"Settle accounts? How dare I?" Mu Jinyu spoke softly, quickly waving his hand, "I'm just thanking you for your concern for me."
Seeing that Mu Jinyu didn't dare to lay a hand on him, Wen Yan lost all his wariness.
With a cold snort, he began to accuse, "You got yourself in trouble and provoked Young Master Jiang. Before knowing whether you could deal with him, we had nothing to do with you. Why should we suffer for sitting with you? Isn't it right to disassociate ourselves earlier?"
"That's right," Mu Jinyu nodded, understandingly replied, "Even couples fly apart when disaster strikes, let alone us who have no relation at all."
"Isn't that so?" Wen Yan scoffed, "And when I asked Qiaoxia to sacrifice herself to Young Master Jiang, do you think it didn't pain my heart? But because I love her, that's why I hoped she could find a better future. Otherwise, following a pretty boy like you, what hope would her life have?!"
Heaving a long sigh, Wen Yan expressed his regret, "What a pity, you fool, you drove Jiang Changge away and ruined such a good opportunity for Qiaoxia."
Lin Qiaoxia sat beside Mu Jinyu, listening to Wen Yan's words with an embarrassed and bizarre expression.
She wanted to get angry but didn't dare.
Mu Jinyu, however, just went "Oh," as if suddenly realizing, "So that's how it is. I hadn't expected Manager Wen to be so noble, able to let go for love. Truly boundless benevolence..."
Wen Yan, hearing Mu Jinyu's words, also felt quite pleased.
Especially since Mu Jinyu had just lectured the typically lawless Jiang Changge in River City, and now he was flattering himself, the feeling was even more delightful.
It was much more satisfying than the usual flattery and sycophancy.
Just when Wen Yan was feeling over the moon, Mu Jinyu suddenly grabbed a bottle of beer from the table.
From the corner of his eye, Wen Yan saw this movement, his eyelid twitched, sensing trouble.
Mu Jinyu grinned and said, "For a man of sentiment like Manager Wen, it would be a grievance not to honor you with a bottle of beer."
"You wouldn't dare..."
Wen Yan guessed what Mu Jinyu was about to do and quickly tried to duck and cover his head while issuing a fierce yet scared warning.
However...
It was still too late!
"Bang!!"
The beer bottle shattered, and the golden liquid immediately spilled all over Wen Yan's face and head from the broken bottle.
"You motherf..."
Wen Yan felt a headache like his skull was about to burst, his head buzzing, and he wanted to grab a bottle and fight Mu Jinyu.
However, looking at the sharp glass of the broken beer bottle glaringly positioned before him, his anger dissipated, and he immediately didn't dare to make a move.
"This bottle is to honor your sacrifice for love," Mu Jinyu said, holding the broken beer bottle and gesturing in front of Wen Yan as if he were drunk, making him wary and unable to react, grinning all the while.
Manager Chen and the ladies from the public relations department, watching this scene, also felt their eyelids twitch and their hearts skip a beat.
After Mu Jinyu finished speaking, he casually threw the beer bottle aside and leaned over to reach for unopened boxes of beer.
Seeing this, a fierce look flashed in Wen Yan's eyes. He immediately went to pick up the beer bottle Mu Jinyu had tossed aside, determined to teach this bastard who dared bash his head a lesson.
However, before he could pick up the half bottle and teach Mu Jinyu a lesson...
"Bang!"
Mu Jinyu had already grabbed a few beer bottles in his hands and cracked another over the head of Wen Yan, who was bending down to pick up the bottle!
"Aah!"
Wen Yan let out a terrible scream and was directly knocked to the ground.
"This bottle is to honor your way with people!"
"Bang!"
"This bottle, it's to honor you..."
"Bang!"
"This bottle, it's to honor you..."
"Bang!"
"This bottle, I don't even know what I'm honoring you for, but anyways, to honor is just right..."
The public relations department watched in shock, their eyes wide open as they saw Wen Yan get smashed in the head until he bled and passed out, yet no one dared to say a word to stop it.
The terrifying aftereffect of Mu Jinyu's previous violent act towards Jiang Changge was still present, even though he had briefly explained that it was only because he had leverage over Jiang Changge, but the number of people who took his word for it was undoubtedly in the minority...
"Bam!"
"This bottle, I don't know what to honor you for, so let's just say it's for making me used to smashing it..."
After Mu Jinyu had knocked Wen Yan unconscious, he threw away the broken bottle in his hand, then turned to Manager Chen and the others, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "What are you standing there for? Don't you see that Manager Wen has passed out? Aren't you going to rush him on his way?"
"Rush him on his way?!" Manager Chen almost cried out in fear, "I... I can't..."
Mu Jinyu realized his choice of words and corrected himself, "Oh, my bad, I meant to say take him to the hospital."
Manager Chen breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Mu Jinyu's clarification and saw Wen Yan on the ground with his head bleeding, feeling uneasy but unable to ignore it. She clenched her teeth and ordered people to lift him and take him to the hospital.
"Remember to pay up!"
Mu Jinyu reminded loudly.
Hearing Mu Jinyu's reminder, Manager Chen's heart trembled, handed Wen Yan over to others to support him, and ran off to settle the bill herself.
The cashier at the front desk was reminded by the manager not to charge them, but upon seeing Mu Jinyu giving her a hint, they eventually took Manager Chen's money.
"Manager Chen, thank you for tonight's welcome banquet."
Mu Jinyu and Lin Qiaoxia stood by the entrance, and when they saw Manager Chen come out, they grinned and spoke again.
Manager Chen forced a smile at him, not daring to provoke him, this madman. Seeing that it would probably take a long time for the ambulance to arrive, she let people drag Wen Yan to her car and decided to take him to the hospital herself.
"Take it slow," Mu Jinyu waved at Manager Chen as she started the car, "Don't end up dying together on the road, becoming desperate lovebirds."
"Vroom!"
The car started and left the place as if fleeing.
As for the public relations department, none of them were in the mood to go back to the bars or chase after rich patrons, one after another they left, either by driving away or by taking a taxi...
Looking at the empty parking lot in front of the bar, Mu Jinyu shrugged at Lin Qiaoxia, who had a complicated expression, and said with a laugh, "Everyone's gone, no chance for a free ride home, I guess."
Lin Qiaoxia, her eyes hidden behind large black glasses, watched Mu Jinyu's face with a bewildered and complex gaze, her lips moved slightly, and she whispered softly, "Thank you..."
Although she had only met Mu Jinyu today, he had saved her several times already.
So, no matter how afraid others were of Mu Jinyu, she wasn't. She only felt a sincere gratitude.
Mu Jinyu said, "Let's go, I'll take you home."
"No need," Lin Qiaoxia quickly shook her head to refuse, "My place is nearby, I can go back by myself."
"Alright then."
Mu Jinyu parted ways with Lin Qiaoxia.
After parting ways with Lin Qiaoxia.
Mu Jinyu stood by the roadside, and after a few minutes without catching a ride, he suddenly wondered, was Lin Qiaoxia's home really nearby?
Whether it was or not, since taxis were scarce at the moment, he decided to go check. If her home was truly nearby, watching her safely get there would ease his mind.
And so, Mu Jinyu turned around and headed down the road Lin Qiaoxia had taken when she left.