"No, throw him into the warehouse. If he doesn't pay, make him work in the restaurant. I'll let him go when he's paid off all the money!" the hotel manager said.
"I have human rights. You can't treat me like this!"
Liu Yuan gritted his teeth against the immense pain and shouted.
Hearing this, the hotel manager raised his palm. "My restaurant is ruined because of you, and you still want human rights..."
Just as the restaurant manager's palm was about to strike Liu Yuan, Jiang Yi walked in from outside.
"Don't do anything. Let's talk it out!"
Jiang Yi grinned at the restaurant manager and said, "This gentleman is a foreign friend. We should be friendly to foreign friends. We can't resort to violence!"
Seeing Jiang Yi return, the restaurant manager trembled.
"You... What do you want?" the restaurant manager stammered.
"Don't be nervous. I'm not here to cause trouble!"
Jiang Yi pointed at Liu Yuan and said, "He is my girlfriend's uncle. I'm here to take him away. He's a bit of a handful and has caused a lot of trouble for your restaurant. I hope you'll forgive him!"
Seeing Jiang Yi suddenly apologize, the restaurant owner became even more flustered.
"You're the one with the problem!"
Liu Yuan cursed at Jiang Yi.
"I'm trying to help you. If you don't need my help, I'll leave!" Jiang Yi said.
Hearing this, Liu Yuan dared not speak further.
Liu Yuan's stomach was filled with anger and unwillingness, but he had no choice but to endure it.
"How much is it in total? I'll pay!" Jiang Yi said.
"Five... five million..." the restaurant owner said hastily.
After Jiang Yi's commotion, the restaurant owner was genuinely afraid of Jiang Yi.
"I'll pay this money!"
Jiang Yi finished speaking, then looked at Liu Yuan. "This money is a loan from me. Remember to pay me back. To prevent you from reneging, you must write me an IOU first!"
"You..."
Liu Yuan's lips twitched in anger.
"Stop dawdling. If you want to leave, write the IOU quickly! I don't want to make a losing deal. The money must be repaid to me!" Jiang Yi said.
Hearing this, Liu Yuan had no choice but to obediently write the IOU.
Jiang Yi collected the IOU and then produced his card to pay the restaurant owner five million.
Afterward, Jiang Yi took Liu Yuan and left the restaurant.
As soon as they reached the entrance, Dongfang Mei called!
"What's going on? I'm already home, why aren't you here yet?" Dongfang Mei's voice was full of confusion on the other end of the phone.
"We're coming back right away!"
Jiang Yi finished speaking, hung up the phone, and drove towards Dongfang Mei's house.
"Is that kid deliberately scheming against me?" Liu Yuan stared at Jiang Yi and asked.
"How have I schemed against you?"
Jiang Yi said while driving, "I wanted to ask you about this. I just went to the restroom, and you disappeared. The restaurant owner even deliberately caused trouble for me. What exactly is going on?"
Jiang Yi deliberately acted as if he knew nothing.
"This..."
Liu Yuan didn't know what to say.
Liu Yuan was a smart man. He knew very well that if he exposed the truth, he would become the villain who schemed and calculated.
Unable to do anything, Liu Yuan could only hold back his words.
"Why aren't you talking? Do you know what happened?" Jiang Yi asked.
"No... I don't know. How would I know?"
Liu Yuan said quickly, "You must have offended the restaurant owner before, which is why he deliberately caused trouble for you."
Hearing this, Jiang Yi suppressed a laugh.
As they spoke, the car arrived at the entrance of the Dongfang family villa.
At this moment, Liu Hong was leading the Dongfang family members to greet Liu Yuan at the main entrance.
Seeing Liu Yuan get out of the car, Liu Hong quickly walked over with everyone.
Dongfang Mei and Dongfang Xun were also among them.
When they saw Liu Yuan's bruised and battered appearance, they were all stunned.
"Uncle, what happened to you? Did you run into bandits on the way and get robbed!" Dongfang Xun asked jokingly.
Liu Yuan's facial muscles twitched with anger, but he could only endure it.
Jiang Yi felt Dongfang Xun's words were too fitting and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"What are you laughing at? What exactly happened? Did you have something to do with my uncle ending up like this?" Dongfang Mei frowned and asked Jiang Yi.
"You're blaming me wrongly for this!"
Jiang Yi shrugged and said, "On the way to pick him up, he suddenly disappeared. By the time I found him, he had already become like this!"
Hearing this, Dongfang Mei looked at Liu Yuan. "Uncle, what exactly happened? Tell me, and I'll get justice for you!"
"I'm fine!"
Liu Yuan said quickly, "I accidentally fell, that's why I became like this. It's nothing, just some superficial wounds."
Liu Yuan dared not tell the truth.
He was the cause of this incident. If he hadn't tried to deal with Jiang Yi and bribed the restaurant manager, things wouldn't have escalated to this point.
If everyone knew about this, they would all regard him as a despicable villain from now on.
At the same time, he would become a laughingstock.
Liu Yuan had grievances but could not voice them and could only suffer in silence.
Everyone present was not foolish. Seeing Liu Yuan's injuries, it was clear they were not from a fall but from a severe beating.
"Alright, let's go inside quickly!"
Liu Hong didn't want to pursue the matter further.
She knew that Jiang Yi was definitely involved in this.
Continuing to investigate was meaningless!
Soon, everyone entered the hall.
Liu Hong had someone tend to Liu Yuan's wounds and then said to him, "You've finally come back. You ended up like this right after getting off the plane. You're already decades old, yet you're still like a child, always messing around. From now on, stay put and don't cause any more trouble!"
Liu Yuan gave an awkward smile.
"What do you think of Jiang Yi?" Liu Hong asked Liu Yuan.
"That kid is a scoundrel!"
Liu Yuan said directly, "He is absolutely not worthy of Dongfang Mei. Tell them to break up immediately!"
Everyone was stunned. They hadn't expected Liu Yuan to become so agitated when Jiang Yi was mentioned.
"You must be tired. Go and rest!"
Liu Hong said.
Afterward, Liu Hong had a servant escort Liu Yuan to a room to rest.
When Liu Yuan left, Liu Hong's gaze fell on Jiang Yi, and she said, "What exactly happened? What occurred just now? Don't worry, we won't blame you."
Jiang Yi knew there was no point in hiding it and recounted the entire incident.
Upon hearing this, everyone wore expressions of helplessness.
It was indeed not Jiang Yi's fault. The whole situation was instigated by Liu Yuan.
Liu Yuan wanted to scheme against Jiang Yi but ended up harming himself severely.
Liu Hong remained silent, her expression complex.
"I have other matters to attend to, I'll be leaving now!"
Jiang Yi said and walked towards the hall entrance.
Dongfang Mei followed him out.