"What?"
"It's you..."
"Old Meng, you haven't been deceived by this good-for-nothing, have you? I swear on my honor, this good-for-nothing can't do anything but swindle and deceive. Please don't be fooled by him!"
Tang Zixuan said immediately.
"Not only did you curse me as an idiot, but now you're implying I'm senile?"
"Who gave you the courage to speak to me so recklessly?"
Meng Hongda glared at Tang Zixuan and roared coldly again.
"I..."
Tang Zixuan was suddenly at a loss for what to do.
"What you?"
"If you don't respect me, how dare you attend the medicinal materials auction! Get out immediately!"
Meng Hongda directly expelled him.
"Old Meng, you're being a bit excessive speaking like that. This medicinal materials auction isn't hosted by you. This is hosted by our Guoxing Grand Hotel. I am the owner here, and you don't seem to have that much authority to casually kick out my guests!"
At this moment, the woman standing beside Tang Zixuan sneered at Meng Hongda and said.
"Oh, I wonder who it is? It turns out to be someone you brought, Li Xiaohong. You need to have some limits when keeping gigolos. Don't keep just anyone. If your body has problems, there will be no regret medicine to sell!"
Hearing Li Xiaohong's words, Meng Hongda immediately sneered. He naturally recognized this woman, Li Xiaohong of the Li family from Jiangbei City. Li Xiaohong was already thirty-eight this year and was known throughout the high society for her preference for keeping gigolos.
He just didn't expect that the gigolo she was keeping this time would have a conflict with Lu Yang.
If it were an ordinary person, Meng Hongda wouldn't have interfered. But Lu Yang was the master he wanted to apprentice under, so how could Meng Hongda let Lu Yang suffer the slightest grievance?
"Meng Hongda, what do you mean by that?"
Li Xiaohong's face changed drastically when she heard Meng Hongda's words, and she sternly questioned him.
"Old Meng means you shouldn't mess around. If you get sick, it's incurable!"
Lu Yang glanced at Li Xiaohong and immediately said with a cold smile. From Li Xiaohong's face, he could already see that she had contracted a disease, and it was a very stubborn venereal disease that was difficult to cure and caused immense pain.
"You damn live-in son-in-law, do you have the right to speak here?"
"You two, get this good-for-nothing out of here. In my Guoxing Grand Hotel, we don't welcome such scum. They dirty my floors!"
Li Xiaohong yelled at two security guards.
The two security guards stood there, neither daring to act nor not act, feeling so awkward they wished they could disappear. This was because they couldn't afford to offend either side.
"Don't you understand what I'm saying? I told you to throw this good-for-nothing out!"
Li Xiaohong roared again.
"Let's see who dares!"
As he spoke, a voice echoed, and a fierce-looking burly man walked over, followed by more than a dozen followers.
"Brother Niu, you've come at the right time. Quickly throw this good-for-nothing out! In our Guoxing Grand Hotel, it's a disgrace for such scum to sneak in!"
Li Xiaohong's face lit up with a smile when she saw the arrival of Huang Heiniu.
"Li Xiaohong, I am now officially informing you that your shares have been bought back by me, and you are no longer a shareholder of Guoxing Grand Hotel!"
Huang Heiniu said coldly to Li Xiaohong.
"What?"
"Brother Niu, what do you mean by this?"
Li Xiaohong was instantly stunned. She thought Huang Heiniu had come to help her vent her anger, but she didn't expect him to buy back all her shares in Guoxing Grand Hotel. This made Li Xiaohong's face turn deathly pale. Even her heavy makeup couldn't hide the pallor of her complexion.
"My meaning is very clear!"
"In my hotel, it's not your turn to show off!"
"Mr. Lu is my honored guest. Even I must show him great respect. Yet, you dare to offend my honored guest like this in the hotel, disrespecting Mr. Lu. What right do you have to own equity in our Guoxing Grand Hotel?"
Huang Heiniu said coldly to Li Xiaohong, then directly gave the order: "Guards, throw these two ignorant people out!"
"Yes!"
The two security guards, hearing Huang Heiniu's words, immediately perked up. One grabbed Li Xiaohong, and the other grabbed Tang Zixuan, and they were thrown out of Guoxing Grand Hotel.
"Mr. Lu, I apologize for not welcoming you sooner. Please forgive me!"
After dealing with Li Xiaohong and Tang Zixuan, Huang Heiniu respectfully greeted Lu Yang.
Hearing Huang Heiniu's respectful attitude towards Lu Yang, Meng Hongda was shocked.
"It seems Mr. Lu's capabilities are far greater than I imagined!"
Meng Hongda couldn't help but think to himself.
The surrounding people were dumbfounded. They thought Lu Yang was going to fall into Li Xiaohong's hands, but unexpectedly, a leading figure in Jiangbei City's traditional Chinese medicine circles had invited Lu Yang, and now the owner of Guoxing Grand Hotel was standing up for him. With such connections and influence, even a wealthy individual among them could not compare.
However, these wealthy people lived in the upper circles and had no idea of Lu Yang's identity.
"Who is this kid? To have both Old Meng and Boss Huang speak for him, he's truly remarkable!"
"I think I just heard he's a good-for-nothing live-in son-in-law from the Tang family!"
"How is that possible? I know the Tang family's good-for-nothing live-in son-in-law. He's a complete loser who just lives off others. How could he have such impressive skills!"
"That's true. The Tang family's good-for-nothing live-in son-in-law can't be compared to this young talent at all!"
"..."
A crowd began to chatter again.
"It's nothing, nothing, just a minor matter!"
Lu Yang waved his hand and said with a smile to Huang Heiniu.
"Mr. Lu is here to attend the auction? Shall I arrange a private room for you? I also have something I'd like to ask Mr. Lu about!"
"Old Meng, you come too!"
Huang Heiniu, being astute, immediately arranged for Lu Yang and Meng Hongda to be seated in a private room.
The auction venue of Guoxing Grand Hotel was on the tenth floor. The hall was over two thousand square meters, with seating in the middle and four private rooms on each side. Those who could enter a private room were either rich and noble or had strong connections.
Lu Yang and Meng Hongda were arranged in the foremost private room. This room was originally prepared for a prominent family, but upon meeting Lu Yang, Huang Heiniu decisively canceled the arrangement with that family and gave the room to Lu Yang.
After everyone was seated, the auction officially began.