Chapter 134: This Grudge Must Be Settled!

Oh my god!

This...

What on earth is going on?!

Everyone was practically on the verge of a breakdown!

Their eyes looked as though they were about to pop straight out of their sockets!

This was the notoriously formidable Young Master Cheng Yushui...

How... How could he possibly be so respectful to this Ling Qiu?!

What kind of attitude is this?!

Damn it, he is treating him like an ancestral deity!

Just what background does this Ling Qiu have?!

To make Cheng Yushui harden his heart and turn against his own cousin?!

"Did you not hear me? I said kneel down."

Cheng Yushui's expression grew even colder as his gaze swept over the crowd, radiating an imposing aura!

He was well aware of just how terrifying Ling Qiu's methods were!

With Ling Qiu's level of strength, taking a life without a trace was effortless. Even if he were to kill Cheng Qiang today, the world was vast; should the Cheng family dispatch elite experts, if Ling Qiu deliberately chose to flee, the Cheng family could do nothing against him!

More importantly... with such strength, Ling Qiu undoubtedly possessed an unfathomable and terrifying background. If they really pressed the matter, the one getting wiped out would likely be the Cheng family instead!

By taking matters into his own hands, he had actually saved Cheng Qiang's life!

"It has nothing to do with the others. It's mainly these few who seem to have some objections towards me."

At this moment, Ling Qiu waved his hand indifferently, casting his gaze upon Wang Qian, Liang Feifan, Liu Xing, and their associates.

The moment they met that gaze, Wang Qian and the others felt a jolt run through their entire bodies!

So frightened that their faces turned completely pale!

Cheng Yushui's face chilled as he instantly caught the meaning. He waved his hand and instructed his subordinates, "Finish off these few."

"Understood!"

Without a second word, the subordinates strode aggressively toward Wang Qian and the others!

"Ah, ah, ah!!!"

Wang Qian and the rest shrieked in terror!

Liang Feifan even shoved Wang Qian forward without hesitation!

"Third Young Master Cheng! No... no... it has nothing to do with me! It's all this bitch's fault!!"

Liang Feifan grabbed a handful of Wang Qian's hair and forced her head down toward the floor: "Hurry up and kneel to kowtow to Third Young Master Cheng... No, wait, that's wrong!! It's... it's to kowtow to Mr. Ling!!"

With those words, Liang Feifan dragged Wang Qian down with him into a kneeling position, and Liu Xing scrambled to his knees in a panic as well!

Are you kidding me?!

This was Third Young Master Cheng!

Even though they still hadn't figured out what was actually going on!

Damn it... Cheng Qiang had just gotten beaten up!

Who gives a damn what kind of identity Ling Qiu actually had?!

Anyway, he was definitely someone they couldn't afford to provoke!

The three of them wished they could just raise their hands and slap themselves hard across the face, cursing themselves for having eyes but failing to recognize a titan!

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Wang Qian kowtowed even more desperately!

Why?

Because she was the one who had hurled the harshest threats at Ling Qiu! And her social status was the lowest among them all!

As she kowtowed, she began frantically slapping her own face.

Snot and tears streamed down her face: "I'm sorry...!! Mr... Mr. Ling! ...I was blind! I failed to recognize Mount Tai! I... Wuwuwu!! Shen Meng... please help me plead for mercy!! Considering that... we are roommates and sisters... I..."

Shen Meng tightly knitted her brows.

She was relatively gentle and well-behaved.

However... that did not mean she was truly stupid.

She was well aware... that if Ling Qiu hadn't possessed such a terrifying hidden trump card today... the one pinned to the ground and beaten to a pulp by a crowd would have been Ling Qiu instead!

The moment Cheng Yushui appeared earlier, Wang Qian had been the very first to step forward and fan the flames!

She was trying to get Ling Qiu killed!

"Wang Qian, the moment you decided to harm Ling Qiu, I severed all ties with you!"

Shen Meng said with tightly furrowed brows, her tone resolute and serious.

Wang Qian's face instantly turned deathly pale! Bereft of any hope, her eyes widened in absolute terror, and her whole body shook violently!

"Cheng Yushui."

