Chapter Eighty-Nine: A Small Scheme

In less than two minutes, Red Dragon had already found Chen Ning’s exact location.

Xiao Ye was just about to hang up when Red Dragon’s voice came again from the other end.

“King Xiao, I’m ready now. I can get out of the hospital at once.”

Red Dragon had been lying in the hospital for too long, and every bone and sinew in his body had grown stiff. A man like him could never stay idle. During his recovery, he had tried countless times to slip out in secret, but the guards Xiao Ye had arranged were simply too tight. No matter how hard he tried, he could not leave, so he had been forced to wait until now.

He understood Xiao Ye’s temperament all too well. Now that there was a fight to be had, he could no longer hold himself back and hurriedly asked Xiao Ye to let him out so he could stretch his limbs.

Hearing how eager Red Dragon was, Xiao Ye understood at once and agreed.

“All right. Meet downstairs at the hotel in twenty minutes.”

Greenfield Hotel was a star-rated establishment that combined entertainment, dining, and lodging under one roof.

It was regarded as the most luxurious hotel in all of Jianghai City. Countless high-end figures and important people from every walk of life chose to stay here.

From the decor to the lighting effects, everything was first-rate. The neon glow and lavish nightlife of the place made the entire city seem bright and dazzling.

The private suite on the top floor was the most luxurious room in the entire Green Isle Hotel.

Chen Ning had clearly gone to great lengths this time.

After having his prestige crushed by Xiao Ye the day before, he had been eager ever since to reclaim some of it.

What had happened yesterday seemed to have left a shadow in his mind. He kept feeling as though there were a faint, lingering stench on his body, as if he himself were trapped inside a dumpster.

He had already sprayed an entire bottle of expensive perfume on himself. The room was filled with the scent, yet it still could not cover that odor.

At the moment, he was pacing back and forth in the suite.

He had already sent people to bring Su Ran here.

This time, Chen Ning had made full preparations. With Xiao Ye out of the way, he believed there was no way things could go wrong.

Su Ran was the woman he had long dreamed of having. This was the perfect opportunity not only to get what he wanted, but also to seize all of the Su family’s businesses in Jianghai City.

A single move, and he would gain twice over.

It was already past noon, yet Chen Ning was still waiting anxiously in the top-floor suite.

By rights, the people he had sent out might not have been trained by his own family, but they should not have been this slow in handling a simple matter.

Chen Ning was a little uneasy, but when he thought of what was about to happen, excitement filled him. He rubbed his hands together, and already his mind had begun conjuring up indecent scenes.

Time passed slowly, and Chen Ning grew more and more restless.

He had asked the front desk several times, but Su Ran’s name still had not been registered.

“Could they have run into some trouble on the way?”

Unease crept into Chen Ning’s heart. He vaguely sensed that something was not right. These people had handled jobs like this before, and they had never been this slow.

Just then, while Chen Ning was thinking this, the door to the suite was suddenly pushed open.

Overjoyed, Chen Ning assumed Su Ran had arrived.

“Miss Su, I booked this suite today just to have a little talk with you—”

But before he could finish, the face peeking through the doorway turned out to be Xiao Ye’s.

“Xiao Ye, why is it you again!”

Seeing Xiao Ye standing there, Chen Ning’s breathing clearly faltered for a moment, and he involuntarily took two steps back.

Xiao Ye entered the suite, but made no excessive move. He simply sat down with a faint smile and looked at Chen Ning.

What on earth was going on? How could Xiao Ye have learned about this?

Chen Ning cursed inwardly, his mind going blank, his expression an awkward mix of colors.

The scene from yesterday, when Xiao Ye had thrown him straight into a trash bin, was still vivid in his mind.

It had taken him a long time yesterday just to wash the filth off his body.

After returning, Chen Ning had also been thinking about how to bring Xiao Ye to a miserable end.

After much deliberation, he had decided it was best to avoid the sharp edge for now.

At present, Chen Ning forced himself to calm down and spoke again.

“I was wondering who it was. So it’s you, you worthless brat. What, you came because you think I’m easy to bully?”

Chen Ning laughed coldly, though in truth he was only putting on a show of composure.

“You certainly have a hard mouth. What, did being washed in garbage yesterday feel that good?”

Xiao Ye pulled out a chair and sat down, saying calmly to Chen Ning, “So you really are stubborn.”

Chen Ning snorted and picked up the cup on the table, hurling it violently to the floor.

“This wasn’t prepared for you in the first place. Since you’ve thrown yourself into my hands, even if you had wings today, you still wouldn’t get out of here!”

Originally, Chen Ning had planned that if Su Ran refused to obey him, he would arrange for some men to force her into submission.

But Xiao Ye’s arrival had completely disrupted his plans.

Ten uniformed men rushed in from the suite door and glared coldly at Xiao Ye.

“These ten are the elite of my Chen family. I spent years and great effort training them. They’re just right for knocking the arrogance out of you!”

Chen Ning said proudly to Xiao Ye.

