The Rise of Dragon Son-in-Law
Chapter 168 - 166 Surfacing

Chapter 168: Chapter 166 Surfacing

Xia Ling didn’t hesitate, immediately picking up her phone to contact Nangong Wei.

Having just left Dragon Doctor’s clinic, Nangong Wei received Xia Ling’s call, looking somewhat astonished.

After hesitating for a moment, Nangong Wei finally answered, "What? Director Xia has had a change of heart?"

"Mm, I do have some thoughts and would like to have an in-depth conversation with Elder Nangong. May I know if the elder is still willing to come back for a chat?" Xia Ling asked.

"Of course, the people of the Nangong Family have always been the forgiving type," Nangong Wei said.

"Good, then we’ll wait for the elder in the office."

Xia Ling hung up the phone.

Long Chen glanced at Xia Ling’s secretary and said with a smile, "You continue with your work; don’t tell anyone else about this."

"Understood."

The secretary bowed and left.

Long Chen turned to Xia Ling and said softly, "Turn on the recorder; record the entire conversation that follows."

"Mm, okay."

Xia Ling did as instructed.

Before long, Nangong Wei returned to Xia Ling’s office.

Sitting down, the arrogance in his eyebrows was even thicker than the first time he came, as in his view, Xia Ling calling him back surely meant a desire to mend their relationship and renegotiate the collaboration.

So, Nangong Wei’s airs were quite high, "Director Xia, first you send me away, and now you call me back. While I bear no grudges, surely you don’t think that the Nangong Family can be summoned or dismissed at a whim, do you?"

"Elder, you misunderstand," Xia Ling lightly chuckled. "I simply want to have a good talk with you. If it’s inconvenient for the elder, then let’s forget it."

Hearing this, Nangong Wei’s brow furrowed slightly.

Immediately after, Nangong Wei said, "There’s no inconvenience. Let’s talk."

"I’ll be the one to talk with the elder."

Long Chen stared at Nangong Wei.

At this point, Long Chen had already secretly employed the Heart Observation Technique.

"Alright, ask whatever you want," Nangong Wei said, calm and composed.

Long Chen continued staring at Nangong Wei and sighed, "There’s not much to ask, really. It’s just that I heard our Dragon Doctor’s Elixirs were hijacked at sea, sigh. It seems we might really need to consider a powerful family to collaborate with."

"Is that so?"

Nangong Wei remained impassive.

But at that moment, in his heart, he was pondering the matter.

’Fools, you’ll never know that it was our Nangong Family who took your Elixirs. If you don’t agree, we’ll keep hijacking.’

This was Nangong Wei’s inner voice!

Long Chen, having gotten his answer, felt a killing intent rise within him.

This Nangong Family was acting a bit too despicably, too unrestrained.

"Elder, I’m now suspecting that our Elixirs were hijacked by your family."

Long Chen suddenly threw out this statement.

Nangong Wei was taken aback and then waved his hand, saying, "We wouldn’t do such a thing, but you should be careful. If you don’t collaborate with us soon, such incidents might happen frequently in the future."

"Elder, at this point, there’s no need for us to hide anything anymore. You hijacked our Elixirs to show us you have the power to make it so we can sell but not ship out our goods, right?"

Long Chen got straight to the point.

Actually, he was leading Nangong Wei to reveal the truth himself.

Nangong Wei didn’t expect Long Chen to infer so much.

And to get it right.

For a moment, he was taken aback.

Was Long Chen testing him, or did he truly know something?

While Nangong Wei pondered, Long Chen said, "Elder Nangong, if you truly have sincerity, we can indeed have an open and honest discussion. Of course, we’ve seen the power you’ve shown, but to ensure our collaboration can continue, just demonstrating power like the Nangong Family has is not enough."

"What do you mean?" Nangong Wei asked.

Long Chen said, "I mean, we’ve been robbed of Elixirs worth several hundred million. If those Elixirs don’t come back, we’ll have reason to suspect the Nangong Family’s motives are not genuine, and thus a real collaboration cannot proceed."

"I see," Nangong Wei chuckled, "I didn’t expect Mister Long to be so insightful, to see the essence at a glance. Yes, it was indeed our Nangong Family who orchestrated the hijacking of your goods at sea. Of course, it wasn’t for the Elixirs or the wealth, but to show Dragon Doctor that the Nangong Family has strength."

"We’ve seen your strength," Long Chen smiled, casually leaning back and crossing his legs.

"So, what does Mister Long think should be the next step in our collaboration?" Nangong Wei asked.

"That will depend on the sincerity of the Nangong Family. Tomorrow morning at nine, let’s meet here again," Long Chen said.

"I understand. Tomorrow morning, I will personally return the batch of Elixirs and take my leave."

Nangong Wei stood up, all smiles.

He thought that the collaboration could probably be completely settled the next day.

This first step, he considered a success.

Once this first step was taken, it was only a matter of time before they would eat away at Dragon Doctor.

Little did he know that his inner voice was completely within Long Chen’s control.

"Elder, go slowly, we will await your arrival tomorrow to discuss the collaboration in detail," Long Chen said with a smile.

"Fair enough, I’ll take my leave."

Nangong Wei bowed his hands and left quickly.

Xia Ling and Long Chen exchanged a look, both seeing a hint of coldness in each other’s eyes.

The Nangong Family had started to truly anger them.

"I didn’t expect it really was the Nangong Family causing trouble," Xia Ling said frostily.

"Initially, the enemy was in the dark, and we were in the light, but now both sides are clear. With the power of Dragon Doctor, there’s no need to fear them," Long Chen said in a low voice.

"But they are a Martial Arts household, we..."

Xia Ling stopped mid-sentence, suddenly recalling Long Chen’s enigmatic abilities, and so stopped talking.

Perhaps, to Long Chen, the Nangong Family was not such a great threat.

"Ling’er, darling, our first step is to reclaim those hijacked Elixirs effortlessly. The second step, you should arrange today with the City Lord Mansion - as soon as we get the Elixirs tomorrow, we’ll arrest Nangong Wei and catch him red-handed. He won’t be able to escape," Li Xiu said with a light chuckle.

"I knew that was your plan, but capturing just Nangong Wei seems pointless; the true culprit is still the Nangong Family. Arresting Nangong Wei might provoke a full-blown dispute," Xia Ling said.

"Our goal is to bring all the enemies out from the shadows to settle this once and for all, thoroughly annihilate them, and make a real spectacle. Let’s see who dares to think Dragon Doctor can be easily bullied in the future," Long Chen said.

"How certain are you?" Xia Ling asked seriously. "I feel like the Nangong Family will have already drawn in many families and companies by now, and a widespread conflict could break out. Could we be overwhelmed?"

"They could pool all their assets together and still not reach one percent of ours; we could squash these dogs with money alone," Long Chen said with a laugh.

Pfft.

Xia Ling couldn’t help but laugh, amused by Long Chen’s words.