"Xiao Qing, what's wrong?"
Li Yang turned around, saw Fang Xiaoqing had fallen to the ground, and quickly ran towards her.
When Fang Xiaoqing got up from the ground, her palm was scraped, and it felt like it was burning.
Turning her head back, she saw a middle-aged man in a suit standing at the door, whistling at her and constantly scanning her chest with an evil gaze.
"Xiao Qing, are you alright?"
Li Yang quickly ran over, helped her up, and asked.
"I'm fine, I was just accidentally tripped by that person," Fang Xiaoqing said, glancing back at the middle-aged man.
"Hey, little girl, don't talk nonsense. Who tripped you? You clearly lost your balance and fell yourself. I haven't even asked you to compensate me for my shoes!"
Seeing that Fang Xiaoqing had a male companion, the middle-aged man's expression immediately turned serious. He walked up, glanced at her and Li Yang, and continued, "Which of you will compensate me for my shoes? These are custom-made leather shoes with emerald edges."
"The emeralds on these are made from thousand-year-old Imperial Green jade, extremely valuable, with a manufacturing cost exceeding fifty million."
"You two don't look like you're short on money. If you compensate me for my shoes and apologize, we can let this matter go."
"Dream on!"
Fang Xiaoqing stood up indignantly and argued with him, "You clearly stuck out your foot and tripped me, and then whistled at me. You just wanted to harass me."
"Now that you know I have a boyfriend, you're afraid to admit it. Do you think I'm a naive fool who will fall for your trick?"
The middle-aged man looked at her disdainfully and said, "Even if you deny it until you're blue in the face today, my shoes were damaged because of you. You must pay for this."
"If you can't afford this much money, then you have to agree to one condition: come to my car and sleep with me, and I'll waive the fee."
"Hmph, you say you're not harassing me? You're such a pathetic guy!"
Fang Xiaoqing gritted her teeth upon hearing his lewd words, but she was too lazy to argue with such a man. She turned her head and looked at Li Yang, saying, "Brother Li Yang, let's go. We shouldn't get entangled with this kind of person."
"Trying to leave?"
Before Li Yang could speak, the man ran forward and blocked them, saying sternly, "Kid, if you don't pay for your girlfriend today, I'll make sure you regret it."
"I am the president of the Ma Group in the provincial capital. You must have heard of the Ma family, right?"
"The Ma family? Are you one of Ma Shihao's subordinates?"
Hearing the name "Ma family," Li Yang couldn't help but frown. He thought, what a coincidence that enemies meet.
Ma Shihao had only recently suffered a loss at his hands, and now one of his subordinates was acting so arrogant. Truly despicable!
"How dare you address our Ma family's young master by name? Who do you think you are?"
The middle-aged man roared, clenching his fists as if about to attack Li Yang.
*Slap!*
Before he could even raise his hand, a loud slap came from behind him!
The middle-aged man's head was hit, and he was stunned for half a minute. He gradually turned his head to see another young man walking over.
"Damn it, a mere subordinate of the Ma family daring to be so insolent in front of my master? You're the one who's truly audacious!"
Qian Long walked forward, grabbed his collar, and threatened him coldly, "I, Qian Long, am the eldest young master of the Qian family in the capital, and this person in front of you is my master."
"Your audacity is so great that you dare to provoke our Qian family?"
"Wh-what? You're from the Qian family?"
The middle-aged man was shocked. He sized up Qian Long, then said contemptuously, "Don't brag here. How could someone from the Qian family be here? Don't think you can scare me by impersonating the eldest young master of the Qian family."
"Even if you are impersonating him, I am not afraid. Today, this woman stepped on my shoes first. Without fifty million, she's not leaving."
"Fifty million?"
Qian Long fiddled with his ear and said dismissively, "Are you ashamed? A mere fifty million, and you actually consider this a significant amount? With a flick of my wrist, I can make a small fortune. Do you want a small fortune from me now?"
"Is this real?"
The middle-aged man looked at Qian Long in astonishment and asked.
If he could really get a hundred million, he would be overjoyed. It would be a huge profit!
"Of course, it's real. However, if you want the money, you have to obey me. Kneel before my master and his wife, kowtow, and bark like a dog a few times, then shout that the Ma family is trash, and I'll give it to you," Qian Long said calmly.
"You scoundrel, you're humiliating me!"
The middle-aged man's anger flared up again. He clenched his fists tightly and glared at Qian Long, saying, "A scholar can be killed but not humiliated. Do you really think I would covet your hundred million? You're dreaming."
"I want my fifty million. Hurry up and give me the money, or I'll take her back to sleep."
*Slap!*
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yang slapped him across the face again.
Li Yang's strength was much greater than Qian Long's. He spun around twice on the spot, then fell to the ground, clutching his face and glaring at Li Yang, "You, you dare to hit me? You've got the guts of a bear."
"You insulted my woman. Hitting you is considered lenient."
Li Yang walked forward, half-crouched down, looked at his shoes, and sneered, "These shoes of yours are just fakes, costing no more than five hundred yuan. And you want to extort fifty million from me?"
"You're spouting nonsense!"
Seeing the growing crowd around them, the middle-aged man gritted his teeth and roared, "These shoes were custom-made for me in Sakura Country. The entire edge is inlaid with Imperial Green jade, each piece priceless. For five hundred yuan, you can't even afford my shoe heel."
"Wait, what did you say that was?"
Before Li Yang could examine them himself, Qian Long couldn't help but chuckle and step forward. He unceremoniously took off one of the man's shoes.
Holding his nose with one hand and grabbing one of his shoes with the other, he examined it carefully and then burst into laughter, saying contemptuously, "You old geezer, you really know how to swindle people. This artificially made jade is as fake as it can get."
"You're telling me this is Imperial Green jade? Does your Imperial Green jade look this shoddy?"
"Who says this is fake jade? This is clearly real. I even have proof of purchase."
The middle-aged man immediately pulled out his phone to prove the value of his shoes.
At first, Qian Long thought he was deliberately trying to swindle them. But after seeing his proof, he realized that the man had been deceived.
This fool had actually spent over forty-nine million yuan on a pair of shoes that were worth less than five hundred yuan.