Ling Qiu suddenly said in a calm voice.

Hearing this, Cheng Yushui felt his heart skip a beat. He bowed respectfully to Ling Qiu and said, "Mr. Ling, what are your orders? Just say the word! Anyone in this entire banquet hall today—if you want anyone dead, a single glance from you is all it takes, and I, Cheng Yushui, will definitely get it done!!"

Gasp!

The entire crowd was shocked to the absolute limit!

Every single person finally felt their hearts gripped by an unprecedented terror!

All gazes shifted back to Ling Qiu—to this same Ling Qiu whom they had previously dismissed as a "penniless nobody"!

At this moment, contempt had completely vanished from everyone's eyes, replaced instead by fear, dread, apprehension... and a helpless sense of awe!

Just how immensely powerful must a young man's background be to make the notoriously prominent Third Young Master of the Cheng family humble himself to such an extent?!

Today, Lü Mao and Cheng Qiang hadn't kicked an iron plate...

They had kicked a damn nuclear bomb!

"Come here."

At that moment, Ling Qiu motioned to Cheng Yushui.

Cheng Yushui hurriedly stepped closer.

Ling Qiu placed one hand on Cheng Yushui's shoulder, patting it casually as if a master were reprimanding a disciple: "Did I give you permission to step in?"

The crowd: ?!?

Holy crap!

Talk about badass!

Although they had already gathered that Cheng Yushui held Ling Qiu in high regard, hearing someone actually speak to Cheng Yushui in such a tone and with such an attitude firsthand still left their minds reeling with shock!

Cheng Yushui hurriedly lowered his head: "I'm sorry, Mr. Ling! I just happened to be nearby..."

Before Cheng Yushui could finish, Ling Qiu gave an indolent wave of his hand. Looking at the chaotic scene before him, feeling that enough had played out, he couldn't be bothered to waste any more energy on this bunch. He said indifferently, "Do whatever you want with the people here; I couldn't care less. But, there is one thing you must remember."

With a serious expression, Cheng Yushui replied, "Please go ahead, Mr. Ling!"

"From now on, don't bow and scrape every time you see me. It annoys me."

"Yes!!"

Cheng Yushui immediately nodded in compliance!

Then, his eyes darted around as his mind raced, frantically trying to decipher the underlying chill in Ling Qiu's words...

Does this mean... he dislikes this kind of attitude from me?

Could it be... that my attitude disrupted Mr. Ling's preference for keeping a low profile?

Right, right, right!

That must be it!

By the time Cheng Yushui figured it out, Ling Qiu and Shen Meng had already left the banquet hall.

And then...

A full five minutes passed, yet the entire hall remained in a horrifying, pin-drop silence!

Cheng Yushui raised his head, sweeping his gaze over the crowd with a towering, arrogant posture, and demanded, "Do you want to die, or do you want to live?"

"We want... we want to live!!!"

Regaining their wits, the crowd chimed in with bloodless, pale faces.

"Then no one is allowed to utter a single word about what happened tonight! Including Mr. Ling's identity! If anyone fails to keep their mouth shut, I, Cheng Yushui, won't mind making them vanish permanently!"

At these words, everyone gasped deeply and repeatedly promised to comply!

"Get the hell out of my sight!"

At Cheng Yushui's command, the crowd surged toward the exit like a pack of fleeing refugees!

Liang Feifan, Liu Xing, and Wang Qian also rushed frantically toward the door!

"Stop right there."

Cheng Yushui dropped the cold command, and a group of subordinates immediately blocked the trio's path!

Terrified out of their wits, the three of them dropped to their knees once again, kowtowing frantically toward Cheng Yushui: "Third Young Master Cheng! Please... please be magnanimous and spare us worthless trash...!"

With an icy expression, Cheng Yushui replied, "If you had offended me, I might have let you off the hook. But you offended Mr. Ling—someone even I wouldn't dare to cross!—You opened the gates to hell yourselves; trying to run away now? It's too late!"

With those words, Cheng Yushui waved his hand majestically.

His subordinates instantly moved in!

The next moment...

"Ah, ah, ah, ah!!!"

A chorus of piercing screams echoed throughout the entire eighth floor!