Lu Ming felt deeply puzzled and asked, "Elder Yang, you just said Chen Xinjuan was from a loyal and heroic family and should be helped. Why are you now standing by and watching her being bullied by villains? Isn't that contradictory?"
Yang Jitong sighed, "It's not that I don't want to help, but that I can't! Do you know who those strong men are?"
Yang Jitong pointed at the burly men and continued, "They are senior employees of the Tianlong Group, commonly known as Tianlong people. Every single one of them has a criminal record. They are ruthless, lawless, and dare to do anything, even murder!"
"If you go over now, you won't save Chen Xinjuan; you'll only further enrage the Tianlong people, leading them to do even more extreme and terrifying things. Who knows, you and Chen Xinjuan might even lose your lives!"
Heh.
If that's the case, then one can only watch Chen Xinjuan being bullied and do nothing?
Lu Ming said coldly, "Chen Xinjuan, a descendant of loyal heroes, is being bullied by a few scum. If we can stand by and watch this, wouldn't that chill the hearts of the loyal heroes? Can the great Hua Xia still be manipulated by a few scoundrels?"
He strode up to the man with red hair and sternly shouted, "Take your dirty foot away!"
Whoosh~~
Everyone present gasped in disbelief and looked at Lu Ming with astonishment.
"Who is this guy? Is he crazy? He dares to meddle in the Tianlong people's business?"
"He's probably trying to play the hero."
"Playing the hero? He's a complete idiot. The waiter would have been fine after a beating, but by stepping out like this, he'll only cause the waiter to be punished more severely, and he'll be finished too!"
"So, some people really have questionable intelligence."
The man with red hair was also quite surprised. His Tianlong people were used to being arrogant and overbearing, and no one had ever dared to say 'no' to them. He didn't expect someone to stand up and confront him today.
Was this person blind, or was the reputation of the Tianlong people not loud enough?
The man with red hair sneered, not only not moving his foot, but also intensifying the pressure and provocatively asking, "I won't move it. What are you going to do about it?"
Lu Ming's eyes narrowed. With lightning speed, he opened his large hand and slapped the man with red hair across the face.
Then, he crouched down, grabbed the man with red hair's head, and slammed it fiercely onto the dining table.
Bang!!!
The granite dining table had a corner broken off, food splattered everywhere, and a large pool of blood flowed from the back of the man's head.
Clink.
Lu Ming casually threw him to the ground like garbage.
The entire venue fell silent.
Not a sound could be heard.
No one had expected anyone to dare to lay a hand on a Tianlong person. They were insane, this person was absolutely insane.
Lu Ming, however, acted as if nothing had happened. He squatted down to examine Chen Xinjuan's wrist injury and provided simple wound treatment.
The other Tianlong people stood up simultaneously, each pulling a dagger from their pocket and forming a circle, trapping Lu Ming in the center.
Today, they would make Lu Ming pay with his blood!
If they didn't end Lu Ming's life, who would fear the words "Tianlong people" in the future?
One of them said, "Kid, you've got guts to hit a Tianlong person. But mistakes must be paid for, and the price is your life!"
Chen Xinjuan trembled in fear and cried, "Big brothers, I'll call 120 right away and get medical attention for the injured gentleman. I'll cover all the medical expenses, I just beg you to spare our lives."
The Tianlong people laughed in unison.
"What nonsense are you talking? At this point, do you think you can still live?"
At this moment, Lu Ming finished treating Chen Xinjuan's wound and said without looking up, "The one who was bullying just now was the guy with red hair. You have nothing to do with it. I'll let you go for now, scram."
Hearing this, the Tianlong people burst into laughter.
"Let us go? Kid, take a good look. It's one of you against seven of us. What are you going to use to let us go?"
"We're all people who live on the edge of a knife. We wouldn't even blink an eye killing you!"
Chen Xinjuan completely broke down upon hearing this.
She never imagined that being a waitress would cost her life. Thinking of her younger siblings at home who had no one to care for, she was overcome with grief and began to cry hysterically.
The surrounding crowd also shook their heads.
"This person is truly causing harm! He's courting death for himself and dragging the young lady down with him."
"Should we call the police?"
"Call the police? Are you crazy? If the Tianlong people investigate afterward, whoever called the police will be chopped!"
"Alas, then there's no solution."
"To put it bluntly, it's all because that scoundrel stuck his nose where it didn't belong. The waiter would have been fine after a beating, but he had to escalate it to this point where there's no way to resolve it."
The surrounding murmurs of罵 and accusations grew louder.
Lu Ming smiled wryly and shook his head, muttering to himself, "It's been dark for too long, people no longer believe that light exists in this world."
The Tianlong people simultaneously raised their daggers.
One of them said, "Kid, rest in peace!"
Seven daggers simultaneously stabbed towards Lu Ming's chest, head, abdomen, neck, lower back, spine, and hip. A single stab would have been fatal for Lu Ming.
Stab, stab, stab...
Daggers continued to pierce bodies.
But strangely, it wasn't Lu Ming who was injured.
Lu Ming twisted his body, parrying left and pushing right, managing to block all seven daggers and alter their trajectories.
In a flash, the seven Tianlong people's daggers all plunged into their own comrades!
They stabbed their own men with the daggers they held, and each person sustained wounds of varying sizes, with blood gushing out.
"Ah~~!!!"
The seven Tianlong people let out pig-like, horrific screams that echoed throughout the hotel.
Lu Ming flicked his sleeves, as if he were untouched.
He bent down, picked up Chen Xinjuan, and walked over the fallen Tianlong people.
At that moment, the entire venue was stunned.
The Tianlong people, who had been so arrogant and vowed to stab Lu Ming to death, were all dealt with in the blink of an eye.
It seemed that the Tianlong people were not so terrifying after all.
Lu Ming returned to his seat and gently set Chen Xinjuan down.
He had expected Yang Jitong to praise him.
To his surprise, Yang Jitong looked at the Tianlong people writhing on the ground and howling in pain, and said with regret, "Lu Ming, you, you've gotten yourself into big trouble!"
Even Chen Xinjuan, who had been rescued, looked ashen-faced. She didn't say a word of thanks to Lu Ming. Her eyes were fixed on a private room on the second floor, and she said with a deathly pallor, "Now not only am I going to die, but my younger siblings will die too."
Lu Ming's brows furrowed, "What do you mean?"
Yang Jitong chided, "Lu Ming, your muscles are strong but your mind is simple. Did you think beating up a few Tianlong people would settle it? No! By doing this, you've only invited bigger trouble. The Tianlong Group will not let you go. You will die, and your entire family will die!"