Xiao Yi dragged Han Jianyue aside, looking at him with a half-smile. "Does your Uncle Han know you're running a factory out here? Oh, of course, if that's even a real factory."
"Xiao Yi, what do you mean?" Han Jianyue pretended not to understand. "Don't think I don't know you're always looking for a chance to badmouth me to my dad. But don't forget, I'm his biological son! Who do you think he'll believe, you or me?"
"Relax, it's precisely because you're his biological son that he'll believe me."
"You..."
"Young Master Han, I'm not wasting my breath on you." The smile on Xiao Yi's face turned somewhat unfathomable, much like a hunter waiting for its prey to fall into a trap.
"Take your people and get lost," Xiao Yi said, word by word. "And tear down all this garbage you've built here!"
"Ha! Xiao Yi, do you really think you're a god? You say tear it down, and it gets torn down? You..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Yi suddenly shoved him against the wall and, without a word, punched him in the stomach.
Since their location was very hidden, no one saw him make a move.
Han Jianyue doubled over in pain. "You mother—"
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yi threw another punch. "Speak properly."
"Xiao Yi! I'll—"
"Still haven't learned, huh?"
He landed another punch.
"Ah..."
This time, his cries were heard by the bodyguards. But could they let their employers leave?
With weapons held out on either side, they blocked the path, herding them together like chicks being driven into a coop.
"Xiao, Xiao Yi! Don't think I can't beat you..."
"Fine, you come. I'm waiting."
Han Jianyue and Xiao Yi had a history. The last time, he had been surrounded and severely beaten by Xiao Yi's men. Although he hated Xiao Yi, he wasn't foolish enough to provoke him again!
When this man got into a fight, he was truly ruthless!
Xiao Yi smiled and smoothed out Han Jianyue's rumpled clothes. "Be good, do as I say."
Han Jianyue was infuriated. He glared at Xiao Yi for a long moment, then said begrudgingly, "I can take my people away! But to tear down that... fact... factory, I can't do it!"
"Heh, learned to talk back, have you?"
Xiao Yi began to flex his wrists. Han Jianyue sneered, "Even if you beat me to a pulp today, it's useless. That... research institute, I haven't had control of it for a long time."
He was also furious as he said this. "That slut clearly agreed! But after she found a better connection, she dared to ignore you!"
"Who are you talking about?"
Xiao Yi also found the matter suspicious. He knew Han Jianyue quite well, after all, they had grown up together.
The guy was truly a scoundrel, and he'd done his fair share of bad deeds. However, a project like a biochemical research institute, which was beyond his control, didn't seem like something he would dare to get involved with.
If anything went wrong, the repercussions would be extensive.
Therefore, he was certain that his father, Han Hongsui, could not have known about this. Otherwise, even if his legs were broken, he wouldn't have allowed Han Jianyue to be involved.
Secondly, Han Jianyue's intelligence wasn't high enough.
Han Jianyue glanced at Xiao Yi, then at Xia Weiliang not far away, calculating whether or not to say anything.
After all, Xia Weiliang and that person were mortal enemies!
"Afraid to say? Or unwilling to say? Heh, little Yueyue, perhaps you still don't understand me very well."
As Xiao Yi reached to grab his collar and drag him into a dead end, Han Jianyue angrily cursed, "Xiao Yi, don't push your luck! Damn it! *...%#¥"
After a string of heartfelt curses, he grudgingly said, "Xia Yiran! It's Xia Yiran!"
"Her?" Xiao Yi was clearly surprised it was that woman.
From his impression, she had almost faded into obscurity.
"How did you get mixed up with her?"
Han Jianyue coughed lightly, feeling uneasy. "Have you ever heard that the enemy of your enemy is your friend... Damn it! Do I get beaten even for telling the truth?!"