Chapter 169: Trouble Arrives

Chapter 169: Trouble Arrives

"Tang Yifei! What do you mean by this?" Tang Jiu glared fiercely. "Qiu Yan is my guest, what do you think you're doing?!"

Compared to Tang Jiu's fury, Guoguo appeared much more composed. She wasn't worried about Qiu Yan running into any trouble at all; if anything, she was more concerned about the other party. After all, Guoguo hadn't reached the level of having eyes that could see through everything, so she couldn't discern the true strength of the Ghost-Faced Asura.

Tang Yifei frowned slightly. "Little Nine, your second brother came here to vent your anger for you, yet now you're shouting and screaming at me. Do you think that's appropriate? You should at least show me some respect, shouldn't you? There are so many people watching."

"I can handle my own affairs!" Tang Jiu naturally refused to appreciate it. Tang Yifei was the one who had openly fallen out with her father right in front of the entire Tang family. Even though their second uncle had later spoken many soothing words, Tang Jiu had no intention of forgiving such outrageous behavior anytime soon. "Tang Yifei, stop meddling here like a dog meddling in a rat's business. Take your people and leave; I don't want to look at you."

Tang Yifei snorted. "Of course I'm going to leave. Not only am I leaving, but I'm taking you with me, too."

"No way!" Tang Jiu panicked. Tang Yifei's self-centered and arrogant attitude made her increasingly disgusted. The mere thought that Tang Yifei might even want to usurp power and take control of the Tang family filled her with an indescribable aversion. This aversion came straight from the heart, and even though she now roughly understood that the person secretly plotting against her father wasn't Tang Yifei, she still harbored a deep-seated revulsion toward him.

"Tang Jiu, do you think that things have reached a point where your opinion still matters?" Tang Yifei said calmly, looking effortlessly relaxed as he turned to Sable. "Sable, we're leaving. You should know how to deal with someone who dared to bully the Ninth Miss, right?"

Without a single word, Sable strode forward and effortlessly hoisted the slumping Brother Ha off the ground with one hand.

"No... Please don't... Spare me, Brother Sable, I know I was wrong... Brother Fei, no, no, Master Fei, I was blind and failed to recognize Mount Tai, I was completely sightless. Please show mercy and let me go, alright? Please let me go!"

Yet no matter how bitterly the man begged, Tang Yifei's expression remained completely blank. He only let out a cold snort. "If you knew this would happen, why act so arrogant in the first place? Is a member of the Tang family someone trash like you can afford to humiliate? Hmph!"

As his words fell, Sable's fist shot out like a cannonball, smashing fiercely into the unlucky wretch's face. Instantly, that face—which had just moments ago been triumphant and arrogant—turned into something resembling a dyeing workshop, and a strictly red-dyed one at that...

Brother Ha's bulky frame was sent flying purely by the force of Sable's punch, and Sable had no intention of stopping there. He followed up immediately, kicking and stomping viciously. In mere seconds, the man on the ground went from begging for mercy to shrieking in agony, and finally to absolute silence, hovering between life and death.

Sable was also a merciless character. Knowing full well that the man on the ground was already at his last gasp, he kept right on beating him because Tang Yifei hadn't given the order to stop. In the end, he beat this bastard to the point where even Tang Jiu couldn't bear to watch anymore; the man no longer looked human.

"Alright, that's enough." Tang Yifei finally waved a hand. Sable, genuinely tired from all the kicking, stopped and let out a breath.

Five-Fat, the owner of Phantom Bar, swallowed hard. If this guy wasn't rushed to the hospital immediately, he was likely going to die right inside the bar. Yet with Tang Yifei standing right here, who would dare mention sending someone to the hospital? Probably not even a single person who dared to dial the emergency hotline.

"Five-Fat, don't let me ever see this person in your establishment again, understand?" Tang Yifei raised an eyebrow.

Five-Fat nodded hastily. "Yes, yes, yes! I will never let this bastard set foot in my bar again, not even half a step!"

"Remember your words," Tang Yifei said, then waved to Jackal. "Take the Ninth Miss."

Jackal extended a hand in an inviting gesture. "Ninth Miss, please!"

"I told you I'm not going back with you! My affairs are none of your concern, so would you stop putting on an act here?" Tang Yifei shouted angrily. "Tang Yifei, do you think that by playing the good guy in front of me now, you can wipe away the mistakes you made before? Let me tell you, I came here to have a drink today with my father's permission! Don't use me to curry favor!"

Tang Yifei let out a long sigh. "Little Nine, do you really think I'm taking you back to your home?"

Tang Jiu snorted. "Then what else could you possibly be doing?"

Guoguo, who had been quietly sipping her juice with a composed demeanor, felt a jolt of alarm in her heart. Her sixth sense was definitely strong enough.

"Of course we're not going back to your house. I'm counting on using you to trade for the Tang family; do you really think it's possible for me to just obediently return you to Old Master Tang like a good boy?" Tang Yifei smiled sinisterly. "Little Nine, stop always casting me as the second brother who loves to meddle in your business. I admit, perhaps in the past I did care about you when I intervened, but not anymore. You probably have no intention of acknowledging me as your brother anyway, so there's no need for me to keep up any pretense. Today, I am taking you to a place you won't like, but I have no other choice either."

Tang Jiu stared at Tang Yifei in utter shock. "What did you say? You're going to kidnap me?"

Guoguo's eyes rolled around rapidly. Realizing that things had gone terribly wrong, she seized the moment while everyone was momentarily stunned, jumped off her chair, and tried to bolt out the door to find Qiu Yan for help. Unfortunately, Sable grabbed her right back by the collar.

