Wang Huanhuan struggled to open her mouth, wanting to ask how exactly she had offended Xu Tianzheng, but the fear in her heart made her legs tremble and her tongue tie, preventing her from uttering a word.
"This..."
As the lobby manager, Manager Zheng saw that a bloody incident was about to occur right in front of him, and he couldn't help but take a deep breath, trying to persuade both parties to calm down.
Although the other party was Xu Tianzheng, the clan leader of one of the Four Major Families, who could kill Wang Huanhuan with a gun right in public without any consequence, he himself was the responsible person for this bank. Xu Tianzheng would be fine, but he would definitely be ruined.
Therefore, for his career's sake, he had no choice but to speak up, "Director Xu, is there perhaps some kind of misunderstanding here?"
"Misunderstanding?!"
Upon hearing Manager Zheng's words, Xu Tianzheng's eyes flashed coldly as he scoffed, "I witnessed this despicable woman trying to attack the most esteemed guest of the Xu Family. And now you tell me that it's just a misunderstanding?"
"The Xu family's most esteemed guest?"
When Manager Zheng heard this, he suddenly realized something, and his heart sank. He then slowly looked up to see Mu Jinyu standing aside, looking unperturbed as if nothing had happened.
This young man, whom he had mistaken for a scammer, turned out to be the Xu Family's most esteemed guest, personally affirmed by Elder Master Xu himself.
Since he was a guest of honor of Elder Master Xu, wasn't it only natural that he possessed a cheque for forty million from the Xueyin Group?
Manager Zheng felt his throat dry and itchy; he swallowed his saliva and then wiped the cold sweat that kept seeping out of his forehead, thinking to himself that he was done for.
Indeed, he should not have simply believed the foolish words of Wang Huanhuan. He should have been more diligent in verifying the authenticity of the cheque in Mu Jinyu's hand, instead of calling for his attack merely on the word of a vice president of the Xueyin Group!
Unfortunately, anything he said now would be too late!
Manager Zheng shivered with fear, and cold sweat continued to flow. As the person involved, Wang Huanhuan was naturally frightened and ended up collapsing to the floor, soiling her pants.
Suddenly, a pungent stench began to spread slowly in the lobby.
This unpleasant smell of urine caused everyone watching the scene to frown involuntarily as a tumultuous wave raged in their hearts.
Xu Tianzheng smelled it too, his eyebrows furrowed, but he couldn't say anything. After seeing that they probably wouldn't dare act rashly anymore, he turned to look at Mu Jinyu, who was observing him with a whimsical smile on his face.
He suddenly bent his stiffly straight back, bowing to Mu Jinyu and said respectfully, "Mr. Mu, I apologize for the delay of this old man, and for any distress it may have caused you."
With this gesture from Xu Tianzheng, the already shocked crowd was now absolutely terrified; their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
Damn, what exactly is this young man's background, that such a fearsome old man, flanked by an armed bodyguard, would bow and apologize to him?!
Some onlookers who enjoyed stirring up trouble felt that coming to the bank today had indeed been worthwhile, and they were thrilled inside.
And Manager Zheng, who had already been quite scared, felt a blackness before his eyes and his legs went weak when he saw Xu Tianzheng's actions. He fell to the ground with a thump.
He had not expected Mu Jinyu's status in Xu Tianzheng's heart to be so elevated.
Originally, he had thought that if Xu Tianzheng said Mu Jinyu was his honored guest, it was merely to save face. Then, even though he had offended Mu Jinyu, there were reasons behind it, and the true instigator was Wang Huanhuan, so he might have had a chance to escape punishment.
But now, it was over, all over... He probably didn't even have a last chance for rescue.
Wang Huanhuan's eyes widened in disbelief!
That was Xu Tianzheng after all.
The controlling figure of the vast Xu Family, a terrifying presence in River City, he actually... he actually bowed and apologized to Mu Jinyu, this deceitful liar. It was impossible, impossible!
Wang Huanhuan found it hard to accept this reality, her breathing grew rapid, then everything went black, and she fainted from shock.
Mu Jinyu saw that as soon as Xu Tianzheng arrived, he first took action for him and then treated him with such respect. Watching the Xu Family members one after another bowing and apologizing following Xu Tianzheng, he wore a smile that was not quite a smile and didn't say much, just faintly responded, "Hmm."
Xu Tianzheng knew that Mu Jinyu still did not think highly of him. After straightening up, he showed a bitter smile, then he asked, "Mr. Mu, why did they treat you this way? Why would that vile woman want to disrespect you?"
During these uneasy days, Xu Tianzheng felt he had fully grasped Mu Jinyu's character.
He knew that Mu Jinyu was not one to start trouble, but if others troubled him, he would become ruthless and unrecognizable, just like a few days ago in the hospital. Although they had paid him twenty million to treat the illness, because of the Xu Family's repeated offenses, he had ended up taking action and knocking down the security guards who tried to apprehend him!
Thus, he thought that Mu Jinyu's visit to the bank probably hadn't been to start trouble. It was likely that they looked down on him because he was dressed simply, and Mu Jinyu was unwilling to suffer in silence, leading to the conflict.
Hearing Xu Tianzheng's question, Mu Jinyu glanced at Manager Zheng, whose face had turned deathly pale and bloodless. With a slight lift of his lips, he calmly said, "I was here to deposit some money. That woman, for some reason, insisted my check was fake, and then the manager, after making a phone call, also thought my check was fake and then called the security to handle it and even wanted to alert the police to arrest me. You know the rest."
Upon hearing this, Xu Tianzheng became furious, glaring at the nearly scared-to-death Manager Zheng, he roared, "You lowly fool, how dare you think that Mr. Mu's check was fake? It was issued by my Xu Family. Are you questioning the status of my Xu Family?"
In his view, the check Mu Jinyu had come to deposit must have been the twenty million issued by his younger son, Xu Zhixin, when he invited him. This made him even angrier.
"Oh, right, those two checks from the Xu Family, I haven't taken them out for you yet. I wonder if they will also say these are fake."
Reminded by Xu Tianzheng, Mu Jinyu reached into the left pocket of his trousers, took out the Xu Family's twenty-million checks, and threw them in front of Manager Zheng.
Manager Zheng, who was frightened to the point of barely breathing and weakly slumped on the ground, upon hearing this, strained to open his eyelids to look at the two checks that had fallen before him, seeing the Xu Family's emblem on them. He opened his mouth, everything went black, and he fainted, too.
Before fainting, he had only one thought.
Since Mu Jinyu had the Xu Family's checks, then the checks from Xueyin Group, there was no need to say more, they must also be genuine.
Damn it, if you had the Xu Family's checks, why didn't you take them out earlier? Why did you only show the Xueyin Group's checks? You were clearly trying to mess with me!