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Chapter 336: Leave After Accomplishing the Task

Chapter 336: Chapter 336: Leave After Accomplishing the Task

The entire hall was deathly silent, with only Shangguan Haitang’s pig-slaughter-like screams piercing people’s eardrums.

Everyone was stupefied; this Hou Tao had truly crippled his own master, and in front of an audience, no less.

Hou Tao’s heart no longer had room to care for Shangguan Haitang—it was like he was a clay Buddha crossing the river—he couldn’t even save himself.

With his bones still exploding inch by inch, he gritted his teeth as he walked to Xiao Zheng’s side, wiping the sweat from his brow, and said urgently, "Brother, I’ve already crippled his legs, can you let me go now? Please!"

"You performed well!"

Xiao Zheng nodded in satisfaction, his hand moving as fast as electricity, and gave him a fierce shove. Unseen by others, a silver needle flashing with blue light was discreetly taken back by him.

"Thank you, brother, for showing mercy!"

Hou Tao instantly regained his ease, free from the bone-deep pain, though his left hand was shattered, quietly throbbing with pain.

This was already very good; had the Bone-breaking Needle been used to its fullest extent, he would have been reduced to a puddle of mud, worse than a cripple.

Hou Tao breathed a sigh of relief, left demurely with his hand covered, too ashamed to even greet Shangguan Haitang.

Xiao Zheng didn’t spare him a glance, instead sneering at the still-screaming Shangguan Haitang and the unconscious President Zhang, curling his lip disdainfully.

"Jiayi, let’s go!"

"Brother Xiao, are you alright?" Shen Jiayi’s face paled, she cuddled close to Xiao Zheng obediently, with trepidation, and followed him step by step out of the place.

Xiao Zheng wrapped his arm around her fragrant shoulder, smiling like he was basking in the spring sun, "I’m fine. The important thing is that you’re alright!"

Everyone hurriedly made way for them, watching them leave with fear, not daring to make a sound.

Only Shangguan Haitang’s eyes flashed with vengeful poison as he swore to himself, "Hmph, damn it, I will kill that little bastard someday."

...

Not long after Xiao Zheng and Shen Jiayi left,

a group of people rushed over urgently. They were the experts from the Shangguan Family, led by Shangguan Yu and Shangguan Longfei.

Shangguan Yu donned a light pink trench coat, her pretty face filled with anger and anxiety. Her peach blossom eyes flickered with a cold and chill air that chilled the spine upon sight.

This woman was beautiful indeed, but she carried an air of arrogance and venomous cruelty like a black widow spider.

She was Shangguan Haitang’s daughter, and upon learning her father was injured, had rushed over, bringing along the family’s number one expert—Shangguan Longfei.

As a member of the Shangguan Family, and their number one expert, Shangguan Longfei was like the guardian spirit of the entire clan.

This man had an extraordinary appearance, sporting a mustache and a gaze like a dance of swords and knives, emanating a formidable murderous aura.

Together with the family’s experts, they had come to avenge Shangguan Haitang and release their fury.

Suddenly, one of the experts pointed at a blurry figure in the distance, his face filled with puzzled confusion.

"Eh, isn’t that Hou Tao? What’s he running for?"

"Why is this guy here and not by the side of our father, protecting him?" Shangguan Yu also shifted her gaze quickly, a chill passing through her heart.

Shangguan Longfei said indifferently, "Stop him and ask what’s going on!"

Upon hearing the order, the experts rushed after Hou Tao. After a few agile moves, they had Hou Tao surrounded.

"Boy, if you’ve done nothing wrong in the daytime, you won’t be afraid of ghosts knocking at your door at night. Why are you running around so sneakily?"

"Damn it, let’s go!"

Seeing the experts approach, Hou Tao’s heart cried out in despair, and with a flash in his eyes, he immediately struck, slapping one of the experts with his right hand.

"Bang."

The expert, caught off guard, staggered and nearly fell, just as Hou Tao took advantage of the opening and fled.

"Where do you think you’re going?"

Shangguan Longfei hurled a dagger, chasing after Hou Tao like a star darting across the moonlit sky, and in the blink of an eye, it pierced through Hou Tao’s right leg.

"Ah!"

Blood burst forth from Hou Tao’s thigh, the wound penetrating deep into his marrow. He fell to the ground, unable to stop his screams of agony, his suffering beyond anything human.

Shangguan Yu stood with her hands behind her back and let out a sinister laugh before stepping down on the dagger, slowly pressing down, and then viciously stomping on it repeatedly.

"Hiss..."

Shangguan Longfei’s eyebrows twitched wildly. What a vicious woman, unafraid to torment someone till they were soaked in their own blood, her actions so chilling it made one’s blood run cold, even more ruthless than Laozi himself.

Finally, Shangguan Yu stopped her assault and asked coldly, "Hou Tao, why did you run?"

"Miss, I was wrong, please spare me..."

Hou Tao was covered in cold sweat, the pain piercing right to his heart, making life worse than death. He pleaded desperately for mercy.

But Shangguan Longfei simply grabbed him, tossed him to the group of experts, and said indifferently, "Take him back. Once you see Haitang, everything will be clear."

A group of people hurried to the headquarters of Hengxing Aviation and found Shangguan Haitang.

At that moment, the ambulance had already arrived, and everyone was preparing to take Shangguan Haitang and President Zhang to the hospital for treatment.

"Stop!"

Seeing the arrival of the family’s experts, Shangguan Haitang forgot his pain and joyfully stopped the doctors, waving to his family’s experts, "Yu’er, Longfei, I’m over here."

"Dad, are you alright, Dad?"

Although Shangguan Yu was usually arrogant and brutal, she made an exception for her father. Now, she frantically checked Shangguan Haitang’s condition, extremely anxious.

Then.

Her expression turned venomous as a viper’s, sweeping her gaze over the crowd and demanding icily, "Who did this? Stand up!"

"Er..."

The crowd fell deathly silent, as Shangguan Yu’s chilling aura was so overpowering that many of them felt themselves trembling.

Shangguan Haitang patted her hand and spoke indignantly, "Yu’er, another is responsible for my beating; I heard he’s called Xiao Zheng."

"Where is he?" Shangguan Yu’s eyes reddened like a fury, grinding her teeth and demanding an answer without doubt.

"He just left, following right after Hou Tao. If we chase now, we might still catch him," Shangguan Haitang reminded, then rushed onto the ambulance without further delay, leaving in haste.

As Shangguan Yu watched her father leave, her eyes turned as cold as frozen iron.

Xiao Zheng?

Ha, an ignoramus courting death, daring to raise a hand against the Shangguan Family, not knowing the meaning of the word ’death.’

As one of the four major families of Zhonghai City, the Shangguan Family possessed profound influence in both the business and criminal worlds, their connections with the underworld deeply intertwined.

Those who dared to challenge the Shangguan Family in the past, whether individuals or other families, never ended well—some even vanished without a trace, completely evaporated from the world.

Did they think the Shangguan Family could be bullied so easily?

Some nobody, a nameless wretch, dared to pull a tooth from a tiger’s mouth, utterly senseless.

What’s more, it happened right under everyone’s noses. If we don’t swiftly and decisively deal with this mess, others will start to think the Shangguan Family is an easy target, ripe for the squeezing.

Shangguan Yu looked coldly at the surrounding people, all prominent characters of Zhonghai City, who might even be reveling in schadenfreude.

"Chase him! I want Xiao Zheng chopped up by tonight to maintain the dignity of our Shangguan Family."

Her fierce command made Shangguan Longfei and the others feel shared indignation, anger fueling them as they rushed off to pursue.