Lu Ming was speechless. This woman was unbelievably arrogant every day, as if she were the most powerful person in the world.
Lu Ming sneered, "If you weren't getting in my way, I would have already cleaned up these scoundrels."
The crowd shook their heads.
"General Murong saved his life, and he's still ungrateful?"
"This kind of scum deserves a beating! I say General Murong shouldn't have saved him. He'd know his mistake when Boss Zhu had him half-dead."
Murong Shuang shook her head and said, "Lu Ming, you're incorrigible, beyond saving."
With that, she left the hotel without looking back.
Zhu Zilong's men also left the hotel, and soon, everything returned to normal.
Yang Jitong said incredulously, "I never imagined that you, Lu Ming, actually knew General Murong. If it weren't for General Murong's intervention today, your life would have been forfeit."
Lu Ming rolled his eyes. "Don't mention that woman again. Thinking about her gives me a headache."
Yang Jitong was also speechless. In his eyes, Lu Ming was good in every way, except for his youthful recklessness and disdain for everyone.
He looked down on this person and that person.
He didn't take the Tianlong people seriously, and he showed absolutely no respect to Murong Shuang.
This was bound to cause trouble sooner or later.
Lu Ming ignored Yang Jitong. He took out a pen and wrote a phone number on a napkin, handing it to Chen Xinjuan. He instructed, "Zhu Zilong is gone for now, but he might come back for revenge any day. You can't stay in this restaurant anymore. Call the number I gave you, tell them Lu Ming sent you, and they will handle everything for you."
Chen Xinjuan looked at the number on the napkin and asked, "What's the person's name?"
Lu Ming replied, "His name is Xiuluo."
At the same time, in the outdoor parking lot outside the hotel.
Inside a white Range Rover.
Zhu Zilong sat in the back seat, drinking red wine while listening to the latest report from his subordinates.
A bespectacled man said, "Boss Zhu, everything has been investigated. This Lu Ming is actually a live-in son-in-law of the Jiang Corporation. He has no significant background."
The Jiang family?
Heh!
Zhu Zilong sneered, "I thought it was some remarkable major family, but it turns out to be the declining Jiang family. Perfect, I was already planning to deal with the Jiang family on behalf of 'that person.' Now, I'll settle old and new scores together!"
The bespectacled man continued, "However, I haven't figured out Lu Ming's relationship with General Murong. I'm not sure if dealing with Lu Ming will displease General Murong."
"Bah!" Zhu Zilong said, "The Murong family and the Jiang family are sworn enemies! Dealing with the Jiang family will only make General Murong happy, so how could it displease her?"
The bespectacled man nodded. "That makes sense."
He put down his wine glass.
Zhu Zilong leaned towards the bespectacled man and said through gritted teeth, "Announce to the public now that Tianlong Group will blacklist and encircle the Jiang family! Whoever is friends with the Jiang family is an enemy of Tianlong Group."
"Understood, I'll get it done right away."
The bespectacled man scurried away to handle matters related to dealing with the Jiang family.
Zhu Zilong poured himself another glass of red wine, drank it, and said, "Lu Ming, you hit my people, and I'll make your whole family pay with their lives!"
...
Midnight, Zhongshan International Garden.
Jiang Mengxin, tired from a day's work, took a hot bath and comfortably lay on the sofa watching TV. Her younger sister, Jiang Lan, sat quietly beside her, reading a book.
The entire home was peaceful and harmonious.
But soon, a series of urgent footsteps shattered this tranquility.
Various factions of the Jiang family rushed to Jiang Mengxin's home, barging in without knocking.
"Jiang Mengxin, get out here!"
Jiang Mengxin frowned, turned to look, and saw a large group of people, all her uncles, elder uncles, brothers, and sisters.
Her eldest uncle, Jiang Anzhi, was the first to charge into the room, shouting, "Jiang Mengxin, you still have the leisure to watch TV? The sky is falling for the Jiang family!"
Jiang Mengxin looked confused, "What happened? Uncle."
Jiang Anzhi let out a cold laugh. "You're still asking me what happened? I'm asking you, is Lu Ming your fiancé?"
Upon hearing the name, Jiang Mengxin's anger flared.
She replied with a cold face, "Yes."
"Good, you have the guts to admit it." Jiang Anzhi took a deep breath and roared, "Just now, your fiancé Lu Ming beat up people from Tianlong Group!!!"
What?
Jiang Mengxin was instantly dumbfounded.
Tianlong Group was one of the top five super enterprises in Jinling, controlling multiple wealth channels in Jinling. Everyone knew that such a behemoth could not be offended.
But Lu Ming had actually beaten up people from Tianlong Group!
Her mother, Xu Qin, was also startled and came over asking, "Anzhi, are you joking with me? What kind of person is Lu Ming that he could beat up people from Tianlong Group? Tianlong Group hires ex-convicts, how could they be beaten? It's more likely they'd beat Lu Ming."
Jiang Mengxin's father, Jiang Xueyi, nodded in agreement, "Xu Qin is right. Is there some misunderstanding here?"
"Misunderstanding? Bah!" Jiang Anzhi cursed, "The sky is falling, and you're still pretending to be oblivious! Jiang Mengxin, don't think that just because you're the CEO of the Jiang family designated by Grandpa, you can act recklessly and protect villains. The Jiang family is not yours, a little girl, to control entirely!"
Jiang Mengxin's eyes turned red from the scolding, feeling wronged and innocent.
At this moment, Jiang Lan, who had been silent, spoke up, "Uncle, we're not trying to protect anyone. We genuinely don't know what happened. Can you explain clearly to us what brother-in-law did, and why the sky is falling for the Jiang family now?"
Jiang Anzhi waved his hand, "Fine, I'll let you know what happened."
Then.
Everyone opened their phones, computers, tablets, and other devices, and clicked on news articles and videos, displaying them in front of Jiang Mengxin's family.
News reports: Lu Ming injured multiple senior employees of Tianlong Group at a hotel.
Photos and videos were attached, conclusive evidence, no problem.
At the same time, Tianlong Group announced to the public: they would seek justice for the injured employees and comprehensively encircle and suppress Jiang Corporation! From this moment on, anyone who befriended the Jiang family would be an enemy of Tianlong Group.
In less than an hour, dozens of companies had severed ties with the Jiang family. Those companies that had originally intended to cooperate with the Jiang family all announced the termination of their projects.
It was roughly estimated that the Jiang family would lose 2.3 billion in orders due to this incident!
The sky of the Jiang family had indeed fallen.
The scenes were shocking, and Jiang Mengxin's hands began to tremble. If this continued, the Jiang family would surely perish under her watch!
Xu Qin stomped her feet and cursed, "Lu Ming, you damn bastard! I said from the beginning we shouldn't let our daughter marry him, but Xueyi wouldn't listen and pushed our daughter into a fire pit. Now, this bastard has not only harmed our daughter but also dragged the entire Jiang family down! You bastard, I'll dismember him into a thousand pieces if I see him!"
Jiang Mengxin closed her eyes silently, took a deep breath, tried to remain calm, and then slowly took out her phone, finding Lu Ming's number.
"Uncles and elder uncles, I'll call Lu Ming over now and give you an explanation."