Huang Heiniu remained silent, his gaze shifting to Lu Yang.
“Mr. Lu, how do you propose we handle this matter?”
Huang Heiniu addressed Lu Yang as Mr. Lu, knowing Lu Yang wished to keep his identity concealed.
“They’ve already been punished. Let’s forget about it for today. I’m waiting to have dinner with my wife and her family!”
Lu Yang spoke, then walked into the Guoxing Grand Hotel amidst everyone’s astonished stares.
“Isn’t this trash the Tang family’s live-in son-in-law? Why does he actually have such a connection with Huang Heiniu?”
Zhang Tao’s mind was in disarray. He hadn’t expected Lu Yang to have such a relationship with Huang Heiniu. He now harbored deep hatred for Liu Xiaoyuan and her classmate Zhang Kunhao. If not for their bad advice, they wouldn’t be in this predicament.
“Since Mr. Lu has let you go, hurry up and get out. If I see you here again, I’ll skin you alive!”
Huang Heiniu watched Lu Yang enter the Guoxing Grand Hotel, then turned his gaze to Zhang Tao and Liu Xiaoyuan, roaring at them.
“Yes, yes!”
The two, trembling with fear, agreed and fled the scene of the trouble as quickly as they could.
“Bai Hao, keep your eyes sharper in the future. Not anyone can be associated with. If you choose the wrong person, you might fall into eternal damnation!”
Huang Heiniu then looked at Bai Hao and admonished him sternly.
“Master Niu speaks the truth. Bai Hao respectfully follows Master Niu’s teachings!”
Bai Hao replied with a fawning smile.
However, in his heart, Bai Hao harbored extreme hatred for Huang Heiniu.
After speaking, Huang Heiniu turned and entered the Guoxing Grand Hotel.
“Hmph, isn't he just some thug? What are you so proud of? Once Young Master Xiao takes over Haitong Group, I’ll deal with you. By then, I’ll make you kneel before me and beg for forgiveness!”
Coldness filled Bai Hao’s eyes as he spoke quietly.
…
At this moment, inside a private room at the Guoxing Grand Hotel, Lu Yang was already seated.
“The matters outside are all handled. No one will come to disturb my meal, right?”
Li Xiumei asked Lu Yang coldly.
“No!”
Lu Yang replied with a chillingly calm expression.
“Good, then let’s have the dishes served. I’ve already ordered!”
“I’m a bit short on cash lately, so just charge it to your company’s card!”
Liu Xiumei said immediately. She had just ordered all the signature dishes of the Guoxing Grand Hotel, costing nearly a hundred thousand for the table. However, seeing the card in Lu Yang’s hand, Li Xiumei was not worried at all, directly attributing the entire meal cost to Lu Yang.
As for the cost of the meal, Lu Yang waved his hand dismissively.
What Li Xiumei didn’t know was that the entire Guoxing Grand Hotel was now Lu Yang’s property. Did he still need money to eat? Wasn't that ridiculous?
The card was also a plain card with no markings, one that could be used for unlimited spending at the Guoxing Grand Hotel.
When the dishes were all served, Li Xiumei began to eat heartily, and Tang Mingde, not to be outdone, also ate with great gusto.
Only Lu Yang and Tang Shimin sat there, not having touched their chopsticks.
“Shimin, eat up!”
“This is your favorite Squirrel Fish!”
Lu Yang smiled slightly and placed a piece of fish onto Tang Shimin’s plate.
“Thank you!”
Tang Shimin thanked him softly, lowering her head and not speaking.
After Li Xiumei had eaten her fill, she turned her gaze to Lu Yang and continued, “Lu Yang, there are a few things I need to talk to you about!”
“Shimin has been with you for three years. Now that you’re doing well and have become the vice president of Heilong Capital, shouldn’t you repay Shimin and our family?”
Li Xiumei held a chicken drumstick in her hand, her mouth greasy.
“Just say what you want to say directly!”
Lu Yang sneered at Li Xiumei.
“Our family just moved into the villa, and there are so many expenses. Please advance five million from your Heilong Capital account for us to use. Don’t worry, this money isn’t for free. We’ll return the five million to you after the Tang family sells that three hundred acres of land!”
Li Xiumei continued. Although she said this, her true thoughts were different. Once the money entered her pocket, it would be harder than climbing to heaven to get it back.
“Is five million enough? If not, should I give you ten million?”
Lu Yang asked Li Xiumei with a smile.
“Ten million? That would be even better, the more the merrier. If we can get ten million, I’ll reserve a room for you in the villa, and you’ll have a place to stay when you come home!”
Li Xiumei was so excited that she couldn’t close her mouth upon hearing Lu Yang’s words.
“Do you think this joke is funny?”
“You’re out of money, so you come to me?”
“Haven’t you, the Tang family, taken enough from me?”
Lu Yang shook his head and asked coldly.
“Are you, this trash, playing me?”
“Did you eat the heart of a leopard to dare speak to me like this? Do you believe I’ll make Shimin divorce you right now!”
Li Xiumei immediately became furious upon hearing this and yelled at Lu Yang.
“Divorce?”
“Divorce is fine, but return my villa and my three hundred acres of land, and I’ll agree to the divorce!”
Lu Yang leaned back in his chair, saying with an indifferent expression.
“What? You want these things back too? What do you think you’re doing, you trash? Those were all given to Shimin by you. Shimin has been with you for three years, isn’t this compensation deserved?”
“If our Shimin had married a rich second generation back then, what would these things amount to?”
“You ungrateful wretch, I truly regret marrying Shimin to you back then!”
Li Xiumei yelled again.
“I’m ungrateful?”
“You know better than anyone how I’ve been treated in your family all these years. Have you ever cooked? Have you ever cleaned the toilet?”
“I handled all the household chores for the entire family. I prepared all three meals a day for the family. When you were in a bad mood, you would scold and hit me. Did you ever utter a single word of objection?”
“But human greed is insatiable. If you had been a little kinder to me back then, things wouldn’t be like this now!”
Lu Yang stared at Li Xiumei, spewing out all the unpleasantness he had endured over the years.
Hearing this, Li Xiumei’s face flushed, and she was too angry to speak a word.
Instead, Tang Mingde, sitting beside her, spoke up, “Lu Yang, we were wrong back then. We shouldn’t have treated you that way. But you are still my son-in-law, after all. It’s only right for you to help us!”
“If you can’t come up with that much money, even one or two million would be fine!”
Tang Mingde, still thinking of his little darling, could only beg Lu Yang condescendingly to get some money from him.
“Sorry, I don’t have money!”
Lu Yang said directly.
“You…”
“You really are trash, pretending to be something you’re not when you have no money!”
Tang Mingde immediately cursed upon hearing Lu Yang’s words.
“Mom and Dad, that’s enough! Didn’t we come here today to treat Lu Yang to a meal? You’re basically asking Lu Yang for money now!”
“He has already done enough for this family. Please, just leave him alone!”
Tang Shimin couldn’t stand it any longer. She suddenly stood up and said coldly to Tang Mingde and Li Xiumei.
“Tang Shimin, shut up. You have no say here!”
“Has your brain gone bad again? How can you turn your elbow outwards now? It’s not easy for me to raise you all these years, and now it’s so difficult for me to enjoy my old age?”
“What an unfilial daughter!”
Hearing Tang Shimin’s words, Li Xiumei’s attack shifted again, this time targeting Tang Shimin.