"Wife, I'm here! Who dared to hit you? I, Wang Kai, will kill him today!" a furious voice rang out. The newcomer, without bothering to assess the situation in the room, rushed straight to Liu Meili's side, who was kneeling on the ground.
"Who dares to hit my sister-in-law? Don't they want to live?"
"Sister-in-law, don't be afraid, we're here. No matter who the other party is today, even if it's the King of Heaven, they'll have to kneel and answer you!"
"Big Brother, we can't tolerate this. Break that kid's legs first and make him kneel at the kindergarten gate!"
A group of underlings who followed Wang Kai in all clamored, each with an arrogant attitude.
"Presumptuous! Open your dog eyes and see who I am! Are you rebelling?" Jiang Hai, with a somber expression, reprimanded Wang Kai and his group loudly.
Wang Kai was about to retort, but upon seeing Jiang Hai's appearance, he was so terrified that he swallowed his words. His subordinates were also so scared that they didn't dare to breathe.
When Wang Kai and his men had rushed into the office earlier, they hadn't paid any attention to Jiang Hai and the others, their focus entirely on Liu Meili, who was kneeling on the ground. Now, recognizing Jiang Hai, they all turned pale with fright.
"G-Governor! Your Excellency!!" Wang Kai's voice trembled.
Jiang Hai cast a cold glance at Wang Kai, his tone suppressing his anger as he said,
"What? You recognize me now? Were your eyes blind just now?"
"No, no, Your Excellency, please calm your anger. I know my crime, I know my crime!" Wang Kai said quickly, cold sweat beading on his forehead, his gaze constantly flicking to Liu Meili, trying to understand the situation.
"I was the one who hit your wife just now, because I thought she deserved it! She said you would punish me on her behalf, so I've been waiting for you."
Li Xiaotian looked at Wang Kai and spoke, his expressionless.
Wang Kai looked at Li Xiaotian, then at Jiang Hai. Li Xiaotian was seated, while the Governor of Jiangnan stood. Even a fool could tell that Li Xiaotian's status was not simple.
Wang Kai glared fiercely at Liu Meili. This prodigal woman, what kind of trouble had she gotten him into? Truly ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth. Could Wang Kai afford to offend someone like this?
"Sir, you jest. What Liu Meili said has nothing to do with me. I've had enough of this woman long ago and was planning to divorce her. Her mistakes have nothing to do with me."
Wang Kai said quickly, simultaneously moving away from Liu Meili.
Liu Meili was stunned by this, staring blankly at the scene. This was her husband! And he was so readily distancing himself from her?
"What are you looking at? Liu Meili, we'll go through with the divorce procedures tomorrow. I've had enough of you, woman!" Wang Kai cursed, filled with regret. He had been blind to have married her. Today, he was going to be terribly implicated by her.
Li Xiaotian ignored Wang Kai and continued to look at Liu Meili, saying,
"This is the person you were waiting for? This is your trump card?"
Liu Meili opened her mouth but dared not retort, her body trembling incessantly.
"Almost forgot, you seem to have a brother-in-law, the Deputy Director of the Education Department, Zhang Cheng, right?" Li Xiaotian said coldly.
"Summon Zhang Cheng to get over here!" Jiang Hai ordered the Director of the Education Department from behind. With the Deputy Director of the Education Department backing her, this woman named Liu Meili dared to hit the Dragon King's daughter. How much did she want to die?
"I." Liu Meili opened her mouth, then quickly crawled over, kowtowed to Li Xiaotian, and said,
"Sir, I was wrong, I was wrong, please spare me. I will never do this again."
Liu Meili cried, simultaneously pulling her daughter, Xiao Xue, over and making her kneel as well, continuously kowtowing to Li Xiaotian.
"Mom, he's a bad person, and his daughter is a thief. I don't want to kowtow to him!" Liu Meili's daughter, Xiao Xue, struggled to say. The little girl still didn't understand the situation, only knowing that her father had arrived and the necklace she wanted would soon be hers.
"Slap!" Upon hearing this, Liu Meili slapped her daughter directly, scolding,
"You idiot, what nonsense are you talking? If you hadn't bothered me every day, would I have done something like this?"
"Waa~~~~" Xiao Xue immediately burst into tears, her face filled with confusion and grievance.
Li Xiaotian paid no heed to the pitiful pleas of Liu Meili and her daughter. If she hadn't been a woman, she would have been beaten to death by him long ago and wouldn't be kneeling here begging for mercy.
Before long, Zhang Cheng was brought in. However, Long Yi also followed. As soon as he learned of what had happened at the kindergarten, he rushed over and happened to encounter Zhang Cheng.
"Jiang Hai, you little punk, are you courting death! It was already good fortune that I didn't kill you for what happened before. What, you think our Dragon King Hall is easy to bully? Our Dragon King Hall's princess attends school in your Jiangnan territory, what the hell are you doing? Letting our little princess get beaten?"
As soon as Long Yi entered, he roared at Jiang Hai, his face furious.
"Lord Long Yi, I know my crime, I know my crime!" Jiang Hai's face was ashen, his heart filled with dread.
This scene struck all those in the room with even greater shock. Wang Kai, who had been trying to distance himself, immediately collapsed to his knees, his body trembling.
Jiang Hai gritted his teeth, glancing at Liu Meili and Sun Youcheng, then at the pale-faced Zhang Cheng. He immediately became enraged and cursed,
"You still dare to stand? Get on your knees!"
"Bang!" Zhang Cheng, terrified, immediately knelt, his head bowed low.
Seeing this, Jiang Hai turned to Li Xiaotian and said, "Lord Li, this is my oversight. Please vent your anger as you see fit."
Li Xiaotian still ignored Jiang Hai, instead turning to Liu Meili and saying in a calm tone,
"Do you have any more backing? Anyone more powerful? Call them all."
"No, no more, sir. I know I was wrong!" Liu Meili cried out, her heart filled with fear. Her momentary greed had caused everyone to be implicated by her.
Li Xiaotian's expression was grim. He really wanted to kill someone, but this was an ignorant woman. If he killed her, he would feel disgusted.
"Big Brother, let Song Wei handle it! Let him deal with these matters," Long Yi suggested, understanding Li Xiaotian's predicament. He would have preferred it if they were a prominent family like the Yang family, then killing them would be more straightforward.
But this was just an ignorant woman, which made them feel quite disgusted.
Li Xiaotian shook his head and then said to Liu Meili,
"If you have no more backing, then apologize to my daughter!"
"I apologize! I apologize! I apologize!" Liu Meili said quickly, kowtowing repeatedly. Even though blood was already seeping from her forehead, she did not stop.
Li Xiaotian looked at Jiang Hai, pointed to the people kneeling in the room, and asked,
"How should this matter be handled?"
"Replying to Your Excellency, Deputy Director Zhang Cheng will be dismissed from his post, and Principal Sun Youcheng will also be dismissed. The remaining individuals will have all their property confiscated. I will assign special personnel to investigate their past transgressions, big and small, and deal with them according to the laws of the Great Qin."
Jiang Hai replied quickly, cautiously observing Li Xiaotian's expression, then continued,
"Your Excellency, do you think this disposition is appropriate?"
"Mm, so be it!" Li Xiaotian nodded indifferently. After all, Liu Meili and her ilk were minor figures to him, too insignificant to warrant his personal revenge.
Jiang Hai breathed a sigh of relief. Li Xiaotian's request for him to handle the matter indicated that he did not want to escalate it.