The Rise of Dragon Son-in-Law
Chapter 431 - 416 Acquisition

Chapter 431: Chapter 416 Acquisition

Zhao Yu’s every move was under Long Chen’s watchful eye, and his thoughts could not escape Long Chen’s insight.

Unaware of all this, Xia Ling tipped her head back and downed the drugged drink.

Long Chen did not warn Xia Ling, because she often attended such events. If she did not learn to be more careful, she would suffer greatly in the future.

Therefore, Long Chen planned to let the situation play out as scripted, pretending ignorance at first, and then slowly clean up the mess afterward.

After all, everything was under his control.

After finishing the drink, the event officially began.

However, at that moment, Xia Ling suddenly furrowed her brow.

"What’s wrong?" Long Chen asked.

"I feel a bit dizzy, and my face is hot. I need to go to the restroom to wash my face," Xia Ling said quietly.

"Go ahead, then," Long Chen said.

He knew the effects of the drug were taking hold.

And in the restroom, people from Zhao Yu would be waiting for her.

As soon as Xia Ling entered the restroom, she was immediately rushed by three people who took firm control of her.

"Who are you? What do you want?" Xia Ling’s complexion changed as she struggled in vain, feeling weak all over.

"Qi Xin, oh Qi Xin, how dare you disrespect our boss Zhao. Prepare for your punishment. In the room, there’s a strong man waiting for you. A video of you having an affair with that strong man will be broadcast on the big screen in the event hall for everyone to see," a young man said with a sinister laugh.

"What a pity, such a beautiful lady enjoyed by that guy."

"Regrettable."

"No matter, brothers, let’s watch the live show and spice things up a bit, haha."

The three men snickered as they took Xia Ling to the room, while at the same time reporting to Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu, upon knowing things were going as planned, smiled even more brightly, increasingly looking forward to the big scene that was set to unfold.

At that moment, Long Chen quietly left the scene and made his way to that room.

At the critical moment, Long Chen burst into the room.

He raised his hand and knocked out the strong man, while the three young men were successively subdued by him and thrown onto the bed.

Then, Long Chen picked up Xia Ling and detoxified her.

Xia Ling quickly regained her strength and consciousness. Terrified and pale, she clung tightly to Long Chen’s sleeve.

"Don’t be afraid, it’s all over now," Long Chen consoled her.

"I didn’t expect Zhao Yu to be so vicious," Xia Ling said through clenched teeth.

"Don’t worry, I’ll take care of this for you," Long Chen said with a mischievous smile. "He wants to see a big show? I’ll give him a big show."

"Huh? How are you going to create that? You’re not thinking of live streaming with me, are you?" Xia Ling asked, suspicious.

"Stupid, go outside and wait for me," Long Chen said.

"Okay."

Xia Ling obediently walked out the door.

As Xia Ling left, Long Chen made the three young men instantly hallucinate, mistaking the strong man on the bed for Xia Ling.

"Go on, have a good time with him," Long Chen said with a smile.

His voice, as if magical, made the three young men instantly pounce on the strong man.

The show then began to unfold.

Long Chen left the room and returned to the hall with Xia Ling, quietly watching from an inconspicuous corner.

On stage, estimating that enough time had passed, Zhao Yu said, "Ladies and gentlemen, Xia Ling seems to have disappeared. She can’t miss such an important event. Let’s turn on the surveillance from all over the place and see what our beautiful Xia Ling is up to. What do you think? Sounds fun, right?"

"Haha, sure."

"Mr. Zhao, hurry up."

Many people were stirring up trouble.

Those people were all shills.

"Alright, let’s get started right away."

Zhao Yu ordered with a smile for someone to activate the screen and straightforwardly switch the feed to the prepared room.

The image that emerged on the screen shocked everyone.

They saw three young men brutally assaulting a muscular man.

"What the—what is this?"

"What is this supposed to be?"

"Damn, that’s hard on the eyes."

"Isn’t this Zhao Yu’s personal bodyguard? He’s into this?"

People gasped in disbelief, unable to comprehend.

Zhao Yu’s face turned red with anger too, bewildered.

"What the hell are these bastards doing? Weren’t they supposed to grab Qi..."

Zhao Yu cut himself off midsentence, realizing he had misspoken in his anger.

But even though he had only said half of it, people were already filling in the gaps in their minds.

So it turned out Zhao Yu was trying to set up Qi Xin, and it had backfired.

"Zhao Yu, I never expected that you, as the CEO of Cosmic Entertainment, would harbor such dark and dirty thoughts."

Qi Xin stepped out alongside Long Chen.

Seeing Qi Xin unscathed baffled Zhao Yu.

He had personally seen Qi Xin drink that glass of wine and had confirmed that his men had taken Qi Xin to the room.

Yet, why was Qi Xin standing here unharmed?

But now, Zhao Yu had no time to ponder: "Qi Xin, don’t just make wild accusations. I never intended to harm you."

"Trying to argue your way out?" Qi Xin sneered. "I’ll immediately have those in the room arrested and interrogated thoroughly. Also, we can retrieve footage from all the surveillance cameras here for review. I doubt the truth will elude us. Indeed, you could choose to delete certain footage and fabricate excuses, but that doesn’t prevent the public from seeing what kind of person the CEO of Cosmic Entertainment is."

"Qi Xin, we’re all trying to make it in this circle. Don’t burn bridges—it won’t benefit you."

Zhao Yu spoke gravely.

"Threatening my girlfriend?"

Long Chen began to step forward.

Zhao Yu looked at Long Chen and suddenly realized, it must have been this guy who saw through his plan and saved Qi Xin.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu said with an ugly expression, "You have no right to speak here. I only let you in out of respect for Qi Xin. If you keep running your mouth, I’ll have the security throw you out.

Ha, you must be new to this kind of high-society event, right? Treasure the moment, take some pictures to show off on your social media."

"You think your little Cosmic Entertainment is so tough?"

Long Chen frowned.

"Tough or not, get out."

Zhao Yu was losing his patience.

He was convinced Long Chen had spoiled his plans.

Long Chen chuckled. "A person like you serving as a CEO? As of today, you’re out of a job. In this circle, don’t even think about sticking around any longer."

"Oh, is that a threat? Come on, let’s see you try it."

Zhao Yu scoffed. "If you can’t do it, it will be Qi Xin who loses face."

"Alright, wait and see."

Long Chen dialed Xia Ling’s number.

The call connected, and Long Chen said, "Acquire Cosmic Entertainment, and industry-wide, blacklist the CEO Zhao Yu."

"Okay."

Xia Ling didn’t ask why, she immediately dropped everything else to handle the situation personally.

Just as Long Chen hung up the phone, Zhao Yu started to mock him again.

But merely three minutes later, Zhao Yu received a call from his boss: "What the hell did you do? Why is the president of Dragon Shadow Group calling me?"

"Uncle Zhao, I... I didn’t do anything."

Zhao Yu was startled.

"Fucking great. That’s Dragon Shadow Group. They could squash not just you, but even me with ease. From now on, you’re finished. You’re blacklisted from the industry, and Cosmic Entertainment will have a new owner. Happy now? Better fucking apologize to everyone properly, or you won’t even be able to save your own life."