"Yes, yes, yes, President Zhang, please, I've already had the driver waiting at the bank entrance," Secretary Qi said quickly.
President Zhang's eyes flickered with a cold glint. "No matter who it is, if they dare to lay a heavy hand on my son, I will not spare them!"
Especially upon learning that Zhang Ziming had been crippled and could no longer carry on the Zhang family lineage, his features contorted. "Who did this!"
"It was… it was someone named Li Yang. I heard he's Miss Tang Xinyu's boyfriend," Secretary Qi said, his face pale, head bowed.
President Zhang roared, "Find someone, kill him, kill him for me! No, not just that!"
"To cut off my Zhang family's lineage, I want everyone involved with him to die!"
"Secretary Qi, no matter the cost, do you understand?"
"Yes, I'll go find someone right away." Secretary Qi, covered in cold sweat, hurried out to find people.
Most people lived in the sunlight, but a few always dwelled in darkness, specializing in murder and arson.
In Jiang City, the most formidable person in this line of work could only be one individual, known to those who knew of him as the King of Assassins.
The person Secretary Qi was going to hire was the King of Assassins.
"Ten million, heads will roll within three days. For the others, one million, heads will also fall within three days. Any problems?"
"No, here's the ten million. King of Assassins, please proceed quickly."
"Straightforward."
While they were making their transaction, Li Yang and Tang Xinyu had finished their meal at the restaurant.
Li Yang smiled, "It's getting late, shall we go to my place to rest?"
"Don't get any funny ideas about me. What happened before was an accident, it doesn't mean I actually want to… anyway, don't overthink it." Tang Xinyu bit her lip and turned her head away.
Li Yang chuckled, "Don't you realize you're quite tsundere?"
"You're the tsundere! I'm going home." Tang Xinyu stomped out angrily.
Li Yang caught her jade-like hand, smiling, "I was just joking with you, don't be angry. Shall I take you home?"
"Mhm." Tang Xinyu nodded.
Someone walked over from the side, looking at her with a surprised expression. "Huh? Isn't this Sister Tang?"
"Ning Shuang?" Tang Xinyu's expression shifted slightly upon hearing the voice.
Li Yang turned his head and saw a plump woman. At a glance, he almost gagged. It wasn't because she was fat, but because she had applied several layers of powder to her face, her makeup looking as if it were free, making her instinctively repulsive.
Not just Li Yang, but even some girls passing by felt like vomiting at her appearance, their eyes showing disdain.
Yet, beside such a woman were several men who weren't bad-looking, carrying her bags and water cups, constantly showing her fawning smiles.
"It really is you."
Ning Shuang glanced at Li Yang, then raised her plump hands, adorned with a jade bracelet and two gold bangles, and smiled, "I never thought the dignified Miss Tang would find a boyfriend."
"But handsome, the Tang family is about to face bankruptcy. If you're with Tang Xinyu, you'll end up in jail sooner or later. Why don't you come be my boyfriend? I'll give you this ice jadeite bracelet worth 1.8 million as a meeting gift, how about it?"
"Ugh!" Li Yang immediately gagged.
Ning Shuang's expression changed, and she grew angry. "You, what do you mean by that?"
"My apologies, I don't usually do this, unless I see the ugliest woman in the world, then I can't help but vomit."
Li Yang smiled, "Miss Ning, could you please turn around quickly and not face me with that ugly face? I really won't be able to help it, I'll vomit!"
"You, how dare you call me ugly?" Ning Shuang, clearly pampered and accustomed to flattery, immediately became so angry that powder flaked off her face.
Good heavens, a layer of powder accumulated on the ground; one would think it was snowing!
Without the powder, she looked even uglier.
Li Yang almost truly vomited what he had just eaten. He quickly grabbed Tang Xinyu's hand and said, "Xinyu, this ugly monster's mental attack is too strong. Let's leave quickly, otherwise, the meal we just had will be wasted."
"This is outrageous! You stop right there!" Ning Shuang shrieked, stamping her foot in anger.
Those pretty boys immediately put on cold faces and blocked Li Yang. "How dare you say such things to our beautiful goddess Miss Ning? You're truly blind!"
"You're incredibly audacious, apologize to Miss Ning immediately!"
"Miss Ning is a celestial being like this, not someone you can offend. Apologize quickly."
"Wow, you guys are really amazing. You can lie with your eyes open about such an ugly monster, tsk tsk tsk, it's really not easy being a gigolo." Li Yang said, giving them a thumbs-up.
The gigolos immediately became furious. "Nonsense! Miss Ning is a goddess in the heavens to us. You insult her like this, you're insulting our goddess, and we won't let you off!"
"Kneel down!"
One of the gigolos immediately kicked towards Li Yang's knee.
Ning Shuang venomously shouted, "Hit him, hit him hard!"
"Ah!"
With a single kick, Li Yang sent a gigolo flying seven or eight meters away, like a kite with a broken string. Everyone's faces turned pale in fright.
"Do you want to fight more?"
"You, you." The gigolos immediately retreated, not daring to advance.
Li Yang glanced at them. "If you want to fight, do it quickly. If not, then get lost immediately! Otherwise, the one just now will be your fate."
"Don't be arrogant!" The gigolos shouted, but they still retreated a few steps.
Ning Shuang said angrily, "Don't retreat! Hit him!"
"Miss Ning, this kid has immense strength. We can't beat him. If he kicks us away, and then deals with you, Miss Ning, that would be a grave mistake."
The gigolos quickly said, "Miss Ning, let's let him go for today and deal with him later."
"A bunch of useless trash!"
Ning Shuang was furious. She took off the jade bracelet from her wrist and shouted at Li Yang, "Slap yourself twice, and I'll give you this bracelet."
"You're crazy." Li Yang said dismissively.
Ning Shuang said angrily, "This is 1.8 million! If you slap yourself twice, it's yours. You should think carefully?"
"Ridiculous. Even if it were a hundred billion, I wouldn't be willing to slap myself. Especially not for a fake like you," Li Yang said with amusement.
Ning Shuang's expression changed. "What did you say? This is fake?"
"Nonsense! This was given to me by the boss of the Jade Emperor Gemstone Trading Market himself. How could it be fake?"