At midnight, Lu Ming rode the electric scooter borrowed from Zhao Donglai, swaying unsteadily towards Jiang Mengxin's house.
He had just received a call from Jiang Mengxin, her voice stern, telling him to come over immediately.
Lu Ming had a vague feeling that something was amiss.
As expected, the moment Lu Ming stepped into the Jiang residence, countless pairs of blood-red eyes stared at him fiercely. The entire top management of the Jiang Corporation was present.
"Cough, cough, Mengxin, you called for me?" Lu Ming walked calmly through the crowd and approached Jiang Mengxin.
Jiang Mengxin stared at him with her reddened eyes and said coldly, "Lu Ming, I ask you, did you beat up someone from Tianlong Group today?"
Lu Ming froze for a moment, "You know already?"
Jiang Mengxin reprimanded, "I'm asking if you did or not?!"
Lu Ming nodded, "Yes."
"Good, you still count as a man." Jiang Mengxin continued, "Do you know what kind of entity Tianlong Group is? Do you know how much loss your reckless act will cause the Jiang family?"
"You don't know, I'll tell you, it's 2.3 billion; the Jiang family's revenue for the next few years will all go down the drain!"
As she said this, Jiang Mengxin's eyes finally welled up with tears.
Indignation, unwillingness!
Her grandfather had only recently passed away, and everyone had placed their hopes on Jiang Mengxin. She had been working diligently; yet, because of Lu Ming's recklessness, she was ruined, and the Jiang family was finished.
She was so unwilling.
Lu Ming frowned and asked, "How can beating up someone from Tianlong Group cause such heavy losses to the Jiang family?"
Beside them, Xu Qin couldn't bear it any longer, took off her slipper, and threw it at Lu Ming, cursing fiercely, "You damnable bastard, it's because you beat someone up that they are retaliating against us now and cutting off all business ties with the Jiang family!"
Jiang Lan handed Lu Ming a series of data and news articles, "Brother-in-law, you'll understand everything after looking at these."
Lu Ming took the computer and looked through them one by one.
As he read, he smiled wryly and shook his head, muttering to himself, "I knew Zhu Zilong wouldn't give up that easily. He had promised Murong Shuang that everything was settled; in reality, he was playing dirty behind the scenes, causing all this trouble."
He closed the computer and said to everyone, "It's not a big problem."
Uh...
One sentence ignited the rage of everyone present.
Xu Qin cursed, "Bastard, do you have any shame left? You caused this mess, and now you say it's not a big problem? Heh, it doesn't matter if the Jiang family is finished or not, right? You little brat, I, I'll beat you to death!"
Jiang Xueyi stopped Xu Qin.
He looked at Lu Ming with great disappointment and said, "Lu Ming, you were specifically entrusted by the old man before his passing to save the Jiang family. How can the things you're doing now be pushing the Jiang family further into the fire?"
Jiang Anzhi was amused, "Save the Jiang family, him? A piece of trash guarding graves, only you, Xueyi, are out of your mind to treat him like a treasure."
Facing everyone's reproaches, Lu Ming explained, "You've all misunderstood. When I said it's not a big problem, I didn't mean I wasn't taking this seriously, but rather that I am already in the process of dealing with it, and I believe there will be results soon."
Oh?
Everyone exchanged glances.
Jiang Mengxin asked, "You're already dealing with it? How?"
Lu Ming said, "To be honest, after my contact with Zhu Zilong, I feel that this Tianlong Group has a lot of problems, it's quite 'dirty.' So I've already arranged for people to investigate Tianlong Group, and we've gathered quite a few leads. Give me a little more time, and I can take down Tianlong Group in one go."
"..."
Silence fell over the entire hall.
Everyone was speechless, so Lu Ming's so-called solution was to take down Tianlong Group in one go?
After a brief silence, uproarious laughter erupted.
"I can't, I'm dying of laughter, who is this freak from the psychiatric ward?"
"Tianlong Group, a super-large enterprise ranked in the top five in Jinling, even the mayor of Jinling wouldn't dare say he can do anything to it. You, a little trash guarding graves, actually have the audacity to say you'll take it down in one go? Is this something a human would think of?"
"Mengxin, you've truly married a remarkable important figure."
Jiang Mengxin forced a few wry smiles, laughing at herself for being foolish, for actually believing Lu Ming was thinking of a way to handle the problem.
She even had a sliver of hope.
How foolish and laughable!
Jiang Mengxin stared at Lu Ming and said chillingly, "Lu Ming, if you're still a man, you should step forward and take responsibility!"
Lu Ming asked curiously, "What do you want me to do?"
Jiang Mengxin said, "Tianlong Group is taking its anger out on the Jiang family because of you. If you are a man, you should go to Tianlong Group yourself, admit your mistake, and beg Boss Zhu for forgiveness!"
Lu Ming smiled, "Okay, I'll go."
Jiang Mengxin was quite surprised, "Really?"
"Mm." Lu Ming nodded affirmatively.
Jiang Mengxin breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Lu Ming was willing to humble himself and apologize, there was still room for maneuver. Then, with some good wine and cigarettes, they could have a good talk, and perhaps this knot could be untied.
However, she didn't know that what Lu Ming was thinking was worlds apart from what Jiang Mengxin was thinking.
Jiang Mengxin said to the others, "Everyone, uncles and elders, you've all heard what Lu Ming said. Tomorrow, I will go with him to Tianlong Group to apologize and ask them to lift the blockade on the Jiang family."
Jiang Anzhi snorted, "You'd better keep your word! If the blockade on the Jiang family is not lifted tomorrow, then your position as CEO of the Jiang family should be relinquished."
At this moment.
Lu Ming's phone rang. He quietly walked aside to answer it.
The voice of the Five Star General Dragon King came from the other end: "Reporting to the Dragon Warlord, all the evidence of Tianlong Group's crimes has been uncovered. We can move in at any time and take them down in one go."
Lu Ming nodded, "Good, follow my orders."
"Yes!"
After hanging up the phone, Lu Ming muttered to himself, "Zhu Zilong, did you really think Murong Shuang's appearance today saved me? If you had behaved yourself, I might have let you run wild for a couple more days. Since you insisted on seeking death, I can't spare you anymore."
On the other side, a pair of eyes were watching Lu Ming.
It was Jiang Lan.
Everyone dismissed Lu Ming's words as a joke, but only Jiang Lan took them to heart.
To say 'take down Tianlong Group in one go' was either the speech of a madman or a super big shot.
Although everyone else thought Lu Ming was a madman and mocked him for his overestimation, Jiang Lan did not think so.
Lu Ming was someone Jiang Dingbian had specifically instructed and asked for before his death. With the old man's wisdom and methods, how could he have invited a tomb keeper with no background or ability to save the Jiang family?
It didn't make sense.
Therefore, Jiang Lan had reason to believe that Lu Ming must possess astonishing abilities, which everyone simply didn't know about yet.
Jiang Lan looked at Lu Ming's back and silently mused, "Grandpa, Grandpa, did you bring a madman or a big shot to the Jiang family? After tomorrow's visit to Tianlong Group, everything will be decided."