have that kind of backing.

So it goes to show that Xu Shaochen is probably not simple. Otherwise, how could he have become such close friends with the old master despite their age difference?

“Xiao Xu, come to the Jiangzhou Grand Hotel at 9 PM tonight. I’m hosting you for dinner to show my gratitude. This is a life-saving grace, so you must come. Otherwise, I’ll lose face,”

Sun Yaowen said to Xu Shaochen with a smile.

Sun Hai and Zhao Yuan exchanged a glance, their eyes meeting in silent communication.

Only they knew that tonight was their grandfather’s 70th birthday, and the banquet would be held at the Jiangzhou Grand Hotel.

They hadn’t expected the old master to use this excuse to invite Xu Shaochen to his birthday banquet. That showed how much he valued him.

“Alright, Old Master Sun. I will definitely be there on time.”

Xu Shaochen agreed, unaware that tonight was Sun Yaowen’s birthday banquet. He thought it was just an ordinary thank-you dinner.

“Good, call me when you arrive.”

Seeing Xu Shaochen agree, Sun Yaowen’s smile became even brighter.

“Mr. Xu, if you don’t mind, I can give you a ride home.”

Sun Hai extended an invitation to Xu Shaochen. Sun Yaowen called him Xiao Xu because of his age and their close relationship.

As for Sun Hai, since Xu Shaochen clearly wasn’t that close with him, he didn’t dare to address him too familiarly.

“No need, we’re not heading the same way. Old Master, I’ll take my leave now. See you tonight.”

Xu Shaochen shook his head and declined. He wasn’t planning to go home but to meet Mei Liangxin and the others to ask about today’s land acquisition in the Old City.

“Dad, he saved your life. How do you plan to thank him?”

Watching Xu Shaochen’s back, Sun Hai asked Sun Yaowen.

“Hmph! Foolish! Do you think he lacks anything? Money? Let me tell you, our Sun Family might not even have as much money as he does.”

Sun Yaowen snorted disdainfully and turned to get into the car.

He hadn’t investigated Xu Shaochen, but over these past few days, combined with the fact that Linda, the president of the Xu Corporation’s Jiangzhou branch, was living with Xu Shaochen…

All of this pointed to Xu Shaochen’s extraordinary background.

“Just now… did Dad… say something?”

Sun Hai was stunned for a while. He looked at Zhao Yuan beside him and asked, dumbfounded. He felt like he must have misheard.

“Dad seemed to say that he’s richer than us.”

Zhao Yuan was also in disbelief. In Jiangzhou, could there really be someone richer than the Sun Family?

Both of them took a sharp breath, their mouths dry as they watched Xu Shaochen’s fading back.

Who was the one who first gave them the courage to mock and ridicule Xu Shaochen…? They felt like the old master’s last words were the biggest slap in their faces today.

No wonder he’s their father!

…

Xu Shaochen didn’t know how much he had shocked Sun Hai and Zhao Yuan.

He had just ended a phone call with Mei Liangxin, setting a meeting place.

However, he had a feeling that something was wrong with Mei Liangxin’s tone. It seemed the land acquisition process wasn’t going to be that simple.

He hailed a cab and arrived at a café twenty minutes later.

“Mr. Xu, over here!”

As soon as Xu Shaochen walked in, Zhang Wei, who had been keeping an eye on the entrance, stood up quickly from his seat in the corner and greeted him.

Mei Liangxin and Zhao Qing exchanged a glance, both inwardly cursing him for being such a sycophant.

Throughout the day, while Xu Shaochen wasn’t around, that guy kept sucking up with every word he said.

Of course, it was especially frustrating that, originally, it had only been the two of them trying to curry favor with Xu Shaochen. Now with another competitor, their industry pressure had increased significantly.

Xu Shaochen walked over and sat next to Mei Liangxin, while Zhao Qing and Zhang Wei sat across from him.

The other people in the café looked at the scene with curiosity. Four adult men meeting in a café created an unusual atmosphere.