Chapter 59: The Relationship is a Bit Messy

"President Dong, that's him! He blew up Young Master Dong's car and almost beat him to death."

Chen Caixia eagerly poured oil on the fire, completely shedding her mask as a counselor.

Having just suffered that brutal beating, she now longed to see Dong Shan destroy Li Moxuan on the spot.

Only a death by a thousand cuts could appease the hatred in her heart.

Dong Shan looked at Li Moxuan, a trace of frantic murderous intent welling up in his eyes.

"Did you hit him?"

Li Moxuan ignored Dong Shan and instead looked at Xiang Peng with a cold sneer.

The piercing chill in his gaze sent shudders through Xiang Peng, making him tremble uncontrollably.

Before Xiang Peng could offer an explanation, Dong Shan said coldly:

"Brat, didn't you hear my boss asking you a question? Why are you staring at my chairman?"

"What? You dare to hit my chairman as well, you bastard?"

"Spot on!"

Li Moxuan rushed forward and kicked Xiang Peng squarely in the stomach.

Xiang Peng lay on the ground, clutching his abdomen. Though his face was contorted with pain, he didn't dare to make a single sound.

Otherwise, he would lose his life.

Seeing this scene unfold, the surrounding crowd gasped once more.

Everyone was dumbfounded, some even clutching their heads in disbelief.

He was crazy, completely out of his mind.

How could anyone dare to strike the chairman of Xiang Peng Group?

Was this fellow trying to punch a hole through the sky?

The crucial part was that the man hadn't even said a word yet; this beating was utterly unjust.

An Benyue laughed inwardly with wild abandon.

Good, excellent! Go on, be even more arrogant, Li Moxuan. Let's see how you die later.

Dong Shan stood aside, petrified for a long time before he finally snapped back to reality.

He was scared out of his wits.

He hadn't expected that Li Moxuan would actually dare to make a move.

Dong Shan hurriedly stepped forward to help Xiang Peng up.

Unexpectedly, Xiang Peng stood up on his own and backhanded him across the face.

Slap...

"You damn well want to die!"

Xiang Peng delivered such a fierce slap that Dong Shan was left completely dazed.

Dong Shan looked at Xiang Peng with a puzzled and bewildered expression.

"Chairman, what is the meaning of this..."

The onlookers also frowned, their brains working overtime trying to process the situation.

Dong Shan went to cause trouble for Li Moxuan, Li Moxuan hit Xiang Peng, and Xiang Peng hit Dong Shan?

What kind of bizarre loop was this?

Not only were the onlookers baffled, but An Benyue, Dong Bo, and Chen Caixia were equally stunned.

The very next second, however, everyone present understood.

After delivering that resounding slap to Dong Shan's face, Xiang Peng turned around and bowed respectfully to Li Moxuan.

"Please calm your anger, Brother Li! This matter really has nothing to do with me!"

"I am wronged..."

Xiang Peng looked so aggrieved he was on the verge of tears.

Li Moxuan said coldly, "I am not your brother. We aren't that close."

Xiang Peng felt the pinnacle of awkwardness.

He had finally managed to establish a shred of a relationship with Li Moxuan earlier, only for it to be ruined by this foolish father and son pair from the Dong family.

The resentment in Xiang Peng's heart reached its absolute zenith.

He roared at Dong Shan beside him:

"Dong Shan, bring your idiot son over here to kneel and apologize! If Mr. Li refuses to forgive you, you will kneel here until you drop dead, or else I'll dig a pit and bury the both of you!"

Dong Shan turned pale with fright, finally grasping the crux of the matter.

So this young man possessed a background so profound that even his own chairman feared him to this extent.

Dong Shan asked cautiously, "Chairman, this gentleman is..."

Slap...

Xiang Peng stepped up and delivered another blow.

"Cut the crap! Is the identity of Mr. Li something you are qualified to know?"

Hearing Xiang Peng's words, the onlookers felt a jolt of shock in their hearts.

