Wang Changge finally reacted and was so angry he nearly lost his composure.
Damn it, I asked you to mediate, but you ended up taking sides!
Even threatening that if we don't pay a compensation of ten billion, you would drag us down with you, even if it causes us a loss of hundreds of billions!
Is this how you teach your children as a mother?
No wonder Mu Jinyu is so arrogant and disrespectful!
However, Wang Changge didn't doubt Su Zijin's words for a second; with the Su Family's power, if she really wanted to drag them down with her, she could indeed do it.
Now, she was capable of ensuring her small family was well-fed, but the Four Major Families had too much at stake and couldn't afford to join her recklessness.
If he, Wang Changge, dared to pit the Wang Family Corporation against the Su Family Corporation today, causing losses of over a hundred billion in market value, he'd probably have to step down as the head of the Wang Family tomorrow.
Su Zijin looked at the people whose expressions were changing unpredictably and sneered, "Don't think you can bully us just because we are a mother and son alone; try it and see, and if you don't give me a satisfactory explanation today, we'll see who suffers more in the end!"
Among the four families present, the weakest, the Wang Family, internally cursed at their past leniency as the cause of their current problems but dared not speak up.
The Wang Family Patriarch knew Su Zijin was serious, and that his family couldn't withstand such turmoil; he finally sighed and said, "I agree to your demands."
"Hah..."
Mu Jinyu scoffed and said, "Then stop talking and bring out the money."
Wang Family Patriarch sighed, "As I said earlier, we really can't produce it right now, but once we return, we will start to liquidate assets and equity to pay you the ten billion compensation!"
Saying this, he then prepared to lead his people out of the teahouse, a figure of dejected sorrow.
As for Young Master Wang lying half-dead on the ground, he didn't want to deal with him anymore.
"Let's start by writing a promissory note then!"
Mu Jinyu wouldn't let them just say empty words and let them go; observing this, he directly demanded in a cold voice.
"You!"
When the Wang Family Patriarch heard Mu Jinyu's words, he stopped in his tracks, then turned to look at Mu Jinyu with his face turning red and filled with humiliation.
Did he really think he would default on a promise he had made?
This was an insult to his integrity and an insult to the authority of the Wang Family!
But, when the Wang Family Patriarch met Mu Jinyu and Su Zijin's cold gazes, he finally gave in and humiliatingly wrote them a promissory note!
Only after that did they drag Young Master Wang, who was still half-dead, out of the teahouse.
Once the Wang family members had left, the Zhou Family, ranked second in strength, also began to grow restless.
Lady Zhou looked around, seeing Wang Changge and a Li Family Member maintaining their silence, she could not help but become frustrated.
She thought, if the Four Major Families united, they wouldn't fear Su Zijin. Why should they let her take advantage like this by appeasing her?!
But if they all agreed, the Zhou Family, isolated and weak, certainly wouldn't stand a chance against the Su Family.
Lady Zhou was fraught with anxiety, constantly figuring out how to get out of this predicament in her mind.
At that moment, she turned around to see Shen Cangsheng and Wu Shisan heading hurriedly into the teahouse.
"Big Brother Shen, you've finally arrived; they've gone too far. It was bad enough that they beat my son, but they even demand a compensation of ten billion!"
When Lady Zhou saw Shen Cangsheng approaching, her eyes lit up and she quickly called out to him in desperation.
She had sensed the situation turning dire after Wang Changge's arrival, and unable to suppress Mu Jinyu, she had sent a message to Shen Cangsheng hoping he would come to help.
The Zhou family had once aided the Shen family before their rise to power, so their relationship remained cordial even after Shen Cangsheng's ascendancy.
That was why Lady Zhou boldly asked Shen Cangsheng for help.
After all, wasn't Mu Jinyu the grandson of the Old Dragon King? Now that the Old Dragon King had died, and considering the enmity between Su Zijin and Shen Cangsheng, Shen Cangsheng would surely be only too happy to kick someone when they were down!
Little did she know, Shen Cangsheng refused her and told her that a new Dragon King was to arrive at the Dragon King Hall today, and he did not have time to help her.
Lady Zhou was initially disappointed, thinking Shen Cangsheng would not come after all. To her surprise, he eventually did show up.
Wang Changge and the members of the Li family brightened up when they saw Shen Cangsheng enter, recalling the grudge between Su Zijin and Shen Cangsheng.
Thus, they were in no hurry to submit to Su Zijin's excessive demands.
They preferred to first observe the internal strife among the people of Dragon King Hall and see whether Su Zijin still had the confidence to demand a compensation of ten billion!
But unexpectedly, once Shen Cangsheng and Wu Shisan entered the tea house, they ignored everyone present and even disregarded Lady Zhou's warm greeting, going straight to Mu Jinyu's side, and then…
They knelt!
Kneeling on one knee before Mu Jinyu, they said solemnly, "Your humble servants have arrived late to rescue you, causing the Dragon King to suffer humiliations. We deserve death. Please, Dragon King, punish us…"
Shen Cangsheng's heart bled as he spoke these words.
If possible, how could he wish to kneel before Mu Jinyu, his nemesis, and utter such dignity-stripping words.
After all, Mu Jinyu was the bastard son of his former fiancée and another man. Not long ago, he had caused a huge disruption at his and Su Zijin's engagement ceremony and had even beaten him into a coffin.
His hatred for Mu Jinyu was deep enough to wish he could devour his flesh!
But there was no choice, the rules of the Dragon King Hall were such. Mu Jinyu was destined to become the new Tiance True Dragon. The pertinent authorities in Huaxia had already issued the decree to all major sub-halls; if he continued to resist, he might even lose his position as Beidou Tian Quan!
Thus, Shen Cangsheng came with the others, begrudgingly submitting to the circumstances.
But no matter, a great man is able to bend and stretch. The humiliation of today, he would certainly seek to revenge a hundredfold one day!
Shen Cangsheng gritted his teeth and thought disdainfully in his heart.
Wang Changge, Lady Zhou, and the Li family members, witnessing Shen Cangsheng and others approach Mu Jinyu and kneel to seek forgiveness instead of confronting him physically, were shocked to the point where their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
Afterward, once they clearly heard Shen Cangsheng's words, a shiver went through their hearts, and their hairs stood on end.
What the hell?
Mu Jinyu was the new Tiance True Dragon?
The new Dragon King of Dragon King Hall?!
That wasn't right!
Even if the Old Dragon King were making a rash decision favoring his kin, the authorities wouldn't follow suit in chaos.
But then, what was going on with Shen Cangsheng and his group?
With their rebellious natures, they wouldn't possibly kneel to Mu Jinyu if he weren't the True Dragon King, would they?!
At this moment, Xiang Mantang and Di Yin, Qin Qiaochu, Jian Ruyan, and Mu Hongchen also followed into the room and likewise knelt on one knee before Mu Jinyu, declaring loudly:
"Your humble servants have arrived late to rescue you, causing the Dragon King to suffer humiliations. We deserve death. Please, Dragon King, punish us!"
"Please, Dragon King, punish us!!"
Their voices were incredibly loud, echoing ceaselessly within the quiet tea house!