Unconvinced, Guoguo fumed indignantly, "My Sister Qiu Yan will be back any second now, you guys better watch out!"

"I'm afraid she won't be coming back," Tang Yifei sneered. "Little girl, do you really think the two of you are that formidable? Let me tell you, I was able to hire someone far more formidable than you!"

By now, Guoguo truly realized she was in trouble. Qiu Yan had been gone for several full minutes; if she had been going to take care of an opponent, it should have been resolved long ago. Why was there still no sign of movement?

Tang Yifei glanced at Tang Jiu and issued another order to Sable and Jackal, "Take the two of them to my car. Leave that other person to the Asura; he can handle it by himself."

Jackal took a deep breath and said to Tang Jiu, "Ninth Miss, offense is taken!" With that, he immediately applied a joint lock, twisting both of her arms behind her back. "Ninth Miss, please come with us."

Tang Jiu was consumed by burning fury, but no matter how much she cursed, Jackal acted as though he heard nothing, directly escorting her toward the exit.

Guoguo very wisely abandoned any thought of resistance. She knew that resisting right now was simply a waste of physical energy, so she obediently picked up her unfinished peach juice, allowing Sable to haul her away directly without a single sign of struggle.

Before leaving, Tang Yifei waved once more at Five-Fat, pointing at the half-dead piece of trash beaten by Sable. "Five-Fat, handle this fellow yourself; just make sure he doesn't die. I'm not going to commit murder over a useless younger sister of mine, I don't have that kind of time to deal with such hassle."

"Yes, yes, yes, Second Young Master, don't you worry. Leave the rest to me. It would bring bad luck for a fool like this to die in my establishment; I will definitely see that he gets sent to the hospital. Rest assured, rest assured." Five-Fat kept bowing and scraping.

Tang Yifei turned straight toward the doorway and said in a low voice, "Just make sure he doesn't die, nothing more to it. If he doesn't lose a few parts of his body, I'm afraid he won't learn his lesson."

"Yes, yes, yes," Five-Fat nodded repeatedly. Following right behind Tang Yifei to see him out, he gestured frantically to his subordinates to quickly call an ambulance for emergency treatment. After all, Brother Ha was genuinely at death's door; if he were simply dumped out on the street like that, anyone would believe he was already a corpse.

Once several of them stepped out of the bar, Qiu Yan was completely nowhere to be seen outside. Only then did real panic set in for Guoguo, her heart hammering wildly against her ribs. After all, this was Jibei City where she was a complete stranger; Qiu Yan had vanished, and Xu You wasn't by her side—how could she not be afraid?

Moments later, Guoguo was shoved into a black Mercedes-Benz R-Class business van parked at the curb. That broke Guoguo's composure entirely, and her mouth trembled slightly as she whimpered, "Sister Little Nine, I'm scared..."

Tang Jiu had also been shoved into the vehicle by Jackal. Although Tang Jiu wanted to resist right now, she knew resistance would yield no results and might only frighten Guoguo further. Thus, she simply gave up fighting back, quickly grabbed Guoguo's hand, and comforted her, "It's alright, it's alright, Guoguo, don't be afraid. Isn't Sister Little Nine right here with you? Don't worry, as long as your big sister is here, they won't dare do anything to us!"

How could Guoguo fail to see that Tang Jiu was merely putting on a brave face? "Sister Little Nine, but they even dared to kidnap you."

"Then they wouldn't dare do anything to me either!" Tang Jiu's confidence swelled at this moment. "If they want to use me as leverage to trade my father for the Tang family, they wouldn't dare touch a single hair on my head. Otherwise, forget trading for the Tang family, they won't even get a single straw!"

Everyone climbed into the vehicle. Sable drove, Jackal sat in the back watching over them, and Tang Yifei, who usually sat in the back, took the front passenger seat. Hearing the subtext in Tang Jiu's words, he instantly chuckled. "Even if Old Master Tang refuses to trade the Tang family to me, I still wouldn't hurt a single hair on my little sister's head, hehe. However, if the two of you refuse to cooperate, that woman out there is likely to suffer a bit."

Guoguo's eyes widened. It seemed that Qiu Yan really was in trouble this time, and the deeply uneasy feeling in her chest had been real all along.

"Tang Yifei! Let me tell you! If your people dare to lay a finger on my friend, I will make sure none of you die a natural death!" Tang Jiu threatened. "If you have any grievances, direct them at me, don't take it out on an innocent person."

Tang Yifei snorted. "Innocent? If she can be considered innocent, then wouldn't all the heinous crimes I've committed make me guiltless as well? Hahaha! Little Nine, rest assured, as long as you're willing to cooperate obediently, none of them will come to any harm. But if you refuse to cooperate with me, never mind them—even you are someone I won't show mercy to!"

Gritting her teeth, Tang Jiu squeezed out a few words through her jaws: "Tang Yifei, you really are a bastard! If you think you're the only one eyeing the Tang family, you are profoundly mistaken. Hmph, I truly cannot fathom how the Tang family managed to produce two such ruinous monsters like you two; it's a sheer misfortune for the family! Let me tell you, Tang Yifei, my father's condition will not deteriorate any further, so you'd better look after yourselves."

Tang Yifei spun around in his seat to glare angrily at Tang Jiu. "Make yourself clear! What did you mean by that? Who is this 'you people' you speak of? Aside from me, I want to know who else is involved!"