Mu Jinyu lazily sat in the chair, hugging his knees, and nodded, "Go ahead."
Li Rujian quickly took out his phone to call Li Heshan, then informed Liu Zhengguo to come and settle the debt he owed to Mu Jinyu.
Lin Qiaoxia sat aside, staring dumbfounded at this rapidly changing scene, feeling it was more thrilling than watching a blockbuster.
However, she also had many questions in her mind.
If Mu Jinyu was so incredible, being called Master by such a group, why would he still work for their company?
She couldn't figure it out, but she realized why Mu Jinyu was so skilled and seemed unfazed even after Liu Zhiqiang had called people over.
Because he had long been accustomed to big scenes and was simply not afraid of them.
Lost in wild thoughts, Mu Jinyu also turned his head and smiled at her, "Lucky us, it looks like our debt collection process will go smoothly."
"Yeah." Lin Qiaoxia responded.
She didn't know why, but the scene that should have been frightening didn't scare her much.
Perhaps, it was because Mu Jinyu had made a good impression on her all the way, so she felt less afraid?
Lin Qiaoxia wasn't sure either.
Soon.
Liu Zhengguo, having been informed, arrived at the scene with a worried expression.
When he entered the pharmacy and saw his son lying on the ground, his face swollen and looking miserable, his eyes immediately reddened.
But when he saw the tattooed youths glaring from the side, his impulsiveness suddenly extinguished.
He had already learned from Li Heshan's notification, that these were Li Heshan's men, here to help someone named Master Mu collect a debt.
"Who is Master Mu, and may I know how much my son owes you?"
Liu Zhengguo suppressed his anger, looked around, and asked in a tone that was neither servile nor overbearing.
Mu Jinyu gently lifted his hand and said, "This way."
Upon hearing this, Liu Zhengguo looked over, and seeing how young Mu Jinyu was, his first reaction was disbelief.
But when he saw Li Rujian respectfully standing beside Mu Jinyu, he instantly understood that this indeed was Master Mu.
His expression flickered, he took a deep breath, then walked over to Mu Jinyu, and respectfully said, "Master Mu, may I know how much my unfilial son owes you for you to take such grand action?"
Mu Jinyu said lazily, "It's not him who owes me money, it's your Hongmao Pharmaceuticals that has owed my Jinyu Group five hundred thousand in final payments and has been unwilling to settle. I came to collect the debt, and he even tried to hit me, couldn't beat me, then called people over, and that's how things ended up like this…"
After briefly explaining, Mu Jinyu told Lin Qiaoxia, "Show him the agreement, so Manager Liu won't forget because of his status and think we are here to cause trouble."
"Yes, Manager Liu, you owe us…"
Lin Qiaoxia held the document, explaining earnestly to Liu Zhengguo.
Liu Zhengguo felt incredibly angry and had no intention of listening to Lin Qiaoxia's ramblings.
Fucking hell, his son had called people over to show strength, and it turned into helping others collect debts?
How useless could his son be?!
As the situation was beyond his control, Liu Zhengguo, no matter how dissatisfied or unwilling, still had to patiently listen to Lin Qiaoxia's ramblings, then said sternly:
"I understand now. I will immediately settle the overdue final payment we owe you, my apologies, this was my oversight…"
Then, he took out his checkbook, quickly filled in the amount of five hundred thousand, signed his name, and handed it to Lin Qiaoxia.
After Lin Qiaoxia accepted it.
Liu Zhengguo deeply looked at Mu Jinyu, thinking to himself, he had really misjudged the situation. He didn't expect that this ragtag company, now renamed Jinyu Group, had the means to get Li Heshan's backing. Had he known earlier, he would have just paid the full amount then and there.
Mu Jinyu, seeing that he had successfully received the outstanding final payment, showed a faint smile. He exchanged a surprised and joyous glance with Lin Qiaoxia and said, "Let's go, time to report back..."
At this time, Liu Zhiqiang, who had just regained some strength and could talk, saw his father actually give Mu Jinyu a check for five hundred thousand and his eyes immediately reddened.
He shouted, "Dad, you have money, why haven't you given any to me? You even lied to me saying you were out of money?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Zhengguo, livid with anger, scolded, "Shut up! All the money goes to you so you can gamble away everything we have, is that it?"
Just as Mu Jinyu got up from his chair and saw Liu Zhiqiang still unrepentant, he paused his steps to leave.
Then, he turned his head to look at Liu Zhiqiang, who was shakily standing up, eyes red, staring at the check in Lin Qiaoxia's hands, and asked, "You really like to gamble?"
"Nonsense!"
Liu Zhiqiang, seeing that the money had been paid and assuming Mu Jinyu wouldn't hit him again, grew bold and irritably said, "My luck was just about to turn around, it's just that my dad wouldn't give me money. Otherwise, I would have won back everything I lost."
As he spoke, his expression suddenly became agitated, and he said to Mu Jinyu, "Lend me that five hundred thousand; I'll go gamble one more time. If I win, I'll pay you back a million!"
Mu Jinyu was truly speechless at these words. He came here just to collect a debt and, having just gotten the money, this guy was asking to borrow from him. What kind of logic was that?
His mind must be fried from all that gambling!
"Heh..."
With a cold laugh, Mu Jinyu said, "So you love gambling that much, is gambling all that's in your head?"
"Of course!" Liu Zhiqiang replied, oddly proud, "I was born to be the Gambling God!"
Mu Jinyu found this guy quite interesting. With a look that was both mocking and not, he said, "Then you just said you'd pay me back, but ended up tricking me and even called people over to prepare to weasel out of it. On the gambling table, what do you call that move?"
Liu Zhiqiang, on hearing this, had his greedy expression instantly freeze on his face.
Liu Zhengguo, who had been silent, turned pale all of a sudden, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Li Rujian replied, "Cheating at cards!"
Mu Jinyu nodded and said, "Right, cheating at cards."
After saying this, he looked mockingly at the pale-faced Liu Zhiqiang and said indifferently, "You, born to gamble, a self-proclaimed Gambling God, cheated. According to Jianghu rules, how should this be resolved?"
Liu Zhiqiang's face drastically changed, and he looked at Mu Jinyu in horror. His legs weakened, almost leading him to kneel.
Liu Zhengguo also had an anxious look and quickly shouted, "Master Mu, Master Mu, please don't hold his momentary foolishness against him. Let him off this once. I'll compensate you with five million..."
Li Rujian answered, "It depends on the situation. Usually, it's chopping a finger, but in severe cases, a hand!"
"Then chop off one of his fingers!"
Mu Jinyu disregarded Liu Zhengguo's plea and said indifferently.
Then, he took the somewhat dazed and silly Lin Qiaoxia by the hand and turned to leave the pharmacy.
Liu Zhengguo, desperately not wanting to see his beloved son hurt, tried to call Mu Jinyu back, urging him to reconsider and offering ten million yuan, but was blocked by Li Rujian's men.
Blocked by the crowd, he shouted desperately at Mu Jinyu's retreating figure:
"Master Mu, I beg you, please spare my son!"
Mu Jinyu, pulling Lin Qiaoxia along, simply ignored him completely.