To raise these men, the Chen family had spent at least tens of millions, including their training. It could be said that no small amount of blood and sweat had gone into them.

Xiao Ye, I may not be able to beat you, but the men I brought today will definitely teach you a lesson!

Chen Ning was thrilled, already imagining Xiao Ye kneeling before him and crying pitifully.

The ten men surrounded Xiao Ye, but Xiao Ye remained unhurried and did not react at all.

One of them, seeing that Xiao Ye had not moved, decided to strike first.

The moment he charged to Xiao Ye’s side, Xiao Ye raised a hand.

At that instant, a figure suddenly burst in from the doorway and stood directly in front of Xiao Ye.

It was Red Dragon.

The man lunged at empty air. Worse still, Red Dragon dropped down in a fluid motion and landed astride his neck.

Before Red Dragon could act further, the others beside him launched kicks and strikes.

But when they realized what was happening, every attack landed squarely on the head of their own companion.

The force of all nine men combined caused the first attacker to pass out on the spot.

“What the hell are you doing? Fighting your own man? He’s behind you!”

Chen Ning, watching from the side, roared in fury. He had seen everything Red Dragon had just done.

The moment Red Dragon sprang off the man, it was as though he really had wings, hovering for an instant in midair before descending slowly to the ground.

The nine men reacted and rushed toward him from behind.

This time, Red Dragon did not dodge. With fists raining down like a storm, he used only one hand to block every single blow.

“Useless.”

His expression changed, and Red Dragon’s face turned cold. He drove a kick straight into the elite fighter in front of him.

The man flew out without the slightest surprise, crashing heavily into the marble tabletop, which snapped in two with a sharp crack.

Seeing his companion injured, the remaining eight men seemed to be injected with blood and attacked the weak points of Xiao Ye’s body all at once.

Seeing Xiao Ye let down his guard, Chen Ning grabbed a chair, charged into the crowd, and swung it directly toward his head.

The chair was made from precious rosewood, yet the instant it struck Red Dragon’s head, it broke apart.

By contrast, after being hit by such a heavy chair, Red Dragon did not even have a scratch on his head.

Chen Ning was utterly stunned. He could not understand at all how the man before him could remain completely unharmed.

Before he could react, Red Dragon had already flung the nearby expert aside with force.

With a thunderous shout, Red Dragon kicked Chen Ning in the thigh and sent him flying.

Terror flooded Chen Ning’s eyes. This time, ten experts at the eighth rank or higher had failed even to hold Xiao Ye back.

These were people his family had spent years training!

Now, he actually felt a trace of regret. He regretted provoking Xiao Ye.

Damn it, wasn’t Xiao Ye already married?

Why did he have to keep fixating on the matter between him and Su Ran?

Chen Ning’s anger surged in his chest, but at this point no one was left to back him up.

Among the ten eighth-rank experts, the least injured had still broken two ribs in the chest.

Forget fighting again; they could not even stand properly.

Meanwhile, Red Dragon did not seem to have even the smallest wound on him.

At that moment, Xiao Ye rose once more and walked toward him.

Watching Xiao Ye approach as though he were a god of slaughter, Chen Ning instinctively tried to retreat.

His thigh bone had already been broken, and he could no longer stand. All he could do was crawl backward.

“Xiao Ye, I’m warning you. If you dare lay a hand on me, my family’s strength will be enough to crush you to pieces!”

Enduring the pain, Chen Ning continued to threaten him.

Xiao Ye let out a cold snort, quickened his pace, came to Chen Ning’s side, lifted his foot, and stomped hard on his arm.

A sound that made one’s hair stand on end rang out together with a miserable scream.

That single stomp had directly crushed Chen Ning’s right arm. Chen Ning’s eyes bulged red like those of a pig about to be drained of blood, but his strength was spent and his throat had gone hoarse from screaming.

“Chen Ning, let me remind you: the one lying on the ground, waiting to be killed, is you. This is the price for threatening me.”

Xiao Ye grabbed Chen Ning by the head and said viciously to him.

“I was wrong before, but there’s no deep hatred between us. Let me go now, and I promise I won’t bother Su Ran again!”

By rights, the pain Chen Ning was suffering should have knocked him unconscious, but Xiao Ye had sent true energy into his body, ensuring he would never faint in the middle of it.

He could only endure the agony in silence and speak in a thread-thin voice.

But before he could finish, Xiao Ye stamped down again, and Chen Ning’s left arm was broken as well. Intense pain surged into his brain, yet he still could not pass out.

“You don’t need to promise me anything. In this world, the thing I trust least is a living person’s word.”

Xiao Ye’s expression was icy beyond measure. Looking at Chen Ning before him, the words he spoke carried no warmth at all.

Seeing Chen Ning already beginning to roll his eyes back, Xiao Ye threw him to the floor and walked straight out.

He and Red Dragon pushed open the suite door. The attendants outside had already been so frightened that they were frozen in place and did not dare stop them.