However, for three years in their Tang family, Lu Yang was useless except for being a good-for-nothing. Most of his family was dead, and his only living grandmother didn't have much time left.
"Master Niu, is it? You've greatly disappointed me!"
Lu Yang looked at Huang Heiniu and said coldly.
"Mr. Lu, I'm truly sorry, it's... it's this kid who has been helping our hotel attract business, so I..."
Hearing Lu Yang's words, Huang Heiniu quickly explained.
"Is that so? From now on, Jiangbei City will no longer have a Liu family!"
After Lu Yang finished speaking, he took Tang Shimin's hand and left the Tang family villa.
Jiangbei City will no longer have a Liu family? What did that mean?
Everyone heard Lu Yang's words and was utterly confused, not understanding what he meant.
But Huang Heiniu understood. Lu Yang had issued a ban on the Liu family in Jiangbei City. After tonight, the Liu family would be completely shut down. Just like the Zhang family a few days ago, in front of Haitong Group, families like theirs were no match.
"Damn it, the Liu family is finished. You're a piece of trash, and you still dared to ask me to help you deal with this? What kind of thing are you!"
Huang Heiniu said, then delivered a fierce kick to Liu Changxin before angrily leading his men away.
He knew Lu Yang didn't want to reveal his identity, so he glanced coldly at the Tang family members without saying a word.
Looking at Liu Changqing lying on the ground, the Tang family members were all bewildered. They couldn't fathom how such things happened in the blink of an eye.
How did Liu Changqing, who was just so arrogant and overbearing, end up beaten so badly that even his own mother wouldn't recognize him?
"What are you standing around for? Hurry and send Young Master Liu to the hospital!"
Tang Zixuan was the first to react and shouted loudly. Then, the Tang family members, fumbling, lifted Liu Changqing into the car and rushed him to the hospital.
By this time, Lu Yang had already ridden his electric bike far away with Tang Shimin. Thinking that his phone had just been smashed by his cheap father-in-law, and that he really didn't have a phone, he decided to take Tang Shimin to a nearby shopping mall to buy a new phone.
There was a Huaying mobile phone store right at the entrance of the mall.
As the top seller of Chinese mobile phones, Huaying mobile phones had always had an excellent reputation.
"Hmm, this is the one!"
Lu Yang pulled Tang Shimin and walked leisurely into the Huaying mobile phone store. He planned to buy two phones this time, one for himself and one for Tang Shimin. Tang Shimin's old phone was always lagging when playing games, so it was time for a new phone.
It was already nine o'clock in the evening, and there were hardly any people in the mobile phone store. Only two sales assistants were idly playing with their phones. Seeing Lu Yang and Tang Shimin walk in, they glanced at Lu Yang and remained seated without moving.
Lu Yang wasn't angry. He pulled Tang Shimin to the display phones and opened one for her to play with.
"Wow, this phone is so fun to play with, much more fun than my old one!"
After playing for a while, Tang Shimin exclaimed excitedly, clapping her hands.
"If you like it, I'll buy it for you!"
Lu Yang smiled slightly and said.
"Okay, okay!"
Tang Shimin quickly replied.
"Miss, please get a new one of this phone. I'm buying it!"
Lu Yang pointed to the display phone in Tang Shimin's hand and said.
"You're buying?"
"This is the new foldable screen P90 that our store just launched today. It costs eighty-eight thousand. With you, can you afford it?"
One of the female sales assistants stood up, glanced at the Huaying P90 in Tang Shimin's hand, and immediately said coldly and disdainfully.
"Eighty-eight thousand? I can afford it. Swipe the card, two units!"
Lu Yang said, and casually tossed out his black card.
"Eighty-eight thousand? Two units? Swipe the card?"
"Do you think I don't know your routine? You're just trying to trick young girls. When I swipe the card, you'll deliberately enter the wrong password, then say you forgot, and come back to buy it tomorrow. Tonight, you'll trick the little girl into bed!"
"I've seen this trick of yours countless times!"
"Little girl, you must not fall for his tricks. He's lying to you, and he's only after your beauty!"
The female sales assistant spoke with righteous indignation, already viewing Lu Yang as a predator trying to deceive an innocent maiden.
"Uh... you've misunderstood. I'm her husband, and I'm really here to buy a phone!"
Lu Yang smiled awkwardly and said speechlessly.
"Look at yourself in a puddle of pee! Dressed like a beggar, and you can get such a beautiful woman? It would be impossible even if your ancestors' graves were emitting auspicious smoke!"
"Get out of here quickly, or I'll call the police!"
The female sales assistant didn't listen to Lu Yang's explanation and continued.
"Sister, you've misunderstood. Lu Yang is truly my husband, and he's very good to me. He buys me ice cream and spicy sticks every day!"
Tang Shimin said with a sweet smile to the sales assistant.
"Buys ice cream? Buys spicy sticks? Isn't that a trick to fool children?"
Hearing this, the sales assistant became even more convinced that Lu Yang was a骗子 (piànzi - swindler). And the girl in front of her was too easily fooled, to be tricked into his hands without even cosmetics or bags.
"Alas, the tricks of scammers nowadays are too clever. It's obvious that naive girls are no longer enough!"
The sales assistant sighed in her heart.
"Miss, my card has no password. Feel free to swipe it!"
Lu Yang explained calmly.
"No password? Are you trying to fool ghosts? I've been doing this for so many years, and I've never seen a card without a password!"
Just as the female sales assistant was about to say more, a man in tattered clothes knelt at the entrance and shouted, "Please, give me some money. I haven't eaten for three days!"
"Hmm? This voice sounds so familiar?"
Lu Yang frowned and looked outside, only to see an old acquaintance.
The person standing at the entrance was none other than Ye Shangwen. Although he was dressed in rags and looked disheveled, Lu Yang still recognized him from his dirty face.
The Ye family was once a prominent family, but because Ye Shangwen offended Lu Yang, the Ye family's century-old foundation was destroyed in one day. The head of the Ye family was imprisoned, the Ye family's elder was hospitalized, and all the Ye family's businesses were sealed off.
Ye Shangwen was heavily in debt, constantly on the run, and eventually ended up on the streets, begging for a living.
"You beggar, get lost quickly!"
The female sales assistant walked over and was about to drive Ye Shangwen away.
And just as Ye Shangwen looked up, he saw Lu Yang and Tang Shimin.
"Tang Shimin!"
Ye Shangwen's eyes were filled with hatred. Although he didn't know the real reason for his family's downfall, he vaguely felt that it was definitely related to the woman in front of him. It was when he was pursuing this woman that his Ye family suffered a devastating blow.