Their attitudes shifted instantly.

"I told you so! This young man is definitely no ordinary person. I could tell right away that he came from a noble background; he exudes an aura of aristocracy."

"That's right, that's right! I saw it too. He swept through everyone effortlessly, striking down whoever provoked him. He must possess extraordinary strength! Those idiots were mocking him as commoners—they truly were a bunch of suicidal fools."

"So the chairman of Xiang Long Group didn't come here to back Dong Shan; he came to stand up for this man instead! What a terrifying background!"

Hearing the murmurings of the bystanders, Chen Caixia turned deathly pale, looking at An Benyue in terror.

An Benyue, however, didn't pay her any attention at all, merely frowning slightly.

Surnamed Li? A terrifying background?

Could it be the Li family of the capital?

Is he a member of the Li family?

Hmph...

Even so, An Benyue wasn't afraid.

A mighty dragon cannot crush a local serpent. No matter who showed up, the An family of Wushi wasn't to be trifled with easily.

Dong Shan grabbed Dong Bo by the hair and slammed his head fiercely against the ground.

He forcibly pinned Dong Bo to the floor, making him kneel alongside him before Li Moxuan.

With trembling hands, Dong Shan cupped his fists toward Li Moxuan and begged for mercy:

"Mr. Li, please be magnanimous and spare our father and son. We will do anything you ask."

Terrified to the extreme, Dong Bo pressed himself flat against the floor, not daring to move a muscle.

Li Moxuan looked down at Dong Bo.

"Someone must have instigated you to make trouble for my sister, right?"

"Who is it?"

Seeing An Benyue's presence and Chen Caixia's abnormal reaction, Li Moxuan had already guessed most of the truth.

Now, he simply needed conclusive evidence.

A clear look of panic flickered in Dong Bo's eyes.

He dared not offend Li Moxuan, but neither could he afford to offend An Benyue.

"No, no, no! I just thought she looked pretty and tried to chat her up. Nobody put me up to it!"

Knowing the severe consequences, Dong Bo hardened his resolve to take the blame for everything.

A brilliant smile suddenly bloomed on Li Moxuan's face.

Yet this very smile made the blood run cold in the veins of everyone present.

"You only have one chance. Remember to cherish it."

The cold sweat on Dong Bo's forehead mixed with blood, dripping steadily onto the ground.

Seeing Dong Bo's reaction, Dong Shan's expression changed drastically. Something was terribly wrong.

There was definitely something fishy going on here.

Realizing the gravity of the situation, Dong Shan backhanded Dong Bo across the face and shouted sternly:

"You unfilial wretch! You still dare to lie to Mr. Li? Do you want to die?"

Terrified to the point of a complete mental breakdown, Dong Bo immediately blurted out:

"It was Young Master An! He's the one who made me do it!"

"He said Li Moling was just a lowly freshman yet dared to reject his advances instead of eagerly crawling into his bed, so he told me to set a trap to screw her over. Who would have guessed that Mr. Li's sister was such a powerhouse, blowing up my car? So we just kept playing along with the situation..."

"I don't know anything else! If I had known she was Mr. Li's sister, I wouldn't have dared to come near her even if it meant death. I'm just a small-time player, Mr. Li, spare my life!"

Having confessed, Dong Bo collapsed onto the ground like a puddle of mud, weeping bitterly and hysterically.

Accustomed to running amok since childhood, he had never encountered such a situation.

Even Dong Shan, his ultimate backing, was forced to kneel before the other party.

At this moment, Dong Bo was utterly frightened out of his wits.

Dong Shan frowned, "Young Master An? Which Young Master An?"

Dong Bo wept until his entire body convulsed.

"An Benyue of the An family!"

Upon hearing the name, Dong Shan's face turned ashen, while Xiang Peng secretly cursed his luck.

An Benyue was the young master of the An family, one of the six major clans.

Since this matter involved him, given Li Moxuan's temperament, he would certainly not let it rest.