However, there was still a hint of other emotions in the guest's eyes.
"It's him! He actually came looking for us! Mr. Hu, what should we do?"
"Yes, Mr. Hu, quickly save my daughter! This beast dared to come directly to our door, indicating he has no fear. It's very likely that Ruo Ting has already... already..."
Zhuang Ruo Ting's mother covered her face with her hands and wept.
The guest, however, acted contrary to his usual polite demeanor, coldly berating them, "You're panicking before even seeing the person? And you're fantasizing that your daughter is in trouble. Are you even worthy of being parents?"
Hearing the guest's reprimand, Zhuang Ruo Ting's parents lowered their heads in shame.
At this moment, the figure outside the door appeared before the three of them.
It was Ying Chen!
Ying Chen's expression was indifferent as he walked into the living room.
He moved with the ease and casualness as if he were entering his own home.
Zhuang Ruo Ting's parents wanted to scold him loudly, but remembering that even the Liao family had fallen, they immediately suppressed this impulse.
After their eyes flickered several times, they asked, "Give us a number. How much money will it take to get our daughter back? But don't be too greedy. Our Zhuang family is not the Liao family, so we can't give you billions and billions."
"Back then, that 'Century Hijacker' walked into the Li family with a bomb strapped to him, and only took ten billion from Li Fengcheng."
"So you can reference this number and reduce it appropriately. After all, our Zhuang family can't even compare to the Liao family, let alone the Li family."
Zhuang Ruo Ting's parents proactively offered a reference price.
They even used the case of Li Fengcheng's son being kidnapped back then.
Back then, Li Fengcheng's son was kidnapped by a certain "Century Hijacker." Everyone thought the hijacker would never show up, but unexpectedly, the hijacker appeared at the Li family's doorstep with a bomb strapped to him.
He even invited Li Fengcheng to sit inside and have coffee.
During their conversation, he chatted and laughed with Li Fengcheng like an old friend. After a cup of coffee, he held up two fingers and demanded a ransom of two billion.
Li Fengcheng, being the old fox he was, directly stated that raising two billion in cash would take too long and would require waiting for the bank to open, which would increase the risk for the hijacker.
He suggested taking only one billion, so he could directly transfer cash from the company and let the hijacker leave with the money on the spot.
The hijacker was instantly persuaded by Li Fengcheng, and the transaction was thus completed.
Afterward, the hijacker even confidently promised that he would never harm the Li family again and would only buy Li family stocks.
Clearly, Zhuang Ruo Ting's parents wanted to do the same, to resolve the situation with Ying Chen and gain a good reputation.
Unfortunately, Ying Chen didn't seem to fall for it.
Ying Chen looked at Zhuang Ruo Ting's parents and scoffed, "The Liao family paid 5.7 billion and lost the spine of Liao Yifan's father; the Huo family paid two billion; the Li family is about to pay 50 billion."
"Do you think your meager ten billion can resolve this matter?"
Swish!
Upon hearing Ying Chen's words, Zhuang Ruo Ting's parents' faces instantly changed dramatically.
Especially Ying Chen's last sentence, which filled their eyes with terror and disbelief.
Fifty billion?
How could that be possible!
Had Li Fengcheng lost his mind, or had he too much money with nowhere to spend it?
He was willing to pay such a colossal sum?
Even the guest was shocked upon hearing this figure.
Fifty billion was no small sum. What means had Ying Chen employed to make a shrewd man like Li Fengcheng willing to pay such a sky-high price?
Just as the three were plunged into immense shock, a sound of footsteps approached.
At the same time, a voice said, "Mr. Ying, please don't joke with my parents."
It was Zhuang Ruo Ting.
She had been delayed by parking and entered late.
Upon entering and witnessing this scene, she couldn't help but rush to persuade them.
Having experienced Ying Chen's terror and dominance, Zhuang Ruo Ting was genuinely afraid her parents would offend him, leading to her being slapped to death in their home.
"Tingting? You... you're alright?"
Seeing their daughter appear before them unharmed, Zhuang Ruo Ting's parents were both shocked and overjoyed.
Zhuang Ruo Ting's mother immediately rushed forward and hugged her daughter.
"You wicked girl, you scared your mother to death!"
"You can't do this again in the future!"
"And you should withdraw from your school in the mainland. We, your father and I, are too worried about you traveling back and forth. We don't want to see what happened today again."
Zhuang Ruo Ting's expression changed slightly at her mother's words, "Mom, what does my school have to do with this? I'm there to study, not to play. What danger could there be?"
"Besides, if I hadn't happened to be studying in the mainland, I wouldn't have met Mr. Ying! And I wouldn't have been able to break off my engagement with Liao Yifan!"
"What? You met him in the mainland? Then you definitely can't continue studying there! He has already offended the entire upper-class society of Hong Kong. If everyone knew you were involved with him, our Zhuang family would be implicated!"
"Moreover, how could you break off your engagement with Yifan? That's your only chance to marry into a wealthy family!"
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Ruo Ting's mother became anxious and poked Zhuang Ruo Ting's forehead, saying.
Although a trace of anger rose in Zhuang Ruo Ting's eyes, she didn't want to fall out with her parents in front of Ying Chen.
She could only suppress her anger and say, "We'll talk about these things later. For now, I want to invite Mr. Ying to stay with us for a few days."
Little did she know, her words made Zhuang Ruo Ting's parents explode.
"What? You still dare to invite him to stay at our house?"
"Are you crazy?"
"If others find out that our family not only has dealings with him but also actively shelters him, we'll be completely finished! Our family will be isolated by the whole of Hong Kong and targeted by the entire Hong Kong! Our family's reputation will be utterly ruined!"
"No, I absolutely refuse to let him stay at our house!"
"If there's really nowhere else, go sleep on the streets, sleep under a bridge! In short, if you want to stay at the Zhuang residence, you can forget it!"
Seeing her parents' attitude, Zhuang Ruo Ting felt extremely disappointed.
She looked at her parents with disbelief, unable to comprehend why their reaction was so intense.
Zhuang Ruo Ting's mother sighed slightly as she looked at her daughter's expression.
She suddenly pulled Zhuang Ruo Ting closer and said, "Tingting, you're not young anymore. You need to be more sensible. You need to understand that some things aren't like buying toys when you were little, where you could have whatever you wanted. Some things, even your father and I can't decide."
"Let alone... let alone..."
Zhuang Ruo Ting's mother hesitated, as if considering whether to tell Zhuang Ruo Ting about this matter.
Finally, she shook her head and said, "Let alone that the person he is confronting is Li Fengcheng. If it were anyone else, we might indulge you once. But Li Fengcheng, absolutely not..."
"Why?" Zhuang Ruo Ting frowned and asked.
"Because... because Li Fengcheng is the biggest local tyrant in Hong Kong! As long as we are in Hong Kong, we have to look at his face!"
Zhuang Ruo Ting's mother explained.
However, for some reason, Zhuang Ruo Ting felt that her mother's explanation was unconvincing and did not seem to be the real reason.